jorja78

Well all I have heard about is crushing HARD pills ..there has not been one mention of gel caps...after all isnt this a forum to learn from? You only get the answer if you ask them RIGHT??? So excuse me for asking a question. I have read on other forums where people are doing things totally different in other regions.,

good luck to everyone being banded. I got mine done on the 13th ..feeling pretty tender and I was wondering- taking a gel cap Advil bad for you? All my Dr gave to me for a prescription was demerol and i find that it never takes pain away just puts me to sleep.

i'm so miserable right now..having bad sleeps cant get comfy!!! where my port is is EXTREMELY sensitive..this is going to be quite an adjustment...How long before everyone was feeling normal again after the surgery??

what happened to your port?

really? it sounded like they gave everyone supplements and vitamins

unfortunatly i'm 9 hrs away from my clinic. I am feeling pretty sore today..just below my ribs are some good size brusies and one of my gauze pads is totally full of blood..I dont have anything to replace it with. laying down and getting up is the worst right now. I have decided to not use pain killers only because they prescibed demerol and all that does for me is put me to sleep. hopefully tomorrow is much better for my drive home. Congrats MAry on your bandiversary!! how you liking it?

I was banded yesterday and they told me three years. The care I got was good. althoughI did feel like I was another number in a way. For all the screwups and misinformation, they gave me supposedly $500 worth of metagenics but honestly it doesnt look like that. There was only two bags. What has everyone else recieved from TLBC?

I'm so nervous... I have my sister sending me every horror story possible about weight loss surgeries on the net. grrrr..this is something I dont need to hear when I'm going in tomorrow for surgery! I cant remember what TLBC told me about the fills. I will ask again tomorrow.

I'm wishing all you November bandsters a happy and safe surgery!!

i am being banded on the 13th yay!! scared as hell tho'

thanks so much Doddie!! yeah I feel pretty safe with him. I have heard nothing but good about him.

Well I got a hold of Greg today and he said he will deduct the cost of the hotel from my overall cost..so thats great!! He did say with the reduction in price that is one of the downfalls now with TLBC. But since they did tell me that they would cover it they are going to follow thru. YIPEE! I am staying at the Days hotel..anyone know if its a nice place or should I go to the Holiday Inn? I was also freaking out that my Metagenics never came in ..I guess there was a mistake and a back order for it so I'm late getting it...but they are aware of it and they assured me it will be in by friday....whoo...this is all too stressful.

Very interesting.....I have talked with another lady who is going in 8 days after me to get her band and shes paying ($16K like me) and they are covering her hotel costs.

OK can someone PLEASE tell me if I'm getting screwed around by TLBC. I was originally told they would cover my hotel costs and now that TLBC lowered their prices by $2000.00 due to the economy..they say they wont cover my hotel now. I thought I was also told that they will be sending me my liquid pre-op supplement as well as vitamins in the mail. Now they are saying no the supplement is one I have to make myself. Just confused..can anyone help me with this one?

Thanks Peaches!! You look great! I do have one question...last month I had my ACL repaired and I'm still taking T3's for the pain...is that going to create a problem for the surgery..should I stop taking them and deal with the pain ? I'm so excited for this!!! The MOST AMZING thing has happened...my brain has started to think of me thin again. I have been having wonderful dreams and in them I am skinny!! I havent dreamt of that in a long time...well since I was skinny.lol

Hi everyone..I have been going through and learning lots of info on here and finally decided to create an account on here so I can chat with people. The only thing thats holding me back right now from the surgery is the money. Here in Ontario is costs $18,000 so I'm selling my precious brand new snowmachine to get this done. It will be worth it. My whole life I have been overweight and yo-yo'd always. Just last year I had a motorcycle accident and now my knee is all buggered up and exercise is limited and I feel this my only hope to get the one thing I've always dreamed for. Anyways I cant wait to get to know many of you and learn as much as I can before I get this done. Debbie

I wonder why my ticker counter is going backwards?

wow we are going to be one day apart! I'm getting nervous because i still havent got my pre-op diet sent to me yet and I have 8 more days to go. I'm so done with the fat clothes...I'm having a "burn fatty pants party" I think!! haha. I dont have many outfits to wear anymore that are actually comfortable. I priced out Lapband in Traverse City MI and it was 18K plus they had meeting after meeting and they were really choosy on who gets to get it done.

I will definatly look into actagall!! I'm going to see about anti-naseau patch as well, just in case I get that nasty flu bug this season. Congrats on your weight loss thats amazing!! I just did my blood work and EKG yesterday so I'm on my way...not looking forward to this liquid diet. So I thinkI'm overindulging now before the start of this diet lol

is that common to get pain in your shoulder>? Plus I'm nine days away from surgery and I need to know what I'm too expect.