bandedbrothers

Hello all. I'm a 34 year old male and I was just banded yesterday. My brother was banded back in November and paved the way for me to follow suit. I have type 2 diabetes and I hoping the weight loss will allow me to stop taking meds and be able to control my blood sugars by diet and exercise. My doctor was Robert McKeen. It's too early to say anything about weight loss, but I'll be back next week with a report.

Wow, I've been a total slacker. So here is my latest update. I just had my first fill on Tuesday. I was fairly nervous about the whole process but it only took about 20 minutes. Today I am working my way back to normal foods. So far I haven't noticed the effects of the fill quite yet, but I have been on liquids and mushy foods the last two days. I am excited for the fill because I have plateaued the lat couple of weeks. I need to get going on losing some more weight. Total weight loss has been about 20 pounds but most of that was in the first 4 weeks. Here's to hoping I can get losing again.

It's been just over a week and I've been a slacker at getting back here and posting. Things have gone great. The pain was never to bad, I was back to work in 3 days and I haven't been very hungry even though all I have had for over a week now is liquids. Yesterday was my first time that I smelled some co-workers eating hamburgers and I was really craving some solid food. I am looking forward to next week and starting on the mushy foods stage. As of today I have lost 15 pounds and I feel great!