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...sorry, i didnt understand what happened to you. in Australia its got nothing to do with our job. we have private cover if we pay for it regardless of whether we are working or not. Im just so sorry for you. what rotten luck ... what rotten timing it was. i hope that you can work it out. i know its very important for you. thinking of you.

hi there stephyanders... i stay overnight and come home on friday afternoon sometime. i would like to have had something like a touchpad with me as well. i will have to wait until i get home to get online, dont know how i will feel after we travel for nearly two hours. i certainly will try though.... i really appreciate everyone wishing me well.. its so encouraging ... thanks everyone. im wishing all the others here who are being banded today the best of luck as well... there would be some going in now, its after 9pm here so in America there would be some going in..... im thinking of each one. Looking forward to catching up with you all...... hugs for everyone. (( hugs ))

hi mizpk83... all the best of luck for you. i reckon you are excited and rearing to go. i have to ask..... has anyone come home from being banded and had to inject themselves for five days with anti coagulant?/ i have to. i just thought i would mention this one. Also.. boy, it will be just marvellous when i can reach my feet and paint my toes the way i love to. its been a real battle what with two artificial knees, and being over weight. something to really look forward to as the weight comes off. hi... thanks so much... nearly there. lol. how are you doing??

Marci... this is something that i neglected to talk with my dr about... i take one olmetec a day... for hyper tension. im concerned that i wont be able to swallow it. im going to have to crush it up i think and add it to some milk or yoghurt. im really concerned about the meds getting stuck as well. i dont know yet how well they will crush up... or how it will taste even. and, of course, im hoping that eventually as the weight comes off i can throw the tablets away.

thanks... ive got 14 hours until im admitted now. boy, today has been emotionally up and down. ive had people in and out and thats helped me , kept me pre occupied. now the house is quiet again, its getting close to bedtime... and then im off.. my stomach has really played up with me this time... really bad nerves in the tummy. running to the loo like there was no tomorrow.. lol. But, i think im feeling a little more settled now... which is great. i want to have a good nights sleep. im not being banded until 3.30 tomorrow afternoon (thursday our time ) and i can have breakfast before 7am... so up early to have some brekky...and 2 cups of coffee... lol. im not taking much in my bag. just a nightie, dressing gown, toiletries and a book. not that i will get much chance to read. lol. Anyway, this is me.... so cheerio for now... when you hear from me again i will be officially'' banded'' ..... way to go. The new door opens.

...and i agree so much. this is a health issue, nothing to feel that you are being selfish or anything like that. i would be having it done... to get this far. what happened again?? it must have been a bomb shell that hit you when you found out.

im a size 18 as well... thats ausstralian sizes though, im not sure if we are the same ive got about 90 lbs to lose.

you have done better in the past than i have with dieting, thats for sure. you are still only young, i think youve done the right thing. wow, if thats just about the first waking thought that you were/are having, its definately the right thing that you have done. when did you have your surgery??

congratulations... it so good to hear that everything went so well for you. rest up. now the exciting times are about to start for you.

im an Aussie... in Tasmania, and been here for a few weeks now. i agree. Being able to ''savour'' the taste of each mouthful will more than make up for the quantity that we had before. Im an emotional eater as well. portions are my weakness, not sweets.

hi there Deb... i will be thinking of you as well. ive got 24 hours now. goodness me. im trying to keep my mind occupied. got my grand daughter coming in today to use my computer for school so that should be a distraction. i need it. lol. i know that you will do really well. im praying for everyone who is being done these next 24 hours. xx

imarzz... all the best for you. i know you will do well. will be thinking of you.

thats wonderful news. fancy a student being so aware and coming up to you to congratulate you. wow.. that young man will go far im thinking. it must have really made your day

how wonderful.. what a great job so far. im looking foward to trying on some of the lovely clothes ive got in my wardrobe still... i never got rid of them.

i live in country Australia. i didnt have any success at all so ive bought some from overseas. by the time i need it im hoping it will be here.

..how wonderful. you have done a magnificent job.

sark87.. how has this last year been for you?? have you had successful weight loss?

hi here Deb.. i have one more day to go. its now tuesday evening here. i go early on thursday morning. it gets really confusing with the time line i know. i want to thank you for your good wishes. im going into this surgery with everyone here behind me wishing me well, and that means a lot. Deb, how are you?? whats happening your end? how are you getting on??

hydrogen peroxide is really good for wounds. we use it here all the time.

did you husband say why he didnt want you to have it?? apart from the fact that youve lost this weight beforehand?? whats your history like?? have you been on diets over the years and failed with them?/ if your history is like that then i think you would benefit from having the band. if it were me i would go ahead because its my health im concerned about, and no one knows better than me whether i would lose weight on my own. However, its your call. But, if you want to have it done, dont let anyone else dictate to you over it. What is your BMI do you know??

yep. im the same. my youngest daughter is insisting that she come in the morning after im done. ive told her no, but she says just for a short time. I dont want her anywhere around where she may pick up on something that i just want to keep private.. you know?/ im afraid im going to have to really be firm with her. my family wouldnt handle it at all. In fact they have no idea really how hard its been trying to manage the way i am. im not even going to try and explain either , been there before with issues and done that.

..this is beautiful. im so pleased that its worked out, family are going to be supportive now they know, and you wont have to go into those family dinners anxious about anything. way to go.

thats good you have the time off you need to heal. it would be just awful if you did some damage while at work, and all because it hand healed properly. hadnt...

my day is thursday this week. i think my issues are more emotional than anything as well. i agree, the best thing we can do is say to ourselves ..it will all be worth it.. and ''yes, we can do it''.. Our family have always ''loved our chaff bag'' lol.. as we love to say. Not that im really obese and none of my siblings are either but i am overweight enough for it to be a big problem with my joints. I havent shared what im having done with my family... only my husband knows. My youngest daughter is insisting that she come in to see me early on friday morning..and i dont want to see her or any family member while in hospital. im sure im having a hernia repair done as well, and thats what ive been telling them all. If my xray is over and done with by the time she comes in it wont be so bad. .. but there is no guarantee of that. grrrr.. why do kids have to complicate things?? im going to have to be really adamant that i have no visitors. I wish i didnt have to say anything at all to them really.

and you cant change shifts with anyone?? i know how hard the job can be.