Still waiting on surgery date...

fauna414 · August 15, 2008

But always looking for new info, I found this site through an internet friend on another site.

I am from northeastern PA and have been overweight all of my adult life. I started gaining in puberty and just basically never stopped. I have never been an extreme dieter, but have done all of the healthy, medically approved things and they have never worked for me. I have 2 children, a 4 year old girl (on the 27th) and an almost 2 year old boy. I nursed both - my daughter 21 months and my son is still nursing once a day. I enjoyed it thoroughly, BUT gained weight during both while nursing. I lost all pregnancy weight only to slowly put 20-25 lbs back on while nursing. I have gained 50 lbs since we started our family and am now over 150 lbs overweight. My doctors have decided this is the last resort that will work for me.

I had my first consult in late June and have my next one coming up on the 21st of this month. With the help of Metformin, I have lost 12 lbs already (from my highest and initial consult weight) and hope to keep losing some before the surgery as I have to lose 10% for insurance purposes anyways. If I get that low, that will put me closer to 140 to lose to be healthy in my eyes. I want to do this for myself and also for my children.

My husband and I plan on at least 2 more children and I figure with my history of gaining weight while nursing, Lap Band is the safest route to go so that if it SHOULD happen again, I can get a fill to help me lose the weight at that point. Whereas with the RNY you are more on your own if that happens.

I am kind of nervous/anxious/excited/scared of everything to come, but am looking forward to a new start. I don't think there is a day that goes by that I don't 2nd guess my choice and there is still 4 months or more to go to look forward to more of that! I just hope my mind doesn't make any bad decisions for me!

I am just hoping to get more info and see how people with the lap band are living their lives on a day-to-day basis and how I can best prepare for my own post-op life.

Lynn