Hey Everyone,

My name is :redface:Marlene:redface: and I live in NYC. I am a HS Foreign Langeage teacher by day and a mom by night. I took a year off from teaching after I had my last son Joshua. I decided to take advantage of the time off to get banded. My procedure is Saturday and I've already lost about 15 lbs on my preop diet. I'm excited but I could really use a mentor. I am the first one in my family to have this procedure and there arent many ppl in favor of this kind of medical intervention. In other words, I'm alone on this. It would be nice to find someone to help guide me on this journey, however if I could even find someone to say WAY TO GO>>> YOU CAN DO IT... I would be happy with that too.

Hey there! I am scheduled for lap band surgery on July 2nd! I started the pre-op diet today. It is definitely a challenge. I think it is great that we are both doing this surgery. We need to get healthier and this will be a great tool to do just that. Good luck to you on Saturday! You can do it! Let me know how you do a few days after surgery.