My wife and I had a serious conversation and we decided to hold off on the surgery until the fall. I'm also dealing with major anxiety and depression issues at the moment that I need to deal with...

My wife and I went to my initial visit with the dietician. Near the end of our visit, my wife tells the dietician that she doesn't think that he should have the surgery. My wife wants me to...

Thanks everyone that has responded. My wife has decided to go with me to Friday's nut appointment and my initial consultation with the surgeon. I started with a 1400 calorie weight watchers diet...

Yes - the NP mentioned to bring my wife to the appointment with the dietician and the surgeon.

It appears I have to be in a supervised weight loss program for 3 months and show evidence of 5%...

I went for my initial consultation and meet with a NP and came away with appointments with the dietician, psychological evaluation, upper GI, blood work, stomach ultrasound, and initial visit with...

I also suffer from generalized anxiety and have concerns with how the medication will work with a smaller stomach. About 8 years ago I had a major operation (prostatectomy due to cancer) and...

Hi - I'm from Hudson, NH. I plan on having my surgery at Lawrence General (Lawrence, MA).

I finally got up the nerve and went to an information session at Lawrence General (Lawrence, Massachusetts). I have my initial appointment with the medical staff on the 23rd. Curious if anyone had...

Thanks for all the very detailed response. Mine is more like a dull main in the upper quadrant with no other symptoms. I've actually have had this pain before and had a CT scan which found nothing...

I'm curious what kind of symptoms to have concerning the pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. I don't have a gall bladder but I get pains similar to a gall bladder attack. It has me concerned to...

Thanks - that is my biggest fear (post-op weight gain). My psychiatrist is onboard with lowering my lexapro to 5 MG. So far no brain zaps or other known withdrawal issues. I have a consult with my...

Yes, I do find I've been blaming the meds for for weight gain. I've started trying to reduce the lexapro since that is a cause of some of the weight gain (I've gone from 10 MG to 5 MG) since that...

I'm currently taking 5 MG of lexapro along with 2 mg of Ability. I have generalized anxiety disorder to need to take this medication.
These medications have caused me great weight gain (100 lbs)....

I'm a 62 year old male that is contemplating getting a gastric sleeve. My weight gain is partially due to taking SSRIs for the last twelve years. I'm currently in relatively good health other than...