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I Would Have To Say That If She Had Started Losing Weight Then She Had Been Having Her Fills, I Would Say Its More A Slip Or Eating Around It, More People Need To Realize Its Not A Cure Its A Tool Andif You Dont Work With It, It Wont Work

I took a week off and I was ok going back to work after that. I probably coulda gone back earlier, but working on an ambulance and all didnt want to push the issue with all the lifting etc.

It will get better, If you havent all ready u ay want to check out this thread. Prettmy much the same issues. I would say alot but im gonna get carpal tunnel re typing everything I said..lol. but hang in there you will do good http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f178/2-days-post-op-having-doubts-58588/

Me personally i dont care who knows. No one has ever said a word to me negative wise ( but then again those who know me know better too...lol ) . If i didnt know them and they said something I might be tempted to PB on them ...lmao. When ya think about it its a great defense mechanism

Glad to hear your feeling better !!! You probably will feel hunger again. I do on occasion specially when i miss a fill apointment. On the plus side that hunger is relieved with a LOT less than it used to take. The body is still the same in a sense, but the fact that the hunger will go away with the right food choices, and a lot less is the plus of it. If you make the right choices you may not get that " I just wanna cram 3 Big Macs down my throat" feeling ( which i wouldnt recommed to ANYONE ...lol ).

without sounding rude, your whole situation sounds like a terrible ordeal to go through, however, this probably isnt the most appropriate thread for this. These people in here are looking for support and help with their decision, now that they feel they are having some regret, which like I said before is normal. But i dont think writing about this in here is going to help them any. Probably going to make them run to their docs to have it taken out. I hope your situation resolves itself. I personally had my banding done here & the same doctor does my fills, so I probably am not of much help, however I would suggest checking out the fill threads, they may be of more help. Good Luck. It is difficult after having it done. My one savior was my sister who is a nurse. While she had never really dealt with banding patients, sha had dealt with the bypass , so she was helpful. My family wasnt very involved with any of this, I think my mom came with me to one meeting, but like myself stopped listening after some lady whined for the 6th time that night about how is she going to go on vacation and what if she gets hungry LADY STAY HOME ( i dont know how but I did refrain from yelling that ), Anyhow now that I have gotten TOTALLY off track. You will all do great. Its a change and everyone needs to work through these things in their own way, but at least you know you arent the only ones who have felt this way, and hopefully that puts things in a better perspective.

