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i use to drink a 12 pack of soda at home a day not to mention the soda during work.....i dont even look at soda now ....but i can drink beer off the tap......no problem i do notice bottles beer seems more gasy..

ok i am at 5lbs weight loss i am at 180 whoooo!!! i am coming 160.........i am working hard at the gym cant wait for my first fill!! i am watching what i eat ......

i am so glad someone started this !! I caught parts or her show about her life style changes what ever !! Part of her success is her weight !! she yo-yos up down she conects with people out there ...if she did the lap band or any weight loss surgery how would she keep reinventing herself and new life style changes ???? i also live a fairly well off life and that did not help me lose the weight !! if anything it help me gain it ,dinners out trips with never ending food ......but anyway you do need to mentally be ready to say enough !!!

i have lost 2 lbs !! my first fill is 01-14-09 i cant wait !!!!! But i am hitting the gym 4 xs a week !! anyone with helpful ideas????

ok how is everone doing.. i did the tread mill and went to a strenght training cLASS today...kicked my ass i am trying...

OK I AM IN!!!!!! I would like to lose 25 lbs .... but i would be happy if 5 lbs didnt find me!!!!!!!! exercise 2 xs a week !!!!!! Got it !!!!!!!!! I have only lost 5 lbs since banded 12-09-08 maybe this will help me !!!!!!!

well i am not a week out of surgery and i have no restriction i have eaten chips fries even drank coffee in the am ....I do have pain from the surgery incisions and by the post and still have shoulder pain from the gas but i have the same appeitte i had that got me to this ..i am confussed ?????i dont feel anything go down ....i have no slime effects i go to my follow appt monday but i know he wont give me a fill ???? what am i to do?

thanks teacherica for replying ......i was getting nervous....i cant wait to be on mushie foods.....but i think most of all i cant wait for this gas pain to be gone !!!my left should feels like a hammer hit !!!!!! i have to laugh at one point was worried about how much weight i would lose now that is the last thing on my mind lol!

well ladies i am 2 days post op and i am starving!!!!!! not to mention in terrible pain !!!! yesterday i drank 1/2 a glass of carnation instant breakfast and sips of diet ice tea....today i had y husband get me a milkshake i drank about 1/4 of it I felt my sugar getting low...i a no where near getting my 60 grams of protein in and it scares e any advice or help !! greatly appreciated !!!!!

i am 4' 11" and am 190lbs I will be banded in Philly .Just got my ins approval today! got my surgery date today it is 12-09-08. I cant wait to be a smaller healthier me!!!!! single sizes here i come!!!!!!

OMG !!! I can total see 50 lbs down ! your face your arm tummy !!!!!!!! go and get yourself A LBD!!!!!! You deserve it !!!!!!!!

I havent posted in awhile put today is different !!!! I have capital blue cross blue shield pa. I WAS APPROVED!!! I also am at the barely making mark! my bmi is 40 just making it ..i have no co morbities....MY FAMILY HISTORY WAS THE KEY.........I orig.was going to mexico to do surgery then my friends enouraged me to just try the insurance route....so i thought what do i have to lose!!!!! i have done the yo yo diets and weight ... Iwent in aug to the seminar i did the pre req that the ins requires my doctor signed off on the six wek diet that is req( by the way ) the bariatric doctors have the forms that the req the pcp to fill in for the 6 month weight lose program so dont worry about what to fill out !they acctually preferre you use there forms! atleast that how it worked for me!! hang in there ......it will all work out! i cant believe it 12-09-08 is my surgery date!!!!!!

:confused2:I am starting the process of looking for Drs in Mexico .. I dont feel my ins is going to cover lap banding . Has anyone had lap band done by Dr Kuri? If so what was there out come? What was the cost ? Thanks ..

Hay Elayne oh i love it "old forge exile" can u do that to my husband LOL!!!!!! i also know about pizza-lovin ...fyi my last name is salerno ....... I am actually going to the seminar in philly at the univ.of penn. they dont require the 6month diet if your ins doesnt require it !! i am boardline with my BMI so if I dont qualify i am going to mexico and i will know much sooner in philly then hazelton ...that is the only reason i opted for philly ..... wen is your first visit to hazelton?

I was wondering has anyone gone back to mexico for plastic surgery? Many people went to mexico for the band what about afterwards for cosmetic surgery ..If yes what doctors thanks....

