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missraefla    3

missraefla
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Dr jessee is wonderful.

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TampaGina    11

TampaGina
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Hey there! I am 7 days post op and am thrilled to see so many Tampa Bay peeps in here! I work at St Joseph and was banded by Dr David Echavarria. Very good doctor!

Would love to chat with all you Tampa banders!!

Take care and Good luck!

Gina

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Darkangel321    61

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Looking for a doctor in Tampa Bay? Any Suggestions?

Covered by BCBS FL... "Weight loss reductions excluded except "medically necessary gastric or intestinal bypass or gastric banding"

Dr. Dietrick. Him and his staff are WONDERFUL!

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Darkangel321    61

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Hey there! I am 7 days post op and am thrilled to see so many Tampa Bay peeps in here! I work at St Joseph and was banded by Dr David Echavarria. Very good doctor!

Would love to chat with all you Tampa banders!!

Take care and Good luck!

Gina

Hi...im 13 days post op today. I was looking for a local support group that meets face to face. How have you been doing so far. Happy 30 day bandiversary!

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Mostly    1

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Dr. Tiffany Jessee in Tampa. The staff is awesome and Dr. Jessee is great. I spoke to several other offices and this one was the best.

I'll second this. I was banded in 2008. Needed slippage revision a year ago. I might not have at all but her Staff was very involved and concerned and convinced me to take a swallow test. Been fine ever since.

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Darkangel321    61

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Hello Tampa Banders!

Looking to start a support group or just activity group in the Tampa Bay area 40+. My best friend and I have been trying to find one and decided since we can't, Why not start one. Maybe get a personal trainer for the group that will meet with us. Have group walks, cookouts and other functions together. We all understand each others limitations, anxieties and insecurities. Great for all that get involved. 813, 727, 863, 352 and anyone close enough that wants to participate 40+. Msg me your contact info. We posssibly will have our own FB page as well. Suggestions welcomed.

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Alig02    30

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I would recommend Dr. Aguila in south Tampa. He does surgery at Memorial Hospital and his office is across the street from the hospital.

Hi I'm going there too. I have my preop appt on Monday at the hospital. Do you know what it involves?

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Bibi*2013    2

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Hi My name is Bibi and I live north of Orlando in Lake County. I have chosen Dr. Jessee at SunCoast in Tampa for my LapBand surgeon. I've done over a year of research & I feel Dr. Jessee would be good for me. That being said I'm hoping to find someone willing to share their experience Dr. Jessee & her staff at SunCoast Bariatrics... Especially if Dr. Jessee used the one-incision SPIDER procedure. I will be going through a 3 month supervised diet & that's got me a little nervous because I don't know what to expect. I am still in the very early stages of the process. I attended Dr. Jessee's seminar 2/11 & yesterday I completed/submitted the first wave of paperwork & anxiously awaiting the next step. Looking forward to this next phase of life & changing my eating & exercise habits and being a success with this journey... ANY & ALL advice, input & motivation is welcomed! =0)

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alfuso    0

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Dr Jessee is my surgeon. I don't know about the spider incision. I had my surgery in 2008 and a repair in 2011.

I find her staff helpful and Very friendly. All around good experience with them.

I didn't have to do a supervised diet, however. I had years of back up medical records!

Lost 100 lbs after surgery. Gained back 12 (which happens) and I'm working on shedding that.

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Bibi*2013    2

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Dr Jessee is my surgeon. I don't know about the spider incision. I had my surgery in 2008 and a repair in 2011.

I find her staff helpful and Very friendly. All around good experience with them.

I didn't have to do a supervised diet' date=' however. I had years of back up medical records!

Lost 100 lbs after surgery. Gained back 12 (which happens) and I'm working on shedding that.[/quote']

Alfuso, the SPIDER procedure involves one incision at the top of the belly button as opposed to 5 incisions. I'm hoping I can get that procedure done Can you share what your pre op & post op diet was like? Also, what was post op like, as far as recovering from surgery? Thanks for your input.

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SaltLife    17

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Is age 40 really the limit? Is like to join...but not 40 :(

Hello Tampa Banders!

Looking to start a support group or just activity group in the Tampa Bay area 40+. My best friend and I have been trying to find one and decided since we can't' date=' Why not start one. Maybe get a personal trainer for the group that will meet with us. Have group walks, cookouts and other functions together. We all understand each others limitations, anxieties and insecurities. Great for all that get involved. 813, 727, 863, 352 and anyone close enough that wants to participate 40+. Msg me your contact info. We posssibly will have our own FB page as well. Suggestions welcomed.[/quote']

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flrosie    154

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Me, too! Is this only for the <40 gang?

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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

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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.

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

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