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HI! I am new to the board and so happy that I found this place.

I a patient of Dr. Kurian's in NY. The process has gone sooo smoothly. I met with her for the first time in mid august and I was scheduled for surgery tomorrow (10/4/05) My Dr. was late in getting the results of my P.A.T's though and I got a call on Friday from my Dr. saying that my EKG came back abnormal and that he couldn't give me medical clearnance without further testing. Yikes. I have never had any problems before, but heart disease does run in my family. Needless to say, no surgery tomorrow. :) and I am hopeful that it won't be anything too serious.

I was doubly disappointed, one in finding out that there might be something wrong with my heart and also in not being able to go through with the surgery. So anyway, instead of having surgery tomorrow, I am going for a thalium stress test and if all goes well, my band surgery will now take place on the 14th. I was so glad that I wasn't going to have to wait another couple of months.

I'm getting more and more nervous about the surgery and am jsut looking forward to getting it over with. I try to focus on life after the surgery instead of dwelling on the actual surgery itself.

Anyway, I am currently 240 pounds and am hoping to lose about 100 pounds. Although I will be hapy with anything! Losing weight has been such a struggle for me and I am looking forward to the help that the band offers.

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Heart issues are scary, but be glad they found out before the surgery and then have something go wrong. It probably isn't anything big, or they would have slapped you in a hospital bed with oxygen and tubes everywhere. By any chance, do you smoke or have you ever smoked? If not, it's unlikely that it would be anything that serious. I'm glad they're checking everything out though, better to be safe than sorry.

They'll pretty much know tomorrow, although they won't have a report for a few days. Are you doing a walking stress test or a chemical stress test? The hardest thing about these stupid stress tests is having to lie on this very narrow machine with both of your arms over your head for like 20 minutes. Man my arms get sore when I have to do that. But other than that, they're not so bad.

Also, do you have diabetes? If so are you on insulin? I am only asking because if you don't smoke and don't have diabetes it might not be anything to worry about.

Please let us know how things are going. You can PM me if you need someone to talk to about this cardiac stuff, as you can tell I have some knowledge (understatement) of all of it. Been through more heart issues than I care to discuss, but they still banded me!! So it doesn't necessarilly exclude you as a canidate for being banded.

Welcome to the boards, lots of really nice and caring people here.

Cindy

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Hello, it looks like we have some things in common. I am having the band on October 6th and I weigh 220, I hope everything goes well with you. Lets keep in touch.

Wendy

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Hi thanks for your response.

I don't smoke, although I did when I was younger. It's been about 17 years though since I smoked. When I had my blood tests done for my P.A.T's they found out that I am borderline diabetic (also runs in my family). My Dr. said it's a good thing that I'm getting this surgery now as these problems are just beginning.

I am having the Nuclear (thalium)stress test and I'm pretty sure it will be the walking test. I read up on it a bit, but I'm still not sure I know exactly what's involved. They said I will be there about 3 or 4 hours.

I will be sure to post how everything went.

Thanks so much!

Heart issues are scary, but be glad they found out before the surgery and then have something go wrong. It probably isn't anything big, or they would have slapped you in a hospital bed with oxygen and tubes everywhere. By any chance, do you smoke or have you ever smoked? If not, it's unlikely that it would be anything that serious. I'm glad they're checking everything out though, better to be safe than sorry.

They'll pretty much know tomorrow, although they won't have a report for a few days. Are you doing a walking stress test or a chemical stress test? The hardest thing about these stupid stress tests is having to lie on this very narrow machine with both of your arms over your head for like 20 minutes. Man my arms get sore when I have to do that. But other than that, they're not so bad.

Also, do you have diabetes? If so are you on insulin? I am only asking because if you don't smoke and don't have diabetes it might not be anything to worry about.

Please let us know how things are going. You can PM me if you need someone to talk to about this cardiac stuff, as you can tell I have some knowledge (understatement) of all of it. Been through more heart issues than I care to discuss, but they still banded me!! So it doesn't necessarilly exclude you as a canidate for being banded.

Welcome to the boards, lots of really nice and caring people here.

Cindy

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Hello, it looks like we have some things in common. I am having the band on October 6th and I weigh 220, I hope everything goes well with you. Lets keep in touch.

Wendy

Oh wow! Two more days! Are you getting nervous? excited? Please check in and let us know how everything went.

It's so nice to be able to share this journey with others going through the same thing.

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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