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Welcome and you will love it here!!! Everyone is awesome!!

I know that the scales may not be synced up and stuff - I was just hoping that they couldn't be that different. I know it is only a pound - but when you are as big as I am - one pound makes a huge difference. At least to me... So here is my new plan - I don't own a scale, but I will be purchasing a good one on pay day (Friday) and I will then only go by what it says and what the surgeon's scale says and forget the rest so I don't get upset over small differences... And I should have known better to get on the scale at the docs office because I knew it would be depressing because I can get on any scale and, like other, 30 seconds later get on it again and it will be different. I guess to be on a positive note, the last time I was on this particular doctor's scale I was 311 so technically I went down by that scale by 7 lbs... but I chose to prefer the extra pound off by the surgeon's scale. I am still scared that this won't work for me - seems like the only thing that ever did work for me left me when I was a teenager and then had kids. Well - I will hop onto another scale this Thursday to see what it says as compared to last Thursday's reading at the surgeons office - then I will only go by what it says. .... Thanks for the advice and swift kicks in the behind - sometimes I feel I need that more than anything.... LOL THANK YOU ALL for being here for me! And edie - hopefully your friend will PM me and we can chat about her experience as well... THanks again all!!! Amy

Awesome!!! You will do great and I am sure it is both excitement and nervousness and scaredness.... Keep us posted!

Non-Scale Victory

Great news is... JCP and Goody's don't sell much of the "booty" shorts/shirts for kids... Walmart on the other hand - tons of questionable items. Still drives me crazy that there are shorts/pants that have writing on the butt for an 8 yr old... What message is that sending to our kids except - HEY LOOK AT MY BUTT.... I won't let my daughter wear any of that either... not even around the house - just a waste of clothing... drives me nutty... So I am Right there with you!!! Amy

OMG!! THAT IS TOOOOO FUNNY!!! I am ROFLMAO! :roll::rofl:

So how are you feeling now, NP1978? Are you feeling better???? Hope so!! Amy

Hi!! I was banded by Dr. Bagnato the next day!!! He is wonderful!! Glad you are doing well - be sure to join up with the fellow October bandsters under the monthly lap band support board/group. Welcome to the site and I know you will find everyone to be uber helpful - I know I sure do!!! So how much have you lost already? As of my post op on Thursday I was down 19 lbs (I was 321.8 when I started the preop diet and was 303 when I weighed in at my 1wk post op - so just about 19lbs).... Keep in touch!!! Amy

That is great!! I bet he is on board now!! Great JOB!!!

As I said in the poll thread - I would do an unfill (or better yet, have my RN brother in law do it) .. Fill parties are just crazy and stupid in my opinion... not even for the fact of how much money spent on getting the band but more on the fact that there is not a sterile enviro and the risk of infection is too high. WASA... you are soo correct in saying alcohol alone is not enough... JMHO... Amy

That is crazy! I would never do a fill ! - but an unfill - definitely! Or let me say it this way - my brother in law is an RN - I would have him do it (my doc is 2.5 hrs away - no one within an hour even knows what it is, except fellow banders) so I would have my b.i.l who is an RN do it if I had to get an emergency unfill. Think I will take him with me to my first fill appt so they can train him on emergency unfills! That and he is going to get it done too...so it would be good for him to go. LOL Amy

yum... refried Beans and sour cream... can't wait for that... My favorite so far is the Kozy Shack rice pudding and tapioca pudding. Both are sugar free and are on the "liquids" part of the diet. Then again - I can have soupy oatmeal and soupy grits... so those are my favs too.. Amy

You go girl!! Keep on them. That is the only way it will get done. My suggestion: Tell them you need it now - tell them to fax it to you (do you have a home fax? If not, sign up for a free fax number and have it emailed to you - there are a bunch of places online that offer that - even if it is just a trial version... do it. ) Then tell them to fax it while you are on the phone with them because you want to make sure it goes through (lie a little and say you have had problems receiving faxes in the past and you just want to make sure you receive it without any problems) If they say they don't have it ready yet or they can't fax it right now. Tell them that you will be happy to call them back in an hour or two to provide them the information for faxing it and will call back then to make sure your fax doesn't having any problems receiving it. That way it sounds like it is all on you and your fax - and it puts a fire under their butts to do it. One step further - go to the office and ask for a copy of it right then and there - tell them if they don't have that you are happy to wait for it because you are scared it will get delayed in the mail or lost and you really need it right then. Then they usually get off their tush and do it. BE SO SWEET IT IS SICKENING. Make it all about your crazy schedule and your fault that it isn't done yet and place NO BLAME or attitude on them. (Even though we all know it is ALL THEIR FAULT)... then they will generally get it done ASAP because they are trying to accommodate your crazy life. LOL Hope that helps and it works for me with just about everything I need. Amy

