My intro- being banded soon in Portland, OR

melanieinportla · July 23, 2007

I went to my info session in about Feb, and did all the post-op work at Legacy Obesity Institute, and am on the road... had to lose 5% for insurance pre-surgery, and am going in tomorrow to verify my 5% loss.

I have been researching band vs rny stuff for months and months and was feeling pretty confident about my band decision, for all the right reasons I think, and i am having a last-minute freak-out, thinking maybe the RNY feels more like a "sure bet" for eventual weight loss. I like most of the stuff I know about the band, but know there are those few people in either camp it doesn't work for, and part of my sicko-self would rather my failure be that I look pale and sickly and thin (a problem sometimes associated with RNY) than a band-slip and no weight loss or something. I know that's not a healthy way of thinking.

I have been reading messages here off and on, and have found some real inspiration. Many thanks to those of you especially who are quite a ways out and still posting, I am kinda obsessed with long-term outcomes. (even though my Id wants totally fast results right now.

Melanie

high: 310, current: 284, goal: far away