NOPATIENCE

Sorry, I mean who was your surgeon?

Hi Up2me. I'm having my surgery at Kaiser Fremont on 4/5. How was your surgeon? I have Dr. Dutta. Pre-op is on 3/23. I'm getting really, really excited now..... Keep up the good work!

My surgery is on 4/5. Good luck to all of us. Looks like we will be in great company. We'll be on the losers bench soon!!!

Congratulations to the both of you. And you couldn't have picked a nicer place to have your wedding (of course, I'm from Northern Calif.). Napa is beautiful!! Best wishes for a long and happy, healthy life.

I'll be 64 next week and getting sleeved on 4/5. Like others have said, you're never too old for this. Think of how amazing our remaining years will be as thin people!!!!! Let's here it for us "mature" crowd. Rah Rah Rah!!:001_tongue:

Hi TRISH4. I'm having my surgery on 4/5 and I too had a very difficult time over the VSG vs gastric bypass. I have acid reflux as it is and I'm hoping that with the med I currently take I can keep it in check after surgery. My HMO will not pay for a revision if I find that I do not loose enough weight from VSG, so that was also a consideration for me. But after thinking about it for several months, I've decided that I will do just as good with the VSG without the malabsortion problems. It is a very difficult decision to make, isn't it? However, I am at peace with my decision. Keep us posted.

I finally have my surgery date: 4/05/10. I can't wait, but a little nervous. I asked my surgeon what size bougie he uses and he told me a 40. I was hoping for smaller, but he's not willing to go any lower. So, from all the reading of posts on this site, I guess a 40 is ok. I go for my pre-op next Tuesday 3/23 -- my birthday. I think I'm getting the nicest birthday present of my life!! Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

OK, so I'm still waiting for a surgery date (I've been waiting 3+ weeks/Kaiser is slow) and guess what happens to me this weekend? I end up in the ER early Sat. morning with chest pains (never had them before). They keep me in for a couple of days, do all these different tests and find that I am some blockage in arteries to my heart!! So now I'm off work until I can see the cardiologist on March 1st and that has put a stop to my surgery until this can get taken care of. My daughter said it was kind of a blessing in disguise because I could have died in surgery. In all of my pre-surgery tests, nothing showed up. Of course, they didn't do a stress test, CAT scan or anything like that. I am so bummed!! I have been so looking forward to have my sleeve in March. Hopefully, this blockage is something that can be taken care of quickly. Of course, right now I can't exercise until I see the cardiologist and I hope I won't put on weight. I did put on 4 lbs in the hospital, but I was given "tons" of liquids. Thanks all for listening. I just had to vent but didn't mean for it to be so long. lol:sad0: Lee, how was your surgery? I know you had it on 2/17. How did you do? Did you have a lot of pain. I know that you're also with Kaiser, but even though we don't go to the same city facility, they do everything the same. I just hope everything went splendidly. Please keep me advised.

Thanks, Tiffykins, you once again helped me in my decision to go with VSG. When I started this process almost a year ago (Kaiser makes you jump thru hoops which isn't necessarily bad), I was going with the RNY as Kaiser did not offer the VSG at that time. They now do offer it and I spent many a night awake trying to figure out which way I wanted to go, but I eventually decided to go with the VSG. I'm still waiting for my surgery date, and I still question myself sometime, but after reading these posts (especially yours as they are always well thought out and specific) I know the VSG is the way to go. YEAH!! P.S. I have 80 lbs. to loose.

I'm so sorry you are having this trouble. Kind of scary for us pre-op people. Please heed Tiffykins' suggestion -- call your surgeon and I hope things improve dramatically for you. Keep us posted.:lol0:

CONGRATULATIONS!!! That is onederful news.

Just would like to say a few words about this wonderful and educational website. I was really in a quandry about whether I should go with GB or VSG. After being on this forum for a few days, I had enough information and became totally comfortable with my decision of going with the VSG. Thank you one and all. Diane:thumbup:

I love this place!! Thanks all for your suggestions and uplifting words. I WILL take these 5 lbs of, hopefully in the coming week!! Amen.

Thanks, Bella, for the great suggestions. Definitely will give them a try. And by the way, best of luck to you on Monday. I will say a prayer for you and hope you have an easy go of it, very little pain, and the best of recoveries. I'm so happy for you.