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Hi!

I got my first fill yesterday. I went to see Dr. Gonzales in Winston-Salem. $250.00 FYI

I really liked him a lot. He said I was an "easy stick." Got me on the first shot and put in 2cc.

I am not sure I have restriction - because I am on liquids & mushies - but here's hoping.

He said it was unrealistic to try and achieve my goal weight. He says that banders lose 50% of their excess weight. There are overachievers at 80% and under acheivers at 30%.

I told him I was gonna be an overacheiver. This was too darn expensive for anything else!

BTW - I asked him why a clearly asian person had a mexican name. He told me that it was NOT a mexican name, it was a SPANISH name. And it was because he is from the Phillipines who were invaded and conquered by the Spanish 300 years ago. They left their names behind. Hence, Eduardo Gonzalez.

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Alright Sherri....go for it you overacheiver..I want to be in the boat with you. We can do it!!!!

FYI - I didn't feel much @ 2cc's I am at 2.2 and boy can I tell it. Now little Ms Kathy had a hard time with 2 at first so that just shows how everyone is so different. Good Luck on it!!!!

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yay! I'm happy you are happy with Gonzalez. And thanks for asking him about being Chinese with a Mexican name (which is what he told me) so now he's Phillipino with a Spanish name...sounds down-right American to me!!!! :) haha

Yep, 2cc was too much at first for me, but I'm a "sweller" so I wasn't suprprised. Now, I'm supposedly back up to 2cc with my second fill and dong great with it.

Happy restriction Sherrie!! Here's to over-achieving!

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Way to go Sherrie! I want to be an over achiever too; but it will help when I actually get banded :)

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Great Sherrie...let us know how your are feeling in a few days and if you have restriction. I'm not sure when I'm getting a fill. My six week mark is thanksgiving day. Up until this week I haven't really had much trouble controling my portions. My friend flo will visit soon and I'm curious to see if my appetitate goes back down after that. In the past I have always had trouble controlling my appetiate around that time.

I too want to be an over acheiver too..heck I want to prove them completely wrong and loose all my extra weight! I'm getting close to the 30% mark now...I better not be done there!

Melissa

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