Alex Brecher

Please see my post at http://www.rnytalk.com/topic/135-do-you-like-rnytalk-we-need-your-help/ , thanks!!

I'm in NY as well. Dr. Ren @ NYU was my surgeon. Love their entire practice!! Take some of our fliers and tell them to hang it up in the waiting room

You can now create your own tickers right here on VST. Check out this link.

SleevePlicationTalk.com News Hey, Sleevesters! Another couple of weeks have passed, and it’s time for another update from SleevePlicationTalk.com. This is the newsletter that keeps you current on the latest happenings around the forums and gives you the extra motivation to participate in the discussions and stay on track with your healthy lifestyle. Our first newsletter was a great success, and our second newsletter is just as exciting. Here’s a taste of what’s to come in this newsletter: Official start of our iPod Giveaway contest to celebrate the recent launch of the SleevePlicationTalk apps (and how you can improve your chances of winning). A few tricks to finding what you need in the forums. An article from Bariatric Times that suggests that sleeve plication may be the way to go! Description of our new feature to be a regular part of future newsletters: SleevePlicationTalk Member Spotlight. And the first SleevePlicationTalk News Challenge. Don’t worry – it’s not too hard, and you’ll be so glad you took the Challenge! Please send along your feedback and comments on the SleevePlicationTalk.com News and anything else SleevePlicationTalk.com. It is always such a pleasure to hear from you! Take care of yourselves and each other. Sincerely, Alex Brecher Founder and President WLSBoards.com The iPod Touch Contest is On! SleevePlicationTalk.com Apps You never have to be without SleevePlicationTalk.com again if you have the SleevePlicationTalk iPhone, iPad and iPod app. These free apps are fully functional, so you can do everything you love to do on the forums. Be notified when your favorite threads are updated, PM your friends and post to your heart’s content. And speaking of posting more…increase your chances of winning the free iPod Touch with more posts! Keep reading… Contest Summary To celebrate the launch of our new apps, a lucky winner will win a free iPod Touch! The contest officially started on May 2. For the next 30 days, through May 31, you can improve your chances of winning by participating more in SleevePlicationTalk.com. The more points you earn during the contest, the better your chances of winning. You can find out the details of the contest in the first SleevePlicationTalk.com newsletter, and here’s a quick review of the point structure. 1 to 2 points for each forum post 5 points for joining a group 10 Points for uploading photos or completing My Surgery, My Surgeon or My Roux-en-Y Story 20 points for each friend referral to the forum – we want more members around! 40 points for having a complete patient profile Remember, to be entered in the contest, you must: make at least one post on any forum on SleevevPlicationTalk.com before May 31 have a completed patient profile Get Your Questions Answered! With thousands of members and counting, SleevePlicationTalk.com has a lot of information for you. Your fellow SleevePlicationTalk members are here to support you and offer their advice when you need it. These are a few ways to get answers to your questions. Sometimes you have such a basic question that you’re sure everyone must have the same question – but you just don’t know the answer! Try the Pre-Surgery Questions and Post-Surgery Questions forums for common questions about preparing for and recovering from surgery, and what to expect. Use keywords to search the forums from the box in the upper right-hand corner of any page of SleevePlicationTalk.com. An advanced search lets you enter search terms and narrow by forum topic, date and poster. You can get to an advanced search from this link or from the wheel to the right of the regular search page. If you don’t see the question and answer you need, start your own thread. Please follow the community rules and guidelines. They’re pretty simple, and they help keep threads polite, friendly, supportive and helpful. Remember to use a descriptive title so others will know what the thread is about. You can sign up to receive updates on the thread by clicking on the orange box at the top right of the first post. That way, you’ll always know when someone’s answering your question. SleevePlication is Still New, and It’s Looking Promising SleevePlication: How is It