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The same surgeon that did this will be doing my surgery and when I asked him if the ulcers would delay my surgery he said that I may be better off with the bypass instead. Anyone else have ulcers and still get the band? Any trouble afterwards? Thanks!!

I TOTALLY hear that!! We host one and attend several parties throughout the holidays and I would love to be one of those people that can take or leave all the goodies and treats that are in my face.... :smile2::drool:

I am in TN too (north middle) and this doesn't sound uncommon from what I've heard in my area. My seminar is on the 16th and I'm hoping mine can be scheduled a few weeks after I go too. I need it before the holidays fo sho! (or do I want one last month of pigging out?? hmmm...:smile2:)

Hello all! I have lurked around here for a long time but am getting closer to having the realize band put on. I am a self pay and relatively low BMI for banding (33). The Dr. here is very reasonable imo (about 7-8k) and will do lower BMIs for self pays. Anyhoo, I publish a local women's magazine and may have the chance to do an advertising trade for my surgery (which would totally rock!) but I'm just hoping that he doesn't want me to publicly announce it in the ads or anything. It's not really something that I'd really be embarrassed of or anything but I'm just wondering if it is something he would want to be part of the ads if I would regret it being so public. Do you think it would be too stressful? He may not even want that in the ads and I'm surely not going to bring it up but i wanted to be prepared just in case....thoughts?