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I just used a local company that supplies medical equipment and supplies to manufacturing facilities for their on site med units.I dont remember the name offhand but if you cant find one, I will get the name. It only cost me aout $ 150.00 for 100 10cc syringes 100 huber needles and 20 10 cc vials of saline and it is legal without a prescription.

Hello there. Sorry I didn't get back to you. I didn't even know I had any messages on here. Doing great! Down 40 lbs since starting journey and down 10 lbs since surgery, 10.2.08 How about you

Hey ya'll! My name is Mary, but I am better known as Mommy or "The Cake Lady"! I make professional wedding cakes..well, any occasion really! I just got my lapband on 10-01-2008. I started out at 243 pounds, 5'7" tall. I have high blood pressure and Hypothyroidism. My Dr. is Dr. Scott Bovard, (SUCH a cutie) from Wake Forest North Carolina. I found him on the internet. The staff in his practice are super nice and I love them! They are more like good friends than just receptionists. Cassie is the best! My husband is Eric, a Marine. Although he is no longer active duty (Thank you God...) the lifestyle remains. You know what they say, Semper Fi! Eric still gets the same haircut, he likes things in their place and is very prompt and expects greatness from everything, and it is hard for him to accept any thing less! We have been married since January 04, 2005. Together we have two babies, Benjamin (2) and Katelyn (1). I have a daughter from my first marriage, Avery (6) and he has a daughter Gabrielle (6) from before I met him. Literally, a one night stand...he met a girl one night at a bar when he was in the Marine Corps and well...one thing lead to another, never saw her again until she told him she had his child! DNA proved it ...such luck! Gabi lives with her mother in Maine, it is so pretty up there! We live in Virginia. Emporia Virginia is so small. But, it's home! I grew up here for the most part, I did go to high school in CA. My father lives there. But, I moved back here after school and joined the Navy (where I met my first husband). After my divorce from my first husband, I came back to Emporia and lived with my mom. Then, when I met Eric we moved to Louisiana, then Kentucky (where Eric is from) and then again back here to Emporia. My mother died in 2006, and I inherited her house here. It's very nice, we just built a new screened porch and laundry room. Well, anywho....enough about me!

Hi slowmover!! Well things are going well. I get my first fill on Oct. 6th. I basically went through my recovery alone because my husband went out of town that night and I had to take care of the kids. (forget the medal...give me a spa vacation!!). I didn't tell anyone else about the surgery, so I couldn't lean on them afterwords. But the recovery went really well...no gas pains, no shoulder pains, it was really easy compared to my c-section surgeries (I've had 3). I'm just looking forward to losing weight. I have lost 10 pounds so far...but nothing in the last week. So I can't wait for a fill!!

hi anjie, nice to meet you. like your pink flower pic! i got my band on 6/10/08 and have lost 37.5 lbs (including pre-op weight loss). slow going really but at least the scale is going down! pretty used to the band by now and haven't had much trouble with it at all! hope you are well!

Whaawaweewa! LOL! You look really great! Congrats on your progress. Keep up the good work. I will be banded 10/15. Can't wait!

Yes, 10/14 is not too far away! I am really excited.

10 days to go woooooooooo hoooooo!!! lol xxx

Girl you do not look 31! Congrats on your progress. I will be banded 10/05 and I can't wait. BTW, I am from TX too!

Yes! I know I am down to 19 more days...I have lost 8lbs, it has not been easy though. I am taking it one meal at a time!

Oh, I love your doxie! I have one too..Bimini

Hello everyone....I am waiting for approval for procedure and i was told I have to stop smoking and lose 10-15 pounds before surgery....i am struggling....any tips.?

Hi Magaines,

I am very interested in your journey. My situation seems to be similar to yours. My last weigh in was 196.5 with BMI of 35.2. I just received my insurance approval and my surgery is scheduled for 10/14/08. What I am experiencing is a bit of fear mixed with excitement. There are a few people that I have not told that I am approved and scheduled because I know they will try to talk me out of doing this and/or tell me I should do this or that. Did you have people try to discourage you from having the surgery? If so, how did you handle it?

