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I am SO excited! I will be leaving for the hospital in about 30 minutes.. I am ready to be on the band wagon.

Kr8160311 ... i work at six flags in jackson !

Well good luck with all your tests but please dont hate on the cheaters...we all got to the point of needing weight loss surgery for the same reason...we cheat on diets! Also wait to pass judgement until you have walked a mile (a year?!) in our (banded) moccasins!

My girlfriend gave me a hug and said wow my hands can touch now. I felr like a million bucks wen she said that. Everyone is noticing me getting smaller its a great feelin. But i dont wanna get ahead of myself. I still have a long road and lots if learning. I have lot pre op and post op 54 pounds. I wanna loose a liittle ova 100 pounds. I wanna know wat it feels like to have a 1 as the beginning of my weight. Dont think ive seen that since grade school. Well good luck everyone , stay stronge and remember if u fall jus pick urself up and try again.

Goodluck all being banded in the morning. Praying for a speedy recvery 4 u all. The pain meds are awesome.

I had to be niccotine free for 6 weeks prior to surgery. Being niccotine free meant to patches or gum or anything. I did it, and they didn't just take my word for it! I had to do a urine test to check. Almost 3 weeks post op and haven't smoked! Good luck to you!

It's clear that mahupetesc is only here to spam her website and sell the product. Her only posts and topics are to sell the stuff. Ironic, really. This behavior of spamming us only guarantees I'd never try the product and will strongly warn others to steer clear of it as well. His/her ridiculous spamming only backfired.

I have had 2 endoscopys (?). I tore the lining of my stomach up from abusing (not on purpose) Aleve, before I was diagnosed with Psoriatic arthritis. It was absolutely no big deal. I did wake up during the first one, but I didn't feel anything painful. It felt sort of like I had to burp, and I could feel something moving around in my throat. I remember opening my eyes and making eye contact with the doctor. He said "Oops... we need a little more demoral in her IV" After that I remember nothing... the second procedure they used something different and it was over before I knew it.

mushy phase, not mushy face. LOL!

I had my second fill on Tuesday, 2/28 of 2ccs. That puts me up to 4.5cc's total in an 11cc Realize Band. I was banded on 11/23/11 and have had a really super hard time with how hungry I have felt and not feeling any restriction with food. I know there are others out there like me, feeling so frustrated.. Immediately after my second fill I felt restriction. Sipping the water in the doctors office, I could hear the gurgling of it going through the band. I am now a couple days out and still feeling good restriction.. It's so exciting! FINALLY.. this is what it feels like! I ate oatmeal this morning and I could feel it sitting in the pouch, processing slowly.. and I wasn't hungry again for at least 4 hours. Amazing! Now.. the doctor said that she would be very surprised if I felt any restriction with this fill.. Do you guys think it's just because I may be swollen? Or are there actually bandsters our there that feel restriction with less than a half full band? I think it's going to be easier for me to have my band tight.. I've read that some people like it like that. I have NO willpower, I need my band to tell me NO! Going for my next fill on 3/29. Can't wait.