bigblklincoln

hey jamie I just got on the scale I have lost 12pounds since having the surgery on wednesday Dr.ortiz told me men do really well with the band and I guess he was right. I know what you mean about the liquid diet it sucks, today I had a drinkable yogurt tho and just had some watered down cream of brocolli soup hopefully that goes down ok. I just want something to chew on somebody on the lapbandtalk food forum said a softboiled egg was ok so I might try that in a couple days. I made the mistake of having some unwatered down apple juice after the surgery oy! atleast it cleaned me all out. and how crazy was that traffic circle outside our hotel, I only had the courage to cross it once at 6 in the morning. colin

hey all just bumpin this thread for april bandsters I'm writing from my hotel room in tj I got banded 2days ago I flew in on wed the 25th once I arived at dr.ortiz office they gave me my blood test ekg and breath test then I hit the OR my total time I was there was about 10min before i had the surgery (they moved me up a day because somebody had a emergency so I switched days which was better for me no waiting around thinking about it) anyway I guess i'm a bit different from most as I have had no real pain after my surgery the only time i took one of the pain pills is after I had the zoom teeth whitening that dr.ortiz has at his office. I can sleep on my side or tummy with no problem and I have had no trouble sitting down or getting up just a little bloating/gas pain maybe being 30 helps a little. If anybody is nervous about going to mexico to get the surgery don't be it was so easy they picked me up at the airport drove me right to the clinic and took great care of me the hotel room is also very nice also while you are there try the zoom teeth whitening just because the girls who do it are beautiful (well that probably is not a selling point for women hehe)and they sang led zeppelin songs while they worked on my teeth it was pretty sweet it does hurt like hell if you have sensetive teeth tho but the next day I feel fine and my teeth look great it cost $299 and one other thing dr.ortiz told me about is a UFC fighter he did the surgery on the guy lost 54pounds in 30days and fought a match 30 days after his surgery. my name is colin by the way I was the guy from british columbia in the camo ball cap