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Drewslou!! You're lookin' awesome. And your kitchen floor sort of goes with the skates. Kind of a 50's theme...

How is that different from a steri-strip? Maybe I just had the tegaderm then on the outside?

Yes, I am loving the weather!! We had our daughter outside in her wagon this afternoon. She loved it!! It was her first time walking around in the yard too (she's only 16 months old). She didn't want to come inside.

I had Dr. Kirshenbaum too, but I think all he did was use disolvable sutures on the inside and steri-strips on the outside. I know I asked him what he'd use and I do not recall him mentioning tegaderm. What is tegaderm?

Today, I wore a pair of pants to work that I haven't worn since 2002! Woo hoo! Also, went to Lane Bryant and bought some jeans. I am down from a 24 to a 22 - and even those were a tad loose. I should have went with the 20's, but I hate it when my spare tire rolls over my waistband!

My husband has no idea how much I weigh. He had to guess for a Health Assessment questionaire for our health benefits and was way off. When I was pregnant, he came to every one of my prenatal Dr. visits. Toward the end I was going almost twice a week. Anyway, he knew that he wasn't supposed to hear or see how much I weighed! He would "assume the position" around the corner, and the nurse knew not to say my weight out loud!! Too funny!! The day before I gave birth I was 296. Had baby girl gone the full 40 weeks, I would have hit the big 300 for sure! I made sure to thank her for coming into this world early!

Yep. $15.00, as in a $10 and a $5. $15.00!

Oh my! There are so many! The Casa Bonita episode is right up there. Ah... Cartman gets an Anal Probe. Chef's Salty Balls! OH, and my husband and I almost DIED while watching the one where they have to play that computer game to kill the player who is killing everyone else. The scene where they are playing the game for days, they all have zits and have gained about 50 lbs each, too funny! Then, to top it off, Cartman calls up to his mother via intercom "Ma! bathroom!!" and she brings down a bucket for him to poo in, and it gets all over the place!!!!! We almost died of laughter!!!! I am sure I'll be back when I think of a few more!

Otherwise, call Dean Care Comprehensive Weight management in Madison, WI. 250.00 for the initial visit and $125.00 per fill. I will be having mine done by Dr. Sunby there. Again, I am unsure about the Mexican band thing.

My surgeon, Dr Kirshenbaum in Denver, does fills for $15.00. I am not sure he'll do fills for Mexican bands though.

I agree with Woofay. Are you clothes fitting better? How about your measurements? I'll bet your body is building muscle and getting used to all that activity. Once it realizes that "this is how it's gonna be", I'll bet you start losing again!

You currently have a BMI of 28.1 If you lost 25 lbs, you'd be at a BMI of 24.3 - which is considered healthy. BMI Categories: Underweight = <18.5 Normal weight = 18.5-24.9 Overweight = 25-29.9 Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater I am not sure I would go through surgery for 25 lbs.

Hi All! Well, I am thinking my fill must be just right. It's weird, because I haven't REALLY been hungry since I was filled. It's only been when I find myself slightly hungry, or "according to the clock it's lunch time", that I've been eating. I really have to get it in my head to only eat when I physically need it, and I am sure that will happen. This is what I ate today. Breakfast - Nothing, I wasn't really hungry. I did take two bites of a Shamrock Sugar Cookie (yes, I know - but I didn't have any green beer, so I celebrated with a cookie) and could fell it against the band. I have found out that I am pretty tight in the morning. Lunch - Around 11:00 hubby and I went to Subway. I had the child size ham sub (3") with tomato and spinich. I was able to eat the whole thing in about 35 minutes. I also had a few Baked Lays potato chips. Snack - Kashi Protein bar. I ate that over the course of about 1 hour. dinner - (this is where the chicken comes in) Hubby and I went to the grocery store and got an 8 piece broasted chicken dinner from the deli. I cut up about a thumb size piece of chicken breast into small pieces and ate it at, what I thought, was a slow pace. WELL... long story short, I got a terrible golf ball pain in my chest, gas like pain in my upper back, and then I PB'd!!! OH MY! I then spent about 5 minutes spitting slime into the toilet. YUCK!!!! After about an hour, I then made myself two scrambled eggs and had no problem eating them. For dessert, I treated myself to a little bowl of strawberry ice cream. (Normally, I don't eat this many "treats" but I had the stomach flu for a few days, so I figure I am ok calorie wise. I DO NOT want to get into a habit of eating "treats" all the time!) So, so far so good. I am really going to have to learn how to listen to my body to determine when I should be eating. I also need to SLOW down and CHEW more!

btw.. I see you are doing really well, and without a fill! Almost to Two-terville!

I'll keep you posted. I just read so much about how people get overfilled and that's when problems develop. I figured I was much better off with too little than too much! I just hope it will be worth the day off, $200.00 in airfare and hotel and car rental fees!!

