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Is there anyone on here who is from Northwest Ohio? That is were my sister lives and she is considering having lapband. Her insurance does not cover it so anybody knowing anything about lapband in that area would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

Hi! I'm from Macon, GA and am going to be having my lapband surgery on July 19th with Dr. Bagnato. I am SHOCKED that my insurance company approved me on the first try! I am glad I found this forum to come to and ask my millions of questions. My family isn't too supportive of this decision. They think I should lose weight the "old fashioned" way and think I'm just trying to take the easy way out. It's irritating because I HAVE TRIED the old fashioned way! I had to do 6 months of dieting prior to this and guess how much I lost? NOTHING. I look forward to getting to know folks and hopefully see great results soon!

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I am from Tunica Ms. Had my surgery on Sept 25,2011 at 392 lbs as of today at about 269. It is crazy..I am not doing much exercise but trying a little more now. [ATTACH]433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]432[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]431[/ATTACH] The brown dress before pic is Aug 2011 and the blue dress is from jun2012

OK today I just found out my antidepressant isn't doing any good since it was a sustained release tablet. Grrrr......(stupid PCP) And I was just making my protein shake for today and noticed it says Matrix 5.0 sustained release formula? Is this the same principle? I would just cry if I have been drinking this all month and no nutrients are being absorbed? Anyone drink this too?

Hi hi everyone - I'm Laura. I'm getting banded on July 19th and am so excited! My insurance doesn't cover it, so I'm a self-pay, which DOESNT make me excited, lol. Anyhow, just wanted to stop in and say hi!

I wad jus thinking how.did u guys tell ur family friends coworker or.stupid people And what was the reaction was it negative ,supportive,or judgemental

I had my RNY on July 3, 2012 I had alot of pain with the drain & nausea the day after They kept me an extra day in the hosp Did a CT Scan to check the size of my Old Stomach I also had ultrasound of my legs Both test ended up being fine & the nausea went away Thankfully! I seem to be really good since leaving the hosp. on Fri. The day of my surg I weighed 269. When I had my 1st appt in March I weighed 286. I went for that appt to talk with the Dr. about Lapband & before we left he talked us into RNY. I have an Aunt who passed away from weight & diabetic complications just 2 days after my 1st Dr visit So that was my conformation that I had to change my path…

Hello All, My name is BandedSweety96 and I am 10 days Post-op Allergan Lapband. My doctor is Dr. John Marsden and I had my procedure done at Baylor Plano. I am currently struggling with eating and determining what are hunger pains or just healing pains from the band. I have lost 16 pounds total since I have started this journey. My current weight is 232 and my goal weight is 175. I am dealing with a lot of gas bubbles and discomfort. If anyone has any suggestions or helpful comments please feel free to comment.

Sleeved in January 2011. Lost 87 lbs the first 11 mos. My weight at the beginning was 349, so I am still morbidly obese at 262. Yes, I'm thinner, yes I'm healthier, yes, I'm happier, but NO, I'm not satisified. My husband also had the sleeve in the same month, he's lost 130lbs. He is still morbidly obese at 280. He is ok with where he is at. Would like to lose more but he is happy with where he is at, he thinks it was a success. I want at least 63 more pounds off in order for it to be a success for me. We both eat about 1800 calories a day, sometimes 2000, sometimes 1500. We both bike and walk. I guess the real secret is eating 1000 calories a day and to be ho…

Am 35 and the heaviest I have ever been at 190 lbs. I hate the feeling of my fat rolls(as when in my bras and sitting it hurts/discomfort). About 8 years ago I was fit and a size 2 and even then only wore comfy clothes. I am doing this surgery for several reasons: 1. Feel comfortable in clothes 2. Not having to buy new clothes all the time as I can't squeeze into my current 3. My weight is contributing to my back pain. 4. Feel confident again (I've never been vain and shy away from attention even when I was a size 2, but dislike the way some people treat me compared to when I was small). My weight is a hard thing for me as I'm a very successful person with business/home…

I have lost 160lbs. Now i want the panni surgery to remove extra fat and skin.

