vgrimli
I have been overweight all my life as far back as I can remember. I finally decided in July of 2005 that I wanted to live long enough to see my daughter get married, etc. and I have a lot of nieces and nephews that are very important to me. I love kids! That is why I am a librarian! So when I went in for my yearly exam, I told the nurse practioner I wanted to do two things: quit smoking and lose the weight. She was so happy to hear I was finally ready. She set me up with the doctor at our clinic who does FREE stop smoking sessions with you. I quit on 7-17-05 and am still smoke free today. I attended my informational meeting on the lap band the end of August, got my insurance approval the 2nd week of Sept and had surgery on 10-4-05. I started out slow. My brain didn't get it! But then things started to work. I had my first fill the first week of December and another one in January. In March things were not good, I had gained! The doctor got mad and filled me to 2.8cc in a 4cc band. I was doing pretty good and then September things went bad again. I had shoulder surgery and everything that could go wrong did. I am just about mended know and getting back into the grove of things. I went back to the dr. last week and he put in an additional .2ccs so now I have 3ccs. Pretty touch in the mornings and I really have to go slow, but otherwise doing okay. Lost 2 lbs in the first week! I am just over 50 away from my goal.