Doing? Gastric Sleeve Plication, or Gastroplication, is pretty new. It’s only been around for about 10 years. Bariatric Times, the journal dedicated to bringing you the latest research on weight loss surgeries, published an article on gastroplication. Researchers followed the weight loss journeys of 62 patients who had a laparoscopic greater curvature plication surgery. Here’s how it went: All surgeries were laparoscopic, and the average surgery time was less than an hour. No serious complications occurred. In fact, gastroplication is among the safest weight loss procedures. Side effects, such as nausea, vomiting and steatorrhea, occurred in less than one-third of patients, and lasted for less than two weeks. And what you really want to know…how much weight did they lose on average? 20% of excess body weight at one month 32% of excess body weight at three months 48% of excess body weight at six months 60% of excess body weight at 12 months 61 percent of excess body weight lost after two years. Gastroplication can help reduce heartburn from acid reflux. The procedure reduces your body’s production of ghrelin, which is a hormone that increases your hunger. And, sleeve plication is usually laparoscopic, so it is safer and recovery is easier than invasive surgery. A healthy diet, regular exercise program and frequent participation in SleevePlicationTalk.com for can help you achieve the same results as the patients in the Bariatric Times study. Coming Soon: Member Spotlights! Keep your eyes peeled for member spotlights. Each SleevePlicationTalk.com newsletter that comes out from now on will feature a different member. You’ll get to read about our honorees’ Sleeve Plication journeys, their personal interests, their struggles and triumphs and their advice for you. Who will be our highlighted members? Nominate Yourself or a Friend If you want to be highlighted, nominate yourself in the feedback forum. Also let us know in the feedback forum if you know someone that you would like to nominate for the spotlight. We also welcome your suggestions on general types of people you’d like to see highlighted, such as women, fathers, Latino Sleevesters or people from your region. Let us know! Or, Hope to be Discovered! Occasionally, we’ll choose a SleevePlicationTalk.com member to be highlighted. This may be someone who’s been especially inspirational to others or who has gone above and beyond the call of duty in being a pillar of support in the forums. We hope that you let us know if you see someone like this who deserves the recognition! First SleevePlicationTalk.com Newsletter Challenge! What is the SleevePlicationTalk.com Newsletter Challenge? The Sleevester Challenge is just what it sounds like. We suggest a challenge for you to do over the next couple of weeks. Pretty much anything is fair play as long as it helps you or someone else get healthier. We may ask you to try a new food, change up your exercise routine or lend someone a helping hand. There’s no pass-fail on this, and we encourage you to try again and again until you are confident that you’ve met the challenge. This Newsletter’s Challenge As promised, here’s the first challenge. Within the next two weeks, your challenge is to try a new recipe that you have never tried before. It needs to be healthy, of course, and fit into your meal plan. A good way to start is to look online for recipes, try a new ingredient or use a different combination of spices. Good luck, and tell us how it goes in the Sleevester Challenge Forum! The forum is a good place to help out anyone else who needs ideas for a new recipe. A Few Reminders In case you missed it or want to reread it, the first edition of SleevePlicationTalk.com News is here. Celebrate an upcoming surgery or surgery anniversary with other members! Help distribute our ready-to-print fliers throughout your surgeon’s clinic so that your surgeon and other patients can join SleevePlicationTalk.com. Use our surgeon database to find a surgeon near you and read reviews of surgeons in your region. Well, that’s about it for this week. Thanks to everyone for your participation in SleevePlicationTalk.com. Always feel free to let me know what you’re thinking. See you on the boards! Sincerely, Alex ==============================================================If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, you may unsubscribe by going to your Control Panel and clicking on the Newsletters tab, or clicking on the following link: http://www.sleevepli...&tab=newsletter

