Daisalana

Bump! I'm going to the grocery store in a few minutes, was hoping for at least 1 reply?

It's not that traumatic Any 'stuck' I've gotten, it's very uncomfortable, but you feel it coming on.. you suffer for a minute, then it's gone. That's how it is for me anyway. When I am stuck I don't like to move or talk, and if someone asks me something I have to whisper back (dh has a tendency to do this--'You stuck?') Throwing up has only happened a couple of times to me, and each time, it's a very smooth throw up.. not like heaving when you're sick.. its more like.. spitting up.. and there goes food you just ate. Don't be afraid of the good foods! If your band has an intolerance for a food, you'll likely know on the first bite, and it's not too terrible, it's just not fun.

I don't consciously count carbs like I do calories and Protein.. But I have swapped from the processed breads to wholewheat, and whatever is lower in calories (which again was me looking at calories, not carbs). And instead of normal potatos, I eat red potatos (which are also lower calorie.).. So I'm just trying to get 'better' carbs than I use to. I keep thinking about restricting carbs, but being a former Atkins fanatic, I really want to avoid that road.

I could eat anything after 2 months.. except hamburger patties. And I probably could if I really worked at it, but nah thanks.

I've never had any of those little things of chili, I just see them passing in the soup aisle.. But I have tried, those little packets of things like chicken & rice, turkey&gravy (dont remember the brand..all the drug stores have them, they're non-refrigerated) and they're DISGUSTING. Not only does it look horrible..and smell horrible.. but one bite made me spit it out. Avoid them!

Cerrin.. you mentioned being allergic to mayo.. My egg salad is normally ff mayo & pickle relish--tuna salad too. I found out pickle relish isn't a standard everywhere (I always thought it was!).. but if you like it with relish, my granny (who is diabetic and always coming up with something new), started mixing eggs with ff thousand island dressing.. instead of the mayo/relish. I'm not sure if thousand island is same as mayo, but if not.. it is actually really good, I couldn't tell a difference and it's a little bit healthier

I think I took it worse than what I had read about before I went into surgery. I didn't expect it to be too terrible in the pain department, but I was way wrong. I was in excruciating pain for the first 2 days.. I didn't take my pain meds because I didn't want to be loopy, and ended up pulling a muscle due to the funny way I would hold myself.. so I ended up taking 4 more days to 'recover' due to the muscle problem, and that was 6 days total. And that's my own stupid fault! I think if I'd stayed on pain meds those 2 days, I would have been fine. I went back to work on day 5, despite the muscle pains, but I have a desk job. Clothes bothered me at first due to them rubbing on the incisions (despite being covered up). I was in the hospital 24 hours, and then we had to drive 3 hours home.. it wasn't too bad, I kept a pillow on my lap.. mom was driving like a bat out of hell, so the only bad part was her sudden stops and starts. My opinion is that you would be able to cook within a few days as long as you take it easy (no throwing dough up in the air!), and walking 3 flights.. might take a while.. Just my 2 cents

kity- OHhh.. now I see, it's in your signature. I guess I was looking for Panda.. she's Pamela isn't she?? Sheesh, I thought I was goin crazy!! Speakin of dreams.. Since it's my OOMTOM since I stopped taking those fat-holding pills of mine, I was sooo munchy-ish last night. I ate a banana and 2 100 calorie packs right before bed (i know i know!), but then it caused me to have dreams I was REALLY overeating!! I dreamed I ate a WHOLE LARGE PIZZA.. and I don't even LIKE pizza.. and then I had 3 cheeseburgers from McDonalds (which I still haven't had since surgery), and a large fry.. and I was drinkin Mt. Dew (haven't had since a MONTH before surgery).. so hmm.. my body thought my banana and 2 100 calorie packs were equivelant to all that? HAH! My 'binge moments' do not hold a light to what they use to be.. I really could eat 4-5 McDonald meals in one sitting.. But, I still don't miss it. I just get irritated that I crave lots of food late at night.

Ok something weird is goin on.I noticed it days ago, and it keeps happening so I gotta say something. I keep seeing people post to 'pamela', but I don't see any pamela posting.. I'm so confused!!!!! I read all the posts,I can't believe I would miss her posts every time.. am I goin crazy or are you guys responding to PM's from her??

jennifur- ya...DAMN on 18lbs in 1 month! pass some of that mojo this way

Jesse- me and my dh went thru that for a while.. he *thought* I was always picking fights, which meant I was not going to 'get in the mood' that night just cause he slaps my butt.. but I was 'picking fights', because all day long he would ignore me when I was trying to get attention, and then *my* self-esteem was crushed, so when he wanted sex that night, I was just full of being pissed off and resenting being ignored, and thus.. we didn't have sex for a loooong time. When I'd bring up why I was mad all the time, he'd make excuses why it was all my imagination, but he would pick playing video games over coming to bed with me.. and that's enough to turn me off for a month! That was a while ago in itself.. But, I wanted to say since surgery, dh and I both notice sex is more frequent, for whatever reason. Other then that, the dynamic of our relationship hasn't changed.. I'm hoping we'll get to go on more tourist-y trips now that I can walk for long periods of time without pain

Well I haven't weighed myself in a few days, but my count is 4lbs for August. Down 4lbs from last month, which confirms my feeling that I have less restriction than I did last month. My next fill is sept. 13 (soooo far away). I bought a pair of new jeans in a smaller size, got them yesterday and wearin them to work today. I'm started to feel like I blend in with all the skinny sexy girls that work here. Some reason, that's a pre-requisite here. You have to be hella sexy and normally blonde. The lady who hires, is an old washed up sexy lady but she thinks she's still hot stuff and likes to surround herself with girls that look like her (it's funny being on the outside looking in). see..these are the customer service girls!

