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Hey, Pat;)...I am sooo happy for you! I am waiting also for BCBS Ins. approval...just need that last one...psych exam mailed off from NM to TX for my Dr. to put it 2gether with the other documents and fax off to insurance!...I, too, am already losing sleep just waiting, wondering, getting more...

Cruise...what were the "scariest" parts? I just wanna' know everything BEFORE I do it...although I am getting more anxious by the day (waiting on surgery date...but trying to learn all I can now)...wanna' be "half the woman" also!! lol...was in the Miss America Prelims (2nd runner-up) ages...

Hi Lv2...I am waiting for my date for the ds surgery (duodenal switch); have you known anyone to have this one done? If so, I'd like to talk to him/her...just to get my "cold belly" ready and willing, without fear or doubts about this irreversible procedure...am excited, though! Can you send...

Thanks Pat99, appreciate your follow-up with Shiregal through email...will continue to pray 4 her healing.

Tom...congratulations on all your weight lossed!! I am just beginning the journey...getting "cold feet"...waiting for the date of my BPD/DS surgery...and getting stressed about giving up my favorite foods...but in lots of back pain (broken t-12 after car accident 2 yrs. ago) with my belly...

Hi Nikkie: I will have the BPD/DS surgery soon...waiting for the date...but I admire you and congratulate you for being 2 yrs. POST--and doing so well with the weight loss and physical appearance! How difficult was it to give up the foods you loved/craved? I am stressed over that, and the...

scared about eating regimen after surgery... Congratulations, Kristina, on your success with the lap-band surgery in Nov.! :) How difficult is it to "deprive" yourself of your pre-op favorite foods? How do you overcome that and discipline yourself to give up totally what you liked to eat...

How are you doing, kcpetree? I have heard the first few weeks are the roughest, but you will get beyond those initial stages, and be glad you perservered! How do you feel? I just realized mine (I'm waiting for a call on the date) will be the BPD(Bio-pancreatic diversion)with duodenal...

Hoola on!! 'Hope I can re-learn the art/exercise after my surgery...am waiting on a date...then hope to join the hula hooping crowd! :p

What is the time, in general, between wls (weight loss surgery) and following surgeries ("bat wings," "apron," front and back lifts??? I am only beginning--will have DS in the next 2 months. ~BB

I am having the DS "sleeve" surgery because I have to lose 185-200 lbs. and wanna keep it off; while having more food choices and being able to eat more (after a yr. or two, that is!). It should also greatly improve or remove my health issues of sleep apnea, diabetes (borderline) and COPD...

Letrell: I think in 20 or 30 yrs., you're right, when someone may be taking care of you, you may be so sedentary, unable to move around too much, and might develop rash or infection under the apron and other loose skin, like others have said (my Dr. says it will be medically necessary for...

Hi Michelle: I will be praying for you...and you can pray for me when I have mine in the next 2 mos. (DS surgery). I have read so many success and happiness stories that I am encouraged--knowing it takes effort & time, but that the benefits far outweigh any pain or suffering...hang in there...

I will keep Shiregal in my prayers. I will need hers and yours in a couple months when I have my DS surgery...:) Let me know how it went, k? thx.

I would like to know of the best DS surgeons...has anyone heard of Dr. David Syn in Lubbock, Tx. for the DS? I know people who say he's the best in the RNY and he even corrects errors other Drs. have made throughout the USA!

I, too, am concerned about having front and back lifts after I have my DS in a couple months; I hope to do the total trip and also have the "batwings" altered...ask me next yr! lol...

Has anyone had the gastric sleeve surgery? I would like to talk to someone who has had it..planning it in next couple months....thx. :)

Anyone who has had the ds "sleeve" surgery? I am looking into having it in the next couple months, and want some feedback from people who have had it, what Dr. is best and where? So far, I attended the Seminar at the Lubbock Facility with Dr. Syn.

I hope to be having the ds sleeve bariatric surgery in Lubbock Tx (Dr. Syn), in the near future, but am still researching and trying to be sure it's the right one for me. Has anyone had it and do you have any info to give me (pros, cons, both, etc.)?