Hello to all,

I am 9 days away from the biggest thing I've done in years! I will be having surgery next Thursday and have decided that the more support I can have the better it will be.

So...I signed up on the site and put alot of my history out when I registered. I have been overweight all my life, and this is a piviotable year for me, I turn 50, I will be married 30 yrs in September, and 6 months ago, my PCP told me that if I didn't do something about my weight, all my problems, high BP, high cholesterol, sleep apena, borderline diabetes, fibromyalgia, etc, would have me dead in 10 yrs. So... that was my wake up call... I am thrilled, scared, worried, excited, and afraid all at one time.... Give me some pre surgery advice. I am doing the "liver shrinking diet" as my surgeon calls it... It's more like a "no-nothing diet" but I'm on day 6 and have done relatively well. Look forward to hearing back from lots of you soon!

Welcome and congrats. I was banded Dec 04,09. u will be so glad u did this. it took three fills before I felt restriction and started to lose. I have lost 33lbs. most in yhe last couple of months. where r u having ur surgery done. I grew up in s. va. s.hill area.

Thanks for the welcome, I will be having mine done at High Point Regional Hospital. Dr THomas Walsh will actually be using the Realize band but I found this site and I liked the activity, so I join it.....

Do you live in NC? I see you are a Duke-ie! My husband is a big Duke fan, also.

no I live in al. husband retired 30yrs in the army. grew up in Va. yes very much a Duke fan. Have a yorkie named Lady Cameron"K". I also have the realize band. Dec4th 09 was my date. took a while to start working for me.3 fills. have 8cc in a 11cc band. lost 30lbs so far 12 of tem last month. so finally working. u will be so happy with your band just be patient. I spend a lot of time on Lake Gaston the Va. side.