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Hello Elizabeth, I've been in medicine for about 14 years now and was saying I had always used mL and cc interchangeably, didn't recall it being from a JCAHO (I'm assuming that's who you mean) edict but perhaps that's what it was. Perhaps it is like soda or pop or coke, it may also be regional or where you practice or were taught. Isn't it interesting how things are different in different institutions?

OMG, only 9 lbs!!!!!!! Go WasaBB!!!! Debi, I hope you get an answer that helps you make a decision.

Here's a couple more good last straw threads: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/what-your-last-straw-19859/ http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/what-last-straw-36304/ http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/last-straw-stories-33153/

Aw man, I would LOVE to see Dubai! I had some very dear friends in college (EMU in Michigan) from the U.A.E. It was a pair of brothers named Albadawna. Great guys!

Hope all is well, Bloo. Interesting, I had a very dear friend/love in college who was from Syria. His nickname in his frat was Bloo. I even made him a sweatshirt with the greek letters on it and embroidered his nickname on it. Just an interesting remembrance. Nice to see you here and :welcomeB: to LBT and bandland!!!!

Lady J, get a new surgeon, NOW. It certainly is NOT right that he would threaten you in this manner. He works FOR YOU, not the other way around. Lemme guess, he does many more bypasses than bands, right? Like Liz said, if you gotta travel, then travel if you can to get to a good surgeon who can help you. Many folks here travel several hours by car or by plane to get to their docs once they find someone they trust. It's not easy, but sometimes it has to be done.

I think you'd need to discuss it with your surgeon. Sparking water is carbonation, which is generally speaking a no-no for us post band. Some surgeons are revisiting that, but you'd need to talk to your doc.

SoapOpera: try Obesity Law and Advocacy Center It is a website for a law firm that helps people deal with their insurance companies when they have issues like this one.

First, you need to go by what YOUR doctor told you to do. I appreciate that others have offered what their doc says, but you really need to follow your doc's advice. If that is confusing to you, please call the office and ask. Second, clear liquid is just that, it is CLEAR, you can SEE THROUGH it. It can be colored pink or red or purple or green or yellow, but it is something you can see through. Think of it this way, if you pour a clear liquid (or melt a popsicle or jello) through a filter, there wouldn't be any particles left. You can't do that with something cloudy like Soup or milk or ice cream. Those are all full liquids. Some docs say that Protein drinks are okay while still in the CLEAR phase, so do not, so please don't go by what others sayt their docs let them do, please ask your doc if it's okay to have protein shakes now. Also, the belief is that the body can't process more than about 25 grams of protein at a time, so drinking a shake with 40 or 50 grams of protein in it at once is sort of wasting good protein. Im sure there are some people who process more than 25 grams at a time, but how do you know if you do? there have been a lot of studies about protein lately and lots of new and exciting info is coming out. One thing is that whey is much better than collagen protein, so those little bullets of Protein Drink, are for the most part, crap. WasaBB is kind of our resident protein expert around these parts, do a search, the go advanced and search for posts by wasabubblebutt using the key word protein and you'll find loads of good info.

Susan's post is a good example of what most people say:"I didn't have any problems" or "It went down fine" or "I didn't have any pain" or "I chewed really well." Now while I am glad that Susan said she did not start solids until she was supposed to, and likely she won't have a problem from the soups, one NEVER knows. Usually the problems aren't now. The problems creep up later down the line generally after a fill. The band needs to get scar tissue formed around it to hold it in place on the back of the stomach (it's stitched on the front) ans it also gets itself "seated" into a groove it makes in the fat pad on your stomach's surface. If it either doesn't get to make that little groove in the right spot, or it if gets shifted around a lot while the stomach is churning trying to process the more solid food you've eaten (before you were supposed to), then the groove won't form right and down the road you may have a slip. I emphasize MAY, not WILL. Think about it people, did you get fat in six weeks? NO! So why can't you stick to a freaking plan for four or six or eight tiny weeks out of our whole miserable lives in an attempt to make our lives better? Really! I know, the cop out response is "Well, if I could follow a diet I wouldn't be fat." Gimme a break. It's not a diet in the post-op phase, it's an eating plan to give you the best possible chance you can get with the tool you have just either sold your soul to the insurance company for, or that you have just paid for with blood, sweat and tears (or taken a loan on your home, any number of ways). And remember this is not MAGIC, it is a tool, and that tool needs to be taken care of like any other tool. you wouldn't leave an $8500 saw out in the rain, would you? You'd protect it. So protect your investment in your weight loss tool. It's not magical, it does require work on our part to make choices in what to eat and what not to eat. I also urge you to call your surgeon before you start testing your band.

