I’ve got my OR Date
Hi All<br>Been reading your experiences helping
to prepare me for a VBand Gastroplasty and now here
I go. Surgeons office called yesterday and I am
booked for April 25 (1-2 months sooner than I expected,
less time to worry!!!!!:). Any advice to prepare for
the changes in eating habits afterward. They only
give me my preop stuff a week ahead of time. Am 41
year old married guy with three boys ages 8, 12 & 17
and this seems the only way to deal with my weight
lifelong problem so I can live to enjoy my kids. I have
adult onset diabetes and high blood pressure. I decided
surgery was in my future no matter what and I’d rather
the Vband than a heart bypass or something even
worse. They don’t do the gastric bypass here in Nova
Scotia anymore as it’s too hard to reverse. Anyway gotta
go to work and then tell my 73 year old Mom. Didn’t
want to give her too much time to worry either. If any
of you belive in the power of prayer I would
appreciate your thoughts in your prayer for the procedures
success and my mental state as the date approaches.
<br>Paul<br>Nova Scotia<br>Canda
April 25th, 2004 at 1:16 am
GOOD LUCK!! - I don’t even start my pre-op testing until April 11th
April 25th, 2004 at 4:31 pm
Did they have an education session with you on
the diet issues as all I got was some reading. Here
in NS there is a support group and I’ve a call in to
them so would guess they can help. God I’m nervous
though, how about you?<br><br>Paul