I just found this site - It's great! I am really looking forward to having a place I can go to with questions and/or support. I am a little nervous now that things have been approved and I have a date set (cold feet). I have been reading about post op and got a little freaked out about the restrictions (no pills...no fibery food...etc.)

Welcome. I just found this site also. Am also on another one that's more local to my area but it's mostly bypass people, not banders. My surgery date is June 1.

My daughter had her February 08 and you couldn't find a happier person. She's lost about 85 pounds and real close to goal. She's having plastic surgery next month.

I can't speak from my experience because I haven't done it yet. But even with my daughter and the people she knows who are banded, it's different for everyone. Lisa (my daughter) has her band I think on the tighter side (her option), and there are clearly things she doesn't eat. But the biggest biggest thing for her is being extremely careful about eating late at night, but again this may go to her band being tight. If she eats too late at night and hasn't given enough time for food to digest, she had a very hard time sleeping. It's also gotten better since she got a script for mild antacid. she doesn't eat breat, pizza, certain shell fish, and almost no red meat like steak...ground beef, yes, and no dry chicken breast. But she went from 265 to about 180 right now (she's 5-10), size 22-24 to a size 8-10 even at 180 lbs and acquired a new boy-toy. So it's all good. There's a great book out there by Mohammed Ali's daughter who is banded. It's Fighting Weight by Khaliah Ali. Great informative reading.

Good luck...the loser's bench will feel good!!!

Trisha