Hello from Kristy :)

KristyLynn · 05-17-2008, 12:42 AM

hi, my name is Kristy. i am 23 and according to my ticker, i have over 200 lbs to lose. uhh..has that been done before? LOL. holy damn. haha.

according to the law of attraction, that of which you think of most, becomes yours.

SO, instead of joining this forum once i get a surgery date, i am going to immerse myself now. :)

i had an apt. on the 12th with my doctor. she asked if i had thought about lap band and i was like..WHOA...? i thought that was like plastic surgery because the only place i heard about it was on the radio! haha. so i totally jumped on it.

so, when i left the office, i called the dr. she referred me to, the receptionist told me the group info meeting thing was the next day...so, on the 13th i went to that. made my surgeon appointment and i will be THERE on tuesday the 20th. :)

i wrote my letter the night of the meeting, i have 3+ yrs records to give on tuesday. so..next? more apts. and submission to insurance? :) i won't really know until tuesday, i guess. :)

minidriver · 05-17-2008, 12:52 AM

Hi Kristy, and welcome! I am not yet banded either but have a surgery date of 07/02. This is a fabulous place. I have learned so much from reading the posts and have been so inspired. You can always get sage advice and lots of support.

It's the beginning of a wonderful new you!

LovableLynn · 05-17-2008, 01:04 AM

Welcome to the site,

From my ticker you will see that from my beginning weight I also hade more than 200 to lose. I am a long way off my goal but I am off to a good start. As you go read on you will find other bandsters who have achieved this amount of weight loss... so just believe in yourself. It's not always going to be easy but it will be for your benifit.

Welcome to the journey. This site has been the best support for many of us.

Kindest regards and the best of wishes
Lynn

SHARONCRIST1955 · 05-17-2008, 01:22 AM

I am so glad you are on the website. So happy that you decided to go with the Lap Band surgery.

KristyLynn · 05-17-2008, 01:22 AM

thank you guys very much :) and happy bday lynn! :D

slim2be · 05-17-2008, 06:39 AM

Welcome Kristy,
Try not to think of the amount you have to lose. I'm going to be banded July 2nd and for the first time in my life, I know this will work. After doing all the research, I now see this is the "tool" I've needed to finally lose the weight and get healthy. Good luck to you!
Lisa :)

holly11 · 05-17-2008, 07:42 AM

Welcome Kristy! I was just banded on May 12th and I am getting used to this new life. It is different and has been hard at times but I would not change it so far. I wish you much luck and lots of weightloss!

kathystrick · 05-17-2008, 08:45 AM

Hi and welcome to LBT! My surgery date is not until 6/18, but I immersed myself here as soon as I started considering surgery and learned all that I could while going through all of my testing and waiting. You can never know too much when it comes to something you are planning to do to your body! Take care and good luck!

Froggi · 05-17-2008, 10:00 AM

Hi Kristy and welcome to LBT. To be at the weight healthy for me I needed to lose 249 pounds. It will be slow but it's possible. My surgery should be toward the end of the year!!! I hope I continue to lose weight on my diet. Good luck!

WOWOX7 · 05-17-2008, 10:10 AM

Kristy,
Yes you can lose 200+ pounds, there is a forum here on LBT for that weight loss amount.
200 Lbs+

try that and see if it brings it up for you.
good luck to all of you.
Lois

Puddin499 · 05-17-2008, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by LovableLynn

Welcome to the site,

From my ticker you will see that from my beginning weight I also hade more than 200 to lose. I am a long way off my goal but I am off to a good start. As you go read on you will find other bandsters who have achieved this amount of weight loss... so just believe in yourself. It's not always going to be easy but it will be for your benifit.

Welcome to the journey. This site has been the best support for many of us.

Kindest regards and the best of wishes
Lynn

Hi Lynn,

I see that you've been banded back in February. So was I, on the 18th. I am just curious as to why you have not yet had your fill? I had a port revision surgery this May 5th, and I've had two fills since then, one during the revision surgery, and one this past Thursday.

KristyLynn · 05-17-2008, 01:36 PM

thanks again :) i really appreciate all of your words! :) <3 and thanks for the other link! :D

LovableLynn · 05-17-2008, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Puddin499

Hi Lynn,

I see that you've been banded back in February. So was I, on the 18th. I am just curious as to why you have not yet had your fill? I had a port revision surgery this May 5th, and I've had two fills since then, one during the revision surgery, and one this past Thursday.

Hi Puddin,

I wish I had an answer for you as to why we have yet to have a fill (we as in my best friend and I who had our bands put in days of each other). We were so excited to go to our 6 week follow up only to be knocked off our chairs. The Doctor on 1 hand was telling me he had expected me to lose more (at 6 weeks I had lost about 14KG - 31 lbs) and then on the other contradicted himself in telling my friend and I he was not going to give us a fill because we were losing. Although we told him we were struggling with hunger and had hit a plateau for over 3 weeks, it was just not getting to him.

We are not in an area where we can just get up and change Dr. so easily... so all we can do is grin and bear it for now. It is by the grace of God that I have lost this much weight without a fill and I must admit it is a daily struggle. You have no idea how far June 18th seems to be... but this is when he scheduled our first fill.

Will keep you posted... :-(

Hello from Kristy :)

Hello from Kristy :)

welcome KristyLynn