Seraphina Valentina

I feel ya. The tech that did my final pre-op EKG said, "You aren't big enough for bariatric surgery."

I told her to call the doctor and tell him that she disagrees with his diagnosis. That shut her up. Geeze, I am 5'4 and my spine was collapsing under my weight.

I was in preop and nurses were telling me that I didn't need my sleeve....but they haven't seen my struggles to get below 180.....2 months out, 70+ lbs down...and below that 180 mark :-)

My encounters were at my PCP office. I had to go there for something entirely unrelated and of course I had to tell them I was 4 days post op from lap-band and that was all she wrote. I heard it from the nurses. Weird how all of our encounters were from nurses. I am not bashing nurses. I actually work at a hospital and have many dear friends that are nurses but I just find it interesting.