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It's about YOU!!! Seize life and leave dead weight alone. You need to be happy and fulfilled.Find your voice.

Somehow this is not cool!!!She is just figuring that out now!!!????Give me a break...what's important that you understand that life is short and you need to live your life happily..lI am not like others..,I am going to tell it like it is...you deserve better,You deserve someone who is going to prefer men and most of all you..."YOU"...ditch this wifey who doesn't wAnt you...you can remain friends if you want.GET YOU BACK..LOVE YOURSELF AND GET OIT THEREAND FIND YOU SOMEONE that will loveYOU...want to have a fulfilling intimates do meaningful relationship with YOU...this wife needs to be EXED.Live your life...this is coming from a cancer survivor!

You deserve to be happy....I listen to your inner self...and protect your heart.

By the way I had metatastic breast cancer in 2012...I am opting for the bypass...I was until next week going to get the sleeve.My stomach and esophagus is severely damaged from the band ...right now I am sitting up because this band has decided that it wants to reject my medication...including Anastrozole....cancer medication...the band doesn't discriminate!I want to heave but can't...its one of those nights for me....my acid reflux is over the top! At the same time my friend who had the sleeve 2 months ago is quite happy...she is a 1st timer...excuse me...I need to throw up now..,goodnight.

Great thread!

Not bad!!!

What is the average price for WLS in Mexico with say a Dr Kuri level dr.?

In the end it is your choice...the doctor will perform the sleeve if you want it...YOU need to take control!do your research and make a decision...you after all have to live with it.

I was all set to request a revision from this miserable band to sleeve...after research ...the Gold Standard of WLS...the data is there...no more "flavor of the month procedures...this lapband is pure misery

Listen to your doctor!!!!

I have a fluoroscopy onThursday hopefully something will show during this procedure.

Ina. Deciding to go with bypass but a sleeve fan no less.My friend who just got sleeved for the first time said that you must eat every 2 hours...so that you are not starved.Must chew food very good ell. Very well

Congratulations on the surgery!!!!Yay!!! Nervous...normal but faith and A higher power is on your side.Prayers are in order.Positive light surrounds you.Take a deep breath ,close your eyes and see a future picture of yourself.Slim and healthy. The crappy band that you and I should of never elected for is out of your body!!!You are going to be fine...not perfect fine...I know the feeling you have...we have become "involuntary bulimics".I get so hungry sometimes and I crave that piece of chicken or turkey burger...protein...my body craves it when I eat too many carbs...I eat it and depending on the day and how the band decides to accept it......oh no....here it goes the barf and slime,heave and vomit ...then I get hungrier because part of what I ate Has been partially have thrown up.I am always hungry!!!incidentally,chocolate or a piece of cake goes down fine...it's a weird roller coaster.....so yeah you feel as though those mushy weeks are a killer because we are always worried about food...which has been made worse due to the band....you are going to be fine...drink teas and come up with great recipes for liquids and soft foods...then you are going to get that feeling ...that feeling of losing weight....you see your thighs and waist shrinking....oh yeah...you are on your way !!!! you will succeed the worse is over....no more lapband torture. You will be fine!!!!!

Congratulations on the surgery!!!!Yay!!! Nervous...normal but faith and A higher power is on your side.Prayers are in order.Positive light surrounds you.Take a deep breath ,close your eyes and see a future picture of yourself.Slim and healthy. The crappy band that you and I should of never elected for is out of your body!!!You are going to be fine...not perfect fine...I know the feeling you have...we have become "involuntary bulimics".I get so hungry sometimes and I crave that piece of chicken or turkey burger...protein...my body craves it when I eat too many carbs...I eat it and depending on the day and how the band decides to accept it......oh no....here it goes the barf and slime,heave and vomit ...then I get hungrier because part of what I ate Has been partially have thrown up.I am always hungry!!!incidentally,chocolate or a piece of cake goes down fine...it's a weird roller coaster.....so yeah you feel as though those mushy weeks are a killer because we are always worried about food...which has been made worse due to the band....you are going to be fine...drink teas and come up with great recipes for liquids and soft foods...then you are going to get that feeling ...that feeling of losing weight....you see your thighs and waist shrinking....oh yeah...you are on your way !!!! you will succeed the worse is over....no more lapband torture.

