Marimaru

I'm a 16, with some 14s, from a 24/22. I haven't cried yet, but I probably will when I get to a 12 or a 10... whew... Congratulations!!! It only gets better

when I get sick, I get really tight. I had a nasty PB episode the Sunday after thanksgiving, I was eating something normal, and I felt okay, but it just kind of krept up on me. The next day I have a full blown cold, and I believe they're related. I went on liquids for a few days, then to mushies, then back to solids a couple of days ago just to be safe. Being sick will do it to me, I just didn't know I was sick yet, heh.

I was never in any intense pain. If your banding center is telling you that you may be having a heart attack, while I agree that it could be something band related, I think I would definitely have it checked out! I know there are people around here who DID experience more pain after surgery than many of us, but I would still have it checked out. You could call your banding center back and request an appointment and ask your doc to just check everything under flouro...

I was in denial about my weight for a good long time. Not that I thought I was thin, I just didn't think it was THAT bad! I've lost about 80 lbs, and the longer I sit at this weight, the bigger I seem to see myself. Not sure what's up with that. It worries me to wonder what I'm going to think of my body when I am at goal...

I've always been able to feel mine. There have been some people who lost their weight and could see a bump where it is, and they just had it repositioned, or converted to a smaller port (usually during a tummy tuck or some other procedure).

This guy at work refers to himself as "the fat man". He's probably got about 50 lbs to lose, doesn't seem all that fat to me, but he said one day "even without the gut, I'd be a fat man, it's a mentality". That said, when I was at my highest weight, I didn't refer to myself as fat until about 6 months before my surgery, when I really started looking at myself. Now I'll say things like "When I was fatter". Every now and then I'll hear myself say "When I was fat" as if I'm not now. I'm hovering between 195 and 210 at the moment, which isn't huge, but I still see myself as fat. The longer I sit around this weight, the bigger I seem to see myself. It's weird.

I too think there is a huge difference between a spanking and beating your kid. My mom probably crossed the line a couple of times with us (spanking out of anger, or a little harder than she should have) but in the grand scheme of things, my sisters and I turned out fine. I think that more energy needs to be spent on dealing with bad parents than enforcing laws that are going to be followed by already law-abiding citizens and ignore by already law-breaking citizens.

I would respond that price wasn't the consideration that caused you to go with another doctor, and that the attitude you received in the email you just got, confirmed that you are happy with your choice!

I agree, and I wanna see what you make too!

It seems to me that people are intentionally reading into the tone of posts in the way that annoys them the most. That's what threads like this say to me, anyway. If someone posts their experience, that's all it is. I don't think anyone on THIS site is saying that what they've experienced is the only think anyone could possibly experience. If someone posts something, and it's different than what you experienced, just say so. But don't assume that they are calling you a liar, or trying to say they know everything. And I also second Serena's post.

I can say that I get the principle of what they are trying to do, but good lord... if the settlement money doesn't begin to cover the cost of what this woman needs, they should keep their greedy little paws off of it.

It definitely sounds like some passive aggressive behavior there, especially with the comments in the last post. I think the next time he tells you "I didn't think you were that into it" tell him that if you where that into it, you'd tell him and that he should quit deciding how you feel!

Oops, I had more, heh... Having been on the customer service rep side of things, I have to agree with the side that says the customer isn't always right. But there's lines to that. When I worked in a coffee shop and took someone's order, and they said it was wrong when I KNEW it was right, it didn't hurt me to just dump the coffee and start a new one and offer them an apology. It was just easier that way. Phone customer service is a little different. Especially when you have people who are asking the impossible, KNOW they are asking the impossible, and just being really mean about it!

lindata, Sometimes, you just can't win. It doesn't matter how nice you are, they have a bug up their a$$ and they just aren't gonna be helpful. At least your hubby got a better response. I don't know how it is now, or if it's different in Canada, but a number of years ago when my mom was going to start an online retail business, the law was that you had to ship the product within 3 days of charging someone's credit card. If the product was on hold or whatever, you couldn't charge them for it until it was ready to go out. Maybe you should look into that and file a complaint after you get your books?

Firstly I wouldn't set any dates for your mini goal. 2nd, all of my mini goals have some kind of meaning. The first one was to go from 280 to 250, just because 250 was kind of a round number. Then 230, which would be 50 lbs lost. Then 210, because that's halfway to goal, then of course 195 for onederland. After that is 180, which will be 100 lbs lost, then 160, because that's the weight I was back when my dad had me on slimfast and was weighing me every day. My final goal is 140, but I'll likely evaluate at 160 and see what I think.

Well, it could be that it's not band related. Maybe you should have some bloodwork done to find out what it is you're body is missing?

There was a bunch of reasons to move up here. It is rather cold, but that's okay. Aloha is near Beaverton... I think it's a tiny suburb of some kind, lol. Since this is an Oregon thread, can anyone tell me the name of some good local surgeons and whether you know if they'll deal with Mexico patients? I don't have any issues but it's been too long since I had my band checked out (don't need a fill), and I should really just get a checkup and I think it would be good to know a surgeon before I need one, if that makes any sense.

I know how some mother in laws are, so this suggestion might be horrible, lol. Maybe you could take your MIL to lunch and just lay it out for her. Tell her you think it's wonderful that she loves her grandkids so much, but after the 'day of opening' most of the gifts go unused and just sit and collect dust. You could even tell her that if she enjoys watching them open so many presents, if she left you with the receipts you could take care of returning the ones they end up not touching to put the money away for later, and that you are perfectly willing to tell you kids when they get older about all the money grandma helped you store away for them.

Normally I don't, but I'm going to be with my in laws for Thanksgiving and have been invited to go. I still haven't really decided yet, lol.

Congratulations!

I'm having a hard time believing the holidays are actually here. I think it might be tough for me this year, as I just moved away from my family for the first time really (I didn't live with my mom, but always within about 10 miles of her, and now I'm out of state). I'm going to my In Law's for Thanksgiving, and to mom's for Christmas, but still. Thanksgiving is going to be rather crazy. My husband has 9 older siblings, of which 7 will be at his parents' house. Among them they have something just less than 30 kids, most of which will be going. It's very different than my family. When we all get together at mom's house, at most there's like 12 of us, lol. I am just hoping that the kids wont be too rowdy because my MIL was just told that her cancer is NOT gone and she will have to do another round of chemo.

I would definitely get the fever checked out. You don't want to assume it's your GB and find out that that's fine and still don't know what's causing it.

I moved here in the beginning of October from Southern California. The weather is a big change and my husband doesn't understand why I want a WINTER WARDROBE! Although this morning he finally admitted to being cold, so maybe he'll figure it out. He's from Washington initially so this is more what he's used to.

What is the required BMI for immigration? Does anyone know? I didn't see it in the article. The basic premise actually makes sense to me, as upsetting as it must be for that couple.

I have lots of mini goals, and I've celebrated some, and let some others go by without much more than recognition.