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Hi Mary, Since you are an October bandster, come on over and join the TENacious TENS group... You can find us under "Monthly Support Groups". October 2007.... Our October group is growing and I'm looking forward to all the help and support...

Hello Colorado Crazy...... I'm from Colorado too, from The Grand Junction area... Anyway, in answer to your question, there is a great Dr in Denver that does the lap band surgery.. His name is Dr. Kirshenbaum and there are a bunch of his patients that post on this forum that have or will soon be getting their bands from him... My surgery is scheduled for October 16th with him.. He is very highly regarded and his fees are $9950 for everything including 3 months aftercare... There is a link to his web site at the bottom of my signature.. Good Luck to you on your journey..

Hi FoxyGramma, Sorry to hear that you are widowed and alone... I can't imagine what you have to go through being alone... I am so thankful I still have my husband.. God Bless and Good Luck to you on your banding journey....

Welcome to all of the new people that have posted on here.. It is nice to have you all with us... When will you all be getting your bands?? Please keep us posted and Good Luck on your journey...

Howdy Don, (skinnydippn42) It's nice to have you here with us... You made the right decision for the lapband if you have been battling your weight for 20+ years.... Hopefully Medicare will approve the surgery for you soon... Good Luck on your journey.....

Hello and WELCOME to our new members nume and colesd. It's great to have you with us.. :wave: nume, It's nice to have someone from Canada.. :canada: colesd, I agree with you about the support from someone who has or will go thru this.... The support I have received so far is immeasurable and we are here for each other...... :hug:

Hey Kat..... That is the greatest information... Thank you soo much for posting it. I am writing some of the tips down, simply because they are good info.... This is not related to anything, but I think I read somewhere where you go to Red River over Memorial Day for the bike rally and I was wondering how many years have you been doing that??? I had a very good friend that went there every year and in 2003-2004 he was hit and killed on his bike by a 16 year old kid without a drivers license.. His fiance lost a leg and his buddy on his bike was killed also and his wife sustained severe head injuries.... His nickname was Dancer and his real name was Les Walker and he was from Salida, Colorado. Just wondering if you knew him...

Wow Claramae..... You sure have had a bad go at it with your hips.. Hopefully the weight loss from the band will help relieve some of the pressure on your hips. God Bless your wonderful hubby, he sure has been a lot of help for you... My hubby has been a sweetheart as well. He pretty much has done the same things yours has, so the thought of possibly going fishing instead of vacuuming has him pretty happy.. He is 100% behind me on this. Along with the pain in my knees, hips and ankles my big belly gets in the way of everything. I can't even put my socks on.. I wear Crocs shoes for comfort and can slide them on.. I also have emphysema/COPD along with other health problems from being obese. I cannot walk very far before I'm out of breath and I'm hoping that the weight loss and getting rid of the big belly will help take the pressure off of my lungs so I can breath a little bit better... Plus, I want to go and do things with my grandchildren while they are young and growing up... Gosh, I just realized that your surgery is tomorrow... Good Luck and GOD BLESS you... I will be thinking of you and keep you in my prayers... Please lets us know as soon as you feel up to it how things went....

pvchickie..... Thank you so much for sharing that beautiful poem with us.. I copied it down because I want to keep it close by so I can look at it often... Congrats on your band date... We are happy to have you as a member of the TENacious TENS......

Wow Kat... Small world.. I have a granddaughter that lives in Rifle, one in New Castle and my oldest daughter lives in Eagle... I been over to Ridgeway and the Meeker areas. Meeker is a fun place when they have the sheep dog runs. I still have lots of family in Denver, Englewood, and Littleton, so I have traveled over the mountain quite a bit to see them.. My youngest daughter and her family are the only ones in Grand Junction. The rest are spread around... Ahh, the Rose.... It was a good place to go and scoot a boot, but it changed hands and isn't the same.... Ready.... Yes, Grand Junction haas really grown, especially since you left in 99.. There are only a hand full of farms left, they have all been bought up and subdivisions put in.... Where in Tennessee are you? My dad's side of the family is from Chattanooga...

