Hello. I am new to the Lap Band Forum. I had my surgery on January 17, 2011 and have been doing well. I have lost 55 pounds so far and I am really happy that I made the decision to have the Lap Band. I have a hard time asking for help, but I realized that it woud be good to try and get and give support on this forum while I am going through this process. So here I am.

Welcome to LBT, New 2011!!

Your weight loss is very inspiring!! Congrats!!

Any advice on pre-op you can share? Have you already posted day-of-surgery story? I get my band June 20 so I am very interested in hearing as much info as I can!!

Thanks!

Hello. I am new to the Lap Band Forum. I had my surgery on January 17, 2011 and have been doing well. I have lost 55 pounds so far and I am really happy that I made the decision to have the Lap Band. I have a hard time asking for help, but I realized that it woud be good to try and get and give support on this forum while I am going through this process. So here I am.

Welcome to LBT, New 2011!!

Your weight loss is very inspiring!! Congrats!!

Any advice on pre-op you can share? Have you already posted day-of-surgery story? I get my band June 20 so I am very interested in hearing as much info as I can!!

Thanks!

Thanks. I appreciate that. I haven't posted my day of surgery story yet. But I will have to say that the pre-op was good, the people were nice and I was pretty nervous. I will be honest and say that I was in a lot more pain than I thought I would be after the surgery in the area of my port. But my doctor said I had an unusual situation where my stomach fat was very thick so it was a little more painful than most. I had a couple of friends at work have the same surgery and they went back to work in a couple of days, it took me a week. But even with the pain I experienced - I am so glad I did it. It will be worth it. Let me know how your surgery goes.

Thanks. I appreciate that. I haven't posted my day of surgery story yet. But I will have to say that the pre-op was good, the people were nice and I was pretty nervous. I will be honest and say that I was in a lot more pain than I thought I would be after the surgery in the area of my port. But my doctor said I had an unusual situation where my stomach fat was very thick so it was a little more painful than most. I had a couple of friends at work have the same surgery and they went back to work in a couple of days, it took me a week. But even with the pain I experienced - I am so glad I did it. It will be worth it. Let me know how your surgery goes.

Great job. I was banded on 1/20/2011 and it was the best decision I ever made.

Thanks. You have lost so much weight in 5 months- congratulations.