We're just a chatty bunch of ladies! Hm.. views, not posts.. eek.. we're being spied on??

I hiccup when I'm at my satisfied spot.

oh, and after posting on the depo provera thread, I looked up these pills my doc gave me to 'regulate' my tom.. and I read it is used for cancer patients who are losing weight.. this medicine increases your fat storage. ARGH! I'm officially going off of these meds today.

ohhh I forgot to tell you guys about my salad.. MMMMMM.. after the concert I got room service and ordered a 'Flat Iron Steak Salad'... first time in my life, I ate a salad without dressing on it. It was the best salad I've ever had in my life, and have been craving it since lol. It was the greens that are very spriggy.. like romaine maybe? Then it had a medium-rare steak sliced up on the side, balsamic roasted yellow and red tomatos, sliced avacado, red onions, red cabbage, and bleu cheese crumbles. Every bite was a little bit of heaven.. they served it with ranch on the side, but like I said.. I ate it without dressing and it was sooo full of flavor. So now my goal is to find somewhere locally that has a salad like this lol. It puts steak-out's sirloin salad to SHAME!

Megestrol acetate has another independent use in cancer treatment. In high doses, it is used to counteract weight loss that does not occur for any other treatable reason. Megestrol acetate appears to bring about weight gain through increased fat storage. ---Found this while figuring out what this stuff is suppose to be for. That doesn't sound promising either!!

I have issues with my periods, so I've been on b/c since I was 12.. I take them back to back so I don't have periods anymore.. but, since I had to go off of them for surgery, my periods have become erratic.. I have 3 TOM right now, so my gyno gave me Megestrol Acetate.. It essentially stops the bleeding, and she told me to take it for 3 months to regulate myself, then go back to the b/c.. it does work, when I don't take it as prescribed (I worry I'll get pregnant, it says it's an anti-estrogen), I will start bleeding, but within a day of taking these again it stops.

I haven't done band & depo at the same time, but I tried depo a couple of years ago.. ONE TIME.. and gained 30lb in the time I was on it (I think it lasts 3 months?). I never did it again, but I am always weary of the depo, and advise anyone I know with weight issues not to try depo. I'm not sure if any of ther other b/c options work on Endometriosis, but I would definitely ask your doctor giving the depo if they can suggest something with less weight-gain side effects.

Hey guys, I'll post more tomorrow at work.. Concert was awesome! DH decided to be the drinker, so I had 8 bottles of water, so someone could drive us back to the hotel. Well, I ask my DH not to get 'drunk' ever again, because everytime he drinks.. it's not like a physical abusive, but he becomes.. the BIGGEST ASSHOLE I ever knew. He does it like once every other year, just to remind me I guess. I don't get it.. I'm a happy drunk. So anyway, it's been about 2 years, so he said 'can I get drunk drunk?' and I said 'sure, but don't be mean!' he said "i have no reason to be mean" and i said.. you never did before.. but whatever. So he does, he gets TRASHED and turns into major asshole. He kept being dirty, and I'm sober and tired, so I just kept sayin 'lets just go to sleep', then he'd go 'why don't you love me? YOU HATE ME!' then he'd start yelling and getting crazy.. oh man. And we couldn't smoke in the hotel room.. feeeeeh. I spent 5 hours crying and going downstairs for cigarettes, and trying to control him, having stupid fights, and me trying to just not speak so he would go to sleep and not keep sayin stupid stuff.. but he never shut up. So this is the short version of it, but I had a MISERABLE time after the concert. And now I know, even though there's nothing to fight about, if he's trashed, it's a NIGHTMARE. He is NEVER allowed to get drunk again. That's that!!! Of course this morning he's all happy and lovey and nothing happened. But I've said some things throughout the day about how horrible he was and how he's not allowed to get drunk again.. ever. On drive home, there was a major wreck on the interstate, so we used the GPS system to route a new way (we didn't move for 30 minutes, so everyone on the interstate was reversing.. was kind of scary).. we ended up going right by my band doctor's office. We almost stopped to ask for my fill now while I'm in town.. but since they were weird about me coming 3 days early last time, decided to keep going. Our bowling league started tonight, we just got back a few minutes ago.. I'm pooped from last night and all the driving today.. scale says 287lb today 4lb since Aug 6 I think? Not worth jumping up and down about, but I will take it until I get to my sweet spot.

I am able to eat them in any form or fashion!

Thanks guys I designed my tattoos myself (I have 3..), but they're all hidden unless I'm taking before & after pics LOL! The tramp stamp is a fairy crying in the middle of vines that form a crooked heart in the center (in case you can't tell what it is). Also have a fairy sitting on a crescent moon and blowing a star off her hand on my hip, and then a montage of my birth sign stuff (Feb/Aquarius stuff) on my ankle. About my sexy pants.. I'll take pics sometime this week and show you guys.. THE CONCERT IS TONIGHT!!! We're leaving from work at noon to drive to Atlanta. I forgot our camera darn it. I am going to see if my dad has his at work for me to borrow. Might have some pics of me trashed and flashing my boobs to Incubus Maybe not..

I wanna do pin up shots! I didn't know they had such a thing. I wanted to do.. beaudeau (boo-dwa)(spspspspsp????) photos one day, but this looks more fun.

Just my first observation is they said 'banding procedure', not 'adjustable banding procedure'.. and when I read news articles about lap-band they always refer to it as 'adjustable banding procedure'..

I've never looked at it that way! The ER doctor had told me 'Are you going to trust the internet or my medical degree?' Made me feel like an idiot, but I still think I knew what I was talking about.. I will try asking my doctor to do the fluero the easy way.. thanks for all the info again!