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I won't be coming. Hence, i cannot eat solids yet.... Take Care.

Good Luck Karen - this is nothing to play around with. My friends daughter had the flu for three solid weeks during xmas. She wounds up with a nasty resp infection afterwards. I'm glad i got the flu shot. This isthe first winter in my whole life, NY & NC that I was not sick. I got sick on halloween 10/31 and haven't been sick since. I did get the flu shot when I was preparting for wls.

Hey Kim - My big ole' belly is keeping me from new clothes. I want new jeans. I cannot fit in them without muffin top because i'm so darn swollen. I hate to wear anything tight at all. That's why my plus clothes are already too big for me. I have a few 20's that i could give you, some kahki's, and I have bunch of Pj pants I love but are too big now. Let me know, I know others are uncomfortable getting stuff given to them. I don't have any suits or anything though. I proudly own three pairs of xl sleep pants and a new purse. I tried on so many things at kohls yesterday, I was in the misses department and took well advantage. WHy is the plus area two tight rows and the misses is about 1/4 of the women's department. GO Figure... I'm enjoying this but chunkie belly is keeping me from jeans. I have two incisions on the belly button area so I cannot comfortably stamp the jeans in the belly area. I know TMI. I'm doing well. I will be one month post op wednesday. I'm struggling to figure out the gym thingie. I gotta try hard or else i'm gonna be so giggly. Plus I love King of Queens, but the Gym has tv's and headset plug in's so I have no excuse for waiting to watch that instead of going to the gym. One more thing, I am starting to hate food. Looking at it, thinking how delicious it is and how I cannot ever eat it again. Once April 7th comes I"ll be on a more vast diet so these feelings should wane some what. Being on soft foods right now is tiring me out.

wavy - i work at cic but don't tell anyone, i like to keep my work private, especially because I have some issues. Good Luck though. Kim - good luck tomorrow. I know being a patient will make you a better office person. Having been through the whole process. As the weeks progress on, I'm still glad I made RNY my decision. The whole expense and fill thing is enough to make me loose sleep. I worry about $$ all the time. I got my final figures from UHC for surgery - I will post them tomorrow. I left the sheet at work. For what North East Medical charged it was nuts. I got sheets with holes in them, this is nasty to me, and I didn't get one bite to eat. I think there should be a discount especially when you cannot eat. So, I'm back to work and things are busy. We are still with only 1 car and I don't know how were supposed to get gym time in from 6-9pm I will never see my daughter. I went to the gym yesterday and my heel is hurting really bad on my foot. My wonderful husband is like so, I need to buy some good quality athletic shoes for using on the treadmill. I'd invite you to join me at the gym, but i zone out really bad and can only focus on walking without flying off the treadmill. I hope every get's out of their funk. Maybe when Spring comes the funks will be long gone. My funk is I have nothing to wear. Boo Hoooo. My chunkie belly is still swollen and very sore too in the incision sites. WHy does healing take so long?

Hi Wavy, I wanted to let you know i had rny surgery with dr b last month. His office will provide you all the information once they process your request. I really like that they use an online system and that you can access it once you have a consultation. I did read that somewhere their consults were booked out until May. I guess it's not that far away. They will give you the names and numbers of all the professionals you'd need to meet with for prereq testings and stuff. They will also list all the blood work required. Be Prepared this is alot of blood work. They rely heavily on your primary dr being the partner in this and doing alot of this work. I know Kim has recently moved to a new postion with dr v, you might want to give them a looksee too, she's really nice. I think she could sell the lap band to anyone. Except me. I was originally a lapband inquirier but I decided against it because i didn't want to do the fills and have a port sewn into my side. Personal, preference, I know that the costs are varied depending on which dr's office you use. Dr B has some upfront fee's that I do not beleive the other dr's charge. Good Luck with your decision. Yes these ladiaes are nice.

