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YOUR MOM WON

A NEW LINK I HOPE WILL WORK AS SOMEONE WAS MESSING WITH THE OTHER SITE THANKS http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?...s0tysj&Ux=0

LORI HAS POSTED THIS LINK SEVERAL TIMES. I'VE TAKEN THE BUS/TROLLY TWICE NOW. THESE DIRECTIONS ARE PERFECT, THANKS MARY http://www.lapbandforum.com/index.php?showtopic=725

JUST THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE GREAT JOB LYNN!!!

I USE THE KIDDIE ONES ALSO

IT WAS TUFF TYPING THAT "J" WORD, IT'S A WORD I JUST NEVER USE AND IT FELT WEIRD. I WORK WITH 120 OTHER WOMAN, I'M SURE THIS WASN'T THE FIRST COMMENT LIKE THAT MADE, JUST THE ONE I HEARD FOR MYSELF BUT ON A GOOD NOTE, A GAL I WORK WITH IS GOING IN FOR HER PRE OP APPOINTMENT THIS MORNING TO HAVE A TUMMY TUCK WITH MY DR. AT LEAST I GOT PEOPLE TALKIN HEALTHY AND BETTERING THEMSELVES IF NOTHING ELSE

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I WAS TALKING WITH A GAL AT WORK ABOUT THE BAND, HER HUSBANDS INSURANCE WILL COVER IT, WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PIPED UP, YEAH, PAM, YOU CHEATED. THIS COMING FROM SOMEONE THAT'S GAINED AND LOST A MILLION TIMES OVER ON WEIGHT WATCHERS. JUST HAD TO SAY, YEP, AND I GOT THE TOOL TO KEEP MINE OFF, YOU? I KNOW, NOT SO NICE BY THEN AGAIN SHE WAS THE ONE THAT BUTTED IN, IN THE FIRST PLACE. SOMETIMES I WONDER IF SOME AREN

WELL POO, ISN'T IT 6 WEEKS BEFORE DR ORTIZ WILL FILL? JUST TRY AND WATCH WHAT YOU EAT CLOSELY, I KNOW I KNOW LOL YET ANOTHER DIET SOON, VERY SOON YOU'LL HAVE THAT RESTRICTION

NO, SHE'S GOT NO IDEA. SHE GOT UP SATURDAY MORNING, HAD A YOGURT, WHICH CAME UP, AND SHE KEPT THROW UP ALL DAY. BUT PERSONALLY I THINK IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR AWHILE NOW. I'M SURE A DR WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL FROM THE PICTURES.

NO PROBLEMS WITH CHICKEN OR CHEESE BUT I CAN'T DO TO MUCH OF A PANCAKE, MAYBE 1/2 OF ONE, TO BREADY LIKE.

RE: Luckily I am still cute at 40~ :-). LOL OK YOU'VE GOT THAT ON ME LOL RE: Did insurance pay for yours??? THIS MESSAGE BOARD IS SPONSORED BY DR ORTIZ AT THE OCC. MOST HERE ARE LOOKING INTO GETTING BANDED BY HIM OR ALREADY HAVE BEEN BANDED BY HIM. MOST HERE ARE SELF PAY IF BANDED BY DR ORTIZ RE:I am 40 BMI, on meds. MY BMI WAS 32.6 :-) AND ON NO MEDS. I DID HAVE KNEE PAIN AND FAMILY HISTORY OF DIABETES ASK QUESTIONS, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE HERE MORE THEN WILLING TO ANSWER THEM. I DON'T WORK DURING THE SUMMER SO I WAS OFF WORK. I COULD HAVE GONE BACK TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER I GOT BACK FROM MX IF I WANTED TO. I WAS IN NO PAIN, SORE YES. THE PORT SITE TOOK A LITTLE TIME TO HEAL AND IT WAS HARD TO SLEEP. I'M A TURNER AND I HAD TO PICK MYSELF UP IN BED TO MOVE, NOT JUST ROLL OVER. WELL I TAKE THAT BACK, I WAS IN PAIN WHEN I WAS LAUGHING THE DAY AFTER SURGERY MY FRIEND AND I WERE OUT SHOPPING AND ON THE WAY BACK CAUGHT A CAB BACK TO OUR HOTEL, OMG LOL NO ENGLISH, "THEY" DRIVER AND HIS FRIEND WERE DRINKING, DRIVING A LITTLE FAST, WELL ALOT LOL AND THEY WERE GOING AROUND THE BLOCK TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC WHICH MY FRIEND HADN'T REALIZED JUST WHERE WE WERE YET. THE LOOK ON HER FACE OMG LOL IT WAS PRICELESS, WHERE ARE WE GOING? I WANT OUT LOL I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD AND I HURT SO BAD LOL THERE IS A PRE OP AND POST OP DIET, EVERY DOCTOR THOUGH IS DIFFERENT. PRE OP DR WANTS U TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT TO SHRINK THE LIVER. POST OP YOUR ON A LIQUID DIET TO LET THE BAND SITE HEAL. KEEP US POSTED ON HOW YOU'RE DOING

