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Hi mlp , glad to hear that you are starting to feel better , One more week and you will be feeling your normal self again . Have a happy Australia day, Lamb shanks slow cooked in red wine on a bed of mash potato is what I will be enjoying on the day cheers....Paul

Hi Tracy , yes I find cheese is OK , I have it on a vita wheat or cruskits the rye ones are my favorites , fish with mash and a cheese sauce is yummy as well . Good luck with the pork meat as I found it a bit of a prob so DAD... gets the crackling lol , I have many tasty foods that I make and I am happy to share these recipes with you kind regards ...Paul....... PS... I found optislim to be far more tasty.... cheers......bye for now

Hi mlp , yes it is worth it but you will take you at least a week to come right . The body dose not like being tampered with and it is letting you know it , I felt sick for 6 -7 days after but I bounced back just as you will . Just hang in there you will be OK ,your body will adjust as the days go by ( it will get better) . We are all here to help you through kind regards .... Paul ote=mlp;1121293]Hi guys, two days in and feeling dreadful. Waves of nausea, and strange sensations in my eosophagus when i drink etc. Wish I didn't feel like i had been beaten up internally. Have made some tomato soup today to try and eat something yummy and healthy. Am wondering whether all these awful sensations go away, altogether, as couldn't manage like this until my weight came off! !Please give me some hope, am wondering whether it was worth it!!

Hi MLP , I went back to work one week after surgery with no problems at all ,was just a bit tender around the surgery area but this did not cause me too much problem . Yes you will on on the Optifast and fluids such as apple juice for a couple of weeks , then the mushies start for a couple of more weeks (baby food is good from your super market , mashed potato etc ). After that you will start to eat normal food which will be trial and error for a while . Good luck you will be fine.... regards ..... Paul

HI Tracy ,on a leg of pork the crackling is the only part I can eat , a bit of apple sauce and it slips through the band no probs . I find the more brittle things are the easier they are to eat , like vita wheat, cruskits are great instead of bread cheers ....Paul

Hey fellow Perth bandsters , would be nice if we all have a get together some time this year . Any suggestions as to where we could hold a venue like a pub or kings park for a byo picnic would be OK . cheers .....Paul

Emma enclosed is the Shepherd's pie recipe hope you enjoy it cheers......... Paul REAL ENGLISH SHEPHERDS PIE..txt

Hi Tracy , Longingtobelean ( love the name) enjoy the last supper as your life is about to change , but for the best . My wife took me to the Burswood Hotel Buffet here in Perth for my last supper a week before I was to be banded , I dined like a King ha ha . I was 147.5 kgs when I first looked in to having lap band surgery , but got down to 133 kgs by the time the band was fitted ( on march 30th 2007 ) . I am now 94.5kgs and almost at target weight , 5-6 kgs more will be good . Its feels good when I go out to buy new clothes , my DR has put me in the waiting list to have a nip and truck . Good luck on the 27th, this is the best decision you have ever made . Well thats what us bandsters say when the weight starts to drop off . Have treated myself to a Lotus sports car because I have always wanted one and now slim enough to look like I belong in it ha ha . cheers hope all goes well regards .....Paul

Hi Nat , yes most of us bandsters would agree that it was the best decision we ever made . It was for me thats for sure , I am almost at target weight . Sounds like you went gang busters after banding , 10 months to get where you are now is a very fast result well done . regards ........Paul

Hi Lello , well done 21kgs in five months is a very good effort to say the least, I am also close to target weight 15 stone in the old scales is what the my doctor tells me I should be as I have a big build . But another 5 or 6 kilos won't go a miss, around 87-88 kilos would be good weight for me . Anyway I am glad the band has been a success for you...regards .....Paul

Hi Emma, I hope all goes well tomorrow and you feel better . I will send you the shepherds pie recipe

Hi Emma sorry to read you are having such probs with the band , try vita-weat 9 grains as your bread , great with chicken pate. Or fish steamed with a cheese sauce and mash is very good with the band , sherperds pie is one of my favorites or smoked fish pie. happy to give you the recipes for these dishes should you want them kind regards ....... Paul......PS ...the ring looks very nice