RNYTalk.com News Hey, roux-en-Y travellers! Another couple of weeks have passed, and it’s time for another update from RNYTalk.com. This is the newsletter that keeps you current on the latest happenings around the forums and gives you the extra motivation to participate in the discussions and stay on track with your healthy lifestyle. Our first newsletter was a great success, and our second newsletter is just as exciting. Here’s a taste of what’s to come in this newsletter: Official start of our iPod Giveaway contest to celebrate the recent launch of the RNYTalk apps (and how you can improve your chances of winning). A few tricks to finding what you need in the forums. New research study confirms that gastric bypass beats the sleeve in controlling type 2 diabetes (and both worked better than no surgery)! Description of our new feature to be a regular part of future newsletters: RNY Member Spotlight. And your first RNYTalk News Challenge. Don’t worry – it’s not too hard, and you’ll be so glad you took the Challenge! Please send along your feedback and comments on the RNYTalk News and anything else RNYTalk.com. It is always such a pleasure to hear from you! Take care of yourselves and each other. Sincerely, Alex Brecher Founder and President WLSBoards.com The iPod Touch Contest is On! RNYTalk.com Apps You never have to be without RNYTalk.com again if you have the RNYTalk iPhone, iPad and iPod app. These free apps are fully functional, so you can do everything you love to do on the forums. Be notified when your favorite threads are updated, PM your friends and post to your heart’s content. And speaking of posting more…increase your chances of winning the free iPod Touch with more posts! Keep reading… Contest Summary To celebrate the launch of our new apps, a lucky winner will win a free iPod Touch! The contest officially started on May 1. For the next 30 days, through May 30, you can improve your chances of winning by participating more in RNY.com. The more points you earn during the contest, the better your chances of winning. You can find out the details of the contest in the first RNYTalk.com newsletter, and here’s a quick review of the point structure. 1 to 2 points for each forum post 5 points for joining a group 10 Points for uploading photos or completing My Surgery, My Surgeon or My Roux-en-Y Story 20 points for each friend referral to the forum – we want more members around! 40 points for having a complete patient profile Remember, to be entered in the contest, you must: make at least one post on any forum on RNY.com before May 27 have a completed patient profile Get Your Questions Answered! With over 14,000 members, RNYTalk.com has a lot of information for you. Your fellow RNYTalk members are here to support you and offer their advice when you need it. These are a few ways to get answers to your questions. Sometimes you have such a basic question that you’re sure everyone must have the same question – but you just don’t know the answer! Try the Pre-Surgery Questions and Post-Surgery Questions forums for common questions about preparing for and recovering from gastric bypass, and what to expect. Use keywords to search the forums from the box in the upper right-hand corner of any page of RNYTalk.com. An advanced search lets you enter search terms and narrow by forum topic, date and poster. You can get to an advanced search from this link or from the wheel to the right of the regular search page. If you don’t see the question and answer you need, start your own thread. Please follow the community rules and guidelines. They’re pretty simple, and they help keep threads polite, friendly, supportive and helpful. Remember to use a descriptive title so others will know what the thread is about. You can sign up to receive updates on the thread by clicking on the orange box at the top right of the first post. That way, you’ll always know when someone’s answering your question. Confirmed Once Again: Roux-en-Y Helps Resolve Diabetes The Scoop on Roux-en-Y and Diabetes Over and over, scientific studies consistently tell us that gastric bypass surgery helps reduce diabetes. Most recently, a study funded by the National Institutes of Health found the same thing. Researchers divided patients into different groups. All individuals in the study were obese and had uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. One group received no weight loss surgery, another group had roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and the third group had sleeve gastrectomy. The study lasted for a year. During this time, all of the study groups had medical counseling and treatment for diabetes. After one year, individuals who had weight loss surgery had better insulin control than the individuals without weight loss surgery. Also, their glycated hemoglobin, or A1c, went way down compared to the A1c of the group without surgery. Only 12 percent of the group without weight loss surgery had A1c of less than 6%, which is a healthy goal. 37% of the gastric sleeve patients achieved A1c of less than 6%, and an amazing 42% of the roux-en-Y patients got to their goal A1c numbers! What Does This Mean for You? How does it work? We don’t know exactly, but the bottom line is that it works. Time and time again, the research confirms that roux-en-Y helps resolve diabetes within days or weeks. When your blood sugar is under control, you have a lower risk of diabetes complications, like heart disease, blindness, infections and kidney disease. Good nutrition and regular exercise help you get the most health benefits out of roux-en-Y surgery, of course. Together, a healthy lifestyle and the surgery can keep you active for years! Coming Soon: Member Spotlights! Keep your eyes peeled for member spotlights. Each RNYTalk.com newsletter that comes out from now on will feature a different member. You’ll get to read about our honorees’ roux-en-Y journeys, their personal interests, their struggles and triumphs and their advice for you. Who will be our highlighted members? Nominate Yourself or a Friend If you want to be highlighted, nominate yourself in the feedback forum. Also let us know in the feedback forum if you know someone that you would like to nominate for the spotlight. We also welcome your suggestions on general types of people you’d like to see highlighted, such as women, fathers, Latino Bypassers or people from your region. Let us know! Hope to be Discovered! Occasionally, we’ll choose a RNYTalk.com member to be highlighted. This may be someone who’s been especially inspirational to others or who has gone above and beyond the call of duty in being a pillar of support in the forums. We hope that you let us know if you see someone like this who deserves the recognition! First RNYTalk.com News Challenge! What is the RNYTalk.com News Challenge? The RNYTalk.com challenge is just what it sounds like. We suggest a challenge for you to do over the next couple of weeks. Pretty much anything is fair play as long as it helps you or someone else get healthier. We may ask you to try a new food, change up your exercise routine or lend someone a helping hand. There’s no pass-fail on this, and we encourage you to try again and again until you are confident that you’ve met the challenge. This Newsletter’s Challenge As promised, here’s the first challenge. Within the next two weeks, your challenge is to try a new recipe that you have never tried before. It needs to be healthy, of course, and fit into your meal plan. A good way to start is to look online for recipes, try a new ingredient or use a different combination of spices. Good luck, and tell us how it goes in the Bypass Challenge Forum! The forum is a good place to help out anyone else who needs ideas for a new recipe. A Few Reminders In case you missed it or want to reread it, the first edition of RNYTalk.com News is here. Celebrate an upcoming surgery or surgery anniversary with other members! Help distribute our ready-to-print fliers throughout your surgeon’s clinic so that your surgeon and other patients can join RNYTalk.com. Use our surgeon database to find a surgeon near you and read reviews of surgeons in your region. Well, that’s about it for this week. Thanks to everyone for your participation in RNYTalk.com. Always feel free to let me know what you’re thinking. See you on the boards! Sincerely, Alex ==============================================================If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, you may unsubscribe by going to your Control Panel and clicking on the Newsletters tab, or clicking on the following link: http://www.rnytalk.c...&tab=newsletter