Tell me that my weakness for chocolate will subside when the hormone is removed.

I am more worried about the possibility of leakage and ulceration of the sleeve.My esophagus screwed up and my acid reflux is so bad...thank you lapband.

Nobody's business...tell people and they appoint themselves the food police......minding your business.Judgements and opinions....no way...

It used to be band or RNY no other option.

Thanks I have 3 doctors on my side PCP,Oncologist ,Gynecologist.They all have recommended this for me...

Up until last week I was all set in pursuing a revision to a sleeve.Its new I saw a couple of celebrities Graham Elliot,Lisa Lampanelli and Rosie O Donnell to note.All are first time procedures for them. Ok I felt the same way back in 2004 when I saw Sharon Osbourne and a few other stars opt for the "newest"surgery in WLS at the time the lapband.I was approved for both but decided that the less invasive.Lapband was the way to go.Had the best surgeon who performed bypasses on Al Roker,Star Jones etc...,she and Dr.Roslyn are pioneers of WLS in NY.She offered me the Up until last week I was all set in pursuing a revision to a sleeve.Its new I saw a couple of celebrities Graham Elliot,Lisa Lampanelli and Rosie O Donnell to note.All are first time procedures for them.Back in 2004 I had the option between bypass and the lapband.I immediately opted for the lapband ....not taking into account the fills/u fills and slippage.The procedure was new and long term data was not available such as RNY. Big mistake!!!!I lost about 40 pounds initially and the fills and unfills were not wonderful and I never achieved the right fill.I started to not be able to handle several types of foods so I developed involuntary bulimia.One day I could eat a salad the next day I would violently throw up.Going to restaurants were a nightmare...a secret nightmare ...I would have dinner and have to go to the ladies room because I would need to throw up.Years of acid reflux and just fighting with my weight was a losing battle.....I developed PCOS,insulin resistance...pre diabetic...gall bladder attacks,had it removed,high cholesterol returned,developed breast cancer in 2012 And the chemo had steroids and oh boy ...gained all the weight back.Indigestion and chronic acid reflux plus port pain and stomach aches and bloating.I am miserable. My friend who is extremely obese just had sleeve surgery as well as her daughter.It is there first WLS.It seems to be working for them.(2 months)She has lost a good amount of weight but has a long way to go.She feels great so I was all in...I spoke to her last week and she told me that one day she wasn't able to eat one of her small scheduled meals because she was very busy at work....she got home famished and had egg salad she ate a bit to quickly and felt like throwing up but said that slime and bile came up.AHHHHHH....by the way she doesn't know I have the band....she experienced what I go through almost every day. My stomach is lap band abused I have all kind of gastro tests because my esophagus and stomach is a mess...The reflux rules out the sleeve for me.I would hate to make that mistake.It is not reversible,long term data is not available and on a lot of other sites I am seeing people who have had the sleeve complain of increased acid reflux...its .worse with revisions,ulcerative sleeves,leakage which can cause infections and inadequate weight loss.Some are seeking yet another revision to RNY.I am not going to put myself through this with my lapband abused stomach.Cutting out 85% of my stomach which can't be reversed is not appealing to me.I will opt for the Good Standard once and for all the bypass....the data is there and it is the Gold Standard.No more fad procedures for me.

