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Alice trying cutting the milk in half and use Water to fill in. Worked for me...but then I'm a guy and the gas was a badge of honor.

Blossom... I am doing some ab crunches and I'm not feeling any pain or truble with my port. I'm hoping these start showing some inprovement soon. Betty thinks I'm crazy and Blossom says I'm a mess. Oh well LOL Someday I'll straighten up...and when I do they will drop the lid on me LOL Leatha_g.. No I don't have big screen monitor. I'll just look at one at a time. LOL

My Fault Stats arn't out yet. I wiull have them on Monday

Please sign this disclaimer stating you won't hold me responsible for anything I write: Greg Tourville_________. Ok Lisa I signed off for you.

Good Luck Don't worry about the one giving you gas... They know what they are doing. Your most dangerous part of the surgery is your drive to and from the hospital. Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers

Detail always details LOL... thought that would get thru unnoticed lol... oh well.. My offical statement is..."Homey don't play those games"

What do you think? LOL Sue... I think you better send the next ones to my private e-mail LOL. But honestly...Good for her...If she feels that she is ok with poses like this then I can't say anything bad.... I still maintain as I always have that beauty in on the inside and I haven't found one person here including men (being bi doubles my changes for a date on Saturday nites LOL) that Doesn't have that inner beauty. Your all great...one of the highlights of being banded is I found you all here. Ok when I get tired I get emotional... and I worked midnights last nite and haven't been to bed yet( Oh Lord its 5pm). let me snatch a few tissues and dry the eys and put my soon to be obsolete C=pap on and get some sleep.

God I hope not Marie or I'm a goner by the end of the year

Sue, Now don't hold back...I want your honest pinion here lOL But you are right.

to prepare for all that post weight loss sex LOL Oh boy is there a Line????

Psssssssssssssst...Marie its not the 24 of Jan yet. Connorsmom see how excited Marie is for you to get banded..She has you done already and recouperating LOL Thats the way the people here are. Just so concerned for everyone. I love ya all

Welcome LaurenThat child should be all you need to say to figure out how you will handle it. With modivation like that you will just do it when your new tool is installed. My modivation was due to feeling I'd not be around to see my grandchildren when they arrive. I got banded and have pretty much destroyed all my bad eating habits. And I truely believe God has Blessed me for this decision as my first grandchild is going to be born on/or near July 25th. Nancy was right when she said we no longer diet. What I am doing is eating properly for a male who weights 190/200 pounds. And because my band restricts me from over eating I just listen to it when it tells me no more and I lose weight. Making the right choices is hard but I think everyone will tell you that when you see weight start to come off you get with the program a little more each time. We're all human and have our slips(no Becky I'm not offering to wear a slip). But I find when I do make a bad choice I am more willing to stop and get back on track then I ever was before. No more feeling like a failure in my diet because I'm not on a diet and normal weight people eat things that really aren't healthy once in awhile. So I just get over it and put it behind. Good Luck and God Bless

I was banded In Aug/2004 and the charts say I should be 190. So I have 140 pounds to lose to reach this mark. Like Becky I don't believe 190 is where I want to be and I want to reach 220 pounds. If I go by medical charts I have already dropped 53% of my excess weight. If I look at where I want to be I have lost 68%. And I haven't even been banded 6 months yet. Like others here have said If for some reason I didn't lose another pound I'd be satisfied with what I have done by being banded. For several reasons and here are a few: #1- I haven't felt this good in many many years. #2- My surgery was less invasive then RNY. #3- My stomach is still accessable to the medical community in the event I develope ulcers/cancer. With other surgeries the stomach is closed and treatment for any ailments involves more surgery. #4- I take, by my own choice, one vitiman a day and not numerous suppliments. #4- My body uses its own system in the normal process of digestion and waste production. I could go on and on...But the choice for you is personal and you have to make it. One morbid note...Go to obesityhelp.com and look at thier memorial page and see how many deaths they have posted. Then read about the people and see what surgeries they had. No very many Lapbanders in there. That tells me right there I made the right choice. Good Luck and God Bless

Curley...You said it very well.. I have seen that Quote and it is right on. Thanks for bring it here.

I'm really confused. When I got married I was told I could have 16 more wives??? 4 better 4 worse 4 sicker and 4 poorer. Hmmmmmmmmmm did they change the rules???

If you go to www.obesityhelp.com there is a listing of Dr. Check and see if any in your area.

Salvation Army wants to give me the "Donator of the Year Award". lol

Becky I would have done it several more time if I had the time LOL...Thinking about going back tomorrow and trying it again. Maybe if I ride it often enough people will think I operate it like and elevator and I can make some tips.. Gee now how many here actually remember rideing an elevator that had an operaor in it. Phew gave away my age didn't I

I know this may seem silly to you but I have for years had a fear of escalators. I carried a lot of my weight in belly and chest area so I always felt top heavy. When ever I had to get on an escalator (down) I would stand there grab both rails and carefull get on and hold with at least one hand. Always afraid I was going to fall. Well I went to Sears this evening to pick up something and I took up escalator, which I never had trouble with. Bought what I needed and then headed to down escalator. Got to it and just stepped onto the thing without grabbing the rail and didn't even realize it till I put second foot on the step. Didn't have that top heavy feeling and also didn't feel like falling. Went back up and did it again. Hope they didn't have me on the security camera casue I was laughing on second ride down.

My thoughts are with you all day today Sammy.

Hey HarleyNana I use Viagra too. Wait you said for women let me re-read ohhhhhhhhhh you said viactiv... Sorry misread that... Forget I said anything about viagra

Lisa at least your making good choices. Dark chocolate has less sugar in it then Milk Chocolate does.

LOL Messing around with this thread LOL Boy have you. Glad I'm not part of this. Any ways ladies All I hear from you is how much you want to cover up. I understand to a point but your all beautiful women and you need to know that people have to accept you as you are or their not worth calling friend. Of cousre don't get any ideas that I'm ready for the Speedo picture LOL. Lisa you talked about PMS recently that when I saw this I thought of you. or I should say Chris so tell him what I sent LOL: How can you tell which bottle contains her PMS medicine? It's the one with bite marks on the cap!

Use the large needles Becky LOL

Well thouth out plan. Wish you the best in your journey. No one here should even consider telling you anything other then you decision is your own and thats that. AS all others here say keep us posted. We do care.