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Kathy---Happy Birthday About the hair loss--mine fell out really bad when i was losing rapidly but now my hair is great. thicker than before. maybe because i eat more protein and my health is better. i am playing hookie from work today. i dont do the whole drivin' in the snow thing. so i have time to sit in my window and look out at the winter wonderland! i had my band checked with the floroscopy yesterday. dr choban says all looks fine and no leaks. it was a relief because i have wondered at times if it hadnt slipped or if i hadnt stretched my stomach out. sometimes i can eat so much that it worries me. but if she looked and didnt see anything wrong then i am happy. she put a little more in, i was hoping to get that thing filled to capacity so i could start losing some more weight. but she is very conservative. i just love dr choban. her bedside manner works much better for me. she is like my own personal cheerleader. whereas that dr miller reminds me of my exhusband--nagging me about my weight gain and making me feel guilty. that doesnt work for me, it just makes me eat more. I need to feel like the "star pupil" and then i strive to keep that persons faith in me. Be safe out there in this weather!!

djk--welcome to the mt carmel, central ohio forum i dont know dr price. but problems with poor charlene go back as far as two years ago! i havent been active on this forum for a long time but i would have hoped that they would have gotten her some help by now. I guess not. the only advice i have is to be aggressive and persistent. you will have to stay on top of the process the whole way or it will take forever. it took 6 months just to get all my paperwork thru charlene and into the insurance company and only 10 days for the insurance company to approve. my point being--the log jam is in her office.

hi, all. i havent posted in ages. kind of fell off the band wagon. went to see dr miller today for the first time. didnt like him as much as Choban. he is kind of mean! i have gained 5 pounds. i have a 4cc band, it is supposed to be filled to 3.8 but i feel no restriction at all. he only got 2 cc's out of it, so he thinks i may have a leak. he wants me to have my next adjustment using the flouroscopy. but at least this explains why i have been wanting to eat several horses a day! has anyone else had a leak? i dont want to have another surgery. i wonder if i could just go in for more frequent adjustments. it didnt all leak out since september so it must be a small, slow leak.

i have been banded for 15 months. and the gas has never stopped. i work the evening shift and it seems worse after i get to work. i will be okay till around 5pm and then it starts. i have to get up and go for a walk to let loose. thank goodness i work in a factory type setting so it is very noisy in there and no one can hear. it is very uncomfortable and nothing seems to really help. i am about ready to ask my doctor if i can get family medical leave for gas, that way i can call in sick on really bad days. but then again every day is pretty bad. it doesnt seem to matter what i eat. i have tried it all. gasx, mylanta, charcoal tabs--at first i think they work but then they stop. has anyone tried that Activia? does it work. says in two weeks it will stop bloating, diarrhea, constipation and gas. i am willing to try anything.

that is interesting because i have developed a nasal drip, too. i never connected it with the band before, but maybe that is it.

i had the same problem. nothing worked. i tried gasx, beano, charcoal tablets. the funny thing is the gas got really bad after about my 3rd adjustment and for some reason went away after my 4th adjustment. i have not explanation. but that may give you some hope. i was almost to the point of thinking i had to get the band removed because i could not live that way. i work in small office with two men and just cant let loose. but lately things have been better.

hi everyone, i havent been around lately. I see lots of new people and lots of lost pounds! Happy Birthday--Angie---40---you are still a baby!! hopefully you will get the surgery soon. i see not much has changed at mid ohio surgical. still the same complaints. after reading posts that dr choban is booked out thru september, i am getting a little concerned. my last visit was in early june and i was told to come back in 3 months. the receptionist said she could not schedule me that far in advance and that they would call me in two months. are they telling others that, too? have they actually called anyone? do you think i will get in during september or am i looking at oct or nov? the part that kills me is that during orientation a year and a half ago, they emphasized that we had to be committed to routinely seeing the doctor for the rest of our lives. i am beginning to wonder if that committment goes both ways. on a more positive note---all is fine with me. i really havent lost that much more weight but i feel and look great. i would love to hit the 100 pound lost mark but it may be awhile. i still have eating issues. lately i have been on a cookie kick. somehow i can eats lots of those! i am not going to lose 13 more pounds eating cookies everynight.

TM--the squeaky wheel gets the grease. keep on top of them. Sue-I agree. I have been discussing this surgery with a woman at work for 6 months. all the while recommending dr choban. but finally this week i told her that in all honesty she should check out Riverside--if her insurance will allow it. right now, i cant recommend going thru mid ohio surgical. not until they get some help or reorganize. I hate to be negative but facts are facts.

she is at the minimum a nurse. i thought she was a nurse practitioner, which i thought was a step above a regular nurse. but i may be wrong. hitting the mark in a fill must be harder than it looks because a year ago they told me she would be doing the fills. and i never even see her when i go for an appt. i dont get it.

i never have a problem with rice. or couscous for that matter. maybe it is the way i eat it. i try to mix it with my vegetables. and usually with some sort of a sauce. it goes down fine that way. and i usually eat brown rice or basmati rice. maybe tortillas do cause a problem. if i eat them with meat it is a problem, but if i eat it with vegetables, once again, it goes down fine. especially if there is a lot of salsa involved.

i hate to say it but things seem to be on a downward spiral over there. they need to expand their staff to match their expanding practice. i never thought about trying to schedule an appt at mt carmel east. does dr choban see people out there too? does any one know? i am flexible i can go out there just as easily as downtown. on a lighter note---glad to know everyone is home well and recovering.

lisa, you wont have any trouble sleeping that night in the hospital. you are pretty out of it because of all the anesethia and drugs!!! i would wake up for a few minutes and be right back to sleep.

niki--yes, i would call now and schedule your first fill. if you do, let me know when your appt is. maybe they get "first fillers" in sooner. i would be curious to know.