I am a long time reader, 1st time writer. I was banded on 9/12/05 in SLC Utah by Dr. Hansen. I have lost a total of 43 lbs so far and have about 107 more to go. I am 29 yrs old and have been overweight all of my life and morbidly obese for the last 8-10 years. This site has helped me get through a lot of ups and downs and has answered a lot of questions. It's nice to have a place to talk to others who are going through the same things.

Hello Styler, welcome to LBT.

Welcome to LBT! I'm glad you decided to post and introduce yourself:)

hello styler and welcome it's great to have the support from all here. congrats on your weight loss

Welcome to LBT! Lurkdom is no fun. Glad you came out to play!

Glad you're here! You'll find this is a great place to learn and have fun, too! Post anytime! Cindy

Hello everybody! I too am new-just joined yesterday. I got banded on 10-7-05 and Dr. St. Laurent says that I have done real good for a bandster because I have lost 58 pounds in just 3 months!!! However, I had my second fill 5 days ago and and am not doing well at all. I can just barely keep down liquids or a few bites of yogurt. I'm going to give myself another 3 or 4 days and if no improvement I will call the doctor back. Does anybody think that this is too restrictive or should it settle down after a week or so? I tried a few bites of baked fish yesterday and it got "stuck" and lasted for about 2 hours and I about died. Couldn't throw it up but it finally stopped. I am afraid to eat any solid food right now and I swear that I will never go through that again!!!

welcome Judy, sorry about the sticky situation you got in to.

Hey styler Welcome to LBT!!! You are doing awsome with your weight loss CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Glad you decided to introduce your self and now that your LBT family.. stick around and post!!!!

Judybirdwoman...call your dr. right away! Either you are too tight, or you are eating too fast or not chewing well. This is not the way it's supposed to be. Please let us know what you find out. Cindy

Hi Styler - congratulations! That's awesome weight loss! Nice to meet you!

Kim

Hi and welcome to LBT!!!!