With that much weight to lose (I'm in your same position) it is inevitable. Of course, there is a big difference between needing a lower body lift (I don't think a simple tummy tuck will do it for that kind of loss), and getting one.

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The likelihood of causing internal injuries to your organs are slim considering the size of the needle and the depth it would take to get into your peritoneal cavity (abdomen). But there certainly is a larger risk to hitting the tubing. That's one of the possibilities whether it is a hard port to access or not.

OMG that was HILARIOUS

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Hellooooo WasaBB needed on this thread!

My condolences to your DH, WasaBB. Can I have your treadmill and stores of protein supps? I promise to go to the viewing and make oinking noises behind the twat sister. I'd be happy to deliver all your fat clothes to her at her hotel and say you expressly wrote in your will that they go to her. Nah, you didn't suffer. The filthy Mexican Doctor gave you some filthy Mexican drugs that eased the pain at the end. Damn, you were young and damn, your boobs look good in the box!

This is a question that has soooo many threads about it, please use the search function and look for band vs bypass or rny vs band I do understand your desire to lose weight fast, but did you put it on overnight? Think about everything you have learned about weight loss. Is a loss of 1-2lbs a week healthy? Yep, and that's the average with the band. I can't tell you which to choose, but I can tell you that there is no way on earth I'd have bypass unless my health were so bad that I HAD to get the weight off NOW. Bypass is FOR LIFE it is NOT reversible. They say it is, to a point. But you can never put back the intestine that was removed. Eventually your body regrows the ability to absorb the things that it would normally have dumped with bypass. But it still won't absorb nutrients. Yes, loss is fast. But not totally permanent. thinking of all the folks I know who have had bypass I don't know a single one of them who has maintained their loss. all of them have regained something. Granted it isn't all their weight, but if I'm going to only end up losing 50-60% of my excess weight, I would much rather have it be with something totaly reversible (band) than have my insides rerouted and all that entails. It is a VERY personal decision. Take some time and please don't make it based on speed of loss unless your health is so bad it must comeo off now. And if that's the case, my guess is your doc would have you on some liquid diet now. I can't imagine rerouting my insides for 90lbs. Sorry, can't.

Sure you can. And plenty of folks after the bypass pouch stretches have the band placed.

Port Huron, while a drive, it an EXCELLENT group. Lots and lots of people here travel at least three hours, and many more than that to see their doctor. But you do have to weigh out the pros and the cons for you. If my insurance had paid for PH, that's where I would have gone. I live near A2 and go to Flint (and would have gladly driven to PH) even though it is farther than any of the Metro Detroit groups because of what I learned about the surgeons and the practice. Please don't let closeness be your determining factor. I totally understand about ot wanting to go where you have or do earn your paycheck. That's one of the reasons I didn't choose UM.

What should you be eating now? Should you be eating solids? You will generally not feel restriction now until after a couple of fills. The first fill we think will take care of it an be magic and take our hunger away. It does not. Most people report that it takes three or more fills to get to that "sweet spot" of restriction. Certainly at least two fills at a minimum. Get back on plan whatever stage that is!

I suck!!!!! I have GOT to get my sh*t together with my eating. I had done so well on my own for so long, why is it all leaving me now? I'm grazing again, snacking all the time and though I hadn't had an Oreo in probably years, I am craving them CONSTANTLY. ARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!! September Challenge Name...........................Starting........Loss.......Current.....Goal......ToGo losingjusme.(Christine)........273...........1.............272........252........20 faithmd...........................302............+3............305........290........15 ridinmyhddream (Carol)........262..............0.............262. ......250........12 insubordination...................300............. 0........... .300........292........8 Kimmie..............................314........... ..0. ...........314........290........24 Tinkerbell77. . . . . . . . . . . .317 . . . . . . .0 . . . . . . .317 . . . .299 . . . .18 Rainer (Lorraine).................298.............4...... .........294.......275........19 Chiefsfankatie...............305...............0.. .............305............290......15 jbtullis ........................300...............2....... ......298..........285.........13

Nope, no one weighed me. They just asked me my current weight.