Hey Lori..... After you select and design your ticker and glitter you will need to cut and paste the code from the web site into your signature in your control panel... If you have any problems trying to figure it out, just give another holler and I will help as much as I can.... Good Luck

Dynamo... Thank you very much for the invitation on the 11th at Red Robin.. However, I won't be able to make it as I am currently out of town and won't return until the 14th of October.. (My surgery date is October 16th.) I will be in Denver until the end of November and I would very much like to meet up with all of you at the November monthly.... BetsyJane.... Thanks for the information on the mindful eating and using the small plates and utensils... I am a fast eater too and I can really use any suggestions on how to slow down... Who's getting a face lift??? You better bet that I will be standing in that line when I get to my goal weight. I know that my jowels and neck skin will be a saggin and a baggin and I'm all for nice and tight.. Along with a tummy tuck and a nice perky boob job.... :biggrin1: I'm saving my pennies right now for all of that stuff... All of it may be farther down the road than I would like, but what the heck I gotta dream...... Hope everyone has a great week...:clap2:

Hey Ready.... How long ago did you live in Fruita and Palisade? I actually lived in Glade Park. but no one knows where that is, so I just say Grand Junction...

Wowee Gayle and Claramae... Your stories sound awfully familiar... The only thing is that I am not a diabetic (YET).. My DH is so understanding when it comes to me walking and stopping to rest, helping with the housework, etc... I am soooo happy to hear that I can live a normal life again and not have as much pain.... I can hardly wait until I can participate in my grandchildren's activities instead of trying to find excuses of why I couldn't make it.. God Bless all of you and wishing great success on your weight loss journey..

Hi everyone... I'm from Colorful Colorado.. The western side.. Grand Junction, Colorado.... It's a beautiful place to be... Love my "Rocky Mountains"... Grew up, got married and had my children in the Denver area. Moved to the Western slope 20 years ago. Hey UN5-3051... I was born in Springfield, Missouri a long time ago. :huggie:

Welcome Signgirl to the TENacious TENS!!! Halloween is a great day to get banded.. I even thought about that date myself, but I'm too anxious to get it done so I opted for the 16th of October.... Come on over to our other thread that's been started for the TENacious TENS group.. It is under "Monthly Support Groups" and the thread is called "We are the TENacious TENS". You should find us all over there... Good Luck to you and Welcome..

Holly... Boy do I hear ya on the exercise.. I tell myself everyday that I'm going to do some walking and I only get in about 2100-3500 steps according to my pedometer, when I should be getting in 10,000 or more.. Right now I am more or less coasting until the 1st of October when I start my liquid diet... My DH and I are retired and spending the summer out here in the San Francisco, California area. We went touring last Wednesday and I could hardly walk anywhere, we kept having to stop so I could rest. When we got home that night I told myself that I would drink a couple of Protein shakes every day and walk, walk, walk.... Well the first day was good, but since then I've been a little lax... My hips and feet get to hurting so bad and on good days I can only walk about the length of a football field and back and then I'm done... That is so pitiful especially when I was very athletic in school and in my young adult years I was a dancer... Does walking or exercise affect your hips and such like mine do? I am wondering if it is directly related to my weight or if there is another underlying problem.. That is good that the visit to your dietitian went well even though you already knew what she said... This is the greatest site to learn from, plus have the most wonderful support system around... I will be having my consultation with the dietitian the end of September.. I have already had my phone consult with my Dr, so I pretty much am set as far as what he wants me to do prior to surgery and that is just do the liquid diet 10 days before my surgery day... I sure am glad that I don't have to do a 4 week pre-op exercise program. I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to make it... They would have to start off very gently with me.... I am very angry with myself for getting so out of shape and so much overweight... :huggie: But I am sooooo happy I am getting the band.... Keep me posted on how your exercise program is working....

