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Yep! I claimed mine on my 2008 taxes! I claimed the procedre, fills, travel, etc... Be sure to keep all documentation. It made a big difference for me.

Thanks to everyone for your nice replies I had an abdominal ultrasound on Monday and my doc said it's "abnormal" I have no idea what that means.. and with my lovely (cursing) doc the soonest she could go over the results is today at 4:30pm over the phone. I've been waiting since Monday. I will keep you posted. Linda - OMG! I was racking my brain trying to figure out who stopped in to see me!! hahahaha... If you are ever down again please call me and let's get together. Lisa - I tried e/mailing you about Dr. Nyte but on here it said you weren't accepting any e/mail? I am having surgery by @ Nyte surgical in Mapply valley, Wa. I will keep you all posted.

I haven't posted on the board in months but I do read and lurk I wanted to let everyone know I am a few days away from my 2 year bandaversary! Jan 2009 I weighed 290#, when I was banded at the OCC in March 2008 I was 286 (I think, I have to look at my signature) Today I weigh 155# I am thankful, almost, everyday for my band. I wear between a size 8-10 and a M-L. I am having plastic surgery at the end of April. I am gettting a boob job and arm fat cut off. Woo hooo! Next will be thigh lift and that under the boobs roll of fat, I figure when I get my droppy now size B's back to the full D they used to be that middle roll of fat/skin won't be as noticiable. I started out losing weight very slowly so don't give up hope if you are a slow loser. One day the weight literally started falling off. I started running in Nov/Dec last year and after a consistant month of running I lost another 15# is a month. It just fell off. I eat full fat high calorie stuff but just very small portions. I don't go for diet food, low fat, non fat, low calorie etc... I try to eat foods that are minimally processed. I rarely to never eat bread, pasta, pizza or anything along those lines. I rarely eat red meat only because I find it just doesn't settle well with me. I have been completely unfilled since Oct/Nov 2009 and I still have restriction. In the next month I plan to go under fluro to have the band checked out, I feel sometimes like maybe something is wrong becuase I have so much restriction and am totally unfilled. There are times I cried because I felt like the band limited me from having food fun with friends and family but once I wrapped my head around the fact that fun does not always have to involve food my life became much easier. I started therapy over a year ago and, in my opinion, have learned a lot about what made me obese and why I was such a food addict. I still see my therapsist but now we talk about how a former fat all her life woman deals with attention from male and females. It's a journey my friends and I encourage everyone of you to go at your own pace and do what feels good for you. It is not a race. It doesn't matter how quickly you lose the weight just that you continue to move forward. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. I have a ton of before pics if anyone is interested. (sorry about all the spelling errors) Mindy

Thanks for the info guys! after reading some posts about vicki I've e/mailed her some questions. I will keep you all posted.

has anyone had their inner thigh done or gotten a price quote? Mine are sooooo bad. Need to do something. Looking for some feedback.

I really need to get my inner thighs taken care of! sooooo much loose skin and hanging down.. just bleh... has anyone had this done or gotten a price quote? Thanks in advance. Mindy

YES! I use to eat advil like it was candy... now I rarely have a headache and when I do I can usually pinpoint why. Another reason I LOVE my band I think a lot of it, for me, is I am not eating crap 24/7.. but that's just my opinion. Congrats! It's a great feeling isn't it?