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Being Banded tomorrow 3/7/08

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texgirl    0

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I am being banded tomorrow too. Good luck! I haven't had any shakes yet but I have a large variety to choose from when I need to.

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shortgal    5

shortgal
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Check the food and recipe section for ideas on which brand people like and different additives people us to Dr them or other choices during whatever stage you have to drink them.

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TheOne2    0

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Hey everybody, I am seriously thinking about getting the lap band done. My family doesnt want me to get the Gastric bypass because it is such a BIG surgery, but I am very concerned that I am not going to lose enough weight on the lap band. can anybody help me? Tell me your likes and dislikes about this surgery. I weigh about 380 and I desperatly am ready to lose it, but I know I need this help from the lap band. But, I have also read about the pureed food and I have an incredibly week stomach and dont know if I can do it. Someone, please help me.

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Blund    0

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TheOne2, the pureed food is for most temporary, as I understand it. I'm waiting for ins approval and have been learning about this since my seminar in August of 07. This is the best place to learn. On this forum. Do a search of Drs in your area who do bariatric surgery and they should be able to refer you to educational seminars. There are lots of books on Amazon too. Good Luck

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shortgal    5

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Hey everybody, I am seriously thinking about getting the lap band done. My family doesnt want me to get the Gastric bypass because it is such a BIG surgery, but I am very concerned that I am not going to lose enough weight on the lap band. can anybody help me? Tell me your likes and dislikes about this surgery. I weigh about 380 and I desperatly am ready to lose it, but I know I need this help from the lap band. But, I have also read about the pureed food and I have an incredibly week stomach and dont know if I can do it. Someone, please help me.

Easy answer, just stay on the previous stage a week longer and then proceed to the next stage.

there is no way I would even think about drinking chicken that's been through the blender. Yuck! So my stage before the pureed stage was "full" liquid, so I just stayed on that one week and then went to mushies.

Now if you hate the Protein shakes, too ( I like those) then it's going to be tough. Find one you like now!

There are people on the forum that have lost 150 pounds with their bands. Just keep reading around the forum and learn as much as you can!

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TheOne2    0

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Thanks so much you guys. I think I will stay on the liquid a week longer, because I just cannot stand the idea of, as you say, chicken through a straw. Yuck. lol. As for checking with doctors and stuff, I have ABSOLUTLEY no insurance. I have been looking and looking for maybe a group that would help pay for the surgery. I am 22 and was in a horrible car accident this summer, I broke my back and had a major concusion. Needless to say, I havent been able to work, My mom and brother are disabled and I am usually the one who pays the bills, But, I dont have a job right now. I think having the lap band will not only improve my social life, but also my working life. People take people who take better care of themselves more seriously. IM not saying that big people dont get good jobs, I had a great job, But, I think it would help. Especially having the extra self confidence.

Do you guys know of any groups that help pay for this surgery?

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    • Alisa_S

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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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    • Alisa_S

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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.

        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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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