Hello everyone!!! :thumbdown: Well, to get straight to the point I am thinking about having the lap band surgery. I have been doing a lot of research on the surgery, and everyone seems to rave about how great it is. However, I feel like I may be missing the hard things that I will have to go through. Basically, I would just like to hear your experiences, good and bad, just so I will know what to expect.

Cant wait to hear all about it!!

Roxy

Other than tender port site in the beginning... I can say no bad. It is not all fun and games, all the time.. but hay, I've lost over 100#! I would do it all again if I needed to.

Scared going in, wondered WTH I had done to myself afterwards for a couple days. But really, it wasn't that bad and I would DEFINITELY do it again. The pain in the grand scheme of things wasn't the worst I've ever felt and I've never had open surgery like this before. About 1-3 days post-op (I can't remember, exactly) I was up and walking a mile around my neighborhood. I went back to work at 4 days post-op. Felt MUCH better at about 10 days post-op.

Have had pretty steady loss. I'm at 6.5cc in a 10cc band which was great restriction when I first got it...it's starting to loosen up, though. Have not PB'd or slimed, yet. There is no food off-limits for me - it all goes through if I chew well enough.

Almost halfway to my goal and only 3 months and 10 days post-op.

Thanks for your reply! I have my seminar this Thursday and cant wait!!

There are 2 forums here you should probably check out, 1 is the complications forum, and the 2nd is a forum for people who've had to have their bands removed. You might check those out for information.