I agree with DrewsLou, I sat in his office for a while today, and that phone hardly stopped ringing! I asked Marilyn and Robin how many surgeries Dr.K did in a month, but they just smiled...

Hi there! I had my first fill with Dr. K today. Trying to determine if the fill was good or not with the water was so hard to do! We finally decided that 1.6 cc's was good, I said my good bye's and left. Well, then I tried to eat some lunch. I took two small bites of a well chewed chicken breast and ugh! golf ball! I tried again later and couldn't keep water down. Soooo, I called up Dr. K's office and he took me in again this afternoon and through trial and error again, we removed 2 - 10ths of a cc, so now I am at 1.4. Well, I was able to eat and drink a small but fair amount of food for dinner. Now I am afraid I had him take too much out!! UGH!!! How fickle! I am sure things will change tomorrow, but I know I had too much in before. I just wish I would have had him stop removing saline at 1.5 instead of 1.4 cc's. Any words of wisdom would be helpful! Thanks!

Hey Michelle, I recovered fairly quickly. I wasn't that out of shape to begin with, so I was able to get in and out of bed with very little pain, just a bit of discomfort (like you did a ton of situps the day before) As for stairs, no problem. Everyone's different though. I would do as much as you can in regards to cleaning and shopping before you go for surgery, that way, you can just go home and relax for a few days. I'd say the most trouble I had was caring for my 14 month old, and even that was minimal. Daddy had to step in for a few days, changing diapers and lifting her into her crib. I felt normal after about 3 or 4 days. The only difference is that I could feel my steristrips rubbing on my clothes and stuff. =o) Sheila

Yes, I saw Dr. K at about 10:00 the next morning. It was good that I went to see him, since the steri strip on my port incision got loose, and when I showered that morning, water seeped in. He cleaned and rebandaged it right there for me. I did not fly home the next day, but two days after surgery. I was really tired the day after and a tad sore, but I could have flown home if I needed to. Just take some pain medicine to keep the edge off. =o)

Hey Machele. I am scheduled with Dr. K at 11:45 on 3/16 for my fill! I fly in at 9:00 that morning and ly home around 10:00 the following day, so I doubt we'll be able to meet. I wish you well and I'll be sure to tell Dr. K to be extra nice to ya!

I'll be getting my fill on 3/16. Do you have a bout that night?

I have a 15 month old and was just banded. My doc told me that ideally, I shouldn't lift anything over 10 lbs for a couple of weeks, but knew that it probably wasn't realistic, so told me to "do what you have to do, just be careful the first few days" I had my husband with me to carry her in the airport and put her in the car seat for the first day or so, she sat on my lap the entire way home on the plane. She pushed on my stitches/abdomen a few times, but I nothing I couldn't tollerate. After a day or so, I was able to care for her. I'd use my legs to lift her and kept her on my hip.Or, I'd slide her to my lap if I was sitting, then would stand up from there. I did change diapers on the floor, but it is kind of hard to get up off the floor those first couple of days. Just change baby near the bed or something so you can us it for support to help you stand up. Changing baby on the bed might even be your best bet. I was a quick healer though, by day 2 I felt pretty good. I had surgery on a Thursday and was back to work the following Monday.

It was going to be on March 5th, but work would not let me take two days off during the 1st 10 business days of the month - (just a ton to do with reports and stuff) So, 3/16 was the first date that worked for everyone. Yes, Dr. K recommends a fill at 4 weeks, but Inamed, and a lot of other Dr.'s say 6, so I decided the longer I waited the better.

We stayed at the Best Western Gateway Inn and Suites right near Dr. K's office in Aurora. The room was very reasonable, like $60.00 a night. I told them I was having surgery and they gave me a handicapped room on the first floor. It was very convienent. The rooms and hotel were clean. What was nice is that each room had a pretty decent sized mini fridge and microwave in it. I could put my jello, broth and stuff in the fridge, or heat up my broth in the micro. Since we also had my daughter along, we were able to put a gallon of milk for her in the fridge too. The hotel had a pool and a whirlpool. My husband and daughter enjoyed it. They also had free continental breakfast in the morning (with a waffle maker - not for you, but your traveling companions ) On weeknights, they also had a mini happy hour. Free cans of beer on ice, some wine (wasn't very good, but free) and chips and salsa. My husband had a beer or two each night, so he was happy. They also had a computer you could use for free. I used it to post on lapbandtalk, and to check in for our flight home. There are a lot of nice, casual restaurants around there too.. Macaroni Grill, TGIFriday's, Chilli's, Joe's Crab Shack,a brew pub, a mall and a Super Target. All looked like a fairly new development.

Congratulations! I am so proud of you. I remember how discouraged you were when you found out about the financing issue, and now you HAVE YOUR BAND!!! YAY!!!!! :)