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Congrats to your sister on her first 5k! You guys are awesome, a real inspiration!

The office in Dayton. I will be meeting with Dr Curry, doing the psych evaluation (fun), and the dietician. Excited to get this process going!

Cool! I'm really in Centerville. Just say Dayton because most people from Cincy have never heard of Centerville Lol

Dayton, Ohio here. I am pre-op and have my consultation on Friday March 1st with Dr Curry. Hoping to have the surgery in May! Good to see people from Ohio here!

No advice here as I'm pre-op but I just wanted to say I'm a Social Work major in college right now! Good luck with going back to work and with your band!

That was awesome! Lol

It makes me mad what COWARDS will say to people through a computer screen. Also, most young guys who would be on a site like that are D-bags anyway! As a girl they also view you as an easy target. You ARE better than them! We have the same starting height/weight. I guarantee those idiots wouldn't say the same thing to me... They are COWARDS! Funny thing is I've been overweight since about 11, I've RARELY had anybody make fun of me for it. I was always bigger and stronger so they just didn't. They always made fun of girls. Again, easier target. In High School I played football and our QB was a tool. Always made fun of one cheerleader because she was a little heavier than he would like her to be (who the hell is he? God?) I played defensive line and one day I blindsided him WELL after the play was over and knocked the wind out of him LOL. The coach was mad and I had to run extra laps around the track. Afterwards I told him to leave her alone or next time I'd take his knees out As far as I know he never said anything else! Your friends should have stuck up for you! Young guys are typically DBags, stay away from chat roulette, and be proud of who you are and the life changing decision you have made! Good luck!

Every surgeon is different. Seems like average is 10-15k. Mine will be 13k with Dr Curry in Cincinnati, Ohio. Keep in mind cost of aftercare as well. My surgeon include 2 years of visits/fills, others charge 100-300 per fill/ visit etc... Best suggestion is research surgeons in your area. Good luck!! I meant that some charge $100-$300, not all. Just reread what I wrote...

I agree with babykins. There is a lot motivation in knowing that your surgeon may delay/cancel surgery if you don't lose some weight pre op. I'm great at dieting/losing weight.... SHORT term! It ALWAYS comes back because I fall back into old habits. This time I know I can diet until I have the band to HELP me with my new lifestyle. I'm on my own preop low calorie diet right now. First consult on March 1st. Hoping to have surgery in May. I'm self pay so it will hopefully move faster. Down 9 pounds in a week! Great job! Keep it up!!

Thanks for the support everyone! Fabric I actually just bought some Protein powder the other day. I thought for sure it would take me a while to find one I liked, but I love the kind that I bought! (It's cheap too! Lol) Probably because 90% of what I have drank for the last two years has been Water, so anything with taste is delicious to me! Lol Thanks again!

I scheduled my initial consult a week ago with Dr Trace Curry in Cincinnati, Ohio. The lady that I talked to mentioned that the doc may want me to lose some weight before surgery since my bmi is above 50. So I decided to do my calorie counting diet and.... Have lost 9 pounds in the first week!! Now I'm at 360lb now with a bmi of 51.6. I'm hoping to schedule my surgery in mid May and be around 330-340 at the time of surgery!

I am self-pay but my surgeon requires a psychological test for all patients. I have mine on March 1st. I'm newer on here but it seems like all surgeons have different requirements!