bigsleeve56

It will be hard to stay away from all the fried junk and beer. I will miss sturgis this year third time since 1976. Good luck.

I would make sure you stay consistant with the percocet take every 4 to 6 hours weather you think you need them or not this will even out the pain and ice is way better than heat for back pain( I have had 4 back surgeries) you should also look at getting an anti inflamatory to help with the pain.

I am 47 and weigh 420lbs and 6 ft tall and have to many problems to list. I jump through my last ins. hoop wed the 25th ins. said they will fast track me so I get to skip the 6 month weight loss. I have done enough research to know i want the vsg and the nut was unable to tell me anything I did not know from this site. She told me one thing I had not read and that was not lieing down after you eat for a hour because of presure. I do not own a scale and do not plan on using one to reach a "goal" my goals are to be able to walk and get some exersise and play with my two young daughters as I really can not do much now without large quanities of pain med. I have had 4 back sur. and one knee scoped and this has stopped all activities that i enjoy. I went back to school and received a degree in Civil Engineering in 2009 so the desk job has added to the weight gain. My wife is completely behind this and has provided much support. I live in a small town in SD 3 hours from the nearest town with a support group so I may have to start my own.

Got surgery scedualed today and started pre-op diet. August 14th is the date and i am already tired of app. with doc and such when they offer nothing new and could have done it over the phone. It is 340 miles round trip and so far there has not been a required app. worth going to. After the surgen talked to me yesterday I had basicly force the nurse in to giving me pre-op diet and they want to wate till the day before surgery to talk about post-op diet. Only have 5 days of leave left so that should make things interesting. But I am on my way so I guess thats all that counts.

No I just eat because it is what I am good at. Things are not good but not near as bad as these people had it. I think it would easier if I could have one thing to point at and say this is the cause. I have the last app. with surgeon on 7-25 to set the date for the vsg.

This makes me feel bad I am fat and do not have a reason like these people.

Talk to your ins. company everyone has a diffrent approval process. I had to be accepeted to the program and then was told what hoops to jump do not assume anything and get it in writing. My bmi of 56 and several other problems has kept me from having to wate.

When I had back surg. my daughter was 4 mths old and that was the worst feeling when I could not pick her up. Good luck

The only person I have told that was not supportive was a friend that had RNY and failed.