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- GLP-1 medication Zepbound, Wegovy, access, side effects, progress, and support.
- Before surgery Compare procedures, plan ahead, and get honest pre-op answers.
- Post-op Recovery, food stages, symptoms, and support.
- Long-term Regain, labs, habits, and life after the honeymoon.
- Revision Explore revision options, complications, and next steps.
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The before.. I guess.
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Anyone 16+?
Erin18- Hey its good to hear from you. =.] Im glad to hear your doing better, and I hope that when/if you get your fill you do well. Ehh, im still trying to get insurance, but my process in getting banded is slowing comeing to an not happening =./ They have to cover for your removel because of sever complications which is mandatory, but im not sure about fills, execpt of the possibility of wasted money because of failure. Thats sucks about the orange juice. My school had about 5-7 people in eachclass out of 25, so my school was stupid and didn't close because of school aid, but anyway they will get less because their health, grade rank, and good attendence has declined alot so they kinda messed them selves up by not closeing.
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Anyone 16+?
RyanX39- Thank you for your reply. Thats awesome, I hope I do as well as you. I heard the gas pains were intence. Awesome, I can't wait until I get that experience. Erin18- Its nice to hear from you again lol. How are you doing? You had the flu I read, I have the flu too, but they think its H1N1, my school had a huge break out, over 600 students.
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Anyone 16+?
Awe, I bet. =.] Im so happy for you. I think im going to be so stund when I relize how much I eat, and how much everyone else around me does, and stuff. Thats awesome, its got to feel so great when you get compliments from your friends, and even people you were never to close to, but notice. It must feel like you've accomplised part of your journey. Thats awesome. =.] Well, I have to send in the first payment, and then im pretty sure im approved for the insurance. Then I have to talk to my doctor about it, and see what, and who he recamends for me, then my doctor and I have to send in approval to the insurance company, and then wait for that, then if I get approved I have to go through all of the pre-op stuff. So its going to be a while, but im hopeing that by december it could happen for me. =.]
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Anyone 16+?
-Sorry I haven't posted in a while, its hard to find time these days, with school, and haveing to fight for the comp from my sister. Yeah, ehh.. im excited to even start getting my journey going. I have to wait until I get approved by an insurance company first, then get approved by them, I hope I do, but my dad said if I don't get approved by a company for it he will pay out of pocket cause hes very supportive, and hes afraid if I don't do something, and soon, hes going to lose me, and he couldn't handle it. =./ The thing is I rather him not, but what happens happens I guess. Thats good, you must feel so good when you see how much other people eat, and how much you can eat so little, and feel so satisfiyed. I read on a post that someone said that they went out to eat with their family, and couldn't believe how much people actualy eat lol. I seems nice. =.]
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Anyone 16+?
Nikkielynn- I think everybody worries about it durring the journey. But we can't let it keep us back. So lets try and keep positive, and strive ourselfs to work hard and get where we want to be in life.. thin and healthy. =.]
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Unsupporitve Friends?
Im waiting as well but, the friends I told, were either scared but happy for me. And then the other 2, didn't even care, they were like cool, and started talking about other things, soo.. Your one friend thats concerned, could just not want to lose you, or have heard something bad about it, and don't know if its right for you. Or you could be right, but maybe once she see's its going to be not much different, and maybe she could earn something out of it too, like a friend to share cloths with, she will come around. Your other friend may feel kinda like my cousin who told me, there are better ways. But shes big too, but shes never had problem loseing weight besides not careing to. Try and give some reasureing info, like its safer then other things, and thats going to help you when your older and stuff. I hope I helped a little, or at least bumped up your post. Good luck with your journey.
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Anyone 16+?
IHaveh0pe3- Im sorry, I do not know about the pain, im not yet banded. But I hope you do well. Good luck on your journey, and I hope you feel better soon, and school goes very well for you.
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Anyone 16+?
Nikqua_16- Thanks for your resoponce. Wow, 7 day? hmm, im hopeing I can get it on x-mas break cause it like.. 2 weeks off, I think. =.] Yeah, Ive been told. lol Wow, ehh, I hope I can do it. =.] Wow 30 lbs, thats great, I hope you do wonderful on your jouney. =.] Lol, I can't wait until I can say I get my first fill on ____ lol. =.] Well good luck =.] Thanks. =.]
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Anyone 16+?
Oh I see, thats good I hope you do great, and feel good. =.] Oh, hmm, im going to make sure to look out for them things. Yeah the mind over stomach hunger sounds pretty hard, but you can do it. It takes alot of will power. Ive read about banster hell, and im a litter nervous, im hopeing im not the 5% that are failures. =./
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Anyone 16+?
Oh okay. Im just wondering, I think I was told no Advil, and that sucks cause I like advil. I take some pills for my back, I had an accident so.. Hmm but im deffenetly going to have to ask my doctor. So how are you doing so far with the band? And sickness, or anything?
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Anyone 16+?
Yeah, thats what ive been told. Im hopeing to get it all through with soon. Hey do you know about pill with the band, like what you can and cannot take?
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Anyone 16+?
Yeah, ive read about that, im hopeing I have enough to push myself through it. Yeah, I think im going to need the extra time.=.] Thanks, I will make sure to remeber to walk. =.] Lol, thanks, im very excited for me too. Eh, december can not come fast enough lol.
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Anyone 16+?
Yeah, I think thats what im going to keep telling my self, and hope I have the will power lol. Nope, but I should be getting it soon, im thinking between late october to late november, to hopefully get on the way and hopefully get it by christmas break.
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Anyone 16+?
Yeah my school is so small, and so boreing, that anything happens at all, and its all over the school in a matter of hours. Lol, my school don't have football, and I don't go to any of the games, but we have pretzels at lunch and nochos and all that stuff so im probably gonna have a craveing, but ima fight my way lol. Congrats on moveing up. Thanks, I hope so too, I can't wait until I can even wake up and think to myself, im a day closer to being healthier.