Hi Kathy, yes I am having my surgery there on the 4th not sure what time yet they are suppose to call me tomorrow to let me know. Dr Selime is doing my...
Just wanted to say good luck to you girls!! Had my surgery on April 9th and am just starting to feel like my old self. I hope we can all keep in touch with...
Good luck to all the new ones having surgery. I have lost about 35 pounds now and it shows!!!! That is encouraging. Just take it slow and easy. Linda ... From:...
Sheila and Katie, I started off at 414 and bmi of 75. I've lost 6lbs for the surgery. Katie, what are your starting stats, if you want to share them. Believe...
Thanks for being there. Hope your fill does the trick. Just got my time to be there. I will be in having my surgery at 7:30 Friday morning so we are going to...
Oh you can have green jello too!!! Yummy. Linda ... From: sheila young To: BandedTogether@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:01 PM Subject: Re:...
I know what you mean when you say you haven't told anyone what your numbers are. I feel like a person wearing a sumo wrestler blow up outfit. It is so hard to...
Yes good luck to both of you! I'd like to offer words of encouragement. I had my lap band put in March 6th, and I have lost about 37 pounds. So it can and does...
Congrats Linda on your weight loss. That is wonderful. How long ago did you have surgery? I have lost 22 lbs. Well I haven't weighed this week yet. I stopped ...
Thanks it is always encouraging to hear that the surgery is working. Hopefully soon I'll be able to say I have lost some too. I pray that all goes well and...
Kathy, I will be having Dr. Salime also on May 14th so will be interested to hear back from you. Marty in Tightwad sheila young <skyinjun8997@...> wrote:...
I am really looking forward to that. Right now I am just so excited it has been a long road to get to this point and I am glad I didn't give up. I am also...
I had my surgery Oct. 25, 06 but really didn't start losing much until after my third fill in January, so am still losing much slower than I would like but at...
Thanks I hadn't even thought about that. Guess I really don't want to see what I look like in pictures. But later it will be a lot on encouragement to see how...
Well tomorrow is the big day, can't wait. I think as long as the scales are going down and the clothes sizes are dropping we are heading in the right...
Kathy and Sheila, I am not really sure of my starting stats. I know that sounds crazy but I went in for my initial consult on Nov. 6 and weighed 334. The day...
I will keep you in my prayers that you have a great reading on the 16th. I am hoping to only take off one week too. I am accountant at SRS so all I do is work...
Sheila, Do you work at the Wichita SRS? I work there also. I had the lap band done on 10/20/2006. So far to date, I have lost 64 lbs. Good luck with you ...
I too have a bad back and had double knee replacements - Sheila have you considered going to a pool? I walk as fast as I can in the water, forward, backward,...
Well, boys and girls, it has been two months since my band was removed (just one short week after it was placed!) I just went off my oxycodone 3wks ago and...
I'm banded, thank God and Dr Augustine's paience and stick-to-a-tive- ness. It was a hard surgery, 5 hours. I had a lot of scarring from preivous surgeries....
Wow sounds like you have had a really rough time! Where was your lap band done? Good luck! I am considering lapband sometime soon. Pam ... off ... non- ... ...
I hope if you decide to go for it all will go well for you. It has to be so difficult to go through everything and then have to start over from scratch. I...
So far I really like Dr. Salime. When I met him last week he was so helpful. It was also nice that he moved my surgery up one week because he was going to be...
Hi everyone, My name is Beth and I am working on getting approval for the LapBand. I was approved through my insurance company for the Gastric ByPass but ...
HI Beth, Thought I would let you know all is going well with me. Had my surgery 05/04/07 and was in the surgery center only 5 1/2 hours before I was released...
Hi all. One week banded. I don't know how much I've lost. I'll find out Wed. I hve an appointment to get the staples out from the surgery and I'll be weighed....
So excited---Had my pre-op yesterday and Monday at 12:30 is the start of my new life for the rest of my life. Oh, Happy Day! I'm singing! KU Med. center---I...
Hi I know I am feeling week too but all I've tried is popsicles and chicken broth. Hope all gets better soon. I finally had about 2T of mashed potatoes tonight...