southernbelle07

I take Celexa and it doesn't bother me it all. Just makes me tired!

I don't feel like I'm dieting at all. I just feels like I changed my eating habits to healthier over time. Practice makes perfect..

#1. Surgery date? February 3 2010 #2. State you live in? Alabama #3. Doctor/Surgery Center? Dr. Liza Pompa Gonzalez in Tijuana MX #4. Insurance or self pay? Self pay, $5500 #5. Age and height: 22, 5'7" #6. Current weight and goal weight? currently 280-ish, would like to be 140-150ish #7. What was your deciding factor for having this surgery? To know I can't go on living another day as a victim. I want to be around for my husband and daughter and all the other kids I plan to have for a really long time. #7. Do you have the support of family and friends? Mostly. Some have expressed their concerns but mostly people are ok with it. #8. Concerns and questions? Slightly scared about doing it in MX, but I'm pretty confident in my choice of surgeons. I'm mostly scared about slippage later since I don't have insurance right now. Gah.

I know you posted a while back, but I just wanted to jump in and say "breastfeeding is not the best thing you can do for your baby" :biggrin:. The best thing you can do for your baby is be a good mom. If you're losing nutrition by breastfeeding (and in turn this is harmful to you), then just don't. It sounds like the milk mafia (lol) has convinced you breastfeeding is the only way. Breastfeeding advocates made me feel like a horrible mom when I couldn't teach my daughter to latch on. As long as your baby is being fed and is healthy, that's what matters. Formula isn't poison. It is often a child's only way to survive if their moms died during childbirth, or if they can't latch on, or if their mom's milk supply is low. People are formula raised all the time and are decent people. lol.

Hi! I wish I'd known about your doc sooner. I honestly didn't even price getting surgery in Europe because I figured the airfare alone would break me. But I have sent my deposit and have my date, so I'm super excited. I'm very confident in Dr. Pompa Gonzalez, too. She seems great. Thanks for the info about Dewitt--I've heard good things. I'll get in touch with them. Thank you

Yay I got my surgery date for February 3, 2010!! Wish I could have done it sooner, but with the holidays coming up, it was certainly not feasible!

I hope everything has worked itself out for you. :thumbup: Please keep us updated on your post-op life. I posted in this thread the other day and wanted to let all of you know who are interested that I started a blog to chronicle my weight loss and lap band journey. So far I have posted about the reasons I want the lap band and some photos. You can find it here: A Band New Life