HI all , I am another Perth bandster . Banded on the 30th March 2007 by Dr Sue Taylor, I have lost 53 kgs since I got the ball rolling 30 months back . I was 147.5kgs at the start ,but got down to 133kgs by the time I was banded. I had to get my weight down a little as Dr Taylor tried to band me 10 months earlier, but she could not get the band passed my liver, 14.5 kgs off and bingo the band went in no problem . 20 months after surgery I am now down to 94.5kgs. I have had to buy all new clothes , gee thats a good feeling .They say lap banding is not a silver bullit but for me thats exactly what it was. LG ( life is good ) cheers .... Paul

Hi ROXY , I WENT BACK TO WORK AFTER A WEEK , BUT STILL WAS A BIT TENDER . HOWEVER I WOULD GET CHECKED OUT IF I WERE YOU JUST TO MAKE SURE ALL IS OK

Hi , I had my band done on the 30th of march last year 2007 , that was the second time. A year earlier I had been in for lap band surgery but the doctor could not get past my liver so she aborted the surgery . At that time I was 140 kilos and she said I needed to lose a bit more weight . I got down to 133 kilos which turned out to be just enought to fit the band. Since then I have had 3 fills and weigh 97.8 kilos to date regards ....Paul

Hi , my wife found the optifast for me on ebay , but I found that the optislim tasted a lot better . I am not sure if optislim is available in the USA but ebay is a good bet to find either one at a good price , I have lost 47 kilos in 18 months since being banded, the best thing I have ever done.....good luck regards...... paul

Hi all, I was banded last year on the 30th of March by Dr Sue Taylor here in Perth . When I started the process I was 147 kilos and was 133 kilos by the time I was banded , I am now 98 kilos and loving it . I can now buy my clothes straight of the rack in any store, gee thats a great feeling . So hang in there its worth it , I have now rewarded myself with a Lotus sports car ( able to fit in no probs ) cheers for now....Paul

lady gigi , hi, you will be fine , should you need to talk about lapbanding, please give me a ring on 0421116159 , This will change your life . It sure has changed mine for the best . god bless .....Paul

Hi there lady Gigi , welcome to lapband talk , The first couple of weeks after banding you will be on the milkshakes only (optifast) . Then after that a couple of weeks you will be on the baby food (mushies), Then all going ok back to normal food . You will be fine good luck and God bless.....Paul

<p>Hi all , I am also from Perth . I was banded on the 30th March 2007 , I was 133kgs at the time of banding and now I am 122kgs and droppng . Had my first fill last week on 16th , Lap banding is the best decision i have ever made . I feel great and my wife can not get over the change in me cheers ....Paul</p>

Hi all , my name is Paul I am 53 and I live in Perth . I was banded on Friday 30th march , all is going ok . First day back at work today and good to be back . First fill is next month on the 16th , mushies start on friday {yahoo} lol , had all the shakes I can handle thats for sure . Nice to find a site where people are on the same road as me cheers .....Paul

Hi all , my name is Paul i am 53 and was banded on friday 30th march 07. I live in Perth WA , this was my second go at getting banded as they had to abort the surgery due to an enlarged liver a year or so ago .I managed to drop from 140 kgs to 133 kgs and that was enough to shrink my liver , the band went in no probs . In my second week now and doing ok , have dropped to 127 kgs since surgery. regards ....paul

Hi everyone thankyou all for your words of welcome , I tried to answer your email Anniem but it came back saying it had failed to reach you . we think the doctor may of meant to say she will sending me a letter in two weeks with an appointment date to fill the band , that would mean around six weeks untill i have the first fill, anyway ill wait for the letter and then i will know whats on her mind . I have quite a bit of bruising and swelling from the surgery but each day it gets a little better . Has any one had any trouble with reflux or burning in the tummy area after surgery ? have had a couple of bad nights with it . I was 133kgs on the day of surgery {30 march} and I have got on the scales this morning {thursday 5th april }and am now 127.9 kgs but I think this might be more from the surgery turning my body clock on its head than from the band at this stage. thanks ....Paul

Hi all , i was banded last friday morning , seems to have gone ok . The doctor says she will fill the band in a couple of weeks time . Just drinking the fluids untill then ... takes a bit of getting use to