I am totally barfing SICK of hearing how much RNY sucks!!!!!
And just food for thought, all of us DSers are not created equally, there's freedom fighters from every surgery posting on other's boards (a few VSGers come on the DS board regularly starting mess) but we're not all like that......I'm one of the nice ones!!!
~Shani~
I've been pudgy, chubby, thick, and now fat........Imma give thin a go round!!!
SW-262, size 18W, 5'6"
CW-168 1/15/2010
GW-162
94 Lbs down...6 more to go...changed goal to see Onderland for a hot second!
The experiences of real people was far more important than anything a doctor or an internet article could ever tell me. I joined this site in 2003 and followed how things have changed. Don't know how long I lurked before that. In the 90's more pcp's were against wls than for it so who could I have relied on?
Every surgeon has a different protocol and there is so much that you will never see in your online research. It took 9 years for me to decide that I could handle what other wls patients were going through.
I started out looking up the open Foubi Pouch as the gold standard of the time. I waited for lap to become the standard. I was waiting for outpatient to become the standard. Next I knew my child was grown and had her own wls. I realized maybe I'm waiting too long, lol.
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V'N MY RNY. WORKING FOR ME BECAUSE I WORK FOR IT.
I don't just have issues, I have subscriptions! I'm saving on the newsstand price....... 
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I think surgery choice is an entirely personal thing. To bash (not pro-vs-con, but bash) others' decisions is wrong.
~Shani~
I've been pudgy, chubby, thick, and now fat........Imma give thin a go round!!!
SW-262, size 18W, 5'6"
CW-168 1/15/2010
GW-162
94 Lbs down...6 more to go...changed goal to see Onderland for a hot second!
I also eventually found out that I was on the borderline of acceptability for DS because my BMI wasn't high enough and I had no co-morbidities.
But safe to say, the woman and her friends that came in to attack that board like that really scared me with their ferociousness. I was just kind of learning about all of them.
Nonetheless, I have surgery in 7 days so I'm excited and decided. NERVOUS as hell, but excited nonetheless.
Good luck on your surgery!
~Shani~
I've been pudgy, chubby, thick, and now fat........Imma give thin a go round!!!
SW-262, size 18W, 5'6"
CW-168 1/15/2010
GW-162
94 Lbs down...6 more to go...changed goal to see Onderland for a hot second!
Good luck on your surgery!
tiny stomach sistah's for life :)
HW 310
SW 216
CW 172
LW 160
GW 170
GW 170- 175
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Do not let anyone rattle you. Do your research and be confident in your choice. I had a VSG and I'm happy. People should pick what suits them and not what some stranger on the forums tells them that's right. They don't know your lifestyle... what kind of insurance you have, how much access to medical care you have... how you are paying your bills or even your style of eating but they want to tell you what surgery to get. Right....
There is no one perfect surgery because you have to be willing to work that particular tool. Some sugeries are more expensive to maintain and people need to stop disregarding that on the forums. Money shouldn't be an object but unfortunately it plays a major part in WLS decisions.
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