So scared...

[wanting2live 0]

Hello all, I joined this weekend and have been reading so many posts. I had the lap band in june 2007 and I still have it. On April 23, I will have the lap band removed, and the sleeve preformed on the same day. I am scared, overwhelmed and nervous. I want to be able to enjoy life without the huffing and puffing. I weight more now than before I put the band in. The band was a horrible mistake and I am so afraid of failing this procedure. I saw the anesthesiologist today and he spoke to me about complications and of my heart not resisting surgery. This freaked me out. I do suffer from high blood pressure but Im on 25 milligrams of metropolol which is not a high dosage. I really need words of encouragement because I think Im getting cold feet and might just not do it. I so want to run with my kids and enjoy life with my family.

[Iniysa 157]

The medical people HAVE to tell you the worse case scenarios to cover themselves. It's the same as when you got the band. Nod, sign the paper and don't think further on it. You CAN'T think further into it. It's a risk we are all willing to take to live a better, healthy life. Think about WHY you want and need this and know being freaked out is normal. I am going to be freaking when I get close to my date as well.

[CowgirlJane 14,260]

your screen name says it all

I don't know your overall situation, but i have written my story out about a hundred times. Failing at that damn lapband was devastating. I never really believed the sleeve would work, but i had to try.. i couldn't give up. I was banded at 272 in 2001, never got below 200. I started having problems within the first year, had to have Fluid removed and of course regained. My highest weight was 332 back in 2005. I was 308 when I started my sleeve journey in Dec 2011. I had that worthless band for 10 years - the vomiting, the pain from eating dense Proteins, the shame - all that. No wonder I was so discouraged and scared. No wonder you are too.

Click on my nam e to see my profile. Look at my before and after photos. Look at my face, how sad, how guarded I was before. Others see the enormous body changes, but when I look at those photos I remember how much I hurt - physically, emotionally. I am so happy now - life isn't perfect, but damn, it is oh so much better.

The sleeve doesn't do all the work for you, but it gives you the tool, the ability - to save yourself. It took me 14 months to lose 150#. I could have lost it faster, but i had a little ... well.. I needed a break after I lost about 110-120 before being ready for the final push to get to goal.

I have been successful beyond my wildest dreams. My family, work colleagues and friends - are all still in shock and share in my joy. New friends cannot even believe I was ever obese. I am physically a different woman now. That physical change has led to other changes - for the better - too.

Hang in there, you can do this. Keep your eye on the prize.

[nyorker 67]

your screen name says it all

I don't know your overall situation' date=' but i have written my story out about a hundred times. Failing at that damn lapband was devastating. I never really believed the sleeve would work, but i had to try.. i couldn't give up. I was banded at 272 in 2001, never got below 200. I started having problems within the first year, had to have Fluid removed and of course regained. My highest weight was 332 back in 2005. I was 308 when I started my sleeve journey in Dec 2011. I had that worthless band for 10 years - the vomiting, the pain from eating dense Proteins, the shame - all that. No wonder I was so discouraged and scared. No wonder you are too.

Click on my nam e to see my profile. Look at my before and after photos. Look at my face, how sad, how guarded I was before. Others see the enormous body changes, but when I look at those photos I remember how much I hurt - physically, emotionally. I am so happy now - life isn't perfect, but damn, it is oh so much better.

The sleeve doesn't do all the work for you, but it gives you the tool, the ability - to save yourself. It took me 14 months to lose 150#. I could have lost it faster, but i had a little ... well.. I needed a break after I lost about 110-120 before being ready for the final push to get to goal.

I have been successful beyond my wildest dreams. My family, work colleagues and friends - are all still in shock and share in my joy. New friends cannot even believe I was ever obese. I am physically a different woman now. That physical change has led to other changes - for the better - too.

Hang in there, you can do this. Keep your eye on the prize.[/quote']

Im in the process now. I wanted the band but this site changed my mind. In scared as hell lol