Jaffa

People have seriously got to stop telling people that the band is adjustable if you stretch out your pouch. THIS IS NOT what is meant by adjustable. My god, with all of the frustration threads about people getting "adjustments and waiting for restriction" this should be obvious why you don't want to lead people to believe this. If you have a stretched pouch you will be UNFILLED, not filled up more. The adjustability is purely for unexpected desires to increase consumption. Which would only be in the rare case of a disease that required you to increase consumption. NO other reason is accurate or representative of how the band adjustment is used. Everyone, if given the choice would be adjusted once and once only to the sweet spot, but they can't really do that. The took the negative aspect of a band, and they turned it into a pretend positive, and people are propagating this marketing farst.

Hey, I'm on the "Zone" and didn't even realize it, but that is almost exactly what I have for my normal day.

I have the band, because I didn't have any real choice. But, my wife will have the sleeve at the end of this month. To me if you can have either choice, then it is a no brainer. THE SLEEVE.

Am I stupid or something? I don't see a before and after picture?

Oh great, now we have Michele Obama's name and the word kill in a forum. We probably just made the internet Czar's watch list.....LOL

I'm not sure what you mean by your question. Are you trying to say the answers so far aren't helpful. If that is really how you feel, then NO, no one can help you. Man, this is lapband 101.

Honestly, I'm getting a little fed up with the people argueing that what he is doing isn't wrong because someone else did it. Man, if we all used that kind of argument we could do just about anything and never be wrong for doing it, but then again, that is kind of what this society wants?

Yea, I hate it when any politician BUSH or OBAMA or any of them, blatantly use our tax dollars for their personal needs. He may be entitled to a night off, but he certainly should not have the right to use government assets for his personal use, and no it isn't because it is Obama, were sick of all politicians and the abuse of power.

Oh man, you must lurk without posting!!!! YOU the MAN...LOL

My lapband surgeon, didn't charge extra. But, they charge a good price to start with, so I'm sure it helps cover any surprises. 500, seems like a minimal fee for the time to take care of things.

The biggest one you hit on is people thinking they should be able to eat anything and they will just eat less of it and lose weight with the lapband. It just doesn't work that way. Not in my opinion. I am basically on a diet, yes a diet, and it is just a lot easier then it used to be because my portion sizes aren't out of control. But, if I make the wrong choices and don't watch my calories, I will stop losing weight. I'm only 37 pounds away from goal. I never thought I worry about if my port shows, but I was looking in the mirror today, and it occured to me, that I may just get to that point. My wife is getting excited and since basically eating what I eat, but just more of it, she already knows exactly what it is going to take, and she will do really well.

My wife is getting sleeved on the 29th. I'm banded.

I'm stuck on meat right now!!!!!!!

Actually, the small plane used costs about 10,000 an hour to run. So the government probably spends about 20,000 to run the same plane. This is just about the largest corporate plane available, but not the very largest. Don't kid yourself, this "trip" was no less then 100,000 in cost to us. Cost to Barack....nothing. They are also traveling regularly to chicago to eat out!!!!!!! COME ON, this is waste. It is a complete waste of tax dollars. Take your damn wife out on your own checkbook, not mine. I hate all of the trips we pay for, republican or democrat, I hate them all equally.

I'm sorry, but if you get panick attacks from something like this, I fear what having the band is going to be like for you. YOU ARE going to have serious problems the first time you get stuck and on top of that you go into a panick attack. I think you need to seriously think about if this is really the right surgery for you?

Rosebud should be getting her new stomach this week? She probably won't post until she gets back.

I don't think you are going to hear from many people who have been banded 10 years? But, I think the gastic sleeve in its new form, performed by the right people, using the right technique, is the future. I don't think any real miracle is coming within the next 10 years. Just my opinion.

Thanks for the information!!!

Well, it could be convenient timing? I know, that I find the show very boring.

Carbonation is known to cause leaching of Calcium. It is bad for people on low calorie programs such as ours, and especially bad for women after menopause. All carbonation can cause a calcium problem, which many times shows up as problems with your teeth. You should switch to grean tea. You get the caffeine, without the carbonation and sugar.

My ticker could be misconstrued??????

Ask your fill person. They will know by looking in the chart. If they are doing it under flouro, and it is an AP lapband....look for the black dots on the fill port....one dot is 10cc, 2 dots would mean 14cc.

I think that is why your doctor is saying it is "ok for now". Later when you are tighter or if you have big swings in band tightness from it, you will need to quit. Good Luck with it, and let us know how your did. BTW....I believe the brand name FASTIN...is considered to be a little bit more effective at hunger control then the straight generic phentermine....but I have no experience to tell you for sure.

"I'm not sure if what your hubby is doing is in preparation for if/when you may kick him out or if he is simply ready to move on himself." I just noticed that the assumption is the man has to get out. He obviously thinks so also, or he wouldn't be looking for an apartment??

Don't eat Long John Silvers. They have a new baked menu, and it is horrible. The salmon was dry, but coated in crappy stuff, and everything was terrible tasting. Total waste, Long John Silvers is desperately trying to figure out a way to make money, but they are just too lousy at anything other then fried food.