Hi everyone I am new to this site. I was banded 8/16/06 By Dr. Ortiz in Tijuana. The whole experiance was a very possitive one and I am so glad I picked Dr. Ortiz. His people pick you up at the airport in San Diego and took my wife and I to a very nice hotel in TJ. After it is all over they returned us to the airport. I lost 20 lbs. as instructed before the implant and 10 lbs since.

Congratulations!!!!

Welcome and I'm glad everything went so well.

Thank you Elisabeth, I can see you are doing fabulous at this loosing weight business. Good luck to you.

Welcome. I'm getting banded my Dr. Ortiz on Sept 11th. I luv hearing nice things about him....very reassuring. Good luck in your new journey.

Welcome. I couldn't be more happy with my band.

Hey Richard It's Patti again, kirsten is Kirsten117, and Cindy is Littlebird, and last but not least Ginny is Ginnipat. Glad to hear you're doing so well. If you post under August Band crew they'll add you to the August surgery list they have running. Have fun!!!

You will really like Dr. Ortiz I am sure. Good luck to you.

Once again Patti I am not sure how to post on the August Band Crew. Thanks for the info on the others. I hope all is well with you guys.

Once again Patti I am not sure how to post on the August Band Crew. Thanks for the info on the others. I hope all is well with you guys.

Go under General Lap Band discussion, find the thread August Band Crew and hit last page (unless you want to read all of the posts), then hit post reply in the bottom left hand corner. Have fun, it's nice to see how others are progressing also.

Congratulations and welcome to Bandland, RLE!! So happy to hear your surgery went well.

Hi, It's Kirsten!!!

Glad to hear you're doing well!

Thank you so much, I am wanting to say good bye to 300 but have aways to go yet. Congradulation on your progress.

Thanks once again Patti for your info. I really enjoy lapbandtalk. Bye now.

Welcome to LBT and to bandland!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: