Big Mama 514
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Hello,
Do you have a surgery date yet? I am HOPING to be banded in June. This is a long road to get to surgery day...but at least we are on it and it WILL be all well worth it.......
Keep in touch
TTYS
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Hi,
I am HOPING to get banded in June also..Good luck to you and hopefully we can stay in touch & get smaller together.
TTYS
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We can become NEW me's together:smile:. We need to do it for us and for our kids so we can be sure to be around for them for a long time to come.. We can get smaller & smaller together, even though your getting a head start on me, we will be at different stages....good for me you can tell me what to expect:biggrin:.
Talk to you soon.
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Hello All, I was wondering if anyone knows the difference between the Lap & Realize bands??? And is there a prefernce out there or do doctors use one more than the other? My doctor uses both and says the choice is mine...
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Anyone use Dr. Daniel Davis, New York, NY or Ridgewood NJ
Big Mama 514 replied to daco525's topic in Weight Loss Surgeons & Hospitals
My PCP has referred me to this group of doctors. They seem very nice over the phone. I have attended the seminar. This week I go for my psych eval and support group. Next week I have my appointment with Dory Ferraro. I hope all goes well and that I am almost at the end of the preop and can be post op very very soon. I am so worried about the insurance approval.... Ill keep you posted. -
Hello,
I am soooo excited to find someone on here who is using the same doctors as me. My PCP referred me to these doctors & Lawrence hospital. (originally I was going to go to Westchester Med. Cntr). I have done the seminar, the cardiologist,. This week I go for my psych eval. and the support group in Bronxville & next Tuesday I need with Dory Ferraro (I think that visit includes the dietician, Hopefully since I ahve to pay out of pocket for it)
I dont really know what my next step will be after I meet with Dory....I hope I am almost at the end of the pre-op stuff...I want to be there already...LOL
I hope we can stay in touch and talk along the way, I know I sure can use having someone who knows what this is like..........
Good luck
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not good results,another stress test
Big Mama 514 posted a topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I am wondering about others experiences with the cardioligist & stress tests. I had a treadmill stress test & was told before I left the office that everything was okay & that I was cleared for surgery from the cardiologist. Now a week later I get a call from the "appoinment maker" that I need to schedule a nuclear stress test b/c my first one was negative & had results of abnormailities (murmur & cardiac dysthrytmia & I cant remember what else, at that point I was kinda numb). Why in the world would the test look good then & now its not. WHat if i CANT complete the nuclear stress test, being that it is so much more strenuous. Is this a sign that my surgery is not going to happen.... Any help, opinions, experiences, will be greatly appreciated. Now I'm really worried. -
Post your worst symptom here!!!!!
Big Mama 514 replied to HOTMOMMA's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
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Hello, Has anyone used Dr. Davis & Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, NY???? I was gonna go to the Westchester Med. Center, but my PCP deals with Dr. Davis & Lawrence Hospital. I hope I will get some opinions on him here.
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Hello all, I am soooooooooooo nervous, I go for my stress test in 3 hours.....I am so outta shape how do they expect me to be able to handle it???? I get tired & out of breath walking up my steps in my home..never mind a stress test on the treadmill with the speed & incline increasing:w00t: If I was in shape I wouldn't need the surgery... I hope to make it home in one piece and not end up on the floor.......................
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Weeellllll I'm home & its OVER:smile::smile: It was not as bas as I was anticipating.....It was the treadmill test and it was actuallly a lot shorter than I expected..I was only on the treadmill approx. 15 minutes...I guess my heart rate reached my goal pretty quickly....They examined my heart (with the echo) while it was still pumping really fast and compared it will the echo from las week & said it looked good. Okay so I got my clearance from the cardiologist:biggrin::tongue:...now on to the next step, next week is the seminar, then I have to schedule my psych. appointment. I actually feel like I'm on the path.........step by step I will get there:rolleyes2:
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Congrats on the banding...How are you feeling? I have read that the first days are the worst and horrible, hope your doing well and I hope to join you real soon and be banded before the summers out. Keep in touch, I'd like to follow your progress. TTYS
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Hi everyone, I live in upper Westchester. I am hoping to be banded very soon, most likely at Westchester County Medical Center...I thought they were so good, but I'm having doubts reading haw many of you have used mostly the same 3 doctors or practices. I havent read about not 1 person using the WMC in Valhalla.?.? I see my PCP on Tuesday so hopefully I will get good results and get my referral so I can begin this road..
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you look absolutely GREAT, I will keep thinking of you as an inspiration, I can only HOPE I do as well as you have. -
Hello, I am not yet banded, but hope to be VERY soon. I am trying to get a referral from my new PCP. I have gained weight over the past few years & cannot take it off no way no how...I have very high triglyerides, lately I get winded easily, always have back pain, have constant heartburn & on & on..all the uncomfortables (& unhealthies) of being overweight. I do have a hiatal hernia and am worried this could get in the way of me being approved or some doctors feel the old fashioned diet & exercise is the answer, but I have tried it all with no lasting success. I hope to meet lots of people and hear experiences that you have been thru and be able to come hear with questions and concerns. TTYs