Buttercup24

Thank you so much for all of the information! Sounds like you are doing great and 15 pounds is great....ESPECIALLY for 3 wks!!! I would be ecstatic if I lost 15 pounds!! One thing that really put a scare in me is when I was at my last appointment waiting in the waiting room this lady came in who was very angry. She said she had the band and told me not to do it. She said that she was not able to eat any fruits and most vegetables,and then she said "they don't tell you that, there is a lot they don't tell you". I thought gosh, if I can't eat any fruits or most vegetables I am not sure this is for me. I think the part I am most nervous about is one......the pain or nausea.,.....and two....right now I have a hard time not eating junk food....or eating the right foods. Mostly because I just do not know anymore what to eat! I do not want to have this surgery and still eat junk! I asked if I would be able to meet with the nutritionist and the psychologist twice a month for the first few months. I want to do it but I just want so badly to suceed with it as well!

I am seriously considering the band surgery. If all goes well I am looking at a surgery in early January. One minute I am very excited about it and all gung ho....and then the next minute I am thinking, can I really do this? Can I make these huge life adjustments? I want to.....but I don't want to fail either. How realistic is it to eat only 1 cup of food at a time? I hear so many things about what you can and cannot eat, and people getting sick, losing their hair etc. Dr.Snyder is my doctor....and I love hiim! I believe them when they say that they will help me all the way through the entire process....but it is up to me to do it. How long is the recovery period? I go next week for my psych eval and my nutrition class. Very excited for the nutrition class! Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

So how have things been since your surgery? How hard is it to adjust to the lifestyle changes post op? I am in the process of getting approved and looking at a surgery date early January. I am so back and forth on whether or not I should do it I want to do it and I definitely want the physical changes, but I am so hesitant about what I can and cannot eat, and getting sick. I have heard and read so many different things, I probably should just stop reading! I think I would need to meet with the nutritionist once or twice a month at first to help me with some healthy choices of what to eat and snack on, and for dinner ideas. I am just curious to talk to other patients of Dr.Snyder to see how they are doing and what their experience has been like....and if they had it to do again, would they? Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!

I am actually sitting in the waiting room waiting to meet with my surgeon for the first time. I am really interested in the band, possibly the sleeve, but I am quite intimidated about life after surgery! The more I read about the problems people have had or how sick they feel scares me. Will I ever eat real food? Will I be able to have a sit down dinner with my family? What about going out to dinner? How do you wrap your mind around the emotional part of "not eating"? I mean yes food is enjoyable and yes I want to eat healthy, and eat to live not live to eat......but will I still be able to enjoy food?