Dr. Gerald Kirshenbaum - Considering Dr. Kirshenbaum

[work_in_progress 0]

Thanks for all the replies on traveling home from Colorado. I already have a reservation for the evening after surgery. I tried to change it, but they want another $275 to do that. So, I'll travel home the next night after surgery and request a wheelchair, carry a shoulder bag and move around the plane cabin frequently. Thanks for everyone's help! Lapband people are the best!

[maestrita 43]

Hey Susie B, How long is your flight home? I wouldn't worry too much about flying that soon. It really is manageable unless you have some sort of complication. I forgot to tell you, though, I was feeling so super, I kind of waited a little too long to take my next dose of medication. I was still fine, but I could've been great if I'd stayed on top of that part. Let us know how it goes.

[julie.ann 1]

April 1st Challenge

Minidriver ------(Goal -10lbs) -4.5,+6.5,-3.5, , , ,

Lap_dancer-----(Goal -33lbs) 0.0,+4.5,-2.0, , , ,

Deboregon -----(Goal -15lbs) -2.6,-3.4,+1.8, , , ,

Julie.Ann -------(Goal -19lbs) -4.9,-1.9,-2.0,-2.9, , ,

PrtyAntOvrYt---(Goal -30lbs) -4.2, ,-1.0, , , ,

BellaPerdente--(Goal -12lbs) 0.0,-3.0,-1.0,0.0, , ,

Lotzasunshine--(Goal -12lbs)+1.5,-0.0,-0.0,-3.0, , ,

Jmegirl----------(Goal -15lbs) -2.6,-2.4,+1.2,+0.8, , ,

KaleighsMommy-(Goal -10lbs) ,-0.4,-0.4,-5.4, , ,

BikiniBeachy-----(Goal -12lbs) , , , , , , ,

I'm putting my weight down from my weigh in yesterday because I am retaining Water today. I'm all swollen. I hope you don't mind. Let's hear how you guys are doing. I've been too busy to do much on-line lately and things just keep getting busier.

We are down to 2 1/2 weeks left and I'm afraid I won't be making my goal, but I will keep trying. I was hoping for ONEderland. May I bit off more than I could chew! Good luck to all of you. I am all liquids for 4 days. I'm afraid I have been able to eat far more than I should so I am going to liquids for 4 days and see how I feel after that. I have had other bansters tell me how well this has worked for them to help them feel "full" after they go back to reqular meals. Wish me luck. I got a fill a week ago and I think I feel less now than I did before the fill. I have 3 weeks until I head back to see Dr. K.

Edited March 15, 2009 by julie.ann

[KayleighsMommy 16]

I was really sick this week.... I had strep. The good news is that I lost 5.4 pounds this week. I guess that's what happens when your throat is so sore you can't eat or drink, huh???

[lotzasunshine 2]

Put me down for -3 this week! I think my body has finally adjusted to the stress and I am losing again. Probably won't make my goal, but at least the scale is moving again!

[Tomster 0]

Has anyone had any trouble on their flights home after surgery? My flight is around 5PM the following day. Also, was it difficult walking through a large airport right after surgery? I'll be flying into Atlanta, mega-huge airport. Thanks!

HI there, I just went throught this exact scenario yesterday. My surgery with Dr Kirshenbaum was 3/12/09 in the afternoon, and my flight (with connections) was the next day (yesterday 3/13/09). I was ok as far as energy (each person is different) BUT I did have a bad time with the gas in my gut left over from the surgery. The pressure in the airplane made it worse and I was very uncomfortable and unhappy.

It would be a good idea to get wheel chair assistance too.

Hope this helps

Tomster

[jmegirl 2]

I'm +0.8 this week.

[work_in_progress 0]

Thanks Tomster, I was concerned about the gas worsening on the plane as well. All in the name of getting healthy. I'll definitely arrange for a wheelchair. Good luck to you :thumbup:

[BellaPerdente 0]

Put me down for a big fat 0 for this week.

[Lap_dancer 8]

Hello good friends. Mark me down as DOWN 2.7 pounds.

[julie.ann 1]

April 1st Challenge

Minidriver ------(Goal -10lbs) -4.5,+6.5,-3.5, ,, ,

Lap_dancer-----(Goal -33lbs) 0.0,+4.5,-2.0,-2.7, , ,

Deboregon -----(Goal -15lbs) -2.6,-3.4,+1.8,, , ,

Julie.Ann -------(Goal -19lbs) -4.9,-1.9,-2.0,-2.9, , ,

PrtyAntOvrYt---(Goal -30lbs) -4.2, ,-1.0, , , ,

BellaPerdente--(Goal -12lbs) 0.0,-3.0,-1.0, 0.0, , ,

Lotzasunshine--(Goal -12lbs)+1.5,-0.0,-0.0,-3.0, , ,

Jmegirl----------(Goal -15lbs) -2.6,-2.4,+1.2,+0.8, , ,

KaleighsMommy-(Goal -10lbs) ,-0.4,-0.4,-5.4, , ,

BikiniBeachy-----(Goal -12lbs) , , , :tt2:, , , ,

[bigmomma1234 0]

Hi All,

I got banded by Dr. K in December and so far so good! I've lost 30 pounds with about 60 to go. It feels so good to be making progress. The weight is coming off so fast it is really encouraging. I think I will finally like the way i look!

[work_in_progress 0]

Congratulations on your success Bigmomma! I will be banded by Dr. K on May 14th and I can't wait to follow in your footsteps. You'll have to change your lapbandtalk screen name soon!

[GreenChrysalis 1]

I'm going in to see my fill doc this afternoon and not a moment too soon. I spent a miserable night between the reflux that had me choking and coughing, and pain that reminded me of the bloaty gas pains I had in the weeks post-surgery. I'm scared. At this point I'm just hoping it's a slip that can be remedied by an unfill and a few weeks of liquids. Something like that. I'll know after 2:45. I just have to make it through the morning at work. I'm still having some of the pain but no reflux right now. Already put myself on liquids. Wish me luck.

[minidriver 0]

I am sooooo sorry that I've been so bad about posting as of late, and I'm way behind on reading, and I missed the weigh in this past weekend entirely. My dad had surgery for his melanoma last Thursday and they had to go back in this morning as they didn't get it all. Luckily, the lymph nodes were clear though. My MIL had the lower lobe of one lung removed this morning and they found another lesion in the upper part of the lung . . . won't know the results of the biopsy on that or her lymph nodes for 2 days. Luckily, they are in the same hospital, just a few hundred yards down the hall from one another.

I will weight next Saturday. Good job to everybody who lost! Sorry for the driveby!