Hello all! I get the Band on at 9AM, looking forward to starting my journey. I have lost 31 pounds already in the last 7 weeks trying to get ready for surgery.

Any words of advice for someone starting out?

Good luck! :thumbup: I'm excited for you! Do you have your bag packed, or will you be staying overnight?

How do you get one of those things that measures your weight loss?

Best advice I can give you: Take it slow and follow your surgeon's guidelines. You'll do great! :thumbup:

Best of luck on your new journey!!!! Take it easy.

Good luck on your journey

Good Luck and best wishes!! You are well on your way to a new journey...

Thank you all for you well wishes. I did not stay over night I was home by 9:00 pm.

I do have a feeling like something is stuck in my chest kinda like Water went down the wrong pipe. Its high in my chest just above the the staple line. Is this normal?

Thank you all for you well wishes. I did not stay over night I was home by 9:00 pm.

I do have a feeling like something is stuck in my chest kinda like Water went down the wrong pipe. Its high in my chest just above the the staple line. Is this normal?

You're probably just swollen from the surgery but since you're facing a weekend, call your surgeon's office just to be sure!

Some docs put fill in during surgery (I think it's cruel, but that's JMO!) and if that's the case, you may need special handling! :laugh:

Good luck!

Yay!! You're banded!!

How was your experience and pain level??

Good luck with it!

congratulations. I'm getting banded in 12 days and am so anxious! I'm so scared I'm going to chicken out in the last minute and cancel... or maybe just pass out in fear.

also, btw. You can get the weight loss tracker "signature" from tickerfactory.com Just set up the info. Then, it will give you a "BB" code. Enter that code into your signature profile on here and it will show up.

GOOD LUCK!

It is the BEST thing I have ever done for myself. 6 weeks post-op and I feel so good and hopeful for the first time in years. I understand the anxiety, but you will not regret it.

congratulations. I'm getting banded in 12 days and am so anxious! I'm so scared I'm going to chicken out in the last minute and cancel... or maybe just pass out in fear.

also, btw. You can get the weight loss tracker "signature" from tickerfactory.com Just set up the info. Then, it will give you a "BB" code. Enter that code into your signature profile on here and it will show up.

GOOD LUCK!

I did it with the BB code, but it never works. It says invalid code. I copied and pasted this one, but I can't edit it from Lapband Talk like I can from facebook. Do you use the whole BB code?

Also, the only regret I have about the lapband is that I didn't do it sooner.

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Thank you all for you well wishes. I did not stay over night I was home by 9:00 pm.

I do have a feeling like something is stuck in my chest kinda like Water went down the wrong pipe. Its high in my chest just above the the staple line. Is this normal?

That is exactly how I felt.

I did it with the BB code, but it never works. It says invalid code. I copied and pasted this one, but I can't edit it from Lapband Talk like I can from facebook. Do you use the whole BB code?

Also, the only regret I have about the lapband is that I didn't do it sooner.

yes, you need to enter the entire code (yours won't have some of the % signs.. I had to add them so that it wouldn't change my code into the image)

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then, to edit your information, you need to go to your ticker account. like mine is Weight Loss - Diet Ticker but yours will end with different letters and numbers. Enter your PIN code, and then you can change the data. When you change the data, it will automatically update all of your signatures.

Hope this helped!