So So excited to be on this journey! I have alway been a skinny person, when I was little my parents sent me to a Nurtrition Camp to try and fatten me up. Then I moved out of state with my Dh, no friends, no job and messed up my back and had to have surgery, then had to have surgery on my knee. As I just sat around I just got fatter and fatter. Then depression sat in and I just kept eating and got even more fatter!

We live in the woods on a mountain about 35 minutes from town, and not a very big town either. Anyway I just happened to be in town one day and saw a billboard, my heart jumped, Lap Band Surgery, oh yes that is what I wanted. Am happy to say it took me almost a year but I got it and I am so excited to lose this weight. Went thru all my clothes and have sizes ranging from 12 to 20, separated them and now I will get a chance to wear them again for a while, then they are gone. I want to get back down to a size 11 hopefully.

I am still sore in a couple of spots, as it hasn't even been a week yet and boy oh boy does my left collar bone hurt? Don't know why though. I had to do a clear liquid diet for a week before the surgery and I can tell you I am very sick of liquids. Sometimes I feel as if I am very hungry but when I do eat its only a couple of bites.

I can't wait to eat real food again.

Can someone tell me where do we get the ticker from for the weight loss please?

Verna

Click on your name at the very top right of the page. There should be a link that says "my tickers." Best wishes on your success!

Left shoulder is hurting because of the vein the band lies on around our tummy and because of the gas that was injected. It will eventually subside. Congratulations on being banded.

Thank you for answering my question and for the welcome. I did figure out the ticker.

New to website. Banded on Dec 4 2013 weighing 217. Celebrated 3 month bandiversary yesterday, March 4, weighing 187 at 5'7". Never have experienced discomfort and have had 2 fills. Love the blessing of the gift of banding. Newfound commitment to exercise has definitely helped me off to a wonderful start.