My name is melynie and I'm new to this group. I'm 32 years old married with two daughters. My oldest is 13 and youngest is 2. I been struggling with my weight all my life. I've tried different diets and some worked while on diet pills but as soon as I stopped taking diet pills the weight came back with a little extra added. My highest weight have been 330 and that was being pregnant with my youngest daughter. I dropped 30 pounds some months after delivering. I had tons of fluid. I thought i wanted to have lap band but i dont think i can handle all of the vomiting, stuck food and slipped band everyone talks about. So im weighing my options right now. I'm still in my manditory 6 month weight management class. I graduate from class on feb 14th 2013. I've had my psych eval and my dietician appt. my insurance requires 2 dietician appts. So my last one is scheduled jan 23rd. I have a lot of support from all my fam and friends with which ever surgery I pick. Oh and I'm from Baltimore Maryland.

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Good luck to you!! I had gastric bypass 11 days ago..everyday gets easier..i have already lost 25 pounds and i plan to lose 100 more. What are you thinking of having done? Bypass or sleeve?

Hello & welcome to the group

I think I'm going with gastric bypass. My husband even agrees with my decision. I don't like how the sleeve is permanent. So if something was to go wrong they couldn't reroute everything back. I have a pre-op visit with the surgeon and we will discuss everything. He actually wanted me to have gastric bypass from the start but I just knew the band was going to be for me but not anymore.

Darlaray145 that is excellent! Congrats! How is the nausea and can you get water and protein shakes down good?

No nausea for me..im able to keep everything down..no problem here..youre having your surgery in january correct?

I have to finish my manditory weight management class. That will be completed on feb 14th 2013. So once that's complete I have to get approved by bcbs then hopefully everything will be ready by march

I had to do 6 month of supervised diet, psych eval and two dietician appt. my last dietician appt is jan 23rd

Good luck to you!! I had gastric bypass 11 days ago..everyday gets easier..i have already lost 25 pounds and i plan to lose 100 more. What are you thinking of having done? Bypass or sleeve?

That's awesome!!!!!

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Wow!! Its crazy how some insurance policies have different requirements..i dont understand it..i didnt have to do a supervised diet, meetings w a dietician, and i only had one week of liquids prior to surgery.

I started 11/6 and was approved 12/18 after one phyc evaluation and one visit with the dietitian! I had gastric bypass This past Thursday 12/27! It went by so fast!

Welcome Melynie

I had my lap band removed after seven years and the gastric bypass performed on Dec, 5th, I never had any horror experiences with the band but very little successs either, I wish I had done the gastric bypass to begin with but I thought I knew better, But really I just wasted seven years that I could have been getting healthier, You have just about got the hard parts out of the way jumping through all the hoops the insurance requires and it seems everyone asks something different of us. Wishing you the best. There is a wealth of information and support here so if you have questions or concerns just ask somebody will have an answer. Again Welcome and hoping the next couple of months go quickly for you so you can get on with your journey.

Thanks Vicki! I really think that gastric bypass is the surgery for me and I can't wait to speak with my surgeon in January for my pre-surgical consult before surgery. I'm so excited. What did the pre-op diet consist of? I'm not sure if it's the same as the lap band diet in the beginning.

Oh and can anyone tell me how long is the hospital stay after surgery

I only stayed a little over 24hrs.