Thanks everyone for your thoughts and advice it helps a lot!!!!

 Welcome and please know there are lots of veterans here to help you -!

Nerves are common and you are normal!  You will be just fine, I promise!  I was a wreck before surgery (I went to Mexico) but fast forward a few months and you will be seeing amazing results and look back an laugh about how nervous you where.  You are only human, so of course you will be scared.  

VSG is a bit newer here in MN so you will find most weighloss patients did around here didnt have VSG, but its becoming more common!  I am 11 months out - my anniversary is Jan 6th.  I made goal in less than 10 months. 

Take it one day at a time.  Do not rush to the next stages of diet after surgery.  Your body will tell you when you are ready for the next step.  I had a relatively easy journey.  Oh yes there were bumps on the way (threw up 3 times so far after eating to much or drinking with meals).  I am having my gallbladder out in about 3.5 hours - actually need to get packing but wanted to check the boards to see what I missed over the weekend!

Sending you best wishes and prayers this week!  The OH boards will be a great resource for you on your journey - I know they have been and still are for me!  Good luck!

Kim

I am surprized at all who said they were too old for reconstructive surgery. The Dr I went too have plenty of patients in their 50's and 60's.
I had the lbl, breast lift with implants and 5 zone of lypo for contouring my dr also added some of the lypo fat back to my butt to round it out. I never thought I'd get more then the lbl but now it is like once you replace the new sofa and curtains the rug looks as though it could be redone too, I will mostlikely go back < I had my work all done in Brazil> and do some tweeking and go for the thigh lift in a couple of years. I am 10 year out of RNY and 5 year out of plastic so I guess I am not in any rush.

 Thanks so much, you were right and everything worked out great and I was in very good hands.. I absolutly love Dr Laguna and other then a sidetrack from a ruptured hernia everything went easily and recovery has been good. . Thanks so much! 

Thanks everyone for your responses!  I'm scheduled to go to a seminar at the U of M on Dec. 23rd, and to meet with Dr. Ikramuddin.  I loved the staff at Unity, and this will be a hard decision to make, however the more research I do, the more I lean towrad the DS, which I would then head to the U of M for sure.  I know Dr. Ikramuddin does surgery at Abbott, but I really have a great deal of respect for the U of M as my son was there at the pediatric hosptial for gastroentestinal issues that Children's wouldn't even talk to his doctor about.  The U was the only one to offer to take his case.  So I really trust them.  ANYWAYS,

I have a sleep study scheduled for Dec. 26th and am sadly hoping that I have sleep apnea as I have no other "severe enough" co-morbities to qualify for insurance coverage. 

Hope everyone is doing well!!

Jen B