Groups aren't available on any of our apps (yet.)

I'm excited to announce our new official RNYTalk Kindle app! This app makes it fun and easy to access the site while you're away from your computer. You can also take pictures with your phone and attach them directly to a thread. The RNYTalk Kindle Forum application features include: Full posting abilities Attach photos directly from your Kindle device Private Messaging (with optional push notifications) Subscribe and track your favorite threads and topics (with optional push notifications) Supports both Landscape and Portrait views The app is free and you can download it directly from your phone. Just open up the Amazon app store and search for "RNYTalk" and you'll find the app. Then just click install. Once it's installed, you'll have a new icon on your phone that says RNYTalk. Click it and you'll be ready to go. Here are some screen shots: Get the app and get ready to take RNYTalk with you wherever you go.

Great suggestion! We're rolling out our own tickers and trackers this week and we'll add point tracking to that right away.

You're very welcome! I WISH I was able to read through every post. When time permits, I browse through latest threads on the app.

VerticalSleeveTalk.com News Hey, Sleeve-sters! Another couple of weeks have passed, and it’s time for another update from VerticalSleeveTalk.com. This is the newsletter that keeps you current on the latest happenings around the forums and gives you the extra motivation to participate in the discussions and stay on track with your healthy lifestyle. Our Celebrate the recently Alex Brecher Founder and President WLSBoards.com The iPod Touch Contest is On! VerticalSleeveTalk.com Apps You never have to be without VerticalSleeveTalk.com again if you have the food, change up your exercise routine or lend someone a helping hand. There’s no pass-fail on this, and we encourage you to try again and again until you are confident that you’ve met the challenge. This Newsletter’s Challenge As promised, here’s the first challenge. Within the next two weeks, your challenge is to try a new recipe that you have never tried before. It needs to be healthy, of course, and fit into your meal plan. A good way to start is to look online for recipes, try a new ingredient or use a different combination of spices. Good luck, and tell us how it goes in the VerticalSleeveTalk.com Challenge Forum! The forum is a good place to help out anyone else who needs ideas for a new recipe. A Few Reminders In case you missed it or want to reread it, the first edition of VerticalSleeveTalk.com News is here. Celebrate an upcoming surgery or surgery anniversary with other members! Help distribute our ready-to-print fliers throughout your surgeon’s clinic so that your surgeon and other patients can join VerticalSleeveTalk.com. Use our surgeon database to find a surgeon near you and read reviews of surgeons in your region. Well, that’s about it for this week. Thanks to everyone for your participation in VerticalSleeveTalk.com. Always feel free to let me know what you’re thinking. See you on the boards! Sincerely, Alex ============================================================== If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, you may unsubscribe by going to your Control Panel and clicking on the Newsletters tab, or clicking on the following link: http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/index.php?app=core&module=usercp&tab=newsletter

