lynsey2510
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Just been on another website and it said that 1 in 200 people die with 28 days of bypass surgery :cry:Is this true?! Or have I just entered a dodgy website? Thats freaked me out a bit.
That is what scares me about the bypass verus the band, and I know the ups and downs that can happen with the band, but it really scares me the actual statistics of the Op.
Then I read on here so many people going of to have their bypasses and the real success they are acheiving and wish I was brave enough to just go for it...I am scared enough with the stats of the band!! (Chicken Jayne I should be called lol).
Jayne - please dont read this the wrong way - but if your having serious doubts maybe nows the time to re think this ! everyone here can encourage and support your decision either way, but no one here is going to walk in your shoes ! it has to be your choice, based on your needs and how you want to progress your life.
For me it was a no brainer, the thought of spending another day, year or the rest of my life (how ever long fate had pegged for me) horrified me ! on meeting my consultant i signed up and paid the cheque there and then ! it didn't stop me having the normal worries, but for me it was a last desperate hope of being normal.
Baby Jayne where in Liverpool do you live? and where did your nickname come from?That is what scares me about the bypass verus the band, and I know the ups and downs that can happen with the band, but it really scares me the actual statistics of the Op.
Then I read on here so many people going of to have their bypasses and the real success they are acheiving and wish I was brave enough to just go for it...I am scared enough with the stats of the band!! (Chicken Jayne I should be called lol).
Going to Lake Windermere Silver just over night with my Sister, we often go there it is beautiful. I am wanting to do some of the walks when I am recovered after Op, as thats the one thing I have not attempted yet there.
Where about are you going? We where at Ulverston myself and my Husband a few weeks ago, we had lovely weather and went to the markets there etc.
Got high hopes of living there one day, but will have to win the lottery first lol!!
Thanks for your replies ladies. Im much like you Babyjane. I have a partner and a gorgeous 3 year old that I coudnt stand to leave behind if something happened to me during or just after the bypass. By the way im from Liverpool too! Im in Sefton PCt though. The Pulmonary Embolus, is there certain people who get this? Or can it happen to anyone of us? Isnt there a test they can do to see who needs the drug to thin your blood? Sorry if this is a stupid question!