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Thanks April!:w00t:

BUT if you are very concerned remember your doctor did not do this for free. Call him! Good Luck.

Best of luck to you! Stop by and say hi once in a while!

Ibuprofin comes in a liquid form for children. I wonder if a little of that would be okay for extreme pain. I am putting that on my list of questions for the doc.

I didnt realize I posted on the girlfriends of color. I am a pasty beigie white, does that count? I do read and enjoy your posts. Thanks for not slamming the door on me:tt1:

It keeps me from doing everything~ Cant wait to start feeling like doing everything~

I dont mind seeing some of the questions several time because you can learn new things from the answer. The one I agree with you the most on is "why am I not losing weight?" Unless they have a very serious medical condition it always comes back to CALORIES. I didnt get to 250 by eating 900 calories a day! Starvation mode does not keep you 6 months at the same weight. Just ask those who live in 3rd world countries.

Hi Anne, I am scheduled for surgery on Aug 22 with him. I really liked him since he took his time and did not rush me. He does not have much of a pre Op liquid diet, only 3-7 days. He does encourage you to do the 7. The nutritionist I spoke to was just okay. I was not impressed with her. She didnt give me a good answer regarding Protein intake. I will speak to him in detail about all the diets from liquids to food, at the preop appointment. The day I was there I spoke to a woman in the waiting room who was one month out and almost 45 lbs lighter! She was very happy with him. Good luck! Diane

Hi everyone! I am almost to afraid to say it for fear I will jinx it but I got my date today and it is August 15!!! Start my preop liquids on Friday. I cant believe it! I waited so long for my insurance approval and now it is moving quickly! Good luck to everyone and I will look forward to hearing how you are all doing!

LOL Bttrfli :biggrin:, that is what I was thinking. I cant even find my belly button. I know it is there somewhere! Back to the original question. There are many reasons not to wear it. Infection and getting lost being the two biggest.

LOL Bttrfli :biggrin:, that is what I was thinking. I cant even find my belly button. I know it is there somewhere! Back to the original question. There are many reasons not to wear it. Infection and getting lost being the two biggest.

I spent the weekend upset with my Sons and their attitude regarding my surgery. My oldest can not find a good thing to say. He tells me about all the negative stories he sees on the internet. He also told me that the positive stories are written from the doctors who preform the surgery. ( my son is 31 not 12!) He and his wife were supposed to take me out this weekend for my birthday dinner. I refused to go and be judged by him. Both my sons have been concerned about my weight but do not support the surgery. I think they are both looking for the opportunity for some thing to go wrong so the can say"I told you so". All I can say is we have to do what is best for us and the hell with them!

There is very little nutrition in frosted flakes. How ever I have to admit they taste G R E A T!

Oh Boy...Having spent last night and today upset with family members I can truly say I feel your pain. Mine is not as viscous as your sister was to you but I believe it hurt as deeply. She is definitely the one with the problem. IF she tries to speak to you again do not tell her anything about your family. Refuse to speak about your weight with her. She owes you a hugh apology. Just because she is your sister doesnt mean you have to like her. Like my Dad used to say " you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose :teeth_smile: but you cant pick your family". Concentrate on the things and people that are important to you. She is toxic and can only bring you down. Best of luck and lots of positive thoughts out to you!

Congratulations! 9 days out and down 21 lb!:wink2:

Hi, I hope to be banded late August or early September. How long did the doctor tell you to wait before you could drive again? Thanks!

It is not Vanity It is your Health. My husband had a stroke at age 56 as a result of high blood pressure and being over weight. He is paralyzed on his left side. The last 5 years have been very hard on both of us. I am very happy to hear that you do not have any health problems. Keeping that in mind perhaps you will be able to lose weight on your own and keep it off. For me I know I have lost and gained the same 100 lbs at least 4 times in my life. In between I have gained and lost various amounts of weight. My health is now in jeopardy and I am certain that this will be to tool to help me reach my goal. Good luck to you what ever you decide.

I also think that a lot of us stretch out are big size clothes. I know if I want to buy clothes I need a bigger size than I am wearing now. So my theory is when we lose we actually buy the correct size.

Joan, know you have many people thinking about you! Hang in there. I am so sorry you have to go through all of this. My prayers are with you.

LOL Thanks for asking! I read the post regarding them and had no idea what they were talking about! I kinda got the idea it could be the folds of skin way down there but i didn't understand how they would gain weight and need plastic surgery. I was to embarrassed to ask!! I hope some one explains.

Thanks. I went through California Baratric and they were fantastic with helping me with the insurance end. I can't speak to what his pretesting requirement are yet however I had just had a work up from my cardiologist and took him all my recent records. Thanks for your input.

HI TRACY! I thought your surgery was this week. Congratulations! Please let us know how you are doing. I appealed Horizon BC BS of NJ regarding the 6 month diet. Sometimes being a pack rat pays off. I had a lot of documentation from a lot of the diets I was on. I also sent them 20 pages of Jenny Craig notes. All total I sent the 47 pages! I must have backed up their fax for an hour. They reversed the decision yesterday. Now I am just trying to get my surgery date. Good luck and best wishes to you as you start your journey to good health,

I am in the process of scheduling surgery with Dr Liu. Anyone have any experiences with him? Thanks Diane

you might try Obesitylaw.com. What they did was 100% wrong! Good luck.

Hang in there! Talk about an overload of stress but think how your life is about to change for the positive! Good luck. Hope you get positive news soon. Oh yea please stay away from that Jerk of an EX. you deserve better!