i AM LOOKING FOR A SURGEON TO REMOVE THIS PIECE OF JUNK ! !

I GOT ON THE PHONE TODAY WITH THE PERSON IN CHARGE "DR. HASN'T GROWN A PAIR YET !" THEY TOLD ME THE REASON FOR MY FAILURE WAS BECAUSE I KEPT EATING Cookies, AND CAKE. DENIED NICOTENE,ALCHAOL,AND CAFFEINE, AND HE DID EVERYTHING OCCORDING TO THE BOOK. SO THE BAND DID NOT BLOW IN HIS OFFICE.

SO I TOLD MY SIDE "THE TRUTH !" HE NEVER EVEN BOTHERED TO CHECK ME IF I COULD SWOLLOW BY OFFERING ME A GLASS OF WATER! HE CLAIMS HE DID, BUT I WENT HOME AND TRIED TO SWALLOW Water,AND COULDN'T, SO I WENT BAK. HE CLAIMS I ATE A BOLOGNA SANDWICH, IT GOT STUCK, SO HE TOOK THE FILL OUT???????????? ARE YOU SERIOS,,, I GET A FILL, AND I AM GOING TO GO HOME AND EAT A SANDWICH... NOT TO MENTION WHO CAN EAT BREAD? I SURE CAN'T. HE COVERED HIS A** SO BAD IT WAS PATHETIC. I KEPT TO MY JOURNAL, LET'S NOT FORGET A KEY THING THOUGH... I LOST 100LBS. BEFORE I EVEN SEEN HIM, THEN ABOT 20LBS. WITH THE BAND. I DON'T SMOKE, DON'T DRINK,AND CAFFIENE KILLS MY STOMACH, SO I DON'T USE IT. AS YOU CAN SEE, I ALWAYS SAID " GEE AT THIS RATE, I'M A CHEAP DATE" I STUCK TO MY PLAN THE BEST I COULD, AND I GOT SCREWED RIGHT UP THE A** ! SO NOW i WANT THIS OUT.

IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE IN NORTHERN, MICHIGAN THAT WOULD TAKE THIS OUT, PLEASE RESPOND.

THOSE OF YOU THAT I SAID PLEASE BE CAREFUL ABOUT YOUR DECESION.... AFTER ALL THE LIES THAT THEY USE TO COVER THEMSELVES, SO THAT IF THERE IS A PROBLEM, THEY ARE COVERED TO THE MAX ! ! I WOULD SAY SERIOUSLET THINK TWICE. LIKE YOU, I WOULD NEVER THINK THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO ME. WELL IT DID,, AND HE COVERED HIS TRACKS, AND COULD CARE LESS. HE'S ONLY INTERESTED IN THE MONEY.

Yay!!! I am so glad to read this update. Thank you for giving us the good news.....it made me smile.

You have no idea, how glad I am to let it out !

YAY* Shirley! Glad to hear you are on your way to better health. Your attitude about being on liquids for the next 2 weeks is great. You have my best wishes for a successful journey!

~Fran

*Yes, I meant to type in all caps. "YAY" is an exclamation and I wanted Shirley to get my message. I hope that I proofed my post to the satisfaction of others (not really , just being sarcastic -- in case you didn't get it.). I say again ...

YAY! Shirley!

I got it,,,, Thanks. LOL

Oh wow Shirley, that is GREAT NEWS! I'm truly happy to hear that your band is probably in good condition and you are back on track. You must feel SO MUCH better!

I'm glad also that you are strong enough not to let unfeeling people get you down. (Just goes to show that no amount of education can teach human compassion huh?)

I'm so happy for you, Shirley. I'm sure you were stressed to the max and you must be one tough cookie to keep it from beating you down.

Here are links for a tutorial on setting up the ticker and the site where you get one,,they have quite a few to choose from.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/topic/124594-ticker-tutorial-for-vst-lbt-with-pictures/page__p__1573140__hl__tutorial__fromsearch__1#entry1573140

http://www.tickerfactory.com/ezticker/ticker_designer.php?type=3

Good luck and look forward to seeing how things progress for you!

Thanks ! When I get weighed by my Dr. "Somewhere in the future..." Then I will set the ticker up.

It was very hard, and the stress with not knowing if you have to have surgery, and moving " finding a new surgeon, somewhere to go for fills even".

The SURGEON NOT WANTING TO SEE ME !!!!! And the B.S. that the Surgeon put down on the post op notes.. Well, I couldn't believe it. Talk about a rip off artist.. The head people got those notes at HURLEY,,,,,,, it's know wonder they didn't want to see me. "They said we only want success stories! I told them I lost over 120lbs. what do you call that?" She said I wonder why he doesn't have your weight loss History recorded. So he was really unprofessional in his follow up care. This was a Major Headache.

Then,,, finding a place "HURLEY BARIATRIC CENTER , but! Being a outsider would they be able to convince Surgeon to see me.

That took a good 6 months....

Then almost in a Flash something happened. About 10 minutes after I posted, I got a phone call from Hurley, and they said The P.A. who does the fills and Fluoroscope Say's it's your lucky day ! Be here Thursday morning at 9:00 A.M.. I said I'll be there. The rest is now History, and it feels G R E A T ! to be filled.

Thank You, Shirley.

Oh wow Shirley, that is GREAT NEWS! I'm truly happy to hear that your band is probably in good condition and you are back on track. You must feel SO MUCH better!

I'm glad also that you are strong enough not to let unfeeling people get you down. (Just goes to show that no amount of education can teach human compassion huh?)

That is soooooo true ! You can go back and fourth all day long about the spelling lesson. But it's not exactly what this site is about.

It's a LAP BAND SITE , Not a SPELLING BEE SITE ! So it can go back and fourth, it still doesn't matter all that much to me.

I mean yes, If my posts get under your skin, like loose vs lose? Then sure I'm sorry about that, but GET OVER IT! "yes I was speaking out."

But like I've said,, I believe that most of these people are just regular folks. I know I'm no Dr.... So if I screw it up,, It's my problem. You don't like or approve of what I have to say! Then don't read it.

Thanks, Shirley.

Well Shirley in my grade book you get an "A+" lol. I'm glad to hear that everything is working out. You will see more loss now that you are filled and are not as stressed out. Keep us updated..

Everyone let’s not forget that we all came to this site in the beginning for the same reasons. People on this site can relate to what we are going through in regards to being overweight and needing help. We have outsiders that have condemned us enough on a daily basis no need to do it to each other. Let’s support each other weather we agree or not with something that has been said. A lot of us (especially newbies, banders with complications and new banders) are already down let’s not kick them.

Great news! Glad to know the problem was fixed and it wasn't as bad as it was originally thought!

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Well Shirley in my grade book you get an "A+" lol. I'm glad to hear that everything is working out. You will see more loss now that you are filled and are not as stressed out. Keep us updated..

Everyone let's not forget that we all came to this site in the beginning for the same reasons. People on this site can relate to what we are going through in regards to being overweight and needing help. We have outsiders that have condemned us enough on a daily basis no need to do it to each other. Let's support each other weather we agree or not with something that has been said. A lot of us (especially newbies, banders with complications and new banders) are already down let's not kick them.

Amen to that !