Congratulations to you, good job! I will be going under on Monday morning bright and early at 7:30am. I am SOOO excited and ready to go. Looking forward to being on the "other side"! Take care and good luck! Stefanie

Congrats on your date! Which also happens to be my date... Best of luck to you, we can meet up on the losers bench later that evening.

congrats!! i'm scheduled for tomorrow the 15th but as of today at 430 i still havent been approved. so their making me wait till 1030 in the morning to tell me if i need to be at the hosp at 2 or not. i think thats totally rediculous!!!!!!! i'll be fighting it if not approved.

Well I am 2 weeks out and feeling GREAT. I have lost 13 lbs sinnce surgery. My Dr. is very pleased. He said some people loose to fast in the begining and it causes extra skin problems. He said the way I'm going and my age I shouldn't have to worry about my arms and legs.... whew..he said my tummy will have to be done thanks to my children...lol...and a breast lift or implants if I want. LOL my husband is already saving for the boob job... Also I got my diet advancment today.... who would've thought tuna and chicken would taste so good. I couldn't finnish my 2 oz of chicken. and after 1/4 cup of tuna I was feeling full. It feels so good to be eating real food... I hope everyone else is doing great...I saw other boards doing weekly weigh-ins so I thought maybe we could start doing it on Wed.'s. The middle of the week...I will be the first. Before program 332lbs Day of Surgery 307lbs today 294lbs -38lbs

Lap-band is day surgery with back to work in only 3-5 days. This is the band that uses restriction alone for weight loss. RNY is where they form a small stomache and bypass some of the upper intestines. This is 3-4 day hospital stay and about 2 weeks recoupe time, but it can take people up to 6 weeks. I'm 2 weeks out of RNY and feel great. The RNY uses restriction and malsorbtion. It also cause dumping syndrom if you eat alot of calories or fat at once. I haven't had dumping so I can't tell you what it feels like, but I honestly don't want to find out... If you follow directions from your Dr and don't cheat it will work no matter which one you choose. My Dr.'s feel bypass is better for people with a BMI over 45, but they let the final choice be the patients. most insurances cover the procedure. Just check with them on what you need to do prior to approval.... some require you to do more within a program than others.