JASON R

im sorry they did do the ultrasound and miles went by that. but lisa didnt. is done it about 1/2 inch below that. she said it was a deep port. i dont know if i feel restriction our not. im on liquids for the 24 hours. i havent eaten anything today and im not hungry either. i did drink alot of water today. and i got 3cc i believe thats how much. i go back dec the 1st.

well i got my first fill today. and it wasnt good. first of i was there at 1:20 and went back at 1:35 i sat in the room from then to 3:31 when the came in. yes thats right it was that long. dr.miles had to go to surgery to help dr.schmitt out. and then once dr.miles started the fill he couldnt fine the port. he just kept on pushing the needle up and down and yes it hurt. then after about 2 mins. he went and got lisa. she down it in one try. i love her. i got on to dr.miles for not being able to do it. he smiled and told me sorry. but in all its was a ok first time. i also was told i owed 572.98 dollars for what was left from the surgery. so it plus 300.00 copay is all i got to pay total. thats less then i was thinking. on a side note im going to work on some t-shirts for us lapband guys/gals. i was thinking about drawing something up and putting are surgery date on there and some kind of saying. so give me some ideas if you want. i would like to also come up with us a name for the miles and schmitt banders.

remember guys/gals go tot he support group meetings. they help you out alot. it has helped me in times in need.

i dont have that kind of pain. but sometimes when i bend over i have a port pain sometimes. it is in the area where my port is. if it keeps going call your doctor and let them know.

cindy, im glad to see you made it here. i also had fun talking to ya'll yesterday. that was the best meeting i been to so far. im sure you and shawna good tell i was nervous when Veronica asked me to get up and talk. im glad to see more of the miles and schmitt people coming in here. wendy, wish oyu could have seen it when that older lady asked that question. the room came alive.lol the lady was i think 58 years old. and the answers was funny. lol april, try not to drink the slimfast. they have alot of suger in them. you can get the protein shakes in a can like slim fast from st.vincents east. i like them alot. and when you come next month you can try them for free. they are a little high (24 bucks for a case of 12) but there not high in suger and have alot of protein. the next meeting is the 15th of nov.

how much water do you drink in one day? i drink around 2 gallons. thats about all i do drink. and every now and then i will fix some tea. and yes please start walking and going to the gym. you WILL NOT lose the weight unless you do that. yes keep drinking the protein shakes. they will help you get your protein in. if they are not filling you up try to eat some protein food. make sure you are getting your protein in before you eat anything with less protein in it. dont just sit around the house it will make you want to eat. get up and walk around the yard are anything, just dont sit and watch t.v. and believe me coming to the support group meetings help you in more ways then you can think. cause if its happening to you then it did happen to us. go ahead and make plans on being there next month. it is the 3rd saturday of every month. i will be looking for you.:tongue_smilie: and feel free to ask any questions you need to. theres no bad question.

sorry but i have weighted in since last month. i had gain 4 pounds when going from soft food to solids. so i didnt want to weight until the support group today. and when i did i was done 11 more pounds. thats 32 pounds since surgery on the 26th. so im feeling good. and thats with no fill yet to. i get my first fill monday. sept 19= 381 oct 18= 370

wendy, the support meeting was great this time. alot better then last time. and believe it our not i got up to talk in front of all those people. thanks to Veronica. and got to meet fordgal ( shawna), she also got up and talked this time. lol sorry you couldnt make it wendy. i understand about the drive. i weighted in today at the meeting and i have lost another 11 pounds. so thats 32 pounds since the surgery. i going to change my ticker to weight lost after the surgery now. i was so happy about it. and i also dont have a fill yet either. so im hoping that the fill i get monday helps even more.they was a big turn out this month, the room was full. aprilapple, first off why ddint you come to the meeting today? please start coming if you can. it helps out so much. and you really should not have back pains when you get full. try drinking water and chewing gum when you get hungry. i do that and it helps so much. you can bet this, i know you can. alot of it is just head work. dont let yourself fall back into old eating ways please. you have worked to hard to get here. dont buy anything that you cant eat. dont cook it. that has helped me out. i do all the cooking and i want cook something thats not in my diet. my wife agrees to it because she knows thats the one of the best ways to controll the food. do you fell like you have had enough when you eat now? just get a small plate and what goes on it thats all you eat. dont let yourself go back and fill it up again. i know you can do it. when you come to the support group meetings you can ask everyone what they do to help them out. thats why it is so good to come to the meetings.

CD, you will get the code for the realize band site the day of the surgery. but for now you can get on there and set somethings up. and yes that kristen is her helper now. she has been training her for around 6-8 weeks now. it took her a 2 weeks to email me my stuff. and yes i called and asked about it. dont worry your in good hands there and here. i believe between all of us on here we can help you in anyway. oh and welcome to the group. everyone on here is a great person. feel free to ask anything.

im glad to see you doing so great dash. your words make me tear up. and im with you, without this board i wouldnt know what to do. anytime i need to be picked up i come here and read and ask questions. wendy, im going to look at that tubberware cause i need some. yes i am a man. lol

1. ok the first one. you have to pay the co-pay and then they will bill you for what the bc/bs dosent pay later. 2. yes they will do the surgery with bad sleepapnea. my machine is set on 14psi which is very high. and i had no worrys. 3. all i know about this one is you need to lose as much as you can before the surgery. it makes the liver smaller and much easier to do the surgery. this is one for the office. 4. there is alot of people that use dr.schmitt. he is a grat doctor. he knows what he is doing just like dr. miles. i used dr.miles because he seem to be the one for me.

dash im so happy that everything went so well. keep up the good work. and follow the doctors orders. keep us updated and maybe we will see you at the next meeting.

thanks. i need all the help i can get.lol my appointment is at 1:45.

