hi my name is rachell, i had a lapband done in july 08 and so far have lost 42lbs. I am a wife and mom and spent most of my life skinny and active until it took us 3 tries to have our beautiful darling daughter, and then crushed my ankle which was a very long recovery. During both i went 150lbs a great weight on me for my frame where i wore a size 5-7 up to 283lbs and a size 20-22, the surgery center i had it done from doesn't seem to answer many questions for me or offer any support and we are currently fighting with them on billing, while our wonderful insurance paid 100% what we were told would cost our insurance 18k has been billed as 80k. so sorry for the ramble nice to meet everyone and that is my story so far.

ps. i seriously miss bread products :biggrin:

rachell

Well welcome, I myself have been a member since October or 2007 but usually just read. but your story sounds familiar and so I thought I would say Hello.

I had my band in 10/07 so I am coming up on my bandaversary and am very excited to say that I am down 104 lbs. I started in a size 26 and am wearing a wonderful size 12 today. Still have a lot of work left to go, but loving every minute of it.

Glad your hear - GOOD LUCK