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Good evening everyone, I am new to the website and from what I read so far I love it, the support and information on here. I am hoping by the end of the year I will be getting my lapband surgery done. I have already gone for my consult with the surgeon and I have my nutrition class tomorrow, my bloodwork/uppergi/ultrasound on 9/15 and my psychiatrist appt on 10/13. The only thing I have left to do is go to a support group meeting and then hopefully soon I will have my surgery date. Thanks for all the helpful information I have read on here and I hope to continue my journey with you.

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Hi Dee. Welcome. I haven't been here very long, but I LOVE this site. People have answered sooooo many of my questions, addressed my concerns, and it has given me a place to visit where I know people truly understand what I am going through. Everyone is so friendly and so helpful. Because of this site, I am much more comfortable heading into my surgery. My surgery is Sept. 12 and I am very excited. It sounds like you are almost there - keep up the good work and good luck to you. Becky

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Hi,

I'm new to this site. I am getting banded on September 16. I am really excited but things moved so fast, I feel kind of unprepared. Here is how it went--

Seminar July 15

Psychologist July 29

Support Group August 5

Sent to Insurance August 6

Approval :thumbup: August 14

Pre-op Testing August 29

Nutrition Class September 5

Surgery September 16:wub:

I started with the low carb-high Protein and Protein shakes yesterday. When I go to my Nutrition class on Friday, I have tons of questions. It has been great getting on this site because of the wealth of information. I have had a lot of my questions answered, but I still have a lot more.

I am 233 pounds and want to get down to 150. Success, here I come.

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