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[StacyD1978]

Hey everyone! Just wanted to introduce myself to everyone. My name is Stacy Deering and I'm from South East Tennessee. I received my realize lap band on August 18, 2009. I have currently lost 98 pounds and only 39 pounds away from my goal weight. OMG...I just realized how close I am to my goal weight!
I am hoping by joining this site I will be able to make some new friends and have a few people that know exactly what I am going through so I can actually vent out my frustrations I am having.

[MsJacquiiC]

WHOA! 98 pounds since mid-August?!?! That is AWESOME - just wow. Congratulations!

Anyway - welcome to the forum Stacey. Dr. Boyce is an excellent surgeon to be sure - He did an excellent job with me - I had the lap roux-en-y back on April 28th this year and haven't had any problems whatsoever . The entire Staff at New Life is just amazing.

There are quite a few banders on The Journey - inspiring member participation has proved a bit of a challenge though.... We have plenty of forums on the main forum index to choose from - so feel free to post your frustrations as well as your wow moments. I'm sure there are many who can appreciate the post-op journey and add our 2-cents to your posts LOL

Enjoy the forum and let me know if I can be of assistance

Jacquii.

Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass A type of gastric bypass procedure which combines restrictive and malabsorption techniques - meaning, it reduces the amount of food a patient can comfortably eat (restriction), and also reduces the amount of calories that can be digested in the small intestine (malabsorption). This combination of bariatric methods leads to greater weight loss and the roux-en-y procedure is seen as one of the best ways to treat clinically severe obesity. See WLS Videos for animated surgery technique.

[Lynn P]

Hi Stacey!

I am a Bandit, too ( 2 years ago in Aug 07). You have done a great job so far.... isn't it just so hard to believe????