BetterWithTime

Hey Guys! I'm from Brooklyn & Long Island and I'm looking for a band buddy close to me. To workout & just be my confidant throughout our journey... Im 22 and i am DYING to find someone else as young as me ... I was recently banded on 12/22. I had my first appointment today and I lost 6 lbs already (woot woot!)... Anyways just hit me up and lemme kno!!!! Hopefully someone replies lol

Hey guys... I too was banded on Dec. 22nd (yesterday)... The amount of pressure and gas I feel right under my chest & right collar bone was unbearable... It comes and goes but my tummy in general feels weird as expected... I'm really hoping it gets better with each day. Now I'm eating Soup broth & Water... Haven't gotten any Protein yet... Just hang in there guys... We made it this far, we can make it thru the rest... By the way, I'm apart of a secret Facebook group for other people who have the lap band all over the US... If u wanna join, just drop me a line

Hey everyone! My name is Tabitha... But u can call me Tabz... I'm also 22 and I am currently at 264 lbs. I am getting banded tomorrow (woot woot) and I CANNOT wait. I am so ready to walk into any store and fit into ANYTHING. I'm young and I really wanna feel young and not have anything hold me back. Don't get me wrong, my weight has always been there and I have always lived my life & was happy, but i crave that new feeling where I can not have people notice me as the fat girl or describe me as such. I'm so much more. Needless to say I did it mostly because of health reasons. Diabetes runs in my fam and although I'm not pre-diabetic, I don't want that issue later on in live. But what also drives me is that I wanna be an example to my 2 young cousins that live with me (2 girls 10&11) who look up to me. I wanna change my lifestyle for them & show them the right way to live and to eat. That is my responsibility as a role model and I take it very seriously. I don't want them to struggle like I did. I don't want them to have body issues or to feel bad about who they are. Tomorrow at 10:15 is my surgery and I couldn't be more happier. I'm so ready . I have such great support from my family & frm my ex-boyfriend and that's all I need. All of us are young here and I want us to be successful & look the part. We can do it!!! I really wanna keep in touch with you guys especially cuz your young like me. I am apart of a secret Facebook group for lap bandsters. If you guys wanna b apart of it, just let me kno Good luck to everyone

Hi everyone I'm getting banded Dec 22nd in Long Island, NY. I'm 22 and I am sooooo ready for this! I am anticipating NOT shopping at plus size stores and being able to go into ANY store and be able to buy any piece of clothing and not having to wonder if the same shirt comes in a 'plus size'. I am now at 257 and I am tired of noticing & realizing that I am the 'fattest person in the room'... With that being said, I have just a couple questions... Well maybe not a couple, a few hundred lol jk jk 1. I have GHI New York City insurance and I know that they cover the FULL cost of the surgery, but I wanted to know if there are ANY hospital/surgery out of pocket bills that I would have to pay? 2. My goal weight is 145 and I want to lose 100 lbs in a year. I wanted to know what would be the most beneficial work out regimen to be able to lose 100 lbs in the first year. I know it varies from person to person but I just want to get an idea frm you guys as to your diet/excersice habits that allowed you to lose the weight. 3. Flabby skin anyone? Lol. No seriously, I would like to know if when you lose, will you have a HUGE problem with flabby skin. 4. I'm having a hard time deciding on whether or not I should tell some of my family and friends about the surgery. I really don't want a lot of people to know and I just want to settle into the new me comfortably without people inquiring about the surgery and asking questions that I don't want to answer. 5. I am an Black female who just graduated college living in Nassau County LI (originally from BROOKLYNNNNN! ) and I wanted to know if there is any other people in the LI or Brooklyn area that I can talk to who went through the same thing. Thanks for ANY feedback. It's much appreciated.

Good luck to u Grider! A new beginning awaits us

Hmmm I'll ask him about plication as well. My sister is getting the sleeve and my mom is worried about her cutting part of her stomach out. Maybe plication could be the solution. Does he know if it is reversible? My sister found out about. Dr.V. She was referred to him. I'm not sure from whom. I originally was gonna go to a different doctor but after she told me how good he was, I agreed to go to him. He's doing both our surgeries back to back. I'm so excited for her more than myself. She's a size 26 and such a beautiful person inside and out and I know that the surgery will make her so happy. Dr. V is very realistic and isn't out to make money. He didn't want to do the sleeve on me because he said I was too young and that the lap band would serve as a boost to me losing weight. And that in about 5 years he wants to remove it. I'm just dreading the adjustments. Every 5 weeks!? Lol but hey I'm ready to start my new life so I'm not complaining.

To: SkinniMiniMe Omg really!? Congratulations! I haven't heard much about the plication, but what makes you want to do it? And what are the benefits of it? I love Dr. Vhora & his team. He's one of the best! Let's keep in touch. I didn't know that GHI will pay to remove the skin. How did you hear about this? I'm going to the support group at South Nasaau on Dec. 8th. I'm so excited about everything. And this website just give me hope & more courage to go through with everything.