Hey folks!! I like in Birmingham, AL and I will be having my surgery Monday. =) I work full-time and go to Nursing school. I am having this procedure between semesters. I have been overweight my entire life. I recently had lots of success with MyFitnessPal.com by losing 76 pounds, but this semester knocked me off course.... bad! My mother has the band and I have been considering it for the last 5+ years so here I am! My husband and I want babies and I want to stop hurting so much. I would love to have some friends to go through this journey with me! Good luck to all of you and hope to talk to some of you guys soon! =)

Congrats on your upcoming surgery. I commend you for doing this at a young age and before you have kids, etc. It's easy to let "life" get away from us and time passes by without doing anything.

Many of us wish we would have done it sooner so it's awesome you are doing this now!

Best wishes!

Thank you SO much!! It looks like you have done an amazing job with your band! Congrats sweet girl! Great job! =)

Excited for you! I am waiting on insurance approval. Tomorrow will be a week, but it seems like a month! I am 29 and want to have kids someday too. I'm not married, but I have always thought about having kids. I too have been overweight my whole life, i was a 10 lb baby and was EARLY. I was doomed from day one haha For the first time in my life I am trying to lose weight for myself and my health, not because someone said I was fat. progress. There are some awesome people on here with great advice. Very inspirational and sometimes scary stories. I am excited for you and look forward to seeing your progress!

Keep up the work pre-op and you will do great!

Your situation sounds very similar to mine! I will be 30 in feb and I was diagnosed with pcos after ttc for 9 months. My hubby had the surgery almost 3 weeks ago. I'm post op day 5. We want to get healthier before having kids plus im hoping that losing some of this weight will help us in the process of ttc! We will see! Good luck on your surgery today! Keep us updated!

Awww, congrats! Having babies is the main reason why I decided to get banded. Just had band baby#2 this August and I'm now trying to loose this weight and get back to goal. I never quite made it the first time around, I had lost 80ish pounds and 9 months after surgery I found out I was pg in march of '09. I screwed around with my weight loss, took me two years to loose most of it then I found out I was pg again last December. I only wish I had surgery sooner! =D Good luck to you and do keep us updated!!!

Hello all new to this group, i myself will be banded on 1/21/13, im currently on the pre_opt diet day 5.

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Hi."ladybabie3" im new here too its kinda hard to post here for me but Congrats on your surgery i hope your doing great.i live in los Angeles,got banded in late Nov. still getting used to it. Anyhow hope to chat with you soon!

Cherry

Evening all, I have recently decided to officially start the process to see if I am a good candidate for lapband surgery. I've done research on the procedure for years & my PC finally decided that she would back my decision medically. She told me I had the "fat gene," lol. I've struggled with my weight from birth. I've lost 50, 60 and even 70lbs in my lifetime; none of which I have ever sustained for more than two years. I know this procedure will not only assist me with losing in a healthy manner but also assist me with maintaining a healthy weight. I am ready for this journey bc I am definitely tired of fighting the scale. Tomorrow I am going for a pre-op seminar to determine if the lapband is the best option for me; which in my heart I already know it is. Next July, I will be 35 & I want to start it off feeling good about who I am; just like when I turned 30.