IVANinNJ

Good evening everyone. Hope all is well here. I had some trouble with my password, I have been trying to log on for weeks now. Even the whole password reset thing did not work, but for some reason today it worked. This is great, 2 years later all the familiar names are still here. I love it.

OK, now I think I have seen it all: Click here: eBay: LAP BAND (GASTRIC BANDING) (item 290056920687 end time Dec-10-06 08:29:36 PST)

Hello my friends, Just thought I would stop in and say hi and start the December thread. All is well here. As far as band related stuff, I must admit that maintaining my goal weight is more difficult than loosing. I actually did gain a couple of pounds back after hitting my goal and its really work to keep it off. My wife is doing well with her band, she has already lost 50 lbs. As usual, nothing interesting is going on. I wish I had something to talk about.

I am also a very, very happy Ballantyne person. Dr Capella only does the bypass. He feels the lap-band is not effective and will not do it. I would suggest you go to one of his seminars. He does a great seminar and is very convincing.

I was really looking forward to opening the October chat. Oh well, maybe next month.

Thank You! I wish I had something interesting to contribute here. Things are pretty routine right now, except for the wife going under the knife in 3 weeks. All the tests and insurance hoops have been exercised. Next weekend I will post my before and after pictures. Of course I will give my cheer-leading squad here first peak before I put it on the main page.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think Dr Schmidt / Advanced Laparoscopic Associates in Hackensack will do it.

WHAT! all of a sudden I have to be one OR the other?

That Protein intake sounds sort of high, I could be wrong, but I think 60 grams is the usual daily goal. If you are drinking Protein drinks, take a look at the calorie content of those things. Be patient, give your body a chance to adapt to new situation.

Absolutely.

Hi Jennifer, I am in NJ also! I can relate to what you are saying. For me, I just set a date and said that's it, when I wake up the diet starts, the gym starts. And that's what I did. I lost 20 lbs before the surgery and have stayed commited. The payoff is not only the results that I had, but because I am actually burning calories, I can have a slice of pizza, Gen Tso's chicken, Burrito Supreme, Hot Pastrami, Chicken Vindaloo, or a Gyro every once in while. YOU CAN DO IT!

Do you really need the internist to write a letter if you can get the orthopedic guy to write it for you? I know all insurance companies have different requirements. Are you sure yours requires it? I agree, find a new internal medicine doc. You may want to ask your surgeon's office for a referral, they know who is good and will give you the support you need after the band.

do you know why they don't want to do fills on bands done in Mexico?

For those that may have missed it before, there will be another live webcast of the Lap-Band surgery on May 10th on OR-LIVE.COM http://www.or-live.com/hartfordhospital/1616/index.cfm?r=orlive

Do I really need to answer that? His new policy is that anyone over 40 gets a stress test now. It's an extra hoop to jump through but I think it's worth it. I think she is aiming for about 90 lbs.