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Giving up diet pepsi is hard, but worth it. I found that by giving up that bad habit---the snacking that went along with it decreased, too!! Good luck to all!!

Hi Everyone, I am from Michigan---Troy. I am a patient of Dr. Deol's. She and Rebecca are wonderful. I highly recommend getting your band from Dr. Deol. I am almost 2 years out. I am still learning to trust my band to do its' job. I am also, still trying to un-learn the last lifetime of bad habits. I just remember that this is a process---meaning I am going to be doing this for the rest of my life. I would be happy to talk to any of you with questions, etc. about Dr. Deol, or anything else!!

Oh my goodness!! Two fills in a month? I was banded in April and just had my 2nd fill yesterday, December 10th. Yes, everyone is different, but I am very concerned about you, Loveme, as has been stated here, erosion and slippage are very scary effects of not using your band properly. Please listen to the "older" bandsters, they speak from real experience and as I have been reading their posts for over a year now, they truly know of what they speak!!

I just got my second fill yesterday. I feel like Maurice, that the holiday season shouldn't make a difference. This is for the rest of my life and I am just going to take it day by day. Good luck everyone---especially with all those cookies and treats!! (Definetly my weak spot!!)

DeLarla, I'm glad I made the cut!! Oprah, here we come!!

My personal computer has some problems and the only time I can get on is at work and school just started and today is the first day I have been here since June. This is the coolest thread. Hope I'm not too late for Oprah!! Take care and glad to see you!! Greta Penni: 4/6/04 -- 47 lbs Lisa: 5/5/04 -- 51 lbs Becky 6/03/04 - 53 lbs Denice: 8/12/04 -- 20 lbs Leatha 05/29/03 - 67 lbs Michelle 4/6/04 -- 49.75 lbs Marie 5/26/04 -- 39 lbs Donali 1/23/03 -- 102 lbs Kathy 5/21/04 -- 41 lbs Cindy 7/22/04 -- 40 lbs Teresa 5/8/04 -- 63 lbs Kelly 8/20/03 -- 65 lbs Kyleigh 9/23/03 -- 60 lbs Bright 10/28/03 -- 70 lbs Michelle 6/14/04 - 20 lbs Babs 6/23/03 -- 136 lbs Nancy 8/27/03 -- 55 lbs michelle - shellyj 8-18-03 - 130 pounds Vera 8/14/03 -- 64 lbs Jacky 4/5/04 - 40 lbs Chris S. 9/02/03 - 54 lbs Debra 7/19/04 -- 17 lbs. Janie 5/6/04 -- 41 lbs Denise 5/28/04--33 lbs. Kim 8/23/04 -- 28 lbs. Andrea 9/8/04-- 12lbs. Carol 12/2/9/03 -- 102 lbs. Maureen 3/17/04--49 lbs. Carolyn 2/27/04 -- 61lbs (-81 since 1-8-04) Greta 3/12/04---37 lbs. Total = 1656.75 Hi All---I've missed seeing you!! :cry

Today is Michelle's surgery!! Michelle, Just want you to know you are being thought of and praying for a successful surgery, and a speedy recovery!! Take care, Greta

Great Job and wecome to bandland! This is the place you can go when you feel that there isn't another person in the world who understands what you are feeling. Welcome!! Greta

Hi Michelle, I think if you didn't feel nervous, I'd be worried!! I know that you are a single mom, like me, and anytime you go "under" there is a huge risk---but Dr. Deol made sure that you were healthy and ready for surgery, so it will be okay!! Congrats and good luck. Let me know how everything turns out!! Don't forget to walk, walk, walk, to get rid of the gas. :cool: I'll be thinking of you, Greta

I am also a patient of Dr. Deol. She is great!! She has you do lots of pre-op checks, but it just made me thankful that she was checking for every possible problem. She also requires lots of follow-up in order to ensure your success. Post-surgery and I see the nutritionist about every 6 weeks, there is a support group run by the nutritionist and a psychologist and I have also choosen to go to individual therapy to search out the root of my eating problems. My stay at Beaumont hospital was great. So, if you choose Dr. Deol, I think you will be very happy. Greta Good Luck!

Hi Shelly and Cindy! Shelly---like you, I am following an adkins based eating plan. I was a total skeptic about the adkins---until I did it for my pre-op diet. WOW---I was a total carb adict before I did that and now that I eat my Protein first, veggies next, I almost never eat the potato, rice, Pasta, etc. I used to eat the carb first and then the rest and was hungry again after a short period of time. I can't believe the difference this has made in my feelings of hunger and cravings! I feel full longer and most days do not crave the sugar. So Cindy--try it, and I hope you find success with this too! -30, no fills Greta

Hi Linda, My Dr. suggested only telling your inner-circle of people. I did not tell anyone but my immediate family. The Dr. said that if you tell too many people---for example, your co-workers, they may bug you about how much weight you have lost. So you might feel pressure to worry about numbers instead of being healthy. She said that there have been so many of her patients that regreted telling people for this reason. So, I would be cautious about who you tell. As for your daughter---sometimes mother-daugther relationships can be antagonistic and if she knows and wants to hurt you, she may tell people you don't want to know. Just me trying to give the other side of the story!! Good luck and let us know what you decide. Greta

Hi Kathy, Like you, I loved my diet pop. I had always allowed myself as much of it as wanted---figuring that it tasted good, had no calories and if this was my only addiction---besides food then I deserved it!! I would drink a 2-liter every day or so. Then as I was researching the band, I kept hearing that I couldn't have my diet pepsi anymore. I think that was my biggest obstacle to making up my mind to have the surgery. I checked with my Dr. and she said that I shouldn't drink the pop for at least the first month and that I should probably just get used to the idea of not ever having it again. So....long story short---I am a month post-op and I have not had a single solitary sip of diet pepsi. :cry I miss it, but I like the way I feel better that I liked the taste of the pop. My family used to tease me about my "addiction" and now they are amazed that I gave it up. Now with all the news about pop causing esophigial cancer, maybe it was for the best. Good luck and drink your diet coke until you go in and then kiss it good bye. LOL Greta