I was told that they may not strong enough because they can not let you through the boarder with narcotic drugs like vicadin. Shirley told me that this morning and they are going to fax my doctor and explain that to him so he will write a prescription for a few days worth. I hope he does cause I think it will be easier to get through being sore.

Who says he does not give you a prescription for pain meds? I have not heard that before. If fact it seems that someone was saying they were taking their pain meds on the way home on the plane and had trouble swallowing it. Besides you can buy most of them otc at the pharmacys down there.

With VSG they totally remove the biggest part of your stomach.  Your stomach looks like a banana.

I chose VSG because with the lap band I didn't want a foreign object in me and I didn't want to deal with the potential problems (slippage, erosion etc) or deal with the port and have to back to get fills. 

With RNY I didn't want the malabsorption and all the potential problems that come with (dumping, malnutrition, ulcers etc).

What I did want is my stomach smaller and get rid of the part of the stomach that produces the hunger hormone - grehlin.

VSG (in my eyes) is a much safer procedure with great results.

A lot of people are turned off by the permanency of it, but unless you are having severe problems they don't reverse either of the other procedures.  And with the RNY I haven't ever heard about someone getting it reversed.

 Hey all, 

I am a lap bander. I was just wondering if someone can explain to me what the main differences are between the lap band and the VBG?? 

Also, why did you choose the VBG over the lap band??

Thanks,
Rachel

I am four weeks out today and I am nauseous when I wake up in the middle of the night and in the morning too. I can't even think about getting anything down until around 9-10am. I wake up at 530am. I saw my doc yesterday for my one month post op visit. He wants me to take my nexium as soon as I wake up. I don't know if that will help. He gave me Zofran whick I put on my tongue and let it melt. It's hard to take when I'm so nauseous and it's not working. I would give your doc a call. Mine doesn't last all day  though.