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lousbear
on 11/30/09 12:42 pm
Topic: RE: Finding Friends who had Lap Band Surgery
Hi Jodi,

That is very AWESOME!!! The tenth is soooo close, your almost there! I had my surgery 8/28/09. Not to long ago but I have started to notice the benefits of ot. I have no regrets. My surgery went very well, I did have a complication. The shoulder pain they tell you about didn't go away for me. I get at least 3 times a week, but it is nothing I can not manage. I would do it all over again if I had to. I am actually in the Reno are. :-(

Good luck with your surgery! It is totally worth it!

Allecia
JodiGirl
on 11/30/09 12:37 pm - CA
Topic: RE: Finding Friends who had Lap Band Surgery
Hello

I am going for my surgery on the 10th. very excited and scared at the same time. When did you have your surgery? Any regrets? I would love to make friends with people myself. What area are you in?

Jodi
lousbear
on 11/30/09 12:08 pm
Topic: Finding Friends who had Lap Band Surgery
Hi All,

I am a post- op Lap-Band patient. I have lost a total of 60lbs. I am looking for someone who is in my shoes or some like them to hang out with and share stories. I feel my friends are great but most of them don't really understand what I am going through so I figure that someone here would understand. So if anyone wants to meet up just shoot me a message!

Nevadan
on 11/30/09 9:57 am - Reno, NV
Topic: RE: Reno/Sparks Anyone?
I just saw your post today, your surgery day.
Let us know how you're doing.
I'm planning on being at the next support group meeting at WBI Monday night, well, depending on the weather.  It sounds like a major cold air day.
Wishing you a wonderful month ahead, with a speedy recovery!
Anita
(deactivated member)
on 11/25/09 9:47 am - AZ
Topic: RE: Nevada pre-op patients
You had Umbach for a surgeon, you didn't stand a chance with a butcher.

Member Services
on 11/24/09 6:19 am - Irvine, CA
Topic: Health Tracker Updates In Time For The Holidays - Profile Integration and Workouts

Today we released a couple of major updates to Health Tracker just in time for the holidays (as we continue on the path to Health Tracker world domination :). These updates include, 1) Profile display of Health Tracker - If you choose to, you are now able to display/share your Health Tracker within your personal profile. This can be kept completely private, it can be shared with only your friends or with the entire ObesityHelp community. 2) My Workouts - You are now able to build and store custom workouts that can be used over and over again. My Workouts will allow you to log multiple exercise/activity items at one time so you don't have to search for individual exercises each time you want to log your activity or exercise session.

Profile Display of Health Tracker .

The profile display of Health Tracker includes Body, Food Log, Exercise Log and the Macronutrient Report. As mentioned above, this can be kept entirely private or you can choose to share your Health Tracker information with friends, family, your bariatric surgeon or other clinicians.

In order to see the profile view of Health Tracker, when viewing your profile or another member's profile, look for the Health Tracker link to the right of the avatar. If there is no Health Tracker link, the profile view of Health Tracker has been set to private.


 

The privacy settings for Health Tracker can be found in the "Settings" section of My OH. To access your Health Tracker setting click My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, click the Health Tracker tab and choose the "Sharing" option. Or, just click here to access your Health Tracker Sharing options :)

Workouts

My Workouts makes it quick and easy to log routine exercise and activity. For those who perform similar exercises on a regular basis, with My Workouts you can create a workout consisting of a series of exercises you often perform and instead logging each exercise indivivudally, My Workouts allows to log a single item (a workout) that contains all of the exericses you have performed. Build it once and log it any number of times.

Under My Workouts you will see a list of workouts that you have created and saved. You can log workouts directly from My Workouts by selecting "I did this", choose the day and click "Save"

You can also search for workouts you have created directly from your Exercise Log.

Create your first workout now!

One other addition

For your convenience, in this release we have also made some changes to the account deactivation process. In case you ever have the need to deactivate your ObesityHelp account, you can access this function by clicking My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, and under the "General" tab select "Manage". Instructions for deactivating your account can be found there.

Have a great Thanksgiving and look for more updates soon!

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this release, please post them in this thread on the Main Message Board.

Huggables
on 11/23/09 7:55 am
Topic: RE: Reno/Sparks Anyone?
Dr. Ganser is a massive sweet heart, and is a great dr.  He did all but 1 of my surgeries.  I had the rny done in 2006 and have lost 240+ pounds.  I lived in sparks, but moved to Fallon.  But can be reached by e-mail or facebook if you have any questions for me.  (Helen Jensen for facebook, and [email protected]  is my e-mail. 
Huggables
on 11/23/09 7:50 am
Topic: RE: Reno/Sparks Anyone?
My first surgery was done in Houston.  My revision was done in Reno by Dr. Ganser.   He also took out my gal bladder, and did some other surgeries for me. U are in great hands with that whole clinic.   Good luck.  I use to live in Reno, just currently moved to Fallon. But get up there to see my specialist for when I did the surgery everything went wrong. LOL  For me at least.
barbccrn
on 11/22/09 1:40 pm - Las Vegas, NV
Topic: RE: Nevada pre-op patients
Excellent advice,Ash.WLS of any type is very invasive. Follow up is a very important part of successful programs.
Have a list of questions and don't be afraid to ask them. The life you save MAY be your own!  

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adwinters12345
on 11/22/09 9:51 am - north las vegas, NV
Topic: RE: Nevada pre-op patients
Surgeon promised he did follow up with wls patients but when complications arises he said quote "I don't do follow up"
He seriously almost killed me and I spent 50 days this year in the hospital and I have been left permanently disabled from him.
So do your research and speak to his patients personally because this is a dr sponsored site no patient ran.
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