☠carolinagirl☠

who me (glancing around sheepishly) :wub:

well hi and welcome to this forum there are alot of great people here that are just like you myself included

understand you gf and i think the majority on here does you sound very much like myself your getting healthy your getting well i know that your a great mom and person and that is all she'd care about she is gonna be so proud of you just like i am like missy, keep it to yourself if you want. its your business

my surgeon offered this to me and after explaining what it is, i was all for it. its an aid just like the band. its not a miracle cure all. you have to still eat right and exercise. there is no cutting only suturing and if done incorrectly, there can be complications. but any medical procedure has that risk. hope that helps. it was just a decision my surgeon and i made that works for me. and it is.

count me in missy loving my band and plication

all dr's and people are different just because mine said that, doesnt mean yours will always check with your dr in regards to any suggestions on here your gonna do great

I was told no straws ...due to the fact that when we drink with them we also bring air in with the liquid -- It means possible painful gas...and I was told to avoid all carbonated drinks (some "waters" are carbonated so be careful) because it could stretch my pouch, especially soon after being banded. When they say you can have foods that "could" go through a straw in the mushies stage, they don't mean literally. I avoided straws ever since. but you will get different opinions and suggestions. this is just what my dr suggested to me.

nope, surgeon said after surgery so i adhered to instructions. dont miss it. (same w/soda as i was instructed no to that in my pre op). def a mind thing to me.

You're not going to wait until after the surgery to make this change, are you? this was awesome !!!!

well, i will be having wine at thanksgiving and xmas and i can live with that...upon making my mind up with surgery, i decided there are somethings i will do without. but show me some cabo wabo tequila and watch me do body shots

but seriously, no i just took it slow and did the baby sips and now drink regular being newly banded, you are swollen so you cant (gulp) or at least i could not but now i am doing regular (drinking) except no more straws....thought id miss that but i dont.

hi my name is carolina girl i use to have trouble gulping coors light as fast as i can does this count you crazy banded chicks??

how about animated smileys (emoticons)? i think that would be pretty cool also.

yeee sammy, this is great news congrats to you congrats to YOU

**thoughts/opinions** i am keep to myself mad and pg

loved missys story.. but you are better than those cookies. have one and be done. its mind over batter pretty much. you cant run from food or hide from it. its not the enemy so think positive. you have a long life (more so now because of the band) and you will have run ins with food forever. be the little engine that can ok, missy is a way better story teller........sorry

having the plication (wont help you) lose any faster (or any) if you dont help the band/plication by changing eating habits and exercising some. just my thoughts.

what would be cool is to have the updates (on the top somewhere) constantly scrolling across. i think that would be far out. kinda like those finance tickers you see... what do you think?

i did it and i have to share with my LBT friends most of you know that my knees hurt so bad and that my legs were not strong and it made walking (any distance) difficult if not impossible. i stopped going to stores or anywhere with my hub because i just couldnt...i was in that bad of a situation so june 6 was my saving grace day and little by little, as the weight came off, and inches (went to wherever elvis is) i was able to start walking..... so tonight, i asked hub to go for a walk with me and i walked a block and a half it may not be alot or much right now, but its a start... i want to be able to push my granddaughter around the block in her stroller. and i will do that.. thanks for reading if you did.

ok divulge.....tell me about the romaine lettuce...this i gotta know

recovery as kah says was (ok). for me i took 8 days off total and was glad to do it....i also had a hernia repaired that i did not know i had. i def recommend this plication to anyone. but keep in mind, its a tool unless you help it, it wont help you. my dr stressed this to me and i am/was def listening.

been missing you GF hang in there, one more day..........

he is lucky to have you as a mom. and i am lucky to have you as my friend