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Hi, I'm Melissa, in Tempe, AZ. I was banded on June 5, 2008 by Dr Nirmul. He is wonderful, though you don't see much of him. I've lost 12 lbs so far. Also, my husband was banded on May 12, 2008 and he's lost 45 lbs since then. I'm just starting to be more hungry over the last day or so. Nothing that I can't handle, just more hungry. Considering I couldn't "eat" (or drink even water) anything the first 4 days or so, I'm sure this is good. I still can't choke down the protien shakes. Probably more because the ones we have taste like soap to me. Guess I need to try something else. :)

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Congrats and welcome to LBT I wish you and your husband awesome weight losses.

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Hi, I know this is old, but you are close to me. I am getting banded on 11/24 and I was wondering how you are doing up to this point and your thoughts on it. Thanks

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Hey, thanks for messaging. I am doing AMAZING since my last post! I have lost almost 70 lbs and my husband has lost over 100. Our energy is up and we are feeling GREAT! What part of the valley are you in? I don't check this site too often, but you are welcome to email me on my aol email address. My aol name is MLissaLvsRichard (I don't know if they let us put the whole email on here or not). Just put lapband or something in the subject so I don't think it's spam. Or, you can IM me on Yahoo at MLissaFord. I always show as offline but am here ALOT! :thumbup: Hope to talk soon! Hope I can help you out threw all this excitemet! Melissa

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