Sokoyoko

Saz I can still eat pasta choose not to because o glyemic index, ask yourself, will the surgery be harder then what you have dealt with so far with being overweight. To shed some light i decided to be banded when i was 19, I got banded at age 21, I still go out I still eat out with my friend, but chose wisey I measure all my food out and log my calories I exercise and my medical problems have gone away and I am quite healthy right now. I would of died more likely from problems arising from being overweight than the actual surgery it self. I am still learning today, and continue to do so I love my band it was the best thing I ever dear, worth all the sweat tear and blood, I would do it all over again Highest weight was 250 went to the center at 242 and got weigh in at 166 at the doc but my own scale said 163.4 I went from a size 20 to 8-10, I am no longer on diabetic meds have high blood or cholestoral levels, sleep apnea has resovle and I love my life... take it with a grain of salt. Good luck

Hi I am Soko from maine, I am 23, got banded on 11/17/09, so far i am down 87 lbs and its the best thing to ever happen to me.

Heres the 411 on my 22 f college graduate starting medical school in aug 2011. Banded 11/17/09 highest weight 250 started program at 242 down to 165 still 30 lbs to goal. I've been having a hard time with my last fill, but it has also only been 2 week. I have been losing weight on it which is a plus. I am more worried about the fact of going to another country, how will my band be handle.. do I have to stock up on emergency needles just incase I need an unfill myself ( good thing I am okay with needles). My nurse ensured me that they will find me a band center and I hope so, also my frutrastion is all this loose skin, it is not that much but still enough not to feel skinny at all. I have come to realize I can not get plastic surgery until after mediacl school .. 10 years later I will be a bag of sags thats for sure. As for now I think I am okay with where I am at my mind and body constantly struggle because I do not feel as thin as I am I still see the same me at 250 lbs.