danedane

Hi everyone, my name is Dana and I’m from Huntsville, AL, I’m a size 20/22 and have been trying to get back in a size 10’s for a while. I have been really considering the LapBand in helping me achieve this. My cousin suggested I go to Dr Stephen Britt in Albertville, AL every since the beginning of the year but I have been putting it off. Well when the tornadoes hit Alabama around the end of April my problem started then of me going to every doctor trying to figure out what was wrong with me and why I had such a terrible pain in my side. My mother, who is a RN suggested that I lose at least 20 pounds and see if it was a weight problem. My blood pressure was through the roof so my doctor finally put me on a blood pressure medicine where I have lost a lot of water in my feet, hands and other parts of my body, so the pain is gone but I’m still overweight. Anywho, now I really want to lose and keep the weight off so I won’t have any more pain, and I can finally say good bye to blood pressure medicine (I have been on BP medicine since the year 2003 and it’s $50 a month for the prescription). I just have a few questions for someone/anyone to answer: (1) Do I have to go to some classes before the surgery, and if I do, how many? (2) How long will I have to be off from work when I have the LapBand done? And (3) What kind of results will I see in four months if I’m 5’2” tall? I know everyone is different and I’m not expecting to lose 100 pounds in four months but I would love to a least “notice” a difference in my clothes in four months. I would really appreciate your help. Thank you, Dana