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[Carole65 1]

Hi, I am due to have the VSG on October 20, 2011, insurance is all approved, just have to do the pre op stuff, but it is still to early. Any way about me. I have been over weight my entire life. Just to let you know this is true in sixth grade I weighed 230 pounds. So I wonder sometimes why did I wait so long with doing the surgery. Well I never knew there were any other procedures besides the bypass. I had previous surgery on my intestines and I just didn't feel right playing with them any more than they were played with. So that was out. Then I thought about the lap band. Well when I went to the seminar, I quickly changed my mind, that was definitely not for me.AH but the Gastric Sleeve, that sounds like the answer. I hope that it is. My main concerns are 1. I am allergic to pretty much every kind of metal, even surgical steel, I asked my surgeon and he just said that the staples are titanium. But will I not reject them? Does any one know about this? Please let me know. And 2. I am on this medicine that is not the norm and I worry about meds for pain afterward if they were to give me narcotics nothing will happen, except that I will still be in pain, again my surgeon does not know too much about this medication, so I am scared about both of those things. I am glad that I found this site, Please could use all the support you can give...Thanks so much, Carole