Surgery Set - Nervous!

I am having Lap-Band surgery on July 22nd & yes...I'm nervous. Maybe I'm reading too much - but trying to learn everything I can.    Anyone have surgery a few weeks ago?? and how are you doing??

You can never do to much reading and learning ALL you can before having a life changing surgery.

Have you checked the July surgery board to find people with close surgery dates.  Or check out May and June to find those already done.

Please read on the Revision Forum here before you have your surgery! See just how many are revising FROM the band! Also go on the VSG forum and ask their opinion of the band. There are plenty of FORMER bandsters on there, so you will get an accurate comparison of the band to VSG!

Maria...the thing is if she goes to the Revision board..she may see JUST AS MANY ASKING FOR HELP  with a revision from RNY and the Sleeve ....it is MUCH easier to get the band removed than revise from the Sleeve or RNY.....the Sleeve is the only surgery that is NOT reversible, many just add the bypass or DS portion of malabsorption to help out.

So PLEASE don't use the Revision board as a reason for not getting the band...LOL...No surgery is complication free, or problem free. And ALL OF THEM REQUIRES A LIFESTYLE CHANGE, AND NONE ARE MAGIC WANDS AND ALL ARE TOOLS.

So in other words is it much easier for a patient to dump a lap band than a Sleeve or RNY person to get a revision, but despite all of this MANY bypass and Sleeve patients are still seeking as many revisions as a lap banders......and the Sleeve is still pretty new. And many wish they could get a band over their Sleeve or Bypass based on what my surgeon says...when their pouch/stomach stretches out

!.it is MUCH easier to get the band removed than revise from the Sleeve or RNY~

Nana you all act like it's no big deal getting the band removed. Yes. It can be removed, but that doesn't mean that all the damage it has caused can be removed. Ask Steph and Nicci about that one.

No the sleeve is not reversable, but who wants a temporary WLS? I got the band b/c I was told at the time that it was meant to last a lifetime. I did NOT want something temporary.

~So PLEASE don't use the Revision board as a reason for not getting the band...LOL...No surgery is complication free, or problem free.~

Of course no surgery is complication free. Having tonsils removed is not complication free. Things happen occasionally even with that. But if that had a 50% complication rate at 6 years then ppl would stop having tonsils out , just like ppl are not having the band implanted very often now. And I stand by my statement. She should look on the revision forum. Not just to get a realistic view of the band, but to get a realistic view of ALL WLS's! She can look on there and see which WLS's are having the most complications, and which ones have the most patients wanting to revise FROM them. Right?

~ ALL OF THEM REQUIRES A LIFESTYLE CHANGE~

Well of course! No one is saying that that is not required.

~  NONE ARE MAGIC WANDS AND ALL ARE TOOLS.~

Half right. There is no such thing as a magic wand of course. We are not talking fairy tales here, lol. But not all WLS's are tools. That varies greatly. With the band, some of the bandsters do get a tool..........others are not so lucky. :-(

~ MANY bypass and Sleeve patients are still seeking as many revisions as a lap banders~

Really? Could you go on the revision forum and do a quick assessment and give me the stats on that. Now granted, I have not been on there recently, but whenever I have in the past those wishing to revise from their current WLS's are in this order:

Band
RNY
VSG

I don't recall every seeing a DS'er that wanted to revise. RNY revisions are generally due to the stoma stretching. VSG revisions are generally due to not losing or maintaining a sufficient amount of weight and needing the malabsorption component. Bandstetrs seeking revisions are mostly due to severe complications that the band has caused.
 

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Not a clue what I said & what was wrong.

Oh one thing I forgot to mention! Many insurance companies have now implemented a "one WLS per lifetime", so choose carefully!!!

Conrats! on your surgery date, You can never read too much, try to focus on the positives of having this done and how life changing it will be for you to get healthy. You will always hear negative feed back from all surgeries, they all have complications. Good Luck to you!  if you need anything just ask

Thanks Kayla, Everyone has an opinion. :)  I do have confidence in my surgeon and I'm looking forward to change in my eating habits.  Thanks for taking the time to respond!