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KBertinelli
LAP-BAND Patients
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Hi All- Surgery on Thurs. morning and I am excited- does anyone know if you can use nasal spray before surgery ? liek the morning of? I am doing the optifast shakes with Diet dr. pepper and will need to give up the diet drinks- any suggestions for what the best tasting drinks are? Thanks and best of luck to everyone- I am 230 and want to lose 25 pds. by July 15th for a wedding and another 70 after that! Yahoo we can all do it!!:confused:
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Hi All- getting banded on June 3rd one week away and just staring my preop diet- I am sooo worried that I won't be able to stick with it. I have done so much to get this done and do not want to fail again- need some encouraging words please:unsure:!
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Hello All- I just did my 12 weeks of pre-op have high blood pressure and pre diabetic havent done the sleep study yet and BMI is 37 and I was DENIED!!!! I am so bummed- I cried when I got the letter-PLEASE ANYONE WHO HAS APPEALED RESPOND AND GIVE ME SOME TIPS AND HOPE- tHANKS K :thumbdown: