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First post here, hope I don't end up talking to myself. I'm due to be banded sometime in July if all goes well with tests. Please step up and say hello.

Shauna

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I'm schedules to have the plicated band on July 26th... I"m nervous, but super excited! Would love to keep in touch with others who are being banded at the same time!

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What is the plicated band, if I may ask?

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http://www.fortworthlapband.com/BandedPlication.aspx

This can explain it better than I can. It allows for more weightloss initially with the band as a tool to support you long term.. It's completely reversible and It's new in the US, but has very good results.

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oh and how my dr is going to do it where he is going to pull a piece of the stomach and secure the band into place so it will have a lower risk of slipping.

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That's very cool...I'm sure you will have great results!

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First post ever here on forums. I am scheduled for either July 6 or 8th! Nervous and excited all at same time.

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Getting banded july 5th!!!!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh

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HI Diana and Dream! Please keep us updated on your journey! I don't have my date yet but hopefully will soon! Do you guys have pre-op diets?

Shauna

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@shauna yes i start it wed :( its liquid and very soft foods until day of surgery

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July 5 for me at fair oaks hospital virginia. Dr moazzez. Starting weight: 205, current weight 181 (no clothes). Eating less, losing weight, can't wait for band to help me stop feeling so crummy and hungry. My plan is to be hungry for next 16 days and then applying current better eating habits to my new pouch. Have diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Need excess weight gone so I can live to see great grandchildren born.

@shauna yes i start it wed :( its liquid and very soft foods until day of surgery

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http://www.fortworth...dPlication.aspx

This can explain it better than I can. It allows for more weightloss initially with the band as a tool to support you long term.. It's completely reversible and It's new in the US, but has very good results.

Hey, Smushieface! Are you having your surgery done by one of the doctors at Ft. Worth Lap Band? (Dr. Smith is my dr.) Why/how did you choose banded plication over plain ol' lap-band? I've been considering it, but I don't know if my insurance would cover it. . .

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Hey, Smushieface! Are you having your surgery done by one of the doctors at Ft. Worth Lap Band? (Dr. Smith is my dr.) Why/how did you choose banded plication over plain ol' lap-band? I've been considering it, but I don't know if my insurance would cover it. . .

I'm actually having it done in Norman, OK by Dr Ronnie Keith. I chose the plication because A: It allows for faster results (comparable to bypass) without any cutting or rerouting and B: it put my mind at ease about the lap band slipping bc the way he does it is the Dr secures the band in place with a "flap" of tissue from my stomach.

http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/81/10_Suppl/S18/F1.expansion.html - here is how he is going to secure it.. this doesn't have the plication, but you get the idea...

I have researched a lot on the plication and it doesn't seem to add any more risk than there is with just the lapband so I figured what the heck. It's covered by my insurance bc my Dr just includes it in the cost of the Lap Band. So I would ask them at the Dr how they charge the insurance... maybe they charge them that way to so it will still be covered.

Is anyone struggling with telling people about the surgery?

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I'm not telling people at work because I work with some nasty, petty juvenile people. My family and friends know but they are all supportive.they also know when I make a decision that it is usually well thought out and that I didn't come to this one lightly. I've lost, according to the scale this morning, 24 pounds in 4 weeks so it will not be a shock when I continue to lose weight after the band is in. I won't deny it, but will be evasive. "Wow, that's a really personal question. I'm not sure if I should be flattered or insulted, so I will assume you are giving me a compliment." I think that should do it.

I'm actually having it done in Norman, OK by Dr Ronnie Keith. I chose the plication because A: It allows for faster results (comparable to bypass) without any cutting or rerouting and B: it put my mind at ease about the lap band slipping bc the way he does it is the Dr secures the band in place with a "flap" of tissue from my stomach.

http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/81/10_Suppl/S18/F1.expansion.html - here is how he is going to secure it.. this doesn't have the plication, but you get the idea...

I have researched a lot on the plication and it doesn't seem to add any more risk than there is with just the lapband so I figured what the heck. It's covered by my insurance bc my Dr just includes it in the cost of the Lap Band. So I would ask them at the Dr how they charge the insurance... maybe they charge them that way to so it will still be covered.

Is anyone struggling with telling people about the surgery?

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