Jobber

I am going to meet with a surgeon for the first time in September and he only does Lap Band and VSG type surgeries. I'm sure he will lay it out for me the pros and cons as well as the hours I've already spent looking into both, but I'm curious what the actual patients who have had them see as the pros and cons of both. I have also read the many stories of those who have had the lap band and then had to have the VSG or Bypass done after. In some cases, both. I'm not against the permanence of the VSG, I think, but I guess I want to make up my mind before a medical professional talks me into it one way or another. I know that sounds incredibly stupid.

I read this also, I'm so hoping its true, thanks again

Thanks AEL, I have told myself so many times that I'm going to get better at exercise so I have not one, but now two pieces of gym equipment that now double as bed sheet drying racks; more the latter, unfortunately. I'm hoping the support of this website and the pre-op process itself will help me turn this around.

Thanks Kim, my inner voice keeps telling me that I don't need to try until my first meeting with the surgeon, but my common sense knows better than that. Unfortunately the inner voice wins a lot more times than my common sense does.

Thanks so much for the feedback. I find myself making bad decisions even when I'm not craving an extra snack or something bad in general. This is the part that really scares me, the fact that I don't even have control when I'm not actually hungry or bored, necessarily. I think my brain is just wired this way now.