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I STARTED AND TRIED EVERY DIET OUT THERE BUT AS YOU KNOW THEY ALL FAIL AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.THEN I HEARD ABOUT THE LAP BAND I ASKED MY PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR ABOUT IT AND WOULD HE RECOMEND IT.HE AGREED AT THAT TIME I WEIGHED 311 POUNDS.SO I STARTED IN JANUARY 2009 WORKING ON GETTING THIS DONE.NOVEMBER 2010 THE DOCTOR I WAS WORKING WITH SUDDENLY CLOSED HIS OFFICE.AND I COULD NOT FIND HIM LATER I FOUND OUT HE MOVED TO ATLANTA 4 HOURS AWAY FROM ME.WELL I THOUGHT THIS IS IT MY LAST CHANCE OF TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT.JANUARY 2011 I GOT IN TOUCH WITH A NEW DOCTOR AND HE AND HIS STAFF WORKED REAL HARD TO MAKE THIS WHAT I CALLED DREAM COME TRUE.AUGUST 2011 I HAD MY FIRST OFFICE VISIT WE HAVE BEEN COMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH SINCE JANUARY.TO MY SURPRISE DR.PINNAR HAD ME SET UP FOR SURGERY SEPT,1 2011.I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I WAS EXITED NERVOUS OR YOU COULD SAY BOTH.WELL SEPT 1 CAME HAD THE SURGERY.DR SAID I LOST MORE WEIGHT THAN MOST OF HIS PATIENTS.FROM AUGUST 1 TO SEPT 6 I LOST 24 POUNDS HE SAID MOST PATIENTS NORMALY LOSE 5-15 POUNDS.WELL I TOLD HIM WHEN I FIRST MET HIM THAT I WAS GOING TO PUT MY MIND TO IT AND MAKE THIS LAP BAND WORK FOR ME.SEPT 27 HAD MY FIRST FILL.I HAVE LOST 4 MORE POUNDS SINCE MY LAST FILL WHICH WAS 1 WEEK AGO TODAY OCTOBER 4.TOTALED I LOST TO DATE46 POUNDS.I NO LONGER TAKE ANY MEDS FOR  DIABETES.AND NOW I STOPPED ALL MY BLOOD PRESSURE MEDS.I AM SO HAPPY TO STOP THEM MEDS.MY GOAL IS TO REACH 185. I AM NOT WORRIED I KNOW I CAN DO IT.WELL THATS ABOUT IT UNTIL I UPDATE MORE IN THE FUTURE.