kathystrick

Welcome to LBT and congratulations on getting your band! How much longer until you are off of liquids? How much weight have you lost so far? Karri - Thanks for sharing the recipes. They sound yummy!! Filing them away for my time.

:thumbdown: My hubby and I were walking out of Walmart last night and saw a woman with a 5 o'clock shadow. Hope I never go there either.

I'm sorry you are having to go through all of this and hope you get some answers soon. Take care and keep us posted on how you are doing!

Good for you! Glad it worked out without too much pressure for you.

I know it must feel awesome to have that weight loss goal out of the triple digits. Good for you! Keep up the good work!!

If you actually threw up, your stomach could be irritated. I have read on here that some doctors recommend going back to liquids for a day or two after getting sick to give your stomach time to heal again. Hope you get to feeling better soon!

Hi and welcome to LBT! Good luck getting approval. Does your insurance cover WLS? If so, have you seen a copy of their WLS policy? That would be the first step. Good luck and let us know how things are progressing!

Hi and welcome to LBT! I just got my surgery date and you are exactly one week after me! Good luck!

Hi and welcome to LBT! Congratulations on getting all your pre-op stuff done. Let us know when you have a date!

Hi and welcome to LBT! How much longer do you have in school?

Hi and welcome to LBT. I am pre-op with surgery scheduled for June 18th. The best piece of advice I can give is read, read, read. There is a load of information on this forum, so look around and educate yourself. Good luck!

Hi and welcome to LBT! I'm sorry you have been having problems. Hope things get better for you soon. Check the Tennessee support thread and the doctors thread and you may find more of the information you are looking for. Good luck!

Hi Crystal and welcome to LBT! I am in the same position as you with the support group thing and this is a great substitute. Glad you are feeling better after your little scare. I am still pre-op, so no advice, just wanted to say hi and welcome. Good luck!

Hi and welcome to LBT! Attending the seminar first is pretty standard. A lot of questions will be answered there that would take a lot of time out of the doctor's day if he had to answer them individually for every patient. In the mean time, research the procedure and make sure it is right for you. Use the time to educate yourself so you can make an educated decision when the time comes. Good luck!

Hi and welcome to LBT all of you! Congratulations on your decision to get banded and hope you find all of the information and support you need right here. Good luck to all of you!

Check out this thread: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/new-band-update-realize-47058/. I may be banded with the Realize too. There is some information here about it, but not a lot. Try doing a search for Realize Band. Good luck!

Hi John and welcome to LBT! Congratulations on getting your band. Glad to hear everything is progressing smoothly for you. Be sure to keep us posted on your progress!

Thank you, Dr. Watkins, for sharing this information. I am having surgery 6/18 and will quite possibly be one of my doctor's first Realize patients (if I choose to be). When I was told that, I was wondering where I was going to find reliable information if the band was so new to the US. I should have known it would definitely be here on LBT. Thanks again!

Thanks for sharing your story. I think I would revisit that support group if only to say, "Hey everybody, guess what?? The angry lady was RIGHT!!" Good for you for finding out what was wrong. Hope everything goes well this second time around!

My full-time job is working at a school, so we will be out by my surgery date, but I am also part-time reference librarian at my county library. I am having surgery Wednesday and hoping to come back to work Saturday, but that is usually a 9.5 hour day. I am afraid I won't be able to make it that long.

I work in a high school and deal with it too. I used to work in the office where I was somewhat sheltered because that is the one area they avoid if at all possible. Now I am in the computer lab, so get exposed to them every day. It's not as bad now as it was when I first started there, but still humiliating sometimes. I look forward to the day I can crawl under a desk to check connections and not have to worry about how my big behind looks sticking up in the air! I'm sorry you had to go through this. I know some days are harder than others, but you are making progress and that's what counts. Thank you for the job you do and good luck!

Hi and welcome to LBT! Sounds like you made good progress on the pre-op diet. Keep it up! My younger brother just graduated from the police academy in December and we have a long history of law enforcement in our family. Now, my 18 y/o son has informed me he is going as soon as he is old enough!! Anyway, keep that goal in sight and let your band do its job. I know it's hard right now with no fill, but that's not your fault. Just take care and keep your eye on the prize. Good luck!

Congratulations on your date! It will be here before you know it.

Congratulations on the weight loss! You are doing great!! Imagine the head start you are going to have by the time you get through the 6 months. You go girl!!

The psychologist uses various means (some have taken a lengthy questionaire, some have just talked, some have had numerous meetings) to determine that you are capable of sticking to the plan, you don't have unrealistic expectations of the Band, you don't have an eating disorder which could cause problems if you are banded, and that you know it will be a life-long commitment, among other things. Everyone's experience has been different. The main piece of advice I can give is to use whatever doctor your surgeon refers you to instead of striking out on your own, unless you are already seeing someone. Most surgeons have a group of doctors they work with for all of their testing and they know exactly what the surgeon is looking for. Good luck!