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Wow the pics are amazing! Josh I love that you have named you band i am going to give my a name too!!! I will have to ponder this for a while me thinks! :frown:

Dr Werapitya in Bunbury. I hope the wait is not to long but I have heard it has a short public wait. What is the gastric sleeve?

Debz I hope your hernia doesn't hold anything up! I am glad the 9th is nearly here I have been going crazy waiting. :frown: Judy I hope oyu start feeling better soon. Luscious wow sounds like you are doing so well! WTG.

I live in a regional part of WA and the waiting list is not as long here. About 9 months I think.

Way to go!! :huh2:

Thank you Danna for demystifying the process for me. I feel a little less nervous knowing sort of what to expect. :tongue2: I have been doing a lot of thinking and reading and I think I am coming to a decision that the band could really help me. :sleep: It will be great to go in to the appointment fully informed and confident with my decision. I will have to change my signiture soon to all systems go, the next challenge will be getting a date. :w00t:

Hi I did an intro in the main section and then saw that there is a section for ozzies as well! Great! I am not banded yet but have my first appointment with a surgeon soon. I am a public patient so not really sure what to expect. I hope I meet the criteria to go on the waiting list can anyone advise me what to say and what not to say? LOL :rolleyes2: Other than that can anyone please share with me what you go through from 1st appointment to 1st fill? What physical things are involved and which other specialists do you see ect? I would really appreciate hearing this from ozzies as the procedure will be similar nationwide I assume? Cinni.

Thank you so much for the welcome. Yesterday I spent a few hours reading posts and info about banding. I dare say a little spark of hope may even be glimmering after years of struggling, failing and feeling it was all hopeless. I will keep up the research and look forward to reading and posting more. :tongue_smilie:

Hello this is my first post so hello to all who may read this. I figured I would start here and introduce myself. I am Cinni and I have my first appointment with a surgeon in two weeks time to see if I can get myself on the public list here in Australia. I have been considering a Lap band for a while now but always told myself it was far to drastic and that if I was going to go to those lenghts then surely I could just stick to a damn diet. :thumbup::thumbup::frown::eek: Well I am now between a rock and a hard place (I feel) as diets just don't work for me. :confused3::frown::incazzato: I feel I am now faced on one hand surgery which I am petrified of and on the other hand life shortening illnesses. My health is ok now but I can see it is slipping away and problems are rearing their ugly head due to obesity. I googled this forum and hope to become fully informed before I see the surgeon and decide to have the lap band. If I get on the public waiting list it could be a year before it gets done so at least I can do some research and grow some courage. Cinni