Hi there everyone, I'm Margaret and I am presently living in Nottingham, England, the home of Robin Hood but I am a Kiwi from the North Island of New Zealand. I was banded on August 29th this year by Mr Beckingham with the Swedish lapband. I have had five fills and have 8nls in my band. I was 275 pounds on surgery day and now am 233 pounds. Not as fast as some but I am happy with my progress. Since my last fill two weeks ago I feel well restricted eating about a cupful of food before I have to stop. I love my band and it has given me a new lease of life. I am 55 with a few health problems and honestly didn't think I would make it to sixty. But These days I feel like I will live forever. I wake up in the mornings and start the day smiling and grab the day with all my might. I don't really know what else to say to you all except that it is great to be part of this world wide community. Oh yes, I should warn you that I am a writer by trade and my posts can be very long so if I start rambling don't hesitate to let me know. lol

Margaret

ps: for those who don't know, Middle Earth is where the Hobbits live and they made The Lord of the Rings in New Zealand.

Hiya Margaret !

Fancy meeting you here !!!! lol

Your weight loss is teriffic! I hadn't realised you were doing so well !

Hope you had a great Christmas !

Speak to you soon

Audrey x

North Island? A JAFA?

Welcome! I was banded at 55 and will be 57 in a couple of weeks. We can do this, right?

Sue

Welcome to all our newbies!!! It's wonderful to hear from you. It's especially nice to hear from those who are a little further from their teens (didn't want to say OLDER!). Sue - I'm more geezery than you at 60, but feel younger than I have in the past 20 years. What if we counted our age in stones????

I was told by my surgeon that for every bmi number I came down was another year of life. I started at 49 and am now 41 so by my reckoning my age should be 47. lol . I don't know about anyone else but I'll take a cut in my age anyway it comes.