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  • Name: FatGuy (shrinking)inNC
  • Username: kurebeachbum
  • Location: USA
  • Member Since: 10/9/2009
  • BMI: 28.5
  • Surgery date scheduled
  • Surgery Type: Lap Band (11/23/09)
  • Surgeon: David Miles, M.D.
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Control my sleep apnea

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Improve my overall health by achieving and maintaining a weight of 195 lbs.

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  • Comment by Denise M. on 11/23/09 5:16 am
    Is today the big day?!? I hope it all goes smoothly, your recovery is quick and restriction is forthcoming! Good luck!
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One consideration why I chose the Lap Band
posted on 1/26/10 9:43 am
I can't speak about anyone else, but here's one of the things that helped me decide that I wanted the Band instead of RNY or DS:

I asked myself what was the real advantage of either the RNY or the DS and what it came down to was they were supposedly the easiest and required the least amount of effort on my part with the fastest weight losss............should've been an easy choice then right?    

Well I looked over my life and you know what?  Everytime I've taken the easy way out, whether related to health or finances or whatever, trying to do as little as possible has always come back to bite me in the ass one way or another.

For me it was time to " grow - up" (I know I'm in my fifties) but this was one of those defining moments where I decided I was going to tough it out, put the work in, survive the inevitable lapses but finally deal with food and my weight in a responsible long-term manner by learning and incorporating what I learned into my daily lifestyle.

I'm confident that I have made the right choice and I wouldn't hesitate to do it again.

FatGuy(shrinking)inNC

PS:  I have noticed that the RNY patients that I have met or know personally have this sort of ashen, drawn, unhealth look about them, I suspect it is the effect of malabsorbption and there could be a number of explanations, but hell I want to look and feel healthy at the same time.


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