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Hello, just dropping in to see how others are going about/ coping with Lap Band.

A little about me. I am a married father of two. My wife and I have been married now for just under 23 years. She is my best friend and we do everything together.

We are now on the new journey of having Lap Band done together. Not on the same day but we have done the entire process together. All the doctors appointments, visit to a shrink, 6 months of nutritionist visits and now we have our insurance companies approval and have our surgery scheduled. My wife is on the 26th of this month and mine is the 8th of Nov. We are both excited.

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Good luck !!! My husband and I are also both banded. His surgery was 4/1/11 and he is down 85lbs. My was 8/19/11 and I'm down 26lbs. Doing it as a team makes everything so much easier.

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Hello, just dropping in to see how others are going about/ coping with Lap Band.

A little about me. I am a married father of two. My wife and I have been married now for just under 23 years. She is my best friend and we do everything together.

We are now on the new journey of having Lap Band done together. Not on the same day but we have done the entire process together. All the doctors appointments, visit to a shrink, 6 months of nutritionist visits and now we have our insurance companies approval and have our surgery scheduled. My wife is on the 26th of this month and mine is the 8th of Nov. We are both excited.

Congrats and good luck!! That's awesome you're doing it together.

What hospital are you both using?

I'm in Maryland as well. Just finished up everything and got approval/surgery date this morning.

(Date of November 2)

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My husband and I are also being banded. We are having surgery the same day, November 8th! Our "team" thought this would be best so we can do the pre-surgical diet and the post-surgical stuff together! Can't wait!!!!

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Thanks so much everyone. My wife and I are having our surgery at Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, MD. We don't live in that area but the doctor does not have an office in our area yet. It takes use about an hour to get to the hospital and the Dr's office. No biggie. My wife has started her two week liquid diet already. Started on 10/11/11.

I am excited but sometimes think why?? I was about 253lbs six months ago when we started the 6 months of nutritionist visits (our insurance required it). I am now about 228lbs to 230lbs. 253lbs is my heaviest ever. I am 5'9" BTW. I have always battled with the being a little "husky" as my mom use to say when I was a kid even though she is a rail.

I say why because I wonder why can't I do this myself but then realize, I am now 42 and have not been able to do this myself yet. It's a struggle.

I really like the forum. It is a little discouraging when you read the stories of what people feel is a total failure with Lap Band. I try to tell myself, I am not them and I really don't know what they are doing to keep up there end. I was told it's a tool not a miracle drug.

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