Hey everyone! My name's Alison, I'm 21 and I was banded on December 29th, 2011! I started the whole process by going to the info session at the end of august, got my paperwork turned in end of September, had my first round of appts middle of Oct, second round two weeks later, finished my 5 phone calls with HP December 5th, consult with the surgeon on Dec. 14 and the rest is history! (Sorry for the run on sentence, I'm typing this on my phone) I'm 11days past surgery and have lost 21lbs so far! I'm so ready for the rest of this adventure I've started and am looking forward to sharing in it with all of you!

I was banded one day before you! I too am very positive about this journey =)

Congratulations that's a huge weight loss for 10 days!!!!!!

Hi i"m a newbie myself just got banded Jan 3rd andhave not even been near a scale yet ....i want to say i'm sl glad i found this site and thank you all for sharing everything i am enjoying reading about your sucesses and i understand we all hit bumps in the road and i will be posting and sharing my journey too i just joined tonight so i'm still learning my way around but thank you all for being so nice!!!

I was banded on 12/30. I was so fortunate to find this site BEFORE I had my surgery: everyone answered my questions and you can get all of the support you need!

Welcome!