michael watkins

just google calorie counter and a bunch will come up. but if you have a iphone they have a really cool app that i use by fat secret calorie counter. its really helpful it has all the nutritional info and everything! and it has a scanner for you to scan the barcode of what your eating and it will show you everything in the seving of what you scanned! check it out!

ya i think you should call your doc tomorrow as well. i was banded on march1st and the pain was worst than i thought it would be also! for a long time after i had terrible shoulder pain on the left side!! i was told it was just gas in there from the surgery! and was also told that when your pouch gets full it can sometimes hit a nerve and cause some pain also. hope this helps a little. good luck!

i think your tattoos will be fine! the one on your foot especially and your upper back should be fine too!

wow that is so awesome thatyou are doing a fantastic job with everything!!! i bet you feel like a whole new person now!! congrats and keep up the awesome work!!!!

congrats on your success!!!

no i don't journal but i think i am going to start doing that pretty soon! just to keep track of how many cals im getting a day and how much protien im getting!

thanks to all of you for giving me some information about this. i really do apreciate it!!

thank you so much! i have heard of alot of people having to get 4-5 fills to feel good restriction and i was hoping that it wont be like that using fluoroscopy!! thanx again:)

hello i have been banded a little over a month now and am going to get my first fill soon. my dr.does the fills with fluoroscopy so he can see how restricted you are. my question is does that work alot better than just going in and having them guess how much to put in? alot of people i talk to don't have the fluoroscopy durring thier fills.im just hoping that i will have good restriction after my first fill since he is using this method to do my fill. thanx:)

thank you guys so much!! i was thinking it was the 14cc but wanted to double check! thanx again!

hi there, i was banded on march 1st and i started having redness around my port site also! it started a couple weeks ago,i called my surgeon and he said it was infected so i had to cancel my first fill:( which sucked cause i was really looking forward to having some restriction!! but o well it will happen eventually, he put me on antibiotics also! i just started taking them so havnt noticed a difference yet but will definetely let u know if or when i do! good luck and i hope the meds help u out!!

hello everyone, i was banded on march 1st 2010.and i have the lapband ap and my surgeon said there is two sizes a small and a large. after surgery he said i have the larger one. i was just curious if anyone knows how many ccs are in the larger band? ive heard of 10cc bands and 14ccs,but also heard of 4cc bands. i was just curious on how much ccs my band holds. thank you:)

my wife was and still is very supportive through the whole process! she went to all of my pre op apointments and the seminar and consultation!it is really nice having your spouse support you all the way and understand how hard it is!

thats great.good job!! i just got banded on march 1st. i have a few more weeks until my first fill but i cant wait because i can eat quite a bit if i wanted to! i want to have some restriction! did you haVE the same problem at all?

that is sooo awesome!! great job!!! wow and only in 8 months!! i really hope to have that much success myself.keep up the great work!

all of you guys look fantastic!! keep up the great work! i cant wait til i have pics to show. i just got banded march 1st. you inspire me!

i use isopure unflavored and you can put it in anything you want to.food,drinks whatever. and i like it alot.you should give it a try. i ordered all of mine on the internet,i dont know if they have it in stores. GOOD LUCK to ya

yes its totally fine! thats what i use also i really like the vanila flavor! i was told that you just don't want over 10gms of carbs in each serving which alot of em dont.

WOW!!!! i dont know what to say!! has he ever acted like that before? theres no excuse to treat you like that! he should be supportive to you and really caring! im sorry that you had to go through that. you should be proud of yourself for losing 50 pounds so far!!! thats great! maybe you can switch to a different doctor and transfer all of your records of the surgery. well you are doing great and keep up the good work!!

hello, i was banded on march1st and just wanted to say i hope your surgery goes great and cant wait to hear how you did!! good luck to you!!!

i got banded on the 1st and just started pureed foods! i started getting hungry like the 3rd or 4th day which made it pretty tough! but just keep telling myself that it is worth it!! i would love to meet someother march bandsters and share our progress with each other!!:thumbup:

thank u so much everybody for sharing that info with me! its going to be hard but i can do it!!:wink:

hello i havnt been banded yet i have my consultation feb.9th! i have done all of my requirements that my dr. wants psych.eval. sleep test etc... but im having a hard time with not smoking!! did anyone else have to stop smoking before surgery? and did u stop cold turkey,patch, or medication? and do they do a test where they know if u smoked?lol

lol ya i didn't know about the cathater either! but im sure it will go just fine! iv'e had back surgery before and was scared also but honestly it went really smooth and the anesthisia was fine u just fall asleep and wake up done! wow ur real close to ur surgery date! thats exciting! i have my consultation on feb.9th and then i'll get my surgery date! well good luck and keep in touch!

hi i hope everything goes well with ur apt. and insurance! i have my consultation on feb.9th as well.whos gona do your surgery? i live in oregon and am going to dr.mirande in klamath falls.