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Surgery on 7/10. Austin Tx area. I am looking for someone to help with encouragement, kind words and who has "been there, done that". I am starting to get nervous! What if I fail? After all that's why I need Lapband.....all other diets have failed. *sigh*.

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Relax. Most of us all felt the same way. But soon after surgery I saw that I won't fail. There was a topic yesterday about leaving our old relationship with food behind us and how difficult a decision that was. Here it is, read some of the posts, it should reduce some of your fears.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/topic/150734-emotional-regret/page__pid__1789545#entry1789545

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Hey neighbor, I'm in Georgetown, work in Austin. I was banded in February. Don't think of this as a diet that you can fail at. This is a lifestyle change. There will be ups and downs just like everything else in life. It will be a learning curve but you will do great. Just relax and focus on healing after surgery. I am still new at this myself, if you follow the 8 golden rules you will be fine.

You can email me: ajtexas0@gmail and if you use myfitnesspal then add me as a friend: ajtexas0.

Did you go through True Results in north Austin?

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