THANKS GUYS A FEW POSTS HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. WE GET SO EXCITED ABOUT THE BAND AND TELL WONDERFUL STORIES OF HOW THIS IS HELPING US BECOME HEALTHIER PEOPLE BUT WILL THEY TAKE THE TIME IF THEY HAVE SURGERY TO DO WHAT THEY'RE TOLD? OR WILL THEY JUST SAY, OH, IT LOOKED SO EASY LOOKING AT IT FROM THE OUTSIDE I'LL ALWAYS TELL THE UGLY SIDE WHEN BEING ASKED SERIOUSLY ABOUT IT IT IS A LIFE STYLE CHANGE AND LIKE I THINK GREG SAID, YOU HAVE TO BE OPEN TO IT'S TEACHINGS http://www.lapbandforum.com/index.php?showtopic=899 LINK TO PICTURES

JUST SMALL BITES AND CHEW CHEW CHEW TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE FOR RESTRICTION EATING ANY MORE ISN'T LIKE A RUNNING RACE, SLOW AND EASY........ CONGRATULATIONS, IT SEEMS LIKE THE TIME JUST DRAGS TILL YOU CAN EAT BUT LOOKY, IT'S HERE ALREADY

YES, I DID HAVE RESTRICTION FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS. SO CHEW CHEW CHEW!!!

I WAS 184 AND 5'3" ON SURGERY DAY, I DIDN'T DO A PRE OP DIET. I'M 47 NOW GET ER DONE!!! I'M SOOOOOO GLAD I DID!!! IT IS DRASTIC BUT IT WASN'T COMING OFF WITHOUT IT AND I WASN'T GOING TO KEEP THIS FAT ANY LONGER. WHAT? WAIT ANOTHER 10 YEARS TO SEE "IF" MAYBE IT WILL "THIS TIME" COME OFF AND STAY OFF? LOL NOPE NOT ME, I'M NOT WASTING ANOTHER MINUTE LIKE THIS, LIFE IS TO SHORT. AFTER HAVING THE DAY I DID TODAY WITH MY FRIEND, IF YOUR GOING TO DO THIS, KNOW THE RULES, FOLLOW THE RULES, BE COMMITTED TO A BETTER HEALTHIER YOU ps if this is failure, bring it on!!! and in all this i stopped smoking something else i've failed at for years until now. i guess i'm just one big, smaller, failure after another LOL

OO YEAH, A BIG DIFFERENCE RIGHT OFF THE BAT, WHEN I LOOK DOWN I CAN SEE ME WHO WHO LOL IT WASN'T PAINFUL AT ALL, SORE YES, BUT NOT PAINFUL. I WAS ON THE PAIN MEDS FOR LESS THEN A WEEK, THEY WERE KEEPING ME DOWN BUT MY HEAD WAS TO FUZZY

