[cajunh2s]

hello all

new to the forum here,... my wife and i are both overweight have tried diets and working out...lost some weight but poor eating habits allways puts it back on us....i'm 364 lbs...my wife is around 254...we are both about 5'6 in height

we recently decided that surgery will probably be our best alternative
and both went to a weight seminar together.....we had our first consultation
with the doctor Dr gary stevens at southwest weight management..

we went in with the lap-band in mind for both of us...cause we both had weird feelings about having our plumbing re-routed...

but doctor stevens thought that gastric bypass would be best for us...
now this kinda concerns me...because i really don't know if he made this for my health or for the hospital making more money from this type of surgery...my wife and i both have good insurance that will cover either operation.....we both voiced our concern and he said they would do either operation we wanted....but told me...well i guess its what you want...you could only lose 20lbs a year with the lap-band...or by-pass you are gonna for sure lose the weight...

so my wife has made her mind up to do the lap-band...i'm still kinda undecided
i have till may or june to make up my mind which route to go...thats when the doctor said my surgery would be....

so i'm new to forum...confused and scared all at the same time...lol

cajun