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vmarlau

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Everything posted by vmarlau

  1. My doctor any does the lap-band best results!
  2. Yes great doctor ...you will do great! Good luck!
  3. Omg please don't go to him... I went to see him in Port Neches TX he as an office there that man is Rude rude and has no bed manners at all ... All he wants is ur money don't care about you! I'm glad I did not go back to him after knowing he was being sued by someone in Louisiana for medical negligees don't go to him please save ur self I went to Dr. Reilly in Houston he is the best I was banded on the 1st and feeling great! Good luck!
  4. We went to Disney world this past July and I'm 280 lbs and was able to fit in all the rides
  5. Hang in there I know excsactly how you feel..... I felt so bad last week I thought I was not going to make it ..... Time flies and you will be in this stage in no time
  6. Its been 10 days I had surgery and I'm feeling great!! Can't wait for next week I start on mushy foods ..... overall I feel great and feel happy.... Last week I was crying thinking what did I do? Today is a new day and I feel so so much better 100% better thanks to everyone that sent me messages encouraging me and telling me all was going to be ok )))
  7. Yes!! I was too!! Thinking what did I do????!!! Bad part I have to cook every day from now on ......my mom was helping me last week and today was her last day.....I have to cook n prepare lunches for all my kids and husband ..... Lord help me!! No one ever told me about all the hunger I was going to feel afterwards :-/
  8. I know ... Just thinking of all this liquid diet and hungry ... I guess it's because before I would get on a diet and lose lots of weight specially if I starved myself ..... I don't know! I guess I'm just venting!! Lol
  9. It went well ... I'm hungry tho
  10. My question was about how much weight did y'all lose the first week?
  11. One more question I'm on day 8 post op and have only lost 3lbs I feel discourage yesterday I had lost 5lbs this morning I was up two! :"(
  12. I go for my first fill October 30 don't know what to expect ...... Do fills hurt?
  13. How often do you get fills?
  14. Oh thank you! I was wondering because I was thinking of my first apt I'm a week postoperative ......love Dr Reilly!
  15. Does any body know if you pay for fills the first year.... I was told my first year of doctor visits was free does that include fills does any body know??? Please
  16. My doctor said I had a free year of visits but I don't know if that includes fills
  17. I had my surgery this past Monday and I'm feeling the same way I'm better pain wise but yesterday I took a big gulp of water the pain was horrible I cried all night I hate the protein shakes my mouth is dry n tastes like protein all the time I feel hungry all the time ... I hate it! I pray to god it gets better good luck to the both of us :"(
  18. Have a hungry feeling all the time my top stomach feels full but the bottom feels empty and hungry I don't like this feeling makes me nauseas ....... 4 th day post op
  19. I didn't like the ending they got me out the bed as soon as I opend my eyes I was in so much pain they made me walk n go to the exray room didn't get meds till I was about to leave..... But thank god I feel so much better today!

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