Day 8 pre-op and switching surgeries

Mar 28, 2010

So here I am on day 8 of my pre-op diet and NOW I have decided to switch my surgery from lap-band to gastric sleeve. I can't find many people who are for the lap-band and it seems like for financial reasons and health reasons this would be the better fit for me.  I thought I did all the research but apparently I was so not with the program. All I researched was which doctor, which hospital and never really gave thought to the surgery because my head said "get the lap-band".

So why the switch?  There are too many variables with this lapband procedure. The main reason for opting for this to begin with,  was I didn't want anyone to   cut me. I just wanted something that I thought was reversable if and when I was ready. But come to find out, you have to make several trips to the doctor for fills/unfills, possible port flipping, possible corrosion, and when its all said and done, this is a foreign object inside you that your body doesnt want there to begin with.

So to my friend Kathy Gratias - thank you for walking this path with me and helping me to make a more wise decision. I know its really rough to tell someone what they are doing is really questionable especially if they are stubborn such as I am. But with some love, understanding, experience, and knowledge, Kathy has been my one Angel to whom I will be thankful for,, for the rest of my new life.

So Kathy, as you hit the pub today, CHEERS!!  Have a shot of something for me (I don't drink) and maybe make it a double!!

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