Chris61

My wife and I both have the AP band. Not sure if 10 or 14cc. We have all ready had a fill. She has 2cc and I have 1 cc. I love the band its great. Waiting for the 2nd fill. The doctor did tell us that he was not sure until he did the surgery which band he would use on us. He said it would depend on size of body etc. Chris

You need to take small drinks of water at a time. Not large drinks like were used to if we hait a while. Better to carry a water bottle and drink from it. I hope that will answer the question.

I do not weigh myself everyday. I look at the offical number when I go to the doctor for a checkup. I will say everyonce in a while I will check my weight at work but just use that as a guide. Chris

My wife and I have lived in a lot of states since being married. Ohio, Missouri, PA, Florida, CO, Texas, Al, and In. Out of all besides being a true buckeye I would want to live in Co during the summer Gunnison, Grand Junction and then in Fl or AL along the ocean. We lived in Lake Mary just north east of Orlando and I loved it. I have missed it since moving back to Mo. My wife missed the change of seasons. She is from Missouri For me I did not mind missing them. Enjoyed the nice weather in the fall and winter and spring. Chris

Virgo 8/27/61 Chris

How about Banded or Lapbanded

Keep in mind even if your husband switches job you can carry your current insurance under COBRA for up to 18 months. Also keep in mind that the new insurance might not kick in for a long time. Again it does cost more but you would be able to get your coverage. I have the same insurance that you have and if you have everything in line you should get approval in less than 30 days. I was approved in less than 14 days. Chris

My wife and I had restriction for about about 10 days after surgery. Once the swelling and ajustments to the band in the body went down we noticed that we needed a fill. Even after the 1stt fill we noticed about a week later we were ready for another fill. Chris

I would talk to your doctor about this and also mention when you go in and see the Ansth. as they have meds to help you out with this. WHen I had my surgery they said I should bring it with me as they have them but want to amek sure its the right one. How ever I left it at home and did not have a problem with it. One of the doctors the next day asked me if they brought it up and I told him know and said I doubt I would of had it on that long since I had gas pains and was up walking around. Chris

Congradulations on both of you being banded. My wife and I were banded one week a part (9/12/07 9/19/07) and both of us are doing good and ready for a 2nd fill. Chris

The doctors and books that I have read say that you should loose between 1-3 lbs per week. Now keep in mind everybody is differant. I was banded on 9/19/07 and Iam down about 20 lbs after surgery. Chris

Congradulations on the NSV with shirts. I can say that I have to look at getting new belts and my pants are sliding down. Chris

I will agree with most. The first fill helped for about a week but now I can tell I need another one. Hope the next time I will get more than just 1 cc. Stress can do a lot to make restriction and not get much of a fill. Chris

There is some studies going on that are for kids under 18 and does not cost much or anything. There have been some post here and on the Yahoo boards about kids. Maybe she can get under a national study. I think that the band is going to be just like other procedures in the furture. Maybe even to the point of no approval before hand, but that is a long way off. Have you told the Ex that you are doing the lapband and what has he said. Good Luck with everything. Chris Chris

Congradulations on your new AP band. I have had mine for 6 weeks and enjoy it. I have CPAP and did not have problems with it. My doctor required us to stay in the Hosp. overnight and did an upper GI the AM to make sure tha band was in the right place before we could drink liquids. Chris

Sounds like the swelling has gone done in your body and will be ready for a fill. I felt the same way a couple of weeks after being banded. I had a fill on 10/15/07 and can tell that I need another fill. The band has help me to slow down when eating. I can tell when I eat to fast. Keep in mind that everyone is differant and you will have to exp. with things. Chris

My wife had the same problem. and we had a back up plan since we were both doing the lapband. We would just switch days. Come to find out it was just allergies. This years seems to be real bad in a lot of areas since it has been so dry. Can not wait for the first real big frost. Not sure when that will happen. Chris

I was banded on 9/19/07 and got 1cc fill on 10/15/07 and I can tell that was not enough. I think stress was playing a part with making it tight when I got the fill. My wife had gotton 2 1/2cc. Were hoping for another fill right after Thanksgiving. Will keep everyone updated. Chris

Since my surgery I have told more and more people and they have been supportive of me. I have even had a couple say that they would like to get the band. A lot of people have notice the change in the way I look. One of the reason that I did not tell everyone was that I did not wish to here about the negative things. Chris

Here is another thing to look at, make sure that they have all the information. Ask the doctors office to mail it all and have them sign for it. I was approved within 2 weeks of them sending it in. They sent my wife at the same time and never really found out what happen but the doctors office resent all the stuff and was approved within 2 hours after complaining. Good Luck. Chris

I have UHC and was approved. I had a silimar things but I had my doctor use my weights prior to coming to her and she put them in the letter and I was approved. You might have them put you weight watchers weight in the letter. I hope that will help you out. If you would like to see the letter that I had written e-mail me at vcw61@excite.com and I will forward it to you. Chris

Iam in Indy also. I was banded on 9/19/07. Chris

I was banded on 9/19/07 and I work in Indy during the week. Things are going well so far. I had my first fill on 10/15/07. Glad to see others are doing well also. Chris

I just wanted to give you the numbers for my wife and I surgery X 2. Not sure how the medical field does it to say the least. Hosp Dis Ins My Cost 31,064 19,244 11,695 250 Doctor Dis Ins My Cost 11,890 9,517 2,372 0.00 Ansth Dis Ins My Cost 1,530 826.00 704 0.00 X-ray Doc 65.00 29.45 35.55 0.00 Total 44,549 29,617 14,807 125.00 Chris

Everyone in the group is successful. We just loose at differant levels and some are quicker than others. I think a lot of people think it will happen faster than it does and that is why they feel they are not making it. Chris