lapbandlady

Try this test, take a bottle of pop, shake it up, put a balloon over the lip, see what happens to balloon, it blows up like crazy, let pop sit overnight in fridge, do same thing, balloon still blows up even after overnight, I don't want that happening to my pouch, paid too much money to risk it. gl

I just went to my 2 year check today and my total is 136 lbs, granted the first 1 I lost 100 lbs and this last year the weight has come off very slowly, but it has come off and I have never gained anything over the holidays, after losing so much weight the first year, this has been a difficult year but thats ok, I am still losing

I have had my lap-band for 2 years, in fact went for my 2 year checkup today, please please dont do carbonated anything, carbonation will inflate pouch, try this take a bottle of pop, any kind, open it and put a balloon on it and let it set, watch the carbonation blow the balloon up, this could be your pouch, then shake bottle and see what happens. I have had folks tell me that they let their pop set overnight but it still has carbonation in it. I was a 8 pak of pepsi a day person and I have existed without it. Take care and God Bless and good luck

I lost 37 lbs before surgery, the Dr. put me on Optifast, I understand Medifast does the same thing, I think you can go on line to purchase it. I was drinking 5 a day before surgery, and I had my surgery on 12/19/05, went thru 3 birthday dinners, thanksgiving and Christmas on optifast because I drank it 2 weeks after surgery.

I was 59 when I had my lap-band surgery on Dec. 19.2005, todate have lost 134 lbs and really happy that I chose to do it, when I starated by BMI was 63 and now its down to 39, last few months have been slow going but its still coming off, was one of the easiest surgerys ever had done, wasnt even in the hospitl 24 hrs, and felt great afterward, didnt even have to take any pain pills and the great thng about it, the day after my surgery, I threw my blood pressure medicene away and my blood pressure now runs about 76/110. Good luck