Amen to all of the above!!

I prayed about my surgery before hand. I needed to lose this weight and I've been heavy since I was 21 and it got much worse after my first child at 23.

My pastor was all for it as well as everyone in my family. (Even Grandma which really surprised me).

I read the book a few years ago called The Living Vine. It talked about being pruned to get junk out of our way that was interfering with our Christian lives. It wasn't sin, just not beneficial to us. The pruning felt just like conviction but there was no sin. I used to spend HOURS on the computer playing games and that was the first thing God pruned me of.

I consider the lap-band® God's way of pruning food out of my life. It will no longer control me or have power over me.

Hugs & Prayers to everyone!

Geneva :biggrin1:

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Banded 06/25/07 Dr. Spivak; 5 fills to date
5'0" tall H206.6/C117/G120 as of 11/05/08
From Size 20 to Size 4