Well I am new to this but I like the idea of being able to put my thoughts down and either help someone else or get help by someone who reads this. I have not had the lap band surgery yet. I am going on Thursday to the surgery seminar and hoping that a lot of my questions and concerns are answered. I know several people who have had the surgery and have done pretty well with their weigh loss. Of course I am going into this blind as far as a doctor is concerned. I have just recently moved to Colorado and have decided that I would check into the surgery so I am hoping that the doctor is a good one. Surgery of any kind scares me and today a friend of my sister in law passed away due to complications from the gastric bypass surgery. So very sad.

So wish me luck because I know I need to do this. I am so over weight and I need to get myself healthy. I have not always been overweight, growing up I was skinny. It wasn't until I stopped smoking and had two children that the cycle began. I am a stress eater and the bigger I get the more down on myself I get. I need to feel good about me again and to start that journey is doing this procedure.

I am also 5ft 6. I started at 256. I wanted to get to 150. But I could only get to 167. I am older than u/... I

am going to be 64 next month.

I do wish you luck. This surgery is NOT gastric bypass. Go to lapband.com. Dont' be scared.

What do you want for yourself? I know for me I wanted to lose the weight so badly. I could taste it. Is that where you are. Does eating food really solve the problems that stress you out? Give it a thought. I will help you...Ilene