Let me tell you i know what you mean. The major reason I was banded was to have a much needed knee surgery, ACI , to be exact. Insurance CO requires my BMI be 30 before they will do it. Well for me thats too small. I understand the muscle thing but they dont. I will post it after Im done ranting, but my cousin who is a trainer researched this for me for my insurance fight and they still didnt care about fat vs muscle. I have spent the last 12 years working on an ambulance & 4 as a firefighter, which was another reason as well for losing weight, I didnt want to be the patient I transport back and forth the dialysis etc. Muscle wise I have biceps that scare most of the guys I work with ( try carrying someone that weighs over 250 down 3 flights of stairs on a regular basis ) , my legs are SOLID, even my ortho agrees they are being absurd with this. I will be happy at 165, not 130 like they want. I know what ya mean about the bones too i have ones sticking out , and cant imagine what it would be like at 130, I will never be able to wrestle another drunk on the stretcher again... Yes I needed to lose weight, but I dont need to look anorexic either. heres the research he found if anyone may ever need it for an insurance battle. I apologize its long. The problem with BMI calculations is that it makes an assumption of someone's health based solely on their height and weight. It also makes no account for the distribution of obesity; indeed, where fat is distributed on the body has been linked to increased risk of certain diseases. The BMI is blind. It doesn't know the difference between 300 pounds of muscle and 300 pounds of fat. National Institutes of Health, which lists a BMI calculator at its site (http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm), acknowledges that there are some limitations (translate that as problems) with the BMI. It makes this clarifying statement: It (the BMI) may overestimate bodyfat Dr. C. Everett Koop, recently published a press release pointing out the shortcomings of BMI. According to the Shape up America website, BMI missclassifies one out of four people and should not be used by athletes. Why is BMI a poor measure of health and fitness? It's simply because BMI does NOT take into account body fat vs. lean tissue. Body builders and other athletes carry more lean body mass than the average person and will therefore be classified as overweight if BMI is used as the criteria for measurement. Conversely, someone could have a "healthy" BMI of 19 to 22 and yet have a dangerously high level of body fat (a "skinny fat person"). BMI does not take into account skeletal size, amount of body Water and, most notably muscle mass. Let's use an example where two people who are 5' 8" and weigh 220 pounds. The first person in our example has a body fat percentage of 33% while the second one is a bodybuilder with a body fat percentage of 7%. The first person in our example, we will call him John, is carrying a lean body weight around 174 pounds thus carrying about 72 pounds of fat. Our bodybuilder in the example, who will refer to as Matt, has a lean body weight around 204 pounds carrying about 16 pounds of fat. Now let's look at the BMI calculations for both of our examples. As you can see a BMI calculation cannot be used for everyone. BMI is just not a good indicator for someone's health and should be avoided when making any health assumptions. The best recommendation for getting a good indicator of your health is to invest in something that actually tracks your body fat percentage. Famous body builders: Jack La Lanne (b. Sept. 26, 1914), noted for his pioneering physical fitness TV shows, celebrated his 90th birthday on September 26, 2004. He is 5'4" and weighs 152 pounds (BMI 26.1). At one time he had 20 pounds more muscle. Arnold Schwarzenegger (b. July 30, 1947) Arnold is 6' 2" and his competition weight was 235 lbs with a waist of 34". His waist-to-height ratio was 0.46 and his BMI was 30.2. In 1969 he won the Mr. Universe title and he dominated the Mr. Olympia competition from 1970 to 1975. Arnold's off-season weight was 250-260 pounds. Lou Ferrigno (b. Nov. 9, 1952) won his first Mr. Universe title in 1973 at age 21. He won the title a second time in 1974. Lou, who is 6'5" tall, weighed 285 pounds and had a 34" waist at the time. That corresponds to a BMI of 33.9 and a waist-to-height ratio of 0.44. Lou's off-season weight was 310-325 pounds. Lou gained notoriety for his role in the TV series "The Incredible Hulk". Ronald "Ronnie" Coleman (b. May 13, 1964) is 5'11" and has a competition weight of 296 pounds (BMI = 41.4). His off-season weight is 330 pounds. Ronnie's enormous muscles make everybody else seem small by comparison. He has won the Mr. Olympia contest every year from 1998 to 2005. Stephanie Park (b. Jan. 20, 1976) is 5'2" and weighs 118 lb during contests (BMI = 21.6). Stephanie's off-season weight is 145 pounds. She is a Canadian fitness model and won the 2001 South Western Ontario Bodybuilding Level I Championship. Yaxeni Oriquen (b. Sept. 3, 1963) is 5'7" and has a competition weight of 160 pounds (BMI = 25.1). Her off-season weight is 185 pounds. Originally from Venezuela, Yaxeni now lives in Florida where she is a physical fitness trainer. She was the winner of Miss International at the 2005 Arnold Classic. Jeff Dwelle (2002 NPC Nationals, 12th place) carries a BMI of 30+ at his contest weight of 220 pounds. His off-season weight of 255 gives him a BMI of 35.6, which is virtually off the scale. The BMI says that even when Dwelle cuts down to contest condition, he is still obese! ATHLETES: A recent study by University of North Carolina endocrinologist Dr. Joyce Harp utilized the BMI to check out the condition of today's professional football players. She, along with a student assistant, used height and weight statistics to find the body mass index of the various players on each roster. The results they came up with led them to declare that over half the players in the National Football League are obese. fashion model Ana Reston who died of anorexia earlier in 2006 (at death her BMI was 13.5, Shaquille O'Neal has a BMI of 32 which rates him as "obese" to "morbidly obese" and so seriously overweight he is in life threatening danger due to his inactive lifestyle...according to the BMI. A look at the 16 top elite fencers at the last Olympics as well as some of the elite Canadian female fencers gives an average BMI of around 24; according to the BMI, just this side of "overweight". But the notion that 200 other NBA players out of 426 are even within a 3-point shot of tubby might make one wonder: Just how good is the BMI at telling if somebody is too fat? The finding follows a study of football players published in Feb 2005 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. That research concluded that according to BMI standards, more than half of National Football League players are obese, and nearly all are overweight. The study's validity was questioned by an NFL spokesman. In the new study, published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the researchers calculated both BMI and body fat percentage for 439 college students. Study results showed that male and female college athletes, as well as male non-athletes, could have a BMI suggesting they were overweight yet still have healthy levels of body fat, defined as less than 20 percent fat in men and 33 percent in women. Overweight Gold Medal Olympian Athletes according to the Body Mass Index (BMI) Shawn Crawford (USA) Sprinting (200m) (Overweight: 177cm, 81kg, athlete BMI=26) Mark Lewis-Francis (GB) Sprinting (100m Relay) (Overweight: 183cm, 89kg, athlete BMI=26) Matthew Pinsent (GB) Rowing (Coxless four) (Overweight: 196cm, 108kg, athlete BMI=28) James Cracknell (GB) Rowing (Coxless four) (Overweight: 192cm, 100kg, athlete BMI=27) Ed Coode (GB) Rowing (Coxless four) (Overweight: 193cm, 96kg, athlete BMI=26) Steve Williams (GB) Rowing (Coxless four) (Overweight: 189cm, 96kg, athlete BMI=27) David Cal (Spain) Canoeing (C-1 1000m) (Overweight: 183cm, 91kg, athlete BMI=27) Khadjimourat Gatsalov (Russia) Wrestling (84-96kg) (Overweight: 180cm, 96kg, athlete BMI=30) Artur Taymazov (Uzebekistan) Wrestling (96-120kg) (Obese: 189cm, 112kg, athlete BMI=31) Roman Sebrle (Czechoslovakia) Decathlon (Overweight: 186cm, 88kg, athlete BMI=25) Ryan Bayley (Austria) Cycling (Sprint) (Overweight: 181cm, 84kg, athlete BMI=26) Odlanier Solis Fonte (Cuba) Boxing (81-91kg) (Overweight: 180cm, 91kg, athlete BMI=28) Alexander Povetkin (Russia) Boxing (over 91kg) (Overweight: 188cm, 91kg, athlete BMI=26) Ihar Makarau (Belarus) Judo (90-100kg) (Obese: 180cm, 100kg, athlete BMI=31) Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) Shot put (Obese: 200cm, 135kg, athlete BMI=34) (Note: all heights and weights were taken from the official Athens 2004 web site)

