PartyWithMook

Hello All~

New to this thread-have been following an ohio thread for a while,so I could try to decide if all this was right for me. I am having my band placed September 9th. Still trying to wrap my mind around everything. Not feeling hungry would be great,but I tend to eat out of boredom,and sometimes out of emotion so am trying to figure out how I will handle all the mental stuff. I do know I MUSt get healthier,and the time is NOW!

I have a partner;she and I have been together almost ten years. She is still a bit hesitant about me having the band placed,or more so how it will affect our relationship when I lose all the weight. She has been over weight for several years-not morbidly obese,but obese. She is ten years older than I am,and our interests are very different. The main thing we have in common now is eating out... I like outdoorsy stuff-camping,hiking,horseback riding... I know when I lose the weight I will want to do those things plus even more, so I am not sure how that will all fit into our relationship either. I try ot get her to go do things with me,but she says she is older,and those things just don't interest her anymore. I CAN'T just eat for entertainment anymore though... I have gained one hundred pounds since we have been together,and I feel every one of them!! She supports my decision to get healthy,but we are both scared to a degree...Change is scary! Anyway, that is my story! Glad to see other "family" members on here! Wish me luck,and if anyone has any advice do tell!!

Joyce:lol:

I understand where you are coming from. My spouse was wayyyy against it when I was going for gastric bypass about 2 and a half years ago so it kind of made me turn against doing it and I didn't get it. Now that I heard and learned more about the Lap band I am kind of doing things on my own without her knowing what I am doing. I only have my best friend supporting me. My wife does kind of know now that I am possibly getting it but all I tell her is I am seeing a nutritionist and dietician. I feel like she should support me with this decision I am making but she says she is supporting me by helping me exercise more and she thinks that I can do it on my own without the surgery because I have lost 33lbs on my own without surgery and she is wayyy against it. I don't know what to tell her when the time comes. I still have about another 3 months to go with testing and seeing the doctors.

Mook

Hello All,

I am new to the site and wanted to say hello. I live in the Philadelphia area and came across this site. Glad to see that we have a group on here separate for us as well. I have visited quite a bit of threads and read as much as I could and also good to see the Philadelphia group supporters as well. Just wanted to stop by and say hello all.

PartyWithMook:cool2:

Hello All,

I am in the process of getting more information and also seeing a doctor to become banded very soon. I am in the Philadelphia area and currently going to Temple University Hospital for my banding. I was at Hahnemann Hospital for quite sometime but once family and friends got in my head about gastric bypass I kind of just stop going to meetings and never followed up with getting it done.

Now I am really considering the Realize Band and plan to get it done even if I have to do it on my own without family and friends. I chose not to tell them because I don't want to hear all the negative comments about the banding or surgery period. Is it anyone in the Philadelphia area gay, straight or lesbian that can point me in the right direction for support groups?

Thanks,

PartyWithMook

Hello,

I just started going to Temple Hospital about a month ago to start my process with Banding. I was previously with Hahnemann Hospital but with family telling me Gastric Bypass was something I didn't need I stop going to the meetings and never followed up with getting surgery. Now I am doing this on my own and looking for many different support groups in Philadelphia.

My doctor is Meilahn and I saw him a few weeks ago and see him again next week for month 3 so I am getting there slowly but surely. Any information you may have would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

PartyWithMook

Hello all,

My name is Charise and I live in Philadelphia. I am new to this site as well as the lapband. Around 2 years ago I thought of having gastric bypass but thought that that type of surgery was not for me. Now I am in the process of learning more about the lap band. If you have any insight to all of this, all suggestions and comments as well as experiences are more than welcomed to respond to my thread. Hope to hear from you all and hope all is well.

Charise

PartyWithMook:cool: