Just took the first step to THE BAND!

[lovelysoul4 0]

Hello All,

I'm 27 year old single mother of a 3 year old son. I am currently 299lbs and have been considering having the Lap Band for about 3 years now. I had a very bad experience "attempting" this process before with Dr. McKewen's office in Fishers, IN. So I'm starting all over with Dr. Stephen Clark at St Francis hospital in Indianapolis.

I attended the orientation and consult yesterday. The office staff was quite pleasant and I didn't feel like I was looked down on because of my weight etc. I also enjoyed the group atmosphere. I liked that fact that everyone (many different ages) were all overweight just like me. Some more, some less, but we all seemed the same in our hopes for the surgery and what help it could bring. I learned A LOT and was scheduled for nutritionist visits and a psyche visit within the upcoming two months. I was excited to FINALLY get the ball rolling!! I hope I can find some people on this site to relate to and help me through my journey....

I could use the support and encouragement and all of your stories are so enlightening, scary, but not frightening lol. Today is a good day... So hello I hope you will help me with my journey as I will definately be leaning on you all. :thumbup:

Here we go..!!!

[derbin247 0]

Hi I will be 27 next tuesday and am a single mother to my three year old daughter. i just got banded on 2/25/09 and am getting used to this. good luck to you. if you have any questions feel free to ask.