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RN student starting a mission

By Party Patti

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so i am a last semester RN student and in order to get my dream job i decided i needed to lose weight, as well as to get my blood pressure under control, take pressure off my joints and live longer for my family( as well as fit into designer jeans...i'm not going to lie). I am 250 and 5'9"....i'm hoping to get to 155...though i'm not sure what that would look like...the last time i was the weight was 6th grade... i've tried to read blogs to find out if that weight loss was possible with the lap band...so i started this blog to help people like me who have questions...i've done all my preop classes and seminars and labs...just waiting for approval...lucky for me though i am not too apprehensive about the surgery...i have had the pleasure to watch one being performed during one of my clinical rotation.

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    roseyposey

    LAP-BAND Patients

    Wow I am a retired LPN and I remember those clinical rotations. I loved them. I bet that was awesome watching a lapband procedure being done. You are lucky to have been able to witsness that. I am sure it definitely helped with your apprehensive about it. Good luck on your journey and it definitely is do - able! :)

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    kelly111

    LAP-BAND Patients

    I would love to get to 155 myself but I doubt that will happen. I started my surgery at 231 and today ( 5 months later) I am at 207. So I have had some weight loss but this process is MUCH slower than I have ever anticipated!!! I have lost 2 dress sizes and I love that but when I hear other peoples stories I kind of get disappointed. I have had 3 fills now and I have noticed that now I am eating way too much food. I had restriciton after that 3rd fill but now... now it has waned off. I have PMS this week and I have eaten anything I wanted. I hate that. I really thought the band would have helped me with that but not so far.

    Just have realistic goals for yourself. The band is a very slow process that requires much more work than I realized. Im still on a "diet" and I will be all my life. I work out hard but even that isnt enough to make me lose weight quicker.

    The best to you!!!

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    Party Patti

    LAP-BAND Patients

    so my surgury is on tuesday...in three days...ill be back to share what happens...it's out patient so i'm exicted!!

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