Well, this is a switch!

[itsmekarenlee 129]

Hi everyone Newbie here. My husband and I looked into wls last year but chickened out I guess you could say and though we could do this ourselves rather than have such a drastic surgery, which scared us. Fast forward a year and we've actually gained weight so we are buckling down and doing this. We went to an orientation with Dr. Provost in Denton, TX, signed up with the Bariatric program with my husband's work (they will reimburse us $1000 each after surgery! yay!), got the go ahead from the, got the recommendation letter from our MD, next Wednesday we see the nutritionist at Dr P's office then the following Monday we see the psych. She'll send it over to Dr P's office and then it'll be submitted to insurance and that should only take about 3 days for approval is what the nurse says. This is all happening so quickly, which is good, because I have a 3 day road trip in mid July to visit family and see my bestie, also a fellow member on here- dargar27!! I don't want to cancel it!

Anyway, I have a couple (so far) of (probably stupid) questions. lol :

• Is it normal to go back and forth feeling like you can do it on your own rather than have the drastic, life changing, permanent, can't-go-back-on-it-once-you-have-it wls? I think we are in that stage. lol
• Has anyone else done this with their spouse at the same time?
• are NSAIDS totally out of the question?? Acetaminophen doesn't work on me (or my mom, or brother, or sister). I have all over body ache that I take ibuprofen for sometimes. I'm hoping the body ache goes away after!

We have a 17 yr old son and b/g twins that are 10. We will be spending 2 nights at the hospital. We don't want to tell anyone about this, except for a select few. I would rather family not know at this point but I am kind of nervous about having our oldest be totally responsible (even though he IS very responsible) for 3 days. He drives and they can come visit us but I'm afraid he'll be too bossy with them. Hey! I know!! Maybe hubby and I will take a weekend vacation somewhere nearby as a 'trial' run! lol I think we will tell a neighbor friend though, just so they can keep an eye out IF we do our surgeries on the same day. We'll see how that works out.

btw- hubby is getting a sleeve and I thought I was too, which brings me to my subject line. Our surgeon appointment was yesterday and when I told him I was interested in the sleeve as well but have GERD and a hiatal hernia he very much recommended a gastric bypass (RnY) SO, now I am researching that instead of the sleeve. My husband is not a researcher and just goes with the flow. I, on the other hand, have to know everything! He doesn't like me doing that but I don't care. I need to know what I'm getting into and how my life will be in the future. It's frustrating to me that he doesn't look things up. But then he hears everything from me so why should he, right? lol

I am hoping this will get me off some meds, ie: 3 bp meds, cholesterol, GERD, anxiety, thyroid and help with PCOS. I might have to be on bp med after but maybe go down to one and on a lower dose would be good. I am following my mother's path in diabetes, high bp, obesity health, and my father's stroke/heart attack, obesity health and it scares me. I want to be around for my kids and husband and want to have energy and LIFE!!!

My goal?- to RUN again! It's been 25 yrs!


(ps. I talk/write a lot when I'm nervous. Sorry so long!!)

Edited May 7, 2014 by itsmekarenlee

[jtickle 295]

I went thru the I don't want to this because it is to drastic phase. Then I realized I am 34 and my health is going down hill. I have out of control diabetes, sleep apnea, and severe GERD. My GERD is so bad that I take 6 pills a day for it and they don't work. The surgeon would not even consider doing the sleeve on me. Of course, I have all the usual aches and pains of being overweight. I have also had 6 back surgeries. Hopefully losing some weight will help my back pain.

My husband is doing this with me. Except I am having surgery in June and he is going to do it in fall. He is dieting with me though. I don't have any advice about your children, I don't have any.

I hope your WLS journey goes smoothly. Keep us posted.

[itsmekarenlee 129]

Thanks and hi! and congrats on your 15 lb loss! I edited my op to include my question about NSAIDs. I think I'm just going to have to hope that the body ache goes away after surgery. I have a feeling our surgeries will in June too! That'll be a good (albeit painful) 21 yr anniversary for us.

[jtickle 295]

My anniversary is June 9th. If you read the the June dates in the preop beginner gastric bypass forum, there are a lot of people having their surgery on the 9th. Its a popular day.. Lol. I am scheduled for the 25th and my pre-op is the 19th. I am so excited. I am not nervous about it yet, I am sure I will be closer to my date. I was told no more nsaids after WLS. They can cause ulcers and stuff like that.

[itsmekarenlee 129]

ya, that's what my understand was too. I forgot to mention that to my Dr. Well, hopefully I won't need any and hopefully my body will learn to work with Tylenol. lol

Our anniversary is the 26th