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Are you completely happy with your lap band decision.



Are you completely happy with your lap band  

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  1. 1. Are you completely happy with your lap band

    • Wished I would have did it sooner?
    • Best decision I have ever made
    • Still in the not sure stage
    • Get this thing out of me


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I'm so happy I did it! I do wish I would have done it sooner, but the bottom line is that I wasn't ready for it until now. I feel fantastic! I've lost 50 pounds, and I still have a ways to go. But, my back doesn't bother me anymore and I have so much more energy. I finally put myself first, and I'm glad I did.

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Funny, but I asked this at a Lap-Band support group of 17 people a few weeks ago and they all looked at me like I was nuts. Not one person said they'd go back and change it. Not one.

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I love my band! I wish I could have had it sooner, but it wasn't to be. I'm down 35+ lbs, off my blood pressure medications, and feeling wonderful. Most of all, I have hope for the future...a healthy future.

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Love the lap band. Wish I could have done it sooner, but insurance wasn't covering it until 2007, then had to do 6 month diet. Banded on March 4 and down 75 lbs. Love the band and would never be without it. I have started telling people I have had it if they ask about the loss. Love the band!

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i la-la-la-la-la-loooooove my band!! i will admit in the first two weeks or so i was like "what the hell did i do to myself?!!?". but now, about 2 months later i love it!! i have lost 35 lbs. and have 80 more to go and i love this journey. i am thankful i have done it before any serious medical issues and have a healthy future ahead of me with my 2 girls and hubby!!! lap band rules!!!

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I'm in the what the hell did I do to myself phase right now. Of course I was only banded on Wednesday. I was doing okay with the liquids until today when I started to crave Pasta. I have to be on liquids until I see the doctor on the 24th. It seems so far away. But the bottom line is, I will make this work and I am happy I did it (I will be happier once I move on to pureed foods though).

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ok, so yes, i'm still in the "honeymoon" phase with my band. BUT i love this new way of life!! i never thought i'd see these scale numbers ever again. my band is the tool that was missing from my equation. everything so far has been pretty easy to adjust to; just took some days to get used to certain things, but all wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be.

this is the best thing i could have ever done for myself...

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i would never change the fact that i did this, it the best thing i ever did and wish i would have done years ago, :smile2:

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I had my surgery July 2nd and I can now say that I'm very happy with my decision. I have to admit that for the first week and a half I asked myself, "What the hell did I do"? But as of night 10 post-op, I was finally able to get some sleep (was able to sleep on my sides and tummy). When you are getting your correct amount of sleep, you can think clearer. I've been on the liquid diet for 1 week pre-op and still 2 weeks post-op and that can make you a bit nuts but I just keep on thinking that it's not forever and real food is just a few days away. The nice thing also is to see those numbers go down on the scale. Since I started the 1 week liquid pre=op diiet, I've lost 21 pounds (that's in 2 1/2 weeks). THAT is what it's all about and I'm so happy I have my Lapband!

Lisa :smile2:

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Hi Slim2Be,

I had my surgery on July 11th...everything went smooth until last night and this morning when I started with the dry heaves. Did you experience this and what did you do to make it better?

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I love my band! I could not loose weight on my own no matter what I did. I have bad days, but would not trade it for anything.:cursing:

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    • 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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    • 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

        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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