Agnes

"Success=working with the band!" This is what everyone says! Making sure you follow the rules and the diet, eat healthy, make the right choices....etc. My question is..has anyone ever followed the diet, the rules, made the best choices..etc... AND STILL have not seen results? I plan on making this band work for me and working with the band! Busting my butt in the gym & continue to make healthy choices, cut out stachy carbs..etc. I want to have the BEST success possible! I guess I am afraid that I will be dont everything right and not seeing results. :thumbup:

Everyone on here is SO great! THANK YOU for all your responses! Erick is my best friend, and i really DO NOT know how I would get through this without him!!

* My surgery is on a Wednesday and I will be leaving on Friday.

Just wondering, From my understanding, I will be on NO Solids for 28 days... (Clear liquids week 1) Do many people see loss during this time? or do you expect to see more loss after the first fill? I am assuming, i will lost Water weight.. Just curious was people's experiences were the first month? :thumbup:

July 8! i cant wait!!

Ok well this is the husband, the VERY supportive husband...well my wife is planning on getting the Lap Band in the next few weeks in TJ, by Dr. Ortiz. I have heard that he has done a great job from what I have read on here. My question is this. After the surgery what should we look for...meaning! 1) Will she miss any work after there surgery. 2) How often would she have to get the band refilled? 3) Diet, How hard is it to get used to it. Understand you cant eat food for 21 days. I could go on and on but understand this is a lifestyle change and before we go through with this I need to make sure she understands what she is getting into. Thank you for your inputs Erick

This is "the wife"..THANK YOU for that! That was sweet and so kind if you to take the time to type all that! (i am a huge rambler! so no worries!) I am VERYY lucky to have him and couldnt do this w/o him!

ok i see..rockville.. duh.. if you can give me your opinion on Dr. Brinkley, I greatly appreciate it!!! thanks!!

Hey Bellasmom! First...where in Mexico? OCC?? Second...can you tell me how you like Dr. Brinkley? Does she have alot of experience? where in Md are you? I am in Elkridge (Howard County)

* Hello! I will be getting banded 7/8/09...and have been calling EVERYWHERE to find a doctor that will see me after.... (sucks that most wont if you were banded outside the US!) Anywhoo.... My contact at OCC in Mexico and gave me a listing of a few that DO take patients that were banded in Mexico and Susan Brinkley, MD 301-668-2800 IS one of them. I called and there is NO initial fee (which most do) and a fill is $200 and an unfill is $150. Dr. Barry Green, 9707 Medical Center Drive #200, Rockville, MD 20850 www.advancedwls.com I called there yesterday...and there is a $210 one time fee, plus $150 for fills and unfills I havent called this one yet, but this is the info I got from OCC: Dr. David Von Rueden, Catonsville, MD - 410-368-3003 - $775 program fee, $250 fill, xray is available (A tad pricey for me since I am self-pay, but he does use xray..) Hope that helps!!! Good Luck!! Agnes

Alex I could not agreemore but HH and Wasa are only speaking there mind cause they were sticking up for a new member (agnes) Top Tier took it upon her self to be rude and hurtful for no reason. In anycase I hope her banding went ok and she recovers fully Take Care, Erick

Makes sense :thumbup: No I am not backing out! I am gonna make it work!!

Can i ask you guys how much you have lost during the liquid/mushy stage (until the first fill?)

thanks everyone!

First of all CONGRATS!!! I get banded on July 8th, super-exciting knowing about all the gas and watery poop I will be having! LOL

haha fat and rich! I can pay to get skinny! LOL

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Yeah, that makes sense! THANKS FOR REPLYING! I a perfect world I will be one of those people that only needs a fill a couple times in a year, LOL I wish! I am self pay, so that can get pricey if I need frequent fills. I just get scared, bc I read (on here, so not sure if its 100% fact) that you can tear your band if its too tight? and a tooo tight band cant be good, right?

bump... I havent been banded yet, so unfortunately I cant answer... but i pray that everything is ok! Can someone help her?!

you lost 30 pounds!! you are doing great!!!

Thanks for the heads up!! I am staying at the other hotel, so i will see if they have some yummy broth. yeah, I think the office told me that anything I have should be included (not like I am gonna be eating a buffet or anything! LOL) I keep the popsicles in mind! THANKS!!

July 8th here! ..heading to Mexico with Dr. Ortiz!! (self pay) I am not fat enough (the irony):thumbup: for my insurance to cover me... I am at 31.4 BMI (I am only 5'1 and was horrified to see that I am technically 'obese')..esp when i was a SIZE 4 on my wedding day... I am VERY excited:thumbup:, but still have SOOO many questions running through my head...esp after reading different threads on this site and others...:biggrin: Some say they are so many weeks, even months post op and havent seen much success...that's tad scary to me! I have done EVERYTHING to lose the weight that i regained and nothing ...thats when i decided to research Lapband... I know it'll be HUGE adjustment..however the way I see it, if I am putting the $ into it...i better see some major results!! My husband has been SOOOO supportive. (he met me at 175lbs and I married him at 133lbs...regained back and now am at 166lbs and its killing me!) he doesnt care...he just wants me to be happy and I am far from happy. i cry alone, throw tantrums in my closet, dont feel like going out b/c "i have nothing to wear.."....well...you all know the feeling I am sure. So after TONS of research and deciding...i AM gonna do this! It was a weight lifted off my shoulders to see ow supportive Erick (hubby) was. "i just want you to be happy", he says... and i know that getting to your goal weight will do that..":tt1: but the LAST thing i want is for him to regret putting us further in debt b/c it didnt work.. PLEASE SOMEONE REASSURE ME THAT THIS IS GONNA WORK!! I know that you HAVE to follow the diet, and i am assuming that the people complaining are the ones eating icecream all day long and wondering why the scale isnt budging! LOL I am not doing this for nothing! I know there will be sacrafice and there are foods that i will just have to give up (or they are gonna come back up! lol) I have approx 50-55 pounds to lose? realistically, does anyone know fast or slow this process is? I mean, it HAS to be faster the dieting alone, right? and these refills.... why do i see people getting filled so often? Is it the more weight you drop, the more you have to fill? July 8th cant come fast enough!! I am ready for my life to change FOREVER!!!:w00t: Sorry for the novel.... :eek: Agnes