JeriB

[i was banded October 26 and weighed 262 pre op. My weight is now 230. Yes it is slow but it is GONE and it won't be back like before. You are doing great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hang in there girl. I get the same looks from friends and co workers. Mostly people who really wanted to get the surgery themselves. JEALOUS. Give yourself a year. RELAX They can allquote name=Kristi Ann' date='Jan 29 2007, 07:05 PM' post='7857] i do not regret it at all! let me tell you...when i felt the restriction (was still swollen from surgery) and was only eating 1/2 cup and actually feeling full, truly FULL, that was the best feeling in the world! i get fill #2 on wednesday and i hope to feel that restriction again. if not, maybe fill #3 will do it. regardless, i have not regreted one second of this! i feel empowered now...i have the "tool" i need to help me lose weight and that is just an awesome feeling! i have tried for 10 years to lose weight without success. when i have lost weight in the past, i gain it back plus some. in my daily life, i pride myself on being a strong independent woman except for when it came to food--my willpower goes out the window! with the band, everything is CONTROLLED...once your band is filled "just right" you have no choice but to eat smaller portions, and i need that. although i haven't lost much weight as of date, i am patient...i am using this time to try and change my lifestyle. i have joined the gym, i am thinking about portions now, thinking about what is healthy and what is not...had i not gotten this band i would still be the same size as before and i would not have all of this valuable information that i have learned through this process...this is the best thing i have ever done for myself! how's that for a testimony? haha

I was banded by Dr. Ortiz October 25, 2006. He is the best!!!!

oops I don't live near you but here is my e mail Hardy458@bellsouth.net. I just posted a repsonse but I didn't give it to you before. >

I was banded in Oct. on a Thursday and returned to work on Wednesday with NO complications. I could have gone back before, but I was already approved for the extra days. My husband was very skeptical at first. When we got to Mexico he saw that Dr. Ortiz ran a top rate facility. The surgery itself was a breeze.. I was up shopping at the mall the next afternoon. I can not say enough about the people at the OCC I have still had no complications. THEY ARE GREAT!!!!!! Dr. Ortiz is the absolute BEST!

Thank you Lori!

I will have to dsy that I had mu first fill in Moultrie Georgia, 4 hours from Atlanta. I drove there and back in ine day. I wanted to go to Mexico but, it was just to expensive to go in December. The ladyid Moultrie is wonderful. SHe is professionsal and did a great job for me . I will return to her in the future. I woud love to go to Mexico but my schedule will not permit it right now.

I am scheduled for a fill the same day. My plane is landing at 11:00 and my appt is 12. My home e mail is Hardy458@bellsouth.net. Please let me know.

Yes my surgery is on the 25 but I will be there on the 24th. In a few day (less than a week I will begin the pre op diet. I am excited!

This is my first time posting . My surgery is scheduled for the 26th of this month (Oct). I am nervous but I can not wait. I have stopped buying clothes because I know I wont be able to wear them for long! I'm flying in on the 25th