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I am excited so I thought I would share this with all those out there. mY doc Sashi Ganta in Austin Texas has come up with new ways to do the Lap Band I wanted to let everyone know out there who is thinking of getting it done. I am having this technique because it will be better for less scarring as well as recovery time is better, I hope u find this helpful if u have any questions u can call his office.

Follow the link I am setting up to read all about him and his new technique he just pioneered.He is a great doc as well as a smart one.

There is alot of info on this web site about him so read about him and see what u think about??

Austin Institute of Bariatrics and Laparoscopy - Lap-Band, Gastric Bypass and other Weight Loss Surgey in Austin, Texas

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awesome idea i did get my band put in at the beginning of july in austin by dr. sherrod to bad i didnt know about this one oh well good luck to you.

karen

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that is good how are u doing? Have u lost any weight?? where are u from in Texas??

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Lottie,

thanks for the well wishes how are u doing?? it look by the scale u are doing just fine, keep it up ur on a great roll,

take care.

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austex im currently in forth worth over here the doctors wanted to charge me 1500 to 5k even with my insurance so i went to austin since i knew they wouldnt charge me. so once a month or so i go back to austin which is not to bad since my parents are in killeen/ft hood. i been gradually losing weight im down 43 lbs since surgery and i have about 82 more to go so i have along ways left lol. just cant wait to get down 30lbs and i wont be obesty anymore just overweight lol. but hopefully i will get there soon enough good luck to you in your journey. let me know how the surgery goes.

karen

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karen karen,

Hey how are u this am??? well thanks for replying it sounds as though u are doing great so keep up the good work, do u feel hungry from time to time?? or is it ok ?? what types of food are u eating>???

well thanks for the well wishes and take care !!!!!!!!!!1

Becky

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austex

hey doing good this morning just got back to the gym been doing about and hour to and hour and half workout for the last three weeks. i get hungry alot i only had one fill since i had surgery and i dont think im even at 5 cc yet but i am going in for another fill on monday which should curb my appetite alot. plus doing exericise is really helping with the hungry pains since im busy doing something else most of the day. only thing i can really give you in advice is excerise excerise and excerise build up those muscles so that the fat burns faster and easier. i got the body bugg as well which helps me with my intake in foods and also shows me how many calories i burn throughout the day and one thing i noticed is that its not all about the excerise hardcore but to stay active throughout the day and you will see the results alot quicker and better. have a good day time for me to get cleaned up so i can start my day

karen

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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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      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

        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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