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I'm just wondering if anyone here has never had a stall after their surgery and exactly what you ate and your exercise routine. I haven't had my surgery yet, but I am meeting with my surgeon on Tuesday!!!:biggrin0:

I myself have lost over 100 lbs. Took me a long time, and I grow my own food. But it worked for me. However I have a friend who is morbidly obese and she is the one having the lap band procedure. I need to ask a question over in the friends forum. See you guys over there. Honey

Hi all, I was just wondering, in 3 days, I will be 4weeks post op, and have noticed that I have not lost a single pound in 2 weeks. I am starting to obsess that I am doing something terribly wrong. Highest weight ever 164kgs/382lbs Pre op diet start weight 159kgs/371lbs Pre surgery weight 143kgs/333lbs Discharge Hospital weight 147kgs/343lbs (Hospital staff advise this weight gain was Fluid?) Current Weight & Weight 2 weeks ago 132kgs/308lbs I take in small amounts, I am drinking diluted apple or pear juice, and can still only take in 2 tablespoons of food at one time. I am eating 6 x a day if i remember, but usually only 4, and keep up my fluid intake…

Well hello again, for thoughs who dont know me , im myralene, im 28 and my bmi is 54, OUCH!! i have been wanted to do lap band since forever and couldnt afford it. i finally found a place i was comfortable with, to do my lap band and its in chicago at Synchrony. Since at the time my insurance did not cover it and i applied for care credit and guess what........ i was only approved for 1,000 because i have barely any credit history and that seems to be my problem nowadays for everything but when my company was just recently bought out, they changed insurances and they cover the lap band Synchrony sent my letter in and now im here waiting for the answer...... and im nervous…

Ok, so i finally decided to start this process. My primar doc has been amazing and supportive. but i am still unsure of the process, how long it takes and what is next. Help! So my doc broke it down into three steps, nutrionist, psych eval and then surgery. So I have my 1st appointment with a nutrionist tomorrow. What can I expect? BTW does anyone have BSHMO and know the process or requirements? Thanks and this site is awesome!

hi all I am getting banded next month bit nervous but think it is the right thing to do. Has anyone had the surgery done with Dr Chris De Bryune, in brussells would really like some feed back x

Hey Guys I'm now just over two weeks and I have the following points to note: I'm down two sizes already! I went for lunch today and was totally satisfied on about a quarter of a starter portion of prawns and avocado! I'm all of a sudden interested in clothes and shoes again! I've started to wear lipstick again! My spots are clearing up! I splashed out on some posh body firming moisturiser! I no longer have a nap during the day whenever I can! I'm smiling more! And the biggest and most wonderful change of all - I feel at peace :biggrin0: I no longer feel like I am constantly fighting against my urges and cravings. I don't feel like my body and my brain are…

I actually live in Burbank, That's within Los Angeles county. Anyways I'm new to the site & I'm hear to learn more about lap band. I just completed a 12 week course at Kaiser about have WLS & yet when I completed the class I found myself having 2nd thoughts about it. I was originally gonna go for the Gastric sleeve being its not as hard core with re-routing my insides.. But the long list of side effects has me thinking more about the lap band now. I like the fact that I will still be able to sample different things to eat that could never try with the other WLS. I plan to visit the UK. next year for example & would like to sample all the different f…

Hi everyone - I'm a newbie and so glad I found you guys. This seems like a friendly and informative forum, so I'm happy to be here reading all the posts I can. I am scheduled for surgery next Wednesday, Oct 6th. Can't wait to begin my journey to a healthy life! I'm a mom to two boys (ages 7 and 11) and a wife to a loving husband for 16 years. I am so lucky to have the support of my entire family (my parents, my in-laws, etc.) I've been on the pre-op liquid diet now for 10 days, only a week to go! That part has not been easy, but truly after the first couple of days I've gotten used to it. I must admit I have plenty of time for errands on my lunch hour now - kickin…

