It seems like the surgery of choice is GBP but I'm doing lap-band in March. Looking to see if anyone is near by or in Wichita Falls to commisserate with :crying:

Hi! I had lapband in October 08 with Dr Warnock. I am 40 lbs down and feeling great. I have no regrets.

Wow! 40 lbs is fabulous! I am so glad to find out someone else in Wichita Falls had this done. I was just banded on March 23rd by Dr. Finnell thru URHC Solutions. Feeling surprisingly well. What made you choose lap band over gastric bypass? It seems that everyone I was talking to had chosen the bypass but it just seemed so radical to me. Would love to hear more from how you have managed to work with the band and get the 40 lbs off. My starting weight was 223 and I'm 5'2. Once I hit under 200 I'm really going to focus on what I want my goal weight to be.

For me, there was no choice. If my doc wouldn't have let me have the lapband I wouldn't have had WLS at all. It is my feeling that bypass is way too invasive and I can't imagine having my organs cut up and sewn back together like that. My aunt had bypass and is completely malnourished and almost anorexic looking.

My starting weight was 246 and am now 206. I have had a tough time loosing that much and to be honest exercise has nothing to do with it at this point. I eat healthy every single day. I am going for a fill next week because I have stopped loosing. I am anxious to get under 200 and to maybe loose another 15-20 lbs before my husband gets back from his deployment in June. We'll see though.

Please feel free to ask any questions. I'll gladly help if I can.