Hi Mona, It's nice to see another Mona on the board. You need to ask how many surgeries he has done, his complication rate and what his followup procedure is. What surgery are you considering? There is a bypass and band forum on OH. You can get a lot of information from these forums. If you are considering the band, Beth,Jimmy and I are old bandsters and can give you a lot of information. Good luck. Let us know how it goes. Mona

Mona, you just starting your journey on a new way of living....take your time on finding all the answere to you questions, do as much research as you can, take in as many support groups meetings as you can, and ask any of us here on the boards, if we cant answere it we will try to find the answers you need. I am almost 5 years out with the gastric banding and i have maintained my weight for over 3 1/2 years. Where do you live and where is the doctors office. I havent heard his name mentioned before. keep in touch and my private email is [email protected], I'm in North Platte and have ran out support group since before I even had surgery. Jimmy is my #1 man and does a bang up job at the meetings....late and lighter... Beth

Hello Everyone, I am having my first consultation with Dr. Taddeucci and I am very nervous and anxious. What can I expect? What kind of questions and tests will they do?Insurance says if covers, but then i called back with the codes and they said the codes are outdated and not valid. Has anyone had Dr. Taddeucci as their surgeon?

Thanks guys--I appreciate it. I did call dr. offfice this morning and she confirmed everything you said. I really have to work hard at getting more water in, I'm sure of that. She even suggested taking an immodium if I really needed it. I took one this morning and have so much better today. I'm feeling pretty good considering my surgery was a week ago yesterday, even went in and worked a couple hours this morning and got payroll done. But am having a allergic reaction to the tape on my sutures, so Lisa said to just remove all the tape. Bad part about that is that it pulled some of the scabs off and now my tummy is pretty sore and sensitive. Oh well, I am still feeling better than I did a week ago --plus I've lost 16 pounds already! Can't even believe that one, even though I know it will and certainly should slow down after I'm back on food, I'm just enjoying it today! --Angie

Hi Angie, I wanted to add one thing. If you are drinking a lot of juice, that could be aggravating your diarrhea. Call your surgeon and he can advise you. Good luck. Mona