Hi I was wondering if someone could help, i had a band fitted in Oct 09 and ive had two fills since, only because i feel no restrictions what so ever. Ive had someone come to my home in the uk who is fantastic, and today she filled it up to 11cc the max! i had a drink, felt sick! but after two mins i felt the same no restrictions? i dont know what is going on.. i can go back to Prague but its the expense! I want to have a x ray in the Uk near Essex???? that is not too expensive but all ive phoned costs around 150 pounds for the consult and £150 for the fill! Do i have a leaky port? or is this normal! Does anyone know anywhere i can get this fixed?:thumbup:

Okay I have tricare prime. My primary care doc referred me for lapband I have a bmi of 35.9 weight of 198 and I am 5.2. I have high blood pressure and prediabetic due to weight. I am not 100 lbs over weight but by surgeon's nurse said I don't qualify under tricare with their strict requirements. Get this I called tricare and they don't have any paperwork on me from this surgeon. In other words they don't even want to put the paperwork in to tricare wtf. I am at my end and I don't know what to do now.

Will be sleeved by Dr Nick Nicholson on October 11th! !Am excited, scared, nervous... you name it. This is also the first blog I have ever participated in and that is scary. I have started my pre-op diet, but have done it before in Feb. when I first started the process. BC/BS denied the procedure and about the time I wrapped my head around that after losing 35 lbs on my own, they came back and approved it!! What a roller coaster. Took me another month to work up the nerve again. Am supposed to start caring for my 2 month old granddaughter the first of November. Do you think I will be up to it? That is my main concern. I have about 60-70 lbs. to lose and hope…

hello my name is jodi i had the lap band on jan 15, 2010, i lost 9lbs pre surgury and 19lbs since. my weight loss stopped sometime in may i have been stuck at 218lbs for months and i am really discourage and someone in my support group suggested joining this site. so what im looking for is maybe someone who is in the same boat and any ideas on how i can start lossing again. i wasnt exercising so i joined the gym about 2 months ago. i go 4 to 5 times a week for about 2hrs at a time, i have a personal trainer once a week. i eat right and a lot less, but i do get in all my protein. i have had plenty of adjustment i have 8 cc of fluid in my band so far. please help i…

Hi everyone! I just joined this forum today. I have recently been exploring the idea of gastric banding, and I just made a consultation appointment with a bariatric surgeon, who comes highly recommended. These forums are so filled with information (both exciting and scary). It's overwhelming to try to absorb it all. Right now, I'm trying to focus on the initial consultation with the doctor, assessing my comfort level with him and his team, and asking the right questions. Aside from all of the obvious questions about the actual surgical procedure, my biggest question is this: I LOVE food (obviously). How is my life going to be without something I love. Overea…

Hello all, My name is Mary and tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. I'm going to get my sleeve. It's been such a long journey getting to this moment that I almost can't believe it's really going to happen. I've always been overweight, since I was a child, and have done the yo-yo dieting that most of us have over the years. But then I developed sleep apnea and high blood pressure, and I knew that something had to change. I hoped to have weight loss surgery, but my primary doctor wasn't comfortable with the idea. Finally, about six months ago, when blood work showed that I'm also pre-diabetic, she decided to refer me for the lap band. I made an appointment with the surgeon an…

I don't know where else to put it. can someone please tell me how to get my picture to post next to my postings? I can't find anything that tells me how to do this, and I like to think that I'm a pretty tech savvy person. Thanks, K

so i met some 1 who has the surgery and she poped her staples so im freaked out i dnt like the idea of having staples i have 2 things to do an i think i haven't been doing them cuz im scared. n my mom waz in the hospital so i had no transportation. im basically here for support and success stories im also afraid u starve after surgery appreciate all comments

Hello I need to find some help or advice on what could be done. I was all ready to have the surgery and during my surgery my stomach was punctured. The doctor said my stomach was "bloggy and floppy" and he wouldnt advise having the lap band done. I want to know if anyone out there in lap band world has every run into this or heard of this happening. I feel like I need a second opinion. I have worked hard now for 3+ years getting all my documentation around and finally was able to be approved by my insurance to have the surgery and now I am being told it wouldnt be advisable. My surgeon and his team were great, just a weird situation but I really want to have…

I am from Henderson, Tennessee, border Mississippi (Corinth, MS) 30 minutes from jackson, tennessee and hour and half from Memphis, Tennessee and 2 hours from Nashville, Tennessee I am to get a fill with flouro in 2 weeks, does anyone know of a reasonable fill physician that will accept patient's that had surgery in Mexico I found one in MS for 100.00 but without flouro, need one with flouro for my first fill Help me please Prefer email in subject box put fill doc Water, guess too many carbs) now right at 25 to 28 lbs. I stay hungry all the time fill like never full, so hoping when get restriction will help. Need all supporters I can get!

