I am new to the board. Would love to meet anyone considering banding or who is already banded.

I am in Abington (near Braintree, Brockton). Where is everyone else in Massachusetts from? :typing:

I really like this board I have learned so much already.

Found out today that during my pre op exam yesterday, NP suggested for me to have a stress test, asked the nurse today at the center at the BIDH in boston why if my other appointments came back fine, so far and they were very vague , any body else in this situation

wjt, must have been something you answered in the preop forms. I know they asked me about chest pain, past and present. I had some in the past but told them that long ago in my first visit with the NP. They asked me at that point to have the stress test. it was a good thing as if I had any doubts as to my condition they were happily relieved. They just want to make sure you don't croke on the table! I just hope they can get you in asap so you don't miss your date.:confused: I have to go up on wed. for my last preop apt with the DR. , before surgery the next day(at Lahey). pushin it just a little, best not find anything wrong now!!! good luck, where are you from?

Hi all

I live in Palmer (western ma)

go to the shouth shore area alot thats where all my family lives and i grew up

going to spend a great deal of time in Windam , NH this summer when not working

hi everyone had my lapband surgery on March2,2007 at Bay State Dr. Fiallo is my night in shining armor, i have lost 70 lbs have had two fills 4 cc the first time and just had 1/2 cc yesterday, everything is going great.starting weight 318 lbs. present 240 lbs.

hi everyone had my lapband surgery on March2,2007 at Bay State Dr. Fiallo is my night in shining armor, i have lost 70 lbs have had two fills 4 cc the first time and just had 1/2 cc yesterday, everything is going great.starting weight 318 lbs. present 240 lbs.

70 lbs.....You are my hero!!! I cannot wait to be banded, May 21st!!!

that is fanatastic, I have to ask if that is just since the band or the total inc. the pre wt. they want you to lose? I just got banded on 4/26 , first weigh in monday, I don't see me doing that well. But it is definately coming off. I'm confused as to when to start the count! the home scale says 7 since the band, but it's 21 from the start. if you count from my absolute highest wt. ever, which was many years ago then its 64! see what I mean? just not wanting to get my hope up toooooo high!

I live in Danvers, MA. I am going to Lahey Clinic in Burlington on Tuesday for my consult. I am very nervous. I spoke to my trainer at the gym about the lap band surgery and he was very much against it. He told me that I just need to make a decision to eat healthy and work out 5 days a week instead of 3. I am so frustrated that people think being fat is a something I really want to be. I am going to be 37 next week and I have been struggling with weight my entire life. If it were that easy, I would have done it already. I have done research on the surgery. There is some good and some bad. I really feel like this might be the right move for me. I guess, I am interested in those who had the band surgery, how did you know it was the right decision to make for you?:help:

Thanks for your support!

If you are this close, than you will know when you get there. The people at Lahey will also let you know if it is right for you. they are very careful and if it isn't they will not let you proceed with it. For me it was years of research, and another 28 years more than you to realize that the struggle was a never ending cycle. At your age I was a member at the gym, had all the pricey home equipment and really did make the effort. it was also the heavest time of my life. I finally just got REALLY tired of the battle. Your trainer will never understand, unless he has had a BMI of 49 too! and that was just before surgery, 60lbs less than when I was 37!! Just don't let them talk you into bypass, that is very scary stuff. I work for VNS and also know a lot of people, friends and family and ALL have had many problem, many of them life threatening. But the band....This a good thing!

Cheri,

Thanks for the response. It really is appreciated. I am currently at 265lbs and I am 5'8". It is very frustrating b/c I don't allow myself to date b/c the way I feel about myself. I have been extremely fit but it seemed like it only lasted a minute. It took so much energy to be that way. I couldn't hang on to it. So, I do know how to eat healthy and to work out, but I have been in a vicious cycle for the past 6 yrs, I will lose a few pounds and then gain them right back. So thank you for your kind words, because, I too am really tired of the battle. It takes so much energy to be thin and also so much energy to be fat. I will check in after Tuesday.

Lots of Love!

70 lbs.....You are my hero!!! I cannot wait to be banded, May 21st!!!

