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Howdy, Lots of Fluids, Lots. For me 4 oz of food at a time. Good luck

Chris, for me I find I have been using a lot more hand cream so yes my skin is dryer. Wife and I got season passes to 6 flags going to go there a lot and walk up and down the hills.

St. Louis Mills, Galleria, fairview heights, ILL has a great Mall - While there you can eat at LOTTA WATTA CREEK, Great resturant but be adviced every order last me for a week or more :-) Lots of shopping in the Saint Louis area.

Just wanted to say hi, lost another lb so finnaly at 52lbs lost

Wife and I both had L-Band on 7 May. (Dr. Minkin) Everything is going great. 1. Wife had pain longer then I did. 2. Men loose weight faster then women. 3. You will most likely loose inches first then start loosing weight, so take pictures before and also take measurements. 4. Everything goes better when done as a team. I can tell you and you probably know that if 1 goes on a diet and the other does not it is not as easy as when you both do. So both doing the L-Band at the same time is GREAT. 5. Have someone drive you home. 6. I sugest you start walking as soon as you can, the day after I got out of the hospital I walked to the end of the block and back and I thing it helped a lot. 7. I hit my sweet spot a lot faster then she did, she has had 2 fills more then I. Good luck and let us know how things go.

7 May will be 6 months for wife & I. she has lost 30 lbs and wow, yes I can see it. I am down 40lbs and have gone from a 3XL shirt to a XL. I have a pair of pants that I havn't worn since 2003 that are now starting to look baggy on me. The last diet I went on was in 2003 and I got down to 275 before I started putting it back on. I am now at 270 and was 268 for 1 day :cool2: and if it wasn't for Halloween I would still be dropping, give it a couple of days and I will be going down again. I wouldn't change a thing, meaning we would both still get the band, even though I do miss steak, I don't miss those pounds. Good luck everyone, can't weight to hear from ya. Ray & Kat

Ok, so if I weigh myself one day and I weigh 277 but, don't update my profile and then the next day I weigh 278 can I still put 277 on my profile? :-) Which is the lowest I have been since 2003 Yahoo!! Wife down to 202, had her galblader taken out and lost 5 lbs. was thinking about taken mine out :-) but I didn't think they weighed that much.

My wife and I had Surgery May 7th and have only lost a few pounds, BUT, we have both lost inches, I am now wearing cloaths I have not worn for 2 yrs and I went to the store and bought an XL shirt, I have been wearing 3x for years. So what I am saying is look at yourself and ask are you loosing inches, The pounds will come, but if you knew my wife and I you would see we are both looking thinner even if we havn't lost the weight, YET. We go for our 3rd fill Monday, if you read enough of the bloggs on this fantastic website you will see everyone looses at a different pace and now I would suggest to everyone before surgery take pictures and measure your whole body. She and I took pictures but didn't measure, but I have added 3 holes to my belt and my paints are falling away from my butt. Also, you said you had 3 fills? how many CC's? Some Dr's play it safe and add .5cc each time where others are more aggressive, ours uses a floriscope so he can be more aggressive. Good luck and don't be in a hurry, eat good healthy food. Ray & Kat

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Tuna, I get these snakesfrom wally world, small can of tuna, crackers, mayo and relish, 22grams protein. and we get whey shakes.

We were told not eating for 12 hrs before fill and no liquids 1 hr before fill.

The best thing is to go to the seminar, they have all of the pamflets there, but cash is an option :-) he quotes 16,000 but someone said to add 1,000 for the gas passer, we used insurans BC/BS VA, they paid 100%, and there are a couple of places that will finance you with low rates. Good Luck

Wife and I went to the required seminar on 28 Feb, Had our 1st Dr. visit 11 March, then on 1 April we did all of our tests in 1 day ((Stress test, breathing, brain test(Yes I passed)(no I'm not Crazy)and chest X-ray)) on 4 April I did a 2nd Stress test with photos and dye because they didn't like the 1st one, I told them my heart was fine, the test confirmed it, I asked for a refund, they said no. on 18 Apr we had are follow up visit with the DR. and was told everything was good, paperwork would go to Insurance for approval and might take up to a month. The DR. did a upper GI on me on 22 Apr to see if I had a Hi. Hernia, nope. on 24 April the Hospital called and said we had both been approved for surg. she said we had the best insurance in the world and that they had approved us over the phone, which had never happened before, she scheduled our surgery for 7 May, we zoomed to the Hosp. that day for our blood tests, on 2 may the DR office called and said my potasium was low and they sent a Presc. to the local walgreens, we started our liquid diets on Sunday May 4th. Wife and I where both banded on 7 May, we where both taken into room with recliners where we changed into gowns and socks, I was taken first to the preop room where I got on a gurny and was given IV and blood thinner and they ask if I knew the other individual with the same last name, I told them we where twins and that she was the older one. The Doc. came in talked for a minute, gave me a shot in the IV and I woke up 2 hrs later in my Hosp. room. I had a morphine drip in that I got to push the button when I wanted to , The nurse came in every so often and gave me blood thinner and insoline ( my blood suger dropped for some reason) and I slept threw the night. Well, my wifes friend who came to stay with us for a few days came by and told me my wife did great and was about 10 rooms away on the same floor. My wife had her operation about 1.5 hrs after me. We found out that we could have no ice or Water till after the swallow test, which we both had about 1pm. Then we got our liquid food about 2pm (Chicken broth, Jello, coffee, ice chips and water) We had both been up and around all morning wanting to get out of there, we finally got discharged at 3pm, I had to stay awake in the car to give her friend directions to our house. (she lives in Indy) We got home, I went to bed and wife stayed up for few hrs. The next day I was up early, went for a walk around block and back home for some TV. No pain except when I was in bed, we where both given presc. for liquid pain meds., I only used half of the bottle she used her bottle and half of mine. Like I said I had no pain and she had pain (gas?) for a week. We both have six small cuts on our tummies, they used super glue. Yes, I can feel my fill tube just under my skin, and could give myself a fill if I was trusted with sharp items. We can't feel hers. She had carpel tunnel surg. on her hand 1 week later. no problems and is feeling great. I went back to work after 2 weeks and she will go back after she recovers from her other Surg. We go back to Dr. 9 Jun, hopefully to get 1st fill. We are 1 month out, feel NO pain. While we both lost weight right after the surgery we are now at a stand still, but, at least we havn't gained any back. Love this site, I have read almost every post, I really love the before and after pics and will post mine/ours after 6 months. 1 last thing, because Wife and I did this togeather the Hospital asked us to do a testimonial which they are going to use on there web site, the seminars and may use as part of there TV comercial, and we will do an update in 6 Months, 1 yr ... I will post it on myspace later today if anyone would like to view it.

You can add 2 more my wife and I were banded 7 May, so add Ray & Kat. We are both hungry and get our 1st fill 9 Jun, can't believe we had to waite this long and can't believe some DR's make others wait longer. We will both post pictures after 6 month bad Birthday, hope others will also. Good luck everyone, I know we will all do great.

Called your Dr. and tell him you need a fill sooner

So how is it going since your fill? we get ours around 9 Jun, I am doing fine but wife is eating more then she should.

If you want to know if the band works go to forums and look at the before and after pics, and you will have no problem deciding, wish I had done it 5 yrs ago.

No, Hahn is the worst and if I was christina i would leave the hospital.

How about derek walking to his car, gets run over by a dentist and goes into a coma??? Nay we wouldn't believe anything like that.