Hey Mindy... This is off the subject but my oldest daughter is Mindy K... I saw your name up there and of course it caught my eye.. Nice name:)

WTG Schemgie on your weight loss!!!

Holly.... Thanks for inviting Lafs over to our groupie... I must have been dozing and not thinking when she gave her October banding date.... Lafs..... Come on over and join the TENacious TENS group. It is under the Monthly Support Groups title... We welcome all October bandsters....

Hey Holly... Great idea for doing this thread. I was thinking about doing it, but your first thread "Let's get this party started" is getting pretty active and I thought we could direct them over to the "TENacious TENS" thread from there. But what the heck, if we can get them there with help from this one that's all the better.... BTW, my real name is Bobbie.... and my oldest grandaughter's name is Holly...

Hi Kim, I'm unfortunately self pay and it is costing me $9950 for the whole enchilada... lol.. I just hope I don't have any complications, so $3000 isn't too bad but it still isn't pocket change... (yep, ya just gotta love them credit cards, could we live without them?) The way I look at it the cost of the surgery will be a savings to me in my health care... I have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, feet and ankle swelling, etc.. and going to the Dr all the time and buying medications all add up... I've heard that the Kaiser health plan out here is pretty good.. We have Kaiser back in Colorado, but it wasn't offered in the part of Colorado I lived in... No Dr. McSteamy for me, darn it!!! I could use a good heart palpatator... lol My DH and I are retired and live full time and travel in our motorhome with our two little dogs. We came out to Petaluma this summer and my DH is working for the Petaluma KOA campground this summer as their maintenance guy... We really enjoy it here and are thinking about coming back next summer... We are still trying to figure out where we will go this winter after I get banded and we spend Thanksgiving In Colorado with kids and grandkids... By then we will be ready to get out of the cold and on to a warmer climate... Maybe one of these days we could meet in person in SF....

P.S.... To all of us October bandsters, come on over to the new thread Holly has started for us... It is called "We are the TENacious TENS".. That is the name of our group. It was selected because we are being banded in month Ten and we are tenacious...

Hi and WELCOME to all of the new TENacious TENS!!! Cheri, Rabid, Summer, Sadie and Kim.... It's great having you all here... I will be banded on October 16th by Dr Kirshenbaum in Colorado and right now it looks like I am the last one to get my band.. Maybe that is a good thing since I can learn what not to do from all of you beforehand.. :huggie: Sadie... I went to GNC and bought a whey Protein powder drink mix. I bought banana Creme flavor and mix it in skim milk and it is very good.. It also has 20 grams of protein per scoop. The directions call to mix in Water and it tastes ok that way, but I like it with milk better. They have several different flavors and the unflavored is good to put in other foods so you get your quota of protein for the day... The cost was rather reasonable considering you get several servings out of one package.. Cheri.... Wow, WTG on your weight loss already!!!... You are an inspiration to me who is such a whiny baby about going on the liquid diet just 10 days before surgery let alone 3 months before surgery... Summer.... You get to go first, so we will all be thinking of you.. Be sure and keep us posted on how you are doing... Kim... You will be next and we will keep you in our thoughts too... Congratulations on your weight loss already that is great!!! I'm sure you will be able to maintain the weight loss until surgery time.... October seems like a long way away, but it will actually be here before we know it.. I am sooo looking forward to getting my band and getting some energy back so I can go do things with my grandkids. I feel so bad when I can't partcipate in their activities because of this weight.. Plus I want to go dancing again... :biggrin1: Well that's enough whinning for now.. Hope you all have a great weekend......

Hi Kim, Welcome to the TENacious TENS.. We are happy to have new people here with us to provide lots of support for each other... Are you in San Francisco? I am currently just north of SF in Petaluma and will be leaving here October 1st for Denver, Colorado to have Dr Kirshenbaum do my surgery.. I am originally from Colorado but have been spending the summer out here. If I may ask who is your Dr? Welcome aboard and have a great weekend...