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I have been lucky enough to get an equity loan because I own my home, I have top Australian health cover but there is no-where close that I can have the surgery done. I am 124kilos, in my early sixties, and admit I am scared stiff. I have had 2 hernia ops done over the past 2 years. The 1st hernia came back within 3 months, luckily the 2nd time which was last November, I had mesh inserted, so it is fine this time.

I have swollen knees and ankles and would give the world to loose weight. However, I also worry if having mesh in my tummy during last years hernia op would affect having Lapbanding done.

It may be wise if like 'Sonata' Amanda, I travell to Queensland and see a surgeon there.

Wish me luck my friends,

Love Beth

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I have been lucky enough to get an equity loan because I own my home, I have top Australian health cover but there is no-where close that I can have the surgery done. I am 124kilos, in my early sixties, and admit I am scared stiff. I have had 2 hernia ops done over the past 2 years. The 1st hernia came back within 3 months, luckily the 2nd time which was last November, I had mesh inserted, so it is fine this time.

I have swollen knees and ankles and would give the world to loose weight. However, I also worry if having mesh in my tummy during last years hernia op would affect having Lapbanding done.

It may be wise if like 'Sonata' Amanda, I travell to Queensland and see a surgeon there.

Wish me luck my friends,

Love Beth

I also have had two hernia operations. My hernias came right back after the first operation. On my second operation, I also had mesh put in and the surgeon found 5 different hernias. I had l LapBand surgery on July 20th. The surgery took 4 hours because the surgeon said that the mesh kind of makes all the organs stick together. Everything came out fine though, and this was the easiest surgery to recover from that I've had. So far I've lost 30 pounds and feel great. My blood pressure is now normal and I have no more knee pain. Just let your surgeon know before hand about the mesh. Good luck to you.