Hey, I am 22 and 250 pounds with 2 kids. I am just starting to look into the lap band procedure and am really nervous about it. My husband is fully supporting me in every decision I am making. I am just not sure how to start everything and get the ball rolling. I am always open for any suggestions and all support would be awesome! like I said, I am new and extremely nervous!

Snowflake - I'm due to banded on Sept 16th and am feeling the exact same way. It's comforting to know that I'm not the only one out there feeling this.

i am 21 and a week out...n i hate neddels pain ect even hospitals......the worst was the firest five min at the hospital because of anticipation the rest was easy...i never thought i would be saying that

I am 37 years old. Have two kids. I started the process in Nov. 05' . Had my surgery July 28th 06. I have lost 26 lbs. More imoortantly, I was pre-diabetic and my sugar is 68 now. In 2 weeks I appreciate my health more than the weight loss but it is a definate plus.

hey like they said just do it... I was 308 and a year and month later I am 186 and had almost given up on weight loss I had tried everything. .....

Wow! what great results Patty! If that isn't motivation to get the ball rolling, I don't know what is......

I am new here so pardon me. I tried for a year and half to eat right, change to brown this fat free that But honestly, I like to eat and I was hungry. Having the band made it so I ate less. It works like a dream for me. Now, I force myself to eat every two hours, smals amounts work and I am good to go. Good luck to all. Banding is the best, so far.

I am new here so pardon me.

huh? Did you mean to add this to a different thread?

Did I mean to post it here? I don't know how to navigate through here so, sorry.

Hi,

I'm 24 with a 2 year old son and I'm also considering lap band. Before I had my son I had lost 60 lbs but when I was pregnant I inherited hypothyroidism and my metabolism went to sleep and never woke up, apperantly and all the weight and then some came rushing back. So, like you, I'm nervous but there's nothing to lose but weight

Did I mean to post it here? I don't know how to navigate through here so, sorry.

Morgan,

No worries, you look like you are doing a great job. The more you come back and post the more comfortable you will be. No need to apologize, we all started at the same place. Glad to have you here.

Blonebarse, Snowflake.....Good luck, I'm with you....My surgery is 08/18, in Houston w/Dr Spivak. Totally nervous and excited.

The hardest part of this surgery was jumping through all of the insurance company hoops. Cardio tests, pulmonary tests, xrays, blood tests...They want to make sure you are perfectly healthy before the determine you are sick enough to need surgery.

The surgery itself was a breeze, I sweated the thought of the horrible post surgical "gas pains", they were nothing...like having a sore shoulder from sleeping the wrong way. I got up and walked around within the first hour or so from being out of surgery, the more I walked, the quicker the shoulder pain cleared out. Now if they only had the same plan for the catheter....

CATHETER Darn, I forgot about that!!!

The catheter went in while I was asleep (I fell so dirty, my wife thinks it's hysterically funny that the thought of the nurses putting in the catheter embarasses me). Honestly when I woke up it was the first thing I noticed and commented on, it was fairly uncomfortable...but it wasn't painful at all. To be honest, it felt like a heavy sensation of having to urinate and pressure.

The catheter went in while I was asleep

OK now I am nervous!! :eek::eek:

My date is on the 22nd and my nerves all over the place about what to expect!

My wife had the same procedure about 4 weeks ago and they did not cath her.

I wonder if it is based on the hospital procedures?

But I am with you, that will be kind of embarassing!

Ken

DH to JMO

Hello BlondeB-I am 23 and am just beginning the process of being banded. Check out my journal, I am using it to document my journey and am detailing it so others can see what I have been going through so far...I think that the procedure is amazing and so life changing, especially with everything that i have seen on this board. I know it will be challenging, but I am really looking forward to being banded and being more healthy...not i just have to quite smoking...:straight