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i had a bad week this week i had pizza and chinese and ice cream all in one week. i have been doing ok but ive had alot of down time and ive been snacking like crazy. today i must have eaten 7 times. one thing that is positve is that i am feeling guilty and am getting sick of take out food or making bad choices. i am actually thinking about hopping on the treadmill and i also bought a lot of fruits this week. i noticed also that this week i found out my date on meeting with my surgeon and i think subconsciousley i am a little scared and overwhelmed so that why i ate this way. any thoughts or feedback would help and i think i am going to exercise now, the first time in 3 months. andrea

wow this is overwhelming, i havent been banded yet but reading this site scares me. my hair is pretty thin right now. i used to have average thickness before i has my son but after i had him and started taking different depression pills i started loosing alot of hair, now my hair is half as thick. i will die if i lose anymore. how do you deal with such a change? andrea

Dr.Lalor is now at emmc in bangor maine and he used to work at the cleveland clinic . i am trying to find out as much about him as i can seeming how i chose him over someone elso who was suppose to be my surgery.

i found out today that everything is a go and will be meeting with the surgeon in a couple of weeks. his name is dr.louer. he is new this month to emmc in bangor, maine ,i was going to go with dr.michelle toder but i thought that i would try him. he used to work at the weight loss center in cleveland and also worked in miami florida. i will be one of his first patients here in maine. i hope i made the right decision to see him instead. my husband just got home and said that i am taking the easy way out and that i should just eat better. can you imagine the easy way out what is he thinking this is going to tough for awhile. hes been ok so far about me doing the surgery but now that i am getting closer he has no sympathy for me. maybe hes just scared. he better change his attitude , i had to leave the program the first time because we were having problems and i dont want anything to get in my way this time andrea

i just found out today that everything is a go and i will be meeting the the surgeon soon, i now have a choice of the new surgeon Dr.louer he used to work in cleveland but is now at emmc bangor maine. im told that i will be his 3rd patient scheduled during his first month here. i hope my meeting with him goes well, i am excited. i just told my husband and he thinks that i am taking the easy way out and that i should just eat better. go figure. the easy way out. what is he thinking? andrea

i havent met the surgeon yet so i am not on any preop diet but i feel a little disappointed with myself. i went 1 month without any fast food and only had 2 sodas, well i just slipped again, i had mcdonalds last week and i had it again today. i was doing so well and now i am worried that i am headed down a bad path. even though i have slipped i am trying not to eat bad and am trying to be positve about what is ahead for me. any feedback? thanks andrea

im worried about this also, i am trying right now to eat less and not eat as often but sometimes i sneak snacks in because i know that i can. im hoping that once i get banded i will feel good about not overeating. i know now that if i eat alot i feel very guilty. sometimes i eat when im anxious so i dont know what im going to do when i get banded how will i deal with my anxious moments? andrea

well yesterday i gave in after 4 weeks and ate mcdonalds. i feel so ashamed and like i failed now i want more and i knew this would happen. i did well for one month then caved. i hope i can get back on track. its hard to stay away from this stuff when you know that you can physically eat it.

im still having a hard time eating slowly, just the other day i ate something and it hurt going down and i havent been banded yet so i can imagine how it will feel when i do get banded. i am trying to be aware but its such a habit. even though it was painful i still eat fast. when will i ever learn? andrea

in the past month ive really tried to eat better and stick to not eating fast food and soda, ive gone 1 month now without fast food but have had two diet cokes in one month. i know that 2 sodas in one month isnt bad but im not suppose to drink soda period. if i cant stick to it now how will i stick to it after surgery? am i going to fail? i seem to stick to things for a while but then i tend to slip as time goes by. i just dont want to sabatoge things. am i set out for failure? andrea

i wont be meeting with michelle for about a month thats if i choose to go with her, there is a new doctor coming in august so i may go with him im not sure. i need to get more info on him. i want to pick the best choice, even though ive heard that michelle is hard to get along with i know that she does a good job and that what i need, how was you post op diet? i found out 2weeks ago that it is soft protein diet 2 days after surgery. no liquid diet. a little scary not to do a liquid diet so soon after surgery. hang in there 2b healthy, i heard that it takes time to heal and not to worry about weight loss so much at first and that it will come. sorry you have to wait so long until your first fill, good luck andrea

i,ve heard that michelle does a good job but she is hard to get along with, have you heard this before? also there is a new doctor coming to bangor in august so i may have a choice. i dont know who to go to. once i find out his name ill post it thanks andrea

up until two days ago i thought that i had only one choice of who would be doing my surgery. there is a new doctor coming to Bangor,Me starting in august. i dont have any info on him yet but i heard that he does the lap band also and is good. i.ve heard good things about michelle toder the first doctor but have also heard that she is hard to get along with. i need to find out more about the new doctor before i make any decisions but i am worried about which one is the better doctor and who will be a better choice for me for the sugery and after.

