Hi my name is laura but everyone calls me tootie....so i guess im goin by that here ....anyway i have an appt for my first meeting sept 15th....im really nervous but have decided i need to get this surgery done to be healthier but its kinda freakin me out after reading all the stories from people thats had a bad time with it but i know that i need it so any help from yall would be appreciated....oh by the way im from southeastern oklahoma and will be going to tulsa to the meeting and im thinking about goin with dr fisher....someone i know went thru him and she had good results so far shes about 2 weeks out of surgery....anyway just wanted to say hi and maybe meet some new people!

The horror stories are the exception to the rule...they seem to be concrentrated on this sight but they are rare. My NP in my surgeon's office told me that the odds are post op (once I've healed and learned the new way of eating etc) I will most likely be able to eat everything I ever did but in smaller portions. I can tell you I had my banding on 8/29 (after a failed attempt on 8/11 ... and that is rare too!) and I feel fine. A little sore, but some of my surgical sites are larger than they would've been because of the 2nd surgery. All in all I'm drinking water and feeling fine. So remember to take the bad stuff, not with a grain of salt, but just as the rare exception it is. Most bandsters feel great and do wonders with the band!

Hi Laura, I am also from Oklahoma, (northeast) I will be having surgery in OKC due to how my insurance pays. I have to agree, the horror stories are the exception. I only know this from friends who have the band, as I have just received insurance approval and don't have a date yet. Best wishes and enjoy the journey!

CJ :thumbdown:

Hi my name is laura but everyone calls me tootie....so i guess im goin by that here ....anyway i have an appt for my first meeting sept 15th....im really nervous but have decided i need to get this surgery done to be healthier but its kinda freakin me out after reading all the stories from people thats had a bad time with it but i know that i need it so any help from yall would be appreciated....oh by the way im from southeastern oklahoma and will be going to tulsa to the meeting and im thinking about goin with dr fisher....someone i know went thru him and she had good results so far shes about 2 weeks out of surgery....anyway just wanted to say hi and maybe meet some new people!:thumbdown:

Hi Tootie!!! I am also from Oklahoma. I live in Southeast OK as well. I went to Texarkana to have my surgery done by Dr. Keilin. She is awesome! I am happy for you and your decision to change your life! I am one of the people who has had some bad luck, but it was well worth it and I am over all of that (knock on wood). Let me know how it goes. By the way, what town are you from? I am from Idabel...Talk to you soon!

Kristi

Hi,

I too am from Oklahoma. I'm just north of Tulsa in Claremore. My surgery is scheduled for next Monday, Sept. 8th. Wooo Hooo!

I have had a long wait, over a year! Aetna denied my first attempt stating I had not been fat long enough. They required a 6 month program and then I was approved a year later and a surgery date set pretty fast.

My surgeon is Dr. Gorospe in Owasso. I've had 2 friends go through him and had wonderful experiences.

Best of luck in your wait, it will soon be over!

Jenelle

hey kristi i know exactly where idabell is my friend that i work with is from battiest....and the owner of the beauty school i went to is from idabel...anyway i live in poteau....maybe we could talk sometime...thanks for reading my post hope to see ya soon on here !

Howdy from Owasso--

I'm doing my jump through hoops myself. Just got back this a.m. from my first Cardiac appt. I am going through Dr. Stephen Katsis at Tulsa Surgical Associates. I had my sleep study done almost 2 weeks ago. Sad to say, I had to go on CPAP just after that appt. :thumbup: Hopefully, I'll be able to get rid of that darn machine once the weight falls off. Another week and I'll have my 2nd Cardiac appt and my 2 1/2 hour psych eval. Then just one more appt...the Pulmonology one on the 1st of October. Hope to get all of this finished in time to have my lap surgery by the end of the year. I know they are booked out a good ways. Oh...by the way, I'm Beka. I'm a Mother of 2, one with special needs and one typical hissyfit 3 1/2 year old. Married almost 16 years to my high school sweetheart.

hey bekka nice to meet u and good luck on ur surgery whenever it may be....when u do the sleep study thing how does that work? what u spend the night there? or they give u a sleepin pill? or what? i think i would be so nervous i wouldnt be able to go to sleep lol....anyway hope to hear from u soon

I had to go and sleep overnight in South Tulsa on 91st street. I had to be there at 8:30pm and was released by 5:30am. No sleeping pills unless you are already on them. They hook you up to all this crap and you look something from outer space! There are electrodes attached to just about everywhere from head to your shins. Then, you either just try to fall asleep or read or watch TV as you would normall do until you fall asleep. Then then monitor you from another room all night. At around 1 something in the morning, I was already having so many apnic episodes that they hooked me up to CPAP then. I slept perfectly from then on out until the woke me up a little after 5am. The place I went to was Sleep Solutions and this was where all of Tulsa Surgical Associate patients go to. (Dr. Katsis/Dr. Fisher & their partners) HTH...Beka

oh i see...yeah i think dr fisher is the one i wanna go with...im not sure yet tho....i will have to decide after going to the seminar....my friend had him do her surgery and she said he did very good....im not sure if i would have to go all the way to tulsa or if i could go closer like ft smith or something....anyway thanks for ur reply and i cant wait to get started on my journey im so ready to be healthier!....talk soon

Hi Tootie:

My name is Pam and I am from se oklahoma. I live in the town of Tushka, which is close to Atoka, OK. I had my banding on the 29th of August andI am doing well. I did not have my banding in the ok, but in Mexico. Had a wonderful experience and am doing well. I am scheduled for my first fill on the 29th of September with a doctor in Owasso, Ok.

well its nice to meet ya and good luck on ur fill....i guess im gonna go to tulsa for my band but i havent spoken with them yet but im going to the seminar on monday and i will know more after that im sure....anyway thanks for ur reply....speak with u soon i hope:thumbup: