Chandra12

I would wait to have them re-sized until you are at your goal weight. I've lost 118 pounds with 27 to go. Currently wearing my wedding ring on middle finger till I have it re-sized.

90 since August 17th

I had surgery last August and also paid privately. It took me a long time to come to the decision to have surgery, and my insurance required a full year of hoops to jump through. My husband said if I want it to just get it. I did have a hospitalization back in December related to my band being too tight. My doctor wasn't on call and out of town. I tried to stay at home and manage but was too sick and ended up admitted with severe dehydration until my physician could remove some fluid. My hospital stay was covered. I've heard that things like this, as well as band slippage, etc... are typicallly covered because they are considered life threatening. The thing to consider is your insurance company will probably not pay for fills, unfills. Those can get costly. The cost of my surgery covered the first three months of post of fills. I went in several times to try to get to a good spot before the three month time frame lapsed. My surgeon charges $205 per fill so it can add up quickly if you are too tight, have a little fluid removed, then go back in a few weeks to have fluid added. Best of luck to you!!!

202.4 this morning. Can't wait to cross over to the other side! Lol

I'm at 204.8 as of this morning. Keep thinking I can't wait to cross the one-derland threshold. Congratulations!!!!!

Just browsed Yahoo's main page. Didn't see it. Do you mind posting the link? Thanks!

Have had a series of adjustments recently. Was as high as 4.5cc in a 10cc band, which in retrospect my surgeon believes was too much, and I would do best at 4.0cc. As of 12/20 I was at 4.0cc. On 12/27 I began having a hard time taking much in, but did OK with fluids - especially hot tea. On 12/29 (Saturday) I became unable to swallow any solids. My surgeon was out of town. He has 3 partners, one of which also does lap bands. He wasn't available either. The partner that was on call said if I came to ER he would try to remove some fluid, and proceeded to bash lap band surgery because of "this kind of thing". I was reluctant to go to ER given his demeanor and lack of experience. Later that afternoon I couldn't even keep my own saliva down. Called the Dr. back who said since it was close to 6:00pm I could go to ER and he would admit me with dehydration and he would try to remove fluid in the morning. This hospital is out of network so I opted not to go, knowing he wasn't going to see me until the next morning anyway. Early on 12/30 my husband took me to ER. This physician poked me 4 times and couldn't aspirate anything! Ended up admitting me with dehydration and said a partner that works with these would be around Monday and take care of it. The following morning I had 1.5cc removed and by afternoon was discharged. My dilema is I have an appointment tomorrow for a fill. I've had a significant amount of personal stress since hospitalization. My mother became acutely ill and I thought would die, as well as my son went to prison. I feel like I currently have a fair amount of restriction. Last night I had a work function and ordered a shrimp basket (don't usuallly order like this but no one at work knows). It came with 6 large shrimp and fries. I ate 2 of the shrimp and 4 fries. Knew I had enough. Was still hungry but knew I needed to stop. This seems like a reasonable amount of food. My question = should I delay my fill for now? I am private pay and every fill/unfill costs me $210 - which is difficult. Already have a huge bill from all of the adjustments last fall. Appreciate your thoughts!

Yeah for you!!! Congratulations on your weight loss! I brought some Fage non fat greek yogurt for breakfast, which I didn't attempt until after 1:00pm. This is what I usually eat for almost every breakfast. After two bites I knew I had to stop. Wouldn't that be considered a soft mushy?

Help! Had my second fill on 10/12. Currently have 4.5cc in a 10cc band, surgery was 8/17/2012. Lost 38.4 pounds so far. Had productive burp/sliming both Saturday and Sunday late afternoon after just a couple of bites of food. Since 10/18 have been only able to take in around 500 calories per day - all protein. No problem with water or hot tea. I'm private pay and my surgery cost covers first three months post-op, thus I really don't want an un-fill. Just called my surgeon and left a message for his nurse. Since I can tolerate fluids, what are the chances I could go on protein shakes and see if this resolves in a few days?

My physician has no post-fill restrictions. As with anything - listen to your body.

I have read that your body can only absorb around 25 grams of protein in one sitting. I bought some Whey Protein powder and intended to mix with one cup of skim milk. The powder has 30 grams per scoop, plus the skim milk added another 6 grams. I ended up using 2/3 cup of powder. My understanding is that anything over 25 grams will simply get flushed out and not absorbed.

Jean's cookbook is great. Also emilybites.com is a great resource.

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Interested!!!

Do it!