Anyone feeling up to posting their weight loss?
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on 8/4/07 8:47 am
on 8/4/07 8:47 am
hi Amber
I also took the Lap Band route. I am glad to find someone else on the message board that did that in July. My surgery was the 30th. I'm on liquids for 2 weeks and then the pureed stuff. How about you? I haven't weighed yet - I go back to the doc for my 2-week check-up and have decided to wait until then to weigh. Are you feeling full after you drink a protein drink? I can only do about have at a time. Same thing on soups. Maybe 1/3 of the can. Good luck - and keep me posted on your success.
Paula
Hi Amber and Paula -
I also had lap band. My surgery was on 7/3, and I've lost 23.8 lbs since the day before surgery!! I refuse to compare with RNY folks though because it's two different surgeries, with two different weight loss scenarios, and because we made the choice to do something different for good reasons for each of us. As my surgeon and staff told me, RNY patients lose a lot faster than band patients, but at 2 years out the difference stabilizes.
So no worries, girls! It will happen for us, slowly and steadily, and just as surely as for patients of other methods!