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I just found a website that says that grape juice and cranberry juice both count as clear liquids because they have no pulp. If you water them down, you can see through it. My doctor didn't specify particular types, but I have seen that some people say that you can't have red stuff. I hope I can because all I bought for these two days was grape juice, pomegranant (sp) juice and cranberry juice. General consensus?

This was really great and detailed information. I am pre-surgery, but hope to need this some day!

Hi there Everyone! I have just decided to get the band after thinking about it for years. I just can't go on another diet where I will gain all of the weight back. I am 38 years old and have a life to live that hopefully will include doing sports with my family, (outside of my house!), swimming in front of others without shame and playing with my kids. I just had my sleep study last night, so am groggy and relatively unpleasant right now, but that will pass eventually! I have my psyche eval on Weds and then my nutrition and initial consult on Jan 15th. I am moving to Puerto Rico, so I wanted to get the surgery done before I leave for there. Thank you all for continuing to post on this site. Information is my best cure for worry. I look forward to being a big loser with the rest of you. :tongue2:

I am at at 41.5 or something and am also quite short. I think if you go back to when you were a kid and then note down all of your serious attempts to lose weight and how much you lost, you can use this as part of your "evidence" to support your claim. If you are pre-diabetic or have sleep apnea, these are co-morbidities and they will often approve people who aren't over BMI 40. Or, if you are close, eat your last few doughnuts, drink a bunch of water and wear heavy clothes to your first surgeon visit. You might get above 40 that way and then there shouldn't be any complaining from the ins. Company. Good luck. I'd love to hear what happens. Keep in touch.

Hola, I will be moving to Ponce, PR in a few months. How close is Cayey to Ponce? I copied the phone number down. I am getting my surgery this month or early next (no date yet). I will have to return to Seattle to sell our home and then we are off to PR after that. I am so excited for both the surgery and the move. I won't be able to enjoy near as much of that wonderful Puerto Rican food, but I would rather be enjoying the salsa and wearing small clothes. Someone in weight watchers once said "No food tastes as good as thin feels!"

I pray your surgery went well. I just got the results of my sleep study. I didn't even understand why I had to get the thing done, and it turns out that I actually have mild sleep apnea. I stop breathing about 11 times an hour for roughly 25 seconds a time. My longest was 34 seconds! I didn't even know that I did it! They said I have to go back again next week. YUCK!! Maybe after I am banded and lose weight, I won't have that problem anymore. I guess the next appointment is for a cpap machine or something. My DH said that he wasn't sure he wanted to share a room with Darth Vader! Oh great! I took an AWESOME nap this afternoon and feel a lot better tonight. I have my psyche exam tomorrow. I guess there isn't testing, just an expensive interview. ($250). I will try to submit to insurance after the fact.