Ebby42299

My husband and I were banded on August 26, 2011, we both went to the doctor yesterday to get our first fills but my port was flipped so i have been scheduled for outpatient surgery tomorrow to have the port fixed. The doctor said that he will put 2 cc's of saline in the band during surgery. My husband received 4 cc's in his band. I am not looking forward to the surgery but i am looking forward to losing more weight so hopefully this will help and i will not be in too much pain. I am hoping to be able to go back to work on Monday.

My husband and I are going to be banded on Friday. My husband is nervous about it but i am excited. I cannot wait to start losing more weight and getting to a "healthy weight" Good Luck.

Hi all, i am new to this site. I am 44 years old, happily married to my husband for 13 years. Most of my life i was a size 12 but then in 1992 i got an office job and i started to gain a little weight, but then in 2003 i got very sick had sinus surgery and lung surgery and was diagnosed with a disease called Wegner's Granulomatosis Disease. My local doctor put me on massive amount of Cytoxin and 80 mgs a day of Prednisone. Needless to say i started gaining a lot of weight. I switched to a doctor at the Cleveland Clinic who changed my meds and my disease is now in remission since 2004 but i gained 100 lbs while i was on Prednisone for 2 years. I have been trying to lose weight on my own since then but i get it off and it comes back on. When i lived in IL i was thinking about getting gastric bypass surgery but after i moved to Florida i found out about the Lap band. My doctor is Dr Grossbard. Both my husband and i went through the 6 months, required for insurance, weight loss, and now we are scheduled to have our surgery on August 26, 2011. I am 5' 9" and weigh 275 lbs, my husband is 6' 1" and weights 295 lbs. We are in Day 3 of the 2 week liquid pre-diet which has been very hard for my carb loving husband, i am doing ok on it. I am excited to have this surgery. A little nervous, but i hope i can get through these next 2 weeks on this diet. It is very hard. Need lots of encouragement.