paul atreides

hey everyone...my name is paul im about 300 pounds...22 year old college student...i met someone a few months ago who had this surgery and she said it turned her lfie around since then, ive been playing around with the idea, ive looked on a few forums and gotten so far as calling my insurance company, but then wind up chickening out...especially when i read about some of the risks i have severe anxiety and depression issues, but im tired of being some fat pos that everyone makes fun of i love eating, i dont exercise at all, im a computer person so my time is spent mostly sittin here i want to change all that without losing who i am...but im just like terrified of the whole process i have no idea if my insurance will cover this, every time i walk into the damn building (harvard vanguard medical center) i come out with a 250 dollar bill that im told is a deductible i really dont have the money to go and make all these appointments and talk to doctors im sorta a wuss...i mean i guess everyone is to some degree, but after the surgery how much did everything hurt? i uh...read somewhere some guy had to get a catheter like you know, shoved up his commander, so to speak, is that like...a common thing? as much as i hate being fat, thats something along the line of a deal breaker how long after the surgery on average would a person be out of commission? what are some of the changes you have to make post op - lifestyle and diet? i love sweets and soda and fried foods, do you have to give those up? whats this liquid diet ive been hearing about? are the risks really bad? im not talking about like death but like, ive read about the possibility of the band slipping, or crazy infections? whats it like post op? do you not feel hungry anymore? can you like feel your insides as being different? im sorry i know im asking a lot of questions all in one post and this might not even be the right section for it but uh if someone could help...it would be so appreciated...

thanks kala the whole catheter thing wasnt something i just recently read about and was aww that would suck, its been a horrifying terror ive had forever lol that condom catheter thing sounds oh so much better im pretty sure this is something i want to go along with now, just as i said i have to make an appointment to see someone...finals week approaching quickly (hurrah summer classes...) but i will get down there soon to get the ball rolling for the people who have already had the surgery...i thought of something last night, maybe its on a person by person basis but what about spicy foods? its going to be weird explaining to my roommate and family what im thinking of doing. my mother recently became a personal trainer and practically everyone in my family is involved in the medical field one way or another (i even became a computer doctor ) not that im particularly worried about what they think one way or another but im still gonna have to let someone know i suppose. glad i found this place ive read some really insightful and interesting posts

hahah you know, i cant say that being a female you couldnt appreciate the stark existential horror of a catheter, given the fact that females can give birth (or so ive heard) but like without getting into too much detail wow it just literally sounds like the most horrifying thing that can happen. guys back me up? pop...yes, thats so freakin weird >< ive always identified soda by what it is like coke...pepsi...sprite, maybe im just weird xD i go to school right on the e line, and live near brigham circle, constantly hear ambulances going by to those hospitals, its not as nice as you might think i could care less about the sex, i could care less about the health, ive just reached a point where i would rather not be disgusting to my allegedly fellow human beings. as for the julia childs thing, well, i went to cooking school for 2 years in high school >< im better then her i made these wonderful pork chops tonight... one of my specialties is chicken cutlets, or as an extension of that, chicken parm, be sad giving that up but if thats what it takes.... night, thanks for the kind words, and all the advice from everyone

haha yes, i am in boston...right down the street from all beth isreal, and all of them... i dont drink alcohol at all so that wont be an issue for me, but if giving up soda is what it takes then so be it that sucks, completely sucks about the deductible...mine is a whole lot less then that, but being a college student im not very wealthy, its definitely something im gonna have to be careful with and i dont care what their excuse is catheters make it deal breaker

thanks a lot everyone for all the comments, i really really appreciate it i called my insurance provider in a heap of bravery lol...i got told what i needed to know, no coverage unless youre considered "morbidly obese" so i guess my next step is to wander down to the hospital and get a primary care physician who can make that determination ive dieted and exercised for a while, i didnt find eating mostly healthy to be too awful (although im kind of addicted to pepsi, thats going to be rough) honestly the whole catheter thing is right up there among greatest fears, along with insects and a day with justin beiber if id have to crawl home in a thunderstorm to avoid that and pee myself the whole way ill do that :/ for the liquid diet thing, did you find yourself to be like hungry during that time? except for coffee ive never really found any liquid to be a replacement for food do they give you painkillers after the surgery for the pain? thats so good that all you lost so much weight, i definitely need to read more about the good stuff build up the ole confidence reserves