Hi Everyone, I was banded on 3/21/07 and I am doing great! I have a #10 band and I am down 9 pounds. My husband was banded on 2/28/07 with a VG band, he is down 37 pounds.

It kinda all happened so quick, we saw this add in our local magazine and decided that we needed to due something about our weight my husband BMI was 35 mine was 30. So we gave ourselfs a month to try it on our own, we failed. So we met with the best surgeon we could find that Specializes in lapband, Doctor Joseph Naim, took a loan out and had the surgery, we are officially on our way to a heathier life. My husband's recovery was different then mine, he was down 2 weeks, took all his pain med's and complained all the time. Today he has so much energy, he feels great and sometimes has very little pain in the port area. I on the other hand feel that after 2 C-sections this was a walk in the park. Very little pain medication the first day, absolutely no gas pain. The only thing I do have is that I get sick at night, I feel my Soup from lunch coming up at 1am, its hard to get comfortable in the bed, I get nauseated, so I sit up have some Water, wait a couple of minutes and try to get to sleep again. I constantly have a bad taste in my mouth??

I can't wait to lose a significant amount of weight. BUt I remember looking up at that ceiling in the operating room scarred, nervous and thinking I am adding another 10 years to my life.

When I think about last month where I was, I can't believe I did it!

Thanks to everyone on this website, with out all the great information I would have never done it! Your knowledge so valuable to me:) .

Bandita

Banded 3/21/07

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Bandita, congrats on being banded. I think it is great that you and your husband are both banded. Way to go!

*while spinning my cell phone around my fingers and having it fly across my desk while i write this responce* Congrats so much bandita u sound thrilled in your post and looks like you have so much spirit i hope you continue to keep up the good work

Bandita, Congratulations to both you and your husband on being banded! Glad to hear that you are both doing well. Take care-Gigi

Woohoo Bandita...Congrats...sounds like you are doing great! Well done on the weightloss so far that is fantastic! keep us posted aye.

becky

Welcome to bandland!