waynooo

The best diet to follow is the one your Doctor recommended.

OUCH!!!:eek::crying::eek: I am sorry to hear this. I recently went under the knife as well. Problem gone. Good luck and go to your doctors, they are used to it.

Food is no longer your friend! I cant wait to cut the strings and have food laughing at me.

I have BCBS of Az administered by AmeriBen. Once they got the paper work it was in a day or two. Not long at all. The biggest wait was the Surgeons office. Good luck!

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I dont know about drinking it to help keep you full. But I sure in the heck drink it to help keep me regular! I didnt post op for the first 5 months and paid for it with a very painful surgery to the back side. OUCH!!!!!!!!!! Make fiber a part of your daily diet.

Doing well, 62lbs total. I have stalled out pretty good. I understand why and am working on it. Been hitting the gym pretty regular and pretty hard. I enjoy being me! My wife asked last night what happened to her husband. I told her, he got fat, I am giving you back the guy you married! Good to hear from you all and look forward to hearing from the rest. Rock On, Waynooo

I have BCBS administered by Ameriben in Arizona. They were really good and fast. Have you had your sleep study, blood work done, and all the other tests to check for Co-Morbidities? BCBS requires two with BMI of 35 to 40. Other than that, next time you weigh in drink ALOT of water before you go.

Great post! I tend to not even go in the threads with negative topics. Keeps me on the positive side.

You need to make Metamucil or such a part of your daily diet. I did not do this and am now paying for it dearly. Due to the constipation and straining I got a grade 4 hemroid. I had it operated on last thursday and am still in pain. YOUCH!!!!!! Do your self a favor start now, you will be surprised at how regular you will become.

Another on board. Benn banded since April 2010, going good. Weight loss is what you put in to it, if you work hard and exercise regularly the pounds will come off. The thing that I hate the most is when I cook a nice meal for the family and get 3 bites down and get stuck! Ughh, that sucks, I have learned to just push the plate away and be done with it. Good luck guys, it's a piece of cake.

I had the same thing! Talked with the doc about it. They said it would go way. It did, no worries now.

R.I.P. Dawn

Do it, we would all love to see!

Thank you guys for the kind words. :thumbup: