Although I have posted 2-3 times, I hadn't entered my introduction.
My name is George and I just had my lapband installed on 6/19/2007 after a long, grueling 2 months of second-guessing my decision. I was having serious last minute doubts - but I went through with it anyhow.
Now that I'm on stage 5 and done with the surgery, I have to say it really wasn't that bad. My pain wasn't that bad and only lasted a day or so...the worst thing was the residual CO2 gas in my stomach - it gave me excrutiating left shoulder pain. But that's gone now too.
I lost 10 lbs on teh pre-op diet and have lost 15 lbs since surgery. The weight loss has slowed down, but i still lose a little each day.
I AM very hungry and am looking forward to my first fill so that I'm not so hungry between meals...but it's a long process and i'll get there eventually.
Thanks for reading.