keddykat75

Great job, you look great!

Which procedure did you have?

I am really hoping to not take much time off, I have a desk job and I am the type that went back to work 5 days after childbirth (baby came to work too), 5 days after a hysterectomy, an the day after my knee scopes.

I forgot to say that I am an insurance agent with a desk job.

I am new to this forum, I meet with the surgeon on 6/16 and I can't wait. I have 100-120lbs to lose. I am 40 years old and I have well controlled MS and slight HBP. I started gaining weight with my 1st of 5 pregnancies 20 years ago and kept adding weight even after my last was born 11 years ago. I originally went into this journey only interested in Lapband, but now a few short weeks later it is my 3rd choice. I booked a seminar with a place that only did Lapband and then met someone who was a year out form having a bypass. She told me how much she loved it and that her surgeon had stopped doing bands. I then went to my seminar and didn't like only being told about one option. That night I found another surgeon's online seminar and watched it, based on that seminar and other research I know think I want my first choice to be sleeve, 2nd bypass, and 3rd band. My biggest reasons for wanting the sleeve over the bypass are: time off work needed and I like the idea that the digestion process isn't changed by the sleeve. I really hope my insurance covers it, because if I have to go to a self pay option it will be quite a while before I can do that. If you could tell me which procedure you had and how much time you had off work I would really appreciate it.

I know what you mean, my first appointment isn't until June 16th. It is hard to think about anything else.