NBflo Girl

Since my clinic visit 1 week ago, I have lost 3 lbs on the NB diet..Already I am sick of the veg;s and Beans. Should I continue loosing or should I stop ? I know as soon as I get into the phase 2 I will gain it back again but if I really try, I will loose the 9 lbs before the visit with Posner and then he will tell me that I won't qualify for the surgery. The nurse practitioner told me to do my best... what would you do if you were in my shoes ?? shar

thanks .. I had my first clinic visit today..I was alittle discouraged because they said that I bearly meet criteria for surgery at this point.. I need to loose 9 lbs and that will put me out of perameters for the surgery. I have my visit with Posner in 6 weeks along with the nutritionist because she wasn't there today. The people there were very nice and efficient.. although they still did not have my psych eval in the case. They said that it must be in the filing pile to be done !! keep up the good work...

36 lbs is pretty impressive since June...only 2 months ago. Sounds as if you are doing great. Have you already had an adjustment in the port ? Is that why its still tender ? Anyway, glad you are doing well. I kind of hope that the doctor suggests the lap band for me.. I know its the same amount of life change and hard work after surgery, but this seems so much safer w/o the cutting and redirecting and all. Thanks for the information.. Maybe I will see you guys in Del Park one of these saturday mornings. shar

thanks Judy for the reply... I already had the colonoscopy last august but the sleep study has not been done since about 5 years ago.. I guess they will let me know tomorrow what I need to do.. Its only been since april but seems like forever that this process is taking. I need to go for some bloodwork anyway in early Sept for my colesterolso maybe the urine test will also be ordered.. I will check with my primary before I go. thanks shar

Judy, for Lap-Band surgery,are there any tests that have to be done prior to the procedure different from the Lap-Bypass ?? I think I have most of it done but trying to speed up the process and not to run into too many delays. I really want this done by the end of the year .. thanks shar

Since your surgery in June, How have you done so far ? Have you lost much ? Is there much discomfort, etc. ? shar

excess body weight or total body weight ?

thank you.. I have my first clinic visit on monday. Kind of nervous about it. Hope from that point on, its not too long of a weight. I know they will put me on the South Beach diet. I wonder how much I will need to loose ?? !! Problem is.. its hard for me to loose but when I do, mostly I put it back on. shar

I am orig from Bflo and now still deciding whether to get the Lap Band or the Lap Bypass. I still don't know which is best for me. I have my first clinic visit on Monday, aug 4th at BGH... Still up in the air.. I guess it will the MD that will tell me which is best for me. I would like the Lap Band mostly because it is less invasive and recupe time is minimal compared to the other, however, what if it does not work for me. I'm sure the health ins will not pay for 2 surgeries. Were you as undecided as I at this point of your pre-op process ??:cursing: