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I have been to room 42 before and forgot about it. Thanks Kathy. 40g just sounds like tooooooo much. But who knows. I really just wanted to find out how much everyone else was eating. Cheri--WOW I love that site sparkpeople.com I am going to sign up there today!! Thanks. Thank you everyone for your replys. It's a big help!!! Here are my results from room42.... No less then 1200 calories per day recommended for safe consistent Weight Loss. This is: no more then 40 grams of fat (30%) for your Weight Loss Caloric Rate 45 grams of Protein (15%) for your Weight Loss Caloric Rate 165 grams of carbohydrate (55%) for your Weight Loss Caloric Rate At this safe consistent Weight Loss Caloric Rate, you will lose 1 pound every 8.3553 Days

Hi Denika, Welcome to LBT!!

Welcome to LBT Criss!! You will get lots of great support here!

Welcome to LBT Mary!! It is a great place for support!! I am a preschool teacher and have to chase around 27 3 and 4 year olds. Losing weight is helping me to keep up to them. (Kinda)OH soooo much energy for such small bodies!! But I love each and everyone of them. Some days more than other days.

Patti, here is another pic. of the needle all the way in. My local Doc uses a smaller needle and still does the fill. So who knows why they use different needles?

I still had to pay a little over $1,000. Medicare paid the rest $23,000+ was my total bill from start to finish. I am not sure if medicare will pay for fills My sergeon did not charge me for the 4 fills he did.(under fluro) The other 2 fills were done local and she charges just $75. So I didn't have here submit it to medicare.

I was asked to Bump this thread for newbys. So here it is.

Hi Amy, Welocme to LBT!! For me it took about 6 months from time I decided to get banded to actually get the surgery. Some here on LBT have had it happen a lot sooner. So who knows maybe 3 months isn't to hopeful. EVERYBODY and EVERY SURGEON is different. So what you can expect from now until surgery will differ also. For me I worked with a company called "TWIGS" They did all my paperwork and found me a surgeon. Thank God for them! You will probably have to go to several siminars and to a psychiatrist for a psych exam. and then to a nutritionist. It seems like a lot of work but it all paid off in the long run. About the pain, Well again everyone is different I had some pain but was controlled by liquid childrens motrin. Not much pain at all. When I woke up in recovery I was mad because I thought they didn't do anything. They had and there was pain med. in my IV. But at home I only took the motrin. My surgery was at 8ish am and I was in a room by 10ish. am. Only stayed overnight and was sent home about 2 the next day. I had to stay a little longer because I was having trouble peeing on my own. I had to have a cath put in around 4am. That was not fun! :confused: Couldnt go home till I peed on my own. I have 5 scars on my stomach, 4 very small ones and one larger one where the port is. Search for scars on the search above and you can see several people have posted pic. of their scars. As for fills.. That is done about 4+ weeks after placement of your band. We have a port where the Dr. can inject saline into our bands to make it tighter around our stomachs. I have had 6 fills and have 6cc's in right now. Again use the search key and find out lots more on fills. I have a thread called "My 5th fill" Where I posted pic. of my fill. How often you get one just depends of your restriction. Just keep searching the board and you will get a lot of your questions answered. Good luch and happy researching!!

Hi Lisa, Welcome to LBT!! I also would do it all over again. I think that It is the best decesion I have ever made. I have been banded for almost 14 months and have lost a little over 70lbs. My Dr. told me it would take about 2 years of good work to lose what I want to. For me it hasn't been easy because you CAN eat around the band and I have found the way. :confused: I am now back on track and loving it and myself all over again. Again Welcome to LBT, It's a wonderful place to be!!

I voted for **Medicare paid for the lot*** But Then thought again because they paid 80% not "the lot" I still had to pay a little over $1,000. But that was from THE VERY BEGINING. DR appt to get referal and on......

Have a very happy day Ladies!!!!

Hi!!!! :confused: Welcome to LBT! Like Anne said it does get better! Hang in there!

Hi Clementine, I also have the VG band and felt no restriction after my 1st fill and very little after 2,3,4,and 5th fill. I have now had 6 fills and got to my "sweet spot". (for a few months) Now I am in need of another fill. Not much but a little. :confused: It is a 3 hour drive one way to see my surgeon for a fill. How many cc's are you at right now? I have 6 cc's. I am not sure if you can stretch the pouch or not. But probably! There are times when I think "My God I can eat just like I ate before". Then when I really look at what I just ate I realize that I didn't eat as much as I thought I did. It just feel that way. Hang in there. It will get better!! and you will get smaller!!!!! :)

Hi Georgia, I agree with Randy, Talk to Jack! Welcome to LBT!!

I have Medicare and they paid for my banding. But there are others that have it and they did not cover it. I am not sure why They paid it for me but I thank God everyday that they did. Good luck

Here is my baby!! His name is Cowboy. He was 1 on Dec.6th. I also have 2 cats.

I have had 6 fills and 2 of them were without fluroscope. If I see my surgeon then he does it under fluro but if I see a local doc then she does it without. It is fine both ways.

I'm not from Australia but want to go, Does that count? I wanted to welcome your to LBT!! It's a wonderful place to be!!

No complication here! (I'm on my knees praying for it to stay that way)

Hi Kim, Love your usuername!! I just wanted to welcome you to LBT!! Congratulations on your upcoming surgery. It is a very exciting time isn't it? Well except for the 2 week liquid diet. Not everyone has to do it but I was also one of the "lucky ones" who had to go through that H*#@! The time does go pretty fast so hang in there and think of the end results!! Again Welcome!!

I had the swallow several hours after surgery and sent home the next afternoon.

That was fast and much needed!!!!!!!!!! I got my $50 in the mail yesterday! WHOOOOOOOOOOOO WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

He's sooooooooooooooooo cute!!! Just look at those cheeks!! Congratulations Grandma!!

Can she have protein shakes? The extra protein in them might help her feel fuller? Just tell her to hang in there. I does get better. ((((((((HUGS)))))))))))

Merry Christmas to my LBT Family!! I Love you all.