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Just started, wt of 288 lbs. Will post photos as I progress. I am determined to do the work to reach my goal. I am having some nausea, some pain. Other than that, I am ok so far. Does anyone have any pointers? Also, where do you guys get the little icon line at the bottom of your posts that track your wt/current/goal? Thanks to everyone who has posted before and after photos, that gives me something solid to work for.

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CONGRATS!!!

Glad to hear you are doing ok!

If you go to google.com and type in ticker...the first result is the website. click on the weight loss ticker and Wa La!

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Hey we have to lose about the same abmount of weight!

Yay for us!!!

HAha.

I'm sooo excited for my surgery!!!:clap2:

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Go into tickerfactory.com

Pick a password and join for free

Go to tracking your weight loss

Put in your starting weight, goal weight, etc.

Follow the next button to pick out which ticker to use

After you are done you will see a bbc code.

copy for (img) to (img) and go into quick links above on lapband talk

Go to edit signature

Copy it into your signature

Good job on getting banded.

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Congratulations!! I had gas pains at the beginning. I was told to try Milk of Magnesia to relieve some of the gas pain. It seemed to work. Also, try walking, that helped me heal quicker too. I was banded on 3/12/07 and had pain where my port was inserted. Other than that I felt fine. The pain has decreased a lot and I'm feeling really good now.

Hang in there. You can do it. :)

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