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04-01-2008, 08:28 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3
Weight Statistics June 6, 2008 Surgery Date:
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266 lb Start Weight:
266 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
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|  Question for singers Hi to all - I'm an opera singer and I am considering lap band surgery. My biggest concern is the effect the surgery might have on my breath control and diaphragmatic muscles. If there are any singers here who have undergone banding, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you. I'd love to know if / how the surgery affected you and how long it took for you to get back to normal. Thanks for reading and best wishes to everyone. ~ AltoI
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04-01-2008, 08:34 PM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North West, NJ
Posts: 1,423
Weight Statistics 1/14/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
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330 lb Start Weight:
242 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
88 lb Weight Loss:
62 lb Lb Left to Lose:
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Body Mass Index 47.3448979592 BMI Start:
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I don't know anything about that, but wow, that is a very interesting question! Hello and welcome by the way!
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04-01-2008, 08:36 PM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota
Posts: 1,241
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics On and off my whole life... Start Date:
November 20, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
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287 lb Start Weight:
212 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
75 lb Weight Loss:
62 lb Lb Left to Lose:
26.1324041812 % % Lost:
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Body Mass Index 42.3778617937 BMI Start:
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I am deffinently not a singer, if I sang a song the birds would fall over in laughter. But I would like to welcome you to the site. maybe someone out there can give you the answers your looking for.
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04-01-2008, 08:44 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3
Weight Statistics June 6, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
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266 lb Start Weight:
266 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
96 lb Lb Left to Lose:
April 1, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 41.6569391847 BMI Start:
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| Question for singers
Hi, all, I'm a newbie here (just joined) and am happy to be able to post. I'm not sure if this qualifies as a "stupid" question but I don't know where else to post this so I'll go ahead and ask it here. (Actually, I asked it already today but found I'd posted it in the wrong forum -- now, that qualifies as stupid, I guess! lol). Anyway- - here goes: I'm a professional opera singer and am considering lap band surgery. My biggest concern is the effect the surgery might have on my breath control and diaphragmatic muscles. I'd LOVE to hear from any other singers here who've had the surgery. Thanks for reading and I do appreciate any info/ advice you could offer. God bless! AltoI
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04-01-2008, 09:12 PM
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Welcome to the board, thank you for joining us. CraigT, who hosts this site is actually a professional singer, though his genre is jazz, rather than classics. He actually started singing AFTER his surgery. Check out his music site, Dallas Bands|Dallas Jazz Bands|Dallas Party Bands - Big-T & Bada-Bings for samples of his singing. That may give you some idea of how your voice may be affected. Now, I know vocalization for classical singing and jazz/pops singing is a little bit different but as far as the effect on your breathing and diaphragm goes, there shouldn't be any, unless the surgeon is clumsy and accidentally cuts a nerve that helps regulate the diaphragm muscles... You may find a difference, though, because with the lost weight, your voice may resonate differently from when you carry a lot of weight. Breathing, though, probably will get easier, because the fat mass in your torso--especially your abdomen (tummy)-- area prevents the diaphragm from moving down as far as it should be able to go. This makes your respiration shallower (and it's part of the reason many overweight people are asthmatics) resulting in smaller lung air volume. I hope this helps you some. ((((((HUGS)))))) May your journey go well.
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04-01-2008, 09:15 PM
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Welcome. I just posted in the thread you have up in Stupid Qs. I'll move this, and merge with it.
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04-02-2008, 03:40 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 1,864
Blog Entries: 8 Weight Statistics July 10, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
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145 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
126 lb Weight Loss:
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Body Mass Index 43.7357667585 BMI Start:
23.4010560147 BMI Current:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | Alto ~ welcome! I dont think it was stupid  but it was certainly interesting! I learned something today! Best wishes on your journey~~~~
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04-02-2008, 06:15 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3
Weight Statistics June 6, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
266 lb Start Weight:
266 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
96 lb Lb Left to Lose:
April 1, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 41.6569391847 BMI Start:
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Thank you, DocSanae, for the valuable information and to all for the warm welcomes! Bless you all!
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04-02-2008, 06:18 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 3,781
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
139 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
141 lb Weight Loss:
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50.3571428571 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.5692041522 BMI Start:
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welcome aboard...VERY interesting question....something I hadn't thought of....! I'm glad you asked.....around here, there's no such thing as too many questions...regardless of topic...we're all in a learning curve!!!
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04-02-2008, 10:12 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: May 2007 Location: minnesota
Posts: 4,671
Weight Statistics july 21, 2007 Start Date:
august 17, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
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339 lb Start Weight:
177 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
162 lb Weight Loss:
17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.7876106195 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 54.7100550964 BMI Start:
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wanted to welcome you, i am not a professional singer but i love to sing, always have and am told i am very good at it, i go out and sing karokee and i have noticed it has become easier, i have more breath to carry out notes...good luck
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