Hey toler48 Up until last week I was all set in pursuing a revision to a sleeve.Its new I saw a couple of celebrities Graham Elliot,Lisa Lampanelli and Rosie O Donnell to note.All are first time procedures for them. Ok I felt the same way back in 2004 when I saw Sharon Osbourne and a few other stars opt for the "newest"surgery in WLS at the time the lapband.I was approved for both but decided that the less invasive.Lapband was the way to go.Had the best surgeon who performed bypasses on Al Roker,Star Jones etc...,she and Dr.Roslyn are pioneers of WLS in NY.She offered me the Up until last week I was all set in pursuing a revision to a sleeve.Its new I saw a couple of celebrities Graham Elliot,Lisa Lampanelli and Rosie O Donnell to note.All are first time procedures for them.Back in 2004 I had the option between bypass and the lapband.I immediately opted for the lapband ....not taking into account the fills/u fills and slippage.The procedure was new and long term data was not available such as RNY. Big mistake!!!!I lost about 40 pounds initially and the fills and unfills were not wonderful and I never achieved the right fill.I started to not be able to handle several types of foods so I developed involuntary bulimia.One day I could eat a salad the next day I would violently throw up.Going to restaurants were a nightmare...a secret nightmare ...I would have dinner and have to go to the ladies room because I would need to throw up.Years of acid reflux and just fighting with my weight was a losing battle.....I developed PCOS,insulin resistance...pre diabetic...gall bladder attacks,had it removed,high cholesterol returned,developed breast cancer in 2012 And the chemo had steroids and oh boy ...gained all the weight back.Indigestion and chronic acid reflux plus port pain and stomach aches and bloating.I am miserable. My friend who is extremely obese just had sleeve surgery as well as her daughter.It is there first WLS.it seems to be working for them.She has lost a good amount of weight but has a long way to go.She feels great so I was all in...I spoke to her last week and she told me that one day she wasn't able to eat one of her small scheduled meals because she was very busy at work....she got home famished and had egg salad she ate a bit to quickly and felt like throwing up but said that slime and bile came up.AHHHHHH....by the way she doesn't know I have the band....she experienced what I go through almost every day. My stomach is lap band abused I have all kind of gastro tests because my esophagus and stomach is a mess...The acid reflux and damage it caused to my esophagus rules out the sleeve for me.I would hate to make that mistake of not choosing the right procedure for me.The sleev is not reversible,long term data is not available and on a lot of other sites I am seeing People who have had the sleeve complain of acid reflux....worse with revisions,Ulcerative sleeves,leakage which can cause infections and inadequate weight loss.Some are seeking yet another revision to RNY.I am not going to put myself through this with my lapband abused stomach.Cutting out 85% of my stomach which can't be reversed is not appealing to me.I will opt for the Gold Standard once and for all the bypass....the data is there and it is the Gold Standard.No more fad procedures for me.

I believe in Secret WLS.....too many have too much to say about anything!

Yes stick to the hernia it's the truth...you had a hernia...had it fixed....no more info needed.Keep this undercover it's done.No questions....

I had surgery and didn't need to do a 2 week fast I think it was a gradual 3 day diet with clear liquids a few days before... I would definitely drink a great deal of water.

FYI Be careful... Posted August 6, 2015 - 11:40 PM #1 Steve Kaiser is another victim of Dr. Mario Almanza and Jarred & Alexis Cohen (owners of WeightLossAgents.com and Gastricsleeve.com) that has barely survived the slaughter. A similar story like so many others! The good news is that Steve has dedicated the rest of his life to help prevent others from making the same mistake that he so innocently got snared by the web of lies and deceit perpetrated by WeightLossAgents. No one should ever have to suffer or die from an elective surgery of this type, but surgery with Almanza is like people being led to a slaughter house. According to the existing laws in Mexico, a victim must file in person with the appropriate authorities to open an official Mexican Government investigation against Almanza and Weight Loss Agents. As of today, there are no formal complaints against Almanza/Weight Loss Agents and that is why he continues to operate with impunity. The Mexican authorities are aware of the problems posted on online, but without a formal complaint, it's all hearsay. Let's all work together to help these victims get the justice they deserve. In Mexico, the authorities are looking for both civil and criminal charges against Almanza and Weight Loss Agents but without proof and a formal complaint, there is nothing they can do. Please help Steve with his part in this Journey to Justice Campaign because Justice is what Steve seeks. Below is the link where your financial support in any amount, is greatly appreciated. http://www.gofundme.com/3y32zx4c You can see part of Steve’s story by using the link below: http://www.wptv.com/...rchTerm=almanza  You, Alex Brecher, kimaly and 1 other like this Unlike Quote MultiQuote Report