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SHFerree    0

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Hi,

I joined the forum as part of my learning about bariatric surgery options. I hope to learn how well it has worked for folks. What are the good, the bad, and the uglies I need to consider on this journey. I am excited to find this forum and hope to learn a lot and make some new friends as well.

Susan

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georgia girl    35

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Hi,

I joined the forum as part of my learning about bariatric surgery options. I hope to learn how well it has worked for folks. What are the good, the bad, and the uglies I need to consider on this journey. I am excited to find this forum and hope to learn a lot and make some new friends as well.

Susan

Hey Susan

Welcome! I was banded 9-20-07 and I have lost 66 lbs so far. The band has been wonderful for me. This site has excellent information and I'm sure once you've been here a while, you'll learn all about the band......... the good, the bad, and the ugly. You can search the pre-op/post-op questions forum and the complications forum to get some good info. Good luck on your weight loss journey!

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Kat817    19

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Hi Susan--welcome to LBT!

The best advice I can give you at this point, is just start reading!!!

Keep a pen and paper handy to jot down questions as they pop into your head, and within a few more threads, you might mark off some of them as they get answered!!!

With this, as with any support forum, keep in mind it will seem there are many more complications than there actually are. When you consider that the vast majority of the bandsters are out there not having problems, are not here every day posting---not starting dozens of threads saying "Another problem free day!" Most of the problems people discuss center around learning to eat in new ways, and adjusting to that.

I absolutely LOVE my band! My biggest wish is that this had been available to us years ago!

As you read up, if you have questions, ask away! If you prefer to PM me, feel free. To do that, just click on my name to the side of this post, and it will drop a list of options, one of them being to send a PM.

I look forward to getting to know you!

Kat

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Sunwyse    1

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Hi Susan,

welcome to the forum. I had my first appointment today and it was stressed to me that the band doesn't actually *so* anything about your weight loss. Its up to you to do what needs to be done (following rules, exercising, etc), but what the band does do, is cut the feeling of hunger all the time and help keep food in the small pocket created longer, so you feel fuller longer. Its not a case of surgery and forget!

But it is the least invasive and if you decide after a while that it simply isn't for you, you can have it removed and everything is the way it was before. Other forms of surgery are permanent. Cutting away part of the stomach etc - a bit preventative to me!

Your research will reveal whats right for you. Good luck on your journey :biggrin:

Michelle

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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