taosgal2

Talbots Women's Petite...and then...you'll be small enough for the regular petites. They are on-line (some stores) and the quaity is very good. If $$ is a problem (for all of us, especially as we transition to smaller sizes) wait for their sales. Great capris. I'm 4 ft. 10 in, and I find it's not the just length of the leg but also of the "rise", so petites just fit better.

I'm only six days post op...but my experience is that putting unjury into broth is decent, and the Premier is o.k. if it sip sip sip only 4 ounces at a time. Hope this helps.

It's a long story but familiar to many of you on this site. I was banded in October three years ago. From the first few weeks, my restriction was fickle. Sometimes I couldn't drink Water. Sometimes I'd be a meal related to work and after one or two bites, BAM, I'd need to "productive burp" accompanied by slime. I was often uncomfortable and anxious when I ate. naturally, it was still easy to eat ice cream. During the three years, i had five or six adjustments, but never had more than 4 cc fill. I often would be "stuck". This was not a case of not chewing sufficiently, just a device that did not work for me. At one point I had lost 12 pounds, but it was because i was having very expensive meals delivered. I was self pay for $15,000. The after care was minimal. I finally decided to have it removed and my insurance, Anthem, approved the removal. Oddly, it was less expensive to do self-pay ($3800) than to use my insurance, which would have resulted in a $6,000 copay co insurance. Had the surgery on Monday and am SO GLAD to be free of the lap band. But, it's a bit more complicated. Turns out that scar tissue had formed under the band, restricting the stomach. So the restriction I had was from my body rejecting the foreign object. The doctor had to remove the scar tissue. Now I'm anxious about will it stay restricted (probably not) So, I paid $19,000 to put and remove a device that gave me an eating disorder. If you're thinking about doing this surgery, do more research. UCLA has recently sent out a newsletter article that said that lapbands are only effective for 20% of the people that are banded. I'm done with surgeries. I'd frankly rather be 50 pounds overweight than suffer from a bad intervention.