Bluesky1035

There are also Protein soups, some with 15 grams. Just a thought.

I am so sorry for all you have endured! I pray for a full recovery and long and healthy life. At this time I am feeling very fortunate after reading your story. The doctor I went to turned me down for a sleeve, I was so disappointed. I will be getting the balloon in February, this is all he said he could do for me. I am self pay and he said I am high financial risk and could be out hundreds of thousands of dollars if things went bad. I am high risk also because of previous open abdominal surgery, for too much scar tissue. Although I was very sad, I appreciated his honesty and not just going ahead for the money. I could go to someone else and try, but he is a reputable doctor and I am taking his warning and advise and will just do the balloon.

I don't have a date yet, but I will also be getting the Orbera balloon this month sometime. Good luck!

Hi everyone, hope you are all feeling well. I haven't scheduled my balloon yet, I have a cardiac workup next Tuesday and as long as I am good I will set a date. I don't have any heart conditions but I had a little stroke in Jan 2013 so the doctor wants to make sure. I wanted the gastric sleeve but because of previous open abdominal surgery I am to high risk so have decided on the balloon. I am glad to find this forum and I appreciate you all sharing. I will be following along and learning from you all. Thanks for sharing!!