After much deliberation by my wife and I we decided I would do it.  So we talked to a doctor who specializes in this and had it done at 7:30 am CST yesterday.  If you are wondering what I did I had the lap band proceedure done.

I am a pretty big guy, about 6'9" tall and around 450lbs.  Even before I became an amputee I had troubles getting around.  Getting up from a prone position was next to impossible.  Knees hurt all the time, got short of breath from exertion, etc etc.  Doc told me that if I didn't loose some weight I ran the risk of losing the right leg sometime in the near future or even worse dieing.  Since I decided not to make my wife a rich woman too soon or not be able to bug her (yes pookie I love you),  I figured I need to get a little more proactive.

I had been going to Dr. Britt for a few weeks, he is a wonderful surgeon and was my wound care doctor helping me heal a blister I had gotten on my heel that wouldn't heal.  He kept after me to go to one of the syminars about the lap bad proceedure.  So I finally relented and went to one.  As part of the syminar he talkes about 5 conditions that if you meet any one of  them you are a prime candidate for the proceedure.  Guess what?  I met all 5, wooohoooo.  Now I was worried.

So the wife and I talked it over and agreed I should start the proceedure.  I had the surgery done at 7:30 yesterday.  I am happy that I did too.  I needed to make a life style change and I did.  If anyone has questions about what I am going through or general questions about the proceedure please ask me.  I will give you an honest answer and try to steer you in a way you can make an educated decision if it is for you.

This proceedure is completely reversable, it is NOT the gastic bypass where they take part of your intestins and close off part of your stomache.  This is a very low invasive surgery and recovery is so much faster without the many complications.  Yes there are complications but they are more known and treatable now then they have been in the past.

I will try to remember and write some blogs on here as I recover and make my way through this.

I hope you are all well.