Banded in January

[rita114]

I was just banded this week by Dr. Ortiz in TJ. It was a good experience. Everyone was excelllent and everything ran like clockwork. I am a little sore yet but I am looking forward to my new weight loss journey.

[KBosco]

I was just banded this week by Dr. Ortiz in TJ. It was a good experience. Everyone was excelllent and everything ran like clockwork. I am a little sore yet but I am looking forward to my new weight loss journey.

Hi Rita I'm new here and you are the first person I have relpied to. I noticed our starting weights are the same and I am scheduled to be banded on Jan 29. Good loss for you so far!!!! Lets hope I'm as lucky!!!

[rita114]

Hi Rita I'm new here and you are the first person I have relpied to. I noticed our starting weights are the same and I am scheduled to be banded on Jan 29. Good loss for you so far!!!! Lets hope I'm as lucky!!!

Hi K

The pre-op diet helped and now 6 days on liquid (easy you are Not hungry after surgery). Good Luck with your surgery and I'm sure you will do great! I know if I can do it anyone can....I loved food

[candacek]

Hi Newly Banded Lapsters,

Do you feel an immediate restriction? Will the weightloss be accelerated once the first fill is done? I am scheduled for March 3, I can't wait. I have lost a few pounds in pre op dieting getting the liver shrunk. It is nice to have the motovation to get to the gym. I am amazed at thow sensitive I am to sodium. Do you take any supliments?

All the best =D>

Candace

[KBosco]

Hi K

The pre-op diet helped and now 6 days on liquid (easy you are Not hungry after surgery). Good Luck with your surgery and I'm sure you will do great! I know if I can do it anyone can....I loved food

Thanks for the pep-talk Rita!! It helps to have others around you to support the process! I am actually going through this along with my husband. He is scheduled for Feb. 5. We think the team work will help alot. I am concerned about the gas pains after surgery. Did you have any issues with that?

K

[rita114]

Thanks for the pep-talk Rita!! It helps to have others around you to support the process! I am actually going through this along with my husband. He is scheduled for Feb. 5. We think the team work will help alot. I am concerned about the gas pains after surgery. Did you have any issues with that?

K

Hi K,

I think that is great you and your husband are doing it together. My husband doesn't have a weight issue and I have been cooking for him this week. It hasn't been hard yet because I only had surgery 6 days ago and am not hungry at all. But once I start getting hungry and still on liquids he'll have to fend for himself...lol As far as the gas bring GasX strips. They help. Good Luck to you both!

[rita114]

Hi Newly Banded Lapsters,

Do you feel an immediate restriction? Will the weightloss be accelerated once the first fill is done? I am scheduled for March 3, I can't wait. I have lost a few pounds in pre op dieting getting the liver shrunk. It is nice to have the motovation to get to the gym. I am amazed at thow sensitive I am to sodium. Do you take any supliments?

All the best =D>

Candace

Hi Candace,

Everyone is different but the 1st week your stomach is swollen and I do not feel hungry. I hear after the swelling goes down starting in week 2-3 you do get hungry but have to stay on liquids (creamy soup, protien shakes...) until week 4. I am taking children's chewable with iron now. Good Luck!

[childrensgarden2]

Hi Candace,

Everyone is different but the 1st week your stomach is swollen and I do not feel hungry. I hear after the swelling goes down starting in week 2-3 you do get hungry but have to stay on liquids (creamy soup, protien shakes...) until week 4. I am taking children's chewable with iron now. Good Luck!

I have a quick question. I am trying to schedule a fill and have not been back to Mexico since my surgery. Do I need a passport or birth certificate. Need this info ASAP.

Shannon

[KBosco]

I have a quick question. I am trying to schedule a fill and have not been back to Mexico since my surgery. Do I need a passport or birth certificate. Need this info ASAP.

Shannon

Hi Shannon! I just went to Mexico last year and I NEEDED a Passport!

[Dolittle]

Hi Shannon! I just went to Mexico last year and I NEEDED a Passport!

AS OF THIS JANUARY THE DHS HAS ISSUED NEW RULES FOR TRAVEL. IF YOUR FLYING INTO MEXICO, YOU NEED A PASSPORT. IF YOUR DRIVING/WALKING INTO MEXICO READ THE FOLLOWING MEMO FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY........ DHS Ends Oral Declarations at Borders, Reminds Travelers of New Procedures on January 31

Release Date: January 18, 2008

For Immediate Release

Office of the Press Secretary

Contact: 202-282-8010

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reminds travelers that beginning January 31, 2008, border crossers will be asked to present documents denoting citizenship and identity when entering the United States through land and sea ports of entry. This change primarily affects United States and Canadian citizens, who have previously been permitted entry by oral declaration alone, and marks the transition toward standard and consistent documents for all travelers entering the country. It is also the start of a more robust and concerted public education campaign, intended to inform travelers of document requirements which will be implemented next year.

