Hi my name is Gerry myself, husband and our daughter are hopefully going to have lapband surgery. I have been a diabetic for 11 yrs now and since last Sept. have been on Insulin (YUCK).

Along with me, my husband and daughter 20yrs have tried everything imaginable over the last 8yrs or so and with varying success but we are fed up and as my doc suggested it would be beneficial for me, we decided to do this together as a family and support each other.

I was wondering if there were other couples or families out there who have done and what sort of result you have had?

Look forward to reading your replies.

No story here, just wanted to say wow, what a great support system you will have, best of luck.

Hi!!! My father was banded a couple months ago... My mom was banded 2 weeks ago. And now I am currently going through the process of being banded. It helped make my decision seeing how easily my father has adjusted.

wow how great is that to have your whole family involved - when you eat out - you can share a meal - you can go thru the liquid days together and not have to cook for someone ---- this is great--- good luck

Hi thanks best of luck with your surgery.

Hi thanks for your reply, are your parents pleased with their results so far?

Very cool Gerry and yes I have seen families on this forum who all had the surgery on the same day. I wish you and your family the best.

Good luck!

Thanks for the encouragement, my first visit is on the 4th March but we are going to a seminar on the 23rd of this month so we can here first hand about the procedure. We've searched on the net for as much info as we could find and thought joining a forum would be beneficial to here how others had went. Would love to see some photos tho how do you access the b4's and afters?

Thanks for the encouragement, my first visit is on the 4th March but we are going to a seminar on the 23rd of this month so we can here first hand about the procedure. We've searched on the net for as much info as we could find and thought joining a forum would be beneficial to here how others had went. Would love to see some photos tho how do you access the b4's and afters?

Here you go.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/before-after-lap-band-surgery-pictures-only-4642/

My mom got the band december 2. and i got it december 31. its cool that we both have it and we share each others experiences. i think ur whole family should do it because it will give you a solid support system.

my husband and i were banded together last yr (10.12.07), it made the process/journey much easier doing it as a team. while we were banded an hr apart from one another our experiences w/the band are not same. he can't eat before noon, never goes to the gym (), can still snack at night, but somehow he got to goal in 6 months.....me i had to work a bit harder. still wouldn't have changed a thing doing it w/my favorite person!

Thanks for the thread the photos are amazing. Well done!!!

I have managed to get the an appointment for my hubby and my daughter at the same time as mine, so we will go to our first consult on the 4th together and begin our journey together.

It's great hearing from others, thanks again.

Thanks for the reply, do you have some photos of your hubby that could help to inspire my hubby.

We also have a son 19yrs but he is lucky so far and weight is not an issue for him.

Unfortunately tho he does have my body shape when I was younger and therefore could be the one to inherit diabetes later in life. So our losing weight now may also help him to keep his weight down.

Well done, keep being inspired by your weight loss, best wishes to your mum too.

I love the little weight tickers they are cool, how do you find them?