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AWE SHE LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE PRINCESS!!! BLESS HER!!! I have four nieces and nephews. The first born is now 17...Just graduated from high school and is taller than me! He wants to be a cop! How proud can I be? Not any more than I all ready am! CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!

Sure will be thinking of you both! Take it easy, I know, easier said than done....Please let us know how things turn out.

Estela...Wow girl! You are brave! I am excited for you. I know that I will need some work, arms, boobs, belly, inner thighs. I will wait till Im closer to my goal to plan on extra surgery. I handle pain pretty well, I think (I hope) but lipo scares the bejesus out of me! Congrats on your success! And your new found way of life. Sincerely

I have seen both of them! They were amazing! I didn't see them together, saw them at two seperate concerts, but HOLY MOLY! I would love to catch Tesla again!!! They rock! I saw Rob Zombie last week...OH MY GOD! Talk about being deaf. My deafness wasn't anything compaired to the loss of voice! I lost my voice for a good week! I love him. My new mission in life is to find that man! Glad you had a good time!

~ Grandma9 ~ When were you banded? My goodness I am soo excited over your 63 pound weight loss! GOOD FOR YOU! I was banded 5/5/05 and I am down about 40ish pounds....maybe like 43.....I dont trust my home scale I go back to Dr Kwons office next week I think. I should call to confirm the appointment....I am horrible at remembering dates, and names, and grocery lists... Not that theres much on them these days ~ CRETE ~ When I started the whole process of contacting Dr Kwons office to surgery...it took me three months. Started in Feb...Had surgery in May. I had to wait for my new insurance to kick in (3/01/05) because the insurance I had was gonna be a witch to get an approval thru. Then it just took me that long to get all the preop stuff done. I did all my testing with the doctors that they suggested. My theroy was they have all worked together in the past, they know what to look for and expect out of each other, and they know how to contact one another. I have had toooooo many experiences of lost blood work, lost faxes, lost this that and the other thing to risk going to my own home town doctors. Things went sooo smoothly it was remarkable!!! The trip was a little long to go back and forth....but sooo worth it. This whole process could have drove me nuts, but thankfully it didnt have to. Hope this is helpful, and good luck to you!!! TTYL

Hey guys. How are you all doing? Me, Well, like the header says, In a funk and sorta scared. I am going thru a lot of stress right now...Im getting it from all ends...There are situations with in my marriage, my mother is not well and has to go for a cardiac catheterisation.(Spelling??), shes my ONLY baby sitter, so I can't get to the gym, I can't get to support group...and I feel like all I wanna do is eat and lay down somewhere. I have been doing all right with curbing the eatting...however, I just had some crumb cake...I am throwing the rest of it out. My mother bought it for her house, but she couldn't resist it, so she gave it to me to give to my husband...and now I CAN'T RESIST IT. My mother is a diabetic so she really needed to get rid of it. I haven't been able to get to the haunted house and help in ANY way with the construction. All the "outs" that I had are now GONE. I can't construct, can't go to the gym, I can't eat......what the hell am I supose to do with myself? I try cleaning the house, but my son is two steps behind me messing things up as I get them done. I guess I could get on the internet and actually research something interesting........I always end up at the halloween costumes or ghost stories.... And I dont go back to work until September!!! IEY IEY IEY! I guess I gotta plan a day out for me and my boy....we just got home from vacation!! Welp, just one day at a time, and I guess when we are feelling like this is one hour at a time..........Thank you for listening to me vent! TTYL

Jack Argh me hearty! Thanks for the advice. This ol' soul of mine does need some soothing, and just listening to you talk about the water and the boats was a great start! Thank you! We dont have too much to do with water and stuff around here....except for the Hudson River...and everything you heard about it is true...Gross! Plus where I would have access to it is not in the best part of town,soooo I think I will go and find me a stream somewheres. Actually can't do that either, cause Im scared of snakes!!! Yikes...see I get it from all ends...ehehehehe My boy and I are playing hookie from his speech therapy today. I will get my fung back schwaying in no time... Thanks for listening.... TTYL