JUST MY POINT OF VIEW: GOSH, WHERE DO I EVEN START THIS EVENING? AS A LOT OF YOU KNOW, I WAS BANDED WITH A GIRLFRIEND IN AUG. 2006. I WAS THE ONE THAT LOOKED UP ALL THE INFORMATION FOUND THE DR, DID ALL THE EMAILING, DID ALL THE HOMEWORK ETC, SANDY WAS JUST ALONG FOR THE RIDE. OH YEAH, SHE WANTED THE LAPBAND AND ALL BUT I GAVE HER ALL THE INFORMATION I HAD AND SHE RAN WITH IT. “YES, YES, I WANT ONE TOO” WE BOTH WENT DOWN TO MX TO HAVE OUR FIRST FILL TOGETHER IN I THINK IT WAS OCT OF LAST YEAR; I GOT 1.8cc SHE 1.6cc. SHE HAD PROBLEMS RIGHT OFF THE BAT BUT DIDN'T SAY TOO MUCH AND LIVED WITH IT FOR MONTHS, THINKING SHE COULD LEARN TO WORK WITH THAT FILL AMOUNT, GEEZ IT WAS HER FIRST ONE AND BESIDES, SHE WAS SO HAPPY SHE WAS LOSING WEIGHT. TODAY SHE'S A IN SIZE 14 FROM A 22 or 24 I'VE GOTTEN NOW. MONTHS WENT BY AND WITH THAT CAME DAYS SANDY COULDN'T HARDLY EAT BUT SHE'D TRY AND SHE'D END UP OVER THE SINK. YES, IN MY OPINION SHE DIDN'T MAKE THE SMARTEST CHOICES WITH HER FOODS AND I TRIED, I DID, TO TALK WITH HER ABOUT WHAT “WE” SHOULD BE EATING, DRINKING 60 OZ OF WATER DAILY, GETTING OUR PROTEIN IN ETC. FINALLY IN DEC I TOOK HER UP TO ARLINGTON PHARMACY FOR AN UNFILL. STILL SHE HAD PROBLEMS. NEVER LETTING THINGS HEAL, MAKING NOT THE BEST CHOICES IN FOODS. AGAIN THIS IS ALL JUST MY OPINION I AM NOT IN THE MEDICAL FIELD. SHE'D CALL, I DON'T GET THIS BAND!!! AND I'D SAY WELL HON, MAYBE AT LUNCH YOU COULD

THANKS TERI, HAVE OTHERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUES WITH IT? TUCKS GETTING WORSE WHICH THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD. I'M IN WHAT THEY CALL SWELL HELL WHICH STARTED A DAY OR TWO AGO. THEY SAY IT CAN LAST A MONTH. AFTER THAT, THE SWELLINGS ON AND OFF FROM TWO MONTHS TO A YEAR. MY LITTLE SISSY HAD A BREAST REDUCTION ABOUT A YEAR AGO, SHE SAYS THIS TOO SHELL PASS LIKE HERS DID I HOPE SO LOL

MINE DIDN'T TAKE TO LONG BUT LIKE YOURS THE EDGES CAME OFF EASY AND THE OTHER I DIDN'T PICK AT TO MUCH, IT WAS TENDER ALSO YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE DOING JUST FINE

HI SAMANTHA, I'VE GOT A PICTURE OF THE BAND UNDER "FIRST FILL" IN MY ALBUM. ON THE FIRST ALBUM, I'VE GOT A PICTURE OF THE SCARS FROM AFTER SURGERY. THE BIGGEST SCAR BEING THE PORT http://www.lapbandforum.com/index.php?showtopic=899&st=0

I JUST SAW JUDYS POST ON ANOTHER THREAD ABOUT POPCORN AND I THOUGHT I'D PUT IT TO THE TEST, THANKS JUDY

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THIS. KEEP US POSTED RACHELLE, THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING AND I'D LOVE TO KNOW THE ANSWERS MYSELF

HI TERI, MORE THEN ONCE YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS "THICK" SALINE AND I KNOW ON ANOTHER THREAD WE HAD ASKED YOU ABOUT IT BUT LOOKS LIKE YOU DIDN'T SEE IT. CAN YOU PLEASE GO INTO SOME DETAIL ON THIS? I'VE JUST NEVER HEARD OF IT AND WOULD LOVE SOME INFORMATION THANKS

WELCOME!!! THIS IS A FORUM, POSTING BOARD SPONSORED BY A MX LAPBAND DR, DR ORTIZ. WE ALL HERE KNOW ABOUT SELF PAY I WILL SAY THAT DR ORTIZ USED SURGICAL TAPE INSTEAD OF STITCHES OR STAPLES AND THE ONLY SCAR I HAVE IS NOW THE PORT, AND IT'S NOT REALLY VISIBLE. I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH HOW THAT ALL TURNED OUT

GO CAMPING LOL I WAS OUT SHOPPING THE DAY AFTER SURGERY AND SO DO OTHERS WHEN IN MX. I WAS UP AND ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER SURGERY. SORE YES. BUT NO PAIN. WELL UNLESS I WAS LAUGHIN WISH HER WELL IN LALA BAND LAND SHE'LL LOVE HER NEW LOOK