colace is just a stool softern ..... peri-colace is a stimulant and softern... laxitive promote stimulation in the colon by contracting and facilitating the stools down Vegetables and foods Some vegetables and foods can be eaten to cure constipation and act as laxatives, although the effectiveness may vary. These include: Almonds Aloe Vera Apple juice Beets chicken broth Chicory chocolate Coconut coffee Dandelion Dates Dried apricots Endive Figs Flaxseed Grapes Hot Tea w/ Lemon Liquorice Mangos Molasses Olives Papayas Parsley Peaches/Apricots Pears Persimmons pineapple Plums Prunes/Prune Juice Rhubarb Soybeans Spicy Foods Turnips Walnuts Watercress [edit] Bulk-producing agents Site of Action: Small and large intestine Onset of Action: 12 - 72 hours Examples: psyllium husk (Metamucil), methylcellulose (Citrucel), polycarbophil, dietary fiber, apples Also known as bulking agents or roughage, these include dietary fiber. Bulk-producing agents cause the stool to be bulkier and to retain more Water, as well as forming an emollient gel, making it easier for peristaltic action to move it along. They should be taken with plenty of water. Bulk-producing agents have the gentlest of effects among laxatives and can be taken just for maintaining regular bowel movements. [edit] Stool softeners / Surfactants Site of Action: Small and large intestine Onset of Action: 12 - 72 hours Examples: docusate (Colace, Diocto) These cause water and fats to penetrate the stool, making it easier to move along. Many of these quickly produce a tolerance effect and so become ineffective with prolonged use. Their strength is between that of the bulk producers and the stimulants, and they can be used for patients with occasional constipation or those with anorectal conditions for whom passage of a firm stool is painful. [edit] Lubricants / Emollient Site of Action: Colon Onset of Action: 6 - 8 hours These simply make the stool slippery, so that it slides through the intestine more easily. An example is mineral oil, which also retards colonic absorption of water, softening the stool. Mineral oil may decrease the absorption of fat-soluble Vitamins (A, D, E and K). [edit] Hydrating agents (osmotics) These cause the intestines to hold more water within, softening the stool. There are two principal types, saline and hyperosmotic. [edit] Saline Site of Action: Small and large intestine Onset of Action: 0.5 - 6 hours Examples: Dibasic sodium phosphate, magnesium citrate, magnesium hydroxide (Milk of magnesia), magnesium sulfate (which is Epsom salt) , monobasic sodium phosphate, sodium biphosphate. Saline laxatives attract and retain water in the intestinal lumen, increasing intraluminal pressure and thus softening the stool. They will also cause the release of cholecystokinin, which stimulates the digestion of fat and Protein. Saline laxatives may alter a patient's Fluid and electrolyte balance. Sulfate salts are considered the most potent.<SUP class="noprint Template-Fact">[citation needed]</SUP> [edit] Hyperosmotic agents Site of Action: Colon Onset of Action: 0.5 - 3 hours Examples: Glycerin suppositories, Sorbitol, Lactulose, and Polyethylene glycol (PEG). Lactulose works by the osmotic effect, which retains water in the colon, lowering the pH and increasing colonic peristalsis. Lactulose is also indicated in Portal-systemic encephalopathy. Glycerin suppositories work mostly by hyperosmotic action, but also the sodium stearate in the preparation causes local irritation to the colon. Solutions of polyethylene glycol and electrolytes (sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride, and sometimes sodium sulfate) are used for whole bowel irrigation, a process designed to prepare the bowel for surgery or colonoscopy and to treat certain types of poisoning. Brand names for these solutions include GoLytely, GlycoLax, CoLyte, NuLytely, and others. [edit] Effectiveness For adults, a randomized controlled trial found PEG [MiraLax or GlycoLax] 17 grams once per day better than tegaserod 6 mg twice per day.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-pmid17573794_1-0>[2]</SUP> A randomized controlled trial found greater improvement from 2 sachets (26 grams) of PEG versus or 2 sachets (20 grams) of lactulose <SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-pmid9895382_2-0>[3]</SUP>. 17 grams/day of PEG has been effective and safe in a randomized controlled trial for six months.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-pmid17403074_3-0>[4]</SUP> Another randomized controlled trial found no difference between sorbitol and lactulose <SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-pmid2122724_4-0>[5]</SUP>. For children, PEG was found to be more effective than lactulose.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-5>[6]</SUP>

i know women that put rolls of quarters in there pocket !!! just athought !!! i also was trying to gain weight for ins to cover it now i my opting for over time to go to mexico to have it done !!!!!!!!

here lets see if i did it ! you look great !!!!!!!

i dont want to tell you not worry BUT ......When you go for your pre-op test tell them......... MAKE SURE IT IS DOCUMENTED ON YOUR PRE-OP CHART!!!!! IF its not documented then you dont have it !!!! reguardless if your primary doctor is awhere... that being said many people have pvc's and dont even know it !!!! if you ever heard someone saying i am having heart palpitations ? it could be the same thing ...many women get them when under distress......... if they do not want to medicate you then they must be under a certain number per minute .. I am a nurse not a cardiac one but from what i remember ..if you need to be medicated you are having more than 6 of them per minute .... so i take it yours are less and then the meds would be more trouble then they are worth ....where you ever in chf ? or ever have any other medical problems??? I hope this helps you and puts you at ease...... when people are over weight there heart has to work much harder then a normal weight person that is a big reason why they do a ekg test on us before surgery ......

i too was on that and it worked great in the begining I was on it for 8 months .....i was down to 120lbs .....i thought life was great I was on the white with blue speckels ....i would break them in half and take half in the am and half at 4 pm so i would not stay awake...... i too would clean like crazy ... my friend found me cleaning my dryer with an alchol wipe !!!!! as soon as i went off it i gained the weight ack in a years time !!!! it is a short fix to an on going problem

My husband will go with me but this is not a trip where we are going to sip drinks ....... I would like to get botox while I am there thats not something I want my husband there for ....I dont think anything is going to happen bad .... part of me just wishes one of my friends was doing this with me ......and althought my friends and family support me they dont understand the need for surgery ....."they think I am fine the way I am " Its hard to explain to them its not about them ITS ABOUT ME !!

:confused:I am looking for a partner in crime (lol).I want to go down to TJ Mexico in Aug . or Sept for lap banding ..I have it narrowed down to 3 Drs I am willing to go to ...Looking for someone who is interested in having a friend there ...I am from Pa. I would like to fly out on a Monday and return home Wed or Thurs. Or would like to talk with people going down the same time frame i am.. Thanks!!!!!!!

oh and Misty you look great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am green with envy!!!!! :welldoneclap:

Grace , I would go to this doctor ..Plastic Surgery Tijuana Mexico Baja California San Diego Center Dr. Gutierrez Romero’s, I dont know anyone who has gone to him ,but 1 of his things is he works with operation smile and being a nurse i am familar with that orginization and they have high standards for the doctors they let par take in this .... I hope this helps..... keep us posted ..