LapBandTalk News Hey, Bandsters! Another couple of weeks have passed, and it’s time for another update from LapBandTalk.com. This is the newsletter that keeps you current on the latest happenings around the forums and gives you the extra motivation to participate in the discussions and stay on track with your healthy lifestyle. Our first newsletter was a great success, and our second newsletter is just as exciting. Here’s a taste of what’s to come in this newsletter: Official start of our iPod Giveaway contest to celebrate the recently launched LapBandTalk apps (and how you can improve your chances of winning). A few tricks to finding what you need in the forums. A scientific discovery that gives you permission to keep eating potatoes! Description of our new feature to be a regular part of future newsletters: Bandster spotlight. And your first LapBandTalk News Challenge. Don’t worry – it’s not too hard, and you’ll be so glad you took the Challenge! Please send along your feedback and comments on the LapBandTalk News and anything else LapBandTalk.com. It is always such a pleasure to hear from you! Take care of yourselves and each other. Sincerely, Alex Brecher Founder and President WLSBoards.com The iPod Touch Contest is On! LapBandTalk.com Apps You never have to be without LapBandTalk.com again if you have the LapBandTalk Android or LapBandTalk iPhone, iPad and iPod app. These free apps are fully functional, so you can do everything you love to do on the forums. Be notified when your favorite threads are update, PM your friends and post to your heart’s content. Contest Summary To celebrate the launch of our new apps, a lucky winner will win a free iPod Touch! The contest officially started on April 28. For the next 30 days, through May 27, you can improve your chances of winning by participating more in LapBandTalk.com. The more points you earn during the contest, the better your chances of winning. You can find out the details of the contest and in the first LapBandTalk.com newsletter, and here’s a quick review of the point structure. 1 to 2 points for each forum post 5 points for joining a group or commenting on our new WLS magazine 10 Points for uploading photos or completing My Surgery, My Surgeon or My Lap-Band Story 20 points for referring a friend – we want more Bandsters around! 40 points for having a complete patient profile Remember, to be entered in the contest, you must: make at least one post on any forum on LapBandTalk.com before May 27 have a completed patient profile Get Your Questions Answered! With over 130,000 members, LapBandTalk.com has a lot of information for you. Your fellow Bandsters are here to support you and offer their advice when you need it. These are a few ways to get answers to your questions. Sometimes you have such a basic question that you’re sure everyone must have the same question – but you just don’t know the answer! Try the Pre-Surgery Questions and Post-Surgery Questions forums for common questions about the Lap-Band procedure preparation and aftercare. Use keywords to search the forums from the box in the upper right-hand corner of any page of LapBandTalk.com. An advanced search lets you enter search terms and narrow by forum topic, date and poster. You can get to an advanced search from this link or from the wheel to the right of the regular search page. If you don’t see the question and answer you need, start your own thread. Please follow the community rules and guidelines. They’re pretty simple, and they help keep threads polite, friendly, supportive and helpful. Remember to use a descriptive title so others will know what the thread is about. You can sign up to receive updates on the thread by clicking on the orange box at the top right of the first post. That way, you’ll always know when someone’s answering your question. Scientific Discovery: White Potatoes are Okay in Your Diet! Here’s the Research Story Multiple research studies have investigated whether white potatoes are bad for you. Potatoes have the reputation of being detrimental to any healthy diet. A recent study, however, found that white potatoes are not necessarily harmful, public health nutritionist Adam Drewnowski and colleagues at the University of Washington looked at thousands of pieces of data from national surveys over the past several years. They found that people who eat white potatoes are not necessarily more likely to become obese, develop diabetes or have increased chronic inflammation, which is a risk factor for heart disease. Conclusion? Moderation is the Key The news that we don’t have to avoid potatoes to stay healthy is a relief for most of us. As with all parts of your healthy lifestyle, moderation is the most important factor in how white potatoes affect your health. Measure out a small portion and stick to the volume and number of calories that fit into your meal plan. Choose baked, boiled or mashed potatoes, not French fries, to keep down the calories and fat. And, of course, savor every bite just as you do with all of your favorite foods. Coming Soon: Member Spotlights! Keep your eyes peeled for member spotlights. Each LapBandTalk.com newsletter that comes out from now on will feature a different member. You’ll get to read about our honorees’ Lap-Band journeys, their personal interests, their struggles and triumphs and their advice for you. Who will be our highlighted members? Nominate Yourself or a Friend If you want to be highlighted, nominate yourself in the feedback forum. Also let us know in the feedback forum if you know someone that you would like to nominate for the spotlight. We also welcome your suggestions on general types of people you’d like to see highlighted, such as women, fathers, Latino Bandsters or people from your region. Let us know! Hope to be Discovered! Occasionally, we’ll choose a LapBandTalk.com member to be highlighted. This may be someone who’s been especially inspirational to others or who has gone above and beyond the call of duty in being a pillar of support in the forums. We hope that you let us know if you see someone like this who deserves the recognition! First Lap Bandster Challenge! What is a Lap Bandster Challenge? The Lap Bandster challenge is just what it sounds like. We suggest a challenge for you to do over the next couple of weeks. Pretty much anything is fair play as long as it helps you or someone else get healthier. We may ask you to try a new food, change up your exercise routine or lend someone a helping hand. There’s no pass-fail on this, and we encourage you to try again and again until you are confident that you’ve met the challenge. This Newsletter’s Challenge As promised, here’s the first challenge. Within the next two weeks, your challenge is to try a new recipe that you have never tried before. It needs to be healthy, of course, and fit into your meal plan. A good way to start is to look online for recipes, try a new ingredient or use a different combination of spices. Good luck, and tell us how it goes in the LapBandTalk.com Challenge Forum! The forum is a good place to help out anyone else who needs ideas for a new recipe. A Few Reminders In case you missed it or want to reread it, the first edition of LapBandTalk.com News is here. Celebrate an upcoming surgery or surgery anniversary with other members! Help distribute our ready-to-print fliers throughout your surgeon’s clinic so that everyone can join LapBandTalk.com. Use our surgeon database to find a surgeon near you and read reviews of surgeons in your region. Keep checking our newly released WLS Magazine, complete with articles from experts in weight loss surgeries. You can find tips on healthy eating, surgery prep, what to expect and so much more. Well, that’s about it for this week. Thanks to everyone for your participation in LapBandTalk.com. Always feel free to let me know what you’re thinking. See you on the boards! Sincerely, Alex ============================================================== If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, you may unsubscribe by going to your Control Panel and clicking on the Newsletters tab, or clicking on the following link: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/index.php?app=core&module=usercp&tab=newsletter

