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Most Important Rule: Follow Your Doctors Orders...eat Only What You Are Supposed To Eat...if You Eat Solid Foods During Your Healing Stage ( First Five To Six Weeks) You Could Mess Up Your Band....not All Doctors Give The Same Post Op Diets...be Sure You Know What You Are Supposed To Have To Eat For The First Six Weeks....and Don't Eat Anything That He Doesn't Say You Can Eat....

Bless your heart...this to shall pass....I would find another surgeon and I would get the date set-up and go for it....

Move on with your life....May your life what you want it to be....The kids will come back, just don't sit at home waiting on them...get out there and live your life and enjoy it...spend time with this new boyfriend...

That sounds so good......

call the city deparment and ask them to come spray your area...

Congrats on your banding..glad you had a good experience....

Welcome to LBT and congratulations on your band....that is great....Two weeks out, I wouldn't be trying to eat any solids....stick to the liquid diet and please follow your doctors orders...you are in a healing stage right now and you don't want to do anything to mess up the healing of your band....Don't take chances with the band...I see you paid the $15,000.00 out of your own pocket, so did I...I want to make sure I don't mess this up...$15,000.00 is a lot of money and I don't want to ruin what I have had done...

You have come to the right place...this site is full of info and lots of good people that can give you advice... Welcome to LBT.....

In our support group meeting, we had an instructor from a gym come by and he said, " the slower you lose the weight, the less likely you will have the sagging skin" He thinks the skin has time to shrink up and the elasaticity will bring it back to normal when you do it slowly...and if you are doing work outs that tone...

Thanks for sharing your pics...my incisions were glued and not stapled...

Congratulations dmn...That is great...I know you must be so excited... Welcome to LBT....

Welcome to LBT....Saralyn and Itsjustme, congrats on your dates to be banded...

Congrats to both of the April bandsters....sounds like you are both doing well...that is great...Welcome to LBT...great group of people...I just love this site....has lots of answers to lots of different questions...

Bless your heart..I know that had to hurt....I bet it will all be cleared up before your surgery....

I understand how you feel....I would be very upset...Makes you want to go into hiding and not share any information about your life with anyone..

I don't know if it is your gall bladder, but I would call my doctor right now.....don't wait ....this could be nothing, or it could be something that needs to be taken care of.....

Hey, There is a doctor on this site, why don't you email him? I bet he can help you....

Never heard of this...I have not had any problems with my throat...I can't understand why acid reflux would cause a lump......

Dear BudinIndy... I would think anything that you do before the surgery will be of great help...I went on two liquid diet pre-op to shrink the liver...The walking on treadmill will be great, like you said, you will get your body use to the exercise....Sounds like you have a great attitude and you are so ready for the surgery.... I don't know about the support group meeting....ours is all people that have lap-band...I don't think that anyone there has had RNY....I am not sure about this, but from the people that I have met and spoke with, they had the lap-band... Good luck...hope all goes well....

Welcome to LBT and congratulations on your banding date...I know you must be so excited...Get ready for a new journey in life....I love my band and I would do it over again....I was banded on 4/6/07 and I have lost 36 lbs... Good luck to you and I wish you a speedy recovery...let us know how you are doing...

Congrats on your decision to be banded...Welcome to LBT

Hello Sugarbear, I was banded on 4/6/07..had my first fill on 5/17/07 and will have the second fill on 7/2/07..... I have lost 34 lbs total....I think after tonights support group meeting, I will be able to step up my pace and get some more weight off...I am going to start walking lots more....Hope I remember to wear the pedometer....I guess that will take some getting use to....

I am so sorry to hear of your problems with the insurance...I hope that you will find a way to be banded...Maybe your doctor can help...I hope so....good luck...

YAHOO!!!! 15 lbs after two weeks of being banded is great .... Congratulations...doesn't it make you feel so good? I actually don't mind the scales anymore....welcome to LBT and bandland.... WELCOME TO THE OTHER MAY BANDERS....WELCOME TO LBT AND BANDLAND...YOU ARE ALL DOING GREAT...CONGRATS TO ALL....

Congrats on your decision to be banded...and welcome to LBT...this is a great site..you will find all kind of advice here....so just read the post and get ready to learn alot about lapband....