I have reviewed the process and have concluded that this is the best option for me. I have scheduled my Orbera procedure for next Wednesday8/29/18. Having tried multiple diets , exercise, and pills successfully and unsuccessfully I am at state where motivation is lost. I am hoping to have a jump start and incorporate a health eating lifestyle. At 46 it has become even harder to get the weight off and I not enjoying how it likes to settle in by belly area. Will post updates during the first week, since this seems to be the most difficult. I have prayed for an easy transition. Updated on 4 Sep 2018: Wanted to give a recap of the past 6 days. Day 2 was the worst day. I did take all the medication as instructed and did have a total of 4 episodes of vomiting. I am down 9 pounds and feel 85% myself. I have been able to keep soft foods down. Every day I feel better and better. I can feel the ballon and have contact feeling of fullness. The discomfort that I feel at times is hard to tell if its’s spasms, gas or hunger. The pain does last long. I didn’t realized how fast I ate prior to getting the ballon. I have no regrets so far and will continue to update my process. Updated on 6 Sep 2018: Every day is feeling better. I have adjusted to the feeling of fullness. I do not have the problem with belching as some people have expressed. I am feeling 90% myself. I have also had a great poops which I hope will show a 2 pound weight loss in the morning....lol... last night was the best night of sleep so far. I did not have much abdominal cramping during the day. I am looking forward to starting exercising. I am going to weight 2 more days. I feel better just having a shake in the morning versus eating a meal. The less I eat the better I feel. I have been concentrating on getting around 100 grams of protein per day with 2 shakes a meals.

I don't mean to discourage anyone about this surgery, I have heard about so many great stories. My goal was to be part of that group but it has been 8 days since my surgery and I had to come back to the hospital and I can't leave. I had the Sleeve gastrectomy plus a hiatal hernia repair, when I came out of surgery I was taken to the XRAY machine to check for leaks, at that moment I was in terrible pain, I was crying cause I couldn't handle the pain, I couldn't believe the anesthesia had worn out that fast. However, knowing that people react differently to it, I thought my surgeon would give me pain killers right away... not so much, turns out my surgeon is known for being very stingy with pain killers... it took them 5 hours to finally get him to give me morfine and that didn't take care of the whole thing. Anyway, I started taking oral pain killers but after swallowing the pain was excruciating again and I would immediately want to throw up. Everybody was convinced that my pain was gas pain due to the CO2 that they use to inflate your stomach, and asked me to walk to help release the pain... well, the pain killers covered everything and I was able to drink so they sent me home. Taking crushed pills at home also caused excruciating pain, 3 days later I couldn't drink much, I was getting dehydrated, called doctor, doctor did a Barium test and realized I had developed an edema, sent me to the ER 5 days after my surgery. Today is 07/27/2016 and I am still here getting an IV, steroids and nothing by mouth... this sucks!!!! The pain in still there, seems like saliva gets stuck in the edema area and that causes pain... nothing has improved... I miss my kids... this is not truly going as planned. And that makes me sad.

So I've been having issues with my weight going up and down I was taking phen 3.75 and lost all of 15lbs what a waste so I stumbled across a gastric balloon after doing research I contacted a doctor and went to my first appointment sep15th my second appointment is tomorrow to talk to a dietitian after that my procedure will be scheduled can't wait

After years of searching I finally picked my doctor I was originally gonna to the DR but didn't want to go to another County "had my doubts" anyway I found Dr dowbak got my quote and will be making my deposit tomorrowUpdated on 30 Sep 2018: So I haven't sent my deposit yet I plan on doing it tomorrow I'm going to wait till close to my date to get a plane ticket I've got to find a RH that's close to the office can't wait to see my results Updated on 2 Oct 2018: I sent in the info for my deposit just waiting to hear back from Elena on what's next here are some before photos 5"4 current weight 196 I started out as 227 I started my diet Aug the 1st so far it's going good got to have a BMI of 33 or lower to qualify for SxUpdated on 2 Oct 2018: So I paid my deposit today and my date is set 3/1/19 I will be a dowbak doll my bmi is .1 over I was told I needed to lose about 7 more lbs im at the max for bmi requirements but I'm not worried I plan on continuing my diet until the day of surgery my goal is 170 I've signed all my papers now I'm just waiting on the list of supplements I need to start taking close to sx date also need to choose a recovery house Updated on 19 Oct 2018: After looking all over the internet I found a few RH to choose from well I decide to go with rejuvenatebodyandhealing not because Elena told me about them I went to the website it was the best fit for me all supplies included!!! My bag just got lighter lolUpdated on 5 Nov 2018: Dr Dowbak can't perform sx anymore until he gets his hospital privilege back and he doesn't know how long is going to take so back to square 1 I've looked at the other doctors at New life and I'm just not impressed and to make things worst they are not returning my messages about getting my money back Updated on 30 Nov 2018: After following Dr dowbak to seduction and paying another deposit he left once again so I decided I was going to stay and go with Dr Sampson