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Hey all!!

My name is Samantha and me & my family are air force and stationed out in florida right now.

I have chosen to get the lap band surgery done. I have tricare so it is going really fast. I had my first evaluation yesterday and they told me i will have my surgery date by friday. And they are scheduling 4 weeks out right now so they told me to expect mid-april.

Now I just need to go get my psy evaluation, diet eval, esophogram and gallbladder ultrasound.

A little about me...I have a wonderful husband and 3 great kids. My kids are ages 3 yrs, 2 yrs, and 6 months (this is why i'm overweight cause i didn't lose it in between kids lol)

I'm very excited to see a forum to seek advice from and give advice after I have had experiences. And also to share my succees when it comes

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Welcome spirnat! There's a lot of information to read and people to chat up. See ya around!

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Welcome. You have a beautiful family. I was banded on 2/13 and already my only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. Good luck and if you are looking for a buddy - I will be here.

Karen

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thanks all...my date just got pushed up dramatially! My surgery is on april 1st!! I had a 2 week waiting period between my seminar date and surgery...wow! Tricare works fast haha!

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Congrats.

Thought you'd like to know that there's a bunch of us getting banded in April. If you go HERE, you'll find an area where you can find us all.

You've also been added to THIS LIST of April Bandsters

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