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I was banded 09/14/12 and am 29 years old. The only people I have met in the support groups that have had lap band are over 70 years old and are having completely different issues than me. I would love to chat with someone young that is going through or has gone through what I have gone through. I think the reason why I don't know of anyone in my age group that has had Lap band is because we keep it a secret for the most part and the seniors love to share. Any who- if you are under 40 and have had lap band, feel free to comment or private message me. I would love someone to talk to. Have a great day!

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Hi, if you consider 35 young, I'm on here pretty often :). I know when I was your age, I did not consider my age young, lol, but now that I'm here, I don't feel any different than I did at your age. And you're right, I do keep it a secret and have only told my mom, dad, (not my brother), and 2 ladies (older ladies) at work that would be understanding, supportive, and not tell anyone. Let me know if I can help, congrats on your surgery, I had my 07/09/12.

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Hey JF! Congrats on your banding! I just had mine done 10.22.12 and feelin pretty great! Chat with me anytime! I'm here everyday, this place is pretty addictive once you get going. hehe. Take care!

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I am 31 and was banded 7/26/12. I have lost 30lbs so far and have had one fill. Good luck!

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Any of you wanna be friends on my fitness pal? My user name is Bos123. Figured it would be good to have friends on there that have the same diet??

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A lot are talking about MFP. I have never used anything like that before.. I think I should look this up!

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A lot are talking about MFP. I have never used anything like that before.. I think I should look this up!

I'm on MFP and I LOVE IT! A lot of us are there and offer great support. If nothing else..,its great to log your food and exercise. Look me up too. My name is the same there and on here.

PS...I'm 32...hence the 80 in my name. My band birthday is 9/27/12

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Well I'm way over 40 but if you want to chat, Hollar!

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I'm on MFP and I LOVE IT! A lot of us are there and offer great support. If nothing else..,its great to log your food and exercise. Look me up too. My name is the same there and on here.

PS...I'm 32...hence the 80 in my name. My band birthday is 9/27/12

Sweet! I will look into it tomorrow for sure!! I'll probably bother you on here if i don't get it! Hope thats ok :) lol

Well I'm way over 40 but if you want to chat, Hollar!

No discrimination in age hun!! Holllaaaaa! lol I liked that.

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Ouch! Turned 43 today.

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Ouch! Turned 43 today.

Age smage lol.. Does it matter when we are all going through the same thing? I need some buddies on NGO to so pls add me. A question about it... Can anyone else see the conversations you have with other people on there? Like I'm not telling many people I am having wls so if somebody who doesn't know adds me, can they see my conversations with others who have had wls?

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Age smage lol.. Does it matter when we are all going through the same thing? I need some buddies on NGO to so pls add me. A question about it... Can anyone else see the conversations you have with other people on there? Like I'm not telling many people I am having wls so if somebody who doesn't know adds me' date=' can they see my conversations with others who have had wls?[/quote']

Oops I meant MFP

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Oops I meant MFP

I was wondering....

IF you send message and not just an update then no one else can see that. And when you make a comment on someone else's post just make sure it's not in regards to your lb because your friends will get notified that you made a comment and they could click to go see what you said.

I don't know if there is a way to turn off this type of notification though.

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