Starting my Journey

[NULadiCumin 0]

I'm just starting my band journey. I have already had my intial consultation.......just alot of question from a nurse. We scheduled my intial consultation with the Surgeon and she gave me lots of literature. I was reading about documents needed for surgical consideration..........My questions is did any of you take this info to the surgeon on the intial consultation with him/her?

[Jenn1214 120]

Congratulations on starting your journey! Personally what I would do is study the literature and write down any questions that occur to you. Sometimes when you're sitting with the doctor you forget what questions you wanted to ask because you're nervous. Bring the info with you if you think you need it.

[NULadiCumin 0]

Thanks.....I have started writing down questions. How was your first visit?

[ElizabethNYC 1]

Just wanted to wish you good luck and congrats on starting your journey!! Be sure to write down any question cause like the above poster said you get nervous and or you're overly excited and you may forget things. I would think surgeons like when you ask questions too because it shows that you really are committed to this and you want to know as much as possible, my surgeon did at least. Again good luck and let us know how it goes!

[Jenn1214 120]

It was a while ago, so it's hard to remember everything. I saw the PA first who weighed me, took my history, and showed me a short video about the procedure. Then I met with the surgeon who told me how the procedure is done, how the band works, and what I can expect weight loss wise. After that I sat down with the surgical coordinator who gave me a list of pre testing that I had to do.