Sounds great!!!!
Let me make a phone call and I'll get back to you when the next one is and the topic.
I work in Rocky Hill, maybe we can meet up for dinner first depending on the time?
I met Dr. Tishler at the Walk for Obesity and he seems like a really nice guy.

Welcome and hold on for the ride of your life. Remember to ask ANYTHNG, nothing is to stupid or dumb or personal to ask. We are all here for YOU.

Maureen, to be honest I feel the same way about the Middlesex support group meeetings. I get nothing out of them at all. I have heard that Dr. Tishler's group in Hartford Hospital is fantastic. Dr. Tishler even goes to it himself and they have set topics and speakers. I'm going to try that group soon. I love Dr. Aranow, but have never even seen him at one of his own support groups.

I could never get the "sweet spot" - I would constantly get food stuck and slime - one day I could eat something - the next time the same thing would cause problems - I would get a fill that would feel right and 2 weeks later all of the sudden it was so tight I couldn't drink water. When I got pregnant I had all of the fill taken out and for some reason the band worked perfect - I finally had the sweet spot! I would eat like a 1/2 wrap sandwich and feel completely content - nothing got stuck (hardly ever- like maybe twice in the 9 months) - I only gained 20 pounds in my pregnancy - I am thankful for the band during my pregnancy - I also believe it helped me not get gestational diabetes like I had in my first pregnancy.

I know there are a lot of successful people that have had the band - and I am jealous of them. I truly wanted it to work - but after experiencing the band during pregnancy and what a great tool it was - I know it never worked the way it was supposed to work for me. The thing about the band is that it is a very individual tool and as far as I'm concerned one size does not fit all and I don't think there is any way for them to tell before hand. Perhaps, in the future they'll get better at identifying successful band candidates.

I wish you all the luck in using the tool and hope that it works out for you!!

I went from a bypass to a band...I had gained all my weight back and in December I had a band put over old bypass.  My weight loss is slow, but that's ok.  Why do you say that the band wasn't the tool for you?  What went wrong with it?