raazzberry

WoW!! Your doing AWESOME La Madam!! 100lbs that is FLABULESS!!!! Congrats to you!! Keep working that band!!

Robin sorry to hear your all stressed out. I know that can be rough, especially with eating and all. Not good to be PBing. But get that stinking thinking out of your head!! You are NOT going to fail again. Even if you have a bad day, tomorrow is always a new day and you can choose to get back on track again!! You CAN do this, I have faith in you!! If you ever need to talk please feel free to e mail me at raazzberry@cfl.rr.com Keep in touch and let us know how your doing!!

Welcome to the board and congrats on your new band!! Glad to hear things are going well! To start a new thread you'll see a button on the left hand side of the page on top that says start new thread, click on that and go to town!! As far as a PB, that is what is called a productive burp. When the food comes back up with no acids. It is not a good thing to do!! If you have any more questions feel free to e mail me at raazzberry@cfl.rr.com !! Again welcome to the group and congrats!!! Jo Ann

Just thought I would start a new thread in hopes to get people to start chatting!! So I was wondering how everyone was doing with their food, exercise, weight loss /gain, whatever else you want to share?? As for me, I'm down 46lbs as of Oct.7. I'm doing pretty good with my exercising, I walk just about every day, my food is pretty good, but I was told I wasn't getting enough calories so I have to work on eating some more. Isn't that funny! Here I have an operation to control my portions of food and I have to eat more. LOL!! Other than that I'm doing really good. So lets hear from you people!!!

Hi Amy, And welcome to the board!!! Glad to see you found us here! I think that your insurance does pays for the lap band, I've known a few people who have tricare and they got approved, but because they pay for one weight loss surgery doesn't mean they will pay for the other. A lot of insurance companies are still not paying for the lap band due to the fact that it's new still over here in the states and they are still considering it "experimental". But I will keep my fingers crossed for you!! Keep us posted on how you are doing!! Good luck and once again welcome to the board!!

Hi everyone, Just wanted to extend an invite to a get together we are having in the Orlando area. It is on October 14,2005. If interested please send me an e mail at raazzberry@cfl.rr.com and I send you all the information!! So come on out and join us!!! Jo Ann

Our get together is in Orlando!! Sorry! But your always welcome to come!! Maybe you guys further down south can get a get together going on over that way. It's a great way to meet people and great for support too!!

I guess I need to update my profile!! Should read Dr. Jawad Ocala, Fl Banded 7/13/05 308/260/150's??

Hi guys!! Looking forward to the dinner on friday!! I hope more people will come and join us!! Like Trisha said, anyone interested in meeting e mail one of us, (me, trisha, or Ca) for details!! Let's get together and have some fun and support!! Good luck Terrilen on your surgery!! Wishing you a speedy and painless recovery!! Jo Ann

Hi Heather, Alls I can say is Dr. Jawad is absolutley wonderful!! He's a great surgeon and his staff is excellent. Though it can be trying sometimes to get a hold of them on the phone, I find it easier to contact them through e mail. He has a support site of his own if your interested. The only thing is not a lot of the lap banders communicate on there. There's about 5 or 6 of us that talk on there, it's mostly the RNY patients on there. He knows his stuff. If you want to know about the pre op stuff and post up stuff, just drop me a line. Raazzberry@cfl.rr.com Jo Ann

Hello!! I'm also here in Orlando. I was banded on July 13 2005, but I went with Dr. Jawad up in Ocala. But would love to chat with anyone!! Drop me a line if you want to talk. raazzberry@cfl.rr.com Jo Ann

Hi everyone!! I am new to this board. Just thought I would jump in and say hello! Also wanted to tell Heather that I also see Dr. Jawad and I think he is just wonderful!! I researched him for awhile before choosing him and he also came highly reccommended. Everyone there is real nice though it is hard to get a hold of them on the phone, much easier by e mail! Sounds like everyone is really doing good!! Keep up the great work everyone!! Thanks