amber22

What happens, what does it feel like? How do you correct it, and how often does it happen to you personally?

I don't think I want people to know when I get banded besides close family that will probably have to help me day of surgery and what not. Has anyone else kept their band a secret from people when people start asking how you losing all your weight? What made you come to the decision to keep it to yourself and has it been easy to keep quiet?

So I'm thinking of getting the lap band, but affraid of the extra skin that comes after losing weight, I'm 26 and have about 150 to lose. I will be paying out of pock so it will be hard to come up with extra money for the tummy tuck/body tuck , so I was wondering what things can I do while losing weight that will help advoid my skin to sag. and for those in your mid/late twenties that have had the lap band how did your skin look after losing your weight?

oh also, how long did it take to get a surgery date? I know each place if different but wanted to see what most people say. I'm hoping to get this process going at a fast pace, for insurance reasons.

I've been doing reseach on the lapband for awhile now and I have decided that I want to go ahead and get it. However, I have no idea what is the 1st step in finding a dr. and meeting them and the whole begining process. Where do I start, and what is the 1st apt like (what to they go over/ask) I think I will probably be self pay ( well I'm hoping to find a Dr. that will repair a hiatal hernia at the same time, so that my insurance cover most of it and self pay the rest) So I don't really want to know the how to start the insurance battle part of things, just the other 1st steps lol

I am thinking about getting lap band, and just wanting to see how quickly the weight comes off. What was your starting weight (and hight)? How much did you lose 3 months after? 6 months after? 12 months after? Is there anything you dislike about having the lap band? I hear that sometimes when you lose weight fast you get the extra skin hanging that wont go away unless you have additional surgery to remove it, did any of you experience the extra skin? If so what was your age, I'm wondering if age has anything to do with it.

I know I need surgery to fix my hiatal hernia, wondering for those who had that fix at the same time of getting the lap band how much did both of the surgeries at the same time cost you. I'm thinking about paying this out of pocket so wondering what price ranges I'm looking at. Any ideas would be great! Amber