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BTW my surgeon yesterday told me that the lapband procedure takes him 20 minutes to put it in! That is minimal time to be under anesthsia. These procedures are not what they use to be when they would have to cut someone down their torso.

This is from Dr. Robert Anthony book "Beyond Positive Thinking"

(1) "don't listen to others who are coming from fear and living in negativity. If you do, you are using YOUR creative powers to help THEM manifest what they fear."

In New York ...we would just say "F*ck 'Em" ....LMAO

Do you! It's no ones business.

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Omg!!! I was having the upper GI done and the doctor asked why are you having lap band surgery? I said because I'm obese. Jessie you're not obese. I said my bmi is 35, I'm 5'2" and I'm 190 lbs. He gave me a judgmental look and went got started. If he thought that would change my mind then he was sooooo wrong.

autocorrect is soo funny. i just re-read this post and I was thinking....who is Jessie?? biggrin.gif

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So if you were 225 pounds it would be ok? WTF!!! You are doing it to NOT get to a bmi of 40 or more. I have been lucky all the doctors that I have seen (mostly ones my surgeon referred me to) have been very supportive of my decision and they all think its great that we are being proactive.

you are so right!!! then if i got to 225 he would be telling me how i need to do something about the weight. i'm doing it now.

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