Hi. I'm glad I found this site. My name is Nicole and I was just banded on 5/1 in Denver, CO with Dr. Brown. Still a bit sore but I'm managing. I'm mentally done with the liquid diet, but I have one more week to go. I feel like I'm growing (at least trying to grow) a whole new relationship with food and my body. I'm listening to what my body has to say, for once. Although, it's not always sending the clearest messages. Am I full? Have I had enough? It's all new to me. Anyway, it's good to hear all of you out there. Thanks.

Hey Nicole.. Congrads on your band I am new here to and would like to talk to some people about how it went and what to expect. I go to a information session this thursday and I am a little scare about the hole thing but still and going forward.. Tracy

You will ask yourself those questions and others like them for many months to come!!! But you will be doing so in good company!!! Welcome to LBT! It truly is a daily learning experience with food! But eventually you settle into your new way of life, and embrace it for all the good it has done you. I find myself thinking differently now, thank goodness.....my former mindset was always worried about food, food, and more food! It was never enough, while eating breakfast, I planned lunch, and during lunch I thought about what to cook for dinner....it was all consuming. Now, it takes so little effort---we eat healthier, I would have thought it would take more work, and it doesn't!

I actually had my surgery in MX, but use a follow up Dr. in Canon City, CO. Also a Dr. Brown! We have family all over the Denver area----and spend quite a bit of time there. Do you live in the area, or did you just go there for the surgery?

I hope you take some time, look around the site, and let us get to know you---it really is a help having all these people here who have gone through all of this as well!!

Once again---welcome to LBT, and welcome to Bandland!!!

Kat