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wheresmyknight3

By wheresmyknight3, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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REDGIRL    0

REDGIRL
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Hi all,

I'm from Thibodaux and my Dr. is Eric Rau from houma. I am so disappointed, I was banded 9/5/07 and only lost 20lbs. That's got to be the lowest number I've seen yet!! I 'm eating the right foods but still haven't got my sweet spot. But the dr. keep telling me to patient soooooooooooo I am!!!

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Louisianagirl    0

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Hi Redgirl, I am from Raceland. Give it time I just reached my sweet point last month. Weight loss has slowed down but I am getting closer to goal. How many fills have you had. I think I had about 9.

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REDGIRL    0

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Hi, I'm from Thibodaux and I was banded on 9/5/07. Dr. Eric Rau. is my Dr. I have only lost 25lbs, and a little fustrated but hanging in there!!

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Louisianagirl    0

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Give it time! You have to get to that right fill.

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The 23rd is going to be a year, I for sure thought I would have gotten to my goal by now but I am just starting to exercise. I am happy with what I lost, without the help of the band I would still be misrable. The most weight I ever loss on my own was 18 lbs and would gain double everytime.

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REDGIRL    0

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Hi from Thibodaux. Dr. Eric Rau did my surgery. Banded 9/5/07 and only lost 19lbs, not really happy about that!! Anyone else has Dr. Eric Rau??

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Who did your surgery? Was it DR. Rau ??

I went to Dr. French at Southern Surgical in NO.

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REDGIRL    0

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I went to Dr. French at Southern Surgical in NO.

DR. RAU IS A DR. IN HOUMA, YOU LIVE IN THE AREA , DON'T YOU??

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DR. RAU IS A DR. IN HOUMA, YOU LIVE IN THE AREA , DON'T YOU??

Right , I'm in Raceland. I'm self pay and at the time they were the cheapest.

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Right , I'm in Raceland. I'm self pay and at the time they were the cheapest.

Do you go to the meetings in houma? I think I will start going just to see if I'm the only one losing soooooooooooooo slow!

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I've been meaning to make a meeting, but I haven't made one yet. I had my surgery done by Dr. Richardson at Oschner. My insurance paid for it all. I got a .5cc fill today...I'm hoping that helps to kick in my weight loss again. I'll be on liquids for a week so I'm sure I'll lose some weight and I've started exercising every day.

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Louisianagirl    0

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Redgirl, how many fills have you had? Tomorrow is a year I was bannded, I lost an average of 5lbs or so per month. Total 70lbs.

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Hello Iam From Raceland Also Yahoo Bood70394

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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.

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