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Topic: RE: Nervous Psych Evaluation
WOW! i never had to do the whole 500 questions thing...my dude just sat there and asked me some questions...i rambled on and on, lol, he had me explain everything and the minimal chances of bad stuff happening and after i was done he sat there and wrote out the letter and read it to me saying that i was okay for the surgery :/ i would have died having to do the questionair...i hate them things ,lol
Topic: RE: Nervous Psych Evaluation
all he is going to do i ask you some dumb questions and then put you in a room with a booklet of 500 y or n questions. they ask the same stuff over and over again. They ask you like 5 times if you lvoe your parents. it's nothing girl
Topic: WLS Peps in Bay Area?
Hey Ya'll I wanted to know if anyone in the Bay Area wants to get together sometime for coffee/shopping/work outs . . . im in San Ramon . . . so if anyone ever wants to kick it please drop me an e-mail!
Topic: RE: Oh my gosh...
They have different success rates.... RNY is higher - anywhere from 65%-85%, lap is 50%-65%. Many doctors that started doing the lap-band are now doing less and less and trying to get you to have the RNY for the success rates and studies.
Topic: Sick with the stomach flu
Okay I am 10 months post op. This past weekend I was so sick with the stomach flu. Honestly it was terrible. Since my stomach is so much smaller than a "normal" stomach it was terrible trying to keep anything down. It came down to me becoming dehydrated. I went into the urgent care were I was given IV fluids. I felt better for a while. I was trying to figure out what I could have without it coming back up. Pedilyte pops were the only thing since it was a tiny bit of fluid at a time it didn't make my stomach upset as did drinking water or sparkling water. Hopefully everyone that has had wls (rny) will not get this bug but just in case get some pedilyte pops.
Topic: RE: ?? about my lil sis...
yeah during the time I was doing my paperwork for the insurance and the surgeons office I had such a hard time remembering every doctor I had seen, ever medication I have taken, every diet I had been on for weight loss. That's why I tell everyone now that is looking into it to sit down and start recording everything names, dates, address, phone numbers, medication, duration, result, etc... because the more proof you have the harder the time the insurance has to deny the surgery.
Topic: RE: ?? about my lil sis...
oh yeah! the whole recording of diets and drs stuff and everything
Topic: RE: ?? about my lil sis...
Like the other posters said, the majority of surgeons usually will not perform wls on those younge than 16 yrs old, many won't perform on younger than 18yrs old. The best thing at this point is to keep record of all diets, medications, physicians etc used regarding weight loss, so if she does need wls in the future all this can be noted during the approval process.
Topic: RE: ?? about my lil sis...
i know from my own experinces in this whole wls thing at 14, i don think i would have had the mental mind set to handle all of it, ya know? i would have had a mental break down from getting poked and pinched and told that yeah there are chances that you could die...this is a major surgery and whatnot :/
and if shes doing good with the diet pills, keep going with em...maybe she'll slim down on them :/ or just keep using the pills and if by the time shes 17-18, she hasn't slimmed down then start looking into wls.
Like tina said...there arent many doctors that will operate on someone that young...but there are a few, its basically her/her mom and dads call, if they think that she can mentally handle it go ahead ya know :/
Topic: ?? about my lil sis...
Hi everyone! I have a question regarding WLS and teens...Duh, I'm here! My sister turned 14 in October and weighs more than 200 lbs I know, but possibly even more than 250. (I'm in Germany and haven't seen her for 3 years.) My mom has her on diet pills now and they are doing a good job, but I just wonder if she would be a good candidate for WLS. I am having my surgery in a few days and so all the family has been talking about it. Do you think 14 is too emotionally premature for someone to have WLS? I know the difficult time I have had with making the decision and I'm almost 28!! If any of you are around 14 or were 14 when you had the surgery, please let me know so I can talk to her (and Mom) about this. My mom says she doesn't think Kaylee would be able to deal with all the issues involved in getting the surgery, like being serious and following the rules. Any help you could send my way would be greatly appreciated and is sorely needed.
Thanks in Advance for all your help!
Brenda
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