Barbara Vaught Maples

Nope, I was home by 4PM. The only speedbump was I couldn't void. He made me go out to the ER to be cathed that night at 9PM. Then I was fine. He was upset the nurse let me go home w/o voiding. I have been on mushies this week. Doing fine. Losing slow. Only 5 lbs since surg. Grrr. Still swelling in tummy area on port side. PA says it will go down soon. Bruising almost gone. Starting to ecercise again...

I had my surgery on wed, he putin the small regualr band. He also had to fix Hiatal Hernia and take out some adhesions, I'm sipping and walking. All is fine. Have a great day!!!

Hi there, It's great to know other banders in Central IL. I was wondering, where is Dr. Syds office at Carle or in Champaign? Where do you get your fills? What day is he there? Have you had fills by a Nurse or someone else? Urbana is closer than Clinton. I live in Charleston. Go Panthers!!! I'd love to meet you for lunch sometime, maybe when I come up for a fill. Where do you work? I am a legal secretary for the States Attorney. Hope to meet you all soon, Babbs

Hi to all Illinois bansters. My surgery is this Wed, 9/5/07. With Dr Rohrsheib at Carle. What can you remember about surgery that I should know?

What would make you think you would deserve to be treated like crap? No one deserves to be treated like that. I know people who act inapprobriatly and treat people badly, losing patience and yelling at them because they are frustrated or some other reason they rationalize in their own sick mind. And because people are afraid of them. this bad behavior is allowed to continue. It is still wrong. When someone interupts you on the phone, simply stop, excuse yourself for a moment from your phone call and ask the rude employee nicely to please wait a moment until you are off the phone. Sometimes you need to treat them like a child, if they act like one. Don't allow this disrespect for yourself or anyone else. You are in the positon to change things for yourself and maybe even someone else. Blessings,

When we don't feel good about ourselves, when we feel FAT, we feel like we're not in the same class with our Normal co workers, we try harder. We smile more, we don't our anger or bad feelings show. Society encourages us to feel that way. It's like we don't count as a REAL person with REAL feelings, because we look a certain way on the outside. I know I am know as The Positive One. I do get walked on alot, but that is changing. I have perserverred and won have some respect. I do feel like a second class citizen, being the largest person in the office. I am also the only one who has lost 29 lbs in the last 4 months. Hopefully, with continued wt loss I can regain my self esteem and be more confident. Stand up for myself and feel normal. It's sad but very true. Fat descrimination is very real