Hi All,

As you can see iam new here. I have been reading all over here and thought I might as well register as I hope to be banded soon.

I also will be asking a ton of questions.

I live in Maine and am going through an awesome program to be banded we have a center of excellence here in Bariatric surgery.

I am Opting for the Band here we have to go through alot of hoops so to speak.

we have a group meeting and support group all in one day.

then a couple of weeks later we had to go to one of 2 diatician meetings and then a physical thereapy meeting and finally on March first we go to have the Pscyh. evaluation. Then when that report comes back We will be scheduled to see the surgeon, who they tell is is very busy she is the only one here to do the band and does it roboticaly. They told us "a friend and I are in this together" that it will take 4-6 monthes until surgery so we started in January the first actually so our diatician told us by the end of May we should have surgery.

I am so so excited but this darn before surgery diet is tough I have really been working at preparing for surgery, reading these posts in diffrent forums are so informative.

I love the before and after pictures they are such a good way for us to be inspired.

Believe me you will be hearing from me lots.

Hi,

I think it is great to get hooked up with a program as extensive as the one you have described. I'm in Colorado, i don't think there will be that kind of support here, but I am using the internet for support. This is a great website and B2G is a great website. Welcome and good luck. i plan to have surgery in April, I'm self paying which is hard, but I'm worth it.

:mad: Thanks for your reply.

and yes you are worth it I am sure it must be hard here where we are they told us outright it was a 25.000 dollar operation!:faint: When do you think you will have yours done inApril? Have you seen the surgeon yet? and how much do you have to go through to get it done? told yea id have questions..lol Good luck and ill be talkin to yeah.

Julie;)

Oh that is awesome, good luck!