Pickles

Hello everyone, I'm Pickles I've been lurking here for a while but never posted, so decided to take the plunge! I live in Colorado and am considering the lap band. I attended a gastric bypass seminar several years ago by Dr Snyder I think... but then things got put on the back burner as I got pregnant then breastfeeding and I wouldn't say "forgot" about it, but I did have other things on my mind... I'm a mom of 3. A 12yr old, a 10yr old and an almost 3yr old. I'm 5'2 and weigh about 255... :cry My husband is very supportive, and although we have great medical coverage we will be self pay, because my insurance doesn't cover the lapband... I asked for more information from Dr. Kirshenbaum so now I'm just waiting I guess. Thats all, hope to get to know you guys and gals more as I continue on this journey ~Pickles

I just wanted to add that you can indeed purchase Stevia in the US. I buy it quite often at my local health food store. Vitamin Cottage, Whole Foods and Wild Oats all sell it. :biggrin1: I used to use Splenda until I started to research it more... Now I only use Stevia in my herbal tea