Bettina

Okay my first name is too boring (and common) so I am using my middle name Bettina. (i was born in europe) I usually use something more interesting like Peridotcharmed (birthstone). Ha Ha...... but far more interesting is my stripper name: Puss Zwickle (rhymes with pickle)...ha ha we will all look so good ....we can start a lap band stripper club...plus hubby informed me that pole dancing is good exercise....yeah good luck with that I said!!!!!!

OMG Kim....that is awesome. Good thing someone was sitting in your chair!! Otherwise you would not have known about the new fit! (I can't wait till I can enter posts like yours!!)

Okay dumb question time.......what does PB stand for?? My sister called it "dumping" but I always thought that was from you "other" end...lol

Hi Kim, I thought the same thing as you --feeling like a failure for not sticking to dieting or exercise. And then it hit me.......I still will have to do that.....this is just a "diet aid".......on my own...I'd be taking diet pills which in the long run would do more damage than good. (I have suffered the ill effects of diet pills already)...so the bad is my substitute for the diet pill! My husband just dropped 22 lbs like it was nothing. I know how you feel. But we are all different and yay for our husbands but it doesn't work for us...and we deserve to be healthy and live a long and happy life...so if what banding is what we need, so be it!!

http://www.or-live.com/AtlantiCare/weightloss/skin/rnh.cfm?language=english

this link is my surgeons webinar it is great I watched it four times!!!

I haven't been banded yet, but find out tuesday roughly when i am scheduled.

Best Wishes!!!

Thanks for the welcome!!! Pretty excited about the whole thing!!!

Can't wait to be "in the land of the band|" ...LOL

Hi Liz, I too am a newbie to this. I watched the seminar on my laptop...lol...4 times!!! My sis had gastric bypass...which is not my thing, so I am vaguely familiar with how it goes. Banding is more my speed. Not to mention, the weight loss is longer -which is better for me. I too have three kids, daughter will be 19 in Oct, son will be 17 in Aug, and little daughter is 9..they are very supportive. Hubby is a little scared I think...funny he isn't the one going under the knife...lol. i can't wait for this to be over I am so excited! I go to the doc on tuesday to get my sleep apnea results, if no apnea, I can schedule the surgery right away, if I do have apnea, i have to get fitted and wear the cpac for 2 weeks prior to surgery. Other than that, I have had all my tests done and my general practicioner has given her blessing. I have been working on it since May and finally its near the time to schedule the surgery. I can't wait to feel good again and get back to the old me!!