I updated my post above with info on how to add or edit your profile pic right from our app. What device do you have our app installed on please ? Does it have a camera ? You can update all this info plus a lot more if you're logged in from a desktop computer at http://www.RNYTalk.com . We're working on the next generation of our mobile apps. They should be a lot easier to use with many more useful features.

You can post pics right from your app by clicking on the + sign right next to the "Send" button while writing a post: To change your profile picture: 1) Go to your profile tab: 2) Click on the picture icon:

I'm excited to announce our new official VerticalSleeveTalk Kindle app! This app makes it fun and easy to access the site while you're away from your computer. You can also take pictures with your phone and attach them directly to a thread. The VerticalSleeveTalk Kindle Forum application features include: Full posting abilities Attach photos directly from your Android device Private Messaging (with optional push notifications) Subscribe and track your favorite threads and topics (with optional push notifications) Supports both Landscape and Portrait views The app is free and you can download it directly from your phone. Just open up the Kindle app store and search for "VerticalSleeveTalk" and you'll find the app. Then just click install. Once it's installed, you'll have a new icon on your phone that says VerticalSleeveTalk. Click it and you'll be ready to go. Here are some screen shots: Get the app and get ready to take VerticalSleeveTalk with you wherever you go.

You can't technically track the points. We have a script that we run against our member database that will output this info to Excel. In the future we hope to have this feature built right in to the site.

Definitely not until Blackberry releases OS 10. It's going to be a few months at a minimum..... We have iOS and Android apps and we're releasing our Kindle app in a few days as well.

Our Kindle app has been approved. You can grab it for free here!

I'm excited to announce our new official LapBandTalk Kindle app! This app makes it fun and easy to access the site while you're away from your computer. You can also take pictures with your phone and attach them directly to a thread. The LapBandTalk Android Forum application features include: Full posting abilities Attach photos directly from your Android device Private Messaging (with optional push notifications) Subscribe and track your favorite threads and topics (with optional push notifications) Supports both Landscape and Portrait views The app is free and you can download it directly from your phone. Just open up the Android app store and search for "LapBandTalk" and you'll find the app. Then just click install. Once it's installed, you'll have a new icon on your phone that says LapBandTalk. Click it and you'll be ready to go. Here are some screen shots: Get the app and get ready to take LapBandTalk with you wherever you go.

We just got our Kindle App approved. It should be showing up in the Amazon Appstore for Android shortly.

I travel quite a bit and have been through almost every single body scanner on the market. I've never had a problem. You have nothing to worry about and you don't have to say anything to the TSA.

Sure, just click here!

I just sent you a private message with your login info.

Which browser are you using please ? We're hoping to launch a recoded version of our site next week which should address a lot of these issues.