New, looking for info on UIHC docs and others in Cedar Rapids area

It's funny you would post this because I was just getting on to post a message to see if anyone had any docs in the Cedar Rapids area!!

I had lapband surgery a year ago. I used a doc in Des Moines. He was a very good doc, but the post op care has been HORRENDOUS!! They promised me all this flexibility and gave me NOTHING! So I'm looking for another doc.

You can send me a message and I will send you my email and phone number. I would be glad to tell you my experience!

For me, it wasn't a matter of the surgery taking away my kids' mother(I have 2-6 and 4), but a matter of the weight taking away their mother! I don't know how overweight you are, but I WAS 200 pounds overweight. I didn't have any "comorbidies" YET. They were coming. I wasn't living, I was watching my life go by on the sidelines. I have since lost 95 pounds in the last 1 1/2 years and I have my life back! I still have a ways to go, but I'm living my life, no****ching it go by. I play with my kids, no****ch from a bench! I had lapband surgery because it was the safest of the 2 surgeries. I would do it again in a heart beat!!

Send me a message. I would love to connect with people from this area. Maybe we could set up our own support group! I feel kinda out of the loop. Another reason I'm looking for another doc.

I look forward to talking with you!

Brigette

Hi Brigette!  I would be very interested to hear your experience.  I was pretty determined to go with the bypass surgery originally but am now more open to learning more about the lap band, both for safety reasons and the cost (I will be private pay). 

I have about 100lb to lose and am anxious to get started.  I have joined an Overeater's Anonymous group and am finding that really helpful.  I know even if I have the surgery it will be important for me to change my lifestyle and eating habits, so I'm trying to work on that now to prove to myself that I can do it and stick with it!  It would be a real shame to have surgery, lose the weight, and then regain as I know some people have. 

You can e-mail me at [email protected] and we'll connect!  Congratulations on your great success so far!  I'm really glad to hear you are happy with your surgery, making such great progress, and feeling so much better!   Deb