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Kare honey, sorry to hear about your father, what an ordeal.If you need a friend I'm here, call me and I can come down and sit with you I'm not far from Hoag... Be careful , stress can make your band tighten up like a drum and withyour new fill and all when you got to eat your first meal take it very slow.

My Dr. uses fluoro for my fills but always accesses my port before he uses the fluoro machine. He knows exactly where it is and know exactly that he accessed it by touch.

Happy Birthday Hope you are enjoying yourself

Depending on your fill level and the size of the pill will determine if you can take the pills or will need to do liquids. I for one can not take a tylenol caplet without it getting stuck. I only have 1.5 cc's in my band. We all are different, I tend to take liquids whenever available, it's not worth it getting stuck.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=8976 This thread may help. Maybe you can PM some of the members who replied to it to get more info Here is another one http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=7653 You can also do a search at the top of the page and you may find more posts on this Dr.

without pork how would I get my 60 grams of Protein in every day? Bacon and sausage everyday for Breakfast for me with an egg or two Pork is my friend too

There is a thing called the soft stop signal when you eat. It is a signal for you to stop eating since we no longer experience the "full" feeling any more. I have heard many others say their soft stop signal is the pain in their shoulder. Mine is an ice cream headache. Does it happen when you eat? It could also very well be gas..walking to move the gas around so it can get out is the best medicine and Gas X too.

I'm sorry but I feel this personal attack on Paula is wrong, it clearly violates the forum rules that we agree too when we sign up for this forum.( no personal attacks) I personally feel this thread should be deleted. Paula is one of the sweetest memebers here, her request to have the previous thread locked was with no malice intent and for her to be attacked here on a public forum it not right and in violation of the rules! Moderators please consider deleting this thread. Locking it will still fuel the fire, other member wil lstill be able to read it and the PM's will beflying back and forth. This is not fair to Paula, nmot one bit! As moderators I'm sure you see it is in violation of the rules with a personal attack, it needs to be deleted.. This will just become an ugly thread. We all love and respect Paula here. P.S. Johnnyreno, I'm truly sorry for what you and your husband have been through , I really am, it is horrible. We are here for you for support.

Here is a link from the Inamed handbook Go to page 7 it speaks on erosion. http://www.inamed.com/pdf/health/94800-12_LB_Product_Data_Sheet.pdf

Monday 11/7 1/2 loss this week 161

I lost 20 lbs from surgery to first fill.

I started at 265..I now weigh 161.50 I was morbidly obese and I am now considered in the "normal" BMI range I do not let what the scale says dictate to me my success with the band. I have so many fantastic NSV"s to be greatful for. The numbers o nthe scale mean nothing to me compared to how great I feel and how I have my life back.

Will your Dr. give you another fill so soon, my Dr. makes me wait atleast 2 weeks before he will give me anotherfill..I know for me my fills kick in within a week or two

Great News Darcey..I'm happy for you. Is Ortiz doing your re-banding? Dont stress too much, if it were that easy to get our weight down we wouldnt need the band..take it one day a t a time :mad:

Anything is possible when there is a will there is a way..get all of your ducks in a row and be ready so when the 13th of December comes you are prepared. Best of luck to you and welcome to LBT :mad:

Hi, I'm sleezy waffle, seems to fit with my profession

Diane I lost very steadily in the beginning , then from my 1 yr anniversary April of 05 until this September I lost zero weight. In October I lost 10 lbs..do not get discouraged.Palteaus are totally normal. Keep track of your NSV's during this time, the scale is the enemy. Do not let it dictate your success or failures. Those NSV's really do matter.. What worked for me was I started doing the 3 a day dairy that is reccomended when doing a low calorie diet. It seemed to have jump started my weight loss again and I have been losing 1-2 lbs a week since. www.3aday.org is the web site..check it out it may help you. I never eat 3 meals a day. I eat when I am hungry , Period! Hang in there you can do this, be patient! It will happen :mad:

Francesca.. You know you have been in my thoughts since we spoke last. I'm wishing you all the best. I'n here when you need a friend

Trisquits Beef ( steak, prime rib) Tortillas at times. Hard boiled eggs Certain breads

One of the things my Dr. does during the fisrt fill is to remove all of the air and air pockets from the tubing,it is a quite interesting feeling in your chest. he says if you do not do this it will give you a false read for your next fill and those thereafter . ...Since having the air removed from my tubing during the first fill I have always had the exact same ammount he put in when he pulled it out. Lets hope in your case it is just from not removing all of the air during the first fill and next time you go in you will have the same ammount as you think you do today...

Yes this has happened to me and other here as well

My 18 yr old son has Vasa Vagal..it is not a fun thing!

Hey Mary, hope you have a great birthday Happy Birthday!

You are a hottie..Great Job John, Be proud!

I have lost 103.25 as of this morning I had surgery on 4/6/04