Me i listened to my doctor and just about tossed anything the dietician gave me, she was number than a hammered thumb, all the times I had to see her she kept screwing things up, and the fact the not ONCE did she get my name right ( with a chart right in front of her no less ) so i gave up on that. Yes she was nice enough but downright dingy.

Ok lets see if i get this pic posting thing right.. Gotta hurry though Motley Crue tickets go on sale in in 10 minutes..lmao

Omg My Sister ( Whpo Truly Is A Blonde ) Brought Me Home And Was Going To Make Me Jello Before She Left. Figuring She Would Do What Any Normal Person Would Do And Heat The Water In The Tea Kettle On The Stove ( I Later Found Out Hello It Was For Tea According To Her ) She Is On Of Those People That Only Uses Something For It Intended Purpose. Well Anyhow I Couldnt Figure Out What Was Taking Her So Long To Make Flippin Jello. She Had Out My Humongous Soup Pot To Boil Water In. I Think It Took 30 Minutes ...lmao. I Was In Tears I Was Laughing So Hard Then In Pain...lol So I Know What You Mean

For Me It Wasnt Too Bad. But Then Again I Have 7 Tattoos Lol ... The Day After I Was Discharged Home I Think I Took Pain Meds Once. By The Next Day The Worst Pain I Had Was I Felt Like I Had Done Wayyyyyyyy To Many Sit Ups. Actually Seeing How I Dont Do Sit Ups It Was Like I Had Done 2 Of Them..lol. But Everyone Is Different , But I Have Yet To Hear Of Any Pain That Bad

The Regret Thing.. Perfectly Normal. I Wasnt Aware Of This Site When I Had Mine Done, And Honestly I Cant Stand The Group Thing. I Am Not A Sit In A Room To Discuss My Gas With People I Dont Know Kinda Person. I Did The Same Thing After I Got Home, But 4 Days After Surgery I Stepped On The scale And It Was 11 Pounds Lighter, I Knew Right Then & There I Had Made The Right Decision. I Honestly Wish More People Would Read Threads Like This Before They Have The Surgery So They Know Its Ok To Feel Like This Afterwards. Once You Get Used Everything It Starts To Feel Normal. Its Like Any Other Change In Ones Routine, Whether It Be Moving To A New Home, Starting A New Job Etc. Its A Life Change And It Takes Some Getting Used To. Im Glad You Are Feeling Better With This And Like Everything Else In Life There Are Going To Be Good Days And Bad Days, You Just Gotta Roll With It And Remember When Its Bad There Is No Other Way To Go But Up, And It Will Get Better

Oh And Btw It Does Work After Banding

OMG SOMEONE ELSE THAT DOES THIS..LOL I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE. MY 6TH GRADE TEACHER TOLD US ABOUT THIS AND IT WORKS EVERYTIME. HAVE BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE ALTHOUGH IF YOU DONT HAVE SOMEONE TO HOLD YOUR EARS. USE A STRAW IN YOUR DRINK AND HOLD YOUR OWN EARS.

