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Hi all, i am new to this site. I am 44 years old, happily married to my husband for 13 years. Most of my life i was a size 12 but then in 1992 i got an office job and i started to gain a little weight, but then in 2003 i got very sick had sinus surgery and lung surgery and was diagnosed with a disease called Wegner's Granulomatosis Disease. My local doctor put me on massive amount of Cytoxin and 80 mgs a day of Prednisone. Needless to say i started gaining a lot of weight. I switched to a doctor at the Cleveland Clinic who changed my meds and my disease is now in remission since 2004 but i gained 100 lbs while i was on Prednisone for 2 years. I have been trying to lose weight on my own since then but i get it off and it comes back on. When i lived in IL i was thinking about getting gastric bypass surgery but after i moved to Florida i found out about the Lap band. My doctor is Dr Grossbard. Both my husband and i went through the 6 months, required for insurance, weight loss, and now we are scheduled to have our surgery on August 26, 2011. I am 5' 9" and weigh 275 lbs, my husband is 6' 1" and weights 295 lbs. We are in Day 3 of the 2 week liquid pre-diet which has been very hard for my carb loving husband, i am doing ok on it. I am excited to have this surgery. A little nervous, but i hope i can get through these next 2 weeks on this diet. It is very hard. Need lots of encouragement.

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Ebby, Congrats to both your hubby and you! Sounds like you give each other support which is great! Remember someone will lose faster than the other and it is ok. Don't get stuck on the compare weight loss wagon. We all need encouragement as this process is not an easy one. WLS is not easy and it takes fortitude and a certain amount of discipline to keep going when times get hard for whatever reason. IT sounds like you have already faced some steep uphill climbs in life and have succeeded.

I wish you both well, health and happiness on the weight loss journey!

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Hi all, i am new to this site. I am 44 years old, happily married to my husband for 13 years. Most of my life i was a size 12 but then in 1992 i got an office job and i started to gain a little weight, but then in 2003 i got very sick had sinus surgery and lung surgery and was diagnosed with a disease called Wegner's Granulomatosis Disease. My local doctor put me on massive amount of Cytoxin and 80 mgs a day of Prednisone. Needless to say i started gaining a lot of weight. I switched to a doctor at the Cleveland Clinic who changed my meds and my disease is now in remission since 2004 but i gained 100 lbs while i was on Prednisone for 2 years. I have been trying to lose weight on my own since then but i get it off and it comes back on. When i lived in IL i was thinking about getting gastric bypass surgery but after i moved to Florida i found out about the Lap band. My doctor is Dr Grossbard. Both my husband and i went through the 6 months, required for insurance, weight loss, and now we are scheduled to have our surgery on August 26, 2011. I am 5' 9" and weigh 275 lbs, my husband is 6' 1" and weights 295 lbs. We are in Day 3 of the 2 week liquid pre-diet which has been very hard for my carb loving husband, i am doing ok on it. I am excited to have this surgery. A little nervous, but i hope i can get through these next 2 weeks on this diet. It is very hard. Need lots of encouragement.

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YOU CAN DO IT!:lol: It is nice to have your best buddy with you on this journey! That's marvelous. I am still pre-op and hope to be banded about late Oct. Nov. here in Tampa. You going to your support groups? I look at the before n after pictures every day, and have bought a few smaller dresses and hung them off my tall dresser. I see it every day. I know my motivation will jump start when I actually see some weight loss... I am still playing with 3 lbs here or there. Good luck and let us know how you are doing!!:D

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Wow! Ebby, I am super jealous! I only wish that my husband would do the surgery. He claims to have gained 10 lbs in 1 week. He has super slow metabolism, and he has finally started to try a liquid diet. But, he doesn't eat much, he is just a major couch potato. He has lots of co-mortibities, so he would be great candidate . I wish you and your hubby luck, you sound like the two of you will have much success. Good luck, Karen

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