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  1. HI MY NAME IS HEALINGHANDS I READ YOUR STORY AND CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU ARE GOING THREW. THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU LOST YOUR BAND. DID YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR AND DID HE CONFIRM THIS TO YOU.IT CAN BE CHECK VERY EASY BY FLOROSCOPY METHOD. IF YOU HAVE INSURANC WITH YOUR JOB CALL AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO ALEAST CHECK THE RESTRITION AND POSITION OF YOUR BAND.WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK KEEP ME INFORM.
  2. CONGRATULATION MIKEY I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU,WE ARE ALL PRAYING FOR A FAST RECOVERY. THE BEST IS YET TO COME. "IMAGE" YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO GET THINNER LOL... THE WAY I STAY POSITIVE IS "I THINK THIN".TOMARROW WILL ALWAYS BE A BETTER DAY, THEN YESTERDAY EVEN THOUGH EACH DAY IS A BLESSING. MICKEY I ALSO HAVE GREAT NEWS I LOST 32 POUNDS IN THREE MONTHS.READ ON MY PROFILE HEALINGHANDS///// GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE NEW BANDSTERS.
  3. I AM SO HAPPY TO ANOUNCE I HAVE LOST 32 POUNDS IN A MATTER OF 3 MONTHS.I WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW AND SHARE MY HAPPINESS,I CAN REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO HOW DEPRESS I WAS,THINKING WILL I EVER LOOSE THIS WEIGHT,I HAVE ANOTHER 25 POUNDS TO GO, THEN I WILL REACH MY GOAL. I AM STARTING EXERCISE OCT 15-07 I WAS GOING TO START THEM EARLIER BUT MY BACK DOCTOR WANTS TO FURTHER THE EXERCISE AFTER MY MRI.EITHER WAY I AM GRATEFUL I HAD THE LAP-BAND PROCESURE DONE,I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING.SOMETIMES YOU FEEL HOPELESS, BUT LET ME "REASURE YOU" NOTHING IS EASY UNLESS YOU MAKE UP YOUR MIND AND SPIRIT.GOOD LUCK FOR ALL THE NEW PATIENTS THINKING OF LAP-BAND.
  4. HI MY NAME IS HEALINGHANDS I AM SO HAPPY TO SAY SINCE OF CHANGED MY DOCTOR I HAVE ALREADY LOST 32POUNDS IN A MATTER OF 3 MONTHS.
  5. HI THE MORE I READ YOUR PROFILE THE MORE I FEEL YOU CAN PROBABLE GO TO YOUR NEAREST MAIN HOSPITAL AND ASK TO SEE SOMEONE IN CHARITY DEPARTMENT. DEPENDING ON YOUR INCOME THAT'S HOW THEY WORK IT, IF YOU QUALIFY FOR THERE COVERAGE. THEN MAKE A APPOINTMENT WITH THE HOSPITAL MD, THEN REQUEST SLEEP TEST IF YOU HAVE A SLEEP DISORDER IF YOU HAVE ASTHMA THAT ALSO WILL QUALIFY FOR THE LAP-BAND ESPECIALLY IF YOUR WEIGHT IS THAT OUT OF CONTROL.THEN OF COURSE THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS.WHICH YOU CAN REQUEST TO SEE A DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZE IN THE PROCESURE OF THE LAPBAND AND HE WILL SEND YOU FOR THE OTHER TEST THEY REQUEST. WHEN YOU CALL THE HOSPITAL FIND OUT FIRST IF THEY PROFORM THE LAPBAND.ANYONE IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION CAN NOT BE TURN AWAY. FIND OUT ALL THE HOSPITALS IN YOUR AREA, THEN I ADVICE YOU TO DO RESEARCH ON THE DOCTOR AND MAKE SURE HE IS QUALIFY TO DO THE PROCESURE.REMEMBER THE ONLY WAY THIS PROCESURE IS DONE TO PATIENTS IS IF THEY ARE TRULY OBESED AND HAVE SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS.YOU HAVE TO BE SEEN FIRST BY A MD. HE WILL PROBABLE THEN AGREE THAT THE SURGERY WOULD HELP YOU. IT ALL DEPENDS AND IF YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE THAT ALSO WITH ALL THESE OTHER CONDITIONS QUALIFIES A PERSON. GOD BLESS
  6. LADY PAM ARE YOU FROM VIRGINIA? LISTEN HERE IS PHONE #201-646-1121 EXT- 208 ASK HOW MUCH THEY CHARGED FOR A FILL, 385 PROSPECT AVENUE HACKENSACK, NJ THEY ARE GREAT-- OH THIRD FLOOR. WHEN YOU ASKED THE INFORMATION TELL THEM YOU HAD THE SURGERY ALREADY YOU JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THE FILLS, ASKED THE PRICE PER FILL. DR.EWINGS DOES THE FILLS OK GOD BLESS YOU KEEP ME POSTED.
