WHile I cannot offer many words of wisdon for the lapband procedure, I can say this...I actually feel like it is your surgeon's responsibility to tell you all the details possible about the surgery. Afterall, they have the MD after their name as well as the 6-digit salary. In saying this, I also believe we have a responsibility to educate ourselves. I can't imagine anyone willing to have their body cut on wouldn't do that. I wish you the best of luck. Hang in there! STick to your prescribed diet and exercise plan and it will happen for you! Joy -128 lbs. 8 1/2 months post-op

I am 2 weeks post op and i was wondering how long it will take before i get some energy. I am not even doing my walking because i just caint seem to stay up for long Help need words of encouragement

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia - Sorry, I'm sure you get that a lot!!! Thanks for posting! I'm happy to know that my rambling may have helped allay some of your fears. Fears are normal, but I think everyone fears change. And this is a HUGE change - but a good one! My best advice is just to be compliant with your doc/nut's orders and be kind to yourself. Unfortunately, I haven't been good about measuring, taking pictures, etc., and now I wish I had. Thanks again for your kind words! Good luck, Teresa

Wow, that must be CRAZY MAKING . My impression of the LapBand, though, is that it works beautifully for quite a lot of people once it gets going.....But it takes time, time, time. Take care that you don't injure yourself in your workouts as you're trying to get things moving, k?

Hi Stephanie . I'm really sorry it's been such a slow start for you, it must be a dreadful letdown after getting yourself all psyched up to get through the procedure and stuff . Personally I've paid very little attention to Lap-Band information as I've known from the get-go that it was not a good procedure for me. In the several years that I've been on the WLS journey now (details are in my profile), I've talked to four surgeons. Two of them said right up front, "There is no way I can guarantee you that you will ever lose a single pound OR that any weight loss will be maintained. Everyone is different and there is an extremely high degree of personal responsibility involved." The other two said no such thing. Oh how I wish every surgeon could be so clear as those two were. Hopefully you'll start to see more consistent results a little further down the road, as you get to a fill level that's good for you, and when you're all healed up and really seeing "your body" at work, not "your body still recovering from an invasive procedure." Just imagine what it'll be like a couple years down the road if you do settle into the pound or two a week, consistently! I seem to recall reading someone's story about getting a revision to a different procedure (probably a DS, since that's the procedure my reading is focused on) because the Lap-Band was a total failure for them. It was some kind of anatomical/odd healing problem, IIRC. If this does continue to be a problem for you, be assured that there are many reasons for problems; it's not automatically your fault. Do you have some kind of 3d support system available to you?