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Feeling confident that this the right step for me. Scheduled to attend the Bariatric Specialist seminar in May and go from there. Work in a hospital and have seen several coworkers successfully lose weight, who told very few people of their surgery. Have friends that I eat lunch with, some of which are being successful with weight watchers who I suspect will think I'm taking drastic measures and instead think if I just "worked harder" I could lose weight and keep it off too. I've been overweight all my life. I've successfully lost up to 40 lbs with WW, but gained it all back. With Diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, I realize that lapband is what I need as a tool to help me achieve my goals and live a longer, healthier life. I'd like to not tell anyone but immediate family, but when I need to be on a liquid diet for so many weeks, it's hard to figure how to have lunch with the crew without so many questions about my change in food intake. Any suggestions? How did those of you that chose to keep this decision private do it without people questioning your eating habits when you were on shakes etc?

Thanks everyone. Your input is really helpful. I actually did tell a couple of my best friends today and was surprised at their support. I realize that I too found out about this procedure by asking some others how they have so successfully lost weight. When they shared their story, I began my research. So maybe, just going with the flow and not hiding this is not such a bad idea. Thanks for all the input. You all are great.

Hi, I'm scheduled to attend a lap band seminar with at Bariatric Specialist of NC. Have 3 coworkers at the hospital where I work that have had lap band procedure and have lost significant amounts of weight. I've been really impressed with how healthy they are and how successful they have been. Planning to have Lap Band surgery in early June as I will have enough vacation time then to cover the post op. Here to learn as much as possible from all of you.