Thanks guys for the support. My son is 8 years old and has Down syndrome. He is a barrel of monkeys lemme tell ya! He and I always find things to do. We love tickle time on my bed! He has been all messed up and outta sorts being out of school (I desided to give him a break since he has been in school full time since he was three!!) His routine is all messed up and I know that is a HUGE thing for him...He isn't the problem. The stress from every other thing known to man right now is the problem. As I sit here typing Im eatting freekin graham crackers... Typically I dont stress about the mess in the house, I really couldn't give a flying rats ass about the house...however I am trying to get my fung to schway a little better. I wanna clear out the house...If I bought him for a manicure/pedicure...oh my god he would have that place tore up in a second! He can't sit still like that. Cant blame him on that one....i dont like people touchin me for too long either. Well this is just a hard time for me right now....I gotta stay away from food. It seems like I am pushing it a little more and more each day, sneekin in things that i shouldnt have. Today it was french fries. Learned my lesson on those though! They got semi stuck and felt like sand paper going down. I threw out that crumb cake....and I wont look at the ice cream..thats for Anthony...my boy...I dunno...I just dunno....This too will pass Im sure of it....all the stress......I will get back to the gym.......I will be able to work at the barn.......I will get back to support group... You guys are the best! I know you are here 24-7 and I dont have to go out of the house! TTYL Thank you all again for your support!

I left my house like 4am, and the whole ride to the hospital my brain was yelling at my husband TAKE ME HOME...he didn't hear the voices in my head thank god, cause i don't regrete this one bit. i was there for a while before the surgery, in pre op....got my iv...then finally they came and got me. i am a hysterical laugher, so i laughed the whole way down the hall way, and when we got infront of the OR, i looked in and flashes of Willy Wanka And the Chocolate Factory came to mind, the sterial room, where they were developing something, and all the OOmpa Loompas were in surgical scrubs. I laughed and then made an announcment to the staff "Do what ever it takes to save my ass!" They scooted me on the table, tried to be as descrete as possible...but that didn't work... everyone survived the "flash".......I got the IV moved because the anestesiologist was not happy with the placement of the one I had. I heard the other OR nurses counting stuff...And then when they were all situated, the anestesiaologist shot something into my IV and I was OUT! This was WAAAY BEYOND twighlight! This was deep deep deep unconsiousness. I got out about 50 minutes later. And I had on compression stockings...these were air activated, and they blew up like balloons sqeezed the blood and stuff thru your legs, and then they relaxed...They were annoying!! Reduces the risk of blood clots though, so I dealt with it. I had a reaction to the anestesia. I was dizzy, I couldn't walk, I was hot. I kept having the dry heaves...and they dont like to see patients vomit or anything after this surgery. They gave me this drug and that drug, and it kept up and kept up. They gave me a fan to keep me cool, and then eventually knocked me out with another medication to stop me from heaving! Oh my God that was scarey!!! But I was fine. I slept everything off....and the next morning I had some ice, and I walked and walked and walked. Then I was released. Whoa, seems like such a long time ago and it really wasn't! I too was scared scared scared to be put to sleep! I made out my will, and a living will, and a health care proxy.......That all seemed soooo silly, but it really did ease my mind. Now here I am two months later, and 40 pounds lighter!

NJChick... I feel like I overeat, and its not on chocolate and milkshakes. I can eat for example like two scrambled eggs and two pieces of sausage links.That seems like its more than a cup of food. I don't get the pains or anything that people talk about. I felt a handful of times the food get "stuck", but that was me not chewing enough. Tonight for dinner I had a meatball parm. I ate the meatballs and cheese and skipped the bread. That was a lot. I really felt full after having finished all that. I think that the feeling of full comes different for people. I think some people have pain, others can eat what they want. There really is no perfect science for this I don't think. I am however losing weight...I have lost a little over 40 pounds since I started all this. I had my surgery on 05/05/05......Soooo my feeling is this....as long as your not in pain, and your not vomiting, and your losing weight, your doing all right. Your body will let you know when your full or when you have done something "wrong"... I hope this is helpful! TTYL

Kris... OH MY GOSH HOW EXCITING!!! August 10th will be here before you know it! I am so excited for you. I almost passed out when MaryAnn called me and told me that I was approved! Now its two months later and Im down 40 pounds!! Much success to you and your sister. Perhaps I will run into you at the next support meeting. Talk to you later

Since I have been banded, I have noticed that when I get really stressed out or am in a really upsetting situation, it feels like my band cinches up on me, and gets me almost sick to my stomach. Does anyone else get a feeling like this? What the heck is this all about? Any clues??

