shaza

Hi All, I was just reading the Inbox in the latest slimming & health mag , and the star letter winner was someone saying that an inspirational slimmer featured in one issue should not have been in the mag because she had lapband surgery to lose all her weight, also saying that she was a cheater. I myself have a band and am dam proud of it. I tried every diet/pill that you can think off, yeh I lost weight but when you stop taking it up goes the weight and some. It really made me angry that this inconsiderate person thinks we are cheats, what she dosent understand is we still have to work hard to shift the weight, we dont just miraculously wake up the next day slim (now that would be a dream and not a bad thing,and I think even miss inconsiderate would have the band put in then). When ever someone comments on my weight loss I proudly tell them that I got a secret weapon called a lapband, Im not ashamed of it , in fact Ive had other people ask for the surgeons name. Anyway sorry to dump my anger like this, but has anyone else had this reaction from other people when they know you have a band, do any of you feel like a cheat.

dms banded 20th august 2007 by Dr Tony Kierath Perth WA

Hi I'm 39 and live in Tom Price Western Australia was banded in september 07

Hi Everyone, I was banded in august 07, Ive had 2 fills so far and was just wondering how many fills before you start to have good restriction, so far i've lost 17kg, but feel the weight loss has really slowed down, i'm having another fill in feb 08.

I was banded in august o7 by Dr Kierath also. He was absolutely wonderful, I would recommend him to anyone who is thinking of being banded. He really explained the whole procedure really well. It's the best decision I ever made.