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Just a little worried having surgery on a thursday and my two daughters dance recital on on saturday do you think I will be able to go do the give you pain medication prescription after surgery? let me know

They just ask your dieting history attempts, successes , failures , what triggers your eating ie. emotions, boredom, how long have you kept off weight, Has your weight prevented you from doing certain things. ie relations, social events, your general health, any medications, just a very thorough check mentally and physicallly.

That is so funny about tanned fat is better than white fat I have a friend and we always said that at the beach we would lie on our stomachs so the back of our legs would tan your legs actually do look better tanned though

On the incision sites do the doctors use staples stitches or glue just wanted to know thanks

congratulations is in order you have worked hard and now you have your rewards great keep it up.

how soon after the initial band can you get a fill

I have BCBS also I am having surgery June 9th my bmi is 42 glad well be partners in June.

Hi has anyone from MA been to umass/memorial to get lap band done? i am going to have mine done and June and wanted to know if anyone had already had a lap band done at umass/memorial worcester Ma.

Hi everyone just wanted to know how much percentile your doctors said you would lose of your extra weight from getting the band just asking because i wanted to lose more than the 50percent they estimated and just wanted to get an average of what other doctors told others

I was thinking the same thing I an getting banded in june and I was thinking about having a few great meals before the surgery and enjoy myself go for it

Hi everyone I have a date for surgery June 9th at UMass/Memorial Worcester Ma my pre-op test date is June 2nd I can't believe it is finally here scared but excited I need support!!!! YAHOOOOOOOOOOO

Just wanted to know can you use a food processor instead of the magic bullet to pureed/chop food up I don't have a magic bullet

I'm getting banded soon and just wanted to know how everyones recovery period was good or bad i just want to know in general how long I will be laid up for.?

i really liked constantine he had a lot of charisma I think he had one bad week and they give him the boot I don't know I think people feel bad for scott simon was really harsh to him and people have empathy for that also the comments from constantine mom did not help you have to praise your son and she was negative about his teenage years and stuff it will be very interested who actually wins.

I heard that artificial sweeteners boost your blood sugar and they are not good to have my sister who is thin told me that years ago when she lost a bunch of weight she said it is better to use sugar it metabolizes quicker in your body.

That is totally great I can't believe it you didn't have to go in plus size stores I am so sick of not being able to walk into a store and buy something there off the rack not yet banded hope I will do as well as you

we should start a contest how many different sizes we have in our closets personally I have from 24 to size 10 I keep them all because I always have that hope I will fit in to them someday how many sizes do you all have

the main reason i want the band is that I want to keep the weight off for good I don't want to have the failure of putting the weight back on I want something in place literally to help me eat portion control and right choices of foods I want to wear nice clothes and feel good in my own skin

I think the top contenders are going to be carrie bo constantine scott did try to mend his ways with simon and anthony is so cute.

I think what ever method you choose you will have to be commited to have it work the band is probably more work than bypass and my doctors told me you lose 50p of your excess weight that isn't satisfying to me i want to lose 100 lbs myself but I am determined and I hope the band will help me personally the bypass had to many complictions and it is permanent meaning forever your insides are gone and rearranged I am not banded yet but that is the info I got from meeting and drs. what ever method you choose hopefully the ultimate goal is to lose weight and keep it offffff.

It is so funny I didn't think I looked that bad but then you see a picture and you almost puke. You just cannot believe it is you. I don't care how you slice it america thinks fat people are lazy and lack self control I personally think it is in your genes if you got the fat gene you can do everything literally starve and you have the tendency to be fat years ago when I said that to one of the diet centers I joined they said no now years later they have discovered it is in your genes look at mother and daughter couples where the mother is obese or father it is passed to their children I have tried so many diets and the only time I maintained a reasonable weight never skinny it was when I literally starved myself and ate hardly nothing. so there is my take on it all sad but true.

My doctor told me you don't get restriction until 4-5 fills they don't even fill the band at the time of surgery because you get swollen fromthe surgery itself it just takes time to get to that right point hang in there.

I think your right because she had lost her weight long ago before the lap band was even available she probably now got the band in addition to her previous bypass surgery

Hi I was talking to my friend about getting lap band and I told her that you lose 1-2 pounds a week and then she says you could do that on weight watchers then I said but this makes you keep it off then she proceeded to say well what about your legs their not normal even when you were skinny they were big. thats why I tend not to tell many people about surgery

I thought sharon already had a gastric bypass ummmh