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pnuts mom, Hi, I was reading your posts and wondering how you are doing? I hope you move forward and do get the band BUT I think you need to find a new DR. My Dr would not touch me until I got my BMI under 60 I had to lose over 40 pounds before they would even give me a surgery date. The reason was because he didn't want to get in there and not be able to band me. Didn't your doctor make you go through all kinds of other tests with other specialists Like Cardo, Pulminary, Nutritionist, Phycologist, hemotoligist... I was on protien shakes for 3 full months before my surgery to get my BMI done and my liver size down. Please elt me know ho your doing. The band is a wonderful tool! I love mine...most days lol Good luck!

Hi Kat WTG! I too am VERY happy! I LOVE my band!! I was banded 10 months ago and have lost 80 pounds. I had lost 40 before the surgery as well. I still have a long way to go but I feel great. It is a "tool" and I do someone who had it done 6 weeks before me and they have not lost a pound, but she drinks while she eats. She has cokes all the time ahe eats and throws up, and has streched out her pouch. I feel very sorry for all of the people who it has not worked for, because for me it has been a wonderful thing. I am not just a reg fat person that no one stares at any more. My knees are better and I know I will get under the 200 mark. I started at 358, I am 5'2". I now weigh 238:thumbup: Good luck to all! Ann

Hi Monkey! Sorry you were not able to be banded yet, but WTG on sticking to the diet and getting ready for 8/29!! Sounds like you are ready! I LOVE my band, now I just wish I could love exercise lol. I know if I could get myself to do it I would lose more then this pound a week I am doing now. Last week I was bad and ate way too many carbs and bad stuff and the scale showed it to me! So I am back on track and maybe soon I will get into exercising! What kind of a diet are you on...liquids? Good Luck and I will keep my fingers crossed for you on the 29th! Please keep in touch, this thread has gotten way to quiet! Best Wishes

Hey Rose Ann how are you doing? I am glad the meds worked for your knees like it did for mine. Keep in touch and let us know how your doing.

Hi Berties, WTG on your weight loss and you gine inches!! As for the liquid diet you can do it on vacation, I know you can! Look how much it has done for you already! I know how you feel, Last summer I started my liquid diet on the 8th and went on vacation on the 11th. My husband and kids were very supportive, but my sister was trying to get me to wait and start the diet when we came back. I said NO it's time to start now and I did it. Yes it was hard but I kept looking at the big picture. I wanted the surgery and my Dr wouldn't touch me until I had a BMI under 60 so I knew I had to do it. I was on 3 shakes a day for the first 4 weeks then for the next 8 weeks I did 2-3 shakes a day and 1-2 pieces of fruit. My Dr had said I caould have the fruit from the first day but I wanted to try just the shakes for the first month. Yes it is hard but SOOOOO worth it! You can do it!!!!! I know you can!!! You are so close to your surgery date YAHOOOO!! Best Wishes!

Hey apple I was banded the day before you! Sorry to hear about all your troubles. My surgeon gave me too much of a fill in March but not nearly as bad as your was. I was gurguling all day long and vomiting in my sleep. It was very scary, I was away in PA and could not get to my DR he wanted me to come in for an unfill. I wound up sleeping sitting up for two weeks and it took me 7 weeks before I was able to eat some what normal again. I know I should have went for the unfill BUT my ins doesn't cover it and he charges 325.00, and my husband had just lost his job after 34 yrs. So I was worried about the money which I know is stupid. I just didn't want to pay another 325 to have it put back in 2 weeks later. Anyway I sufered through it, now I only go for fills every 3 months and they only give me 1/4 cc at a time. I am due to go this month for a weigh in but I am going to cancel. I can't see spending 75.00 just to get weighed. Glad to hear you are doing better and WTG on your 7 pound loss thats awsome!! Best Wishes

Hey Rose Ann (pinkposey) I have bad knees too. I need them replaced as well. The worst part for me was the 10 days before surgery without my Voltairn(anit inflamatory pills) I thought I would die. The pain was so bad my Rumitologist gave me injections and that helped a bit, but without those pills I was a cripple. The good news is that with the weight loss my knees are better. I still need new knees but I can go shopping and I can walk around without feeling like my legs are going to kill me! In fact last week I went to see some falls in PA and I yes ME I climbed over 250 steps to the top! I felt like I had climbed MT Everest. I was so happy that I was able to walk all the way into the falls and then climb the stairs to the top! Anyway don't worry because the pain meds they give you after the surgery your knees will love! Mine did!! I had to get up every hour and walk for 15 mins and I thought no way will my knees stand for it, but on the drugs they give you my knees were fine! Keep in touch good luck!

Hi Michele! You are right about the people who are starting much lower then us. I wish them luck too, but heck I would love to weight 220 lol! Don't worry though we will get there! You must be pretty tall my BMI was 65.5 I am 5'2". It's slow but sure, I have days where I get annoyed but I must say I LOVE my BAND!!!!

Hey Happy almost Birthday!! I am sure you will do great! How offen do you get weighed in? I had to wait 3 months for my surgery. Not because of my ins, but because my Dr wouldn't touch me until I was under 60 BMI. I will be thinking of you, let us know how you make out!

Hey Froggie your doing great! I don't know why my e-mail never tells me when someone posts on any of the lap band threads. I guess I should just keep checking in. Good Luck everyone!

Thats GREAT Stacey! Welcome to the banded family. Let me know how you are doing!!

Thanks Deb! and good luck to you!

ddm, I also take tums and alternate with Viactive which is a candy kind of like a tootise roll. When I run out of one I switch to the other. Also my Dr recommended Flinstones chewable vitamins if you can't take the reg ones. Good Luck!!

