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Good morning all! Karen I will keep you in my prayer. Know that you have a lot of people here when you need someone the listen. Good luck with the weight loss.

Good morning all!!! Monique I can't wait to see you. Carmen welcome! I think the band is just a tool the reminds us not to over eat but we have to do all the work and it's really hard. If you start snacking you could eat all day because the band can't stop you from small amounts of food and the calories will add up. I suggest you write everything you eat and count you calories. Yes I do feel like I am dieting all the time but I also realize that if I don't the scale will not go down. This is why we all need support from our family, friends and weight loss community! But it sounds like you are doing great so just keep up the good work. Lee I really wanted to go to the meeting but got back late from picking up my son from school. Thank you so much for the info in the next Wednesday meeting I will definitely try to make it there I hope many of you will because I think seeing each other will motivate all of us to do good in this journey we are traveling together.

Hi everyone it's been at least six months or more since I posted and I just want to reintroduce myself since I was never one to really write to much. I have never been a big writer sometimes I just don't know what to say. But when ever I had a chance would try to come on and at least check on everyone. While anyways I was Banded on 10/27/09 in Richmond by doctor Fisher. Pre-diet weight was 257 and the day of my surgery I weighted 227. I was doing really good but for the past 3 months I have hit the wall and I am staying at 170lbs:scared2:. I really need support and to take control of my my eating to be successful at this. I know how supportive all of you guys are so I am really going try to post more often and try to attended the meetings at Kaiser Richmond. If anyone has any other suggesters please give them to me:thumbup: . Thanks

Hi everyone Happy B-elated Mother's Day to all you moms. I have been eating so bad this past week that I need to promise myself to start this week off better. Tina glad you got your fill and are back good luck! I loved seeing some of you girls on the Wednesday support group everyone looks soooo great. Well everyone keep up the good work!!

Hi everyone. Happy Birthday Candra!! Just wanted to say HI to everyone. I hope to see some of you guys in the Kaiser Richmond meeting on Wednesday.

Hi everyone it's been months since I posted and I finally had a chance to read some old post. I am really happy to say that since I got an unfill in the end of February I went in On Monday and finally got a fill. I went to the Kaiser meeting last Wednesday and was the only lap-band® person there. As a get farther along my weight journey I feel that I need more support to lose the weight. I have lost 50lbs post-op in 6 months which I know is really great but I still need more. I will try to post more offend and read more post. I hope I see some of you guys in the next meeting at Kaiser. Beverley said we can have a clothes swap as long as we take our clothes back that no body wants. Well I wish everyone luck in your journey!!!!!:redface:

Hi everyone Tina I am sorry you are having this problem! I agree with you in some points you make. I just went in on Monday and needed to get an unfill. I am only 4 months post-op and Dr. Fisher had given me 2 fills. Only 1cc the first time to give me a total of 5cc. The second time he gave me 1 more cc for a total of 6cc. When I tried to have soft food on the 3rd day it wouldn't good down. I stayed like that for 1 month until Dr. Fisher told me to come for an unfill. I was hoping only 1/2cc or 1cc at the most would come out and he said no. "Half of all my liquid needed to come out". He made it sound like I told Robin something wrong or lied the last time I went in to get that fill and that was wrong! I have been losing weight really good and now I only have 3cc that is less then when I came out of surgery at 4cc. I don't understand why he had to take all that out. He wants me to lose about 15 pounds before I can get a fill. I am at 188 that means I have to be at about 170. I have lost about 40 pounds post-op. I fell that I should have had the choice of how much should have been taken out. Know i am worried that I will have the same problem as Tina. Only time will tell.

Hi everyone Finally e-mailed Dr. Fisher and I am going in on Monday for am unfilled. I am really excited about that because I was starting to eat slider and not what I should be eating so I wasn't losing weight. Glad to see everyone is doing great!!!

HI everyone. *John I met u in the hospital last Wednesday and I am very glad you are doing well and losing weight. * I think I am going to try to get a unfill because anything too solid I eat I end up vomiting and all i am eating is bad carbs.

Hi everyone I promised the girl on Wednesday meeting that I would try to post more often even just to say hi:w00t:. So I will introduce myself again for anyone that doesn't know me. I just got banded on Oct.26,2010 by Dr. Fisher. So far I have gotten 2 fills and have lost a total of 70lbs. 40 post-op and 30 pre-op. I fell great but I do think that I am overfilled at this point. Even an egg in the morning might not go down. I think I have too much in my band I already have 6cc's I felt great at 5cc and was still losing weight but now i am always vomiting and what I could keep down is bad food that is not letting me lose weight. I would love to hear any advise.

