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Hello..My name is Tina I am a 38 year old wife and mother of 3 very needy children. I was 18 when i had my first child and i can never remember me ever being #1, always had too many others to take care of. Well now it is my turn. I have always been heavy I graduated high school at 190lbs. Yes i did all the fad diets and they worked for taking off 20lbs here and there but the weight always found its way back to me. Last year i was giving weight watchers $13.00 a week to watch me gain weight every week and I was starving to boot. I found myself depressed and discusted amung alot of back pain. Working in the medical field i saw numerous people who have had bariatric surgery with all these great success stories. So I wanted to be one of them. I researched and checked all my options and found the band was for me.. On March 18, 2003 I had my surgery a bit more than 4 months ago. I weighed in at 228lbs and 4 months later I am 188..Thats 40lbs..Amazingly. My depression and back pain disapeared with the pounds.. For once I feel like there is a cure, and i got it. I am cured. Though i work hard at it and I comply 100% which is the key. I had my first fill mid July so i am loosing again I plateued for a month. Well good luck to all. Looking forward to getting to know you all.

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