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Any Bandsters from Louisiana?

Missnursette

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Missnursette    1

Missnursette
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I had my surgery on 7/22 in New Orleans... Just wondering if anyone here is from my area.

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RaSCal    0

RaSCal
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I'm from West Monroe. Not exactly your area but in Louisiana. I was banded on 7/2.

Who Dat!

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vickyd    24

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I'm in Metairie...not banded yet, but attending the informational seminar at Oschner tomorrow with the hopes of getting banded before the end of the year...

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E'sMommy    0

E'sMommy
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That's great....who's the doctor? I'm very happy with my band, but please know that its work. Good luck and feel free to ask any quesions.

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vickyd    24

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That's great....who's the doctor? I'm very happy with my band, but please know that its work. Good luck and feel free to ask any quesions.

I'm not sure who the surgeon will be for me...the seminar is with Dr. William Richardson's group. I have heard that he i an excellent surgeon (but not much of a bed side manner)...what hospital did you use for your surgery?

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E'sMommy    0

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I used Todd Belott (he's with David Treen) - Tulane afflilate. I had my done oupt in his surgerical center

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vickyd    24

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MissNursette - how did you like Dr. Wooldridge. I have decided on using Dr. Richardson's group but not sure which Dr. I have heard that Dr. Richardson doesn't have much of a bed-side manner...how about Dr. Wooldridge? Is he more personable?

I go to the seminar tomorrow. What should I expect during the seminar?

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RyanZ    0

RyanZ
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Hey there! I'm in the Shreveport/Bossier area but glad your on here!

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RyanZ    0

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La here. North La.. Shreveport/Bossier area too...

Awesome stuff, if you don't mind me asking who performed your surgery??

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RyanZ    0

RyanZ
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Merriman...You?

Same! I'll have surgery August 17th. Any tips lol.

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SHRINKINMOM2010    0

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Well, the surg went great. No problems. Post surg diet sucked, but I stuck it out. Only complaint so far is that he really did not make it clear that I would not be able to feel restriction till about my 3 rd fill... which is 24 to25 weeks post op. Till then, I am really on my own as far as losing weight. Still would have had it done, but I might would have considered the sleeve a little more seriously. ???? Idk though.... I will make this work, I just have to suck it up. I do like him...he is a liittle cocky, but I happened to work around a lot of surgons 10 yrs ago, and I discovered that normally the most obnoxious ones were the best at what they do... lol... you will do great I'm sure. Let me know if i can help with any questions or anything.

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RyanZ    0

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Well, the surg went great. No problems. Post surg diet sucked, but I stuck it out. Only complaint so far is that he really did not make it clear that I would not be able to feel restriction till about my 3 rd fill... which is 24 to25 weeks post op. Till then, I am really on my own as far as losing weight. Still would have had it done, but I might would have considered the sleeve a little more seriously. ???? Idk though.... I will make this work, I just have to suck it up. I do like him...he is a liittle cocky, but I happened to work around a lot of surgons 10 yrs ago, and I discovered that normally the most obnoxious ones were the best at what they do... lol... you will do great I'm sure. Let me know if i can help with any questions or anything.

Oh wow, is it normal not to feel restriction until that far out?? Have you asked people on here? I did notice the cockiness when I had my first appointment. He's the only one my insurance says is covered. When were you banded and hows losing weight going for you? Sorry if i'm asking to many questions lol. You can send me a message if you prefer.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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