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Hi my name is Trinity and I'm 36 from Boise Id. I had my lap-band surgey april 21 2012 and have lost 53 pounds as of today.

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Hi Trinity, good for you! I am going for my first consultation today, very nervous about the whole thing. How has it been for you so far? Any regrets? Struggles or anything you can tell me, would be helpful, thanks!

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It was long road getting my presurgy sruff done and my insuranse denided at first but I just kept going through there hopes and I got there it was best feeling in world and after surgey my weight went up and down and my port flip I go friday to get it fix in the office and get my first fill even with the bump along the way I would do it all over agian I love that people notice the weight I lost I feel better and love zumba good luck go for it do what dr say and its worth it always rember why your doing it

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Hi my name is Trinity and I'm 36 from Boise Id. I had my lap-band surgey april 21 2012 and have lost 53 pounds as of today.

Congrats. Quite the achievement.

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My starting weight was 313 and now I weigh 259 at first I was losing following the diet and was almost to my goal weight for surgury and if you lost it fast enough I would of only had to lose 15 then I got belspalsy and got put an steroids and gained it back and was sick for few months and had to start all over but was told I have to lose 31 so I followed diet cut back my potion when I didnt and it came off and I have just steadly kept losing since being band my weight goes up and down but its slowly going down every week im excited to get my port filled friday and fixed and hope from now on its smoth sailing

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