Ey folks!! Well, it's finally happened. I'm going under the knife. It's been over eight years coming. Finally decided I needs to do something about it, and since I'm still young, now is better than later.

About me: I'm 5' 8" and 545 lbs. I work full time and I'm on my feet during 7-8 hours of my shift. Walking or leaning, but rarely sitting. It's wreaked havoc on my knees and back. Turns out I had a thyroid issue and medication has corrected it. Now to lose the weight.

I know that most people will say that I should've been skinny by now if I've been looking to lose weight for eight years, but there's a hitch. I'm a performer here in Las Vegas and a lot of what I do is because of my size. I've done a lot of comedy and the fact is, my thinking was if I lost weight, I'd lose jobs. At this point, I've decided that my health and family is more important. So I got my full time job, with insurance, and have been doing a six month diet with my primary care physician. Now I'm all set for surgery. Have a pre-op meeting on the 28th and surgery on the 2nd and I couldn't be happier!!

Congrats! April 2nd is going to be a great day for many of us!

Good Luck to you and congratulations on having your band fitted what a great day 2nd April I was told i could have my band many years ago and its a very special day has it was my daughters Birthday Lots and Lots of best wishes sending your way . xxx

That's awesome! Congrats I get banded on April the 3rd so I am a day after you and I can't wait I have only been trying to get surgery for a year but it has been well worth the wait. I had some other health issues that I had to get under control before I could get the surgery. Right now I am in my two week diet and it is day 3 and It is getting easier by the day. Good luck to you