Ha! People are just funny like that.

Good luck to you. I'm sure it will go great!

Hey Enid, I am being banded on Thursday, so will be right behind you. Let's keep in touch. Praying all goes well for both of us. . .this site is so helpful.

Best wishes on your surgery. Everyone needs to choose the right path for themselves.

I wish you the very best!!! These nurses are wild..mine told me how to eat around the band. They had a different surgeon than mine!! I was flipping out as to what they were doing. I kept thinking I would never do what they were doing and never did!! I was banded on 11/23/9 and have lost 105 lbs...in 7 1/2 months...don't need to do the drastic gastric in order to lose it fast..

I wish you the very best on your journey as well as speedy recovery! The best advice I can give you is to walk as soon as you can after surgery..it will help with the gas!! Take care!!

Enid, yes, you hear it all once you are banded. I was banded 2/23 in Venezuela, my insurance denied 2 appeals. Anyway, I feel so blessed to have been able to do this for myself. Every patient is different, I am happy with my band. It is not by all means an easy fix, it still takes hard work. Excercise and eating right to make it work. I too suggest a lot of walking after the surgery and they are Gas X, strips that dissolve in your mouth. They were my savior. My only pain after surgery was from Gas and lots of it..hehe, God Bless and you will be fine and ready for your new beginning. M-