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I first heard about the lapband from T.V comercials so I decided to learn all I could about it and if it would be good for me. I first contacted the local hospitals in Gainesville to see who was doing the surgery in my area. I was given to names and two different hospitals to go thru. I decided on going to NFMC  to have surgery done. I had meet with Both Dr. But decided to go with Dr. Brient. He explained everything so well and had such good bed side manners. First Dr.Brient thought why was in interseted in having the lapband done because I only was 200lbs and thought I could just lose the weight on my own. Then we starting talking why I wanted the lapband done and I explained to him that Ihad been on several diets and gained all the weight back due to Thyriod Dease, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure. after that Dr.Brient said I would be a good canidate for the surgery and schedule me for surgery after 2 weeks. Surgery was done on 5/18/2009 and as of today I have lost 30 lbs.