How many vitamins do you take?

Get thee to a support group/ coffee... it never hurts to get a buddy thats ahead of you to kinda grill and watch eat LOL

It helped me alot with Granny E... I needed to watch her eat and ask questions up the wahooo.

I take two vitamins a day...always have.  :)

I have zero regrets and would have fully regreted if I had gone through with lap band.  I would probably be done about 60 to 80 pounds now, where as with rny Im down 140 and weight 124.

Ask away!

In a lot of ways, the RNY is a lot like dieting and exercise too.  You have to work the tool, regardless of the tool you  have.  two people close to me  have lost 150#'s and 200#'s respectively with the lapband, so it can be done.

As for vitamins, I take Iron, Vit C, B12, Muti, Vit D, B complex, Vit A, Vit E, Magnesium, Calcuim, Zinc.  I  take a lot of chewables which makes it bareable.

good luck

Hi Korina,  I went to a group meeting and listened to both the RNY and Lap info...I started going into this thinking I was getting banded...after that meeting, I chose RYN.  For me, it was when he said that it was fairly new (10-12 yrs) I thought to myself...so what happens in 10-12 yrs?? No one could tell me...would I have to do it again? Would the band need to be replaced? So I just went with what I had long term info on. I have no regrets...just had it done 2 wks ago tomorrow and I'm back at work as of Monday and doing great! I wish you luck with your decision and my advise is since you may not have time to go to a group....start reading and asking questions....knowledge is power!! Sherry-

Which program are you going with and why do you have to decide by Friday? Just asking because generally, your surgeon will help you make the decision of which surgery to have based on your current eating behaviors, etc.

The choices as I know them are lapband, RNY, and DS (duodenal switch). I know other options such as VBG or Fobi Pouch are out there, but we don't hear much about those with the surgeons we have in MN. Though, I could be wrong and just not have come across them. I'll be honest in saying that I feel you owe it to yourself to research at length each surgery before making your decision. There is a lot to know to be honest. I've researched this thing for 6 months straight this year and still learn new things almost daily or weekly for sure. Keep asking questions though, everyone is very helpful on this board! Coffee and/or support groups and info sessions are also very important. Congrats on your decesion to make this life change!

Ditto on diamondgirl's reply.  Nicely said!!!!