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The band has helped me alot . I don't feel like I need my C- pap nearly has much . Ihave losty about 60 lbs. and can tell the differance. Good luck Paulk

Try some refried beans . Add a little of your fav salsa . Its about has mushie has you can get. also try some cream of wheat with your proten powder and milk. I lived on that combo for a week.

Dianne Try a nose piece instead of a mask .I find these more comfort able they fit in your nose like an oxygen hose . Good luck Paulk

Retired steelworker now doing mobile dj on the side I Use to make the frames for diesle locamotives. and the turret and Hull rings for the M1A1 abrams tank.(the parts where the tank top turns) Paul

The book of John tells us we must forgive to be Forgiven .Not an easy thing to do , It doesn't say forget talk to or ever see that person again. You can treat that person like a stranger I know I had a person wrong one of my children . I am still working on it. But one day I hope to be able not to think of this person with out hate . God will help me thourgh it Paul k

Hey reggie ask those guys if they can eat small portions of what ever they want. I know most with by pass if they eat any sugar at all. they dump. With the band it is not near has drastic . To each his own , for me it was a chioce of not having my stumach cut in to .You do whatis best for you good luck Paul

I didn,t have to drink I ate chicken and whike I was driving about 45 minutes later. I had to reach for the coffe cup . Know warning . I was wondering if it was me ? This happened yesterday. Paul

5 months out a1c 6.1 I now take 1 pill instead of 4 . sleep apnea almost gone. I figure anouther 20 lb gone and I will be off every thing Paul

Hey big guy that what we are all here for .I Do the same eat a little wait then eat more . I have a 10 cc .band and it was my4th fill before no more totillas.I do not exsersice like I should so maybe we can get on each others case for accountablity. Good luck . Paul

Hi I can honestly say I have had one O'douls since being banded. I do know some people that have a drink now and then. Not many that I have talk to that have the band Drink every week . It will be like any thing else More calories than you need. Don't get me wrong I have been known to knock down quite a few. It's liquid so I don,t see any problems going down. I look at it like anything else moderation. Just for the calories. . I still eat ice cream ate a birthdat party .not just has much I feel a drink would be the same . Thats why we where banded. Not to deny our selves but to help with control. I hope this made since .Paul

Hi Valiere I am Paul I have been wandering about something like this . I am a christian . I have not really had any doubt that this was the right thing to do because of the way things went for me . I put this whole journey in the hands of the lord and I truely believe he helped me get it . But like life its self I have to make it work . I will support a thread lke this. Paul

I have one of those strech belts it now goes to the side loop . How can you get rid of the first gage of how your doing. I can't let go either Paul

Hi chiris I live north of you near St joe Good luck friday .I was banded in shawnee mission in may . I am down about 45 right now but I've been having some head issues, I am back on track now. Good Luck keep us informed how you did has soon has you feel like it. Paul

Hi. My wife has had her port flip twice can i ask where your port is and how long you have been banded. She had her port originally on her lower right side . Just tuesday she had a different dr, put it at the bottum of her ribs, This is where mine is It is frustrating but I have heard of it be fore Her first Dr. didn,t do the florascope and poked a hole in her tube.she went a couple of years with no restiction. I hope every thing goes well . Paul

Hello I have not ate a lot of pasta but I have had some depends on what day it is. With the band baramatric pressure rise and fall some times tells me what I can and can't eat. Sandwiches , If they are toasted sometimes I can eat one NO subway . If the bread is thick forget it I don,t even try. But after 4 months I have lost 45 lbs. It's kind of funny I don't crave food with the band . Now I still have a dish of ice cream , a piece of pie or cake I don't deprive myself I just don't eat the whole thing like I use to . I have not tried rice at all . I can eat spagetti but not more than 3/4 cup. I eat the meatballs or sausage and am totally satisfied. Instead of sandwitches with bread I can eat a tortia,like a wrap. not all the time but once in a while . hope this helps Paul