Woo Hoooooo!

Let the journey begin! 

LOSER'S ROCK!!!

no groups or much of anything to do here:P  well we have a gym and pools and a lake that is a mile around but it is pretty boring.  I have a friend here who had vsg and we have been walking at the lake so u could join us.  the yahoo group has been pretty quiet lately but is a really good group of folks:)

I got a lapband in march of this year.  If I could do it over I would do a sleeve honestly.  I'm one of the .02% of people who are having complcations.  Funny enough I befriended the girl who had surgery before me and she just had her band out last week due to similar complications.  That being said I love my band and have lost 82lbs.  However my weight loss has really slowed down and is getting much more difficult (i'm sure the problems and all the fills/unfills are not helping with this).  The surgeon I'm seeing now (I've been through a whole bunch) won't even put a band in someone with a bmi over 50(mine was 53 before surgery) and doesn't feel the band is effective for the more massive weight loss.  I'm tending to agree after a lot of research and support group meeting attendence.  a lot of people seem to get stuck at 50-70lbs loss and stop there.

I'm looking at a possible revision now still the bypass scares me.  I don't like the rearranging of the anatomy and all the problems with that.  However the thing I want less is regaining the weight so...

I don't know if that made sense but I believe you could be succesful with the band but it will be more work and the statistics are better for the rny I believe.  also there can be a lot of complications post band.

 what did dr. blackstone suggest..... ask for her input.... 

He is the most awesome you should go get a consult you will love his office staff too. He has done all on my plastics with no problems at all, he is also doing my thigh lift in a few weeks....last thing on my body he hasn't lifted yet ; ) 

GOOD LUCK IN YOUR JOURNEY


TORI