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- GLP-1 medication Zepbound, Wegovy, access, side effects, progress, and support.
- Before surgery Compare procedures, plan ahead, and get honest pre-op answers.
- Post-op Recovery, food stages, symptoms, and support.
- Long-term Regain, labs, habits, and life after the honeymoon.
- Revision Explore revision options, complications, and next steps.
Hi Everyone. I have enjoyed reading all of your postings over the past few weeks. Everyone seems so kinda and willing to help. I am hoping that this forum will give me the extra support and encouragement im sure i will need over the next few months while I get used to living with my lap band. (I had a diet soda today) and this forum was wonderful bc Ithought I was the only person who had ever had a problem with soda- so it was nice to know i was not alone. So hopefully i will be able to help someone the way you all helped me today.
I had Lap Band surgery on 3/19/07 at NYU hospital. I have already lost 19lbs. I think i was very lucky because I had no problems with my surgery and felt great afterwards. I just started on Real food this week and I feel like I am still hungry and can eat alot- I am getting my first fill next week so Im a little nervous but excited at the same time. But my doctor Dr ChristineRen is wonderful and I cant say enough good things about her. SHe was there for me whenever I needed her during the whole Pre-op steps you have to go through for surgery.
I decided to get surgery (which was one of the scariest and hardest decisions of my life) because I have been overweight all my life but the past 7 years I became Obese and put on another 100 lbs. Thank God I had no other problems Like diabettes or high blood pressure I was "just fat" but I was getting afraid that one morning I just wouldnt wake up. I was afraid that I wouldhave a heart attack or stroke or something in the middle of the night. I decided that if I wanted to have a "normal" life I had to do something about it now before I got any older (i am 34) So after reviewing and researching everything I decided to have lap band surgery (instead of bypass) bc it was less invasive and the less chance for complications.
Well I just wantedto say hello and thank you. I hope to talk to manyof you and make some friends who are going through the same things as I am. Good luck to you all and I hope to keep you posted on my progress