Husband & Wife Team!!

SDAILY · August 20, 2008

We've been on the road to surgery since January and have completed all reqwuirements, including 6 mo diet program, etc. SUrgeons office turned in paperwork to BCBS last week and providing that we get approval, we plan to have surgery in mid-October.

Our surgeons office suggested that we both have surgery on the same day. But before we make a decision, I thought it might be good to get some feedback from those of you who have been down the surgery recovery road before. Could you have done it and handled recovery with your partner/spouse in the same condition?

We have a young child but we also have a very stong support system with both sets of grandparents in town. One set of grandparents can keep him and the other can help with our needs.

Are we crazy for considering this??

Thanks for much for any guidance.....

Shan

luluc · August 20, 2008

hubby and i were banded the same day (no children). although we sat the day after in our media chairs on pain meds wondering "what did we just do to ourselves" - i could not imagine going through this w/out him.

in putting the weight on after marriage, we decided to get fit together - same time, and it's the best thing we've done for each other & have never regretted it.

i would take advantage of your support system in taking care of your child for a few days, found hubby had a longer recovery (but he is a big baby):thumbup:

NO your not crazy - if you can do it together, i highly suggest it!!

srknepler · August 20, 2008

DH & I just met a nice couple last night (at Sweet Tomatoes, eating dinner) that had been banded a week apart. They were in their 40's (I'm guessing here) and didn't have any little ones with them. They say that it was great to have a little time between the surgeries so that they could take care of each other.

I'll be having surgery before my DH (a couple of weeks I think). We have a 4yo son and we have no family here. My parents are the closest and they are an hour away (and both work). I hope that I can have an end of the week surgery date and that DS can spend the weekend at the grandparents house....

If we didn't have a small child, and had a better support team here, we'd likely have surgery at the same time. I like the idea of being at the same place at the same time (like the pre-op & post-op diets).