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everyone is different,my dr said he would be happy with a 5-10 lb loss...its not really about how much you lose though,its more about defatting or shrinking your liver,which makes the surgery easier and safer for you.

i love diet v8 splash...no calories and tastes great!!

wow 66 lbs in 4 months is awesome!!!!! i am 20 days post op,and i hope and pray that i will get to say that in 4 months!!!

omg i'm sorry! thats horrible! i was worried about this also,i have ghi,and i never recieved an approval letter or phone call...my surgery was at nyu and throughout the whole process,everyone kept saying dont worry you will be approved.i had my surgery on oct5,got a letter from ghi the week before saying that the hospital stay wasnt approved,but not once did they mention the surgery! then nyu said dont worry about that letter,we will appeal it. i am now 20 days post op,and im waiting for the letter to come saying that i owe $20,000!! its funny how specific the insurance companies are on what their requirements are,but then when it comes time for them to pay,everythings cloudy!!!

do you add any water to it?

good luck!!!!!

are you able to have salads?? i cooked for my family,and prepared my salad at the same time,so that we all sat down together and i was eating,so i didnt feel too deprived.

before my surgery,i avoided all negative things people had to say about the lapband...i knew it was the right choice for me and may not have been the right choice for the ones that had problems.

good luck!!!

when i first decided to get this done,i told everyone i knew that i was considering it...just to get an idea of how people would react...and surprisingly,everyone was very supportive! actually,my husband was the only one who had doubts at first. he kept saying,you werent always heavy,if you just eat less and work out more,you can lose the weight,he didnt understand,UNTIL,his doctor told him that he was borderline diabetic and needed to lose 20-30 lbs...i watched him struggle to lose(he ended up only losing about 15)...but then he finally admitted how hard losing weight really is!! so,now,he has agreed to eat healthy with me...so while i am on this journey,hopefully we will both be getting healthier!!

hey everyone...so,i took off from work today,traveled to nyu,paid for parking and paid my copay. spent the whole day there,dr stuck a needle in my still healing port site,to see if there was any liquid in there(there wasnt)...then,he added some liquid and then took it out,to see if something was stuck,if that would loosen it)...no relief...had an esophagram and thank God...no slip and no obstruction!! just really irritated and enflamed from the vomiting. on clear liquids for the next 2 days,then mushies. i came home,had some water,and slept for 3 hrs,im having chicken broth now...my throat still feels like its closing,but not nearly as bad as it was yesterday! also,my whole stomach is sooo sore,like it was after surgery!! i swear,i am never touching red meat again!!!! this whole episode scared the crap outta me!!! lesson learned!

ok, so surgery was oct5 and went for postop everything looked good and dr put me on reg food...sat night,i tried a tiny piece of marinated steak,stupid,i know!! well it got stuck and i vomited slime. the steak didnt come up tho...now its 10pm on sunday night and everything ive tried to eat or drink since has come right back up! i called my dr who said it sounds like the meat got stuck and to call the surgeon in the morn for another esophagram. my question is...is there anything i can do myself to get the meat unstuck before i see the surgeon??? every five minutes or so,it fells like my throat is closing,then it subsides for a bit,dont wanna go to the er,because i dont think they are educated enough in the lapband.

i was told dont lift anything heavier than a gal of milk for 6 weeks,but walking is fine.

yes it was my reg doctor i spoke to,who has the lapband.ive been calling my surgeon since 7am,not open yet. i feel like it is stuck right in my throat. i live in staten island and my surgeon is in manhatten,i was hoping to get it unstuck on my own,now i have to travel to him,pay a copay,pay for parking,and have another esophagram!! i swear,i am never eating any kind of meat again after this!!!!!

i am 15 days post op,and havent had my first fill yet,but i have been getting that stuck feeling also. yesterday i ate breakfast fine,at 7am...at 1230,tried to eat lunch,took 1 bite and vomited slime. today,breakfast and lunch fine,but i couldnt eat dinner...took 1 bite and vomited slime about 10 times...that was at 730pm...its now 1130pm,and i still dont feel better!!

low sodium chicken broth helped me a lot...a big can makes about 3 cups, hardly any calories,and it filled me up!!

my 3rd day post op,i was sick and vomited all day....will never understand why,because for the 1st week after surgery i could barely drink, i was so full.... ice chips and gatorade helped the nausea a lot!!

how about veggie stir fry? or brown rice? a lot of chinese places have a menu for weight watchers

i went back on the 12th day,i stand and walk a lot at work and i found myself tiring very easily...so every hour,i would try to sit for a few min,and that helped a lot!

wow! good luck!!!! your surgeon sounds like a great person!!

my answer is pretty simple...fitted clothes!!! i'd like to be able to wear a nice fitted tee,without worrying about everyone seeing fat rolls!!! lol

i was wondering also what they base it on...i am going for my first fill on nov1,and so far,i havent really been that hungry at all,so im worried that he wont give me a fill!!