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I was a year Sept 7th and have only lost 50lbs. I say only 50, but 50 is better than none. I am disappointed in my loss, especially when a close friend of mine had it done end of June this year and already has lost 47lbs. She did start with a full band though. Congrats to all of you who lost 100+ pounds so far!! What an accomplishment! I think any weight loss is better than a weight gain. I already have 11cc in a 14cc band. I am thinking I should have went with the bypass. I was against it when I went to the Dr to begin my weight loss journey, but now have regrets about my decision. I want to see what my options are for a revision surgery, but not sure if insurance will cover it now that my BMI is lower than requirement level. If I can't get a revision then I will have to be happy with what I have. My Dr said your first year is the best year..hopefully I can prove him wrong!

I made it through 2 big birthday parties back to back this weekend! I have to admit it was hard watching others eat, but I brought my protien shakes, which are chocolate, and I drank while they ate cake and ice cream!

Thanks pooky032281 for your response. I wasn't sure if that was something I should bother him with. I will give the service a call and see what they say tomorrow. It still seems tender and I guess he used a marker because I see some dark areas, but not sure if I should be concerned about it.

I was wondering what your doctor told you to do with your incision site after surgery? I was banded on 9/7/10 and I am not sure when my dr said to remove the liquid bandage..or it appears to be a liquid bandage...site is sore still and swollen. I was pretty drugged up when he told me what to do and I can't find it written down on my discharge paperwork. Of course the dr's office is closed and it's the weekend. Thanks, Sandy

My Dr did the one port hidden in the bellybutton just like Brian's Dr. Today is day 2 postop and I can't wait to get off this clear liquid diet. My biggest craving is for milk which I can have starting tomorrow. Tomorrow I begin full liquids.

Hello everyone. Surgery was today and I was home by 5pm. Sore and I have pressure in my chest/stomach area...I think its the gas pressure I head others talk about. I had to do barrium swallow test before I could leave and that stuff tasted horrible! I have one port hole which is inside my bellybutton. If wasn't for gas pain..I think I would be quite well...but we shall see tomorrow how it goes! Think I will sleep setting up tonight. Having trouble getting all the fluids in this evening.

Thanks for your support and wishes! Surgery is less than 10hrs away. Time for sleep now. Thanks again!

Tomorrow begins my clear liquid diet. Went to the store and bought liquid vitamins, but not sure what to do about the iron supplements because all that I saw were in pill form. Also, I had a toothache about 2 weeks ago and went to the dentist and found out I have a cracked tooth below gum line. He put me on amoxicillin for 7 days and the pain went away. He said he would put a refill on it in case I need one. He wanted to wait until after my surgery to extract the tooth, then implant. Thursday night the tooth began to ache again and I started the amoxicillin right away. Now I am wondering if I can still go forward with my surgery on 9/7/10..... I REALLY don't want to have to reschedule it....I called the pharmacy and the pharmacist said I can still be on amoxicillin and have surgery. :-(

Well I had my preop done today, just need to get my bloodwork done. I am a little concerned as last Friday I developed a toothache and dentist put me on penicilln now. Praying it doesn't change my surgery date! I have to say I am looking forward to the time off from work also!

I had my final appt with the dr yesterday and she told me that my insurance approved the surgery!! Fantastic!! Now I can begin getting excited about it!

Hi everyone! I have a surgery date of 9/7/10. Now waiting to see if my insurance will approve it. I have a BMI of 41 and Carefirst BCBS of MD. I also had to do the 6 month nutritionist visits.

Hi, I also was given a surgery date before submitting for insurance approval. I have a surgery date of 9/7/10 at this point. I had to do the 6 months of nutrition visits prior to insurance review.