mollybella87

Hi guys, Im new to this site so just thought I would introduce myself. My name is Marissa and I am from Newcastle, NSW Australia. I got banded on the 30th Sept 09 and so far so good! Im loving the weight loss so far and cant wait till I reach my goal weight. Im getting married on the 4th December 2010 and hoping to start a family shortly after. My mother was my inspiration for getting banded, she has had one for approx 5 years and has never looked or felt better! After seeing what a success she has had with her band and watching the numbers on the scales creep up and up I decided it was time for me to make a drastic change to my lifestyle while I was still young and I couldnt be happier. Getting banded is the best thing I have ever done! Looking forward to meeting you all! I wish I had known about this site months ago before I had my surgery! Marissa :thumbup:

Hi there, I decided to get banded when I saw photos of myself and cried! The scales kept creeping up and up and up and I had a cyst on my ovaries and my Dr warned me that if I didnt loose weight I was at risk of it developing into PCOS. My decision was very easy to make, my mother got banded 5 or so years ago and when I saw her journey and how much weight she lost and how happy and healthy she is now I knew that it was the right journey for me. The actual surgery isnt too bad, you should only be in hosp a night or so, just dont let yourself get dehydrated like I did! Life after lapbanding was quite difficult for me to adjust to, I was used to being able to shove whatever I wanted into my mouth whenever I wanted and its hard to get used to thinking about everything u put in ur mouth and deciding is it filling? Will it cause a blockage? ETC but finally now after 6 months I have the idea! It takes approx 30mins to eat a meal because you have to eat slowly. It will completely change your life and in the early days I actually regretted having it done. Now however I couldnt be happier! Inever ever want to go back to way I used to be. I lived to eat not eat to live! My whole life has changed. I eat because I need to and I still enjoy my food a lot but I am a lot more careful and I spend a lot of time having a meal, which means you can really enjoy it. I reccommend contacting a surgeon and discussing it with them, my surgeon had an info session for people who were interested in getting banded and it was great, very informative, he answered any questions and it covered everything you need to know. Im not sure if all surgeons do this but if you find one that does, definetely go! Anyways I hope I have helped, feel free to ask me any questions! :thumbup: