FINALLY AFTER ALL THIS HARD WORK N ALL THESE DIFFERENT CLEARANCE IVE BEEN THROUGH IM SCHEDULE FOR 2-23-12.... I HOPE MY LIVER DOWN IM DOWN 15LBS ALREADY TODAY I HAD MY LAST MEAL SO KNOW ALL LIQUIDS N PROTEIN SHAKES DO YOU THINK THEY WOULDN'T DO MY SURGERY BECAUSE IM SELF PAY AND ORIGINALLY I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO ON THE 13 BUT MY HEBGLOBIN WAS TO LOW SO I KINDA STARTED EATING BUT NOT MUCH N ONE SHAKE A DAY THEY MOVED ME TO THE 5 OF MARCH AND I KNOW I SHOULD TAKE THAT APPT BUT IM JUST READY TO START THIS JOURNEY ON THE OTHER SIDE:).....

And the glaidator protein shakes at smoothie king r good I like strawberry kiwi r they healthy? ??

Hi - I went to True Results. I was banded on 2/1 so about 2 1/2 weeks out. I love the Gladiator shakes but they are expensive...$5.40 and I can hardly drink half so I try to save them for the next day. I was self pay and had a hernia repair also. Let me know if I can answer any questions for you...Good luck and I hope you get the date you want...so you can't have surgery on 2/23 because your hemoglobin is too low?

I went through true results in Houston and had my surgery on 2/15. Who is your surgeon?

I went to the location in Houston as well. My doctor is Dr. Hollis. I have been watching your posts...I'm glad to hear that you are doing well. I have been eating soft foods and it's going well; however, I had a protien shake today (the Gladiator from Smoothie King) and I guess I drank it too fast and thought I was going to die I felt so full. I walked on my treadmill and let out lots of burps and felt better. It's really hard to get used to what is enough and when to stop. I haven't lost anything in 3 days so I'm a little discouraged but hopefully I will soon...I'm doing all the right things, exercising, etc. so we will see. Let me know if you have any questions as I'm a little bit ahead of you...take care and enjoy your popsicles!

Thank you Cyndie! I just have to remember to take it east! I will have to remember to try that one at smoothie king. Hang in there and jjust keep up the good work!

Dr.Reiley:)......and yes they are good they have 42 grams of protein

Being banded Mar 2 by Dr. Reilley, hope my liver has shrunk too. Have not weighed in 7 days will weigh in on pre-op appt 2/21. The office told me to lose 10lbs or he will postpone surgery, well guess I'll see on tues. The scale appeared to have not been my friend, but people on my job say they have noticed I lost and they wanted to weigh me but I refused. Good luck.

I am going through True Results and they are really frustrating me right now. My surgery was originally scheduled for 2/24 but got a call today and have to go get an upper endoscopy done with a GI doctor. I am not happy that they waited two days before to tell me I need another clearence. I'm beginning to wonder are they the best one's to go through, seems a disorganized.

I am going through True Results and they are really frustrating me right now. My surgery was originally scheduled for 2/24 but got a call today and have to go get an upper endoscopy done with a GI doctor. I am not happy that they waited two days before to tell me I need another clearence. I'm beginning to wonder are they the best one's to go through, seems a disorganized.

I am surprised that they waited to tell you.... I had to have a cardiac clearence before they would even submit for insurance and then I needed to the pysch eval too. All again before they would even submit me for insurance. I was please with them and know several friends who used them also. Have you talked with your patient advocate?

I tried to call my advocate back but we missed each other. So I plan on calling her back tomorrow. I had to do a pulmonary clearence and they made sure to tell me ahead of time and I got that done. But to wait two days before my surgery to tell me I need to have a procedure done, not just a referral letter but a full procedure done with a specialist, does not sit very well with me. I am self-pay and I can easily pull out but of course I would have to start all over with another facility. I've been on the pre-op diet for two weeks no one bothered to look over my chart to see if I needed any thing else. I'm just really upset about the whole thing right now.

Hi Trenai - I just had to jump on the computer and respond to your post. I went to True Results and had the best surgeon and he has his own practice where he does bariatric surgeries but also does the lapbands for True Results. If I would have known about him I would have gone to him directly and skipped True Results completely. What they did to you was horrible...I haven't had any problems with them but I really like the personalized approach to having your own surgeon...it's a small office and the nurses are so wonderful (I had to go to his office for my post-op). Again, if I would have known that he had his own practice I would have completely skipped True Results. Sorry for your problems...this is going to be a long delay for you, unfortunately and tha really sucks but don't get discouraged...you are doing the right thing and it sounds like they are just being cautious. Take care and good luck!

Was your surgeon perhaps, Dr Hollis? Because I had a consult with him and he mentioned that we would be doing post op at his office. I thought I was under the impression that I had to go through True Results since I was self pay. I wish I would have done a little bit more research.

Don't feel bad it took me a whole month I had to get pulimonary clearance as well I also had to get c- pap n a last min clearance by My pcp wich took two spots n two weeks because my hebglobin was low they just wanna be careful that's all pray n be strong today made a month and know I'm here for surgery ....good luck n God bless

Thanks every one for the encouragement. I feel better today about it after talking to my advocate. My new surgery date is March 9th pending every thing is ok with my procedure. I guess the anticipation go the best of me.

Hello, My Surgeon will be Dr. Hollis as well. 3/15 will be my second of 7 visits. Have to take sleep study test first. If I don't have sleep apnea, I don't have surgery. Discouraging, but I a pretty sure I have it. The wait is the worst thing.