Howdy all. I am still pretty early in the process. I have gone through my 6 months of PCP observed diet and I go in next week where she will write my referral to the surgeon. I have pretty well decided on the lapband. I have my "informational" seminar in two weeks.

I am crossing fingers that I can be banded by thanksgiving! :thumbup:

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

Hi...Congratulations on your decision to have the lapband. I am 3 1/2 months banded now and loving it. I found the informational seminar to be extremely helpful. ALot of people asked questions and I got alot of answers. Of course that was before I discovered Lapbandtalk! Anyway Good Luck and welcome!

Hi Jodi.

I also found my info session extremely helpful. It went through the different types of weight loss surgeries and gave important facts about LAP-BAND® surgery. They brought in an actual LAP-BAND® and passed it around the room for all to see and touch. Best of all, the doctor giving the talk had a LAP-BAND® operation back in 1999 and was a living example of someone who lives with it for years and loves it. He showed his before and after pictures and, boy, what a difference! LOL They also had patients come up who had LAP-BAND® surgeries with their before and after pictures. They told their stories and then stayed to answer questions from the audience. Because the people answering the questions all had lap bands and all thought they were great, the audience had tons and tons of questions. I stayed to listen to all the questions and answers. It was definitely worth while. You cannot get the same information simply from surfing the web or reading a book. By the way, the doctor who gave the info session is now my surgeon. I am having my operation this Friday, 9/17.

You made the right decision to be banded!:thumbup: