Donna113

Oh Happy Day! Happy Birthday, Alex! Thank your Mom for me! You've created a wonderful virtual world where people with similar problems can come together and discuss anything that's on their minds. Happy Birthday! Donna

My DH knows exactly how much I weigh but he won't tell me how much he weighs. Kind of ironic since he's only about 20 lbs overweight (spare tire).

I was closed off to surgery too because I was scared of the bypass and hadn't really heard about the lap band. Once I heard about the lap band, and had a hit the bottom of the barrel moment, that all changed.

Al Roker said he kept his Bypass secret exactly for the reason you stated Minx. It was only after he came through it OK that he wanted to share.

I'm posting just to post....

It's not getting bigger, the rest of you is getting smaller and it's just going to take a little longer for other parts to catch up. Thank God for plastic surgeons... if all else fails, when you reach goal, there's always the nip/tuck option.:biggrin:

I, on the other hand, PREFER stylists, nail techs and wait staff who are quiet. When I'm getting my hair or nails done, I want it to be a quiet, relaxing time, not a gab fest. Since I rarely dine out alone, I prefer chatting with my dining partner, not the waiter. As long as they provide good service and have appropriate body language, I don't consider quiet servers a bad thing.

Congratulations! She's beautiful and so alert!

Let's trade bosses! In all seriousness, I'm so happy for you!

WTG!!!!:wink2: :cursing:

what's a lovenox shot? I don't recall getting a shot in my belly before or after the surgery.

I chose Lap Band for the same reasons as Jackie. I have to say, I do agree with your doctor that the Lap Band in the short term is probably not as effective as the by-pass or the sleeve. However, the Lap Band is adjustable and in the longer term I think is more effective for that reason.

I got my 3rd on 9/23, they took out 3.5 ccs then put in 4.5 ccs. Although the barium swallow went through fine the water they gave me after the barium went down too slow so they took out .5 cc so I now have 4 ccs. I do feel more restriction/diminishing of hunger between meals, but I still think I'm eating too much during meals so I've scheduled another fill for next Tuesday. So far, I have not PB'd, or thrown up. I've only been stuck when I forgot to chew my food as well as I should have but even then, it passes relatively quickly.

I notice my hunger level fluctuates a bit but from what I could gather on this site, it appears that if it's TOM, the band seems to get tighter and if you are stressed, angry or feeling extreme emotion, the band gets tighter. As for getting stuck, it's only happened to me a couple of times and those times were when I forgot to chew the food as well as I should have.

Sylvia, how are things now?

Heather, Congratulations! When did you find out you were expecting?

1 stone = 14 lbs 20 stones = 280 lbs 10.5 stones = 147 lbs

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Congrats Luluc on completing your run in such a good time! I also note that you lost 2 lbs. Was that a result of the run?

I'm for it! It certainly will be cheaper on the taxpayers in the long term.

If a candidate was pro-life BUT was an Atheist who was going to ban the practice of religion, would you still vote for him if his opponent was pro-choice?

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My weight loss is slow as well. I was banded just 2 days after you and I feel like of all the July Butterflies, I've lost the least but I keep reminding myself that I need to quite comparing myself to others and focus on what I need to do. As for feeling full, I don't think you are ever going to feel full nor should that be the goal. My understanding is that you are to no longer feel hungry. Satiety is not the same as full. By the time you feel full, you have overeaten. I am scheduled for my 4th fill next week because I am not at my sweet spot but I do have some restriction so the feeling I get now isn't a feeling of fullness as it is more a feeling of discomfort in my chest. When I start to feel discomfort (not quite stuck but close) then I know it's time to stop eating.

I think that's terrible. In this situation if I were the nail tech, I'd work something out with the salon and either have the salon agree that I no longer had to service the bad tipper OR have the salon make up the difference in tip to be at least 15%. That way the salon keeps the customer but doesn't force the nail tech to basically take a drastic pay cut in bad tips and loss of customer.

Have you reached goal? Will you put the band back in later or do another type of surgery?