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I am not doing the spider. Not because of cost, but primarily because from my lapband surgery, you cannot even see the incisions that were there after a year. It is just not important to me, but totally understand everyone else wanting to do it.

let me know when it is up and running. Not going to hand out my email and I am not searchable on FB due to my IT job. so someone will have to work with me on this.

YAY! someone else I can take a xanax with. LOL. Dr Garcia approved me yesterday. deposit is down. Surgery May 10th also DB are you staying at the marriott as well?

will you be staying at the Marriott like the rest of us? I would imagine that you will be released to the hotel on the same night I fly in (the 9th). It might be good if we all PM each other our first/last names and phone numbers so we can check on each other for support. I am guessing if I tell the Marriott "I am looking for 1hotmomma" they will think I have lost my mind. LOL

well, one thing I have learned on this forum is the following: 1. it is easy to get frustrated with the code language and negativity that is pervasive on this board 2. I work a very demanding job, I don't have time to sit all day long stalking the forum like some people do. When I do have extra time, I am reading a book, outside gardening or in the gym on the treadmill. So I have learned healthy behaviors from the lapband, even if it has metabolically failed. It will be why my revision from band to sleeve will be successful, because I wont be sitting on the computer all day acting hormonal. 3. If I ask a question in frustration, I sure as hell am not dwelling on it two days later as some people do. 4. I have gained some valuable information, but have had to dig through the proverbial dinosaur poop piles of name-calling and fear mongering to get to it. 5. Sitting on a computer attacking people proves that you may be losing the weight, but the anger, hatred and injustice of being obese has turned many into cyberbullies. losing the weight will definitely not turn you into a prettier or nicer person on the inside. That junk has to get fixed upstairs between the ears. 6. I refuse to engage in petty behavior. I may be fat, but I have 10 years of multiple college degrees under my belt and enough self-confidence to rise above the antagonistic behavior I have seen many of the women on here engage in. Bleck. Wish you the best iggychic in getting through your own junk, no need to obsess for two days about questions I had and then attacking me through a computer. I am sure most of the women on here would not treat the average person like that to their face...it is called CYBERBULLYING and from what I have seen...some adult women on here do a whole lot of it.

hurray Ms AntiBand I refuse to engage in the "low BMI" and you are the "devil" for thinking of doing it. For one thing the "tickers" that are on our profile are off by 3-4%...do you know how I know? I just went through a two hour metabolic study at the hospital two months ago in which I was hooked up to electrodes. I was listed as 34%. On these tickers it puts me as barely 31%. Oh joy, so I really am fatter than I thought I was? yes. I woke up the other night with my heart racing. scary to feel as though you are going to die at 330 AM while everyone else is peacefully sleeping. (and yes, I exercise) 1. every woman in my family is over 300 lbs - evidenced by the family reunion I was at two weeks ago 2. my mother died at age 63 from a heart attack thanks to weight related diabetes 3. my 300 lb aunt had a heart attack two years ago 4. my other aunt has diabetes and extremely high blood pressure I have seen my future. NO THANK YOU. Thank you so much for everyones honesty on this thread

Sweet jesus. absolutely terrifying. My thoughts are with you in getting through this and not beating yourself up.

A boogie is something that comes out of my child's nose. A bougie is the tube thing they put down your esophagus to size your stomach

I will PM you my phone number so you can text me. I would imagine since you are flying in that day that you will be towards the afternoon. I keep hearing about the one incision method, but am indifferent since it costs so much extra money. Right now I am sticking with the regular method.

The moderators should just remove the entire thing...that was my point

because I have a friend who was affected by this and she asked me to read it. But glad you asked.

I had to stop reading by page 7 This did nothing but prove to me that fat (I mean seriously obese) people have some bigger issues than those of us with lower BMI's. Just the idea that anyone would hijack Rollargirls thread and call her a b*tch and telling her she needs mental help is absolutely disgusting. I have also witnessed first hand some of the more obese women attempting to bully me on this site with snarky, rude "I know more than you" attitudes. Bleck. I would hope that anyone over a 40 BMI would get their own line of mental help for why they ate themselves into oblivion. While a few of us are struggling at the 200 lb mark, we sure didn't AVOID the inevitable by allowing ourselves to get to 300, 400 or 500 lbs. I am with Aphrodite...this thread needs to be buried very deep and a bonfire started on top.

you can really be tedious and snarky Serendipity. hopefully your new lighter self lightens you up as well. First of all, a hotel is not a home. It is a strange place in a strange country. To release someone with her drain still intact and actively leaking all over the place for two days is not normal. So sorry if you think it is. Secondly, I have read numerous posts of people who have had the doctors actively being concerned and checking in. jesus.

great information. thank you.

I disagree. The doctor should be automatically checking on her regardless. not relying on a coordinator. From what I have read across the board is there are many doctors who voluntarily check on their patients throughout the day. Doesn't sound like Ortiz is one of them.

awesome! I fly in on the 9th and will be staying at the Marriott. Surgery on the 10th as well. Now there is three of us at the same time Alma said I could leave on the 13th as well. I am either going to stay an extra night or head up to friends in SD to stay for a day or two. I will be sure to PM my email and phone number for texting. I shut my data package off when I go to Mexico...just be sure if you have a smartphone to shut off your data and rely on the FREE Wi-Fi

I would LOVE for the original poster to share who the Doctor is. I think this is just as important as knowing what coordinators work and do not work.

yes Rollargirl, because remember sweets, you and I are on this ride together that weekend. I will bring lots of goodies too and we can be each others buddy system in case we run out of something

Iggychic I have really tried to understand where you are coming from. However, much of the posts I read you are skirting peoples direct questions. I private messaged you asking for actual specifics so I could weigh the cons and you gave me nothing but talking about "all the issues you have now". Well...WHAT ISSUES? you make blanket statements about low BMI people SHOULD not be doing this...but you cannot medically state why. Then above you made another blanket statement about this surgery "is not right for anybody, especially the morbidly obese" and I am sitting here scratching my head. you are all over the place and amongst all of it for those people who you want to PREVENT doing this surgery, I still have not read anything that would make me change my mind. Opinions are great...but unless you can back them up with your experience and details...opinions are useless.

I love reading so many wonderful things about him. I have only heard one negative and that was because a woman had a heart issue that was not disclosed. Did you have your surgery at Florence Hospital? That is where I will be staying

I am in University Place and having my revision May 10th. very nervous but need to do this. I was originally going to use Dr Aceves, but he quoted me $11,000 as I am self-pay. I am instead using Dr Fernando Garcia after a ton of research. I think I am in good hands if Alma is any sign of what to expect. She is very thorough

yea, but the time you were posting the pen thing, I had gone to Google and found www.airwaycam.com and clicked on "Bougie" thank you for explaining the correlation

LOL. please explain the correlation with Bic pens because I am not getting it

Thank You!!

some of this is so offensive on many levels. First of all, recent 10 year research shown to me by the US gastric doctor who does my fills has proven the lapband is only 60% successful. He admits himself that the lapband is proving to not be an effective tool. Secondly, telling someone to "work her tool" is incredibly self-righteous as well as actually instructing a woman she is not ready for the sleeve. WOW. you need to back that wagon up a bit and do a little more research before crapping all over someones discussion. Trust me. Those of us who have had the lapband and have suffered its failure have also spent years dealing with the head issues, especially when the band is adequately filled and we cant eat even good Proteins.