Thanks for the input. Glad to know Im not alone...too bad we have to deal with it, but I wouldn't change my band for anything. Guess its just a good reason to try and remain calm....Like vinesqueen How you do it mamma! Good for you! Heres something else that was a little weird. I went to a concert the other night...ROB ZOMBIE....and the music was really loud. I swore that the bass was bouncing off my band. I thought I felt the thing vibrating in there...WEIRD FEELING! That just could have been the reverb going thru me and my mind playing tricks on me, I dunno...but it felt WEEEIIRD..I like all things weird though. I will talk to you later!

Good luck to you!!! Prayers, good thoughts and good vibes are all coming your way! What is this "cooking" you speak of? I had my band on 05/05/05...and I STILL don't cook food I can't eat! I got way too tempted a few times right after my banding...ya know, Gotta taste it to make sure its good, or done right....We talk ourselves into the darndest things....sooo to elminate this temptation, I will not cook anything I can't eat! ehehehe....I don't know how to cook all that well anyway sooooo I don't think theres really a love-loss there...Hes probably thinking good the woman didn't cook! Im off the hook!! eheheheh PLEASE let us know how you are when your up to it! Best wishes!!

We did a lot of eatting out on vacation and I stuck to ordering proteins. We went to one place and I got a shrimp combo platter. The waiter asked me, french fries, mashed potatoe or baked potatoe. I said none thank you. He looked at me like I just grew another head! I simply said, I dont eat carbs. He then offered me another selection of veggies. So I had green beans and cole slaw. Not that I ate them...but atleast there were other options. Then when we stopped on the road like at McDonalds, I got a hamburger and just didn't eat the bun, with a side salad. Or I would get chicken selects with the fruit and yogurt salad...Not the best for ya, but better than the Big Mac that I wanted Another place that we ate was a BBQ Rib joint. Ugh, goooood food there.. Johnnys I think the name was and the bbq ribs almost killed me. I almost PB'ed them, but I think that was my lack of chewing. They came with cole slaw, french fries and garlic bread. I didn't eat anything but the the ribs. I also got coconut shrimp at another place...and ugh, was that oooo soooo good. I didn't have any problems eatting that....They were an appetizer, and I ordered a side salad with that, and didn't eat the salad. I did order off the kids menu a couple of times, and then the appetizers a couple of times too. It is weird eatting out. I feel like a freek. I also dont like ordering more than I know I will eat..and I don't like doggie bags cause I know I wont go back and re heat it. Sooo I do the best I can...hope this helps TTYL

Its Monday morning, 9:42 and I wonder if you have jumped across the table to choke this "woman" out! I know people look at me and make comments, sometimes it hurts, pisses me off, makes me cry...but it hasn't really happened in a long time. To get my back fur standing up though, someone only has to say the word retarted. I have a son with Down syndrome, and I can't tolerate the teens in my high school telling each other "Your retarted".....ugh! rakes on my last good nerve! I took one boy aside, cause he was saying it and saying it, after many many many times of me asking him not to call other students retarted. I took him in the hall way and told him, look, its like this...I am an Italian-American, and if someone came running into this room every day and screamed STUPID DUMB DAGO-WOP I would be offended....And if someone came running in this room every day screaming the N word, you would be affended as an African American. I told him, this is almost the same thing to me, and I would appreciate it if he used other words....This little example hit home for him....FINALLY....and he stopped saying it. Can't get to them all though...same goes for the people who comment on our weight. As OZZY OSBOURN said in one of his songs "I don't want to change the world, I don't want the world to change me"....be your self...be strong, and for Gods sake let go of that womans throat shes turning BLUE!! eheheheheheheheheheheh GOOD LUCK TODAY...CANT WAIT TO HEAR WHAT HAPPENS.. Delara...I like the sound of that Crystal Light from a Cocoanut! eha! where do I get me one?

