Lap Band Surgery Review

I had the Lap Band surgery on May 15, 2007, and it has truly made a difference in my life.  Before I had the surgery, I weighed 265 pounds.  I now weigh 180 pounds and I hope to loose another 50 pounds but if I don't I am happy with the person that I have become.  I no longer lay down in bed at night and wonder where my next breath will come from.  I no longer lay down in bed at night and feel my heart pounding in my chest.  My knees and feet don't hurt me any more like they used to.  I can go shopping all day long before getting tired, where I used to only be able to do what I had to do and then go home.  I am an emotional eater and with the Lap Band, it helps me control my emotional eating habits.  I now have learned new ways of releasing my emotional stress than to eat.  With the Lap Band, you are unable to continue to eat unless it is something that is unhealthy for you to begin with.  Once you have the surgery and you see how good you are feeling and how much more you are able to do, you do not want to go back to being the person you were before.  I can't say enough about the surgery.  I was lucky enough that my insurance paid for 80 percent of the surgery.  Even if my insurance would not have paid for it, I still would have had it done.  A person needs to look at it as an investment.  It is easy to sink $20,000.00 into a new car so why not sink $20,000.00 into yourself to better your living.  Cut back on luxury items and put that toward the Lap Band surgery.