OK guy's,:clap2: lets have our Own thread and take about our bands and stuff..My name is Ted and I live in Oregon . I'm going to get my band Jan. 31st in TJ. Mexico with Doc. Kuri and his team..I was on the Jan. bandsters thread but I think I was the only guy there and felt left out.. A bit back, there was a few guy's that thought our Own thread would be fun, so here it is lets get started..Ted

Thanks guys for sharing your stories. My surgery is slated for Tuesday, Aug. 14 and I am so glad to have found this website. If there is anyone in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, would love hearing from ya!

Thanks again! Look forward to future chats! Let the new life begin...

Congrats Rick, I live in the Dallas area.

As the title suggests, this is my first post and response to this forum. I live in Texarkana and will have my Lap-Band surgery here next Wednesday.

I feel excited, nervous, scared, tired (and a few other emotions) with the upcoming procedure and lifestyle change. I hope this will give me the help I need.

I am doing this for health and lifestyle reasons. I want to lose weight to be more healthy for myself and my children. I want to feel like playing with them instead of tired all the time. I want to have my youngest son stop calling me "Big Daddy"...

I'll post more later...

THJ

8/1/07 255lbs.

5'8"

to be banded 8/15/07

goal 175lbs.

Went to your blog. Wow! Congrats'! You really are my hero.... Thanks again for the inspiration.

MeanGreenRick

(But, the O.U. stuff I don't know about! The Dodge Ball era begins in Norman on September 1, 2007. What a rude awakening to college football).

Rick

(But, the O.U. stuff I don't know about! The Dodge Ball era begins in Norman on September 1, 2007. What a rude awakening to college football).

Glad we got their coach, but did we have to get the Southlake costume designer too? BLEAH! Bring back the Flying Worm

Manatee,

I think our new logo is S.O.W. (son of worm). I do like the white helmets....

Be Good! Be Green!

....."get in, sit down, buckle up and HOLD ON".....

PostBand is the Ride of our Lives!!!!

I'm off CPAP after 10 long years, off insulin after 15 (200 units!!), off nearly ALL meds after the handful bid since the late Reagan period....

Whatever the costs, whatever the fear, whatever the sweaty anxiety and nightsweats about the 'what if' factor.....

BANDING saved my life!!!

Hi Jack, I am having trouble getting my band sized right. Last week I was so tight that I could not get anything down, after jsut a .5 cc de-fill I can eat almost anything as long as I chew well.

Did you ever go through this? I plan to have a 1/4 cc put back in but I am not sure it will help.

What is it like when you have the band right, do you PB at all? I am having trouble knowing when I should stop eating.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Dave

Grand inspiration Jack! I just started on insulin, but have cpap for eight years. Wow! Inspiration City!

Thanks Jack!

Jack's not alone. I was on 100 iu of insulin (Lantus) daily, 10 mcg Byetta twice a day and 1000 mg Metformin twice a day. I was banded on 5/16 and I'm off all diabetes meds. Hang in there...

Thanks MsDad. Once again... y'alls input makes a GRAND difference!

Lots of inspiration here! May God Bless You All!

hey Ted.. I've read most of your posts since before you went to Mexico..Just wondering how everything went..and when you need fills do you go back to Mexico.. Your weight loss meter doesn't seem to have moved much in a while..Thought maybe something was wrong with it..Also..there was another guy who went at the same time as you to Mexico..have you heard from him , and how is he doing?

I'm going to have to self pay..and saving 10k is real important to me and my family. Just worried about the fills...I live in Georgia..so traveling to Mexico all the time is out of the question..Does the doctor you used have a network of Doctors in the states that will do fills for him...? Thanks if you can answer these questions..

:notagree

Hey Sleepybudman,

I'm doing great, I'm losing inches faster then pounds..I think I have to portion my food a little better then I am and the pounds will start catching up to the inches..All people are different and lose at different rates, I started out fast and then stopped and restarted again. The other guys in the group ( the same day banding( are doing good, we all lost around 60-80lbs each. The other guys had done the pre-op diet and lost some of the weight then, I did not have to do it. I'm trying to lose weight a little slower, because I don't want that extra skin thing going on. Before I started I was wearing size 48 size paints, now , its 44-42 and from XXXL shorts to XXL-XL shirts. I only have had one fill, and I don't think I'll need another for a long time(I hope)but I got my fill here in the states. Dr. Kuri will give info on the places here to get your fills at. Dr. Kuri would like the fist fill to be done there in Mexico, but meny don't have the time or money to make the trip back to Mexico. I live in Oregon and got my fill here for about $100. Good luck where ever you go !!! Ted

I agree 100% with the learn when to stop. I have learned to use a salad plate, put my meal on the plate, eat slow and when it's gone, I'm done. When eating out, get a take home box as soon as your meal arrives and put all but what your going to eat in the box and quit when your done.

I did real well doing Atkins a few years back (5 years ago). The only problem, looking back, was I ate way too big of portions. I am doing kind of a "Mini Atkins" now, but I allow myself to eat a couple apricots or a nectorine when I pass our "orchard". Peaches and Italian prunes are next to ripen.

Bruce

Hey.........my name is Jay from Phoenix. I was 383 and a now am 358 and I am scheduled for surgery 8/16. My doc put me on a protein shake (huh) diet that I've been on for a week and still 1 week to go before surgery. I've been told by other bandsters that some docs don't require the shakes and allow real food up to the day before,aka "the last meal". What was the case for your surgery/doc?

Thanks.....Jay

Hey.........my name is Jay from Phoenix. I was 383 and a now am 358 and I am scheduled for surgery 8/16. My doc put me on a protein shake (huh) diet that I've been on for a week and still 1 week to go before surgery. I've been told by other bandsters that some docs don't require the shakes and allow real food up to the day before,aka "the last meal". What was the case for your surgery/doc?

Thanks.....Jay

Every doc is different. I had to do low-carb, low-fat for two weeks to shrink my liver. I've read that others have to do a week or more of clear liquids! Follow your doc's orders and you'll do fine. The extra protein is a good thing though, because it will help you heal faster.