Frank

4 years now. My wife and I had it done the same day. Our total weigh loss is 400lbs and we would do it again. We have had a lot of PBing and can't seem to find the perfect fill level or we just try to eat to much. I just added our photo album

I lost 100lbs before surgery and I have lost 132lbs after surgery for a total of 232lbs. I've gone from 409 to 177. It has been over 5 years of weight loss and 3 1/2 since surgery. I,m a 6'3" male so I have lost all my excess weight, but it takes time. It took me 40 years to gain it so it is OK to take some time to loss it.

Thanks Guys

It has been a long time since I've been on the board. With the weight loss life is to fun and busy to stop LOL. As of today Deb and I have lost a total of an amazing 400lbs. Deb have lost 168 and I have lost 232lbs. We have lost around 50lbs more than our first goals. Our fill is still tight. We many have to have some taken out if we lose any more. We are happy where we are at now. Deb has gone from a size 30 dress to a 8 and I have gone from a size 60 suit to a size 42 and 50 waist to a 32. This last picture was about 50lbs ago. Weight Loss

My wife went shopping today. She has gone from a size 30. Today she bought size 6 pants and 8 shirt.

Both of us could use it. But it just not in the budget. We are thinking about going back to Monterrey MX if we can get the cash.

After a long 5 years of weight loss my wife and I have lost 375 lbs. The last picture was several months ago. We've lost about 50lbs since that picture. Weight Loss Weight Loss

We are a sign that it may take a while to loss the weight. Just don't give up

My wife and I have lost 356lbs. Today I weighed 199lbs. I'm 20lbs below my first goal and now hit the goal to get below 200lbs. My wiffe and I have been on this trip down for 5 years. lapband 3 years ago. My wife has gone from 315lbs to 169lbs and I have gone from 409lbs to 199lbs. This last picture was about 29lbs ago.

I got a tight fill about 3 months ago and it got the last 30 pounds off. I had been at the same weight for 1 year. I am now get a little losser after the 30lbs loss. I hope to loss a little more in case of weight gain.

Oct 2004 I had surgery in Mexico. I am now down 191lbs and just went 2lbs below my goal weight of 220lbs. I could stand to lose more, but I'm excited. I am 6'3" and have gone from a 60 suit to a 44. My wife hit her goal several months ago. She has gone from a size 30 dress to a 10-12. She is beatiful, but she always was.

I know how you feel. My wife and I have lost 330lbs. We just to never set in a booth, but now we have no trouble. Room to spare.

Having my wife to do this with has been awesome.

I have lost 180lbs and my joint pain is a lot better. After all the years of damage done by the weight I will always have some pain, but it is nothing like it was before.

We went with Ready4achnge.com. Dr. Zapata is a great Doctor. I just took a friend for surgery and got a fill myself. They have a great team. Monterry is a great city to visit.

I hope we are encoraging to other. This has been a long process, but we did not get so large over night.

We have been lossing weight for 3 1/2 years now. We were banded over 2 1/2 years ago. e were banded the same day.

I'm so glad for you and your husband. It was never an issue at our church. We never told anyone until it was done. So it was to late for them to say anything. I have just moved and started a New church so for these people they never knew us pre-surgery. You can visit our church web site at www.occ1.com. We bought an old church that had closed. I pray God's blessings on you and your husband. Dow Moses

Peggy do you and your husband have pictures on here. That is amazing weight loss.

I was ask if we would share our story about a couple going through lap band journey together. I usually do short posts, but this one is long. In 2002 I weighed 409lbs and Debbie was at 314lbs. We decided something had to be done about our weight problems. We went to a gastric by-pass Doctor in Lexington KY. Debbie was approved for surgery because she was a diabetic and had very high blood pressure. A couple weeks before surgery our insurance made an across the board ruling not to cover any more weight loss surgery. We did not know where to turn. We begin a two year diet of very low carbs. Both of us lost weight. I lost 91lbs and Debbie lost 42lbs in the first year, but after dieting another year and losing nothing we knew we had to do something to reduce our food intake. Again we considered weight loss surgery. Knowing our insurance would not pay we begin checking on the prices in our area. The lap band was $17,000.00 per person and this was just more than we could do. We begin checking on the internet and found out that in Mexico they did the Lap Band surgery in several cities and that we both could have surgery for less than one could in the states. After a lot of research we decided to go to Monterrey and have surgery with the Doctor Sanchez. We made all the necessary contacts with Ready4Achange and with the help of their staff, Judy and Janet, we completed the paperwork and were off to Mexico in only three weeks. On October 3rd 2004 we flew from Chicago to Monterrey. We were met at the airport and taken to the doctors guest house. Later that night alma, the doctor's assistant, took us to the hospital to meet the doctor. We were so impressed with the hospital and the doctor. We went back to the guest house for a good nights sleep. The next morning Alma took us to the hospital. Dow had surgery at 8 AM and Debbie at 10AM. We were both up and walking that evening. The walking helped with the gas used in Laproscopic surgery. We both did well. Debbie did have problems with reflux, but we were able to leave the hospital the next morning. We went back the guest house. We spent most of the day walking and talking to other surgery patients staying at the guest house. The next morning we flew home. The soreness was getting better everyday. Debbie still struggled with reflux for around three days, but things did get better. In the first week we, together, lost a total of 33lbs. At 6 months post-op We were down 102lbs together. We love doing this together. We are now 2 ½ years post-op We have lost over 300lbs from our top weight. Dow has gone from a size 60 suit to a size 44-46. Debbie has gone from a size 30 dress to a 10-12. It has been great to go through this journey. Debbie has been such great support. She loves to cook and it helps eating at home. You can fix what is right for you to eat. When we go out we often eat the wrong foods. Just to be honest we both hate exercise and are still planning on getting in the habit of it, but since neither of us encourages the other we just don’t do it. One of the ways we reward each other is clothing gifts. This year for Christmas I bought Debbie 10 new outfits and new leather jacket. I got a new suit and several outfits. We just enjoy looking better in our clothes and enjoy buying for one another. On the personal side because of diabetes, high blood pressure and just be so large our romance had slow down a lot. As we lost weight, got healthier and just felt better we have return to honeymoon romance and we enjoy just going on a date. We have always had a great marriage so I’m not acting like this saved our marriage. I think our marriage saved of lives. I can’t think of any negatives about going though this together. Looking back on it I am glad that we had no major complication in Mexico, because no one went with us I’m not sure if we could have done much to help the other seeing we both had just had surgery, but Thank God all went well. I do wish we had a local support group just to ask, we mostly depended on forums like this to answer our questions. We did make mistakes, but we are still learning. Sorry about my typing. I’m a preacher not a writer.

We just prayed alot. NO ONE even knew why we were traveling. We knew we could lean on each other. Thank God it went OK. We had a friend from church watch our children for 3 dat while we were gone. We did leave writen instructures in case of emerency. Dow

Me and My wife went from Chicago to Monterry MX 2 1/2 years ago. On the same day we both had surgery. We had lost weight before surgery, but lost much more after surgery. It was awesome to do this with my best friend. I have seen Debbie go from a size 30 to a size 12. I am so proud of her, but I was proud of her before surgery. It is like being on a honeymoon after 22 years of marriage. I know thats TMI. Dow

I'm am so sorry to hear that. I was wondering. I knew he was no to old. You are talking about Dr. Sanchez from Monterry MX.

We were all in a wedding of our friends.