newbies

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Welcome to the list all you new people!

Suzanne: you are right you are being handed a crock (krok). You can't

lose 40 kg by dieting and even if you could it wouldn't stay off. Many

of us have had to travel to get WLS and you may have to do that too.

What's the difference between the two bands? Kim - can we post this on

the home page since this question comes up alot. They are very

similar. They are made by different companies: obtechmedical and

bioenterics. One holds more than the other. One is softer than the

other. They work about the same. If your surgeon is giving you a

choice he/she will probably have both bands for you to look at. If

he/she just uses one kind then he/she will tell you about it. Some

people think one is better or different than the other. I really

don't. As said: I would have let them use a clamp from a '56

Chevy.

I think your best bet is to go to each website and read what the

manufacturer has to say. Talk to your surgeon.

How are you all doing? Sharon when are we going shopping for leather

pants? Ken - how's the new girlfriend? Debie How are the horses?

Anybody getting bored with being thinner? Steve are you still there?

I spent the whole day in a bathing suit yesterday. For the first time

in 25 years. Shorts over the bottom some of the time and sweat pants

when it got cold. In spite of the shitty Seattle weather and the risk

of skin cancer I am working on a tan.

Skin tightening is proceeding OK for a 50 y/o lady but I wouldn't mind

it a little tighter. Hopefully that will come with time (or surgery).

Any suggestions?

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You said

>Skin tightening is proceeding OK for a 50 y/o lady but I wouldn't mind

>it a little tighter. Hopefully that will come with time (or surgery).

>Any suggestions?

>

I am not sure whether I could go through an abdominoplasty, especially as

no one sees that bit of me except me and my beloved (and he doesn't care as

he loves me the way I am aaaaahhh). I think I might be more inclined to go

for face surgery as I can already see that I could be left a bit jowly when

all the weight is gone. I just had a new passport photo done and boy I

couldn't believe how much fatter I am now than the last one ten years ago

and I was fairly fat then. So, it could be a face lift for me.

Janet