Hello All:nervous !

My name is Hope I live in Charlotte NC. I am new to this talk community. I am currently beginning my journey to weight loss. I have been overweight all of my life. My BMI is 52. I am a Nurse (RN) I know how to lose weight and belive it or not I have help and encourged others to lose weight but it seems that this nurse cannot heal herself.:phanvan I am basically shopping for a surgeon that performs the lap band and getting as much information as I can about bariatic surgeries. I am afraid to have the surgery and I am also afraid not have the surgery. I have been bless so far with just boarderline diabeties and hypertension. I have quite a bit of foot, ankle and knee pain. So Motrin and I are good friends. I go to my PCP in January to see where I stand. The gastric bypass scares me and I am leaning toward the Lap Band.

If anyone has any advice, offer support, words of wisdom, critisiums please let me know. I wound be happy to hear from you

Hi ,

Dont worry this web page is great lots of great people lots of advise .

My story is I had been trying to get the gastric bypass since about 5 years ago and would never get approved by my insurance why dont know but anyways started researching into the lapband and something I had decided since last year I tried to get approved again and denied again so I decided to go to Mexico (Tijuana ) and get the surgery there .. I had a great experience and I really recomended you may look into it .. obesitygoodbye.com or you may contact me on PM so I can give you more information and direct you to someone all staff speaks english .

Any questions you may have if I can answer them I would be more than glad .

Take care and have a great x-mass:clap2:

your on your way to a better you !!

NEW YEAR NEW LIFE NEW US !!

your on your

The thing with being a nurse is that you're trained to help other people - unfortunately you take care of everyone else but yourself. I was banded almost 6 wks ago and I shared a room with a nurse that had the surgery and she said that being a nurse made it worse for her because she knew what its like being on the opposite side of the patient. The fact that you are now seeing a dr. is your first step. It's okay to be scared - the more you read, read, and read some more you'll more excited and less scared. I, too, was best friends with Motrin so I know the feeling. Just keep asking questions everything will be fine. You're on the right track. Congratulations and good luck.

Hi Hope, welcome to the lapband forum. The lapband was the best thing I've ever done. I chose it as appose to gastric bypass because it is far less invasive. Good luck on your journey.

Thank you all for your input and support. I will post as I progress in this Weight Loss Journey.

Good Success to you All!

welcome to lapband talk Hope.

Well I think we have all been where you are...afraid to have the surgery and afraid not to have the surgery...for me I am 1 year postop and never regretted it...sure i have my struggles and fustrations but it was the best thing I ever did for myself...I am looking forward to hearing more from you as you embark on this challenging but exciting journey.

becky

Hope, my BMI was 62 and I was using a walker part time and shopping for an extrawide wheelchair when I had surgery. Six months later I was walking a mile a day and felt 10 years younger. I shudder to think what my life would be like right now if I had not taken the big step.

And, yes, we professional helpers are so useless to ourselves....lots of fodder for a shrink there, isn't there.:phanvan

Wow Gayle, congratulations on your loss so far, you're half way there!! I'm so impressed!

Hello All:nervous !

My name is Hope I live in Charlotte NC. I am basically shopping for a surgeon that performs the lap band and getting as much information as I can about bariatic surgeries. I am afraid to have the surgery and I am also afraid not have the surgery. The gastric bypass scares me and I am leaning toward the Lap Band.

Hope,

You have come to one of the best places to learn more about the lap-band procedure. Everyone here is very encouraging and informative. As 'Shutuplena' says, read and read and read some more.

I agree with your reason to not have the gastric bypass, there are so many more issues with rapid weight loss and malabsorbtion (sp?). The band is a tool, a tool that can be a life-saver!

Keep asking questions, reading about the thoughts and experiences of those here and keep us informed about how you're doing.

Bill