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Mark's surgery was $9,950 for everything (pre-operative screening & physical, nutritionist, surgeon, surgery center, anesthesia, everything except post-op meds.). He had the surgery done December 2007 in Denver. He has his fills done at NW fills in the Seattle, WA area. The first visit was $250 (if I remember right); his last fill was $150.

Hello, All, Hubby was banded in Aurora, CO on Dec. 19th by Dr. Kirshenbaum (self-pay $9950 US). We had some trouble finding a fill provider nearby (we live on Vancouver Island). But, we just went across the border to NW Fill Center and they were GREAT! First visit was $150 US and follow-up visits adjustments are $125 US. :frown: If anyone needs contact info, please let me know. He's down 40 lbs. (wow! Easier for men, huh?) and has 60-80 to go. Judy

My hubby felt terrible for about 3 weeks, then all of a sudden he turned the corner. Try sugar free ice pops, they were his best friend during that time. Something about the cold. Also, are you drinking your Protein shakes? You may want to visit the doctor to make sure that you don't have an infection somewhere..... Hope you get to feeling better soon.

I talked with their office about 2 weeks ago and their first new patient appointment is in 2010!! Plus, Dr. Amson doesn't want to maintain fills for anyone other than his own surgery patients.

Hubby is in the mushies stage moving to the real food stage (banded 12/19). He's asked me to pass on some of what he calls "free foods". These are all Atkins friendly, lower carb/cal and they go down easy: asparagus canned green peas mushrooms zucchini (with tomatoes if you can find them) and, the ever popular... sugar free popsicles and even Dreamsicles (5 cal. more)

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It would have made me angry too but you made a decision that you were important enough to invest this amount of time, effort and money in. Be proud of yourself, hold your head high and don't let someone else's weakness take away any of your positive motivation. You are too strong to let someone slow you down or hold you back because of their weakness. Who knows what her motivation was but, in my experience, people that break confidences do so because they have insecurity issues. They tell other people's secrets because it makes them feel important or feel like they have power. Judy

Could be that your body is replacing fat with muscle which weighs more since you are working out. I would ditch the scale for at least a week then check again. Hang in there "this too shall pass" and you'll be on your way to your ideal weight. Try drinking flavored water - that may help turn off your hunger. Plain Water doesn't seem to help as much. Hubby has been drinking tomato/veggie juice mixed with chicken broth (about half and half). It's very low calorie and helps fill him up. Judy

Hi, Nancy, Having your hubby to talk with in the lobby made the day go much faster. Tell him thanks for me. I sent you'all an email with a poem I promised him for the girls. Did you get it? If not, let me know since sometimes things can get filtered out as spam. How are you feeling now? Better I hope. Mark is on the straight and narrow to recovery. He's been very compliant (down 26 lbs as of 3 days ago) but has had some trouble with nausea and constipation both of which were solved with medications. He moved to mushies yesterday - really enjoying an avocado. My Mom also made him some "soup" by mixing tomato juice and chicken broth. That was a hit too. Judy

Hubby found that 1 teaspoon of Milk of Magnesia in the morning beginning on day 2 was very helpful. Also, infant Gas-X (only liquid we could find), adjusted the dose for adult but it causes burping not ... you know. Plus, walk, walk, walk and the breathing exercises (the spirometer) also helped move the gas along.

Anyone experienced very frequent green diarrhea (less than 1 week post-op)?

We were in Dr. K's waiting room after 4:00 on the 18th AND I was in the waiting room at the surgical center from 11:00 - 5:00 on the 19th. Are you Nancy? I had a long conversation with John while we were waiting. Judy

One of the lowest interest rate credit cards is through USAA. www.usaa.com A line of credit on your home will probably be the cheapest way to go. Check with your accountant and see if the interest will be deductible on your taxes. I would GUESS that the interest would be if you go the line of credit on your home route but the credit card one???? Mark had surgery on 12/19. His first and second day were terrible but today he's feeling much better. He has some bleeding from one of the incisions and we have had to change the dressing on it; today it seems to have slowed down. Not much nausea and he's gotten his 64 oz of Fluid down without much trouble. He tried Rice Dream today (he was getting sick of chicken broth) and loved it. No problems with nausea, either. Hope everyone is doing great. Judy

If you are worried about the sodium, try switching to a different one like Bovril (a liquid) or McCormicks (a paste). I think they have much lower salt content. We just used plain chicken broth (comes in a carton like a juice box).

We are from Vancouver Island and hubby is being banded on Dec. 19th by Dr. Kirshenbaum. The surgery is finally available here BUT there is already a 1000 patient waiting list. We're probably going to have to go to Vancouver for fills, at least at first, but there will be someone in Nanaimo sometime after the first of the year (Feb. or March??)