DeLarla

I forgot to mention that a weeping wound happens with any type of surgery. My friend had a major breast reduction and leaked for 8 weeks. I leaked for 8 months. First, the original port got infected so they removed it. Then I got a new port, but they put the port in the same old infected wound, so that 2nd port got infected, too. I had the 2nd one removed in January. I need a new port, but $$$ is an issue since I'm still paying off all these complications.

The burning doesn't sound so good. Is it red, warm, foul odor? Now that I know you're leaking, I can tell you a lot more. First, don't trust or listen to anything anybody tells you unless they are a qualified band surgeon. I went to urgent care several times (I even showed my vet because nobody else could help me.) I'm in Vegas and don't have a local band doc. The reason a regular doctor can't help you is because you have an implant, and the tubing so near the surface of the skin might be what's preventing your incision to close. A regular doctor probably won't know that. The liquid collects inside the new cavity and needs to escape. If there's too much liquid, it comes out the incision, but eventually the incision is supposed to close and your body will eliminate any residual Fluid. But the stuff needs to escape, so you can't force the wound to close. I tried everything including (don't laugh) a blow dryer, driving in a sports bra on the highway with all the windows open, laying in the blazing summer sun, liquid bandages... you name it, I tried getting the thing to stop leaking. But it needs to drain. If it closes before it's ready, then it will just have to burst open again so it can drain more. Mine closed and burst open several times and got so bad at one point that Urgent Care had to lance it open. Keep the wound clean and change the bandages often to keep the rest of the area as dry as possible. Meanwhile, while you are currently taking antibiotics, you still need to contact your band surgeon. Let's hope you have a normal leak (this is called a weeping wound.) My leaking was the sign of infection to come. (Don't get too worried cause others leaked and soon closed with no further problem.) My story was worse because my leaking was the sign of infection, and I had to get my port removed. Once the port becomes infected, not even antibiotics can help. Read that line again: Once the port becomes infected the only option is port removal. I had to get my port removed a month after surgery. Then my wound STILL wouldn't close because they kept the tubing too near the surface of the wound. I've had two ports, and both of them leaked, and both have been removed. I'm currently portless. Please keep a very keen eye on that area. The antibiotics might be okay to fight off any new infection, but I wouldn't trust anybody but a band surgeon at this point. Take the time to call your sugeon and tell him you're on antibiotics to be on the safe side. Wishing you the best.

I actually did buy a fur lined sink and an electric dog polisher. Is that bad? Cracking up cuz I adore Steve!

I think Princess stopped coming to LBT. She's kinda a private gal and might eat my head now. Silly Daisy, I just had a brain fert.

There are hundreds of clichés that cover this topic. People are often judgmental by nature, and unless they walk a mile in our moccasins they'll never understand what our obsession with food is like. Next time he changes a tire, tell him he should have done it bare handed like a real man. What kind of weakling needs a crow bar? Geeze, what a wimp. Does your husband own any tools? The band is just a tool to assist us in losing weight. We are not super humans. Tell him to throw away all his tools before opening his mouth again.

I was told NO carbonation, so I stopped drinking beer. But I recently saw a frosty freshly cracked-open beer and couldn't resist. I was suprises that it tasted gross. I guess it officially takes one year to stop liking beer, and I LOVED beer.

Before my band I had a horrible hiatal hernia, and I could never burp. Now when I feel one coming on, I let it rip because it feels so good, like 10 years of burp waiting to go. I can burp with the boys now. Hubby is very proud.

The running joke is to shove rolls of quarters in your underwear! The FDA requires that you be at least 100 pounds overweight or have a BMI over 40, unless you have other weight related problems. However, there are no such standards in Mexico, which is why a lot of people go there. Some people have (and this is so sad) even tried gaining extra weight, but maybe a decent doctor will fudge the numbers????

Is there something in the stars, moon or atmosphere that's giving me the willies? Yesterday a young guy was killed on his motorcycle very close to my home, at an intersection I rode my own motorcycle by the previous day. I wanted to read the news story but it's not in the paper. What's worse is that I stumbed upon a second motorcycle death over the weekend not far from home. This makes me very afraid of my motorcycle - is it an omen or just coincidence? Next I see something that's got me sick and crying. A cop was chasing a high school kid for spraying graffiti. The cop jumped in a back yard to search for the kid and was rushed by two pitbulls, so his partner shot the dogs and killed one. They were in their own home protecting their house. The owner has no kids and considered them his children, just like I consider my Pitbull my little girl. Maybe it's my PMS, but I'm feeling very weepy and creepy today, and I'm not thrilled at all about the world right now.

Ohhhh, you make me have tears in my eyes! Come to Vegas in September and you can catch up and meet a whole batch at once.

Oh, and DITTO to the "AAAHHHH" that Kathy was talking about, because my CPAP allowed me to sleep for the first time in 10 years. I haven't used it since losing 70 pounds, but that's the best invention ever (once you get used to it.) Nice!

Wow, you make me really proud to be able to admit you might have a problem. That's not easy to do. Kudos to you for doing more research on the subject. Inducing vomitting (any type of vomitting) can be detrimental to the band.

We don't have a Smoothie King, but it would definitely be peanut butter & chocolate. Hell, toss in a banana if you gotta.

It's awesome that you finally got to experience what life is all about. I never let my weight stop me from doing that kind of thing, but I always felt bad for my husband cause I knew the day would come when I'd have a heart attack in the middle of nowhere. Good for you, and good for your family that you finally get to join them. What a beautiful spot, too.

OMG, I'm the most jealous girl in the world right now. I'm a bear & coon fanatic and wish they'd visit me! Why not jut put a big ole bowl of bear food on the poorch for your new fur baby? My friend that lives in the mountains is always chasing wild burrow (mules) off her front porch. She gets really mad cause I coax them over with dog biscuits so they'll keep coming back. Once one stuck his head in my car window so I couldn't move my car because he wanted to drink my Diet Pepsi. I never knew bears ate bird seed though. I guess if I had a lil one I might worry, or keep a can of hairspray by the window to scare him away.

Holy smoke! That's crazy.

Hi Chris, I don't know any Mich docs but wanted to throw a hello your way since I had the same problem. What is your incision problem? Mine started leaking a week after surgery like a faucet and never stopped. Soon the area became infected. Leaking can be quite normal as long as the area stays infection free. What is your wound doing?

I kinda figured this was a global weirdness because there are too many back-to-back things going on. Today a car flipped in my neighborhood and two children are murderers! Yesterday a little girl stabbed and killed a smaller child with a knife directly into the heart, and today a little boy beat his baby sibling to death with no remorse, toss in a landslide that has houses sliding down hills in Laguna. Michael Jackson better hope for a lot of delays in his trial till this creepy time passes or it could be curtains for him.

That's not Paula. That's her skinny little sister.

So it IS the moon, right? Strange feelings here.

Oh my gosh, I was almost arrested once, too! A group of us was pulled over. They yanked me and one guy away from the crowd and were getting ready to take us in. Just then something came over the radio and they released us. Oops, they found the real liquor store robbers. This world is what makes me want to be numb. Please pass the buffet and booze.

You know you're stressed when going in the hospital for a few days sounds like a relaxing vacation (sounds good to me right now.) Good for you! Pretend it's a weekend-spa deal and try to make the best out of it. Good luck to you & come back soon.

Well the STUPID COP should have given her tickets on both counts. DUH, she admitted that she didn't see the stop sign or my bike! Nice sunny day, clear intersection but the woman can't see a stop sign or a 300 pound woman on an orange Harley? They should have cuffed her & had her car impounded but they sent her driving back into traffic, land of invisible stop signs.

Is there a full moon? Chris just called & told me a looney woman ran into our garage at 4:00 a.m. this morning while he was having his coffee. He grabbed his big buck knife and probably would have stabbed her, but then her boyfriend entered the garage apologizing for her & said she just got out of the looney bin! She was trying to ask my husband if there was glass in her cut foot. What are these people doing wandering our neighborhood barefoot and right out of the bin? Something weird is about to happen... just a prediction.

I've only been riding about 6 months and I'm already turning into Brawling Biker Bitch. It won't be long till I get in a fist fight, so I may as well get some tattos and piercings. We actually got a woman pulled over by cops after she ran a stop sign and cause me to spin out on gravel & almost go down. Guess what the idiot chick told the cops? "SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE THE MOTORCYCLES." The cop said he couldn't ticket her because he didn't see it happen, but her license said she's supposed to wear glasses, which she wasn't wearing... why couldn't she see the bikes? The cop was happy to give her a ticket for not wearing glasses.