ford, no i i got was some software with it. and yres i would love the dvd's. wendy, i had to redo my fill date. so no fill for me until the 20th. i hope you get yours soon to.

ford i was going to get the d60 but i ran across a great deal on this d40x. it came with 2 batteries, card, all paper work. carry back that looks like a small backpack, two lens, ones a 18-55 and the other is a 55-200, its less then a year old and i also got a 4 year extended warranty with it. im just now getting to know some of the features on it. i was using a fuji a360 point and shoot. so im a noob at this kind of camera. lol alabamagirl, you can use some of the powder to cook with. its the tasteless kind. i got some at the last meeting. but you can tell its in somethings. our i used to much. lol and i cant wait until you get to get your band! dash, thanks the big 33 in the morning for me. and i will be married 8 years also.lol yes i know its on my birthday. lol and dash i will say a pray for you when i go to bed tonight. and dont worry theres nothing to it. like i said before i was there at around 8am and home by 6 pm. and the surgery team is so nice there. and alot of them. i think they was like 20 people taking care of me before the surgery. let us know how you do when you can. and go by the rules please! save, how are you doing? well on a side note i went back to work today. first day back after 6 weeks and i was glad. i was getting bored around here. oh, when i been over sometimes i get a sharp like pain in my belly where i thing my port is. does anyone else have that sometimes?

thanks. dr.miles wants you to do 2 days of liquid diet after every fill. i will let you know how much. on a side note i got me a new camera. i m going to pick it up monday. its a nikon d40x with some extra's with it. so maybe i can get some good pics of my process. at least that is a good reason for getting it. lol i set my next goal to lose 25 more pounds before xmas. that willl give me a total of 65pounds since pre diet and 50 pounds since surgery. my wife was lol at me today. i tried on my work clothes and the pants fail right off when i walked. so i have to wear a belt with them. i am now on my thrid extra hole in the belt to.

i tell her what you said. and i havent weighted in for about 3 weeks now. im going to what until i got the 8th for my fill. but i think i might have gain 1-3 pounds. i heard thats normal when you start your reg food diet. i been sick the last few days and havent been to the gym. so i got to get back there. im going to go everyday until i go for my fill. dash, thats what we are here for. di, thanks for the info. i will check it out. any money i can save would be great.

yes theres 3-4 big gyms around here. i checked golds on there site but they didnt have a price. i guess im going to call and ask them about it. i think thats going to be are xmas gift to each other. my wife (kim) has lost 9 pounds since i had the surgery. she gets mad about not losing alot but i keep telling her shes doing great. and on the drinks. your not suppost to drink them if they are bubbley..lol... it works well with the band and in some cases its made it slip. and like you gals i dropped the soda easy. but i loved red bull and i wish i just could have one every now and then. so try not to drink them. dash, i will be praying fo ryou. and i hope everything goes great. im sure it will. and cant wait until you join the club. i will! im hoping it will give me a kick in the asz to help me out. im also hope this fill coming up helps me to.

has anyone here checked into get a trainer? me and my wife was thinking about it. we have a few gyms around here that im thinking that would have some. im only getting to go to the gym about 3 times a week now because i dont have a baby sitter. im hoping when i go back to work i will start losing more. i go the 8th for my first fill and hoping i have drop another 5-10 pounds.

thats sounds fine to me. just let me know where you want to meet up and you can ride our follow me. dosent matter either way to me.

yea i dont think i want another tator tot ever. i doing ok i guess. got to start working out more. me and kims going to see about joining a gym togather. and for xmas we are going to get a trainer to help us out. thats going to be a gift to each other. i go to are city gym now. its nice and has great stuff but kim cant go. i cant wait for the next support meeting either. i just hope its better then last month. the banders meeting was only 20 mins and then we went to the support group meeting for banders and non banders. it was about an hour long. kims not going to be able to go this time either. shes got to work that day. sorry. is zach coming?

hello everyone! sorry its been sometime since i been on here. i have been real busy around the house. i have been taking car of a few things before i go back to work on the 6th. dash, im doing fine. i feel great and i can eat more now but istill have some restriction and i dont have a feel. dr.miles told me i might have some without the feel first, because im suce a big guy. and the realize band is smaller in size then the ap band. i havent weighted in about a week so dont know if im losing anymore are not. im thinking about only weighting at the support groups.lol and for exercise, i do 30 mins of walking on the treadmill,20 mins on the bike, and then do 10 mins on the stairmaster(which kills me). but sometimes when i cnt get to the gym i just do 30mins in the morning and 30mins at night on the treadmill at home. i have bad and good news first the good news. i have been able to wear some shirts that i havent bee able to wear in over a year now. and i can wear some shorts where i couldnt do so about a year are more ago. the bad news. since i started back on reg. food i have got some stuck twice. and puked it up both times. and yes it hurts bad. everyone told me it hurt but damn it really does. the first thing was some bake tator tots and the second thing was some fried rice. and i chewed it up real good to. so i know i cant have any of that nomore. and after getting stuck i was like no more food for now. lol i guess sometimes you got to learn the hard way. its funny how you can eat somethings and not others that you would thing you could eat. so hows everyone else doing? and i go oct the 8th to get my first fill. everyone have a great weekend!

yes they tube you when you are out. if not you wouldnt like it. have you done a sleep study. sounds like you need to if havent. i dont like sleeping on my back until i got my machine to force the air in. and now im fine with it. just call and talk to them about it.

wendy i dont add the ice to mine. when i get it and pour me some up i just add the ice then but i just put it over ice. some people had bananas our peanut butter. but i never tried that. sorry. i got some of the tasteless protein also and you can tell alittle its in there. but its ok.

i will have to take a up to date one. i was longing and i dont have one on the computer. i guess i was the one that always took the pics. lol