  7. HI WELCOME THIS IS HEALINGHANDS--- YOUR ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF HOW MUCH ALCOHOL CAN YOU DRINK? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH CALORIES ARE IN EACH DRINK? DO SOME RESEACH YOU WILL BE SURPRISE. THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION 4CC CAN MAKE YOU DRUNK BECAUSE OF YOUR RESTRITIONS OF YOUR LAPBAND. REMEMBER YOUR STOMACH IS NO LONGER THE SIZE IT USED TO BE, ONCE THE LAP-BAND IS INSERTED YOUR STOMACH IS A POUCH. WHY GET THE LAP-BAND TO CONTROL YOUR WEIGHT AND EATING DISORDERS IF YOU ARE GOING TO DRINK CALORIES IN ALCOHOL !!!!!!!!!!!! INTO YOUR BODY!!!!!!!
  8. THIS IS HEALINGHANDS--- HOW MUCH AMOUNT OF SALINE DID YOUR DOCTOR PUT IN YOUR PORT? I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM DRINKING A HALF A CUP OF WATER AFTER ANY OF MY FILLS. KEEP A JOURNEL WITH YOU OF YOUR WEIGHT AND THE AMOUNTS OF SALINE INJECTED EACH TIME YOU VISIT YOUR DOCTOR. MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS healinghands1957@yahoo.com feel free to contact me for any questions and anwers.
  9. HI MY NAME IS HEALINGHANDS I HAD SURGERY IN THE END OF MARCH OF 07. I HAD SOME COMPICATIONS DURING SURGERY, MY DOCTOR FOUND A HERNIA. HE PROFORMED TWO SURGERIES AT THE SAME TIME. THE LAP BAND AND THE HERNIA. BECAUSE I HAD SO MUCH SWALLON GOING ON I HAD LOST 8 POUNDS IN THE BEGINNING OF MY RECOVERY,I COULDN'T EAT ANYTHING EXCEPT 4OZ OF LIQUIDS AND SUGAR FREE JELLO AT TIMES, IT TOOK ME ALEAST 2 MONTHS TO RECOVER FROM THESE TWO SURGERY'S. I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU WHICH WAS WORSE IN RECOVERY, I THEN FINIALLY WENT FOR MY FIRST FILL IN THE MONTH OF MAY 07. BY THEN I HAD GAINED BACK THE 10 POUNDS I HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SURGERY. I WAS VERY DEPRESS AND SO UPSET. I WENT FOR MY FIRST FILL IN THE MONTH OF MAY, I WAS VERY UPSET TO PUT MY TRUST IN A DOCTOR THAT WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GET MY FIRST FILL HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING,HE MUST OF INJECTED ME 5 TIMES AND YES IT DID HURT, THEN WHEN IT WAS SHEDULE FOR MY SECOND FILL HE INJECTED ME TWICE THEN I NOTICED NO WEIGHT LOST.ANYONE AFTER THAT PROBABLE WOULD OF GIVEN UP, I WENT BACK ONE MORE TIME FOR A THIRD FILL AND NEVER AGAIN!!!!! THIS SO CALLED DOCTOR INJECTED ME 10 TIMES EACH AND EVERY TIME HE INJECTED HE TOOK THE NEEDLE OUT AND STOCK IT BACK IN ME. BY THAT TIME I STARTED CRYING AND MADE THE BEST DECISION IN MY LIFE I FOUND OUT ABOUT A GREAT DOCTOR WHO I AM SEEING NOW. I HAVE GONE TWICE TO HIM AND ALREADY I HAVE LOST 14 POUNDS IN A MATTER OF ONE MONTH. I RATHER TAKE IT EASY AND SURE THEN EVER GO THREW WHAT I WENT THREW," WITH THIS WANT TO BE" I AM GREATFUL THAT MY HERNIA SURGERY WAS CORRECTED BUT I'LL TELL YOU WANT JUST BECAUSE A DOCTOR KNOWS HOW TO PROFORM THE SURGERY DOESN'T MEAN HE KNOWS HOW TO INJECT INTO THE PORT DO YOU KNOW WHAT SCARED ME THE WORST WAS THINKING, OH MY GOD IF HE INJECTS INTO THE HOSE OF THE PORT I AM GOING TO END UP IN THE SURGERY ROOM AGAIN, AND LET ME REASURE YOU THE TWO SECOND TIMES THIS DOCTOR INJECTED ME HE DID IT UNDER FLORSCOPY AND STILL COULDN'T INJECT INTO THE PORT ANYWAY. I AM HAPPY TO SAY I DID ALOT OF RESEARCH AND FOUND A GREAT DOCTOR I HAVE LOST 14 POUNDS IN A MATTER OF THREE VISITS,IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS healinghands1957@yahoo.com
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