Hi! I'm new and my surgery is July 6th,tomorrows the first day of my pre op liquid diet. I'm very excited and nervous, caught myself thinking all the terrible what-ifs and almost backed out, then I was admitted to the hospital with gallbladder pain, I thought it was a heart attack and at 29 years old that scared me back into the reality of why I need this surgery. I'm in Arkansas and have no face to face support group so I'll be here lots. [ATTACH]327[/ATTACH]

Hi everyone I had my surgery Sept 25,2011 iweighed in then 392 and I am now 269..crazy....I really would like to make new friends in the same boat as me...

Hey guys, I'm waiting on my approval from the insurance! They submitted everything to UHC on 6/28. I called today and they said they had received every thing and it was in a pending status. It has to go through a medical review team and then a medical director for approval! I'm so anxious to get this approved and to get a date! Please keep me in your thoughts! I'm so ready to start the journey and be on the loser's bench with everyone! Hugs to every one on this journey!

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I had surgery yesterday and I'm recovering now. The surgery went well. I did lots of walking last night and a fair amount today. Today, was harder to walk because I'm very nauseous. But I survived. I'm excited, things are looking up! Thank you to everyone who said a prayer for me. Much love!!

I ordered mine yesterday. If you go to mypoints.com and go to daily deals you can get a $10.00 of promo code. I got mine for $89.96 free shipping!! Don't know if that's a good deal, but I felt it was considering eBay is around same price.

I'll be 24 in a couple days my cw is 345 ive been heavy these whole 23 yrs of mine. I started my wlj in feb of this year and so far ive only lost 22 pounds gained 5 back :-( I wanna be healthy. This saturday i will see my dr and tell her tht im intersted in the lapband.. But befor i do that i would like to hear storiess!

I am 34 years old and 285 Ibs. This is the largest I've been. In the past I've always been able to manage my weight with diet and exercise. This time last year I lost 20 Ibs with diet and exercise and thought I was on the right track again, but I gained the weight back plus some. I hate the way I feel when I'm heavy and I hate the way I look in my cloths. Recently, my mother and I went to a lap band seminar because I've just been so sick and tired of the way I look and feel. A close family friend had the lap band and has shown positive results in the last three years. My question is: I have been GRAPPLING with the idea to do the surgery or not to do the surgery.…

Okay well I was banded twice. The first time a leak. The second time a kneek in the line. Found a new Dr. To do my sleeve. My 2 hour surgery turned into a 5 hr surgery. Slow recovery. Feeling a whole lot better. I started out at 225 on my first band. When I got my sleeve I weighed 200. I'm down only 20 lbs. Really going slow. Had my sleeve done May 22,12. I need to start walking maybe that would help. I'm so glad I found this sight. I think it will help me.

Starting, my preop clear liquid diet, wow, thought it would be no big deal. But it is SUPER hard. Im already starving. Protein shakes and broth arent cutting hunger pains. Big sigh. Need to put my big girl pants on. But wow. Big challenge.

Was at a dunkin donuts and couldn't make a good decision so I walked away! Most people wouldn't understand why I would be happy about this since I was in line for five minutes but I thought you guys might!

Hey guys! I am new to this forum. First let me say that it is so inspiring to see how supportive y'all are with each other. I am so excited to get this surgery and feel some support from other people going through the same thing. I'm 23. I got the lap band 3 years ago. At this point the sleeve hadnt been approved yet. And before surgery I was 250. After surgery I really got on the bandwagon, but I just couldn't lose the weight. I struggled with trying to eat constantly. I threw up constantly. Even Protein that I was supposed to eat, I couldn't get down. It was depressing. It was enbarassing. I couldn't go out to eat without staying in the bathroom throwing up all my foo…

Hey everyone I'm new and not exactly sure how everything works just yet but I'm learning. Is there anybody from the Philadelphia area? On here I'd love to have you as a mentor or just a support buddie !

