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How awesome for everyone!!! I just saw my PCP today and weighed in, and I'm below what my insurance company wanted me to be!!! WOOHOO!!!! So now I just wait for my PCP to send her office note with the proof of my new weight to the surgeon, and for them to fax it in to the insurance company. I've already talked to my case manager this morning and she says she'll be looking for it in the next couple of days. I was denied the first go-round because I hadn't lost enough weight, but I dropped almost 18# this month.

Julie, you really look wonderful! And I liked the pink, too.

The latest changes to the site's software limited the signature to 500 characters and 6 lines of text. This happened within the last week to 10 days. So when those folks with the long sigs try to modify them, they will likely also be unable to keep them so long. There's a couple of threads around here about it, there's one in LBT suggestions that I know of.

I am glad someone dug this thread up! I am starting at a US 28 pant and 26/28 top. I would be over the moon to be at US 14, but I will be happy to be a 16 or 18 pant. I have a really large skeletal frame and once a nutritionist told me after doing my assessment that I'd be anorexic looking if I made it to a 12.

Here's a link to another thread about this, I hope this helps: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=17998

WasaBB, I have tried to navigate the site link you posted (and it looks like an awesome online store) to find out if they sell samples or individual portions, but I can't seem to find anything like that. I'm assuming they don't, but since you've been there a bit more than me, I thought I'd sak if you know whether they do or not.

Here's some links to a couple of threads that discuss this Aetna issue, I hope they help you out: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=31786 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=27728 If you are not yet a member of the Yahoo! Groups bandstersinsurance I suggest you go and join, there is a lot of insurance information there, it is a Group dedicated to insurance issues.

No need to feel silly at all! That's why we're all here, to help one another out. I just included the instructions in my earlier post on how to do a search in case you didn't know yet. Again, welcome and feel free to ask questions and share your story with us! Sometimes something may have been asked before, but that doesn't mean it isn't good to get a fresh group of responses to the query. It looks like you have gotten a few good responses here, too. :nervous :nervous

Can I be a bunny?

Welcome!!! Good luck on your journey, this is a great place to seek out advice and answers. Dr. Spivak seems to be a fairly popular choice as a surgeon. I did a search on his name in thread titles only and came up with two pages worth of threads with his name in the title. The SEarc function is located near the top of the page, click on advanced, then use the pull-down menu to choose Thread titles. Here's a few of what I got: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=31192 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=23486 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=30334 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=30437 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=23902 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=25030 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=16728 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=14780

I never said it was But if one does not own a pellet gun, or cannot buy one in their area, Jerry Baker is then next best weapon. Of course a .45 would work well, too (might leave a bit of a mess, though)

Danged spelling errors, and the edit feature is messed up! I think you understand what I'm trying to say, though. I hope these will help you find something!

I'm not a Canadian, but I used he search function and found quite a few threads about this same question. I'm going to list a few of them that had quite a few posts on each thread, I would espect that somewhere in these you could find a good one that you can get in Canada. I know a few of the posters are in Australia, so it's not all US listings, I hope this helps and good luck finding one you like. I think everyone's tastes are very different and what I like, you may not and vice versa: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=33663 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=31578 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=28682 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=31937 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=31915 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=28161 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=27577 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=30463

I hear ya, though occasionally I have been known to plant in the second or third week of May, then we invariably get a nasty hard frost. You'd think I would have learned by now... I live near A2, but also have a place near Evart (between Cadillac and Clare) and it is amazing how 170 miles can make such a difference in the growing seasons. I cannot plant a thing up there and have any success until at least the first week of June it seems.

Check out www.jerrybaker.com He's my favorite gardener (followed closely by Alan Titchmarsh) and he's very into doing things with as few caustic chemicals as possible. I've got a couple of his books and they are WONDERFUL.

How are things going, Teach? Hope all is well and sunny in your area of the state today. It's sunny and was really windy down here near A2.

I PM'd Alex, as he had asked us to do in one of the other threads about glitches (you may have missed it), and he PM'd me back today that they hope to have this particular glitch fixed by tomorrow. It makes me a little nutty, too Sorry, I couldn't resist, and at least they are blue smilies!

Here's a few of the other threads on here that ask a similar or same question. I hope this helps! You can find more by using the Search button on the light teal toolbar near the top of the page, click on advanced search then use the down arrow and select titles only. I put in pregnant, ran the search, then came back and put in pregnancy and got more. http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=32336 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=25195 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=31836 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=30587 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=27233 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=27929 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=25220 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=20993 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=17230 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=4409 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=29285 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=27096 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=24578 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=21968 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=22533 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=19944 http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=19402 <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

Hey how was the cake? Yuuuuummmmmmyyyyyy!!! I haven't made on e in years, I think it will be on my list of last foods (but only a bite or so, I'll take the rest to work).

I wish I could offer more help, but here's a link to a poll thread about how often folks PB. Hope this helps a little: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=17176

I've been using fitday for a couple of months now and I can't figure out where to track fluid intake. Unless I add it as a food taken in (there is a category for water). Is that how you do it? I tried sparkpeople and I just didn't like the format, though they do have a fluid tracker.

I've not heard much positive about Sandy, but I haven't heard much about Jessie, other than she wrote a book...

I can't believe it!!! I edited it even through the annoying smiley's!!!

Wendell Edwards has about the greatest LapBand 101 and 102 I've seen yet, they address almost all of the pre-op and research questions I've had about the band itself. I saw it on his sig over at OH, but I know he posts here, too.

I have to say that I have done all of the things Kat is suggesting for you to do. And as a result I've lost...well you can see my ticker, I forget what # it is now. And that is PRE-OP. I haven't been banded yet. I wanted to prepare myself for all the changes I will have to make. I figure if I make them now, it may be easier later. It hasn't been that difficult to do any of these things, I think it's because I don't HAVE to right now, it's my choice to do it, and it makes me feel really good to have made some healthy choices that have made a big difference. I've been using baby/toddler utensils for my meals when I'm at home and it has helped immensely. That and setting down my fork or spoon between bites. I can't believe I could taste any food the way I would take bite after bite before. I still have to do the house cleaning and try the "test tube" clear liquid Protein to decide which one I like, but other than that, I'm fairly set. I've got my heating pads, Gas-X, liquid Tylenol, chewable Vitamins, baby food that I like (for the mushy stage), blender, etc. Good luck and welcome! Try this forum for other info: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=73