<p>Hi. By way of a quick introduction, my name is Mark and I had my surgery 8 days ago by Dr. David Lautz at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Fantastic medical team at the Brigham! All is well and I've made a good start on my weight loss, having lost 8 lb on my pre-op diet and about 8 more pounds since then. My clothes are already fitting better!</p> <p> </p> <p>I'm building a kit car that I currently probably couldn't fit into but I hope that is changed by the time I finish the car! I'm 46 and have had limited success with weight loss before. I had to take control of my life by getting control of my weight, and my conservative primary care physician was the one who recommended that I look into the lap band. It took nearly 6 months from then until I had my surgery last week.</p> <p> </p> <p>Anyway, it's nice to read about all the positive experiences from forum members - they are very encouraging. It's also a little distressing to read about the disappointments, too, but those posts have given me things to look out for and helped me get my head together for serious, sustained long-term weight loss.</p>

Congradulations on the surgery and weightloss!! We share the same lapband birthday, wahoo!!!

Welcome to band land!!! I was banded at the brigham too and i love them all there. The whole staff is so great! Good luck with your band!