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Any Upstater's (central NY)?

peggy1011

By peggy1011, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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terilynn112    1

terilynn112
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I know that area. I'm near oneonta/cooperstown NY area.

Teri

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sparkplug    106

sparkplug
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I am originally from Syracuse, New York, now live in Arizona, was banded 12/20/08

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ema607    0

ema607
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Hello to all upstate central NY here :lol: I was banded in Cooperstown in November of 2007. Unfortunately the band has not been successful for me. I have not given up totally, I have just excepted that it doesn't work for me. I would like to talk to others that have had problems and would love any suggestions possible. I would truly like to lose weight. I have been to the Dr religiously every six weeks since I was banded. I am having some kind of scope done next week to make sure everything is OK in there. I have 7.25 cc in a 10 cc band, and still can pretty much eat what ever I want to. Any words of wisdom would be appreciated.

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I'MREADY    0

I'MREADY
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I am 50 miles north of Albany and in the pre approval stage. My pcp appointment is Wednesday, wish me luck! I'm looking into Ellis Hospital for a surgeon. Dr. Imgram

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sparkplug    106

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ema607

I am sorry the lap band did not work out for you. I am originally from Syracuse,New York and we now live in Kingman, Arizona.

I had surgery on 12/20/08 and am down 54 pounds. I seem to be stuck here for a couple of weeks but this happened a month ago and then started to go down again after a few weeks.

I don't know what else to say but I too could eat more if i forced it, but I get to a point of getting the hiccups when full and have to stop eating.

I have not had one single fill but seem to have very good restriction for some reason.

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sdh5463    0

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Elmira NY Here...

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sparkplug    106

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I was born and raised in utica, NY and lived for 30 yrs in Syracuse NY before my husband and i moving to Arizona. When I left 5 yrs ago, they only surgery around Syracuse was for bariatric surgery and I was told at that time that I would have to go to NYC to have the band, so I did not do it at that time. I got my band in Las Vegas, Dr. Atkinson and love it, now I am almost to goal 80 pd and 10 more to go.

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thelonedaisy    0

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was banded @faxton st lukes utica ny de neale frslocum dickson is my dr i love him anyone else?:biggrin:

i was banded by dr. neale in july of 08 lost 70 pounds and 80 inches. he is fantastic listens to everything i say and is interested in all parts of my life not just my band.

when were you banded and how much lost???

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Jennifur    0

Jennifur
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Anyone hanging out in the Albany Area???

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billiejolupo    1

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hello to all, i'm from walton ny, going to cooperstown did anybody here use strauss as a surgeon can't seem to find anyone that has. :biggrin:

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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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      1. summerseeker

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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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