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hey all so weight check went awesome!! I weighed less at kaiser than at home... Im stoked!!

i love it when that happens! Now you know how to guage your scale - yee haa.

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Ash... did u get the link to the binder? Have a lovely boring time at orientation... but atleast it is super exciting be a step ahead!!!! wooo hooo... i was beside myself! And welcome to the board!

OMG Nicolie and I did ZUMBA.. and yes we lasted. after 10 mins i contemplated leaving, lmfao... we hung in and had a blast. I need better shoes that dont stick to the floor so much. I also need a shot of tequila cuz i only have rythm when i am drinking, seriously! Nicolie weighed in this am at kp and has done great! I am proud of her. Now if i could just go boo boo maybe i would weigh less. lmao. I am taking Iron for anemia and im having potty issues. lol. tmi???

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So post ops - I need help/advise - I don't stay full/satisfied for longer than 2 hours so I'm wanting to eat all the time - how did you get thru the bandster hell till you got your first fill and is 3 months the norm to wait for the first one or is The Doc just twisted?

"Normal" is whatever is normal for your doc. Allergen (Lap-Band brand) recommend 4-6 weeks for first fill. Dr. Baggs is the most agressive of the Richmond docs; almost all of his patients get a fill at 6 weeks (unless they don't need one - he relies on Robin for this determination). Basically, All I had to do was say that I could eat over a cup at a time, and she'd OK me for a fill - but then I was losing steady, too. Now I just email Dr. B and he sets me up - they trust me to know when I need one, and they know that I do not EVER want to be too tight! Stories I have gotten on here scare me.

RE: different threads - Heather tried that, did not work. The support and comradarie here are the best anywhere on this site and I'd not want to give that up! But here is a suggestion: if you create a yahoo group, you can all email each other all the time & read what each other is saying, just like on here. Pat & I are on a yahoo group for the Sonoma County WLS support group

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Jane you are doing so great! You inspire me and I sure can't wait till my first fill - I'm scheduled for 12/15. - when I tried to get my ID card they asked what model band did I have - AP Standard? I dunno - I will have to ask The Doc when I see him next month.

You haven't PM'd me with your address so I can send you $$ for the book!

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Tamra hehehe... I have Dr. Fisher...

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no one knows I am having Lap band either on Facebook... keepin it under wraps ;p

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Tamra- My daycare is in Oakley which is a samll town sandwiched inbetween Antioch and Brentwood. I have openings right now, but If you want to try doing play dates with my boys to start her out that might be a better transition. Then if you and your daughter become comfortable with my boys and me then we can work somthing out. I always do trial periods because it is important to me that everyone (parent and child) is comfortable you know?

Liz- I did get the link to the Richmond binder, and I also some how Googled my way into the Fremont one too. I know that with all that information plus what I am reading here will prob. make me bored but call me crazy, I am excited to be bored you know!

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Hey I want to get a book too... is it the cookbook???? How much? I would like to get one after the 27th, thats payday!!! Hook it up Candra.....

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Ash me and Canolie were the same wAy we got there an hour early and left at the butt crack of dawn. we all felt that way!

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no one knows I am having LAP-BAND® either on Facebook... keepin it under wraps ;p

But.... Ummm.... One of your albums says LB buddies - isn't anybody gonna ask you what LB is?

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Ash... Don't tell anyone but I didn't read the binder either - just skimmed thru it for the answers to the test - everything I needed to know I learned from these gals here!

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LB.... well its a mystery... i will say loud beauties... what what???? hahahah

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Good One!!

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