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AWESOME POST! The first time I have ever read about vomit having to make its way up the new stoma. Obviously makes sence but I have never visualized it until now.. thanks!

That is actually a really good point that I hadn't thought of... Thank you for this!

Hello all. I am still only about three months into my research about the lap band... I have learned a bunch but their is so much to learn yet. I am starting to wonder if maybe I would be better off having the gastric sleeve surgery. I weigh 297 and worry that with the lap band I could not possibly lose as much weight as I need to... YES I know it is not a magic belt so to speak, so please - their is no need to tell me that. When you weigh near 300 pounds you know their is nothing easy about losing weight and when someone tells me that I just feel it is sooooo condescending. I am just wondering is anyone else debated over the two and why the ended up going with the lap band.

Christy you look fantastic! Congrats on your success thus far! =D>

Thanks all for the advice. I must be the only person in the world who on a nice hot day, "guzzle's" down a nice ice cold drink of water. Maybe I will understand better later. Thanks again though.

Keeping this short and sweet! After I am banded... will I ever be able to guzzle a cold glass of water? I don't mean in the begining... I mean maybe six to eight months afterwards?

:lb10: That's fantastic! Can't wait to be in your shoes! Keep us posted!

What's the answer?

Thank you all for your support. 1jmk... I have been to my first appointment with my Md and he gave me a referal to a general surgeon who has performed hundreds of lap band surgeries, just ten miles from my home. Now we are just waiting to find out if my insurance will cover my surgery. With a BMI of nearly 50 we don't think it will be much of a problem. We will also discuss the Gastric Sleeve. I am 100% on board with having the surgery and have all the support and love from my family and fiance that anyone could possibly imagine, God bless all of them. Now it is just a waiting game... and not having any answers for certain right now is hard. I just keep imagining a life where I dont struggle to walk up a couple of flights of stairs and it gets me through a bit easier.

Congrats on your decision! Are you flying to Tj? I am trying to figure out how to deal with the financial aspects if I have to fly there... but it is all so exciting! Keep us posted! =D>

YAY! It's like I am part of the gang now! I finally got a ticker and picture~ My ticker is kind of sad, lol... but I am starting my journey. I actually am fighting back tears.. sorta emotional posting my wait to everyone... makes me kind of feel a bit naked. I wont be like this forever. I can look forward to my little frog feller moving to a smaller number... YAY!

Thats fantastic! > Someday I will be able to say the same thing. Congrats!

Well congrats to you!!! Please keep us posted on your progess... I know we say that to everyone but truely it is the only way those of us who aren't yet banded get to absorb useful information... and I am sure it helps those who have been banded. Now do you live in Kuwait? If not what lead you to have your surgery there? My family is from Egypt and I have played with the idea of going there to be banded... take a tiny vacation, see my family AND get banded? Sounds good to me... but who knows- I am still hoping my insurance is approved and I can do it just 12 minutes from my home in Binghamton, Ny. Anyhoo... Congrats again!

I get headaches most usuallly every evening. Sometimes severe and sometimes just annoying, but they are always there. I am wondering if it is blood pressure related. It is nice to hear that maybe they will go away... meanwhile I will bring it up at my consultation with my surgeon. :-?

Congrats to you! You sound so excited! I can't wait to have my surgery! I am curious... did you experience bad gas pains? And if so what did you do for it? And how does your port site feel? I am a sponge trying to learn all I can, lol! Congrats again! =D>