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Hi, I am new here. My name is Lainie and I live in Mississippi......right outside of New Orleans.

I have attended the seminar for the lap-band procedure and I have my first appointment with the surgeon on Monday. I am very nervous and very excited. Wish me luck!

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Welcome, Lainie!!!:D I'm not banded yet either, but I can promise that you will learn so much from this forum. It's just awesome!!!

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Welcome Lainie(I love that name)!! Congratulations on getting started!! Feel free to browse all the posts here, there is a wealth of information here to be had! Good luck with your doc visit!!

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Lainie, best of luck to you! Please do lots of research. There's so much to learn. Inamed has a website that tells you all about the Lapband. Take care!:D

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Hi Lainie, welcome! Please feel free to ask whatever questions occur to you. It helps us all! :D

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Hi Lainie,

Welcome to this wonderful place. I have learned a lot here. I am not banded yet. I just finished all my testing and will hopefully get a surgery date this week.

Good luck

Amy

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Wishing you LUCK LUCK LUCK and more LUCK Lainie! Welcome to the site... you'll find that everyone is really friendly and helpful here!

Darcy

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