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thx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that 185 was my next mini-goal!! i have waited since june 1st for it to get here, and when it FINALLY arrived, i almost let it slip by without noticing!! NEXT MINI GOAL FOR mini_me: 180!!!:clap2:

we love jack! we love jack! we love jack! jack for president! jack for president! jack for president!

Am I the only one who........................ When I read Jack's posts, I imagine the guy behind the fence that Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor always talked to for no-nonsense advice. I even imagine Jack behind a lbt fence, talking to us in a calm, rational, FATHERLY, authoritative voice. Thanks, Jack, for your great words of wisdom. One day, Jack will be written about in the books of lap band support with a reverence that will rival that of Plato and Socrates. Love you Jack!!!

i find myself sitting on less "junk" also jack!!! congrats on YOUR nsv!!

ok, so we had the towel wrap around NSV, and the shoelaces tied on TOP of the shoe instead of on the side of the shoe NSV, and now............................................... (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((DRUMROLL PLEEZ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) today, while sitting at my job(saltmines), pleasantly minding my own business in my cubicle, it occurs to me that my thighs are no longer wedged under my keyboard. i have, in the past, had my chair adjusted to the lowest setting...i might as well have been sitting on the floor...and the keyboard slide out little tray thingy set to the highest setting...which meant that when the thighs and the keyboard were aligned just right, it would often bump against the bottom of my desk top, sometimes completely ruining my document and sometimes my settings on my computer....errrhhhhgggg!! i had not even noticed that it was not happening anymore, until today!!! who would have thought that this would mean something to me??!! I never even considered it before!! anyone else have this NSV??!!

HEY DREWSLOU... that really sounds like the pain i have, right side waist line...hmmm...hope it gets better! mystery pains are the worst!!

i have a pain similar to what you describe when i get a fill. it occurs after eating...not an overfilled sort of restriction pain, but more like a severe gas pain that stays in one specific place and intensifies so much that i am certain it is not gas. i tend to get these pains for about two weeks after a fill, then they stop, and i usually feel the need to have a fill within a couple of days.

yes, the first year of fills for self-pay patients are done with flouro...

This May Very Well Be The ***only*** Pics That We Don't Want To Resize. Even In Monster-sizes, She Is Still Beautiful...don't Dare Put The Oversize Pic Of One Of Us Up There....lol....but She Can *definitely* Pull It Off...

NICOLE!! she is BEAUTIFUL...and SO ARE YOU!!! she is absolutely darling...and if you knew ME, you would know that i usually just reserve my comments on the "cuteness" of a baby that small...as many of them are only "cute" to mom and dad for the first few weeks. NOT THIS BABY!!! she is completely perfect!!! i know, i know...all babies are beautiful...BUT YOURS IS THE BEAUTIFUL-EST-EST!!!!!!!! SOMEONE GO GRAB THIS BABY THE FIRST PLACE TROPHY!!! I CAN'T GET THE POP UPS ON THE WORK COMPUTER!!!

filled to 3.5cc's in a 4cc band. if i chose to drink while eating, i wont be able to eat at all!! band has officially denied access to both parties at the same time. ((please enter through a single file line...))

thanks barb...i have waited since june for a budge on the ticker. i can really feel a difference since yesterdays fill. i feel it both in my hunger and my levels of food consumption. now, i just have to concentrate on good food choices and exercise...story of my life!! glad things seem to have cooled off in here.

((innocent eyes)) bumping for fun... karik and karen, it is good that you were satisfied with dr. spiegel. i think the whole idea of this thread was to post your individual experience with your prefered doctor--and you did that wonderfully. unfortunately it kind of turned into a slugfest of people who favored dr. spiegel vs. those who did not(for whatever reason) I could have gone with spiegel if i had woken up in a different mood onthe day i decided which doc to use. it just so happened that i prefered spivak on the day in question. btw everyone---i had my biggest loss in lbs between fills yesterday. since my previous fill one month ago, i lost 4lbs. ((in case you are not familiar with my situation, i am a SSLOWW loser))

well stated...clarityseeker.

bless your heart! i am so glad you are ok now. good luck on your journey...maybe the day will come when this seems all worthwhile.

AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH---ladies, thanks for noticing. i relayed this incident to my friend, butterfly1973, as my most significant NSV...and it has NOTHING to do with weight or inches or being over to tie my shoes...and the laces being on the top of the shoe instead of the sides....aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

this is the kind of arguments that my children make when the find themselves argued into a corner...and add to that that they have usually argued themselves into the corner with their own words...but... so anyway, again, size 8, we are glad to have you and would love to hear about your story, but spare us the whole tlc @ tlc (??!!) the peeps here who love him, don't need convincing, and the people who have not been treated as they expected...arent going to change their mind due to used-to-be-obese-and-now-i-am-not cheerleader is chanting "T-L-C"

oh my gosh...this statement really concerns me. i mean, really, if i am in a state such as that, believe me, i WILL take my plus sized behind to the ER. However, i pay someone 15k to do this, and in the same breath of surgery, i am coughing up blood, i would probably call my surgeon first. if he refused to call me back, i would definitely end up in the ER if my concern rose to that level. however, in the beginning...i would definitely be inclined to call the surgeon and get his take on the matter. i mean, phunk! i would much rather have him tell me on the phone that it IS band related, but don't worry unless...as opposed to going to the ER and letting some less than band-knowledgeable physician misdiagnose me. size8, you really seem too biased to provide objective info on the doc. my opinion, like my bunghole, is that you should stick to offering info as it directly relates to your experience as a patient, not as his employee. we all want to hear what you have to say, but the comment quoted above is SOOOO typical of elitist type medical office personnel that we have all encountered from time to time. ok, so luv all!

WOW, eight, you may have just opened a can of worms...eeeks, i think i am going to run for cover. and just for the record, my previous post was a reference to you sounding like you were advertising. the post was made before i read everyone else's posts on the matter... i went to a spiegel and a spivak seminar. i marked differences in personality, as their marks seem pretty similar in terms of surgical ability. spiegel's office staff did not care to talk to me, unless it was talk of delivering some money. i knew that i did not want to deal with that the rest of my life, soooo, i found spivak's office to be the exact opposite...very informative and friendly, and willing to help me, before i ever made my final decision. they have been great since banding also!!! i have never heard anything bad about spivak...i have heard plenty of complaints about spiegel. it is not that patients are SCARED to say anything BAD about spivak, and spiegel's unhappy patients arent picking on spiegel. right? i mean come on...we are all smart enough to know that if spiegel had more bad outcomes than good, that he would not be doing surgeries anymore. but it sure is odd that SOOOO many patients are unhappy...and soo unhappy that it warrants them posting negative commnets. gosh, i am tired, did any of that make sense?

i suspected that this was a mole among us...the "we" gives it up. size eight, we are happy for your success, but...

good luck and congrats!!!! breath...in with the butterflies, out with the bees!! ((ahhemmmm- am i the only one that thinks dirty thoughts when reading that the band is to be INSERTED??!! lol...i've said it before-i am sick, and i know it!!))

I HAVE GREAT NEWS!!! you know, ever since i got this band, i really have not committed myself to the necessary practices to achieve marked success...thus i have only lost 20 tiny little lbs since march. but today, i had an NSV that was not even weight related!! i completely attribute this NSV to my band, and the way that it has, indeed, modified my behavior. i go for a tweak tomorrow. i have been beating myself up, like i do before every fill because i have not lost more weight. in a moment of weakness, i bought a king size pack of reece's pb cups. got to the car, could not even weight...i mean wait...to get out of the parking lot and i had the package ripped open. i stopped to get gas, thinking i would finish the pack off while waiting on the money meter to stop rolling. would you believe that i finished the one single cup and did not want anymore? i was actually able to recognize that the single cup was enough to satisfy the madness. i tickle myself sometimes...i know, that's perverted, i shouldnt do that...AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! i am so happy!

cracker barrel sells a nice little set with a little wooden drawer thingy to store them with your other silverware. there are either four or five place settings (sp,fk,kn). the only cracker barrel i go to is the local one here, i don't know if they sell them everywhere...the set is 11.99

you would be hard pressed to find anyone who could say something bad about him. the only complaint i have ever heard about him was due to some insurance conflicts. none involved his ethic, ability, or manner as a surgeon. i was banded by him in march, i started at 207 on consult day and i am currently 187. i am very satisfied with the results and aftercare. i think the world of dr. spivak, and recently refered a friend of mine to him...she was at a seminar with him on saturday, maybe you were both there at the same time...she is having surgery this friday. good luck in your decision process.