goddess819

Hi there! I agree with Laura, you should research all the surgeries and decide along with a qualified bariatric surgeon on which surgery would be best for you. Don't have your heart set on one surgery if it's not going to be the best fit for you. You want to have your individual needs looked at and then paired with a surgery that will best fit you. For one person (like Laura) it may be the lapband, for another (like me) it may be the RNY.

I'm very happy with my RNY and if you have additional questions about it I'd be happy to answer them.

Any info/suggestions/comments/advice would be SOOOO helpful. As stated above research all of your options. Weigh the pros & cons for each surgery against your needs. You may find that with some research that the lapband may not be your best choice, then again it could be. Personally I think that with the amount of weight that you have to loose one of the other surgeries that offer both restriction & malabsorption may be better for you. Those surgeries would be either the DS or RNY. Call you insurance carrier to see which surgeries they cover and what they need to get you approved. Some insurance carriers require a 6 month physician supervised diet, psych eval, sleep study, nutritionist visits and others don't.

What should I expect? What to expect varies between surgeries. What one person experiences with the lapband will be different than the RNY or other surgery.

How "hard" is it to maintain your diet/weight/exercise after surgery? It's always hard, it's hard in the beginning because of what you're restricted in eating and it's hard at 4+ years post op because you can eat almost anything and you have to constantly keep yourself from going back to old eating habits.

If you have more specific questions I can better answer you as your questions were pretty broad. Good luck in your WLS journey!

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