Hello everyone,

my name is Sigrid and i got my swedish band on the 4. January.

Since than, i lost 14 kg (sorry, i don´t know how much it is in lbs)

and i´m very happy with my gastric-banding.

The german doctor´s use only the swedish-gastric-band, because the

complications with the lapband.

Is there only the lapband in usa ??

Please excuse my bad english, i hope you understand me....

have a nice day in usa

and greetings from germany

Sigi

Hello Sigrid! Welcome to LBT! Grats on your band and weight loss so far. It's great to have you join us and we look forward to hearing more from you!

:welcomeB: :welcome2: :welcomeB:

Halloechen Sigrid- schoen das du zu uns gefunden hast - wo in Deutschland bist du denn?

Hi Sigrid - nice that you found our forum- from where in germany are you?

Are you also on the german magenband forum?

Where in germany did you get your band?

Did you insurance pay for it or did they make you jump through hoops as so many tell on the german forum?

Ich werde mein magenband am Dienstag bekommen und bin im moment in der "Nur fluessiges" phase.

Hope to hear more from you - Willkommen! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

Evidentally our german is as bad as his english...LOL

Sigi, Willkommen zum Forum und Glückwünsche auf dem Erhalten mit einem Band versehen.

Welcome to LBT! It's so great to talk to people all over the world. I am also impressed by the command of the German language I am seeing here. Sorry, I can't participate in German, but it's fun to read!

Good luck in your Banded journey!

Cindy

Guten Tag, und Welkommen;

I lived in Weisbaden for five years, 1992 - 1997. I would love to go back to visit. Enjoy your new journey into lapband land.

http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html Cindy, give it a try and it will make you look like an expert, too....LOL

I spent 5 years in Mainz, Germany and speak the German language...Haag Deutch to be exact, which is spoken in and around Bavaria. I loved Germany while I was there. My Dad was born and raised there, and I look forward to going back there within the next yr. to visit. There are a couple of different lap bands here and there is of course gastric bypass. Hope you have good luck with your band and keep in touch with us.