Kim - I'm sorry your having problems with your port. Do they have to reoperate on you to fix it? I'm totally unaware of things that can go wrong with the band. When Chloe was little I always took her sickness' so personally, she was sick with her ears for 4 years. The last set of tubes was in 2003 and my mom was dying that year. I took my mom's death personally too then. I did come to realize though, I cannot have all good in my life, I also have to learn how to deal with the bad. Now, something stupid, Chloe is 5, she's graduating from preschool in June and her feet are a tiny toddlers 9. It's so hard to find cute 5 year old girl shoes when her feet are tiny enough for crib shoes. Hopefully the foot fairy will sprinkle some growth on her feet. Oh yeah, her dad is a 13 and I'm a 10 so she should have huge feet by now. I'm spending way too much time watching our new direct tv. I am going to the nutrionist tomorrow and cannot wait to be set free from this liquid diet. I am also thinking of carowinds. We are getting passes later this month when Dh get's paid. He's in grad school and let me tell you, I haven't had one day without him during my recovery. NExt week it's back to the grind. I've been sleeping like a teenager and staying up late at night. I gotta act like a grown up again, or do i?

Well, the reasons why I didn't do the lap band is because i could not commit to the follow up processes. The fills and dietary modifications were my main reasons. I did full RNY because i'd only go under the knife once and I'm done. The rny is way more scary though because there is malnutrion, Vitamin deficines, possible hair loss and the list goes one. THe hardest part for me during the upper gi was not burping. I had acid reflux which was wiped away when I had rny, you drink a tingling stuff and it makes you want to burp. This may not happen to everyone though.

Your picture looks great. I cannot find a picture of me I like. I have some belly shots with the staples that I took, I will be taking some scar shots too, just for the record. I am too lazy to post a picture. What were you doing up at 1am? I should have called you, I was up too. Being off work has killed my sleeping schedule. Next week I go back to work so I gotta get my act together.

Welcome Sandy. I am one of dr b's patients, however, I did rny instead of lap band. I came to this group when I was thinking of lap band. You are in great hands. I think he's done the most lap bands in this area. I am staying because the ladies here won't let me go. SO, i'm the odd ball with rny. You must tell them at the upper gi that you get sick. This is important. The test is less than 30 minutes, atleast mine was.

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Kim - I think I'm doing great, except I cannot stop thinking of food. I will be free of the liquid diet on wednesday. My recovery is going well. I got a few nasty sores from where the bandages were. Nothing major though. I haven't noticed a real difference even though the scale is moving. I did go to the gym thursday and friday. I'm taking today off, just don't tell dr b. Hee.... I'm glad things are moving right along for you. i don't want to get 'busy' again.

Here's my two cent's. I had a rny with dr bauman last week. When I think back to my consults which you are required to pay a fee upfront. He discusses what surgeries he performs. He will not make any decisions or recommendations. If you are not a candidate he will tell you up front. He doesn't do any sales pitches or anything like that. He presents the facts and then allows you to proceed. One word of caution, I was looking into lap band with dr bauman and the fee's for fills are billed at full cost and the submitted to the insurance company and they will reimburse you. The other ladies on here would be better able to explain how this works. I am a very $$ focused person and I did not want the extra fills to deal with that's why I felt RNY was best for Me. Jen

Kathy - sorry to be ignorant, I went to catholic church in Ny and Catholic College, so I"m not too versed on other religions, except for the mandated world religions class I took in college. I currently, beleive, but don't practice catholosim, my daughter is in a christian school so she will not be raised catholic. It's just something I haven't spent time on. I did not get ashes yesterday. I won't observe lent either, heck I have 1 ounce of a stomach left, and not much else going on to give up. I could say candy but it's gone from my life. Continue to strive and you'll get to your goal weight. I've lost some weight already but I cannot really tell. I did buy a new scale and it's pretty accurate.

They just tick me off right now. ANytime I've had food restriction they've ticked me off, now they just make me mad. All those pizza hut and domino's commericals. Has anyone else experienced this. They eat on TV Shows, then food commericals, the mail man leaves tons of food ad's instead of mail in my mailbox. I know now I will run from the border, not run for the border. Well, that's my vent. Plus my daughter asked me, why can't you have dinner mommy, mine is so very good. Atleast I can drive again soon. :hungry:

Forgot my point here, i saw all the easter candies. Yummy. Chocolate was my favorite. Dr Roc set me semi straight today. Atleast the staples are gone. I also want to see if my ticker shows up.

