Should I wait?

[shasha]

Hi All

My situation is that I live in the middle east and am just about to move from one country to another within the middle east to start a new job.

I am 100% sure about wanting lapband and have a tentative appointment to have the procedure. Here is the problem:

• The procudeure can be done on the 17th Aug
  
• I start a new job on the 24th Aug
  
• The first week of this new job will be physically easy (teacher only week) the second week will be harder (kindergarten teacher)
  

If I dont get the procedure done now I probably wont have another chance for another 5 months and even then I would not have any more recuperation time than I do now. The next real possibility would be a year from now, and that means another year of extra stress on my joints, unhappiness with myself etc etc etc.

Should I go ahead now with limited recoup time or would I be better to wait the year?

thanks

[emtstacey76]

A few days is all you need if you keep moving you feel a lot better. After the couple days it just feels like you exercised you stomach muscles to much. I'm a nurse in the ER and went back to work 4 days later with no problems!!

[shasha]

Great - thats reassuring. Thanks ladies.

[julieburns]

Don't wait if your mind is made up, you will regret that you missed your chance. As the others say the time needed to heal is well within your time frame.

Go for it!!

[banded4life]

Go for it!

[mlgpdx]

I say go for it now also but I'm wondering.. will you have access to follow up in case (and that's a BIG IN CASE) something isn't right and you have to go back to the Dr.? what about fills etc?? Are you getting your lapband at the OCC? I don't discourage anyone from doing it, it's the best thing I've ever done, but I'm wondering since you will be in the middle east about your follow up routine ?