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i had my surgery on 2/16/08. i am so happy i did this i could cry. i actually feel hopeful about myself for the first time in a long time. i started at 223 it caused alot of problems. high bld prssr, severe arthritis and very painful carpal tunnel syndrome. well guess what, in the last 2 days my hands are pain free and no more numbness. i have lost about 13 pounds and it has taken the pressure off my median nerve. if anyone wants to hear my story just pm me. good luck.

it is all about your insurance. as long as you have a significant history of being obese and attempting weight loss that is what they usually look at. I started at 5'6 223 and was one month post partum when i saw my pcp for lap banding. i did EVERYTHING they told me. i wrote a two page letter listing every year for the last 25 years how i was losing and gaining (one year i was 160 the next year i was 210) i never missed an appt. i would lose or gain 2 pounds (on purpose) during my 6 month "diet" if you go to your surgeon and you are 160 pounds (even though you started at 200+) he won't do surgery on you. just stay the way u are and do everything they ask. (i had high blood pressure and high cholesterol to qualify)

i get so many compliments on this that i have to keep making it i actually cook my spaghetti sauce all day in the crock pot 1 jar of traditional ragu 1-2 large can of tomatoe sauce 1 tiny can of paste 6 uncooked italian sausage (whole) couple quick pours of balsamic vinagar bay leaf salt pepper sugar and oregano/basil seasoning(eyeball it) **i brown about a pound of ground beef/one onion/fresh garlic/dash of red wine/salt and pepper on the stove and add it first to the crock pot then i add everything else and simmer all day on low the meats add so much flavor you can make this on the stove too

hi all, i was finally banded on the 16th. im doing "ok". i feel like was kicked in the stomach. and my belly is round and distended. i just can't imagine eating anything. i have only had a bite of jello and a gatorade in 3 days. so when will i get my hunger back?

the preop diet is hard but u will do it because it's for surgery. i am glad i did it because i think i would have gone into shock from what i used to eat and now banded. just to let u know i did go out 2 nights before surgery and have a huge cheeseburger loaded with everything and never told. the surgeon said surgery was absolutely perfect and my liver was completely normal. (by the way that was the best cheeseburger i have ever had)

yeh youre right. don't you feel like u have weird stuff going on in you're stomach? my incisions hardly hurt. it's the internal pain that is bothering me and my chest and back hurt. i took an aleve and boy did it help.

congrats to u, wow 50 pounds is awesome. i am only supposed to have food w/pudding consistancy for the first 2 weeks. anyone have any of their favorite food ideas for me. thanks

don't feel bad. you have an addiction to food like the rest of us. food=comfort. so i am being banded tomorrow and i feel sad tonight. i think it's because i have been on a strict diet for 2 weeks and i hate every minute of it. i break it more and more as each day approaches. i went out on friday to Cheeseburger in Paradise and had a big burger and it was everything i could have ever imagined. i swear i think i saw fireworks when i took my first bite. im just going to take it day by day and do my best. hang in there.

awesome post. congratulations!!! onederland is right around the corner for u.:thumbdown:

sorry that was radaronline.com

the grandmother gave an interview to radar.com and she said that he octomom has been gone from the 6 kids for 2 months. the house is filthy and they are living in 2 rooms. the grandma is po'd.

im on the preop diet now 7 days and im starved. i feel foggy and weird all the time. i HAVE NOT cheated at all, but i think i am going to have a fresh cheeseburger w/onions, mushrooms, mayo lettuce and tomato and pickles about 2 nights before the surgery because that is what i am craving and i may not ever be able to eat that again. it's not going to screw up my surgery. im still thinking (or should i say dreaming) about it...im starving

ive been on the low kcal diet for 5 days now and i really do feel better below the neck. my head feels like it's in a fish bowl. i feel woozy and lightheaded. waiting for it to goaway and not come back. how bout yall's

the nurse is right but she or the doc still hav to examine you. im sure your surgeon would want to see u right away if he hears about this complaint. u should call again when they are open.

today is my 4th day and this is probably the first time in 40 years i haven't cheated on a diet. it is gettin easier. yesterday i had: protein shake hand full of carrots 5 slices of turkey weight watchers yogurt apple lean cuisine fat free/sugar free pudding pretty good for someone that was eating about 3500 kcals a day.

i know my surgeon likes to keep people overnight because he said so many people have sleep apnea, but i have big healthy lungs. i have more ANXIETY about having to stay in the hospital than i do about the surgery. i have kids and i NEVER leave my 8 month old. i cry at the thought of he and i being apart for that long:confused:

you're not crazy for feeling that sensation. ur body is amazing and doing it's job. people (women more) know their bodies. off topic, but i can actually feel around time of day my egg ovulates each month. i am being banded in a week and a half so i am trying to wrap my brain around all the stuff that i read.(i have a question) when you say that ur food is stuck, is that the same feeling everyone(non lapbanders) gets very rarely when u swallow a peice of steak wrong and its burning intense pain in the center top of your chest?

hi i am being banding on the 16th. been working on this since july 08. i am absolutely terrified. i can't even imagine how scary it would be to have to go to a foreign county and have an operation. i know that for the right amount of money u will get a good doc. would u have to stay in a mexican hospital if the doc wanted to keep u overnight? i wish u soo much luck. did anyone start their diet yet? i did yesterday and i am starving. i can't even think straight i am so hungry.

sorry, i had to reread his blog. im confused about whatever it is he had done. i guess he is saying that people were reporting wrong he didn't have lapband. my bad:rolleyes: i think he does look much healthier than before his wls.

i read that al roker had lapbanding in usweekly, people mag and 48 hours investigates. i read @ roker.com that he had a lapband.

im an rn and i have worked icu and med/surg. u better start to make habits now. u bring a water bottle and put ur name on it and u leave it in the break room and u go drink it when ever u damn well please. u can set ur cell phone to vibrate if u need reminders. u need to eat a lunch but u won't get a full 30 mins. just go in eat and get back to the unit. in nursing if u take a full break they will think ur lazy, if u miss a lunch they will think u r ineffective. just fly below the radar and u will be fine.

i actually am weird and have researched stars that have lapbanding and bipass. al roker had lap banding and lost 120 lbs and gained back 20-30 to date. he admitted he was eating too much. carnie had bipass like 4-5 years ago and was 300 pounds at surgery and got down to like 140sh. she was over 200 after giving birth and admitted to stuffing herself. she was on oprah a few weeks ago and is now down to 160 or 170 and pregnant again. she never gained all the weight back but still struggles w/a severe food addiction sharon osborne had lapbanding 7 or so years ago and weighed 250 at surgery. she lost 125 pounds. for some reason she wanted her band removed last year. she did have it removed and i have notice on her show that she is gaining wt i think randy jackson looks great compared to what he used to look like. not too big/not too skinny.

i am an rn and listen to patients carefully over the years. 100% of all people that have had wls i have dealt w/are happy they did it. but i am having banding because i am starting to see the people w/bipass and sleaves gain the weigt back and it scares me. i know w/the band nothing is being permanently cut. i also have issues w/food and the band is going to be my "tool" to help. ideally i wish that i could just get my wt under control and not have to have any surgery, but i just can't (been trying for 30 years)two weeks till banding and im not looking back.

anybody have to go on lovenox shots before/after lap band surgery?

gosh this post really made me depressed. i am being banded in 2 weeks and now i wonder if i am making a mistake. i just can't imagine going through all this and not losing one pound.:bored: