June surgeries!

[Choochalina 12]

Hello everyone! I am new to this forum. My surgery date is June 18, 2013. I have my pre-admission testing June 3rd, my last appointment with the surgeon on June 10th. I start my 'lovely' liquid diet on June 4th. Two weeks of Protein Shakes and Clear Liquids, yummy, I can't wait, LOL! I just hope I can get through these two weeks! I am really glad I found this group. Lots of useful information, lots of support (which I am going to need), and GREAT people! I have been reading through a lot of different threads, and I am so glad to see so many have the same questions and concerns as myself. I am looking forward to becoming more involved in discussions with all of you. Any suggestions, advice, comments would be much appreciated. Congrats and best of luck to all on continued success in this journey, and best of luck to those just beginning ????

[Liana Spikes 1]

June 27th

[Ms_Kb718 22]

Will this be the 2nd weight-loss surgery for anyone else? I am having a band removed and converting to RNY.

[futuremrsparker 288]

Time for another June surgery round up!! Wow! This group has expanded tremendously!! That's seriously exciting!!

June 3

Lisa R.

Leslie1976

Nikimarie

Hunniiee

June 4

Itchambers

TransformingBri

Mel3620

Tammysue

June 5

Wannabewifey

Kristlynngirl

Aba9903

June 6

Cyndi

June 11

Keefkeef1986

June 12

Iamworthit

J-La

June 13

Bjroberts417

Miche11e

June 18

Lori

Choochalina

June 21

Ms_kb718

June 24

Cgiants45

Meme1947

June 27

KendraZ

Liana Spikes

If I missed anyone or misspelled anyone's screen names please feel free to call me out! Lol so SO glad this group is growing! That just means more people are on their way to being the healthy, amazing people they are and deserve to be!!!

[Godzchild1982 31]

June 4!!!

[hek1127 166]

I just found out my date is June 26!!

[futuremrsparker 288]

Yay!!!! I'm going a little crazy today-- only 3 weeks away!!! *dancing around like a mad woman*

[iamworthit 208]

Will this be the 2nd weight-loss surgery for anyone else? I am having a band removed and converting to RNY.

This is ny second too. I had the band in 2008 and am getting RNY on june 12th

[kristlynngirl 184]

Yay!!!! I'm going a little crazy today-- only 3 weeks away!!! *dancing around like a mad woman*

Ahhhh me too!!!

Had my last appointment with the surgery team yesterday and found out my insurance gave us the green light for June 5!

[elli'smommy 160]

Will this be the 2nd weight-loss surgery for anyone else? I am having a band removed and converting to RNY.

I am a band to a rny as well :-)

[iamworthit 208]

I met with my dr. Yesterday and he was telling me his practice hasn't done a band in 2 years and about 95% of band pts are asking to be revised. I have had mine for five years and was shocked to hear im not the only band " failure". It made me feel better.

[candi 0]

Awesome!

[sweetohiohoney 5]

Just got the call!! Surgery June 5th!!! I'm so excited!

I'm scheduled for surgery on June 5th too! Maybe we can be buddies and keep in touch.

[Ms_Kb718 22]

I met with my dr. Yesterday and he was telling me his practice hasn't done a band in 2 years and about 95% of band pts are asking to be revised. I have had mine for five years and was shocked to hear im not the only band " failure". It made me feel better.

When I had my initial consult at George Washington University Hospital back in December, my surgeon also told me they no longer place bands. He said that the complication and conversion rates were too high. He is the chief of surgery and the one who performs most of the hospital's bariatric revisions and conversions and he has a very low opinion of the band. I went in armed and ready to convince him that I had been compliant with my band. All of that was unnecessary because he very familiar with band failures. The first thing he did was order an upper GI and an upper endoscopy which revealed that my band had slipped up and was sitting at the base of my esophagus. I was so relieved to finally have confirmation that the band was the problem and that I wasn't a failure.

[Mel3620 299]

When I had my initial consult at George Washington University Hospital back in December' date=' my surgeon also told me they no longer place bands. He said that the complication and conversion rates were too high. He is the chief of surgery and the one who performs most of the hospital's bariatric revisions and conversions and he has a very low opinion of the band. I went in armed and ready to convince him that I had been compliant with my band. All of that was unnecessary because he very familiar with band failures. The first thing he did was order an upper GI and an upper endoscopy which revealed that my band had slipped up and was sitting at the base of my esophagus. I was so relieved to finally have confirmation that the band was the problem and that I wasn't a failure.[/quote']

How did you realize there was a problem? My friend has the band and never really lost with it. She is about 5 years out.