Hi,

My name is Cory. A few months ago I started the ball rolling to get the lap band done. Yesterday I had my pre-op meeting with my Doctor and had a date to get the lap band done 19 days from then, enough time to get use to the idea of the pre-op 10 sugar free liquid diet. This morning I get a call from my Dr telling me my lap band procedure would be this next Tuesdays, 5 days away. I was under the impression the 10 day sugar free liquid diet was a must but i was told i'd do fine with only doing it for 5,,,should i be concerned?

When I attended the very first seminar to gain knowledge of the lap band i left there feeling like there was hope for me to lose weight and to be able to "live" again. I have to admit the closer I've gotten to my procedure date, the more nervous i've become. I dont really know what to expect "post lap band". My question to anyone and everyone reading this is,,what can I expect after my procedure? Is it worth it? Any regrets? Am I making the right decision? How much weight can i expect to lose?

yes these are questions i've asked my doctors/nurses but would like to hear from a outsider.

Any help would be apprciated, thanks!!!

Cory

Your questions are addressed all over this board by thousands of users. If I answer your question, it's only my experience! I suggest you take a few days and just browse to your hearts content.

Let me say this, however. I posted a poll when I was pre-op asking "Would you do it again?".... if you search you can find it....and last time I checked the result was 92%+ said YES. I was pretty impressed by that. I'm almost 3 m onths post-op and so far I'm loving it!

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Hi, </p> <p>My question to anyone and everyone reading this is,,what can I expect after my procedure? Is it worth it? Any regrets? Am I making the right decision? How much weight can i expect to lose?</p> <p>Cory

</p> <p> </p> <p>1. You can expect to drastically change your eating habits, probably moreso the amounts rather than the specific foods (though those may change as well, based on what your own body can tolerate with the band)</p> <p>2. You bet your kazoo!</p> <p>3. Not a one.</p> <p>4. The best way to go in is informed, informed, informed. Take a few days and read everything you can on this forum, with the caveat that everyone is different and one person's experiences could be drastically different from another's....take everything with a grain of salt, except the recommendations for post-op. Especially read about what to expect just post-op, what to have on hand to be the most comfortable post-op (very important). Get your ducks in a row before you go in and have everything ready for yourself when you get home. Freshly post-op there are only two rules: Drink and walk. Expect to be pooped for about two weeks minimum after surgery (if you haven't experienced major surgery before). Do NOT push yourself. Then when the swelling goes down and the healing begins expect to feel hunger kindof like before during the period before you can get your first fill. It is totally expected. Roll with the flow and just set your mind that you can do ANYTHING on a temporary basis (i.e., the liquid and mushies diet for the 4 weeks after surgery....and the accompanying hunger when the healing really gets going before the fill). Whether you have made the right decision is totally personal, but you will find that the majority of folks here overwhelmingly said YES to their own decision.</p> <p>5. Doctors/websites, etc. all say you can expect to lose about 50% of your excess fat in ~2 years. That is really conservative in my mind. The band is a tool and you will get out of it exactly what you put into it. It will be work, but not nearly as bad as what you have been through trying to shed poundage previously (in general). Look at the before and after pictures on the forum. Those are probably pretty typical. You are in good company here.</p>