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06-24-2008, 01:31 AM
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#286 | | happy moderator @ goal!
Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 55
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I wonder where Wendall is. He hasn't posted in a long time. I hope everything is okay with him.
__________________ 20 lbs lost on Atkins before banding. 75 lbs lost after for a total of 95 lbs. banded 12-29-06 by Dr. Steven Tersigni Coos Bay ,OR
goal in just under 16 months.
Definition of insanity: doing the same things over and over and expecting different results!
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06-27-2008, 11:06 AM
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#287 | | Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
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City: Providence State: RI |
Thanks for the insight on fills. I have had to postpone my first two fills because i keep getting stuck and end up in the hospital needing IV fluids I am losing weight not because of fills but, because I can 't eat.
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08-07-2008, 12:04 PM
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#288 | | Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2008 Age: 48
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State: Rhode Island |
Very informative and helpful. Question: what restrictive effect does the fill have (i.e., are you out of commission for any period of time)? Thanks.
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08-07-2008, 11:00 PM
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#289 | | happy moderator @ goal!
Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 55
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No, you aren't out of commission, but you get tighter and can't eat as much. Sometimes you aren't able to eat things you used to be able to eat.
__________________ 20 lbs lost on Atkins before banding. 75 lbs lost after for a total of 95 lbs. banded 12-29-06 by Dr. Steven Tersigni Coos Bay ,OR
goal in just under 16 months.
Definition of insanity: doing the same things over and over and expecting different results!
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08-08-2008, 12:53 AM
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#290 | | May Flower '08
Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 45
Posts: 501
City: Mesa State: AZ |
Hi Denise!
I had my second fill today...as Wendell stated...I could eat more the last week or so since my first fill in July....I hopw now to be closer to my sweet spot...I have to be on clear liquids for 3 days...kind of long I think...but I will do my best!
How are you all doing? Shelley
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08-11-2008, 04:50 AM
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#291 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2008 Age: 53
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What is a PB , everybody keeps talking about this . My first fill is on Wednesday and I am a bit anxious.
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08-12-2008, 06:40 PM
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#292 | | happy moderator @ goal!
Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 55
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State: Oregon |
pb is basically throwing up.
__________________ 20 lbs lost on Atkins before banding. 75 lbs lost after for a total of 95 lbs. banded 12-29-06 by Dr. Steven Tersigni Coos Bay ,OR
goal in just under 16 months.
Definition of insanity: doing the same things over and over and expecting different results!
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08-12-2008, 07:26 PM
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#293 | | Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2008 Age: 27
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City: framingham State: ma |
it means productive burping. It is not like throwing up at all...there is no stomach acid, no wretching....it is just a productive burp. Sliming is another word for it. It is just recently chewed food with saliva..that is it
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08-14-2008, 01:55 PM
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#294 | | Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 43
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City: yorktown, NY | Quote:
Originally Posted by Kathie719  They put the needle in through your scar and it does not hurt. When he (the PA) pushed down on the port to slip the needle in that stung a little but very tolerable. Very easy, don't worry.  | My Dr doesn't put the needle through my scar. The scar is where the port site is. He puts the needle below to insert the saline through the tubing. Make sense? He never misses and I am restricted.
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08-14-2008, 02:16 PM
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#295 | | Registered User
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City: yorktown, NY | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lshelley21 it means productive burping. It is not like throwing up at all...there is no stomach acid, no wretching....it is just a productive burp. Sliming is another word for it. It is just recently chewed food with saliva..that is it | Is PB a bad thing? I had my 2nd fill yesterday and have had some issues with it with shakes(not water) I also had some issues with it during my 1st and 2nd fill when I didn't chew enough. I am concerned that I could hurt my band. Does anyone know if it is harmful?
I sent Wendell a PM but did not hear back. Does anyone know how he is. He is so informative. Lets get this forum back up and running! Great info here!
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Banded 7/7/08
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08-14-2008, 04:43 PM
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#296 | | happy moderator @ goal!
Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 55
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pbing won't hurt you if it's not often and every day.
Sliming and pbing are two different things. sliming is comes before you pb, when you mouth fills up with thick saliva as the body tries to pass what is
stuck through the band.
__________________ 20 lbs lost on Atkins before banding. 75 lbs lost after for a total of 95 lbs. banded 12-29-06 by Dr. Steven Tersigni Coos Bay ,OR
goal in just under 16 months.
Definition of insanity: doing the same things over and over and expecting different results!
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08-15-2008, 01:18 AM
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#297 | | Registered User
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What if it is often and every day? Also I don't slime. It just rises up and I spit it out????
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08-15-2008, 02:26 PM
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#298 | | Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007 Age: 50
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City: Columbus State: Ohio |
I sent a friends request to your Myspace page but forgot that I should have sent a request first to let you I'm from Lap Band Talk. My Yahoo id is gina4283. Thanks.
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08-15-2008, 03:06 PM
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#299 | | Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 66
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Help! Does anyone know the proceedure code the Doctors use to bill the insurance companies? I found V45.86 but don't know if that is corredct. I had surgery in MX so they don't know the code.
Thanks
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08-22-2008, 01:32 PM
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#300 | | Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2008
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State: Alabama | Quote:
Originally Posted by Barb12590 My Dr doesn't put the needle through my scar. The scar is where the port site is. He puts the needle below to insert the saline through the tubing. Make sense? He never misses and I am restricted. | My port is beneath my largest scar in the middle of my stomach. The needed is inserted into the port which is connected to the tubing, leading to the band. You can't get a fill unless the port is accessed by the needle.
__________________ God bless, Dustie
 I was banded 07/08/2008 by Dr. Andrew Dewitt at Carraway Methodist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama. My goal is to lose at least 150 lbs. | |
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