Made my first mandatory seminar appt. for Jan. 19, 2010 to get the process going! It's a big step, I'm 34 and...wow never admitted "publicly" how much I weigh....but am 282 and only 5'5". I'm so very happy and glad I made the decision. Looking for much needed support, advice, friends etc for my journey!:biggrin:

Made my first mandatory seminar appt. for Jan. 19, 2010 to get the process going! It's a big step, I'm 34 and...wow never admitted "publicly" how much I weigh....but am 282 and only 5'5". I'm so very happy and glad I made the decision. Looking for much needed support, advice, friends etc for my journey!:biggrin:

I am 42. My highest weight was 305. I was banded on Oct. 23, 2009. Have lost 42lbs all together with the surgery and the pre-op diet. This has to be the most exciting thing I have done in my life. And if I had to do the surgery all over again I would.

I wish you all the luck in your journey. You will be sitting us on the losers bench in no time. If you have questions along the way please ask them. Would love to be your Buddie. What I can't answer for you the more experienced ones will be able to answer.

congrats to you! You have just made a decision that I hope will be the key to your weight loss journey for good. I wish you all the best.

Congrats on the first step! I was lucky that the doctors office Im going with has an online seminar that I attended in August. I found out that the insurance we will be switching to in January does cover surgery so today I went to my PCP to start on the mandatory 6 month doctor supervised diet. Im bummed that its going to be 6 months before surgery but excited about the first step!