New from Preston County

Hi everyone, I just found this board. I was banded June 27, 2006 and have lost 60 pounds so far. I am currently a member of the LBT Boards but am looking for someone close here in WV to be buddies with. To be able to chat with and to share ups and downs with.

Hi Brenda, Congradulations sounds like your are doing great. I pop in here on occasion and thought I would say HI. You will find there is not a lot of activity on this board. It comes and goes. I mainly stay on the mens board and this is the first time I have been here for a while. It looks like some people are trying to generate a little life though. I had Lap RNY on 12-14-07 and am doing great. I have had no complcations and like alot of people wish I had done this sooner. Have a Great Day! pan head

It took me a long time to finally come to the decision to have something done. I just couldn't diet any longer I had done it my whole life. Once I started researching the Lap Band it took me over 7 months to get all of the things done that I needed to do for approval. I am so glad that I didn't give up. I almost did several times. Then once I was approved I almost chickened out. Glad again that I had the strength to see it thru.

Hey Brenda, Do you go to a support group? I would like to find out where the closest one to us is. I thought about checking out the Maryland board. We are close to them too. Just a thought. Michelle

I don't go to support groups but I am told by my doc that they have them at Ruby Memorial certain times of the month.

Hello Brenda glad to see you here. We are trying to get the WV board up and running but....hopefully it will soon get in high gear. Kim

Thanks Kim, I'm trying to get as much support from these boards as I possibly can. I love reading and learning about other people's experiences.

Hello from Grafton!! I don't spend much time at home though.I am an over the road truck driver and I am in Boise Id. at the moment. I wish this board would wake up! I had my surgery in Feb. 2005 and I lost 185 lbs. I am glad I lost the weight but I sure have been through alot of mental changes and I can't say I have enjoyed all of them. Does anyone else go thru the mental end of this? The cravings ...the worry about gianing weight?....sometimes wondering if all the work is worth it Do you sometimes get tired of "running the race""?.....I question if I really did it for good health or was it for social exceptability. I am down to 88lbs. and in a double zero jean. That is probably INSANE!!! and now I feel pressured to stay this way. How many of us have had someone say "You know you can gain that weight back"...I don't know maybe I am a nut just wondering what kind of head changes other people have went thru.

Oh my goodness 88 pounds? Do you feel well at the weight? But to your question even though I have only lost 65 lbs so far I do have the head games thinking sometimes is it really worth it, but then again other times I think I am so very forunate that I got aprroved by my insurance company to have it done alot of people I know can't get that approval. I am constantly thinking about what I put into my mouth I am constantly on the scales I am constantly worrying if I actually do look like I am losing weight even though my clothes size has went down when I look into the mirror sometimes I just can't see it. So yes I do have the head games going on also.