Hi all. I was banded Aug. 3, 2010. I weighed 285 lbs. I had an "uncontrolled pop" at the port site about 10 days post op. It was drained and I was on antibiotics. I now weigh 250 lbs. I went in for my first adjustment on Sept. 15 and found out my port had flipped. I had surgery for port revision yesterday. I will hopefully have my first fill in 2 weeks. Wishing success to all of us.

I went to the doctor today and I was told that my surgery will be on the 12th of this month. It has been a very long journey. I started off with the band back in Aug of 08 and in April of 09 It all went downhill. I had a fill done and I guess it was to much and I had left for vacation the next day and ended up in the ER after spending 3days vomiting. At that time they feel my band may have slipped but not enough to see it.... From that point on everytime I got a fill I eithier had to have the Fluid removed or I had eneded up vomiting the whole time. After every test under the sun my doctor finally gave me the option to eithier redo the band, do gastric bypass or do the sl…

You could call me a newbie for sure considering I'm only 7 hours post-op. My surgeon said I took well to the procedure and I was doing amazing well and that it was up to me whether I did or didn't want to stay in the hospital. I wanted to stay for a little but, just not over night. So, after a second round of pain killers, some "food" and a walk down the hallway to make sure I was stable I was able to be discharged. I'm home now and resting up, continuing with my 30cc of fluid per 15 minutes minus the times I'm dozing off but so far so good. :smile2:

i live in ashland ky and was wondering if there was anyone else on here from ashland,:smile2:

Friends, I have never run 50 metres in my life; ever. On Sep 12 I ran a 5K Fun Run and managed to do that in 52 minutes. Thanks for the support. And remember, stalls are normal and I have had one 8 weeks long too !

Hi, My name is Pam and I am 45 years old and my current weight is 271 lbs. I live in Georgia. My insurance requires me to do 6 months of weigh in visits with my doctor and several other hoops to jump thru. I had my second weigh in today and tonight I have to do sleep study. Tomorrow I do my psych evaluation. I am not sure what to expect with the psych evaluation. My estimated surgery date is Feb. or March. I am looking forward to a new me.

I'm itchy - post anesthesia I think. Hungry... after 2 week liquid diet and clear liquids for the last several days. And wanting to know what other stuff I can have besides water, boullion, sugar free jello, sugar free non carbonated drinks, and clear protein drinks?

I had my lapband 10/09 and a port revision 12/10/09. I started passing bloodclots at my job and I have since had the band removed. I now have Crohn's Disease and I am deathly sick. Two doctor's told me that it must have been lying inactive in my system and the lapband brought it to life. Has anyone else had a similar incident? I am on a chemo drug and will be starting IV therapy to try to get my colon healed. I have huge ulcersin my colon.

Hello Everyone, I'm new to this site I just got my lap-band 9/22/10. Everything went well with my surgery. However once I got home I thought to myself what have I done . I was so overwhelmed with everything I cried I knew what I was getting myself in to but now that the time has come and I've been banded it just hit me hard:crying:. It's been 3 days and I'm doing a lot better:smile2: the only thing is I don't know if my stomach is growling because I'm hungry or is it because of the gas:huh2:. I'm also have this feeling like I want to burp but it doesn't happen. However once this burping feeling has passed I'm ok. Does anyone else have this problem and if so doe…

