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I have blue shield and my doctor gets paid and spends time with me. No nurse assts or PA. I see the surgeon for every visit.

My headaches have stopped since I got banded. I used to get a couple a week - now none.

Tell your dad you don't want him to have to bury you. That's just not how life is suppose to work. Maybe the bluntness will get to him.

Cool! Hope it fits. Thanks fir your service.

People don't die from hunger. They die from starvation. Big difference.

I had mine removed 2 1/2 months after band surgery. I wanted to lose wait before the gall bladder removal. I actually hit the ground running after that surgery. Virtually no down time.

These people have never seen you thin, so they have no imagination and can't vision it. I tell people that my excess weight is evenly distributed over my 5'7" bOdy and that's why I don't look like I still have 25 to 30 pounds to go. If you stop now and regret it later, it will be a lot harder to get started losing again. Follow your heart and have the body you want.

There is no way you should be that sick on a pre-op diet, unless the food you're skipping is all of your protien. Or you are in cafiene withdrawal. I'd get on the phone in the morning and explain exactly what you have eaten. If she is still an insensitive twit, I'd look fir a new office. You need the support of the nutritionist

Because if there is food in your stomach they won't operate and every thing you've done until this point will be a waste.

There is a group in Arcadia at Methodist Hospital.

Here is what I was prescribed after my lap band surgery. Hydrocodone-Acetaminphen Soln which I under stand is liquid vicodin. Best stuff I've ever taken for pain an I was an Advil junkie. You can't drive and take it, but if you're home or ay bed time it's great.

I wouldn't take ibuprofen and I totally agree with you about Tylenol. Call your surgeon and find out why can be prescribed that you can take and that take that info with you to the back doctor. For today, if you have any of your surgical pain meds left take them. I was given a liquid vicoden that was great.

It's all about chewing and eating slow. The second something doesn't feel right, don't take one more bite. I think we try to eat to fast when we are out to keep up with everyone else. If you only eat one bite and it's not going down then stop and have it packed to go. It took me a year to learn this. And yes, because I don't hide my band, I simply tell my dinner partner that my band doesn't want to eat just yet, so I'll finish later at home.

Am I the only one on this board who can and does eat every thing - in moderation. As long as i take small bites, chew well and eat slowly, no food causes me a problem. I lost 90 lbs my first year by just eating less than I used to. You don't strech your pouch by eating Pasta and bread. Restriction is great because you're not hungry, so it's easier to eat less. I find I get good restriction after a fill and lose it as I lose weight and then I need another fill. If your doctor tried to add 1cc and you got stuck on Water I doubt that you have a leak, but as Dave said, check it out.

I take my vitamins and do 70 to 90 grams of protien every day and my hair thinned significantly. According to my nut, it's the trauma of the surgery and the rapid weigh loss - I lost really fast up front - about 3.5 lbs per week for about 3 months. I also had my gall bladder put three months after my lap band - another trauma to my system. I'm one year post op and have stopped losing hair. It should now start coming back in and I think it is. As I tell my hairdresser - I'd rather be bald then fat. BTW no one but the two of us even notice.