The Best Me - are you celebrating lent? Are you catholic? I probably would have tried to eat the ashes at church if I went. Just kidding. I was in walmart today first time since post op to get of all things an accurate scale. the one we owned was saying I lost 14lbs, then gained 8, and then my daughter told me it showed she weighed are you ready 13 pounds. She is really 43 pounds, do not call dss it's a broken scale.

Thanks paula - but i'm rny. I'm having so much trouble with food still. I really need to tackle it. I'm not eating anything, I didn't realize this was going to be such a huge problem for me.

Ofcourse I turn the channel. Now, I'm not that much of a complainer. I got a late start on my Protein shakes and now I gotta get the rest in before bedtime. I have one more week of shakes. Guess what! I haven't been walking as much as I should and I was reminded that I must start doing these things. I'll be at the gym tomorrow. I have lost 12 pounds (just shocked, not bragging), My daughter threw up all the way to their door. She get's car sick and today was the day. She kept wanting to hug me after she threw up. Yuck. No more staples either.

:hungry: I was originally looking at LapBand as my surgery option but I decided it wasn't the best fit for me. So, after joining and meeting all these nice ladies, I decieded to do Lap RNY, this was an agonizing decision process. The nice Ladies on the NC board have been here for me and wouldn't let me leave once I made my mind up that RNY was the best decision. These are awsome ladies and that's why I'm still around.

I gotta get some birth control. Hello, I'm 32, married, work fulltime, parent and need birthcontrol. IT sounds soo teenageish. And I got gitty when my primary dr said the word groin. She told me a story about why she does pap's for the patients mostly teen's at the general practice.

I am glad it's march. Karen, your next. I think you might be the only pre op left. I still applaud your decision to switch dr's. Now, you just have to wait a wee bit longer. Like I said call UHC from time to time and check in. THey will let you know if you get faxes and stuff. It took exactly 4 business days for my approval, so your's will be quick.... Before you know it you will be preparing. Like I was last tuesday. Washing with that wonderful antispectic soap, herbiclens. My preop medicine costs $140.00 and post op was $55, this is out of pocket.

Thanks Ladies. Melissa, I cannot wait to eat some eat post op. IN Three more weeks, I want a chicken quasedia (sp) and I already know I"m gonna get precooked chicken, cheese shreds, low car tortilla shells and low fat sour cream. I look forward to eating meats. Even if I can only have 2 bites. I do like veggies and fruits too. I'm glad it's not my 14 year old right now, it's so bad to be fat. Soceity looks down so heavily on body weight. Then, on top of that, the media is declaring war on being fat, everything is blown up. My husband and I do not allow our daughter to drink Soda. All her class mates bring this up and they are 5. Guess whose teeth are not rotting. One kid's teeth are nasty brown on the fronts, he's definitly a soda kid. Keep pumping. I get staples out today.

Dianne, The rash sounds terrible. How are you supposed to wear your halter tops in this heat wave with a rash? Tomorrow my staples will be removed. I got out of the house today to go to target. My husband is a substitute teacher so he can pick and chose his hours, since they don't pay the bills. I didn't buy anything at target, Chloe needed coloring books and I just wanted to get some wind on my face. I used to love to nap, I haven't take one since Saturday.

What kind of fish do you eat Melissa? I'm not really a fish person. I read that shrimp and things are great sources of protien. I know your kidding about the weight. Last night my impressionable 14 year old neice asked me if I had surgery to get skinny. I wanted to reinforce, I did it to get healthier and that I have high blood pressure. I worry about her because she follows and it's kinda scary what these young girls go through these days. Plus, she goes to an all girls school. Melissa - have you asked one of the trainers at the Y about your fitness program? Maybe one of the cute guys could help you. I know my husband lifts to get bigger and bigger, and he asked a friend whose a gym teacher and found out he was exercising wrong. Oh, not my husband. Mr, Know it all. (Polite jab to him). jen

Please don't be jealous. Losing the weight rapidly is an advantage, not the reason why I chose the surgery. I have/maybe had uncontrolled hypertension so if I hit 120/80 or under this is the number that would make me jump up and down. I have lost some weight, however, I'm surprised.