Hi everyone! Monique I am sorry that you are in band hell that is the same way I felt. I didn't even think I was going to get a fill since most told me it would be until 3 months but Dr. Fisher just said lets do a fill and I said YES!!! I had 4cc in my band already and he add 1 more. I know feel that when I eat to much a feeling in my chest and that tell me to stop.

Hi everyone! I really liked meeting some of you on the Tuesday meeting at Kaiser Richmond. I finally had an appointment with Doctor Fisher on Friday. He was very happy on my weight loss so far 21 pounds seven weeks post up and he also gave me a FILL! I could not believe it. So now he said that I have 5cc. I also weight myself today and I am 2 pounds away to being in Onderland:thumbup:, I have not been under 200 pounds in over 10 years!!! I will keep you guys posted when I get there.

Hi everyone sorry i hadn't posted in a long time. I just really need to ask some questions and hope you guys can help me. I had surgery on October 26 and about to be almost 7 weeks post-op but Dr. Fisher keeps canceling my post-op appointment. So far he has canceled 3 times had that is really annoying:cursing:! I was told that after surgery you are supposed to been seen 4 to 6 weeks post op but I don't even know when he will see me now. Has this happen to any one else? Is this my surgeon fault or does Kaiser Bariatric dept. do this a lot to other patients? I don't know if I should change my surgeon. Also I had a question about fills. About how long after surgery do you usually get your first fill:bored:? Well thanks to everyone that writes back and I hope everyone is doing well!!!!!

Heather- I am sorry about what happen to you but if you think you are doing well keep up the good work and the scale will show you that next week. You have done such a good job so far!!:thumbup: Pat- I was really scared about getting the weight loss surgery and to me LAP-BAND®® made sense. I don't mind doing the fills because I feel like that keeps me on track but also I am only turning 30 and the thought of never having even a bite of something with sugar because of dumping syndrome was not OK. I feel like if something goes wrong i can have band removed but nothing can be done about what the changes your body goes through with the RYN. I feel like the work to loss weight might be harder but I am so determined to lose the weight. I don't know how to post a ticker but here are my updates orientation 7/27/09- 257lbs goal weight-235 lbs surgery date 10/27/09-227lbs current weight- 212 lbs Hope to be in onderland soon!!!!:drool:

Hi everyone! Just wanted to know if any one is going to the support group in the Kaiser Richmond tonight?

Hi everyone! I feel much better today! I rested all day yesterday just took little walks. I am really happy to have all of you to talk to and get advise. I hope i too can be helpful when the times comes!:sad:

Hi everyone! I woke up this morning feeling good and decided to go with my husband to talk our little girl to a doctors appointment. This was my first day of modified liquids so I had 1/4 c. of yogurt and went on my way. We got to the kaiser and parked and took her in. Well maybe about 1/2 hour later while the doctor was talking to us about my daughter I started to feel really hot so I took my coat off and than I felt like I need to through up. My daughter's doctor saw my face and asked me to sit down. I felt week in my legs and almost fainted:eek:. I had to lay on my husband and have wash clothes on my face until I regain so color in my face. It was really scary! I don't know why that happened but if I stay up too long or walk to much I feel week. Did this happen to you guys too from not eating anything but liquids?:sad:

Hi everyone it's official I got banded Yesterday! Dr. Fisher was great! No gas pains, just pain on my incisions. Over all I feel good. Slept all day yesterday just got up to do some walking and so far so good. I am happy in this new point in my journey that has just began.

I am going to be banded October 27

Monique I am glad everything went well :0)!!! I am getting banded next Tuesday by Dr. Fisher as well, any advise u may have for me? Well I hope you get all the rest u may need and take care.

Thanks everyone! At least i know that I am not the only one here having Dr. Fisher.I am really worried about the GAS:eek: pains so I hope having Dr. Fisher help. Jess we did meet at the meeting last week. Thanks :thumbup:for telling me about this site all of you guys seem like great people.

Hi everyone! I was looking into the comments that people have made of their doctors and it seems like there is really good ones on Dr. Baggs but none on Dr. Fisher who is going to be my surgeon. I don't know if anyone has had any experience with him? Dr. Fisher seemed very nice but I really liked the comments on Dr. Baggs and his personality.

Hi everyone. I am about to get banded on Oct.27 and I am freaking out. I am excited and scared all at the same time. I tell myself that these feelings are normal but as the date gets closer I can't help but keep having these feelings:scared2:. Wish me luck. I will also like any advice anyone has:blink:.