Hooligans Sportsbook

I Made The Call

  • Start date •
  • Replies
    136 Replies •
  • Views 8,918 Views
Follow
wal66

wal66

New Member
Since
Feb 1, 2010
Messages
11,716
Score
2
Tokens
0
No, I didn't call up a sex line and I didn't make some great call on a sporting event either. I called The Obesity Surgery Center.

It would be great to not need the assistance of such an extreme procedure but simple dieting alone just isn't gonna get it done. I need to get the weight off now and as quickly as possible so I can save my knees.

I took a couple of shots in April and again in June to numb my knees and it worked great. It worked too well unfortunately. My not feeling the constant pain (still had pain but was manageable) allowed me to overdue it. What ended up happening was doing more damage than I would have had I not took the shots. Now the pain has increased and I can't continue getting shots except at regular 6 month intervals.

So I have to get the weight off. Looking into gastric band surgery but they have a new procedure called a gastric sleeve so not sure which. Starting the preliminary stuff now so that I can get this done sometime after the first of the year.

What does this all mean?

Nina and Teela, ya'll have 18 months and then one or both of you will have to do what's best for GameLive and ol' Wal.
 
RJ, I am spending more time on price right now. It's roughly $25K here and as cheap as $6K in Mexico. Just made the call so they are checking on insurance stuff right now. Once that part is done I will be discussing the various options in more detail.
 
The Band is for quicker weight loss at a much return to normal activity, is reversible and adjustable but can slip.

The Sleeve, requires longer time in the hospital, longer recovery, is not reversible and not adjustable.

Standard Gastric Bypass, basically what the sleeve is replacing.

Cost for all are basically the same.
 
wal66
The Band is for quicker weight loss at a much return to normal activity, is reversible and adjustable but can slip.

The Sleeve, requires longer time in the hospital, longer recovery, is not reversible and not adjustable.
Click to expand...

With the sleeve there is a longer recouping period and it's neither reversible nor adjustable - what are the advantages?
 
Polaroid
With the sleeve there is a longer recouping period and it's neither reversible nor adjustable - what are the advantages?
Click to expand...

It's advantage falls in the disadvantage of the band. The band can (not always) require adjustments where you have to go back in and have the band put back in place after it has slipped position. There is also something about a leak valve. I'm not sure if that is a permanent valve or if it's temporary but if it's permanent then that's kind of a negative on the band which again make an advantage for the sleeve.
 
good luck Wal, I know this must weigh on you immensely when you think of the future with work, golf, foking ect.. ( no pun intended on the weighing)

keep us posted, this should be an interesting chronicle....


have you considered just being in the rear of a temporary human centipede for 2-4 weeks as a jump start to natural weight loss?
 
FW, you are right it is a full change that is required to make it last.

I had the band done once before but I broke the band playing football. A few years later I had the bypass surgery and it worked great. A year in and I had lost so much weight and my life was really on track. Then a series of events, depression and such and injuries and I started putting the weight back on. I kept telling myself. "this week" but this week never came and before I knew I was packing the weight back on again. I couldn't be as active due to the injuries and the weight kept coming back. Eventually I am where I am at today.

I can't live a disabled life and if I don't get the weight off that is what I am facing. This surgery HAS to work and I HAVE to make it last or I don't even want to make it off the table.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.