Terry Poperszky

Ummm.... My surgeon had no restrictions on caffeine or any of the normal delivery methods (coffee, Tea, etc.). Nor have I seen a majority of the people on the board being restricted by their surgeons (Disclaimer, my survey was not scientific in nature).

Jean, while I respect the skill of the surgeons you mentioned, I am hesitant over their use of this term in it's scientific basis. With that said, I am being nit picky, and don't really care that much. I respect both your experiences as a lapbander and your skill as an author (I bought your cookbook). I am willing to accept that by some process (tiny unicorns using the saline solution to salt their popcorn) Fluid leaves that band. evaporation (-vp-rshn) The change of a liquid into a vapor at a temperature below the boiling point. Evaporation takes place at the surface of a liquid, where molecules with the highest kinetic energy are able to escape. When this happens, the average kinetic energy of the liquid is lowered, and its temperature decreases. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

I haven't been banded nearly as long as you, but mine is consistent, tight in the morning and after exercise and loose at night.

How can you have evaporation of fluid in a closed system? I could understand leakage, but wouldn't that be like water evaporating from a bottle of water with the lid tightly screwed on?

What Sojouner said, especially about following your Dr.'s specific advice.

Best advice? Don't sweat it. Really isn't a big deal, I have had flu shots that caused more pain.

Great work

You get all the good emails!

Dan, sorry I missed your question, I haven't been following this thread that closely. The male perspective? I wish I had done this sooner. I have had two small fills and I am down a total of 39 pounds as of yesterday. I am really astounded how well the band has worked, I am tracking calories 1300ish a day, and starting to up my exercise.

Celebrating being Overweight! Only in America.

My Dr. used a surgical center so in and out the same day. As a self pay patient that saved me at least 3K over a hospital. As for the "good drugs" I had a bottle of Percocet, and wasn't feeling any pain

Donna, I haven't been banded as long as you, but I do understand what you are going through. Eating was such an integral part of my being that I am struggling with filling the void that is there.

Way to go!

I have some high profile meetings coming up this week, so I went shopping to pick up the proper attire. I found a dress shirt that I really liked, but it was marked as a slim cut. I tried on anyhow and it fit! I have shopped the big and tall section all my life, and tonight I bought clothes marked SLIM!!! When I started the journey a little over a month ago I was wearing 44 elastic waist band pants that had no stretch left in them, I bought size 38 tonight, and dress shirts with a size 18 neck. Size 18, I do not remember ever being able to wear a shirt that small, and there was plenty of room in the collar. Oh and guys, the rumor is right, the less fat you have, the longer is it is.

Welcome to the family Jennie, we are a dysfunctional bunch, but we have a common goal, to be fit , and a common tool. the lap band.

I dropped 30 pounds my first month, BUT I also didn't lose for a week straight when I moved to pureed. Your body is healing, don't rush it follow your Dr.s guidelines and give it some time.

Yes, it does mute my hunger

If you are like me you didn't learn it because you confused your love of eating with your love of food. Now with the band curbing your love of eating, you can really concentrate on your love of food. Family went out to breakfast this morning and I am on mushies from a fill, but I took a bite of my wife's bacon and just closed my eyes and savored the complex smoke flavors, enjoying the sensuous texture of the bacon and fat as it rested on my tongue. Now that is the love of food :-) Previously indulging my love of eating would have had me eating 1/2 a pound of that same bacon.

Ok, Alex. The votes are in. When do we get our delete button?

The way it works on other forums, is you can only delete for a short period of time, and not at all if you have been quoted. That way the continuity of the thread is preserved.

Click on your user name, upper right hand corner of the web page, choose "my profile", then choose "edit"

Several times I have changed my mind about responding to a post, or accidentally double post. A delete button would sure be nice.

If my fill hurt as much as getting my ear pierced, I would switch Dr.s. And if putting my pierced earring in hurt as much as my fill, I would stop wearing it.

Two things, 1. without your profile filled in we have no way of knowing were you are at in the process, for all we know you could be 6 feet and weigh 90 pounds. 2. Listen to your Dr.

Wow, I get a fill every two weeks, that would be insane if I followed that schedule.