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Losing My Banding Nerve...Help!!!
patricia5901 replied to bandofhope's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
S Elaine, sounds as if you had every complication out there and yet you are still here to support others !! You are a very brave and precious person for telling your story and I'll keep you in my prayers for whatever decision you make on being Successfully Rebanded - if anyone deserves for everything to go right - it's certainly you! Do you mind telling me what part of Alabama you live in, I live in NE Alabama? Smiles, Patricia -
Losing My Banding Nerve...Help!!!
patricia5901 replied to bandofhope's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Band of Hope - Count me in too! I have been dragging my feet on this but because of a couple of people here on the forum and the post from Jack, I have the courage to go forward this time! I have also gained more weight while dragging my feet, so I don't think my problem is going away and I have given up hope to wake up in a beautiful slim trim body! LOL I have several medical problems that were brought on by my excessive weight and now my knees are so bad I can' t get around good - it's either have knee replacement and still have the medical issues that are life threatening or have the lap band and start a new life. I DO HAVE AN ANXIETY PROBLEM but I think my weight has made it worse. I am so glad that we have others here to support each other. I have let my weight rob me of my self esteem and I want it back ! Thank you Jack for the wonderful post and also to Andyisbanded who has also provided me with answers to several of my concerns! Smiles, Patricia -
Hi,
Just taking a break from working in the yard and thought I would pm you and tell you how delighted I was to see you in Wal-Mart yesterday and to hear of your great news! I was serious about helping take care of you - I would love to !
By the way, you are were SO GORGEOUS yesterday, I couldn't stop talking about how pretty you were and I couldn't wait to get home and call Angela to tell her your good news -we're praying that when you wake up - you'll be BANDED and on your way! Give hubby a hug for me, wouldn't want him to get his feelings hurt if I don't flirt with him too!!
Love & Prayers
Patricia
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Andy, You have answered so many of my questions and I want to thank you for taking the time to post such a great and informative reply!! I think the team of Dr. Grove and Dr. Britt will be my team as well - I have given this so much thought and have considered several different doctors - maybe too many that I have confused myself. Thanks for turning the light on for me!! lol I wish you continued success and look forward to learning more about your incredible journey to fitness! Smiles, Patricia
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Wow Alaverde, I am so PROUD of YOU!! I hope that I do as good as you have done - you are so very close to your goal and have accomplished so much in such a short time:thumbup:! This forum is definitely what I needed to find as most of my family thinks that I just don't have any willpower, they say just eat right and you won't look like that - there are no overweight people in my family other than myself and my oldest daughter and I feel as though I have to set an example for my daughter in order for her to loose her weight. She is so much heavier than I am and she is so young and beautiful, but she has put her life on hold because of her weight. She has so much potential and she finds that her weight has actually kept her from advancing in her job. She has pretty much isolated herself from society other than her work and her little dog. My heart just breaks for her so I must be the leader and show her that we are fixable. Don't get me wrong, I need to loose 102 pounds so I need to do this for myself - but she is closing in on 350 pounds and diabetes runs in both mine and my husbands families, so she feels like she is just a ticking time bomb. She is also fearful of having a fatty liver, have any of you heard of this? Patricia Thanks for letting me vent here, you guys are amazing and I am so proud of all of you!:thumbup:
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Andy, you have just made my night! I am so thankful for your post!! I will call his office tomorrow to find out when the next seminar will be. Did you have any problems after your first fill and how do you know when it is time to get a fill? I know this probably sounds dumb, but I have really worried about if I would know when it was time for a fill. Have you ever heard of a port flipping, I know I hadn't until I was reading on this forum, but it wasn't here on the Alabama forum. I didn't even realize there was a forum for Alabama until Mindy a very kind moderator gave me the information. Thank you so very much! Patricia
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I have only heard wonderful things about both Dr. Grooves and Dr. Freeman! I haven't met Dr. Freeman but I have met Dr. Grooves and he has such a wonderful personality and since he has the lap band, I fell he understands what we are going through. Dr. Grooves actually did bypass surgery on a dear friend I go to church with and she has done great and dearly loves him to death.
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Oh dear, do you mean Dr. Grooves from Albertville? I would think that 40 pounds in a year would not be very good - can you tell me more? Many Thanks Patricia
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I have attended a couple of seminars, one for gastric bypass and one for lap band. I am coming here to this site to get more information! One doctor I am considering is Dr. Grooves in Albertville, the other one is Dr. Freeman in Anniston. My daughter lives in Birmingham and is scheduled a seminar with Dr. DeWitt there in Birmingham.
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It's so nice to meet someone who knows Dr. Grooves! He did bypass surgery on a dear lady that goes to our church and she did great. I am afraid of gastric bypass and so I am leaning more toward the lap band. My daughter is also very obese and I want to do something to show her that people can survive the surgery and hopefully give her a whole new life. I was supposed to go to Dr. Grooves for my first doctors visit in March and we had a death in the family so I cancelled and am having a hard time getting up my nerve again, so I thought I would visit this site for motivation.
Teachers are God's angels on earth! I have a friend that also teaches and she had gastric bypass surgery about 3 or 4 years ago and she is doing great and she actually used our local surgeon here in Fort Payne - I would have been terrified - but she looks like she has lost 20 years not to mention about 150 pounds - she is actually high on life now and wishes she had done it years ago. She and I graduated together and she had a weight problem from her young childhood that haunted her all her life until this surgery. I am so happy for her and others that have been given this tool to use to enjoy life!
This is my first day to post and I am so glad I did!
Patricia
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Thank you for your reply! I have said I would never have gastric bypass after my brother-in-law passed - have gone to two different seminars with two different doctors. One was for gastric bypass and the last one for lap band - I was terrified at the gastric bypass one and was pleasantly surprised by the lap band seminar, the doctor giving the seminar was Dr. Grooves from Albertville and he actually had the band inserted about one year ago by his partner Dr. Britt and he looked great and had lost over 100 pounds. Just knowing that he had the surgery made me really feel so much better, but he is young, probably in his mid to late 30's and they all look great at that age! lol Good Luck to you and everyone else here! Patricia
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I have actually attended one of Dr. Grooves siminars and he really impressed me and especially after he told that he had been banded himself. I have gotten a little nervous though after reading about all the band slips and now the ports flipping. Congratulations on having your lap band surgery, I look forward to reading wonderful news from you!! Thank you again!
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Alabama/Georgia area??
patricia5901 replied to princessfrogee's topic in Weight Loss Surgeons & Hospitals
Hi Asasbama, I am in Fort Payne as well, can you please tell me who your surgeon was in Albertville? I have attened a siminar by Dr. Grooves and he seems wonderful, I have also heard great things about Dr. Freeman in Anniston. I would so appreciate your input on how you are doing with your lapband, I am trying to decide whether to band or to go with the bypass surgery. I am thrilled you are getting to go to Auburn, my daughter lived down there for a while and it is truly one of the most beautiful places ever - Congratulations! Thanks! Patricia