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Caroline, I am so sorry you are having to deal with this. But thank goodness for Dr. O. He will take good care of you and make sure everything is right. Afterall this is an investment and we all want to take good care of our investments. Please keep us posted. You will be in my prayers.

Ok, so since we are making our request known, I am voting for somewhere between March 13-22 (I'm on spring break) or sometime after May 9th (graduation). Just putting it out there!

Caroline.....you can see the port?!?!? I do not think that is good. Did you tell Dr. O that when you emailed/talked to him? My incision is not even directly over my port - my port is approximately 1 inch below by incision. I am glad you are feeling better and the incision is not red or looking infected but it should not be open to the point you can see inside of it. I think you should call Dr. O back. Please keep us posted. You will be in my prayers.

Lisa, I was exactly like you before I got my fill. I wasn't eating as much as I was before the band but I definately did not have restriction. I did get hungry between meals and occasionally still do if I don't eat a well balanced meal but the hungar has definately subsided some. And yes, the amount of restriction you have can depend on that time of the month. I have heard other bandsters say they have GREAT restriction during their period and I have other say the opposite. I guess it just depends on the individual. But don't worry, just a couple of more weeks and you'll be ready for a fill!! Good luck and keep us posted.

Ok I have been really lazy since being banded but have done pretty good in the weight loss department but it has slowed down a bit. I have only lost 1lb per week for the last 2 weeks when I was averaging 2-3lbs per week. So it's time to step up to the challenge. I am going this afternoon to join a ladies only health club. Since I work 12 hour shifts I think it will probably be hard to work out on those day so I am going to start with the Silver Level: 15-18 workouts. Wish me luck and I'll keep you posted.

Congratulations and

You are in great hands!!

Mona-Camille and Iwantbanded, give your fills some time before you buy your next plane ticket. If you think back to Mama Michelle's first post on her first fill she did not have an restriction either. But around 4-5 days post fill it kicked in. Although she did have to have another fill after about a month, your fill may kick in and you may not need another for a while! Keep your chin up!

Great experience. Love the cats!! Keep us posted!

You are in great hands!!

The Paper Thong Thanks Hanna - I got this from your myspace pics!!

The Paper Thong

Alana, yes Darlene does go to Moultrie also but only once every 2 months. She will be there on June 14th. I did not want to wait until then to have my first fill so I drove to Atlanta which is like 4 hours for me versus 1 hour to Moultrie - but that's okay - I wanted my fill.

Michelle, as always you look GREAT!!! I can really tell! Way to go!!

I loved it! Darlene (the NP that does the fills in Roswell and Moultrie) is great!! Her daughter is the receptionist and her son also works there - so it's like a family deal. I received 3cc in a 4cc band as my first fill. That is a really large fill and Darlene was hesitant about filling that much but we both watched the barium go through. After the fill I sipped water for about 20 minutes and I was on my way. I have great restriction and have lost 8lbs in 3 weeks. I highly recommend Darlene and the Roswell fill center.

& I took $200 - but as said before - take small bills.

Thanks for the info. I could not get the www.drwbartelltj.com link to work so I Googled Dr. Bartell in Tijuana and he must have changed his website. This is the one that took me to him www.drwbartell.com But I did not see any pricing info on veneers or lumineers.

I lost 18lbs before my first fill which was 6 1/2 weeks post op. It has been 3 weeks since my fill and I have lost 7lbs.

Great pics!! Good luck with the fill, let us know in a few days how it's going!