Hello,

I am a 40 year old Mom of 2, I have been trying to lose weight for almost 20 years, I work at Mayo Cinic and they require you to show that you can lose weight before they will recommend you for bariatric surgery. I went to weight wathchers and lost 35 pounds, they have now given me the choice of RNY or Lapband, I chose Lap band, it seems so much more "controllable". I started at 270 and I am not 235, I can't wait to get this done and get back on the road to the new "Mini Me":thumbup:

Edited November 3, 200817 yr by mini me
needed the 2 in there!

Good luck! i'll be banded next week. Congratulations on the beginning of your weight loss

Hi Mini! I'm a 41 year old mother of two who is also being banded two weeks from tomorrow, on November 18th in Jacksonville, Fl. Best of luck to you!

Hey! I am being banded on the 19th! This is really great. I can't wait to see how we all do! Good luck!

Just did preop today,had surgery clearance,ekg,chest xray and lab work last week, I'm scheduled on thursday at 945,I'll be getting the allergan lap band low profile. Good luck bandsters!

Congratulations for the the loss you have already had! That will surely give you a jump start into the lap band journey :thumbup:

I wish you a very speedy recovery and hope to see you around on the boards.

Thanks, for your well wishes everyone, I will be on quite often to compare notes and trade recipe and recovery "tips"

Hey Mini Me, I work there too and went through the six month medically supervised diet. Just had the banding on 11/19/08 and I'm doing well so far. How did yours go?

Cograts on moving forward with the Lapband. Hey and great job losing so much weight already.

Hello fellow colleague, I am doing well, I lost 16 pounds the first week but things have leveled off now. Do you work in Rochester, Jacksonville or Scottsdale?

I'm in Jax - I lost 10 pounds the first week and nothing since, but I am doing all the right stuff so I'm sure it will come off. It's 23 pounds total since I began the 6-month diet and the pre-op liquid diet....but I think I will definitely need a fill the first chance I get, because I can feel the potential there for eating too much. Sounds like you're doing great!

That's fantastic. Have they given you a pre-op diet? I am in Germany and the GErman doctor has not given me any details for mu surgery. It is scheduled for Jan. 8. I am curious as to how other doctors are doing it. Thanks!

First of all, here we have to go through a six month medically supervised "diet" to get it covered by insurance, but that may not be an issue with you. Two weeks prior, I had the choice of either a liquid diet or a very low carb diet - I chose the liquid and would not do that again! Yuck! It did give me some pre-surgery weight loss, though, and the purpose was to shrink my liver because apparently, obese people have larger livers and that makes more risk for nicking the liver during surgery. Everything seems to have worked out well so far....