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I am not going to tell anyone either. They wont understand and I dont want to explain myself to anyone.

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That is exactly how I feel. I have a couple of confidants that I can depend on. But for the most part my girlfriends have very negative things to say. I used to be one of the smallest in the group now I'm one of the largest. We joined ww together and the ones that did not eat right and hardly exercised lost weight. I ate right 90% of the time and walked and went back to Zumba a couple Zumba a couple o times a week in list 18 lbs in a six month time span. Talk about aggravating.

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I am just starting to research Lapband surgery. I don't want to yell anyone that I'm considering have the surgery. Does anyone else feel this way?

yes. I told my husband and my daughter. thats it

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I am only telling a few people.... Just don't want to be judged

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I have not told a lot of people and I like it this way.

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My husband and my two boys are the only ones that know.

My mom says lap band cause cancer. My brother says that everyone he know that has had wls had died.

Guess I won't be telling them anything any time soon!

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Good for you! After all this is private information about your health...HIPPA rules and all. If someone notices your weight loss, and they will, just say you are on a high Protein diet under a doctor's care.

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My mom noticed the difference already and I told her that I'm under dr care. She asked if I was doing medifast and I just said to her " I can't afford $300+ a month fr a diet" end of story.

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When i first decided to do the lapband about 8 months ago i didnt want to tell anyone either. I made the mistake of telling a few people at work and everyone of them had a horror story of a "friend of a friend" who had a bad experience ultimately talking me out of it long story short i canceled my first surgery date Based on other peoples opinions....... A few months later i still found myself unhappy with my weight i got a letter in the mail from my insurance saying my autho for lapbad surgery was going to expire. I thought about it for a few days not telling anyone this time and finally i realized thay I WANTED THIS FOR ME!! I call tge next day to reschedule my surgery and im so glad i did. I got banded on 9/21/12 and have lost 24 lbs and i have not even had my first adjustment/fill yet!!! Don't let people talk you out of it there is a reason you are considering most likely because YOU want it!!

Good luck:)

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I wished I hadn't told anyone.

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I am just starting to research Lapband surgery. I don't want to yell anyone that I'm considering have the surgery. Does anyone else feel this way?

then dont tell anyone

this is a private matter between you and your doctor.

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Hi all, my name is Colleen I have done all my research and where I am going and who I want for surgery unfortunitly my company plan for my insuranceill not cover but that's ok I have been saving for 2 years. I have told a few friends until I started to here negitive stuff. And this is a private thing, quite frankly I want to be healthy and really don't care much what people say but I'm just not saying anything so not to here the bad stuff. I'm confindent on the research that I have done and plan on doing what I am suppose to and pray is goes well.

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I started out the same way... Then I told a few close friends and mu hubby told evryone else and all of a sudden everyone knew. Actually I found it to be a great source of motivation for me... Every time I would run into someone they would make a huge deal of my loss and I received so much praise it was very inspirational.

But do what is right for you... It's your choice. I just wanted to share a different viewpoint

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