Losing Weight B4 Sleeve

[areyn 4]

How Your Process Going Do Far I'm All Done Just Wairing In Approval With Dr Attia

Hey process is going well I have 1 more diatician meeting on the 16th and 1 more group meeting in elmer on the 18th. Then dr attia is promising he will squeeze me in before the 31st when my insurance runs out. I had a nightmare about having huge holes in my belly the other night. I also just read someone's thing about having surgery yesterday and having a hard time breathing.. That gives me anxiety. I don't know why I'm freaking myself out. Have u started the liquid diet yet?

[bearman99 228]

Something is dramatically strange with your PCP's experience. LapBands are, by far, the least effective and most "failed" as compared to sleeve and especially RNY. Many bariatric centers of excellence are no longer doing lap bands since it requires so much special attention to keep it effective.

From the research and the evidence we have this tool for being massively effective for 6 months. In those 6 months we have to fix our heads, our minds or else we will make the tool be ineffective from then on.

The peer reviewed studies I have seen have the EWL (excess weight loss) for the sleeve being as effective as the RNY at 2 year mark. Five years out if you have not changed your mind you will gain it all back regardless of the surgery/tool you chose. This is no magic bullet.

The first 6 months is our opportunity to fix ourselves. When the emotional crutch of numbing up and/or the pleasure of food is removed we have to address our demons. Fix the mind and the body will follow is the advice I have heard. this makes sense and scares me a bit.

Happy thanksgiving to you! Wow thanks for the feedback. I guess everyone is different. I just want to make sure I do everything right ya know? My primary care physician told me not to get the surgery if he were me... He said he has about 5-7 patients all in the same boat right now, all 5 years out and back to same weight before surgery.

What type of wls did those 5-7 people have?

They all had the sleeve he said he saw more people with bypass and band succeed.

[covered jewels 12]

I submitted my paper work to dr attia office dec 5 just waiting on approval I guess its normal to have some type of anxiety I think about it everyday I'm anxious and scared at the same time just try to stay positive I will keep u updated

[areyn 4]

I keep trying NOT to think about it. Every. Single. Time. I think about it I EAT. They told me at dr attias office the other day I gained 8 pounds since the last time I went. (Someone told me his scale is 5 pounds high though).. Idk i know I've been eating a lot lately. Stress gorging. Anxiety eating. Ugh.

[Suko75 10]

Where is dr Attia located

[covered jewels 12]

Dr Attia Is Located In Vineland Nj

[SandrafromNJ 0]

Dr Attia's scale is def 5 pounds over. I go there too. I am just starting the process. I had lap band surgery in 2009. What a f#cking joke!! I am still the same wait. The lowest I was when I was pregnant with my son. Mainly because all I did was vomit. I am revising to sleeve hopefully by March. Dr. Attia's bariatric coordinator is Ardenia. She used to work with my original surgeon. She is awesome and knows me on a first name basis. I am looking forward to being on the losers bench!

[SandrafromNJ 0]

Dr Attia's scale is def 5 pounds over. I go there too. I am just starting the process. I had lap band surgery in 2009. What a f#cking joke!! I am still the same wait. The lowest I was when I was pregnant with my son. Mainly because all I did was vomit. I am revising to sleeve hopefully by March. Dr. Attia's bariatric coordinator is Ardenia. She used to work with my original surgeon. She is awesome and knows me on a first name basis. I am looking forward to being on the losers bench!

[rhondafranklin03 16]

Hi, the reason they want you to lose weight is because it shrinks the liver for easy removal. If you lose weight great! But however; the surgery will still go on.