Appointment with the Surgeon

So my next step on my WLS journey is to visit my chosen surgeon, Dr. Maguire. I had an appointment last Friday. Part of me (the one that still thinks that I'm thin) wondered if he would tell me that I don't qualify for the surgery! Talk about living in the dark...I am the polar opposite of an Anorexic, in my head I still see myself as thin whereas Anorexics still see themselves as fat.

He suggested that I have the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Mostly because it's been the most successful for the longest time. He said that I would probably lose 80% of the weight that I need to lose and that this surgery had a 96% chance of resolving my diabetes! Also, this particular surgery (as opposed to the Lap Band or the Vertical Sleeve) had a better chance to maintain my weight loss.

We've all heard/known people who had the surgery and have gained their weight back. And of course, (just like I said when my kids were little about the possibility of them becoming drug users when they got to be teens) I said, "That won't happen to me, I won't let it." Which made me remember that I really need to back  up that thought with a plan of what to do so it wouldn't happen to me! At least I can learn from the kids/drugs experience :-( So I checked out some books at the library about WLS and have been reading everything that I can get my hands on to try to get that plan in place before the surgery.

Since the appointment I realise now from reading these books that I should have asked the doctor a bunch of questions - that I really didn't know. So now I'm going to have to back-pedal a bit to find out all of those answers! More on that later (I guess!)

Thanks for reading - I'll check in with more info as it develops...

~ barb