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sandytoes

By sandytoes, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Hello all, I'm new to this board and I wanted to tell you all there is a VERY active boeard called Obesity Help.com. They have forums for just LAP-BAND, just New Jersey also,,but it is a VERY active board. I also read on here that some are not aware of The Barriatric Center At SOCH. Southern Ocean County Hospital in Manahawkin New Jersey.I am to be banded on May 22nd by Dr. Jonathan Reich, he has been trained at the Cleveland Clinic and has done this surgery for years up North. He and two other surgeons saw a need in south Jersey and there certainly was!! He and his staff are wonderfull, Very compassionate and professional. I have spoken with his patients who have had the surgery by him on the other boards and they give him glowing reports. There is a support group meeting on Wed, the 11th of Feb. in the conferance room in the main hospital. If you can not make that one , i'm sure if you call SOCH they will gladly give you other dates. Just wanted you to know we now have a friend in South Jersey.. Good Luck to all of you..:cursing:

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Glad to meet you, You are doing great!!!!! I can't wait to have surgery. I don't come to this board often. I like Obesityhelp.com Then go to Forums and go to surgical and then down to Lap-Band. I love those boards, this board seems a little negative to me. You can also go to Forum and go down to states and get on a message board for New Jersey.Also they have one for 50 yrs. plus. But I like the Lap-band one the most. The Jersey one has alot of RNY people. But it's nice to meet you and I wish you continued sucsess!!:thumbup:

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Hi Sandy, my fiance just went to a seminar at SOCH, we have an appointment with Dr. Reich in a couple weeks. Please post updates about how you feel about him, his office, ect. Good luck on Friday!

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I will be getting my band at soch on 10-23-09 by dr reich i had a apt on 8-26-09 and they gave me the date that day next i will be going fo pre test and see him one more time before the big day :seeya:

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Huckleberry Gal    0

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Hey! Im having my surgery by Dr. Reich on Friday. I live in Barnegat

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Hello all, I'm new to this board and I wanted to tell you all there is a VERY active boeard called Obesity Help.com. They have forums for just LAP-BAND, just New Jersey also,,but it is a VERY active board. I also read on here that some are not aware of The Barriatric Center At SOCH. Southern Ocean County Hospital in Manahawkin New Jersey.I am to be banded on May 22nd by Dr. Jonathan Reich, he has been trained at the Cleveland Clinic and has done this surgery for years up North. He and two other surgeons saw a need in south Jersey and there certainly was!! He and his staff are wonderfull, Very compassionate and professional. I have spoken with his patients who have had the surgery by him on the other boards and they give him glowing reports. There is a support group meeting on Wed, the 11th of Feb. in the conferance room in the main hospital. If you can not make that one , i'm sure if you call SOCH they will gladly give you other dates. Just wanted you to know we now have a friend in South Jersey.. Good Luck to all of you..:cursing:

dr.reich did my surgery on jan 20th 11

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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

      Alisa_S

      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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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