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Hey everyone!

My Name is Brayleigh and just wanted to say im SO EXCITED TO BE ON THIS JOURNEY WITH ALL OF YOU! I hope to learn a lot and apply it in my daily life. If anyone would like to share there experience with LapBand so far, like how much weight you lost in the first month, what was your pain tolerence after surgery, what workouts are best, the best foods to eat, and over all how your feeling. That would be great!

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Welcome to the Forums Brayleigh. You will find a ton of personal experiences on here. I am still in the very early stages also. I am waiting for Insurance to approve so I can go meet with a surgeon. Best of luck on your appointment. Go prepared, I did and it really helped.

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Welcome to the Forums Brayleigh. You will find a ton of personal experiences on here. I am still in the very early stages also. I am waiting for Insurance to approve so I can go meet with a surgeon. Best of luck on your appointment. Go prepared, I did and it really helped.

Thank you Bubbles! I hope that i will be able to get my band shortly after the Pre-Op appt. She told me that it shouldnt be very long. So maybe by the end of FEB????!!!!! Well I hope anyways! Good luck to you too girl. :rolleyes:

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You will probably get it before me. I just got a little more information, haven't been contacted by doctor but I called and got a kinda approval........the girl gave me the surgeons name and I called his office and asked how long it takes to get an appt and they told me i have to go to the seminar first so I scheduled that and its not until 2/23 so thats a little frustrating but then again i am going on a woman's retreat 3/4 so at least i know that wont be interrupted. Oh, the waiting game..........I think God is teaching me something LOL

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Hey everyone!

My Name is Brayleigh and just wanted to say im SO EXCITED TO BE ON THIS JOURNEY WITH ALL OF YOU! I hope to learn a lot and apply it in my daily life. If anyone would like to share there experience with LapBand so far, like how much weight you lost in the first month, what was your pain tolerence after surgery, what workouts are best, the best foods to eat, and over all how your feeling. That would be great!

I am 3 days post op. I am struggling with the pain and the way I feel. I have some regrets but friends say it will pass. I really hope it does because before surgery I was so excited for change. I wish you the best. I have already lost more weight since I have had the surgery. I just can't wait to feel like myself again and then I know I will be able to embrace the changes I have made.

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You will probably get it before me. I just got a little more information, haven't been contacted by doctor but I called and got a kinda approval........the girl gave me the surgeons name and I called his office and asked how long it takes to get an appt and they told me i have to go to the seminar first so I scheduled that and its not until 2/23 so thats a little frustrating but then again i am going on a woman's retreat 3/4 so at least i know that wont be interrupted. Oh, the waiting game..........I think God is teaching me something LOL

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YAY!!! Congrats on the " got a kinda approval" lol!!! Where you not able to take your seminar online? I was able to take my seminar online. But the place im going through offered it! THey have there own website and all that jazz... Very interesting stuff.. OOO a womans retreat? What is that? Like what will yall do.. I desperately need a WOMEN something!!! lol.. God def works in ways we all might not understand... I def had this talk with him already considering im seperated from my husaband and waiting for those papers to show up on my front porch. lol BLAH!!!:blink:

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I am 3 days post op. I am struggling with the pain and the way I feel. I have some regrets but friends say it will pass. I really hope it does because before surgery I was so excited for change. I wish you the best. I have already lost more weight since I have had the surgery. I just can't wait to feel like myself again and then I know I will be able to embrace the changes I have made.

Oh im so sorry to hear that. Where they able to give you meds? how many incisions did they have to make? How much weight have you lost if you dont mind me asking? I hope that you get to feeling better soon *SOFT HUGS*:)

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