Hi jenny, Good luck on your journey! I can tell you it's one of the best things I ever did for myself! Please let us know how you are doing? Is there a BMI you have to get down to before your Dr with do the band? My Dr would not touch me until I got under a 60 BMI. Best wishes

Aween, What are you eating? Please give me a run down of a reg day for you. Also what do you eat that "plops" through? and what do you eat that gets stuck? Also do you exercise?

Hi Doddie and MZREEDA, Thanks sorry I didn't write back sooner I didn't get an e-mail that anyone had posted?? Anyway Doddie Once I get to 179 I will keep going if possible. It is just so very hard to me to believe I can even ever weigh 179. I have been very heavy all my life. The last time I can remember being under 200 pounds I was 189 and it was in high school. I am 46 and can't even imagine being under 200 so 179 still doesn't seem like it can happen. You are doing amazing! 5x to 22 is wonderful! And you are so close to the 200 mark WTG keep up the great work!. Mz how are you feeling? How are you adjusting to your new life? Have you had a fill yet? I didn't get mine until 6 weeks after my surgery. Yesterday I had my 3rd fill. They didn't want to give me one but I knew I was ready for it by what I have been able to eat. They only fill 1/4 cc at a time. Hope you are feeling well. Let me know how you are doing?

Telecia, you have lost 102 lbs without a band! WTG!! I lost 100 lbs many yrs ago by eating 500 or less calories a day. Yeah not to good for me but it worked at the time...then it came back lol. WTG keep up the great work! When are you getting banded?

Hi Jennifer, Froggie, Jon and Monica! Wow this is great, so glad to meet you all. I got worried that this thread was going to die too. Glad to see you all on here. Jennifer, I am 5'2" and my BMI was 65 at 358 lbs. My Dr would not operate on me until I got my BMI under 60. So for 3 months I went on a liquid protien diet. The first month I did 3 shakes a day. The next two months I did 2-3 shakes a day and 2-3 pieces of fruit a day. I lost 43 lbs in that time. Right after the surgery I was losing a pound a day for the first two weeks, then it stopped lol. Now I average a pound a week. I am going for my 3rd fill next Wed. I have not lost anything is 3 weeks. Once I get my fill I will lose if it works like my other two fills. I lose 5 pounds in the week after the fill. I am a slow loser, like I said an average of 1 pound a week, but as long as its going I am happy. Exercise...I hate it but I try and go swimming 2-3 times a week. I can't bike or tread mill as I have bad knees. I can't eat much for the first 8 weeks after my fill. Right now I am able to eat pretty much anything but very small amounts or I will get sick. I hope that answers your questions if not just ask! Congrats on your weight loss and on your band! I miss some things but I do LOVE my band! It keeps me from sitting down and eating a whole bag of potato chips and such. Good Luck to you! PLEASE keep in touch and let me know how your are doing! Jon HOLY COW!! 170 pounds in 9 months amazing! And look at all the things you are doing, that is just wonderful! I know I could be losing faster if I would eat better and of course exercise more WTG your amazing!How is your wife doing? Keep in touch. Froggie, 3 months to go! I know it seems like forever, but it will come. My ins didn't make me wait the 6 months so I was able to have the surgery in 3 months from my first visit once I lost the weight. What kind of diet do they have you on? Good luck keep in touch and keep up the good work! Monica, hi good luck on your journey! It will be great to have someone going through it with you right in your own home! I wish you well on your goal! I will be happy to get under 200 lbs :confused_smile: When is your surgery? Good Luck! and please keep in touch!

Thank you all. I do feel great. I have a long way to go but now when I go out people don't stare at me. I am just another heavy person. If I could just find a way to "enjoy" exercising it would be great. Thanks again!

I finally hit 100 pounds lost! It took me a month to lose the last 2 pounds but I finally did!. Now onto my next goal. Keep up the good work everyone!

Hi everyone! I tried to start an over 60 BMI group and it didn't work. Glad to see this one did! I must be much shorter then you guys my BMI was 65 at 358. My Dr wouldn't touch me until I got under 60. It has been an interesting journey so far. Good days and Bad days, but yes I am glad I have my band! I am 7 months in and have hit my 100 pound loss mark finally! Now onto my next goal! Good Luck to you all!! You can do it, we all can do it!! Best Wishes

Hi everyone! Well I finally hit 100 pounds lost! Yahoooo! It took me a month to lose that last 2 pounds to get over the 100 mark! Now onto my next goal!. It's not easy but we can do this! Good Luck all!

I am due for a Dr visit June 25th but I think I am going to cancel it for another month. My last fill was March 12th and I had a hard time eating for months. Also my ins changed and my surgeon doesn't take my new ins. So he charges 375.00 for the office visit and 250 for the fill! I am not going to pay 375.00 just to get weighed! I have tried switching doctors but no one wants to take on someone else's patient! UUUGGGGG

Hi Pellman, Are you banded? I don't drink while eating because it can make you throw up. It really is not hard, I used to drink a LOT with my meals but you get used to it. I still graze once in a while BUT I try to choose some thing good to graze on. Nuts, yogurt a protien shake. The good thing is even if I chose something bad like potato chips or popcorn I cqan only eat a very same amount! The other day I sat down with a bag of cheese popcorn...I know BAD choice! Anyway I ate not even a hand full and I was done! I laughed and said I LOVE MY BAND! In the old days I would have eaten 1/2 a bag! The band still lets me get hungry BUT I get full VERY fast! Yes you still need will power BUT the band is a wonderful helping tool! Giid Luck!

Candy, Sorry to hear that. I know how you fel though. I get excited because I see a few pounds gone and then before you know it they seem to come back. in the last 3 weeks I have lost 1 pound. Good Luck