Hi all I my name is Lisa from Louisiana I am 34 years old and currently 297 pounds. This is a great site looks like a lot of great people are on here who are willing to help others that is awesome! I am in need of some help. I am wanting to get the vertical sleeve and I have BCBC of Louisiana with the state and it is not covered. I have not been to the doctor because I know that the insurance will not cover me. What steps do I need to take to see if I can get an approval? I have heard of appeal letters, but I have not sent in a claim since I have not been to the Doctor. What steps do I need to take? All your help is greatly appreciated!:tongue_smilie:

I had surgery on Sept 13, 2010 at the Kaiser in Richmond, my surgeon was Dr Park, the day itself was miserable as I had to wait around all day to finally be released because the surgeon had some other priority/emergency going on that day. I am left puzzling because nothing was ever explained to me as to why the delay, when she finally did come see me it was about 4:00 in the afternoon (I had been there since 6:00am with a 2 hr car ride ahead of me before I could get home) when she saw me it was obvious she was worn out from the day she had had and kind of just stood there looking at me not saying much, I felt like it was up to me to talk so the only dumb question that ca…

I'm new to the forum, I just got banded on Friday, everything is going well. Finally, no leg and arm pain today. I'm getting around pretty well. Does anyone have trouble consuming 3 of the Whey protein drinks per day? I can only seem to get down 2 plus a little soup and some water once in a while. I feel full but I haven't met my quota of protein for the day.

My surgery is set for October 4th and worse my preop physical is set for 3 days from now. I have been struggling to keep at my goal weight all summer and now I am 3 lbs over! I think I might actually be sabotaging myself. For a bit of history--My top weight last year was 261. I went through all the steps for surgery and dropped to 218 on my own within 4 months. In fact, I was so successful that my surgeon talked me out of surgery. Of course, I have crawled back up and when I hit 253, I went back to the doctor for a new surgery date. But this time, he canceled my surgery (was set for June 4th) because I developed iron deficient anemia due to years of heavy periods. This …

I was banded on January 20, 2010. It has been such a fun adventure. I am down 47 pounds and have been able to pull out some of those clothes that I never thought I would wear again.

First off let me introduce myself. My names Brittney-Allyse and I'm 21 years old and I'm getting banding tomorrow (9.28.10) morning. It's been one hell of a two weeks but it's coming to an end and I'm ready for the next step. It's been a long process to get me to where I am, starting back in November 2009. I had everything ready and was about to set a surgery date until I got a call from my surgeon's office stating that they had found an abnormally large cyst that was to be taken care of before I could get banded. After test, doctor's visits I finally had the cyst removed and was one step closer to this procedure. Now, almost a year later my surgery date is here and I'm r…

Hi Everyone! My name is Heather and I am 25 years old. I desperately need to find a SURGEON that accepts affinity/medicade.. I weigh approximately 350lbs and I am 5'3.. I have suffered from an car accident in 2007 a slip and fall on my right knee in 2009 and just recently another car accident in Aug 2010. I cannot physically exercise anymore :smile: I just need a good start on this weight loss journey. I am very interested in the lap band surgery I feel like it is my ONLY option now. Please e-mail me at h_colonna9785@hotmail.com because i have better access to my email. Thank you everyone and God Speed. Ms. Heather

Hello, I have United Health Care and they require me to do a 6 month supervised diet for insurance approval. I have been seeing a nutritionist since early September and she has put me on the pre-op diet right away. My surgeon's office does not do a liquid only pre-op diet, but does a high Protein low carb pre-op diet. I will be doing this diet for the 6 months before surgery and have been having a real hard time. My first month check up with the nutritionist I GAINED 6.2 lbs. I was following the diet to the T! I have been excercising several times a week with a personal trainer and still have been gaining. My nutritionist told me some people on this diet do…

Hi everyone! I'm new to the boards. I'm on the final countdown for surgery, and can hardly believe it! I worked so hard to get all my ducks in a row, and now a series of wonderful thing shave happened to ensure I can get my band. You see, I'm a low-BMI bandster (33), so the first step I had to do is hope (weird!) I had some co-morbidity that would allow me to get banded at a BMI of 35. Lo and behold, my sleep study showed mild sleep apnea. So, no CPAP needed, but still qualifying! Then, I had to gain about 8 pounds to weigh in at a BMI of 35. Well, 2 days ago was my official insurance weigh-in, and there I was, 1 pound above what I needed! Now I have to admit, t…

Hello guys, I had my surgery last Monday with Dr. Jose Rodriguez, and everithing was so far.. so good I'm home now, I'll take a couple of days more to come back to work, but I'm feeling much better

Hello, my name is Ed and I was banded on 9/20/10 and so far, so good. I'm taking it slow and am looking forward to my followup doctor's appointment on Oct 12th. I look forward to talking with you and learning all I can to be successfull.