“For the safety of the American people, the United States cannot have an honor system at the border,†said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. “Requiring secure and reliable documentation at our borders will drastically reduce security vulnerabilities posed by permitting entry based on oral declarations alone. As travelers become accustomed to carrying documents to cross the border, and as we move to more stringent documentation requirements, our border officers will be able to more quickly and confidently identify cross-border travelers.â€

Beginning Jan. 31 of this year, U.S. and Canadian citizens ages 19 and older should no longer expect that an oral declaration alone will be sufficient to prove identity and citizenship for entry into the country. Instead, travelers will be asked to present documentation from a specified list of acceptable documents when entering the U.S. at land and sea ports of entry. Examples include birth certificates and driver’s licenses. A complete list of acceptable documents is available to travelers at ports of entry and is also available at www.cbp.gov. Travelers who do not present one of these documents may be delayed while U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers attempt to verify their identity and citizenship. Children ages 18 and under will only need to present a birth certificate.

In order to further secure our borders against illegal entry, the U.S. will no longer be able to admit travelers based on nothing more than a person’s oral assertion of citizenship. During October to December 2007 alone, CBP officers reported 1,517 cases of individuals falsely claiming to be U.S. citizens. Last month, CBP officials determined that an individual falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen was wanted for homicide in California. This individual was paroled for entry into the U.S. and transported into the custody of the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. Separately, multiple Government Accountability Office and Inspector General reports have highlighted weaknesses associated with oral declarations and substandard documentation.

Standard and consistent documentation is critical for border officials to accurately determine admissibility into the United States. The Jan. 31 change is a step forward from the largely subjective standard that allowed travelers to present an almost limitless array of documents, such as baptismal certificates, to satisfy CBP officers of their citizenship. This change will allow frontline officers to standardize inspections against a narrower class of documents, and CBP has protocols in place to verify the authenticity of suspicious driver licenses and guard against the use of counterfeit or altered licenses.

DHS has maintained a consistent public awareness and information campaign to ensure that the traveling public is aware of the new travel documentation requirements under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). The transition beginning Jan. 31 will allow travelers to become accustomed to the need to present appropriate documents. Travelers who apply for a passport card, passport, Trusted Traveler Program cards, or other secure documentation denoting both citizenship and identity in response to the Jan. 31 change will not need to take additional steps to meet the final WHTI requirements upon full implementation in June 2009.

U.S. citizens may begin applying in advance for the new U.S. Passport Card on Feb. 1, 2008, in anticipation of land border travel document requirements. The U.S. Department of State expects that cards will be available and mailed to applicants in spring 2008.

Although DHS was on schedule to begin implementation of the new requirements as early as summer 2008, the fiscal year 2008 Appropriations Bill passed by Congress last month restricts the department from implementing these new requirements until June 2009.

For more information, visit www.dhs.gov or www.travel.state.gov.

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[childrensgarden2]

Thanks, I found that after I posted. I have to move my date back because I cant find my b. Certificate. Have everyone elses but mine. UGH!

Thanks again

[Dolittle]

Thanks, I found that after I posted. I have to move my date back because I cant find my b. Certificate. Have everyone elses but mine. UGH!

Thanks again

I think you can go to your county recorder where you were born and get a copy. Make sure its a raised county seal version.

[mtnihi]

hello everyone, i'm new to this forum and joined because I have some concerns afer just recently having the band surgery done on 1/11/08!! I've lost 10 pounds so far and feeling great with the exception of some pain at the port area. After the first week, I felt great!! Then a couple days later, I think I pushed myself to far, I've had pain in the port area. It hurts the most first thing in the morning, after a couple hours it isn't so bad. I work at home so i'm lucky and can relax a bit when needed. I called the dr and they belive I irritated the sutures that are holding the port in place and the only thing I can do is let it heal... Is anyone or has anyone had the same problem??? Part of me is nervous, part of me is not. The dr doesn't seem to be concerned.... Should I??

[Awapuhi]

Thanks, I found that after I posted. I have to move my date back because I cant find my b. Certificate. Have everyone elses but mine. UGH!

Thanks again

I was there not long ago & all they asked for was my ID. I could have swore that Carolyn mentioned that I would only need a passport after June. Hmmmm, I'll have to research that.

[Dolittle]

I was there not long ago & all they asked for was my ID. I could have swore that Carolyn mentioned that I would only need a passport after June. Hmmmm, I'll have to research that.

Originally the State Departments time line was to make everyone flying to have a passport as Jan 1st 2007 and walking across a border as of Jan 1st 2008. But after last years fiasco of the State departments inability to provide passports in a timely manner they have backed up the walking across date. So be prepared to see the requirement of needing a passport for any travel out of the country sometime later this year. I think this coming June date was the State Departments new goal. I guess what it comes down to,, If you don't have a passport now,,, I'd be applying for one as soon as possible. When you do apply, I think they give you a card that states your in the application process and you can use that in combination with a birth cert and drivers license.