Had my LAP BAND done on 11-26-2007 in Buffalo, NY at Buffalo General Hospital by Dr. Aaron Hoffman. I've have had no problems what-so-ever and the support from Dr. Hoffman has been FANTASTIC. He is the BEST doctor ever! I would recommend anybody from the Buffalo, Rochester, NY area to have Dr. Hoffman perform the BAND! GREAT DOC!:eek:

i believe the support group is the 3rd wed- i will try to be at the next one

val

can you come even if you have not been banded yet? if so i will be at the next one

Wow, I was gone for a few days and so much happened and such chat going on. I am so depressed that my surgery isn't until October and everyone is talking about fills and such. I thought I would have had a call from the clinic giving me my date since it has been 12 days since my appointment but my home number is my work number so they may not have wanted to leave a message on a work machine. I had a bad/good? week eating way to much junk food at the beach. Kind of my last hurrah. Everytime I looked at buying a teeshirt my husband would insist I buy it smaller so it would fit in the future. Nice to know he has a positive outlook! BTW what does DH stand for on posts when talking about husbands (I think)? I have been going to support meetings for a few months now and have not been banded. It is interesting for both bandsters and waitsters. Have a good holiday weekend everyone.

Val, I can't wait to hear how you are doing with the fill but I think you are going away for next Saturday. Have fun!

I am the queen, my pantyhose says so!

Oh My God, I had no idea. I heard everyone talking about sliming, drooling, and PB's, but it never happened to me till today. I thought I was going to die. It hurt so bad, and I was drooling slime and then threw up.. I don't think I will ever eat another brussel sprout ever!!!!!!!! Well, at least now I know I have restiction. By the way, hello to everyone and I hope I didn't gross anyone out too much.

Thanks for the info too Loraine I need to call them to find out if they made progress with my info.

Band of Gold, how awful. I think we all can expect it to happen at least once. And interestinly it will be different foods for everybody. I fear I will be afraid to eat anything new in public for a long time.

Good news! I didn't receive a call from the clinic but I got an insurance approval in the mail for October 16th so I guess I have a date! :wink2: Now I am nervous!:thumbdown:

good morning all,

had to take a min. out to post. today is my sons b-day and he is driving me crazy. go for my pyh. test tomorrow dont know what to expect so i guess im alittle worried. just hope i pass.

and that is great news lindatatu

Happy September 1st! Now I can officially say I will be banded next month!

Lapbandtalk sent me a birthday greeting. How cool. Of course they also updated the age on my site. This time next year I plan to be a slim trim 60 year old!:smile:

linda,

actually i will be walking next week- i am leaving after hopefully( a hurricaine is supp heading towards the outer banks). my fill went well- didnt hurt a bit. dh stands for "dear husband"

val

i can tell i have restriction. when dr hoffman filled me 8/26 he told me it could take up to 10 days to feel the restriction- boy do i feel it. i threw up once yesterday and twice today

I am reading a book by Khaliah Ali called Fighting Weight and her doctors at NYU take new bandsters out to dinner in groups to see how they are eating and in a social situation and they tell them what they are doing wrong. Cool. Lots of good information but the book is mostly her journey in weight loss and gain. But when the doctors write it is excellent advice.

Hey everyone!!! Sorry I haven't responded or commented in a while, I was at the family cottage for the weekend...where I barely get cell service let alone internet. :thumbup:

Linda---CONGRATS!!!!! You're getting banded!! And on my birthday!:cool2:

Judy---thanks for the offer of visiting, which would be great if I didn't know that my super obsessive family wasn't going to be crowding the damn hospital room. :w00t: The will be finding extra chairs, sitting on the windowsill, basically stalking me. This is what happens when any of my family has any kind of anything done, ha. We will definitely meet soon at a walk or at a support group meeting, though. As soon as I get the band done then get back into the swing of school (since the band is interrupting my back to school activities, oh well! it's more important than work!).

Band---sorry that you had to go through that; I'm kind of sad though because brussel sprouts are one of my fave foods ever!!!

LLL---I'd like to eventually be 175. I know that is an INSANE goal but I'm taking it slowly. 300 is my first goal, then I'll adjust after that. I get very focused when I'm losing weight though so I know that this will be earned! As soon as I lose about 50 lbs. I'll probably get into high gear with exercising and stuff. At first I'll just be doing Water aerobics which he said is fantastic for every bariatric surgery patient because of the low-impact cardio. :laugh:

Well, it's the first day of school for teachers, so I'm outta here! If anybody else is a teacher (well, I'm technically a school counselor) or are sending off their kiddos tomorrow or today---good luck (and if you have kids and are sending them...congratulations, take a nap!)

hi lapband family,

went and had my psy. test done with dr. lelito today at 1 pm and he seem alright. then had to do a true and false test that was 370 questions long. i was crazy i must say. but over all i was there about almost 2 hours. not bad! then went to the book store and grabbed a lapband book called

"weightlosdd surgery with adjustable gastric band" by dr. robert sewell and linda rohrbough.

so far seems like an alright book. also read the ali one and lapband for life. go for my conceltation on the 10th so talk to ya later.

china, I know how to go to Ticker Factory and pick out what I want but then when it comes to putting it where it goes I am lost. Where do you cut and paste the URL? It is driving me crazy.