Well, the liquids have started, yuck! My surgery date is October 8th, so liquid diet for two weeks. I'm on day 4 and really struggling. I've had migraines, nausea, chest pains, and reflux. I've got GERD disease and it really hates all the protein shakes and liquids. I've double my acid medicine and it still hasn't stopped it, but I'm gonna make it, this has been my dream for about 3 years now. Nothing is gonna stop me from making my dreams come true!! Anyone else have the same date as me??:001_tt2:

Hello Everyone, I have started the process by going to a seminar as well as already meeting with the doctor, his nurse, and the nutritionist. I have my psych appointment in a little under 2 weeks. I have Anthem and have been assured that there will be no problem being approved, so now I'm just doing some personal research. I will have to attend 3 support group meetings per my Doctors requirements and also have 3 appointments with a trainer 2 before surgery and 1 after. I've always been overweight and after having my child over a year ago have decided that I need to make a change and I clearly can't do it with my will alone. How about everyone else, what are you …

In 10 days I will have my surgery and my new chance begins.

Hi There :smile: I am new here and wanted to stop by and introduce myself. My name is Mistee and I was banded 7/23/10. So far I have lost 34 lbs. and am loving every minute of this journey. I am blessed to have the opportunity to re-invent myself. I am looking to chit chat, share recipes and just meet some good people. People who are experiencing what I am now, who are going to, and of course those near the end of their journey. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Have a great day! ~Mistee

I had my gastric sleeve surgery August 18, 2010. I am older, in my late 50's, so I was worried about my recovery. Everything went extreamly well. I only had a couple days of real discomfort, then each day was better and better. I really like my Doctor, though I would not ever go back to the same hospital. The staff was horrible. Once I got home I recovered quickly. In my first week I lost 20 lbs! I was elated...then nothing. At my one month check up, I had lost 5 more lbs. So, it felt very disappointing that in 3 weeks I had only lost 5lbs. Then again, I am not sure what my expectations should be? At first I was not hungry at all. I could have skipped every meal. Th…

im 16 years old im 295 lbs. and 5ft2in so i look kind of like a basketball :cool2: i need help finding a seurgeon and stuff to do it. i live in kennesaw georgia and need help fast! idk where to start. please some one help me...:blushing:

Hi All, I am getting ready for my banding this Thursday. I have had previously a stapling (a long time ago) but had it removed due to it malfunctioning. I am excited but nervous as I know what it is going to be like but I am sure it wont be as invasive as a stapling. Anyway, it is a great site to get information and it is also lovely to see the successes

Hi everyone, I'm new here, just banded 09/17/10. I have gotten so much information from this site and I love it. However I have a hard time understanding some of the acronyms used here. Does anyone have a list of the meanings? Example, PB? What the heck is PB? Slimming, what is that? LOL sorry I sound so out of the loop, but this stuff is new to me.

Hello...my name is Becky and I'm new here. Surgery is scheduled for October 7th. I'm lucky to have my mom on my support team, she is +1 year with the band and has lost over 100 lbs.

Sooooo disapointed today, I was banded on September 10, 2010 which makes me a little more than 2 weeks post op. My husband and I were arguing all day and I just caught myself binge eating chicken and cookies. I know i am not suppose to be able to tolerate this stuff but i can. I just feel so discusted with myself. :smile:

I am geting on with my consult with in the next two weeks. I am very excited that i may be smaller then i have been in 26 years. That is a feeling i don't know how to describe. I am with tri care also. I am divorced and living back at home taking care of my mom who will be 80 christmas day. Please if you have any tips of the before surgery let me know. As i said i am just starting the process and need all the help i can get