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Gina, you have know Idea how close we really are.. My Fiance grew up in Lyndhurst and that is where we are living now. Please e-mail me at Katiekiss1@aol.com.. maybe they know each other. he is 40 now.

Gina, I too am from the meadowlands area. My cousin was done by Dr. Ballintine. Alex, I would some information about an east coast bash.. I would love it more if it was in NJ. I travel to NYC everyday to work and would just hate the thought about comming in on a weekend. Although I just looked at the callender and the 23rd is a Friday I can just stay. Let me know details. Thanks Laura

Hi Joe, I just wanted to tell you My 16 yr old daughter just had her lapband done on 4/1. She is down 20lbs already.. She is already feeling better about herself. Some think 16 is to young, but I also had the lapband done and am very happy with it, and knew if it was available to me at 16 I would have had it done. I wish you the best. If you need to know more on how she is doing I will give you her e-mail address.

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My pride and joy!!

You are right. I will do just that. You pictures look great.. You can see just how successful you have been. Keep it up!!!!

I just went to see him last week. He does teenagers. He is performing surgery on my 16 yr old on 4/1. I have heard nothing but good things about him. When I met him I felt real comfortable letting my daughter experiance and have the success I have. Does anyone here have a teenager that went through the surgery, or know of a website. I would like her to do some reading before surgery.

Thank you all for the pep talk.. I needed it.. I am happy to report I just came back from lunch and had something that I have normally ate while my band was filled.. although no problems getting it down.. i am stuffed.. this has pleased me.. I am just going to make sure my portions are as small as they were before yesterday. Alex, my fellow New Jersian.. thank you for you wishes.. and I wish the same back to you. I don't post to much.. I mostly read, but I am glad to see when I had an issues and needed support you are all here, it's very comforting.

Thanks for your reply, and please by no means do I think that it was for any other reason but to heal.. I am happy that my doctor was able to just go in a remove the fluid and know it is only temporary, and once I heal I can then go about losing again. I was just feeling a little anxiety due to the fact I have not met my goal yet. I have lost 78 lbs since 8/03 and about 30 to go. The thought of gaining has just scared me to death.

So I have been having a few problems latley with reflux and PBing.. so I had an upper GI.. evrything showed up fine. So now the doc asks me a few questions.. He asked me about liquids.. I explained to him that some parts of the day (morn & Eve ) that liquids sometime back up on me, he said well that's it.. we have to empty your band.. I begged him not to do this.. I knew I was kinda tight with all I have been expeirencing and I just wanted a slight unfill.. he would not give me a small unfill.. was addimit about empting my band. I am very scared, he said I have to go until Jan with an empty band. I am so affraid of gaining weight. Has anyone had their band emptied and gained significant weight?

Along with Alex I too have been banded 11 months, and I am down 65 lbs. No problems except for forgetting I must eat slow. My last fill was in february and am no way in the market for another. I am very restricted. I sometimes think I should have lost more by now. Going in I had the 100lb in a yr in my head. I do put it into prospective that I have come along way and 65 lbs is alot of weight. Well that's my story. Laura

We are not alone.. here anyway. On the streets of Manhatten you are the only one in the world banded.. LOL. I called my girlfriend today, she refuses to have lunch with me anymore. LOL I make her to nervouse she said.