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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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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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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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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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