I had Bypass surgery 6/21/2010.  This is the best thing I have ever done for myself.  I have now lost approx. 90 lbs and have a new lease on life.  I have dropped from a size 22 to a size 10.  I have never been a size 12 much less a 10.  My only regret is that I did not have it done sooner.  Not only has my appearance changed, but also, my disposition and outlook on life.  I am happy and love myself now.  I highly recommend it for anyone seriously wanting to lose weight.  I also recommend Dr. Jon Bruce.  He is the GREATEST.

I am getting irritated at how long this approval process is taking. I mean it is bad enough that my former surgeon decided to leave 180 of her patients right at the end of their pre-op journey, then we all get sent out to different providers. So yea that set most of us back from a closer surgery date. And now my provider's clinic is saying they need this that and the other before they can see me again. It isn't like it is exactly MY fault that WOMACK and my doctor's office is requiring a 2 week wait to get the records to them (no idea why they are doing that either). I told the hubby today I was about to go pop someone in the head if it didn't get here sooner. But really why do they make people wait two or more weeks for records to get shipped. Especially when you go in and they are all sitting around shooting the breeze and you say excuse me like 4 times before one of them rolls their eyes and comes to the window.

So I'm reading a lot of posts from folks who are in the first week or three post op. The advice from others is always sip sip sip walk walk walk. I got the sip part but was wondering how much walking. I mean, did y'all just walk around the house for a few days and then just up and down the street? Or did you go outside to walk all the time. How far do you/are you able to walk? Thanks,
Maggie
(one week pre-op, yippeeeee)

You might want to look into other surgeries besides the lapband as well. LapBand and Realize bands have the highest failure rate out of any weight loss surgery. I am not saying this to scare you but just thought you might like to know. There are more options than the lapband or realize band systems. You Have Roux-en-y aka Gastric bypass, Gastric sleeve, duodenal sleeve (some surgeons will not do this one but you can check into it anyhow), and of course the lapband. Just please please please do plenty of research before you make a definate decision. And please also remember tha WLS of any kind is a tool and not a fast fix to any problem.

I think I don't have enough fingers to use to count how many times I have been left behind to handle the packing and movers.  It is no fun and I really don't want to do it ever again.  I know what you are going through!