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They ask you bring it with you in case you have to spend the night. You can leave it in the car.

I used Dr. Schmitt. Love him! Love Dr. Miles too. You can't go wrong with either one. Great staff as well. All those visits and tests will make the time fly by!

You'll be surprised how willing you are to pull your shirt up for perfect strangers:omg_smile:

1. Low fat, low carb 2. Port goes on the left, won't interfere with sleeping after a couple of days.

And walking helps, a lot! The more you move, the more the gas moves.

I don't know what you're stomach issue is, but it sounds like a hernia, which they will repair during the surgery. I had what Dr. Schmitt described as a "pretty big hernia". Didn't even know I had one! But, I can tell now, swallowing is different, and no more heartburn or reflux. None. And I eat some pretty spicy stuff.

We're still here! The most active seems to be the Miles/Schmitt thread, and you don't have to be a patient of theirs to hang around! It seems there were a group of us that were all banded at the same time and a new group is coming up in the next month or so, so it should get livlier:biggrin2:

We have more energy! That's why we're not camped out in front of the computer anymore! May 22 (my surgery date) used to have a bunch of posters several times a day. After the 22nd, it all stopped. Sometimes I wonder if I'm the only one that survived the surgery...............:wub:

I honestly don't think there will be a lot of people that are having problems hanging around the forums (there is one group here, lap-band problems or complications, though). I remember you saying you had been to a support group meeting. Maybe you should come back and ask specific questions of those who have been banded. Or even try a different support group where you might find people that have been banded for varying lengths of time. I take it you're looking for people that have had their bands for more than a year or so.

Well, so far so good with me, but it's only been about 7 weeks! I haven't noticed a lot of "old timers" around the Alabama board. So, you might have a problem coming up with some data. You may want to ask the question on the general boards, even though your answers wouldn't be specific to Alabama. I would think any percentage of problems would be the same everywhere.

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Hey, I only have to lose the World's largest ball of tape, a chihuahua and a guinea pig. Sounds doable!

Clear liquids are not that bad, it's really kind of hard to get anything down anyway. Then full liquids is pretty satisfying. But, those last two or three days, all I could think of was what I was going to eat first. Those were the best grits I ever ate in my entire life. And it's mostly just craving something that's not sweet. I don't think I can ever eat Jello again. :wink_smile:

They most definitely WILL NOT do your surgery if you haven't been to a support group meeting or a nutritional class.

You should be fine, as long as 3 years prior you have documentation that your BMI was greater than 35 and you had a co-morbitity. BCBSALs website actually has the stipulations for bariatric surgery, which spells everything out. https://www.bcbsal.org/health/important/bariatric.cfm#top