WLS Info
Gastrip Wrap
Feb 13th
CosmeticBliss
I paid the deposit for my surgery on Monday and I shall pay the rest next week. Today I'm suddenly realising how insanely fast moving this is feeling. From decision to operating within 5-6 weeks :s
After suddenly realising I could afford to go private I feel like I've bounced into the deep end. I'd ended up saving £5k for my car (My test isn't until next week), then I realised I don't need a car. I work from home, I've no obligations, I live on a major transport hub connecting to 2 large cities with direct buses every 10minutes
. Plus I can buy a cheap car from my income, I don't need that nice Toyota Yaris I saw for my first car right .
So, after realising I could afford it I jumped online to research into it. I hadn't looked into WLS since my realization that the NHS where useless back in 2008. I simply refused to put on weight to be taken seriously, I wasn't putting on 1-2stone to lose weight. Anyway after much research the Band scared me as an alarming amount of complications are appearing recently. Not to put the band down, it is still a great wls tool and has much lengthener research that the wrap/plication but there where other reasons that made me prefer the wrap. So after much research I decided CosmeticBliss where the guys to see, despite the £1200 price difference. They had a last spot open in Febuary 13th and I figured why not, couldn't see any reason putting it off until March. And there we have it.
I will be off for the Gastric Warp on the 13th of Febuary, told my family/friends that I'm off to party for 1-2 weeks with friends. Not used to lying to family, pretty much always been open but I don't really want to talk about it with them. I'm not really sure why I'm not telling them, maybe I'm afraid I'll chicken out and would be embarrassed, maybe I am embarrassed about going for WLS? I am a fairly closed person in real life.
Least the lie is actually viable as I often do book random party weeks with distant friends
I just felt like making this thread to ramble on a bit while my kindle charges, I get so insanely addicted to deep storylines. I can spend 10 hours reading if im near the end of a really deep fantasy series, so if I start reading one now and get hooked into it my time in the hospital will fly I hope. I grabbed Malazan Book of the Fallen to get into, 10 books and about 10,000 pages. Reading is so much better than long TV series, they last longer and best of all I never eat while reading so it curves the grazing which is a major win.
So yea, I've started on my Omeprazole and ordered some Milk Thistle. The pre-op diet looks tricky, although the diet doesn't bother me as much as the Surgeons warning that if he believes we have not taken the pre-op diet seriously they could cancel the operation, meaning I would incur the costs. There decision is based on weight loss, while i'm sure I can lose the 7lbs in 2 weeks with this diet, due it to being low sugar based/releasing water, it's still worrying. Although compared to some of the pre-op diets I've seen here mine is fairly lax, it's a 1000 calorie or less diet.
After the surgery I'm aware of the discomforts to be expect, nausea and the drain seem to be the worst, very low percent seem to report any pain and if so it's mild. Do you think I'd be comfortable using a laptop in the hospital bed for a few days? I work online and would be handy to reply to a few support emails and check into the website a couple times a day. We're booked into the hospital for an 5 days for the Wrap, I know most private clinics only do 1-3 days, although I guess 5 days provides some piece of mind. I automate most things, I'd just like to be able to jump onto the laptop for 1-2 hours a day to reply to support emails etc.
Living with the WLS will be different, I mean 2-3 years and onwards after I hit my goal weight, to which I know isn't a guarantee or magical but I am staying optimistic I'm not going through this to not get to my damned goal weight. I just hope after 2-3 years I can eat normal amounts, go out with friends to restaurants and eat normal amounts. Not have to eat 1/10th and leave it, or have half a glass of G+T and get carried home heh. From what I hear it vastly reduces your ability to absorb alcohol. I will go from being the guy who drinks the entire bar and walks home to the biggest lightweight there, would be amusing. Might save me some cash
:sign0007:Oh, I just clicked preview and realised how much I'd rambled. Well, I was bored. Anyway, the rambling ends.
<--- that smiley made me chuckle
Night folks.
tl:dr -
Wrap soon - Feeling rushed - Readings fun - Booze is sticky - Smilies are funny - Toodles.
