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anyone else have the "realize" band, got mine on July 23.

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I had the realize band put in July 22.....Doing ok wih it. The realize band is the swedish version of the lap band. A litle wider to help stablize it a little more inside and to help food not get stuck. Nothing different about treating it differently the other lap bands though...

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I have the REALIZE band also.. surgery was Monday. So far, so good! There is a # with it to register on MySuccess.com..or something like that.. but I haven't done so yet.

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I got my Realize band on May 15th. There are quite a few people on this forum who have the Realize band as it is becoming pretty commonly used. It was used in Sweden for many years before it was approved by the FDA for use in the U.S. My doctor said there really is virtually no difference between Realize and Lap Band, and he gave me a choice which one I wanted. If you do a search for "Realize" on this forum you will find quite a few threads and a variety of comments about it. Good luck to you with your new band!!

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I also have the realize band. Surgery was on 7-10-08. Everything is going good so far. First fill will be on 8-8-08, looking forward to that! The webiste that you get to be a part of is really cool too! All kinds of tools, recipes, etc. Good luck to ya' all!

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I had the realize band on Aug 5. So far so good! I really love the website with all of the information and recipes! I am sure that I will use them as I get further along in the process.

I was using the limited version of the website pre surgery, I love all the added features post surgery. If you haven't logged in to the site yet - it is something you can really use!

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I got mine put in on July 9th.

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