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amyfinallydidit    0

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hello everyone my name is amy and i was just banded on 8/29/08 in tj mexico. my surgeon was wonderful, dr.juan lopez Corvala, the hospital was extremely clean and the staff was great. all in all it was a great experience and i am glad "i finally did it":thumbup: i look foward to meeting everyone. i started off just reading the posts and i found this site to not only be informative and helpful but entertaining at the same time so i decided to join! i really need a support system of people who have been there done that to help me get through some of the tough and confusing times ahead. i hope i will be able to offer support to others as well...:smile:

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Congrats on your decision to be banded! I can't wait to get my surgery!! I too browsed LBT before joining. When I joined I didn't post for a really long time. I was aprhensive about getting the band because I didn't have anyone to relate to. That's why I love this site so much! It's real, honest people that live life with similar issuses such as myself. I love it! :wink_smile: I think once I have my surgery, this site will be my security blanket. :smile: Well congrats again. Keep me informed of your progress.

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Congrats on your decision to be banded! I can't wait to get my surgery!! I too browsed LBT before joining. When I joined I didn't post for a really long time. I was aprhensive about getting the band because I didn't have anyone to relate to. That's why I love this site so much! It's real, honest people that live life with similar issuses such as myself. I love it! :wink_smile: I think once I have my surgery, this site will be my security blanket. :smile: Well congrats again. Keep me informed of your progress.

omg i am so excited for you!!!! congrats!!! you are going to love your band...not to say that it is not a major change in eating or lack of for a few weeks lol...it is so worth it!!! ty so much for responding and i cant wait to hear from you after your surgery!!! good luck

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hi, i'm new to this site too. I met Dr. Lopez last year when i had Sleeve surgery with Dr. Owens. They work together in Mexico. I got my Sleeve from Dr. Owens so that I could stay in california for follow up or if i had a problem. Once i saw the hospital there though i felt much better. I hope i'm in the right place to post since i didnt have a Lap Band. I weighed 322 and weigh 190 now which is only 10 months later. I had a Sleeve because i had a whole laundry list of medical problems. My knees were giving out, I coulnt walk for any length of time because of leg and back pain. I had high blood pressure, asthma, headaches, Fluid retention, muscle tingling and cramps. The list goes on!

I was using two inhalers, taking two medications for blood pressure, a diuretic...My daughter did not want to see me go to an early death. Here I am with a whole new life and it's good! My wife wanted me to sign up to get her new healthy recipees. She's a big support of how I eat now.

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      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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        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.

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