I had my first Consult today!
I feel like I am on my way now. I finally had my first consult with Dr. Pohl. My mom liked him as well as I did. Now she is playing around with the notion of having surgery. I felt very comfortable with him. We both came to the conclusion that Lap Band would probably the best fit for me. I was leaning more to it because I am a little bit anemic and I don't want to make that worse. Well now I feel like I can move on and continue with getting everything I need to get done to have the surgery. I am going to be talking to my doctor soon about getting referrals to all the things I need to get done. I am already on my 6 month diet I need to be on for insurance purposes.
Yeah me... I am on my journey.
I have been doing a lot of research on it and feel it is less invasive. I also have a heart condition (2 stents) and it is too much of a risk for me to have that intense of a surgery. I also would like to get pregnant and cannot do so without losing weight and getting some of my other medical conditions under control.
I feel that it is a great tool to work with. I like the fact that you can have it filled or drained to customize it to your needs, and it is not permanent. I was worried too about nutrients to the baby if I got pregnant...though I do know someone who had the bypass and had a very healthy pregnancy and a very healthy beautiful baby.
Think of it this way...the weight loss is slower, but it retrains you to eat. If your "pouch" stretches too big and you start eating more and gain, you can always have a fill to shrink your stomach again. I could go on and on because I am also doing a report on it for school.
How did you decide between the LB and Bypass?? It wasn't an easy decision was it...Are you comfortable with your decision???
Kristen,
You are the first person that I have really started to talk about my decision. I tried with my boyfriend and of course that was like a duck talking to a cat. He is one of those people that has to fight to gain weight. Total opposite of me.
I have been playing around with the idea of surgery for years. I told my friends once about the idea of surgery. It was back when I was researching the surgery for my dad. They all were big girls too mind you.. They said why doesn't he just go on a diet and work out. I told them,"If it was so easy then why aren't we all a size 8?" Well that shut them up. LOL BTW, two of them ended up having surgery. The both had RNY.
Well since then I have been looking at how they are doing over the past 2 years. I noticed the one that had surgery 2 years ago is starting to gain her weight back. She can eat 4 slices of pizza at one sitting.
I don't like the idea that the stomach can grow back in size and that you only have a small window to lose your weight. I also don't like how it was all these years that got me to the size I am and that in a short time I am suppose to learn a new way of living. I like idea that band will always be there for me and that with time, enough time I will have relearned how to eat. I like that I can always have it adjusted if I need a little bit of a fix in a few years. The other surgeries are just a one time shot and that's it.
I know the road is going to be a hard one and there is no magical cure for it all. I know I need to exercise. I just feel like with the Lap Band I will always have that kind of push where all diet fail. At this time I am totally comfortable with my decision.
As me after I have my surgery. 
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