Dr. Marina Kurian - LAP-BAND? Personalized Patient ID Card

[marishka 0]

Hello, Friends!!!

I was banded by Dr. Kurian on 10/13/2011. I did not receive the LAP-BAND® Personalized Patient ID Card. WhenI read other people's posts, they talk about that ID.

Did any of you get the ID from Dr. Kurian? And if yes, when did you get it?

Thank you,

Marishka

[MrsRobinson 10]

Hello,

My name is Lisa Robinson...OK I just found this out last night..At your pre op surgery appointment they should have given you a temp card, if they did not however do that then call, Allergan @ 1-800-LAP-BAND and have the following info., Lap-Band System Size, Surgery Date, Surgeons Name, Surgeon's Telephone Number, Valid Email Address and let them know you need your Patient ID Card it allows you to get smaller portions at resturants and you should bring it with you for doctor appointment and hospital procedures as well as MRI's and medical emergencies!!! How this helps!!!

Lisa

Hello, Friends!!!

I was banded by Dr. Kurian on 10/13/2011. I did not receive the LAP-BAND® Personalized Patient ID Card. WhenI read other people's posts, they talk about that ID.

Did any of you get the ID from Dr. Kurian? And if yes, when did you get it?

Thank you,

Marishka

[marishka 0]

Hello,

My name is Lisa Robinson...OK I just found this out last night..At your pre op surgery appointment they should have given you a temp card, if they did not however do that then call, Allergan @ 1-800-LAP-BAND and have the following info., Lap-Band System Size, Surgery Date, Surgeons Name, Surgeon's Telephone Number, Valid Email Address and let them know you need your Patient ID Card it allows you to get smaller portions at resturants and you should bring it with you for doctor appointment and hospital procedures as well as MRI's and medical emergencies!!! How this helps!!!

Lisa

Dear Lisa,

Thank you very much for your response! I it soooo nice to know that you are not talking to the wall or to the emptiness . On Monday 11/14, I am going for my first feel and I will ask the doctor about the card or the info. Maybe it is weird, but I do not have any info about the system size of the Lap-Band I have... They did not give me any info and I was not in a condition to ask them before I left after the surgery (my Mom was admitted into the same hospital at the same time and my spouse was running back and forth between us, going from 13th Floor of my building and to 13th Floor of another building; NYU Medical Center is like a city by itself).

There is another thing, I lost 14lb withing 10 days prior the surgery being on a liquid diet and 13lb within 1.5 weeks after the surgery with the same diet. But ever since I started the mushy food and solid after, I lost ... nothing (to be exact, I would gain, loose, gain, loose...). I started walking with my friend last week. I control portions. I consume ~ 800 kkal, drink at least 9 glasses of Water. AND NOTHING...

I know that it will come, but I was loosing soooo good; It is almost 4 weeks since my surgery...

Thank you so much, Lisa, for your help and support.

Warm regards,

Marina