Hi everyone!!!! I just found this app and have to say its super cool and very helpful!!!! I am 23 years old weigh 350 pounds and have been overweight my whole life! I am so ready to change that and getting the lap band seemed like the most effective way to do so. I have my surgery August 26th which is one week from tomorrow :/ scary but exciting!!! I find it empowering to see success stories or you guys who have lost a large amount of weight but I guess what I need is maybe some words of encouragement and maybe some advise as to how you pushed thru the surgery. This is my first surgery EVER so I'm kinda freakin myself out would love to hear from you guys and maybe some success stories!!!

Hi there I'm 23 as well and weigh 230 pounds, my surgery date is August 22 so we're a few days out from each other!!! I would love for us to touch bases and share our experiences. I'm so excited I have 4 more days!!!

Congratulations on this big decision to change your life! It's not going to be easy but what a difference you will make to all that is ahead for you in your life. Here's to health and happiness! I am also pre band so can't give you any tips except to say I've bee on here steadily for a couple of months and have found amazing information and compassionate support. Glad you're here.

Stay in touch here if you can. There's so much to learn and most of it you won't or can't understand until you're banded and months have passed by. Here's a link I found today that is inspirational.

http://www.loveyourlapband.net/198481756

Thanks so much for the kind words!!!! I would love to keep in touch with you and follow our journeys through this my email is ashlaray08@me.com email me and maybe we can exchange numbers and keep in touch

Hello pre-banders!! I'm Lauren I am 21 years old, I was banded on Aug 2nd I weighed 210 pounds, this also was my first surgery EVER and I was really nervous too so I asked for some anxiety meds and after that I was fine! Haha but the surgery goes so fast it will be over before you know it! The only pain I had was on my left lower rib where my tube that goes from the band to the port is laying, my port is up around my armpit and I didn't have to much pain with it. The hardest thing for me has been craving food, I was used to eating whatever I wanted whenever I wanted so I had a hard time mentally with the liquid stages, it's gotten better now that I'm on the mushies but I promise you will get through it and it will be worth it!! I did go through the completely NORMAL regretful stage where I would ask myself "is this really worth it?" But everything starts to fall into place and you start to loose weight and your like "hell yeah it was!" I have lost 24 pounds! So if any of you have any questions I would love to answer them!

So good to hear things like these from ppl that have had the surgery congrats on ur weightloss

Stay in touch here if you can. There's so much to learn and most of it you won't or can't understand until you're banded and months have passed by. Here's a link I found today that is inspirational.

http://www.loveyourlapband.net/198481756

Wow, thanks for the link -- this guy is amazing.

Good luck to you and keep us posted with your progress. We're one big happy family here!

Thinks so much I will deff post my progress so glad I found this site!!!!

You are so pretty in your post picture! WE OLD BANDERS ARE ROOTING FOR YOU! Follow your bariatric centers instructions and you will do well. Keep in touch with lapbandtalk.com and blog your lap band journey to happiness & good health. :wub:

Thanks so much!!!! I will deff keep all posted it makes my stress level come down a little to get on here and read others stories and just to know I'm not the only one going thru some things