Anyone have BCBS of Al? I am worried about my chart notes from the last 3 years!

Hello! I had the sleeve done on July 2nd. I stayed in the hospital for 4 days. The worst pain I had was the gas eight after surgery. I pretty much just had to burp it out...gross. I was nauseous at times but they gave me plenty of meds to counter that. Since I'm home I am walking around about 30 minutes daily throughout the day and feeling much better. I just have headaches ( not sure if related) and still have that gassy feeling so they prescribed me some anti-acid medicine for that. It's been working okay. My insides feel like I did a bunch of situps but as the days go on the pain lessens. 4/5 incisions I can hardly tell they are there. The largest incision stings a b…

Hey all, I'm Ray, and I'm on my way to RNYGB. I've been creeping up the scale from 235lbs in 1995 to a bulging 415 at the beginning of 2011. High BP, borderline diabetic, loving food, life was good. Of course, then life expectancy for males in my family was around 62, and being 52 now, my retirement plan was to work until I literally and actually dropped. However, life puts important people in your life that can change your perspective, and that happened to me: Kellylynn. So I began to get selfish. I decided that I wanted more time on this rock, to lengthen my trip on this rock, and to do that. I needed to care about myself and my health. So, I saw the Docs, got some test…

I can't find any information on how to remove myself from this site, can somebody please tell me how to do this?

I had my sleeve on May 22,2012.

Hi! I have been pursuing WLS surgery for 4 1/2 years. I had just finished my 6 month requirements and tests when I lost my job and insurance. Three years later I got new insurance and started the process over. I again just finished all my tests and was about to meet the surgeon and submit the paperwork when I was diagnosed with stage 3b Colon Cancer. That put a roadblock into proceeding further. I had colon resection sugery and did 12 rounds of chemo treatment. On May 15th I had my first CT scan since I finished chemo and it was clear, so I was given the go ahead to continue on with my journey. They only made me repeat a few necessary tests, then submitted my paperwork to…

I had my surgery on Monday, June 25. I was 259.4 the morning of surgery and today I'm 248. I've dipped down to 241 before with dieting but could never break that 240 barrier. So that will be my first exciting milestone. I've been overweight/obese for as long as I can remember. Going to my 10 year high school reunion next year being a whole new me sure will be fantastic!

I was really determined had my bfs support than it all changed... he said since the surgery is by choice i'm Takin the easy way out. I'm so depressed idk what to do or think I was happy about going through the process but he thinks I can do it the hard way instead of getting cut open

Hello everyone. Today I am 9 days post of from lap roux n y. However 18 months ago I had gastric sleeve. I struggled with weight loss after about 40 pounds. After trying everything to loose weight, one year out the dr and I decided that it was time to discuss doing the surgery again. I tried for 4 month to get insurance to pay for a resleeve and they denied it Everytime. So as june approached I told the doc to try to get bypass approved. It was. I had my bypass on June 28. I am still really sore, tired, and in WAY more pain than I was with the sleeve. I never joined a forum or read on one after sleeve. I also never really had a support group. This time I'm doing it di…

I've have been overweight since the beginning of time I believe....I've always been pretty comfy with my weight this is part of the problem I know. I am now in my late 30's and I've become sick. I have no previous medical history to really speak of only surgery was Cesarian in 2000 about 5 or 6 yrs ago I was diagnosed with Apnea but that may have been job/stress related. I never have high blood pressure and I am on absolutely NO medication not even over the counter. Over the 1.5 yrs my health issues have taken over my life. I had to give up food I loved pretty much over night because anytime I consumed it the pain was so horrific. Kind of like some weird pain foo…

I had my op on monday and i came home weds. How long will i be in pain for? Im such a wimp but i hate the taste of painkillers

