Betsyjane

Sounds like when an alcoholic takes anabuse, and then throws up if he takes alcohol. Sounds good to me!

I'm going for my first consultation Wednesday with Dr. Spivak in Houston. I do wonder though...after reading the posts on this site...it sounds like it takes as much "will power" with the band as without, and I ain't been so good without! I am rehearsing in my head...eating slowly, loving broth, chewing alot, eating mindfully.

After reading a bunch of the posts on this site, though, it sounds like it takes almost as much discipline with the band as without. That's scary. If I'm not good without it, I wonder if I can be good with it.

My struggle is that I am buying in to the TV ads. I should be able to do this myself with better food and more exercise, and that's it. Getting a lap band feels kind of like a failure of will. (But if the pounds come off, I'll get over it!)

If she's purging alot AND gaining wieght AND has the band, she's in trouble. Sounds like she wants to start from scratch and make some choices....

My problem is that I keep thinking people will think I'm a failure...that all I had to do was eat less and exercise more! But I also know that that is more about me than them....There's a little piece of me that kicks me for not being able to do it alone. I'll get over it!

Remember, if they are not supportive now, they may not be supportive after. Be alert of attempts to sabotage your program...whether they consciously mean to or not. They may be in denial about themselves, or acting like alcoholics who try to tempt a friend to go off the wagon so they don't have to look at their own issues. AND THEY WIN IF YOU ARE UPSET. Just keep saying they are who they are and I am who I am, and don't let them rattle you. Whatever they say has to do with them and not with you. Keep your peace.

Are you glad you did it? I keep reading about such difficult struggles! Makes the TV ads seem like a joke....

Haven't had my band yet...but just wondering. Should I wear a medicAlert bracelet that says that I have the band?

How do you know who is good in Mexico? I hear such horror stories......

WHY do you lose hair after surgery? Is it a nutritional thing that I need to be trying to counteract?

Just trying to figure out how to pay for this darned thing. I'm having it done in 2 weeks. Has anyone had an insurance company say they just don't cover bariatric surgery and had it appealed successfully? Hey, I'm also curious. How the heck do you stay on the pre-op diet???? Seems like if I could do that, I might not need the surgery!

I'm getting the band in a few weeks. I want to get back to exercising as soon as possible. What worked and what didn't during your first month after surgery?