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Hi my name is Reece and iam new here, considering going for lap-band surgery iam 23 years old and im 138 kg's and would love to get down to 90kg's, im just weighing up my options at the moment. I hope to gain alot of help and support from this forum.

thanks and nice to meet everyone here.:biggrin:

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Hello reece, glad you could join us!

You will find lots of differing opinions, but you will more find nice people here. In fact, there are quite a few Aussies here!

Best of all that’s good!

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Welcome, Reece. Fire away with any questions that you might have. There's always someone with the experience and an answer to your questions.

What part of Australia are you from? We have many friends from there spread out all over your great country. Sydney, Canberra, Melborne, Adalaide (sp?), The Entrance, Gold Coast, etc. Never met an Aussie I didn't like!

There is an Aussie thread here. Just go to the home page and arrow down till you find the group. (Not that you are not welcome in any area of LBT).

Being 15 months out, I can tell you that lapband was a very good decision for me. No regrets.

Wishing you luck!

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