I have been a member of this group since the end of May, although I haven't said anything I have enjoyed all of the encouragement, help, and positive thinking from all of you. I have thought about having this surgery for about 6 years now, but always got scared and said "I will next year if I can't lose the weight this year". Well that never worked so here I am. Ready to start the next chapter in my life. I know I'm ready this time. My surgery is scheduled for July 31st. Liquid diet starts July 17th (that I'm a little nervous about). Friends have asked me if I'm nervous, I tell them not really about the surgery, but it's failing my weight loss journey. I have never succee…

So this past Friday, I got my surgery date for July 26. I started this journey back in January and its been really quiet so far being that I'm 23 years old and with no co-morbidities. I have yet to adjust my lifestyle and I am finding it difficult to do so. I don't want to wake up on the 26 in a panic because I haven't really grasped what I am getting into. This forum has been really helpful and I hope you all can help me.

Had to cancel my surgery. My husband lost his job yesterday and unfortunetly we are unable to afford it at this time. He feels bad about it, but I don't want him to know how disappointed I am.

A little about my self. I am in my early 30's after years of poor habits and life style choices I got up to just shy of 445lbs when i was diagnosed as a diabetic. Up to that point my weight had Bounced between 375 to 420. I had tried most diets known to the human race and I was never able to get much below the 375 mark. I had contemplated surgical options but it was not until my diabetic diagnosis that I decided to get on the ball and actually explore what options I had. A handful of my family members have had weight loss surgery of one type or another and all have had amazing success. I went to the local hospital system's weight loss clinic and started all of the pre-r…

Morning all I just found this. So glad to be here I've just started this journey I've now been referred to have gastric bypass, haven't really spoken to anyone about this...simply looking for advice and information

I had my surgery on the June 26 and I'm down 22lbs. I haven't felt sick or anything! I'm feeling awesome. This is the best decision of my life<3

Hey everyone, I'm Rose, 26 from the USA but I have been living in Turkey for about 3 years now. Looking back i can't remember a time i was thin. A few years ago I started taking Phentermine and went from 215lbs to 145lbs...It was wonderful! Then I stopped the pills and here I am back at 183... I met with a few doctors here and have decided to get VGS. Scheduled my surgery for September 14th...How do you exlain to someone that you are nervouse, excited, and terrified all at the same time? I haven't told my family yet mostly because i'm afraid that they wont understand. I know that I dont have much weight to lose but I know that i am on a destructive path and i want to co…

Hello! I am new to this forum! I was sleeved on May 1st, and love it! So far I've lost 43 lbs, but still have 50 to go, and I have not had any carbs for 2 months, and have been working out everyday....... and still, i hit this stall, and have not lost a pound in two weeks!!!!! has this happened to anyone? am I doing something wrong? help!!! ????

Hi. DH here. I uploaded and cropped my DW picture into her profile. I tried to get it to appear instead of the avatar she is using now. I searched the help files and I could not figure out what I'm doing wrong. Any procedures, suggestions or insights would be most welcome. Thanks. Tom a.k.a. DH

i got the news monday that i will have surgery july 24. i do want the change in my life but i keep asking myself why can't i just loose the weight on my own. why has it come to this. i can usually just drop pounds. so for the last wk i have been having migraines. i guess i just don't want to fail. is this normal to feel this way.

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Today is my last dietician appointment and the next step it to meet with the surgeon and schedule the surgery date...which will be 4 weeks out so I can do the Meal Replacement plan for 4 weeks. Im so excited! I can't believe how fast its happening now! Hopefully there isn't any set backs. Sent from my Verizon DROID3 using RNYTalk

My self I love to cook for friends and family and eat what I cook. And will still cook for everyone . My daughter will be going to collage in the fall for Major in culinary with a minor as a Nutritionist . With her cooking my life is going to be hard What will you miss ???

So. Sitting here at lunch and had to make a conscious desicion to throw out half my food. No way for me to take it home and I hate leftovers anyways. Half of me is proud I put the fork down and let it go, the other half of me is screaming at me for wasting money! Grrr. Am I alone on this?