Hey there,

I'm Jennifer, a nurse from Canada but relocated to North Carolina. With the first of my four children I started putting on weight and had not stopped until the day I changed my MIND.

I watched that Bariatric program on discovery health and realized it was me if I didn't change what I was doing...

04/08-Lap Band Education Classes, Psych & Nutrition Evals, Cardiac workup, pulmonology workup and endoscopy...took until 06/08 to get all of these completed

07/08-Insurance

08/06/08-SURGERY, 7 am after working 12 hours to make the $$$ to pay for surgery----dumb move, should have slept, would have felt better sooner !!!

09/26/08-first fill-24.6 pounds lost-3 cc

10/15/08-second fill-26.6 pounds lost- 1 cc- total:4cc

Wow-ee! It looks like you have been really successful with your band. Congratulations and keep on!

Got a great start there! Keep up the good work!

I'm in NC too. That's great for you. Are you happy with your success? What insurance do you have? I'm hoping my process will be about 4 months too. How long were you out of work after surgery? When did you start to feel better?

I have BC/BS w/ the state, my husband is a probation officer...so I have the state health plan, it was great and approved quick and easy...although they haven't made payment yet...I guess I don't want to jinx it...I had surgery on Wed am took the w/e off work and returned on Mon pm---a 12 hour shift---I am a nurse in labor & delivery. I probably should have taken Mon off cause I was still feeling poorly, but by Tues I felt great.

The first 3 days are the roughest, but that is typical w/ any surgery, not just banding...anyway, hope this answers your questions.

And all, thanks for the well wishes. I hope to lose another 20 by Thanksgiving, but it will take some real work at Curves and my walking track...we'll see...

does anyone know how to put those weight loss/bmi trackers on your thingy?????