Hey! My name is Stephanie and I'm 21 years old from Maryland. I'm getting banded January 6th with Dr. Wynn in Delaware. The optifast diet is absolutely killing me right now. I know I absolutely have to do this though. I weigh over 300 lbs and have for quite awhile. I've always been overweight. I have a lot of joint pain and can't do things people my age normally do. I also have depression and social anxiety mainly caused by my weight. It's a horrible thing for anyone to have to go through.

Hi Stephanie:

You'll do great with the lap band. Today is my 2nd day out of surgery (12/30/08) and I'm doing really well. I have to say that the worse part is the liquid diet before surgery because you'll be feeling hungry. I did. I have to say I wasn't perfect on it and did cheat by having a few bites of food here and there and like 3 rolls of ham, but other than that I did great and surgery went very well.

Right now, the only pain I feel is at port side and it feels like a pulling or stretching pain. When I'm stretched out laying down I feel just fine or if I'm leaning back I feel fine. Standing up hurts a little and sitting up on my own is uncomfortable, but it's not unbearable. I've been able to go up and down the stairs at home without trouble and walk around (slowly).....

Good luck wit your surgery, I'm happy I did it. I weighed myself today and I gained a couple pounds, go figure....But I think I'm bloated and swollen so I'm not too concerned. Right now I'm in healing mode.

Hey Steph, I'm a follow Marylander and I had the Surgery in August.Don't worry about a thing the Surgery is the easy part. Once they gave me the pill to help me sleep, the next thing I remember was waking up in the recovery room. Being dissapline to the diet after the surgery is where the challege begins but you can do it...K.I.T.

Thanks a lot! :confused: