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I was thinking the same thing , how delicate they are . Makes me kinda of wonder or think harder about having fills under Flouro now ? Might be worth the extra money ? Mindy

Ok so im getting a bit antsy now . I wanted some advice . We are going to have the money for my surgery sometime in December. We are not 100% sure what time in Dec. But by the end of December we will have it. (We own our own company and are waiting for a job to finish in December then we will have the $) So here is my question. I know it might take some time for the pre op tests to get done . I am wanting to have my surgery the first part of Jan. Do you think it would be smart to schedule my consult mid December. ( with Christmas and the holidays might delay some tests ect.. ) I have money now for pre op testing and the consult visit. Then i'll knwo what i have to do and when i have money in hand all i have to do is schedule the surgery ? Does this make sense ? LOL Any advice woudl be great. Thanks Mindy

I was thinking along the same lines as you are. That it will make me feel like im moving towards the surgery . Keep me motivated over the holidays. I was eating lunch with someone the other day and i ordered a grilled chicken breast and veggies. She said ' GEEZ IF i were U i would be eating this bacon cheese burger " I told her " Why so i can make things harder on myself by having MORE Weight to loose ? " makes no sense to me to pig out just because i know im having surgery . SO i'm going to try to keep that attitude over the holidays. I for the most part know what my surgeon expects because i speak to him via email him alot. But it will be nice to see him and know what he's expecting ! Thanks for the reply . Mindy

WOW that is interesting. So is there one hold or several ? It looks like to me there is one in the back and several in the front ? Or vice Versa ? Do they know what caused it ? Mindy

I can tell you that something that has helped me alot and you might want to ask your doc about it. I am on wellbutrin for my migraines. That has helped ALOT this time around as far as cutting down the anxiety . But your almost over the hump. it mighht not feel like it but it does get better. Mindy

Im not a runner , but its something I have always wanted to do . ANd something I plan on doing once i looose some wt.(i'll be banded in December or Jan. ) My sister in law is a runner . She suggested that once im ready to do it that i hire someone even once to "teach" me how to run. She said that knowing how to run properly is essential to doing it and not getting hurt, getting the best results as well as endurance. If that's something you can do or if you know someone else who is a runner you might want to do that it will be benifical in the long run. Mindy

You have made it this far your through the worst ! . The cravings stop shortly I PROMISE . The first 2 weeks are the hardest. There was NO WAY I was going to cheat once i stopped because I didnt want to start withdrawls all over again . If you feel like smoking chew gum . Your cravings should get alot better any day now. Try not to think about it and find something else to do with your time. As someone who quit before and started ONce you quit DO NOT START AGAIN . it sucks to start again . Mindy

You should add another category to the poll. "Quit before surgery and Still do not smoke: LOL MIndy

I smoked for 15 yrs a pack to pack and half a day ( Im 31 now ) and once I knew I was getting banded ( im getting banded in December or January) I decided I was going to quit. I decided i was going to set a quit date. A friend of mine was a respitory therapist and she told me that smokers who quit with the help of the patch or smoking aid are more likely to remain non smokers. SO i set a quit date, one day i was walking through the grocery store picked up a box of nicoderm Patches and threw away my cigerettes on the way out of the store . I have NO IDEA what made me do that to this day lol . I decided before hand though that it would be better to quit and gain weight now than after surgery . The patches helped ALOT . I quit one other time when i was pregnant and it was HELL, i did it cold turkey as well. Im also on wellbutrin for migraines and I think that Helped ALOT too . SO long story short its been since September 19th since i have had a smoke . I no longer have the urge . I really enjoyed smoking . But I wont start again . I feel SO MUCH better now. I am not out of breathe as easy. And this is something that is funny . I use to be Hot ALL THE TIME . Now I am COLD . I always have socks and sweaters on now. ( I LIVE IN TEXAS TOO LOL ) SO If your not banded yet , even if you are I say quit. Email me privately if you need some support i know its rough. Mindy

The doc im going to use in the next month or so is GREAT. He's in Texas , San Antonio . He charges $12,000 for self pay . Includes surgeon, anesthesiologist, Lap Band and surgery center fees. Also includes Lap Band Fills, adjustments, and follow-up visits up to one year. http://www.saweightlosscenter.com/ I can give you the name /email of someone who had surgery with him less than a few months ago . He's really great. HTH Mindy

:clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2: I totally agree. Mindy

Now that I think about it , unless you plan on going back there, I wouldnt have any contact w/them anymore until you get into contact with someone . Either the Heatlh Dept, Medical Board or attorney ? Mindy

That all sounds promising . I hope everything goes well. I didnt take my mom to the seminar with me , im not sure how much of a difference it would have made or not ? Im glad your mom is coming around. I bet your dad will too. Good luck , keep us updated Mindy

I am going back to nursing school after my surgery is over and im "in the swing of things again " I LOVE watching surgeries on the discovery channel. The 2 surgeries I can NOT watch are Lipo and Face lifts! . OH and Ortho's espically knee's when theybring out the hammers and drills. Lipo is intense and the way you look afterwards. My friend could not stand up with out crying for several days. I felt SO bad for her! . I hope the girl does well also . I will have to read the people magzine article. Im glad she feels better about herself. The teen yrs are hard enough . Mindy

If I were you I would contact an attorney . I am betting ONE Of his patients if not more has had an infection from this ! . Look up the laws in your state for tape recording conversations. If its a one party State like Texas YOUR the only one that has to know its being recorded. IF you call that office again tape record it if its legal in your state. File complaints this guys NUTS ! . I would call the KS Dept of Health as well . Keep bugging the medical board until they do something, if they dont I would get his pts together and sue his ASS ! He's going to kill someone ! Mindy

Like others it was a long journey . But like someone else said it was a quick decision. I had been thinking about it for a few yrs . But didnt really think it was an option because of money . I would look into it if i saw something about it , read some info on it and think " boy that would be nice" . Then a friend told me about a friend of ours that had it done in Mexico and how much it cost. At that ( this )Point in time we can afford it. So i started looking into it again very hard. Talked to DH about it and said " Its a great idea but your NOT going to Mexico " . So i started cleaning houses to save the money , a job we got from our company took off and I quit all my cleaning jobs last week and I get to start my process next month!!!!!!!!!!!!. once i really looked into it it didnt take long for me to realize that I could do this and it was a great option for me. Mindy

My mom was against it at first too. She is accepting of it now and supportive of it now. But im some what ticked on how she came around. LOL . We see the same OB . I have seen her since i was 16 when i had my son , so my mom trusts her ALOT as do I . Of of my mom's first words when i told her about having surgery was " What does Dr B think about it ? I told her I dont know I havent told her yet. She told me " I would feel better if she oked it" I honestly think she thought she would be against it . WELL I Saw her last week , I told her I was going to have it and she stood up and clapped and said " GOOD FOR YOU GIRLY " LMAO I wasnt expecting THAT reaction but great. She said " I'm all for it I know how hard it is for some of my pts with PCOS to loose wt and i have lots who have done great with the band , I say go for it " . SO I tell my mom what she says , my mom says " OH OK I feel better about it now , So when are you having it done ? " She wouldnt say 2 words to me about it before. I understand wanting to get the " OK "from a doc but Does she think im an IDIOT and not going to make sure this is safe... ect ? PARENTS UGHH > Long story longer, ,,,, lol hang in there she might come around. Might not come around the way you hoped, or liked but she might come around ! Mindy

I took care of a friend of mine after she had her lipo done. She was black and blue from head to toe, looked like someone beat her with a baseball bat. Did you notice in the picture of the girl that her face was bandaged ? What part of her face being lipoed has to do with wt loss as a tool ? My friend who had it done by the same doc mind you ... also never had cellulite before she had lipo . Now she does. She only wanted her Thighs and tummy done. But the "fat sucker" Doc or what ever he's called talked her into geting her bra area, chin, inner thighs, butt and something else. Because he could only take out a "Certain"amount in one surgery , where the fat was sucked out fat will not redeposit back there.After a few pds gained back it deposits around the lipo instead and POOF ya got cellulite ! . And its looks BAD ! What is going to happen to this girl if THAT happens ? She's going to have something else to be self concious about . Then what ? MORE lipo to fix that ? UGHH Mindy

YEP , they have the polls in the schools DURING SCHOOL HOURS ! They also have them at Churchs, City Halls and Libraries as well as a few other places. There was an incident here in Austin (outside Austin actually ) where a Republican who ran against this one guy 4 YRS AGO got pissy about something and came to the polls ( a church) and punched the Democrat out. What if that was at a school ? Its so stupid to have the polls at the schools. There are enough churchs around have them there ! Mindy

HUMM looking up spastic colon symtpoms they are almost identiacal to what i have but are also almost identical to IBS Symptoms. I am not being treated right now for my "problem" because we dont have insurance. When we get it I probbaly need to look into it. I say IBS because my mom has it and my sysptoms are identiacal to hers. SO im not 100% sure. But my friend who is a nurse and also has IBS says it sure sounds like it. But i need to check into it Mindy

I think what scares me the most is a doctor #1 doing surgery on a child even though its not just this one doing it on this child. But more so is this doctor doing this surgery and saying its a weight Loss tool ? I think this is going down a slippery and dangerous slope. And its giving people #1 a false hope and #2 false intentions up front. I dont think its right. Mindy

I understand . I Just meant that sometimes we feel better if someone says " YES your right " I just had a bought with my IBS and I ate pizza today ( im not banded yet) something that has never bothered me before. So im not even sure what exactly it was the bothered me , the sauce , meat, bread? I Have no idea. Is it something in particular ? I knwo you said sweets, But can you pin point something like sweet yeast breads, chocholate ? I know when i have myIBS attacks I seriiously think im in labor and Its instant. Usually not as instant as this was today . But UGHH It sucks. Mindy

Kathy , I totally agree with you . I live in Austin and there was a "rumor" on one of the radio stations that Perry Paid Freidman to stay in the race ! Not sure how true it is but I wouldnt doubt it either. A friend of mine is a teacher and here in Austin in the past days there have been lots of talk about school safety due to arrests at a high school for an Attack that was "Thwarted" . My teacher friend was saying just what you are. If school safty is so important WHY ON EARTH would you allow ANyone in the world in schools on election day. She said that the voters were being allowed to walk all around the school and they just said ' OH im looking for the voting" FOLLOW THE SIGNS! . Im disappointed to see Perry back in office. He's nothing more than Bush's YA Boy . Mindy

She had 2 procedures because he couldnt " Safely" take out enough the first time . When my friend had lipo she said she could only take out so much out of one area at a time. I cant believe that this doc went on TV and said that he used lipo as a "weight loss tool" . Since Lipo isnt approved by the FDA he might be setting himself up for trouble later. I dunno. Its irresponsible on both parts. Mindy

ROFLMAO :heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh: MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL YODA Middle School. !!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL Mindy