Gastrip Wrap
Feb 13th
CosmeticBliss
I paid the deposit for my surgery on Monday and I shall pay the rest next week. Today I'm suddenly realising how insanely fast moving this is feeling. From decision to operating within 5-6 weeks :s
After suddenly realising I could afford to go private I feel like I've bounced into the deep end. I'd ended up saving £5k for my car (My test isn't until next week), then I realised I don't need a car. I work from home, I've no obligations, I live on a major transport hub connecting to 2 large cities with direct buses every 10minutes
. Plus I can buy a cheap car from my income, I don't need that nice Toyota Yaris I saw for my first car right .So, after realising I could afford it I jumped online to research into it. I hadn't looked into WLS since my realization that the NHS where useless back in 2008. I simply refused to put on weight to be taken seriously, I wasn't putting on 1-2stone to lose weight. Anyway after much research the Band scared me as an alarming amount of complications are appearing recently. Not to put the band down, it is still a great wls tool and has much lengthener research that the wrap/plication but there where other reasons that made me prefer the wrap. So after much research I decided CosmeticBliss where the guys to see, despite the £1200 price difference. They had a last spot open in Febuary 13th and I figured why not, couldn't see any reason putting it off until March. And there we have it.
I will be off for the Gastric Warp on the 13th of Febuary, told my family/friends that I'm off to party for 1-2 weeks with friends. Not used to lying to family, pretty much always been open but I don't really want to talk about it with them. I'm not really sure why I'm not telling them, maybe I'm afraid I'll chicken out and would be embarrassed, maybe I am embarrassed about going for WLS? I am a fairly closed person in real life.
Least the lie is actually viable as I often do book random party weeks with distant friends
I just felt like making this thread to ramble on a bit while my kindle charges, I get so insanely addicted to deep storylines. I can spend 10 hours reading if im near the end of a really deep fantasy series, so if I start reading one now and get hooked into it my time in the hospital will fly I hope. I grabbed Malazan Book of the Fallen to get into, 10 books and about 10,000 pages
. Reading is so much better than long TV series, they last longer and best of all I never eat while reading so it curves the grazing which is a major win.So yea, I've started on my Omeprazole and ordered some Milk Thistle. The pre-op diet looks tricky, although the diet doesn't bother me as much as the Surgeons warning that if he believes we have not taken the pre-op diet seriously they could cancel the operation, meaning I would incur the costs. There decision is based on weight loss, while i'm sure I can lose the 7lbs in 2 weeks with this diet, due it to being low sugar based/releasing water, it's still worrying. Although compared to some of the pre-op diets I've seen here mine is fairly lax, it's a 1000 calorie or less diet.
After the surgery I'm aware of the discomforts to be expect, nausea and the drain seem to be the worst, very low percent seem to report any pain and if so it's mild. Do you think I'd be comfortable using a laptop in the hospital bed for a few days? I work online and would be handy to reply to a few support emails and check into the website a couple times a day. We're booked into the hospital for an 5 days for the Wrap, I know most private clinics only do 1-3 days, although I guess 5 days provides some piece of mind. I automate most things, I'd just like to be able to jump onto the laptop for 1-2 hours a day to reply to support emails etc.
Living with the WLS will be different, I mean 2-3 years and onwards after I hit my goal weight, to which I know isn't a guarantee or magical but I am staying optimistic I'm not going through this to not get to my damned goal weight. I just hope after 2-3 years I can eat normal amounts, go out with friends to restaurants and eat normal amounts. Not have to eat 1/10th and leave it, or have half a glass of G+T and get carried home heh. From what I hear it vastly reduces your ability to absorb alcohol. I will go from being the guy who drinks the entire bar and walks home to the biggest lightweight there, would be amusing. Might save me some cash
:sign0007:Oh, I just clicked preview and realised how much I'd rambled. Well, I was bored. Anyway, the rambling ends.
<--- that smiley made me chuckle Night folks.
tl:dr -
Wrap soon - Feeling rushed - Readings fun - Booze is sticky - Smilies are funny - Toodles.
