The Fireman

An aspirin tablet held firmly between your knees works pretty well.

I had a private room,so I'd say about 20 minutes.

2yrs 8mo A little tight at times,but nothing I cant handle.Not at goal yet but have lost 124 lbs.BMI from 49 down to 32.It has been worth it.

Hang in there when its right you will know it.And,for the record I would love to take you to lunch and I would even pay,how 'bout that?But, as Im 1300 miles away and almost twice your age,I guess You will have to continue the search,something will happen I promise.

My ex,I wouldnt pee on her if she was on fire.It is war.

I dont know how they decide , but in my case the picked the the wrong one.They thought I was small enough to use the 10cc but I was back in surgery 6 days later to have it removed and replaced with a 14cc.I was so tight I could not even swallow my spit.

You sound just like me.Fit in youth,started smoking, finally quit after 27 years and gained 135 pounds.The only difference I waited til I was 59 to have the surgery.I had mine on Jan.21 2008 @334 pounds and a BMI of 49 Now,28 months later I am 200 pounds and a BMI of 30.It will work for you if you work with it.Hopefully your weigh will come off faster than mine did.Best of luck to you.

Im a male and becoming more male all the time,as the weight comes off.130 lbs sure makes a difference in a lot of areas,man boobs and such.For the running gun battle going on here I have only this one comment-Kstate I see you are 22 years old,Im 61 and if you only knew what you dont know,it may surprise you.

who cares if you swollow.after all its the thought that counts.

My wife was beside herself with joy when she thought I would have to quit drinking beer.She even mentioned it in front of the doctor."well,I guess now you will have to quit drinking beer."The doctor looked at her and said"Why,as long as he drinks light beer hes only getting 100 cals.and 5gr carbs. so,dont have that 400 cal.hamburger and you can have 4 beers."Ruined her whole day.

I had to do the six month Dr. supervised diet.On my first visit I asked what kind of diet I would be on and the Dr. said,"Diet? there aint no diet.If you lose weight on the diet they may not approve you.Just let me do the documentation and you will be approved,Ive done this many times in the past."He was right.I finished the six months in Sept.2007 and was approved in Nov. and had my band on Jan.21 2008.

At least it wasnt Copenhagen.Thats a real possibility with me.

Nope,its sneezing for me.These things are as different as the number of people who have them.

Would have been back after 3 weeks but could not clear the physical due to a high heart rate which required an extra 2 weeks.I had just gotten new bunker gear measured for a 340 pound guy,now at 210 it looks like I could get in them twice.Chiefs gonna throw a fit when I ask for new ones but im gonna wait until I see where I level off.Boots and helmet still fit,gloves are too big,never knew you lost weight in your hands.

Maybe shes just talented.Ive even thrown up in a Wal-Mart sack when I didn have a choice.

Same thing happened to me,only I went from banding on Monday until finally being admitted to the hospital on Thursday night.Went without antything from thursday night until Sunday morning when I returned to surgery and had the 10cc band replaced with a 14cc.I would have probably tried to tough it out to except for the fact that my daughter is an RN and she reconized the signs of severe dehydration and took ne to the ER where IV fluids were started.Weight loss was not a problemI lost 18 pounds the first 13 days.

Kinda looks like some broken part hanging down under an eighteen wheeler

Ruler?I believe in my case you would need a yard stick.

Dr. Beall assisted in surgery when Dr.McKinney did mine and saw me in the hospital on the weekend when I was readmitted with complications the following week.Very good people.

He did mine on Jan 21,2008.very nice guy and a very good surgeon.Office staff extremely careing and helpful.Had to have the surgery twice. The first band was defective and had the band replaced six days later.Try getting a surgeon to he hospital on a Sunday morning.There are very few that would do it.Have lost 105 pounds under his care and have 8.5cc in a 14 cc band.Not very aggressive with fills which ,in my mind is a good thing.

My wife was overjoyed that this surgery would make me stop having a few beers.She made that statement in front of the surgeon snd he said "why would he have to stop drinking beer".He proceded to say from that light beer has 100 calories and 5 grams of carbs and that if I forego that 400 calorie hamburger there was no reason that I couldnt have a couple of beers occasionally.So, it varies from Dr. to Dr. just as so many other things associated with this surgery does.He never mentioned anything about pouch streching or other associated band problems.But,this as well as eating should be done in moderation.After all,we have all been told that this is a lifestyle change.

it doesnt bother me being shorter than the lady Im with.I know how good I am.:grouphug:

Northeast Texas in the Longview/Kilgore area.

You're more than welcome,dear lady.Glad I could help.I see you're in Texas,me too.

49 just right, does it for me who would be interested in someone that is younger than your kids.