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Heather, What an ispiration you are to all of us. Thank you so much for posting. It gives us newbies some hope when things are tough. I was banded on Nov. 20 of this year. My presurgury was 280 (haven't put that out in public before) and I'm down to 240. I'm feeling good, but have a long way to go!!!! My short goal is to get down below 200. Eventually I would like to be around 135 - 140.

When I had the surgery I made sure that I had chicken broth - canned, fruit juice, and sugar free popsicles ready and waiting. After I could eat mushies - I ate mashed potatoes and oatmeal and grilled/baked fish. I also had gas-x and liquid tylenol on hand. I only took the pain medicine prescribed the night I got home. Other than that, I took the liquid tylenol and used a heating pad on the cuts and where I had gas pains. I was really lucky, I didn't have bad gas pains at all. Kim

Thanks for starting this thread Kim. I too am a Spivak patient and I love my band. I was banded on 11-20-06 at the surgicenter and have nothing but wonderful things to say about my experience. I have had one fill and plan on getting my 2nd on Feb 13. I have a good friend that also had the surgery with Dr. Spivak on the same day. She's had her second fill and found that almost half of the fill was absorbed by the band. They say this is common with the first go round. I'm anxious to see what's left in my band. I was filled to 1.8. I will be attending the Spivak support group also. I plan to attend the first Tuesday and every other one after that. I need support and accountability. I have stayed away from all Pasta, rice, and bread. That has really helped me a lot. So far, I have lost 45 pounds, but I have a loooong, loooong way to go. I look forward to meeting you all at the support group. Kim