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Thank you for your story. I'm in the process of getting my lapland surgery done and I was still on the fence on whether I should choose SWLC with Dr. Coburn or another popular clinic. Your story have solidify my choice, since I wanted an exceptional surgeon to do my procedure and great aftercare. I'm sorry you had to go through that experience but also grateful you posted it here. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

newbie - hi there don't usually read/post on blogs - but i saw yours - here i am don't worry - fluids rarely make people full once you start solids - you will feel your new tummy getting full like its supposed to good luck with your new sleeve - you'll love it 8 months 87 lbs down - sleeve was the best decision i ever made don't get discouraged - good things in front of you - patience kathy

Congratulations on your decision. Your strength, success and kindness will be reflected in your son and that is a gift you receive, deserve and will cherish! I am sure your success will be incredible and fully satisfying!

Interesting! I was, in fact, told the complete opposite concerning the complications and safety facts when comparing the options. By the way, I share your view about changing my body completely which was why I pursued the lapband - even though my BME was 47 - and no, I do not regret my lapband. it has been very simple and easy for me and I have been exceptionally successful. I must warn you however; I have only had it for 1 year this month. But a 126 pound loss in 1 year is nothing to sneeze at and I have had absolutely no issues - other than the embarrassing enlightenments it has brought to my attention concerning my previous bad habits - I had NOOOO idea of how I was always sabatoging myself until I got my little, "Bandy."

Go get 'em, LoveAlways! You can do this! We all can... and we WILL!

This is a great life long gift you are giving your son. Not only a healthy mom but a great role model of how to live a healthy life!

First and foremost, you are not a Debbie downer. The feelings you are having are soooo normal, the majority of us have been obese for years and some their entire lives. Being of "normal" weight, what ever that is, is a goal that many of us thought we would never achieve. Now we are faced with living with the new us. Now we have to learn to live with the tiny person we have spent the past few years scupting.. It takes our minds time to catch up with the weight loss. Today at work a vendor said to me, "You are so tiny and petite, you look like a model for Talbot's". I just stared at her and started laughing, she looked very shocked by my response. My friend answered for me, "She does not see herself that way, she still sees herself as the overweight person she was 2 years ago." Sad but true, I know when I look in the mirror, I am tiny now but sometmes I look at that person in the mirror some days and all I see are the flaws that the weight loss has left me with. I know that may sound ungrateful and totally fickle but it is honestly how I feel. I am grateful for my band, I am happy with my weight loss and would never go back to who I was before. Keep working hard and you will reach your goal, you have made awesome progress and should be so proud of your progress to date.

I have learned so much about nutrition which helped me lose 20 pounds in 2 months which was a great incentive. But I know I can not continue that trend which I know from all the failures. I weighed 282, when I started on May 22nd. I was banded on Aug 6th and I am now 34 pounds down. I am so happy I had this done. This is the best thing you could do for yourself. Just to not have that feeling of the bottom pit in your stomach where you can not stop eating. No more for me. There are restrictive items that they recommend not to eat, but those things are the white carbs which are the things that are my enemies. I am not a junk eater as much as I am a carb eater.

My surgery is tomarrow to. I'm nervous and have been reading and researching as much as I can. I tell myself to take one step at a time and don't get to ahead of myself on this journey of self discovering. Best of luck.

Sorry to hear you are having this obstacle occur during the pre-op phase. Just keep remembering that you are doing this to get healthy in the first place and if there's anything going on that could impact your health during surgery or otherwise, you want to get that addressed first. It's not easy to wait, but you'll get there. One step at a time.