josettechavez

Hi Cal! The arms a little sore and because of the garments around them are a little hard to bend but it doesn't hurt to bend them. I had no problems with toilet needs at all!

Hi Jenea! Dr. Johnell and his staff are wonderful! I highly recommend them!

I have had this done. I would do it again. The scars are much better than the big ole arms. It wasn't bad. My kids arn't little so I didn't have to worry about that. I went to a christmas party the day after. The pain wasn't bad. I think the lapband was more painful than this and that wasn't bad either.

Hi Everyone, I live in New Mexico too but was banded by Dr. Johnell in Greeley CO. I do all my fills with him. The 8 to 9 hour drive is worth it to me.

130 and counting for me

Brenda, Puddin, and Telly: All of you look amazing!!!! How long was the recovery time from the plastic surgery. I work two jobs and I know I won't be able to work one for ahile but I need to get back to my day job after I get a tummy tuck hopefully next month. Thanks, josette

Thank you for welcoming me to this site. Everyone here seems so nice. Kelley, Things for me have changed so much for me and the way people treat me. I have lost friends because it was ok to have a fat friend and now that I'm not it's different. Losing wieght changes the way we think and the way other people think. Losing weight had made my husband so jealous that I just couldn't take it. So now I am divorced. I wouldn't change my mind about the surgery even if I had known that things will change. I think this is the best thing that has happened to me. I want to be around to see my kids grow up and where I was going that wasn't going to happen. Thank you for welcoming me everybody! josette

Hello! My name is Josette. I got banded in 2003 in Colorado by Dr. Michael Johnell. I am from Socorro New Mexico. At the time of my banding nobody in New Mexico was doing lapband. I have lost 130 pounds. I started at 281 and now weigh 151. It has been a long journey with getting sick and ending up having surgery to fix the band because of slipping. My doctor and staff are wonderful. I got into your website because now with losing all the weight I have so much extra skin that I want to get rid of. All the people I read about on this website seem like wonderful people and I like reading about them and their success.