Decision Made!

[staceybea 0]

Decision has been made to have Gastric Bypass and I am 99% sure I am going with Sleeve. I attended a seminar about 5 years ago and again last month and I am ready to proceed. I have been overweight my entire life and in October 2009 at a weight of 281 and a BMI of 49.8 I started attending a weight loss clinicand by May 2010 I dropped 80 lbs and felt great. Sadly once I ended my treatments I packed 40 lbs back on in only a few months. At a cost of $55 a week I cannot continue this long term nor do I want to rely upon shots and pills the rest of my life. So therefore I have decided to pursue surgery. I attended the seminar pretty much set on Lap-Band but then when I kept hearing about having the mindset of reversal I thought to myself, this needs to be a permanent life change! Luckily I think I am pretty set with my 6 month dietary history already and I will be attending my consultation on Monday. I am hoping to have the surgery by December if not sooner and am looking forward to using this site for support and encouragement!

[lostalongtheway 5]

I have not had the surgery yet, but congratulations to you. Hope everything works in your favor.

[former_vbg 198]

Decision has been made to have Gastric Bypass and I am 99% sure I am going with Sleeve. I attended a seminar about 5 years ago and again last month and I am ready to proceed. I have been overweight my entire life and in October 2009 at a weight of 281 and a BMI of 49.8 I started attending a weight loss clinicand by May 2010 I dropped 80 lbs and felt great. Sadly once I ended my treatments I packed 40 lbs back on in only a few months. At a cost of $55 a week I cannot continue this long term nor do I want to rely upon shots and pills the rest of my life. So therefore I have decided to pursue surgery. I attended the seminar pretty much set on Lap-Band but then when I kept hearing about having the mindset of reversal I thought to myself, this needs to be a permanent life change! Luckily I think I am pretty set with my 6 month dietary history already and I will be attending my consultation on Monday. I am hoping to have the surgery by December if not sooner and am looking forward to using this site for support and encouragement!

It might just be a typo- but just wanted to be sure you knew that the Gastric Bypass is a different procedure than the Sleeve. The Dr.'s will often refer to the sleeve as the Vertical Gastric Sleeve and so maybe that's what you meant?

[KellyL 173]

Congrats on making the decision to be sleeved, and welcome to the forum!