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MikeFishell

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  1. My son Joey was 13 when he was banded by Dr. Ortiz back in July. When he decided to get banded in mid-may, he was just under 300lbs. So far he's lost over 60 lbs!!! It works for teens!
  2. I have the show on DVD and I am working to see if I can get it put up online. If anyone is interested in seeing it, send me a private message. I'll see what I can do. Thanks to all of you and the support this forum brings. It was tough for my wife & son & I to do the show but we feel so strong about it. By the way, Joey is now down over 60lbs!!! Mike
  3. Thank you for the support and kind words. My wife Dante' was having a hard time with some of the comments she read in response to the article on Momlogic.com. I had to explain to her that these people obviously are not the brightest as some of their comments were made without reading the article as most were convinced he had gastric bypass. For those of you who don't know about us, Not only has Dante' & Joey had surgery @ OCC on 7/2/08, but Dante's sister, me (her husband) had it @ OCC on 8/14/08 and now my step-mom had it @ OCC on 10/8/08. (No this isn't a paid advertisement for OCC, in fact we have not been paid a single penny for any of the articles we have done) Between Dante', Joey & myself, we have lost a combined weight of over 150 lbs thanks to Dr Ortiz. (This includes pre-surgery weight loss). For those who missed the first two articles in the San Diego Union/Tribune: Sunday 9/21/08: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/health/...z1n21risks.html Monday 9/22/08: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/health/...1n22report.html This just goes to show how uninformed people are and how much they judge a book by its cover. Don't let them discourage you in the positive choices we all have made. Mike, Dante' & Joey
  4. I just got some of the Isopure from GNC. The Dutch Chocolate is really good. A lady I work with said the Vanilla wasn't that good though. I mix it in the blender with a banana and a teaspoon of PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter (85% less fat than regular peanut butter) and it makes an awesome shake! The Isopure has only 210 calories and 50 grams protein in 2 scoops so it's great! I was banded 8/14 and go on solid good today but am still going to do one of these shakes instead of a meal because they are soooo good!!!!
  5. I had the same thing happen... gained a few pounds after the surgery but it comes off FAST! I'm on the final stretch of the liquid diet (was banded 8/14). I've been loosing about a pound a day. Only 3 more days and I'll finally be able to chew my food!!
  6. Just remember, Las Vegas is COLD in February... San Diego is nice pretty much year round. I work for a self-help book publishing company. We are actually moving one of our conferences from Las Vegas to San Diego next year because like someone else said, getting to vegas is the cheap part. Everything else is what's expensive, plus San Diego has so much to offer. Also meeting space in San Diego is half the price of Vegas... Maybe I'm pushing for San Diego because there are 4 of us (2 banded 7/2/08 & 2 getting banded 8/14/08), but lets face it, San Diego is REALLY nice and it would be great to see the doctors there. My 2 cents...
  7. We were on vacation the week before their surgery, staying at a Ritz Carlton and the Palazzo Hotel (the new tower at the Venetian in Las Vegas). Of these two and the Lucerna hotel in Mexico, the Lucerna was hands down THE BEST hotel we were at. We felt like we were royalty there! Enjoy your time down there...
  8. Well, my wife & son had their surgery last month. We feel so good about the surgery that her sister and me are getting the surgery on August 14th, the same day they get their first fill.
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