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I am being banded on June 5th and I also have PCOS. I'm a little worried about slow weight loss but hoping to stop the weight gain. I have lost 13 pounds on my pre-op diet so far. I am glad for all of the info on this site, and think reading all of the stories will help me not be discouraged : )

I have to admit that I don't understand the people who say they feel getting a band means they are a failure. You can't get the band unless you have tried at a million diets. It not your fault that they havent worked... With our metabolism, with PCOS, you have to eat abnormally little food. Once you get the band, you see how little you are eating and realize you couldn't have lost all the weight without it.
This is the best "forever" decision I could have ever made. I know I won't gain it back, either. It's just about impossible.
And you don't have to announce it to anyone - it's not like they have to know.
I happen to tell anyone and everyone about it to increase awareness.