Kathy, Thanks for listening! You are a good friend. After I got off the computer last night, I desided to learn a lesson, and weigh myself. I figured then I would know the consequences....yadda yadda yadda.....End result, I lost 3.5 pounds over vacation!! I did a lot of walking, and swimming, and sweating, (man is Florida hot!) So, that goes to show you, just when you think you totally blew it, there could be sun at the end of the rainbow! Geeeeeez all that guilt for what??? I know I wont be doing all that eatting now that I am home, so it was all in good vacation spirit! TTYL ROB ZOMBIE CONCERT TONIGHT! CANT WAIT! I bought myself such a sexy top! whoa! I don't know if the price pissed my hubbie off, or if the type of top did it! It is a black lace boostiay with a light blue liner. UGH i can't wait to wear it!!! I WILL LETCHA KNOW ALL ABOUT THE CONCERT! ehehehehe

Hey guys. Im home from vacation. I went to Florida with my son and hubbie to see my dad. Its been years since I have seen my father. He was sooo amazed at the difference between before and after the surgery! He has been an incredable support for this surgery. I had a fill just before I left and I didn't feel any difference in restriction this time around, UNTILL I tried to eat spare ribs....Oh my Gosh I thought I was going to PB...but it all stayed down. It hurt sooo bad! Then it happened a second time on something else......Then when we were on our way home it happened on a hamburger and then again on some chicken and I have come to realize that I just wasn't chewing well enough. This fill that I got before leaving was my second fill....sooooo I had some adjustments to make on my mental end!! I was able to eat a lot more than I thought I could, like quantity wise, but when I didn't chew it enough, holy moly!!! I had some cake on my vacation and had some coconut shrimp (which I earned!!) I say I earned it because the resturant had sharks hanging from the ceiling! I had a HUGE panic attack in the middle of the line to get into the place! My father had to come and rescue me! When I was little, like two years old, and the movie Jaws came out, my brother and sisters use to hold me down and make me watch it! Then they use to make the daaaduuhnn music by the bathroom door as I was taking a bath, and then they use to like to play shark when we would go swimming....Just one of those things that carried over into my adulthood! Soooo when I finally got into the resturant, I EARNED that coconut shrimp!! I felt like I was on punishment cause I couldn't look up at all!!! I sat with my head down and stared at my plate...good thing cause there was a big one right over my head! (found that out after we left the place)........ugh! It was HARD BUT I LIVED THRU! This was my dads favorite place and he wanted us to soooo badly eat there! He didn't notice the sharks until I had my little melt down! 32 years old bein rescued by daddy!! There were little kids ~ MY LITTLE KID was in this place! ANYWAY. I really feel like I over did it on this vacation......I ate!!! Mostely proteins, but I feel like I didn't do as good as I could have. So, I am going to do liquids for a few days, then mushies. I think I should anyway to get use to this new found restriction with this new fill....I do feel sorta guilty for eatting as much as I did. One morning for example, I had two eggs scrambled, and two slices of meatloaf! Thats way more than 8 ounces of food. Then for breakfast as we were traveling, I would have a Mc Donalds big breakfast, eat the eggs and sausage, and toss the bisquet....I would nibble on the hashbrown.....I know I blew it big time by eatting McDonalds. I was supose to weigh in today, I weigh myself every Sunday....I skipped it today!!! I can't bare to look at the scale!! Ugh guilt! what a horriable thing! Well, I have a plan....to do the protein shakes for a few days at least until I get back in control. i am gonna get back to Curves.......Then all will be good!!! I will weigh in next week......All righty, thanks for letting me vent! I felt horriable over the amount of food I was eatting. gosh, when you think back to before I was banded, what I ate over this week was only a drop in the bucket!!!! How could one feel guilty over what I ate? I do though!! Okay...thanks again! TTYL

Robyn, We are actually in St Petes. We will be here till ooohhh Friday morning unfortunately (I wish we had more time, but my husband has to be back to work on Monday and I have tickets to see Rob Zombie!). Tomorrow I think is gonna be a down day. I think I am gonna spend the afternoon at the pool..I dunno, I need to get to shoppin too! I am having shopping withdrawl over here! I wouldn't xncl anything due to the weather. These storms have a mind of their own! What ever you do, have fun! And I will talk to you later!

