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Yepper My husband is a boilermaker and he has CIGNA and some plans of CIGNA covers it and some dont....well his plan didnt cover it so we just payed for it out of pocket. I couldnt wait any longer and as the above post mentioned ya cant even by a new car for the price of lapband. A car is just a car but the band can give you a longer life

I know I can have mashed potatos and egg salad and stuff like that but was wondering if hamburg gravy would be OK and what about very soft meatloaf?

there it is Thanks for explaining how to do it:)

I need to post to see if I got the ticker right

I just cant figure this out. I copyed the code but how do I bring it back to this forum and paste it?

I woke up from surgery with 7 cuts.Isnt that 2 too many LOL I forgot to ask the doc if anything happened. Has this ever happened to anyone before?

I dont understand something before you get to the sweet spot everyone says its banster hell. when ya dont have restriction does that mean ya can pretty much eat like ya used too.and if so is eating too much dangerous?I mean I know we have to be on liquids and all that but when we can finally eat real food and dont have restriction will ya be able to eat like the pre band days?

My doc postponed mine for a few days after I had been on a 21 day liquid diet cuz of a cold.I was so upset.I did not want to drink those shakes anymore but I did . Anyway I went in to surgery feeling fine just a phlemy couph in the morning well he said we should have waited a couple more days cuz i started couphing really bad when I was put under.It sucks to wait but if you do have a cold at the time of surgery you better tell the doc just to be safe...Good luck hope youll be OK

I take sooo many pills and was wondering how they arent going to get stuck one of these days. I take 16 pills in a day 20 after I break the horse pills up. Some are big that I cant split. At the hospital they acted like it was no big deal and gave me a shotglass worth of water to take them all with. I about gaged. I just know when I get a fill Im going to have trouble. I mean jeez ya cant swallow food that isnt chewed why do they expect me to swallow a bunch of pills unchewed

Im still doing good but when I burp after I eat or drink its just a little painful (can this hurt the band?) and im starting to get hungry all the time. Im not over eating Im just not sure if Im eating and drinking to fast. I try to go slow. Also I have 7 cuts and they are all healing great but my port is more sore and a little bit bulging but no redness or anything is this the norm?

I need to get between 30or more grams of protein in the first 2 weeks and 60-90 grams after that. the nutritionist said to use double milk( Thats what she calls it) or my carnation(YUK) or unjury. So its been very easy to get in the protein.

Ok I got banded 3 days ago and am having no problems getting enouph protein and fluids in. Im wondering if I am drinking to fast. I can have cream soup and I add milk and powdered milk to it to add extra protein to it. I can down a cup of that in like 15 min. Is that to fast? I can sip on a cup of water in 15 min. Is that too fast? . It doesnt feel funny in my stomach. Am I at risk for stretching the pouch?I feel really good

everything went well the doc said and I feel a lil sore. I have so many meds to take and that is scaring me a bit. Im scared one will get stuck. I havent went #2 yet is this normal? I took stool softner yesturday and today. So about all the meds. They prescribed none that are liqued and the biggest one is the size of a m&m is that too big? It just seems big to me. They said that they all are fine. I dont get it

The only symptoms I had was stuffed up nose and a mild morning couph.It could of been allergys.

They did mine. It was supposed to be on monday now its for wed if I feel better

I am self pay but that didnt matter i still had to attend 3 meetings and it took forever I had to do all kinds of testing. It took about 10 months for me

Well I called dr yesturday and the nurse said they should postpone surgery and the next available opening was 2 weeks away well I started crying and she got the doc on the phone and the dear soul is squeezing me in on wed. He even agreed 5 weeks of nothing but carnation shakes wasnt good so thank God. I shouldnt even of called cuz Im already feeling better but better safe than sorry. Ive lost 30 lbs in 18 days whoo hoo.

Some say it does but for me it hasnt Im on day 18 of my 21 day pre op and I feel run down and tired and I have to get up slowly so I dont get light headed. I understand why I have to be on this diet because I need to lose 250 lbs or so. But 3 weeks for you is crazy. Does your doc do this to all patients?

Im not banded yet but you can pretty much cut a medium rare filet minion with a fork YUM

I knew it would happen I feel run down. I sneezed 100 times yesturday and thought it was allergys well today I woke with a phlemy couph. I would call the doc but they are closed on wed. Do ya think they will still do the surgery?

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Ive been on my liqued pre op diet for 15 days now my problem is I think allergic to them or Im just run down. My gums keep swelling and my lips are so dry nothing helps them. I never get cold sores unless I have the flu and real run down and guess what I have a couple really bad ones. I told the nurse and she never heard of that before and gave me no other options. It scares me because they want you in really good shape for surgery but Im run down. And yes Ive been drinking 10 cups of water a day so its not that. I have 6 more days to go untill surgery YIKES

All I can say is WOW dab. Your posts give me soooo much hope because I have 250 to lose and because of your posts I know its possible. I think youve lost the most amount of weight with the lapband that Ive ever heard of. Congrats WOW

I was wondering the same thing and Ive lost so much weight on my pre op.Ill probubly gain 10 lbs of water weight and the doc will think I didnt follow the pre op diet

Im on meds for my thyroid. Is it possable to get off the meds once ya lose weight or is it a life time thing?