Hello everyone. my name is Nancy and I am in the process of qualifing for the lap band. I live in Maryland and I am going to Sighn and Averbach. They sent everything to my insurance company about a week and a half ago. IM just waiting to hear from them.

Can you share your lapband experences, good and bad? Anything that I should know before actually doing it?

IM excited:) and scared:paranoid at the same time....I look forward to hearing from everyone.

Nancy

Welcome

My best advice is to read this forum thoroughly. There's a ton of great info around here.

Also, listen to your nutritionist...I mean really listen. I'm struggling right now because I didn't understand that a small bite meant a really small bite, among other things.

I want to understand everything before I do this....IM new to message boards too. I have been reading a lot...this morning I learned how to get on here and post messages...lol

Thanks for your reply

nancy

Nancy, I have been banded 10 months. I am down 50 lbs. My high was 282 when I was banded and I'm at 233 today. I love being banded. I am considered an average/slow loser at 1 lb a week. Things are picking up for me though because I have audited my diet and I wasn't eating enough solid protein. I feel much fuller now longer and I've lost 3 lbs this week now. Good luck on your journey.

Thats great, keep up the good work....Thanks for the information

nancy

Good luck on the insurance journey. I was banded on 2/27/07 so it's been about 1 month for me. No issues to report. I have lost about 36 pounds so far but I started at 400 so plenty to lose. This site has a lot of great information on it no matter what topic you may be looking for.

Again good luck with the insurance company.