michelle is the only doctor in the area who does the lap band and i want to know if anyone has had her as a doctor and what do you think?

i was diagnosed with bipolar ,depression , and anxiety and i am now taking meds and seeing a counselor and phychiatrist. i also had to take a psy. evaluation and at first the psychologist thought that i wasnt ready but six months later he thinks that i am ok to do it. my counselor has doubts and wrote the staff of wls a letter stating that i can dedicate myself to things but she thinks that i have a problem with food and use food as a coping skill, she is concerned that i may continue to binge eat. the fact is that i might have one day here and there where i eat all day but it used to be 4-5 times a week for me so ive made alot of progress. its hard if you have bipolar especially if you have manic and depressive episodes. can you get throught those episodes without using food as a coping skill? you really have to think of what things you do when you get overwhelmed or depressed. andrea

so far while ive been in the program the staff are all trying to get me to do the bypass. i had the director tell me that id better have some really good reasons why i shouldnt do the bypass. its a little intimidating but i know what i want and i guess i have to stick with that. i am nervous to meet with the surgeon because shes all for the bypass and has only done 45 lapbands since 2003

i am now in the program and i havent had any diet soda for about 2 weeks until today i had a sip of my husbands soda, it tasted so good but i only had one sip because i didnt want to slip to much. i guess if i have the surgery i can sip flat soda once in awhile depending if it hurts my stomach, that makes me feel better knowing that drinking it flat isnt so bad and that if i have a strong craving i can have a sip

i can relate, this is my biggest fear, i eat fast and i dont always chew thoroughly. i have a friend who just had the bypass and she used to eat as fast as me and she said that it just happens when you have surgery, if you dont chew all the way or you eat to fast you may throw it back up. i am trying to be more aware of how fast im eating but i have conquered it yet. good luck to you andrea

i am now taking two meds a day. one is a capsule and one is a pretty big pill. i will have to ask my doctor if i can put the capsule in water and the big pill i will have to ask if i can crush it. i've taken med courses before and sometimes they say that if you cut up a pill or open the capsule that it may not have the same effect. for example if you are on a time release pill you cant crush it because it wont work properly.

its hard if your family doesnt understand, i can relate. my family are all trying to talk me out of the lap band or the bypass. they harp on my weight but tell me that i need to exercise more and make better choices. ive been there and done that. i go through stages where i exercise all of the time but i never lose the weight. part of it is because i snack throughout the day mostly when i have the day off. i am trying to work on that though. back to getting support. i am choosing not to tell my family that i may be having this surgery, i know that they will try to talk me out of it and i dont want to hear it, you have to really think this through and try to get support in other ways, for example support groups, this website, try to talk to other banders. at first my husband didnt support me but now he's coming around, he has his moments that he thinks that i cant do it but other days that he says if this is what i want than its up to me. it is hard when you dont have support!!!!!!

thanks for the feedback andrea

this is the second time that ive been in the program. the first time i got half way through and decided that it wasnt the best time for me, also i had met with their behavior specialist and we didnt click, she told me the very first visit that i had to leave my husband and file for divorce, a little overwhelming. i am now back in the program 5 month later and i am cruising through it, i met with the nutrionist, the psychologist, and now all i have to do is meet with the surgeon. i am feeling a little scared and am having a few doubts wondering if i can handle the lap band. ive always been a fast eater and sometimes not often i like to over eat. im sure that im not the only one with these problems or there wouldnt be people getting surgery to lose weight. i just hope that i can conquer my doubts and go through with it. any feedback would be appreciated thanks andrea

thanks for the advise, i personally feel better sticking to a liquid diet for at least one week if not two then go from there. i can always talk to my doctor about this, also if she is just changing the diet now, she probably doesnt have any feedback on how people tolerate this diet.

i went to my nutrionist yesterday and found out that my doctor is changing the post op diet. instead of a liquid diet for the first two weeks is now a soft protein diet 2 days after surgery. i am a little nervous of this change because isnt a liquid diet easier for your stomach to handle after surgery?

<p>i would like any feedback if you had her for a doctor, thanks</p>