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I did the NIB for 8 days with a little cheating. I ate some carrots, jello, green beans, lots of chicken broth, and even a slice of turkey 1 day there may be some other things, but it was 6 months ago. I told Holzman about my cheats and he didn't seem concerned and I don't know what kind of condition my liver was in before the diet, but he said it looked great at the time of surgery.

Great news cnshawk! I met Dr. Richards at the seminar and he seems like an awesome surgeon, I requested him, but they gave me Dr Melvin, then I had to have it done in a hurry because my approval came in 2 weeks before my insurance was changing and ended up with Holzman. I didn't care either way and he is great, but like I said I think he is way too busy to see all of his patients.

Thanks Steph, I'll call them, it can't hurt to ask! I am 6 months post op and only have had 2 fills, TG he(Holzman) is aggressive with them(plus he put 3 cc's in at the surgery). I have 6.5 cc in my 10 cc band, but I do need another fill someday soon!

I had my surgery at Vandy and Dr. Holzman was my surgeon also. I love him and everything went wonderful, but I am getting very frustrated now because he's so busy I can't get fills. At my last appt.(march) he said he wanted to see me in 6 weeks, well once I got up to schedule it I was told he didn't have an opening for 12 weeks. My appt. that was already way past when it should have been was supposed to be on Tuesday, but I got a phone call today telling me it needs to be re-scheduled and now it's out another month. So, if I had it to do all over again I'd probably go somewhere else. I am actually from Clarksville and I called the surgeons here and they won't do my fills, but it was worth a try, lol!

You should be just fine in 3 days. I was home alone with my 3 year old the very next day and felt fine. My dr said I had NO lifting restrictions as I was leaving the surgery center. I didn't take my pain meds, just tylenol, didn't want to be a zombie trying to take care of my son and I didn't need them.

I had a catheter put in while I was sleeping. I had asked before the surgery or I'd have never even known they did it. They said they put it up and empty your bladder and immediately remove it. I had 2 c-sections and this pain was not even comparable, it was a breeze!

Well Kat, I am sorry that happened to you, it's ridiculous and I have never heard of such a thing.

(THAT"S RIGHT, I'M A DUDE SO I'LL LIFT MY SHIRT WITHOUT WORRY, TAKE YOUR "CLASS" AND BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS, FIGURE OUT WHO YOUR SPEAKING TO FIRST!) at the resturant. I do not care what your gender is, it's not appropiate in any eating establishment to be lifting your shirt and showing off your scars because you think it entitles you a free meal, get over yourself and learn some etiquette before your next outing.

Did you beg, scream, and pee on the floor (as you previously wrote) demanding to pay more when you ate more? Such as at a buffet? I'll bet you didn't. Don't forget, she also lifts up her shirt and shows her scars to the manager, real classy,LOL!

There has to be more to these Olive Garden stories. How can any place say you have to order and entree? It just doesn't make any sense! I have worked there for 15 years and the only issue that arises when it comes to sharing meals is that people think that they can share and eat all of the salad or soup they want for free and that is not the case. The refillable soup or salad comes with each entree, it's not free. People get all bent out of shape if when they get charged for salad that they "shared" with the person they are sharing their entree with. If you did not purchase an entree and eat salad, you get charged for salad, salad also does not come with appitizers either and let me repeat, it's NOT free. We have people who come in EVERYDAY for JUST salad, it's 5.95 and we don't FORCE them to purchase meals, that's just crazy. People, it's just food, why get all bent of shape and carry on like a child over FOOD? If you don't like a restaurants policy just don't go there again, not a big deal, there are lots of choices out there.

I had a big problem too! I did end up being able to go about 5 days post op, but it was painful and not easy,lol! I started taking milk of magnesium at the first sign of trouble and it did help, but I had never had bathroom issues like that before and I hope I never do again!

It looks like you are doing awesome! I have only lost 20lbs and I was banded 1 month after you, you have me more than doubled! You should be thrilled to have lost 46lbs in 3 months, that's GREAT!

I have only had the band for 2 months and I am not very restricted yet and I am hungry. I feel the same as I did while dieting in the past, except I feel tons of pressure to lose since I did something SO drastic. I am looking forward to getting more restriction and feeling full. I also took Meridia, it worked for me. I dropped 30lbs with it and it really did curve my appitite(more than the band, so far), but as soon as I stopped taking it I gained it all back and more. Good luck with whatever you decide!