Hey there Robyn...Guess what I can't get to my yahoo account! I don't wanna sign my father off his account, cause neither of us know the password!! I am so sorry! Dennis was grazing past my fathers front door as we were pulling into town! I was driving down Rt 75 and literally hit a wall of water! It was HORRIABLE to drive in it! Sorta exciting, but whoa! scarey! The first night we were here it was HIGH winds, and HEAVY rain....But thankfully all was safe here. We are due to leave here on Friday morning, 7-15 (i think)...Ya know what.... this is just my opinion. My dad has been in Florida for a while....I lived in florida for a little bit....you can't live your life around these things, the tropical storms and hurricans...they are gonna go where they want, when they want, and how they want. Don't change your plans or stress over them...go get your fill and do your vacation, and when/if the storm changes course, you will be soo happy that you did your fill! If God forbid they are right and the storm comes your way.....say a little pray, duck your head, and hold on! I know how you want this fill! How you say you need this fill! Sooo girl go get you some! ehehehe You will do much better with that and if you lay off the fruit loops! I will talk to you later!!! PS Oh my gosh did I get burned today! We went out on a pirate boat! Check it out, they are on the web, they are on the west coast too!!! Clearwater to be exact... check it out www.pirateflorida.com VERY VERY COOL...I got my face painted, my son had an AWESOME TIME dancing with the pirates and having a Water gun fight with the pirates!!!! But I got burnt! I thought I put sun block on! How do you forget if you do something like that? I know I put it on my son...poor kid was like a slicked pig! hehehehehehe

Thanks for posting this!!! I am gonna check the GNC down the road from my fathers house! Im still in Florida sooo I will check every GNC between here and home! (New York)........This is exactly what I have been looking for. I was told you can put these drops in ice tea.....and that helps them go down a little easier.... THANK YOU MZFAB50

Princess N The Pea... Hey there! I can't find the drops on that site you suggested! Are they listed as liquid Protein or something else? Maybe thats why I can't find them at the drug store!! Maybe I am just looking for the wrong thing....which is entirely possible!!! We are on vacation! I am in Florida...the hurrican just grazed our butts!! The wind and rain have been unreal! I love it!!!! Nothing like a good storm to raise every hair on your body! I truely feel for the people who are in the path of that hurrican....but the lightening here was unreal!! Okay, talk to you all soon...I just had some of my fathers sauce! Ugh can this man cook his butt off! I have been jonesing for that sauce for years! I didn't have any Pasta with it, but just to have the meatballs and sausage were awesome!!! Later guys...

aweeeee boba...im sorry....im sorry your nipple is hurtin right now....your nip will be back in shape in no time....wise ass??? hum, yea i guess you can say i am once in a while.....but i think i am in good company ........ im not alone out here. my husband just got his nipple pierced a few weeks back and i do understand it is sensative, didn't mean to make light of your situation.... happy healing!

Awe man, I thought this was about real piercings.....dammit I LOVE PIERCINGS. I have four holes in each ear, my nose and I am thinking of a few more in time..eha! Some you can see, some you can't.....la la la!!!! Delarla....I know a GREAT special effects company that could send something very simular to this zipper to you with complete instructions on how to apply for a realistic effect. You should get one and "surprize" your husband some day! He would fall off his chair!! ehehehe DO IT !! DO IT !! DO IT !! No peer pressure from me though.....

Bobalooey....Nicked your nipple...what the hell? Where did they put your band? In your throat? Well, guess now you might as well hang an earring off of it! NIPPLE RINGS RULE! ehehehehe