☠carolinagirl☠

what if nothing goes wrong or happens....what if you lose weight and get healthyand what if it works??.......those what ifs are what you should think about..... all the best

i just told a lady to let herself shine......i am gonna tell myself to let it shine myself...

i have no words except i am sorry to read of your struggles...the others offered great advice/hope and encouragement..i will merely offer you a song..please listen and let it sink in....let yourself shine Gf

holidays is no excuse to over eat or make bad food choices..so eat healthy, exercise and stay the course as those holidays will continue to come like clock work after WLS...get into a mindset...why do you want to have surgery?..and if you truly want it, then do what you need to in order to make it happen. you CAN do it if you want...best of luck

what a beautiful woman you were.....and ARE

and YOU wont....

each person is able to choose to listen to their doctors instructions or not...and have at it is all i can say..that is on (them)...i am concerned with ME.....i am doing what works for ME and what MY doctor told ME to do....everyone should also... what is that saying, you can lead a horse or camel to Water but cant make them drink...

here is my take on this thread: listen to what YOUR own doctor tells you to do-- PERIOD...if you want to know a specific answer, ask your own doctor as you can see, like a**sholes, we all got an opinion... FYI, mine said to drink up to eating stop when eating and wait 20-30 after... and since he is my doctor, this is what i do.. i suggest we all do just that..listen to our own doctors. these back and forths solve NOTHING

you didnt fail the band, nor did you mess up or any other of that woe is me nonsense...so you ate the wrong (high calorie/not so great for you items)... you acknowledged it, its over and here you are on the path to better health...eat better food choices and stay on it but def talk more positive about yourself.

i color my silver fox away........or shave it LOL OMG...i am seriously talking smack today

oh yeah, he be hot...only reason i talk to him.........OR YOUas you are quite a fox 2 GF

oh no i did not.......did i really just post that?? oh yeah i did.....lets roll cat....bring it....

back at work and noticed catfish has a UK shirt on in his profile picture. OMG

i know you got my back alex

thinking of you:

it was sutured, no staples...no idea about the resembling a sleeve part..i posted a couple pics of it on my blog during my barium swallow xray..i was told it makes my stomach smaller and it helps me eat less (with the band helping it)..i signed a waiver for it from my dr and my results are recorded....this being said, my dr said if i didnt change what i ate, started to exercise, no wls would work.....

because i have the lap band and plication...17 months post op...145 pounds loss

its effective to me...am very happy my dr offered it to me..

like you....am nervous about all this combining..unless someone has been on the recieving end of band bashers who promised it would fail, you have no idea...its hard enough us obese/fat people are still widely accepted as targets and no one in the real world take it serious.....jeannie from band wagon told me to get off OH last year, came to my rescue and told me to come to this forum...and here i am..i really hope nothing changes alex...aside from those things i pm;d you about (people who i have blocked cant comment/quote or respond to me)....and the blogs...i have alot of blogs i wrote and ready to post my thoughts...i need this forum for support

do what works for you...any wls is a great resource. and whatever you decide to get, follow the dr's instructions for best results.

i had surgery on a wed.....i also work a desk job....took a total of 8 days off..glad i did too...just go slow, listen to your body....each person is different.

work has been (rough) and i am stressed per normal to the inlaw situations but this is not a REASON for me to just go off the deep end and back to what i use do to before (drink alot of beer and eat enough to support the unc basketball team).. we all have stress we all have issues but what we all have in common is health we can have better health....do it for yourself. i would rather go home today, get into bathtub with a 6 pack then go to the little dance studio across the street from my house and do 30 min of step aerobics..but i am gonna why? because i have to because i need to and now because i want to and even more so, because i like to the band and plication has gave me a life back i am mobile i can walk i can dance i can get my freak on and i am gonna roll with it.....

just go outside and walk....even if its 5 minutes...