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thank you natural beauty.. strange thing is that since i booked it a few days ago i seem to have my "lapband head" back on . I re read through all the literature i was given post op and its amazing how many of the eating rules that i had chosen to forget. comming baclk on the site after a long absence has really helped and made me realise i shouldn't have stayed away so long Tracey v

bet your confidence has been boosted since you had it done...what a difference it has made .. stunning!!!!!! love trace

Hi All I can only echo that having flouro is more a piece of mind thing than a necessity. On my first fill it showed i had a flipped port and enabled me to have it manipulated so i could actually have my fill. second fill done under flouro showed it had flipped back and so no need for manipulation. My surgeon did state quite clearly that flouro isnt a necessity its just another option thats available. Its cheap where i go so i dont mind paying for it. God knows how much it costs in the US.. £50 in France for entire procedure with flouro.. love trace

hiya zoe ya doing great never weighed in last week as i was away. down 4 over last 2 weeks so happy with that. have just reached my first goal of 2 stones gone. In uk we use stones as a guide to every 14lb of weight... love tracey

Its good to have the pics aint it ive got both of mine that i had done at different fills and its like a work in progress watching the change of tightness in the band as the barium goes through. must admit though i never thought they would scan in being xrays. Thanks for sharing love tracey

Hi all I have read this thread with great interest and have been nodding like mad in agreement at what people have written. Im a firm believer that sometimes we just grow out of relationships with certain people we meet during our lives. As we grow and age our way of thinking grows and ages with us. Our opinions change and therefor so do the people we spend out valuable time with. When we got banded we took control back over our eating and our lives. I know i dont seem to want to go with the flow quite so much these days. I seem to have more of an opinion about what i do and whom i do it with. Love tracey

Hi I had my surgery in France and know of many that have had surgery in belgium and it seems to me that its a real option if you are looking to self pay. The surgeons are well experienced and the cost is minimal. My surgeon is on the euro surgeon site mentioned in this thread Love tracey

Im stunned by this sad news... I know i will be one of many that will miss seeing her on LBT... Deepest sympathy to her husband and family... Love tracey

ROFL at ya delarla that would be sooo funny Tracey

I have 3 that i wear a lot and a few others i wear from time to time Eternity....calvin cline envy........gucci obsession.....calvin cline looking at what is popular in the usa is , it seems, a bit different from the UK. anymore brits in here wear similar to me? the others i wear are opium anais anais poison lu lu love tracey

hi all welli only got to shed .5 this week and that was only if i was leaning over a bit on the scales and holding my breath ...lol Still half a pound is better than nought love trace

My youngest son had his ears done when he was 7 and the difference is amazing.. he loved the big bandage they put on him cos all the old ladies cooed over him lol... hope all goes well and definately must see some before and after pics love tracey

Hi there scotty just a quick question as to where in london you live... im in essex so its just up the road really. Tracey

good luck for a safe surgery and a speedy recovery Love tracey

If its a signature you want to add so it shows on all ya posts...just go to top of page and find user cp... then im sure ya will work it out. love tracey

go to www.tickerfactory.com its self explainatory and pretty easy to set yourself up a tape love trace

hi estela i just notice that you dont have as vast amount of weight to lose as most people that have been banded on here... looking at your ticker you are nearly half way to your goal.. im sure with a little tweeking of your fill and perhaps a food diary of some sort to keep track of exactly what your eating for a week or so might help... Dont feel frustrated as 23 lbs is already gone forever and thats a brilliant achievement.. love tracey hang in there

hey there ryan i knew the minute i saw your pic that we were twins..lol i hit the 36 mark today...hope your day is as good as mine and that you get the news about your loved one that gives you light at the end of the tunnel. im not a religous person but i will say a prayer for you toady and keep your loved one in my thoughts love tracey

well done all on ya loss and .5 la madam is still a loss and you should be proud of all your hard work to date love tracey

hi all well all the hard work at the gym and step classes this past week has paid off. i lost 7 lbs this week and i am amazed... mind you i also have a new fill on 23 feb so that must be helping too love tracey

hi there and good luck take towels with you as they dont provide them in the hospitals... happy banding love tracey

this is what happens when a few peple make the boards not a nice place to visit hope they are happy with themselves.... ive not said much about it up until now but its time people put aside their differences and got on with what this board is all about... help, support and guidance... love tracey

not sure if i have put this in the right place but i have to share this cos it was such a victory for me. my main problem is evening bingeing....prioer to the band i could just eat and eat late at night. Well last night the need to binge came over me like a wave....so i went to the kitchen and made a sandwich... just cheese slice and cucumber in brown bread... i got all ready to wolf it down....took the first bite and chewed it slowly and down it went....took the second bite and down it went....then woosh up it came again!!!!! Lesson learnt i think... even though i was sick i found myself laughing out loud everytime i thought about it..... i binged on 2 bites of sarnie....what a difference to a couple of months ago hen i would have eaten whatever came to hand and kept on eating I LOVE THIS BAND!!!!! love tracey

hi all my 12 year old has adhd and was diagnosed at 8 ... he has been on ritilin ever since. He is fine at home as i know his moods and the warning signs of impending bad behaviour. school is a different story. has a great form tutor ... he has a great principle.... only snag is that most of the other tutors have no idea how to approach a child with adhd and therefore some days at school are good and others are not so good. One thing is certain though....he would not get through one lesson without his meds... they make such a difference to his concentration levels. When he first started taking it he lost weight and seemed to have little appetite. i fought hard to get him to eat all the right foods etc.. a losing battle... this went on for a couple of years..me stressing about his weight .... then one day i spoke to an elderly lady , a stranger, in a cafe i was trying to get him to eat his dinner a very healthy dinner... this lady saw i was getting upset as he wouldnt eat and she said to me... i know its hard darling but why dont you just let him be he will eat when he is hungry.... thats when it came to me ....meal times were like a battle ground... well i decided not to fight anymore.... i started to just make him food when he asked me for it... if he wanted to skip a meal i let him... if he wanted to snack i let him...if he wanted a bowl of cereal for dinner i let him have it..... and do ya know what.... once i took the battle away and gave him the choice of wether he wanted to eat or not my home returned to a calm stress free meal time zone.... He is now 12 and still has ritilin but now he is a strapping well built boy with no hint of a skinny rib in sight. And he is still a fussy eater but its part of his life i no longer worry about....that elderly lady was right....i let him be and he ate when he was hungry and not when i told him to and he never starved away like i thought he would...lol I really do understand how worrying the appetite thing is but it does get better as they get older. And so does their behaviour... children are wonderful things they adjust and learn to live with their adhd much better than us parents give them credit for... as for tears for no apparant reason at school... adhd kids are very sensitive and as much as they can display lots of anger and bad behaviour they also tend to want to have lots of cuddles and be reassured they are loved, which i think is due to the amount of time they spend being told off and what a bad boy they are etc. Hope your boys turn out to be as special as mine cos adhd kids have to work twice as hard to achieve at school as the average child does and to me that makes them very special...not naughty and impulsive.....special.... love trace

not played ...can someone give me a link for it please.. thankyou tracey