Hi - I'm New Here

[Nitty 0]

Hi. I'm glad I found this site. My name is Nicole and I was just banded on 5/1 in Denver, CO with Dr. Brown. Still a bit sore but I'm managing. I'm mentally done with the liquid diet, but I have one more week to go. I feel like I'm growing (at least trying to grow) a whole new relationship with food and my body. I'm listening to what my body has to say, for once. Although, it's not always sending the clearest messages. Am I full? Have I had enough? It's all new to me. Anyway, it's good to hear all of you out there. Thanks.

[Tracy6350 0]

Hey Nicole.. Congrads on your band I am new here to and would like to talk to some people about how it went and what to expect. I go to a information session this thursday and I am a little scare about the hole thing but still and going forward.. Tracy

[Kat817 19]

You will ask yourself those questions and others like them for many months to come!!! But you will be doing so in good company!!! Welcome to LBT! It truly is a daily learning experience with food! But eventually you settle into your new way of life, and embrace it for all the good it has done you. I find myself thinking differently now, thank goodness.....my former mindset was always worried about food, food, and more food! It was never enough, while eating Breakfast, I planned lunch, and during lunch I thought about what to cook for dinner....it was all consuming. Now, it takes so little effort---we eat healthier, I would have thought it would take more work, and it doesn't!

I actually had my surgery in MX, but use a follow up Dr. in Canon City, CO. Also a Dr. Brown! We have family all over the Denver area----and spend quite a bit of time there. Do you live in the area, or did you just go there for the surgery?

I hope you take some time, look around the site, and let us get to know you---it really is a help having all these people here who have gone through all of this as well!!

Once again---welcome to LBT, and welcome to Bandland!!!

Kat