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My name is melynie and I'm new to this group. I'm 32 years old married with two daughters. My oldest is 13 and youngest is 2. I been struggling with my weight all my life. I've tried different diets and some worked while on diet pills but as soon as I stopped taking diet pills the weight came back with a little extra added. My highest weight have been 330 and that was being pregnant with my youngest daughter. I dropped 30 pounds some months after delivering. I had tons of Fluid. I'm going for lap band hopefully in 2013. Don't have a date yet. I'm still in my manditory 6 month weight management class. I graduate from class on feb 14th 2013. I've had my psych eval and my dietician appt. my insurance requires 2 dietician apps. So my last one is scheduled jan 23rd. I'm so excited and can't wait to have my surgery. I have a lot of support from all my fam and friends. One of my aunts is getting the lap band surgery also. So it's good to be her cheerleader and she can be mines. I've been reading over a lot of post on this site and I love how everyone motivates each other. Oh and I'm from Baltimore Maryland.

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Welcome!!! I am relatively new too. I was banded last week. This forum has been a great resource to me because you are hearing everything from people who have experienced it. I have asked questions and received answers. People seem very open and willing to talk. Best of luck to you. Keep us posted.

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Welcome aboard

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Welcome to the forum, I too have two daughters 11 yrs apart, but they are 38 & 27.

Sounds like you're getting very close to a surgery time, Congrats!

Stick around here for knowledge, support & inspiration . Ask any questions you might have and someone will be able to answer them.

Post often.

Happy Holidays!

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Thanks everyone!

I will be sticking around for a long time. I love reading people stories. It inspires me to keep going even when things get rough and that I'm not the only one going through this. I been reading on this forum all day long lol. My husband prolly thinks I'm not giving him any attention lol

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Thanks everyone!

I will be sticking around for a long time. I love reading people stories. It inspires me to keep going even when things get rough and that I'm not the only one going through this. I been reading on this forum all day long lol. My husband prolly thinks I'm not giving him any attention lol

Happy holidays!

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