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I also had Dr. Johnell. I thought he was a great surgeon. I really like the office in Greeley, too. I usually coordinate my fills with the nights they have support groups since I live 5 hours away in NE Wyo and have a long drive down there. Mostly, I use this forum for support. I wish they would get it set up with teleconferencing. They keep saying they will do it, but don't seem to be getting it done! Glad you're back on it!!!

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Hi everyone! Just wanted to say "Hi!". It's been a long time since I've posted. I'm in Lakewood. Does anyone know of support groups close to me?

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Hi everyone! Just wanted to say "Hi!". It's been a long time since I've posted. I'm in Lakewood. Does anyone know of support groups close to me?

Hi frisky,

Myname is kathy,known here as zippykat. I had my surgery with Dr. Michael Snyder and he has support groups all over and welcomes patients from other Dr.s.The lakewood meeting is at:

Lutheran Church of the Master

14099 W. Jewell in Lakewood

Meetings are 1st. and 3rd Thurs. from 6:30 to 8:00 PM.

For more info you can e-mail kaycassa@comcast.net.

Hope this helps. I know I love to go to the groups! Good luck.:smile2:

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Hi there I am in Pueblo I was banded initially aug/05 and then rebanded due to a slip 4 days ago! Dr, James Smith is my doctor! Anyone out there in Pueblo want to chat.

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Hi! I am new to this website. I was Banded in Michigan but I am living in Colorado now. I have had my Band for two years and i am finding it very hard to stay on track, does any one else have this problem. I have actually gained some (not a lot) of my weight back. I am here looking for some ideas and advice on things that work.

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At about 2 years, I went on "hiatus" too and while I didn't lose my motivation to work out, I lost my motivation to eat right. Didn't lose much weight at all. In fact, I remember going up and down the same 5 lbs. I eventually got motivated again by adding running to my workouts. That inspired me to start eating right and get losing again. Maybe you need to change things up? Good luck!

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Hi!

I'm Julie and I live in Colorado Springs and have an appointment to meet with Dr. Kirshenbaum in mid-March. I'm not sure when my banding will be, but I'm soooo excited and waiting impatiently. I'm reading so many posts and information pages. All I really want to read is the banding date on my calendar!

Julie

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I'm in Colorado Springs, about 60 miles from Denver, but I'm not sure exactly how far it is to Dr. K's.

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I'm a little less than an hour Northeast of Colorado Spgs. Dr K is in Aurora, about 20-30 min North of me.

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Hi Zippycat,

Thanks for the info. That sounds great! I live just a few blocks away from there. Do you know how much it costs?

Frisky1:confused2:

Do you go there often? Does it help to keep you on track?

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If anyone has been banded or approved on Blue Cross BS will you email me? I'd love to chat, hear about your doctor, PCP, etc. thanks bebes!

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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
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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.

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