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Okay, I need a little help here.

I have decided to be banded by Dr. ABkin and started walking again to strengthen by body. After I went for a walk today on a flat road (and I had a tough time doing so, took a lot out of me, big effort and just felt unwell). Afterwards, my blood sugar dipped so badly I broke out into a cold sweat and had to drink a thing of OJ to get myself back to normal. This happened yesterday too. It's scaring me. I was walking fine just last month. 1/2 hour on trails almost every day.

I also popped into the Complications Forum and it scared the hell out of me.

" 25% will experience complications leading to removal"?!

And the posts about esophagus problems that create pain until removal, but it could be a permanent condition then??

Ladies (and gents) I really feel sick, like I'm going to die if I don't do this soon. And I hope I'm healthy enough to make it through the surgery.

But reading this stuff scared me!

:-(

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I was dying when I was banded too. However, the odds of me having very serious complications of being overweight, far outweighed the odds of me having serious complications with being banded and losing weight. I knew I could not lose on my own, so I was dying - plain and simple, OR I could take the risk involved, try to make changes in my life and regain some semblance of living again.The choice was not too hard for me... yep. I've had slippage. Minor bump in the road. No signs of erosion as of Jan. 6th. Will it happen? It could... but so could I have died by now of a blood clot, or a heart attack or a I could have developed diabetes on top of my already terrible health. Instead, I'm far more healthy. I can pass a stress test. I can ride a bike. I can dance. I weigh 172lbs instead of 250, so my quality of life far surpasses what it would have, if I had retreated due to possibilities of complications with the band... I wish you luck in your decision...

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Thanks Leatha. It's a scary feeling. I know most on the board will understand when I say I feel trapped inside a dying body.

This really is a disease, because we don't want it, yet in part it is being done by our own actions, but actions we can't seem to control.

I'm going to do it anyway, for the reasons you stated. I'm going to be leaning heavily on you folks for support and prayer before (and probably after) my surgery.

I used to be so healthy. I ran 10 miles a day, always active even when heavy. So this is a scary feeling for me.

I have chronic fatigue, Fibromyalgia and PCOS and went from chunky but active certified massage therapist to a disabled and obese and sedentary person. There is a documentary video out about CFS called "I Remember Me". Kind of fitting. The title says it all.

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I am not sure what your diet is currently but I was having that same problem with exercise until I started eating some Protein about an hour before I work out. It helped a lot and I didn't get that big dip in blood sugar right after exercise.

Good luck.

Serena

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call your doc if you are having such severe simptoms. Sorry, but that's all the advice I can offere about that

As for 25% bla bla bla. Well, that just means that 25% of that study. As far as I know, there have not been any recent studies.

And, that means that 75% WONT have problems. One year ago I couldn't walk across my living room without needing an inhaler. I was afraid my DH had sent me to SE ID to die alone. I'm serious, my asthma was that bad. Two weeks ago I spent the better part of a week in DC WITHOUT AN INHALER.

The last time I used my inhaler was in mid-Dec.

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Awesome Vinesqueen! :-) I use mine 2 times a day now.

And Serena, that is a good suggestion. I'm a vegetarian, so that couldn't hurt to try..

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