I was banded 10/3/07

Hello!! I was banded 10 days ago.

Hi, I got my surgery 10/23/07 but I started out at a size 22 and I'm down to a size 10. I weight now 153 lbs and I can't wait to get to 125 lbs. Keep up the great work!

Do you have alot of weight to lose? I started at 273 and I have lost 26 pounds so far. I hope to lose the 10 pounds they want me to lose and another 10 or so before Christmas. It will be awsome.

I'm going to go to as many support group meeting they have at first. I love these boards to see how people are feeling and whats working for them. It's been nice to see what foods have pro & cons too.

My mother in law went to Mexico this summer. She's lost about 30 pounds but is still eating everything and says she's not full. I think she needs another fill. She doesn't have doctors to really follow her and give support like we will. Good luck next week.

Hi Ara. I was reading your blog(October Odyssey) and saw that you had swelled feet and ankles but now don't. I had the exact same problem and thought I was alone. When I see before/after pics, I always look at the ankles. Seems they are NEVER big in either pic,lol. Anyway, that is what grabbed my attention with you. We are also the same age. I got banded 10/27 and started out 424 lbs(yuck!!)I am down to 399 and although that is a tremondous amount, I feel very good about all of this and just know I am finally on the right track with my life. I wish you the best and hope we can stay in contact.

i was banded on 10-31-08 i did 5 days of liquid then my dr.told me to introduce ground up food.tuna eggs,applesauce chicken any thing that i could puree

I'm turning 50 in August, married 25 years in September and have a 19 yo daughter and 14 yo son. Have tried loosing weight three previous time (Jenny Craig, Hypnosis and finally a medically supervised program at Camino Medical Group. In each case lost about 55 pounds and then eventually grain it all back. Hoping this will finally the thing that will stop me from regaining after I lose!

OMG... we got our band exactly one year apart. banded 11/10/09, i have only lost 75-77lbs

Ooh i got stuck today too! It was so weird because at lunch I had mashed potatoes, something I've had a few times while on mushy stage, and I ate it and then it just... stuck. And Usually if something has a little trouble going down I just pause for a moment and can feel it pass. Not this time. I had to get to the bathroom and have a few dry heaves and then all i could get up was a bunch of saliva. It wasn't pleasant. I don't know if I should tell the Dr. cause he might not give me a fill!

this will be my second post op appt. I had one 10 days after surgery.

I actually went in for my second fill today. The PA put 2ccs in, for a total of 4.5ccs. Now my band is half-full. I hope I feel restriction, because it scares me that the LapBand brand has 10-14ccs, and RealizeBand only has 9ccs, which is the one I have, since Dr. G prefers the RealizeBand.

I'm SO hungry, it's ridiculous. I'm supposed to be on full liquids for 24 hours, but I'm longing for a "turkey and cheese roll-up". (Just a slice of cheese and 2 slices of deli-cut turkey, rolled up... my grandma used to make them for me when I was a wee kid.)

I am doing great! A lot of energy. I got on the scales today and have lost 20 lbs in 10 days! yay! I am only drinking water and the shakes (optifast). I think you are allowed to drink black coffee and crystal light. But I have gone this far without it, so might as well keep going with out it!

Hey, yeah my surgery was postponed, kinda depressed about that but theres nohting I can really do, I've been on the preop for 10 days and have no clue what I've lost, but because it's been rescheduled I'm more than likely gonna be on the diet for a whole month =( Sooo not looking forward to that lol =) Keep in touch though =)

Hi!

I was banded on 2/19 and the first week and a half after the surgery I lost around 10 pounds, but after all the swelling was gone I'm back to almost the way I was before and I'm getting hungry like crazy. Sometimes I eat things I know I should not eat and I'm not losing any weight, I'm scheduled for my first fill in about a month from now. Will it change after the fill? Will I lose weight? I'm very discouraged right now.