Best of luck to you. Its not that bad. Just keep on the positive side and you do fine. were are from? when you recover dont forget us here we want to know your progress and i will be here for support.Best of luck Tracy Bower

that is fanatastic, I have to ask if that is just since the band or the total inc. the pre wt. they want you to lose? I just got banded on 4/26 , first weigh in monday, I don't see me doing that well. But it is definately coming off. I'm confused as to when to start the count! the home scale says 7 since the band, but it's 21 from the start. if you count from my absolute highest wt. ever, which was many years ago then its 64! see what I mean? just not wanting to get my hope up toooooo high!

reach for the stars ,go the distance! i lost 25 Lbs. on pre-op diet,so 45 lbs. since banded on March 2, 2007. now the weight is coming off slower, but dont get disappointed my Dr. only want me to loss 8Lbs. a month now. i want more but hey could loss 5 lbs. in 3 months before i was banded.

found out today at 10am that during my pre op exam one of the np suggestedthat i have a stress test, the nurse called from bidh in boston to inform me and to make an a appiontment, my surgery is scheduled for 4/25 /07 weds, I asked why they were very vague in there respond . was Anybody else in this situation

hey just relax, Dr. only wants you in your best health before surgery. we all went through it, you will be fine. Best of luck

I live in Danvers, MA. I am going to Lahey Clinic in Burlington on Tuesday for my consult. I am very nervous. I spoke to my trainer at the gym about the lap band surgery and he was very much against it. He told me that I just need to make a decision to eat healthy and work out 5 days a week instead of 3. I am so frustrated that people think being fat is a something I really want to be. I am going to be 37 next week and I have been struggling with weight my entire life. If it were that easy, I would have done it already. I have done research on the surgery. There is some good and some bad. I really feel like this might be the right move for me. I guess, I am interested in those who had the band surgery, how did you know it was the right decision to make for you?:help:

Thanks for your support!

hey you are the only one that has to make the decision to have the surgery.I was tierd of yoyo dieting, being embarrassed at what people thought about me,why i dont know .i had this surgery for me,and my health, and my kids because i want to be around for all my grandkids. so do it for you! best of luck

Ok, so I went for my appt at Lahey today. I had the doctor and the psyche portion today. I have to go back for the nutritional portion due to the fact that they have a new person in that position and she isn't ready to meet w/ people. I also have to go for a sleep study which I thought was weird but I am willing to go to any length so I am doing it. I started having a panic attack in the waiting room but I calmed down once I got the scale part over. I was 263.7 lbs. and I found out that I am only 5'7" and half inches! I thought I was 5'9 for years. I am too young to be shrinking so I have been off for A LONG TIME! Now the question is do I go for the lap band or the bypass. I am leaning towards the lapband. Thanks for your help with me yesterday.

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Ok, so I went for my appt at Lahey today. I had the doctor and the psyche portion today. I have to go back for the nutritional portion due to the fact that they have a new person in that position and she isn't ready to meet w/ people. I also have to go for a sleep study which I thought was weird but I am willing to go to any length so I am doing it. I started having a panic attack in the waiting room but I calmed down once I got the scale part over. I was 263.7 lbs. and I found out that I am only 5'7" and half inches! I thought I was 5'9 for years. I am too young to be shrinking so I have been off for A LONG TIME! Now the question is do I go for the lap band or the bypass. I am leaning towards the lapband. Thanks for your help with me yesterday.

Of course you know that this site is all "lapband" land, so naturally we are all going to be a little prejudice . But, I have to say from all my research and personal experience with friends, family and co-workers that had the bypass, this is MUCH safer. My sister-in-law, cousin, 2 co-workers , a client (I work for vns) and several friends have had the bypass. only 1 has had no problems, and she is very new only 6 wk out. many of them discribe the problems as life threatening. My cousin nearly died and was hospitalized for 2 weeks. AND, her wt. loss has really slowed down and been on hold at 260 (she was aprox 340) as she discovered she could eat certain high cal. foods. So, that is not fool proof. yet, she is happy as she is much smaller. I think you have to be willing to "work" which ever you pick, neither is a magic bullet , the thing that makes the other seem easier to lose is that you are more likely to heave if you are "bad", so if that is what it takes to keep you from eating junk than that may be the answer. the diet dr. is the one that will help you to determine that. Also, if you decide this was a huge mistake, this is reversable! so far, BEST thing I've done ever, I know it will slow down, but so far, a lb a day is coming off since band day:thankyou:..there are other reasons too, maybe you need to do a little more digging. I will warn you though, the drs. lean to the bypass as the "gold standard" , I think because it has been around longer. that's the down side, don't think they give the divice a life long warranty as it hasn't been around long enough to know. but hay, got to start somewhere.I don't want to wait my life time to find out. May have to get a new model down the road !! no, really, it seem very durable to me.:nervous