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Ok. Ok.... bad pun from an old movie... but here's the thing - I know I only had the surgery LESS THAN ONE WEEK AGO (friday the 12th) So why is it that I am wanting food so bad now? I am sooooo sick of this liquid only stuff. I WANT FLAVOR!!! I WANT TO CHEW!!! I WANT DAGGONE FOOD!!!! ARRRGGGG!!!!! What is wrong with me? I wanted the band so bad and now that I have it, I am hatin' it because I can't eat food yet (and I still have 5 weeks of no solid food... WTF?!?!) How in the heck will I make it? I don't know if I should be ticked off at myself or just say - "this too shall pass" I am sooooo ready to eat something other than watered down tomato Soup and crystal light drinks. PLEASE someone tell me it gets better - tell me that what I am feeling is normal! Tell me that if I give in and eat I will puke it up and never do it again... I am actually almost willing to tempt it... WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH ME??????? Needing major help, Amy:faint::hungry::rain:

I can't tell ya'll how great it is to know there is such wonderful support out there. But you know something else that helped me (today that is) was seeing how much weight I have lost. 18lbs in 13 days is just phenomenal to me!! I am soooooooo geeked already!!! I can't even explain it. I feel like I can do this just about forever - what a natural high.... I am SOOOOOOOOOO GEEEEEEKKKKEEEEDDDDDDDDD!!! I can't even explain the elation!!!! YEEEE HAW! OK.. new goal - to keep this great feeling for more than a day!!! Time to buy a scale (haven't owned one in years) so I can watch it go down!!!! Amy

Can't wait to make it... THANK YOU!!!!!

ask them for a specific cpt code approval letter. Your surgeon will make sure they get one before the surgery so you shouldn't have to worry too much about that. ON another note - I think CPT codes are specific to the procedure... which cpt code did you use? My CPT code for the lap band given to me was: 43770 Is that the same one? That is the one specifically associated with Lap Band as far as I know... Hope that helps, Amy

Thanks Wasa - I need a swift kick in the behind... good news is is that I found out I was Allowed full liquids instead of just clear liquids (which is what I was doing) so now I think I will be able to do that for the next couple weeks. ON week three I can move to mushies so this is only a day and a half early from one week - so going to full liquids makes a huge difference instead of just tomato soup and Water - i get soupy oatmeal and grits and pudding and yogurt... but the tomato soup and water thing were about to kill me... (metaphorically speaking)... I know I could have probably continued on a little while longer but it was so hard... with great folks like ya'll givin' support.. I know I can do this... Thanks again!!! Amy

Ok, where can I find this recipe and I am going to go see if there is somewhere on here where there are other recipes too... Thanks, Amy

Thanks all... all I have been having is tomato soup (all the nurse recommended) and Water with some crystal light mixed in. I think that may have a lot to do with it. I just called a girl that I met at my surgeon's office who was having surgery the same day and asked her how her feelings were going with all this.... she gave me some great news!! I had the diet all wrong... Where I thought I was supposed to be on Clear Liquids for the first week - it was just for the first 2 days post op and then full liquids until the 3rd week. So that opened up for me: soupy grits/oatmeal, yogurt, pudding, and anything else that can be sucked through a straw as a liquid. So the eating of the baby food bananas that I had was OK and the yogurt was OK. THANK GOD!!! because I was in tears after thinking I had screwed all this up and would have to beg to have them fix it. I am now even more proud of myself because I did clear liquids for longer than instructed. So HOPEFULLY this will help with my nay saying self on how bad I want to eat.... I will definitely be having other soup flavors and smoothies and yogurt and variety instead of feeling like I am doing something wrong... However, I so sincerely appreciate all your advice because if I had eaten the solid food or anything else I could have seriously hurt myself. (Which I already knew in the back of my mind, but refused to let it come to the fore-front)... SO THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! I can't tell you how grateful I am for your suggestions - and please keep em coming... cuz I can use all the soupy liquid suggestions I can get. Thanks, Amy

Yesterday was pretty .. um .. bad - just wasn't feeling well at all - not due to the band - but due to other ailments. It was a very long day for me. Today - wasn't too bad (back to teaching today) and it was pretty great - except for the "I want to eat anything in sight - just give me something to chew on" Great news on the Friday - that is nice.. I am taking friday off to just sit here and watch the boards and sleep... I too am ready for the weekend... Going to be a couch potato for a bit now... chat at ya later.. How was your day today???? Amy

My first recommendation is - Get a second opinion... and then a third. Don't let one doctor tell you something without seeking other evaluations. My point of that is this - some may know about newer, advancements than others and the one doc you see now may not know about it. Seek a second opinion. In the meanwhile - God Bless!!! Amy

Thanks!!! tomorrow will be another milestone - handling a two hour drive to class then Wed. teaching, then thur 2 hour class, 1.5 hr drive each way, then two hour additional drive to dr. for post op check... Did I mention I HATE driving!!!!! auggg... :Banane10: But it will all pay off I need to quit griping and be happy I had it.... Amy

the nausea will get better - as the gas goes... if you can get your hands on a "relief band" wear it - it helps tremendously... Hope you feel better soon!!!