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I'm getting banded on feb 15th!! As excited as I am for this life changing event, I am pretty nervous for life with the band. I'm not so worried about the surgery itself but for the lifestyle changes afterwards. But hey if I didn't need to change my ways then I wouldn't be needing this surgery. This isn't something I want to do, but it is something I need to do. I can't keep living like this. I considered lap band over a year ago but now I am truly ready and committed to changing my life. Good luck to all of you!!

Hi everyone! I am new to this group and the forums as well, this is such a great site and I'm so happy to have found a group of people from New Jersey! I am getting banded by Dr. Shakov and Dr. Strom's at Bayshore Community Hospital on Feb 15th. I noticed a few of you have been banded from that group and I would love to know how things are going! I met Dr. Reich at an information session and thought he was wonderful but he was going on vacation and I wanted to get an appointment as soon as I could because I heard it takes months to get everything done but boy does that group work fast! I had an appointment on Dec 19th and they scheduled me to get banded Feb 15th. Congrats to you all on your weight loss journey! I hope everyone had a great holiday!