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Polling the Audience.....

princess_n_thep

Would you choose the lap band again if you had to do it over again?  

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  1. 1. Would you choose the lap band again if you had to do it over again?

    • Yes, most definitely 100% sure! Lap Band is the only way to go!
      300
    • Maybe, maybe not, still undecided. I think I would look around at my options again and choose more wisely and feel more confident in my decision.
      42
    • I would NOT get the lap band if I had it all to do over again. I would choose another form of permanant weight loss surgery.
      15
    • I would NOT get the lap band if I had it all to do over again. I would just keep trying on my own without any weight loss surgery.
      9

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princess_n_thep    2

princess_n_thep
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Okay, it only takes a moment to vote, and it is anonymous. Please vote, I am curious. Please answer honestly and from the heart. No one will see what you personally voted. I just want to get an honest idea of how people feel. You don't have to share thoughts if you don't want to, just click a bubble and vote how you feel. Thanks so much for everyone participating.

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Wheetsin    714

Wheetsin
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I don't see a poll... :)

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Kathy473    1

Kathy473
Posted

WOW! Can you believe the results?? I thought it might be a little more of a difference. Even split!

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Kathy473    1

Kathy473
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That was quick, it just split!!!! LOL!

Ok I just noticed only 3 people had voted...I need to pay more attention! :) DUH! It's still morning...:)

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HarleyNana    10

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I didn't have to read past the first line.....without a doubt. As I've said in previous threads, I'd do it again in a heart beat. I'm not saying every day is perfect, and a few more days like yesterday, (eating everything in sight), I may change my mind, LOL. This was the only option I researched, the thoughts of my innards being rearranged and/or shortened, not for me.

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Constance    0

Constance
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HI, sorry to hijack. Please post your thoughts about the vote on the "would you do it again thread". I know it isn't anonymous, but you can use that old "my friend" approach.

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Desi80    1

Desi80
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i would do it again and again. It hasn't been easy, there are days i struggle, days i wonder why i haven't lost more etc. But 50lbs in 7 months...well really i shouldn't complain. THe occasional pb etc while miserable at the moment, really isn't so bad.

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FuelMan    2

FuelMan
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I have had the Band for over 3 years and have lost 170+ lbs. I just got another fill when I was in NY. I did have 2 cc, now I have 2.5cc. After 2 weeks I can feel I still need more. I will go back and get another 2.5 cc. Maybe in May. This is the best thing ever. You can lose as slow or as fast as you want. Or if you want you can have the fill removed, and, "eat like your going to the chair". I would encourage anyone to do this. Good luck.

Butch

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Chris S. - L.I.    0

Chris S. - L.I.
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Butch,

I'm wondering if we ever met. Did you ever go to Dr. Geiss' support group meetings? I had my surgery with him in Sept. 2003 but went to a few meetings before I had the surgery, in fact I still go every once in awhile. It's so comforting to see someone who has had the band for a long time and is doing so well.

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FuelMan    2

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Yeah, I have been to many of Dr. Guiss's support groups. In fact I just saw him a couple of weeks ago when I went there for a fill. I tried to get one down here in Florida, but they where given me the run around. So I just made an appointment when I was up there. In fact, my best friend gave me her appointment as I could not get one on such short notice. What a PAL, right?

I am living in Florida for the past few years, and I have had some health issues due to Water build up. This was due to a bad liver nothing to do with the band. Then after some heart stuff (an after affect of the Water loss) I was finely ready to have a fill. There was 2 cc in the band, and they put back in 2.5 cc. I don't think it's enough. I can't eat like I am going to the chair, but I can eat too much, and I do......... sometimes. I will try and get another fill from a doctor in Tampa that does the band installments, his name is Dr. Grossbard. I got his name of this site. I still have another 150 to go, but I am half way there. I don't want this last 150 to come off as slow as the first. I will also need some major surgery around the middle when this is over, as I have an apron belly of like 100 lbs. It is kick'in my butt, as far as doing much walking. It pulls on my back big time. I could walk more when I was really fat. So I can only work out in the pool, as far as walking and stuff like that. I don't remember if we have meet, as I suffer from the "Can't remember S__T" disease. I am a big guy (LOL) with a shaved head, and goatee & glasses, about 6' 1" tall, biker looking type. Anyway, I hope you are doing well also, health wise, and weight wise. How are you doing with your band and weight loss? Better then me I hope, LOL.

Butch

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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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        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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