NYSparklegirl

Hi all.

What a fantastic Idea! I would love to have a mentor/buddy. I have just joined this site and am amazed at all the wonderful sharing that goes on. I wish id known about it sooner.

Im scheduled for surgery the 8th of February. Ive gotten all the consults completed with the exception of the endocronologist and the psych. My second consult is next week..when I hope to begin pre-op diet and the two weeks whatevers needed before surgery.

I live in LI, NY and the center im using is Long Island Bariatric Center with Dr, Hollover.

Would love a mentor...anyone?? lol

Heres my intro,

I want my life back!! Ive decided in the last year....it was time to begin to get it back and be in control again.

I want my premarriage/ pregnancy/ high blood pressure/cholesterol/ asthma/sleep apnea status!! Now is the time to do it.....

Ive had all first consult....visits with all the doctors and have recieved all the consults needed except for the psych. I am now waiting for all the written reports to come in and the second consult is next week and surgery set for...February 8th.

Im ready to get my life back in control....so this is the first step in getting a healthier me. Im so glad to see so many others here to share their experiences before and after. I hope I can contribute possitively and help others through my experiences. I also hope that I will be able to get help with questions and concerns that I know I will have before, during and after!!!

To all.....good luck, thank you in advance and and looking forward to sharing!! :smile2:

you arent kidding that weve had a similar experience! How horrible for you. I can at least say that and really understand and feel for you!!

How old is your child now? mine is ten. I would love to chat with you sometime when you are online..maybe we can help each other out with putting all this together with single parenting!

Look for me when your on!!

Good Luck and great success!

yes, we def. should. There are several others who also are having the surgery for the 8th. Tomorrow I meet with the endocronologist. Yet another consult. Do you have to go to alot of doctors for consults and exams before surgery as well?? Since I just joined this group just this week I have no idea how to navigate all the threads...so im staying put in here!!! lol

I, too, have been trying to cut my food in small pieces and chewing, chewing, chewing. I have found that our dinner conversation may be my down fall - I just swallow the food fast and reply or laugh, etc... I can't install a no talking at the dinner table rule - we have always went over the day at work and school, etc.... I will adjust and they will wait for my response....

I have been trying every Protein drink under the sun - yuck! I'm hoping I will be so hungry they will taste good!

My husband is probably tired of hearing me say (at every meal) what I'll be able to eat and what I probably won't be able to chew up small enough because it's too chewy, fiberous, or I have read a lot of bandsters have issue with it, etc..

NYSparklegirl - We will have to keep in touch since we are going to go through everything together - sorta :smile2:

Good luck to all!

Yes, we should!!!

Hi fellow Banders,

I have just set my surgery date for February eighth. I am now running from doctor to doctor recieving consults and having exams....this is exhausting but apparently necessary so I am running!!!! I have just one more consult to schedule...Psych! Saved that one for last. lol Figured if im still sane after all the above.. then I must be ready for surgery!

I decided to band for several reasons. They are really all connected as you will understand as you see......before I married I was a size 12 and 145 pds. I lived in NYC, had no car so exercize by walking was natural. After marriage at 32..I began to gain some weight....then became pregnant.

High blood pressure put me on bed rest for 6 months. The weight continued to 190. My husband wasnt really helpful in the healthy food dept so while on bed rest..fast food was really what we lived on. After the baby was born....ten yrs ago....the weight stayed.

The typical stressers of life after having a baby while working full time set in and the weight still didnt come off.

At the same time my husband at the time decided he didnt want to work anymore and wanted to just sit home and do nothing. well, not nothing but which ammounted to nothing but schemes and pyramids....We divorced after 7 yrs.

Three months after we divorced he had a massive heart attack and died after not following doctors orders about taking medications daily which he refused to take/do. (like work) leaving me and my daughter without any support or insurance.

(just a note to all parents..get life insurance...and never put a minor childs name to be a beneficiary to anything ever)!

Since then....the stressors have increased with being a single parent with no support. So another 20 pounds have added since..the divorce and his passing.

I want my life back!! Ive decided in the last year....it was time to begin to get it back and be in control again.

I want my premarriage/ pregnancy/ high blood pressure/cholesterol/ asthma/sleep apnea status!! Now is the time to do it.....

Ive had all first consult....visits with all the doctors and have recieved all the consults needed except for the psych. I am now waiting for all the written reports to come in and the second consult is next week and surgery set for...February 8th.

Im ready to get my life back in control....so this is the first step in getting a healthier me. Im so glad to see so many others here to share their experiences before and after. I hope I can contribute possitively and help others through my experiences. I also hope that I will be able to get help with questions and concerns that I know I will have before, during and after!!!

To all.....good luck, thank you in advance and and looking forward to sharing!! :smile2:

Jodi

HI. You and I are scheduled for the same day for surgery!! Feb 8th although I would like to change it....to Feb 9th. Tuesday seems to be a better day for me.....lol but heck its all about when the Dr says!!! Im glad you started this thread...what a great idea

Are you having surgery in February? Lets start a thread and keep in touch!

Answer the questions you are comfortable with and we will get to know eachother a little better.

#1. Surgery date? Feb, 8th

#2. State you live in? NY

#3. Doctor/Surgery Center? DR. Spencer Hollover

#4. Insurance or self pay? Ins.

#5. Age and height 43. 5'5"

#6. Current weight and goal weight? 213/135

#7. What was your deciding factor for having this surgery? High Blood Pressure/cholesterol/Asthma/Sleep Apnea....Stress of marriage/pregnancy/divorce/death of ex husband. Need I say more?

#7. Do you have the support of family and friends? Family..except my 10 yr old daughter who thinks Im going to die from this procedure. She is preocupied with this regardless...see above. so... cant blame her but shel change her mind when her mom gets healthy and stays alive longer!

#8. Concerns and questions? concerned about getting all the preop clearences from all the 10 different doctors and testing from each in order to get those letters in! LOL

.......................and anything else you would like to add!

you know that song "lean on me"??? Well, lean on me...Ill try to help when I can....."we are all in this together" :thumbup:....

We all know this is going to be a long road and we will all handle things differently so let's be there for eachother and make this journey a little easier!

Good luck to all the Feb Bandsters!!!