Mine Had Fallen Off And When I Went To My Post Op Appt It Was Fine, However A Week Later The Port Incision Opened Up On Me Down To The Internal Sutures. I Went To Ther And Had Them Stitch It Back Up, Which Was Ok Per The Surgeon. Thankfully Having Been An Emt Out Of My Local Hosp The Doc Had No Problem Re Suturing It For Me. He Did Say That Steri Strips On An Area As Tough As The Stomach And That Big Of An Area Was Stupid. I Had To Agree With Him. He Had Said He Knows About Not Wanting To Have A Scar But I Wound Up With A Bigger One As A Result Of It Not Being Sutured To Begin With. Im At Work Right Now But When I Get Home I Will Post A Pic. Personally I Could Care Less About The Scar, As Long As It Had Healed With No Problems Ie Infection Etc , That Was My Biggest Concern. But Some People Dont Want A Scar And Thats Their Choice. But Will Post A Pic Later On

See Now Thats Just Crap. You Should Ask Them Wht Then Do You Have To Pay For Someones Hysterectomy Or Knee Surgery. If Thats The Case Why Cover And Surgery. I Am Going Through A Similiar Process With My Insurance And Knee Surgery. I Was Gonna Give Up ( After A Year And A Half Of Dealing With It ). My Ortho Told Me Not To Give Up With Them. Reason - The Insurance Companies Count On Ppl Giving Up. Then They Dont Have To Pay. He's Got A Point. Its The Squeeky Wheel Theory. Keep Fighting

Anthem Covered Mine In 2006 But They No Longer Cover It As A Coworker Of Mine Found Out The Other Day. We Are In Mass. Hopefully For You Things Are Different In Either State. Good Luck

I DID THE SAME THING TOO RIGHT BEFORE MINE, WAS GETTING SICK AS WELL. TOOK ZICAM GONE IN 2 DAYS, WORKS GREAT. PLUS THEY HAVE THE NASAL ONE TOO SO YOUR NOT PUTTING ANYTHING IN YOUR STOMACH

Well our company is nationwide and a co worker of mine just found out today that Anthem BCBS no longer covers it. I had originally called to inquire about PS. Then the lady said we dont cover that ( the bariatric surgery ) so they wouldnt cover the PS. I told her well I had it a year ago , apparently they changed their rules in January. They no longer cover it. I feel so bad for her, its the only thing she has had to look forward too. So I guess it doesnt matter what the company size. I was lucky I got in before it changed, but for those who are having issues. Many insurance companies have been sucessfully sued for weight discrimination. You might want to research just to have your own ammo. I do know zerox was one that got nailed for it.

This Has Helped Alot I Have Had The , I Guess You Could Say Fortunate Luck, Of Having My Back Go Out At Least Once A Month For The Past Year Which Has Required Trips To The Er. So Its All Documented. Im Gonna Try It. Worst That Can Be Said Is No

YOUR WELCOME ACTUALLY ILL BE HONEST, LOOKING AT YOUR BEFORE PIC RESEMBLES MYSELF IN THE MIRROR NOW. I THOUGHT I WAS LOOKING OK...LOL AND SEEING YOUR AFTER PIC MAKES ME WANT TO RUN LIKE THE WIND ( SKIN FLAPPIN IN THE BREEZE ) TO THE PS OFFICE. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE IF YOU WOULDNT MIND. PS I AM KELLIE74 LOST THE PASSWORD AND CANT SEEM TO GET ANY HELP GETTING IT BACK

Gloucester, Im Going To Go Out On A Limb And Assume You Are From Mass. Where Did You Have Ur Surgery Done? Im In The Newburyport Area

I Always Get The Hiccups Right After I Eat But No Pbing, Pain Or Side Affects From Them, Other Than They Drive Me Bonkers

Or what if we were knocking ourselves out at the gym on the treadmill with them. That could be very dangerous ya know.:ohmy:

I tried everything, doing the lost pass word link ( 6 times btw ) checked the junk maik etc etc etc. send an email to tech support for this site ... nothing. Any suggestions as i had to reregister, which is kinda a pain thanks