Peggy, this board is so slooow.   I just post on the main RNY msg board now mostly because it moves a lot faster than this board.  If you post something on here, it might take a month or so to even get ONE response, lol.       Congrats on your new support group and radio group!   And good job for all the weight loss you've had girl  ! Christie

I knew RNY was for me because the band left me too many choices. I heard my own voice saying, "Hey, it's November. I'll skip my fill." If I knew I was going to have wiggle room, I couldn't go that direction. Another reason was for speed. I started at 384 and needed to chunk off as much as possible and fast. I knew the momentum was needed to carry me to goal weight and without a quick slice off the top, I wouldn't go far. Those were MY reasons and my ONLY change would be in researching the switch more so I would have known, up front, about another choice. I would have had to travel, but had it been my choice I would have done so.

Wow! How cool is that! Where did you have your surgery at? I live in Roy, so not too far from you guys

I am going to a seminar soon at SLRMC and am self pay for the RNY surgery.    I was wondering if anyone out there had it done there and how much it was to do it with SLRMC.   I was looking at Rocky Mountain Physicians and it says it's like almost $19k, and half of that is just the hospital fee at St. Mark's!     I was hoping since maybe they are based in the medical ctr that maybe it'll be a little less cost than this other dr....sigh.     Dr. Christina Richards looks like the dr that I'd really like to do my surgery too.   I've read a lot of great testimonials about her from patients on here! Anyone?   Thanks! Christie

I am just starting to look into my options. My doc recommended the lapband, so thats where  I'm starting. I had no idea you could lose that much with the lapband, congrats!