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  1. Karen_golfs

    Hip surgery

    I had 2 pins placed in my right hip in 2004 when I was 50. Two months later I had hip replacement surgery. I have a long ugly scar but I can walk so it doesn't bother me. They went into the same place the second time. I was in the hospital a couple days both times. With both I had a lot of pain...
  2. Karen_golfs

    Newbie

    Thanks for the encouragement. I had steriod injections in my back 2 weeks ago. The dr suggested I might want to lose some weight. I told him that I was looking at gastric sleeve. He replied "I had that done in 2008 by the same doctor and I have never regretted it". Talk about an angel placed in...
  3. Karen_golfs

    Newbie

    My name is Karen. I've been thinking about WLS for about a year. My insurance company will not pay one nickel but that has not changed my mind. I meet with the surgeon and dietician in 2 weeks. The plan is to have gastrc sleeve surgery in mid-December. I want to have plenty of time to get...
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