Surgery 2-12-20

[CoachJHill]

Getting excited and nervous about this new adventure,my Pre-Op appointment is on 1-30-20

 

[Brenda2010]

Getting excited and nervous about this new adventure,my Pre-Op appointment is on 1-30-20

That's wonderful! Would you like to share a little about yourself such as what surgery you're having?

 

[CoachJHill]

My name is Jamie, and I live in North Carolina. Struggled with weight all my life. Lost weight/ Gained it back and so on. Finally decided to discuss this with my primary Dr, he had suggested it sooner, but I wanted to first try to lose it myself. Well this summer, after talking to my wife's cousin (She had gastric sleeve) i started the process and after talking to the surgeon and since my Insurance will cover it, I'll be having The single-anastomosis duodenal switch

 

Welcome to the club! I'm in the Piedmont Triad region of NC. Wesley Long has a good monthly support group. Join us if you are interested.

 

[CoachJHill]

Welcome to the club! I'm in the Piedmont Triad region of NC. Wesley Long has a good monthly support group. Join us if you are interested.

I'm down in the Concord/Kannapolis area

 

[CoachJHill]

I'm really excited you're having the duodenal switch. I does come with its own set of challenges, though. I'm finding its cure rate very exciting. It cures type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, hypertension and high cholesterol. A very high cure rate for diabetes has been reported with this surgery. we're taking cure, not management.

Please tell us more and DON'T LEAVE! the SADS with VSG is a relatively rare technique and I, for one, would love to hear a frst-hand account of it. Please stay, please post as you go along and please report your side effects so we can learn.

And more importantly, stay in close touch with your medical team and your surgeon. Call in for any little problem you detect. It's much better to be considered a whiny hypochondriac than to ignore a symptom that may kill you or put you back into the hospital.

Because of the DS and the amount of intestine that's removed, you really can't get more surgical repair or relief. There's not enough gut left to sew on. But it is promising and I completely support your choice. Just please teach us by keep us informed. Welcome to your group. We are all very interested in everything you have to say. And if I needed to, I would choose DS today instead of RYGB.

I won’t go anywhere, and I’ll post as I go. With the single, your plumbing is only worked on, on the stomach side and not on both ends.

 

[Brenda2010]

I won’t go anywhere, and I’ll post as I go. With the single, your plumbing is only worked on, on the stomach side and not on both ends.

Very interesting, can't wait to hear more as you progress.

 

[mmitti]

Getting excited and nervous about this new adventure,my Pre-Op appointment is on 1-30-20

I had my pre-op last week. My sleeve will be on Jan. 21.

 

[CoachJHill]

Having a big dose of Anxiety this week.

 

[missdarmitage]

Having a big dose of Anxiety this week.

That is definitely to be expected. Try to keep busy. There is really no way around it, you just have to go through it. You're almost there!

 

[mmitti]

I'm really excited you're having the duodenal switch. I does come with its own set of challenges, though. I'm finding its cure rate very exciting. It cures type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, hypertension and high cholesterol. A very high cure rate for diabetes has been reported with this surgery. we're taking cure, not management.

Please tell us more and DON'T LEAVE! the SADS with VSG is a relatively rare technique and I, for one, would love to hear a frst-hand account of it. Please stay, please post as you go along and please report your side effects so we can learn.

And more importantly, stay in close touch with your medical team and your surgeon. Call in for any little problem you detect. It's much better to be considered a whiny hypochondriac than to ignore a symptom that may kill you or put you back into the hospital.

Because of the DS and the amount of intestine that's removed, you really can't get more surgical repair or relief. There's not enough gut left to sew on. But it is promising and I completely support your choice. Just please teach us by keep us informed. Welcome to your group. We are all very interested in everything you have to say. And if I needed to, I would choose DS today instead of RYGB.

Diane, why would you choose DS today instead of RYGB? What would be different?

 

[CoachJHill]

Completed all my Pre-Op stuff yesterday. I felt a sense of relief talking to him, yet i know come the morning of surgery that will all change. I went to pickup some of my Pre-Surgery meds, and a few afterwards, needless to say, I glad that I have a HSA with my insurance, While talking with my Dr, he said that the single DS should be now covered by all insurances.

 

[The BLJ]

My surgery is scheduled for 2/13 and the anxiety is really doing a number on me. I am trying meditation some days it works other days it does not. Today it is not working.

 

[The BLJ]

Wow! Thank you so much for this post. You made me cry. I feel so much better just reading your words.

 

[CoachJHill]

I have a week to go tomorrow, i finally had to take a dose of my anxiety meds this morning, so that i could calm down and get some work done.

 

[CoachJHill]

2 days to go, anxiety in HIGH gear

 

[The BLJ]

3 days for me. Read Diane's words to me 1/4 and do some meditation, listen to music, and set up your recovery space at home. That is what is helping me.

 

[Tauheedah S Hasan]

Getting excited and nervous about this new adventure,my Pre-Op appointment is on 1-30-20

Congratulations!!! You can do it!!!

 

[CoachJHill]

I’m a day out from surgery, and i can it went as well as it could have, if all goes planned, I’ll home tomorrow

 

[JAKSBlue]

Checking in on you! How are you feeling?