Hi Just wanted to say hi, Im new here and having Surgery Monday April 6th, I am excited, nervous, and have alot of questions, Im from Central NH and look forward to meeting you all. I currently weigh 300 and I hope to someday be back to about 220 or so.:smile2:

heyyy ur my lap-band twin...we have the same surgery date =]!!

Hi there nice to meet you, thats pretty cool how are you feeling?

Good luck, twins....I am a week behind you guys...April 13th for me....how are you guys doing on your liquids? Its my first day, and it was pretty easy, thank goodness!

we havent had it yet still on regular foods :wink:

Good Luck to all of you! I'm from Austin, Texas and was banded on Oct. 27, 2008 by Dr. Bridget Brady with Southwest Bariatric, the results have been incredible so far! I weighed 386 pounds at the time of my first appointment with Dr. Brady on August 21, at my last follow up on March 19th I had lost 102 pounds and was down to 284 and am still dropping. I wouldn't try to guess how the band will work in each individuals cases but it has worked way beyond expectations for me.

HI Larry that is incredible, congrats with your results, and keep up the great work. I can only hope I have a similar result.

John, you don't have to go on a pre-op liq. diet??????? My dr has us go on one to shrink the liver so surgery goes much better.....

Heyy I'm feeling great ...I can't wait LOL ! I started my pre-op diet 2 day..it's not that hard but I am hungry =[

Hi and welcome to all the new soon-to-be bandsters,

Congratulations on your surgery dates.

You will find a whole community of people being banded in April HERE and you can find a list of April bandits HERE

I do have one but its not all liguid its just a reduced hoigh protein diet with a low carb shake with the three small meals

John - good luck its right around the corner. I think you will find your goal is within reach. I was 296 and thought 200 was a believable goal. I learned how to re-eat, added some work outs and couldn't happier with the results. Good luck

thank you I will post something when I get back

hey your big day today , it will all go to plan best wishes mick