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Here are my scars at 5 days post-op, i took the plaster-thingys off because they were so itchy.

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Shot with DSC-F88 at 2007-07-16

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I had my surgery in Feb and my scars had raised up also. I started using something called 'Bio Oil' You apply it twice a day and it is to help scars and stretch marks. It is definately working in reducing the scars and I have put some on my stretch marks to see if they help their also.

I live in the Uk but would think it would be a world wide oil. I would definately give it a go.

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Bun1, (not to steal the thread), but how did you qualify, even self pay to get the lapband with a 33 BMI? You look very small for lapband, what was your starting weight?

Looking good girl!

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Bun1, (not to steal the thread), but how did you qualify, even self pay to get the lapband with a 33 BMI? You look very small for lapband, what was your starting weight?

Looking good girl!

Hi HarleyNana, i couldnt get banded in the UK with such a 'low' bmi but i am obese although not morbidly obese.

i inevitably get fatter each year and knew that it would take a few more miserable years to get near to 40 bmi and thus qualify for the surgery here in the UK. i was not prepared to wait for that to happen and found a surgeon abroad that was willing to band me now before i got mobidly obese and believe that's where i would have ended up eventually.

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bun1, good for you for taking a proactive approach to your weight!

I wish I could have done this years ago.

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Too bad the insurance companies don't and won't take the same approach. I too wish I would have been able to avoid all those ups and downs, mostly ups.

Bun1, I admire your perseverance to take control of your life.

Good luck with your band!

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Thought maybe some of the newbie bandsters needed some encouragement. Here are my scars at 2 1/2 years post op. The only one even noticable is the port scar, all the others are pretty well blended and gone. I used Cocoa butter and pure Vit E oil on them for all of this time once the incisions could have them on. I used it every day for about a year and then once a week for a year, now it is about once every other month with just the cocoa butter.

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I have all my pics up on Kodakgallery.com Is there any way to share the link?

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First pic is from August 06 (4months post op) and the second one is from August 07,its not really good pic,the scars are more visible,but are fading

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Wow, you got a hot lookin body right there Eficka, looks like the band is doing some (some=a lot) magic. :)

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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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