My spouse and I are both looking at getting banded. We have a 6 year old daughter and I am a little concerned about what our home eating will be like. Should we spread out our surgeries from each other or do it closer together to really be able to support each other? What about meals times? Just make a single portion for our daughter?

If anyone else has also gone through it with a spouse any advice will be greatly appreciated!

Both DH and I are banded, but we were done a couple of years apart.

mealtimes havent changed at all. We eat as a family what we always ate. DH and I just both eat less of it. But its the same food, we all sit down together, there's nothing abnormal or 'diet' about the way we eat and people who didnt know couldnt tell. We just dont overeat.

My husband and I are both banded. We were banded 18 months apart because we were self pay and couldn't do both at the same time. I think that it will benefit your daughter because you will have healthier food choices in the house. We are working through that now. I hope that it teaches both of my children to make better choices.

DH & I were both banded on January 27th. I wasn't too keen on having surgery on the same day - but now I am so glad we did. We have a 20 year old DD & a 10 year old DD. Cooking meals, etc was not really a problem. The first few days were rough, but after that we did ok. We needed two people available to transport us home from the hospital, as our surgeries were several hours apart.

This was THE BEST thing we ever did for ourselves. We are happy & healthy now. DH has lost 9o lbs & I have lost 60 in 6 1/2 months. Being on this journey together helped with our success. Please check out my blog for more info (address in my signature).

Good luck to both of you!