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Hi to all! I am afraid to get on the scales. I have been eating bad. I tried to eat cheese fries and i was getting stuck, so my son-in -law gave me his Soup. I ate it except for the green peas and then my daughter told me it was clam soup. I hate clams but the soup was good. lol I am so mad at her for tricking me. We went to the beach today and i found shells. I will be glad to get home wednesday night. I have been gone for almost 3 weeks. Glad to see everybody is doing great. I hope and pray we all will keep on losing. Sugarbear, I am glad you are better and hope you keep on geting better. Glad to see all the new people on here too. My aunt has been approved and will have her surgery i think oct 10th. She lives in prescot. Hope to be in Arkansas soon!

Hi to all! Sorry I havent posted in a while. My computer was down( the mother board went out). Then on the 8th of sept I flew to Delaware and still am there. It was really nice today and kind of cold at dark. I called sugar the other day when i found out about her. She is in my prayers and on prayer list up here in Delaware. Sugarbear, I hope you are doing as well as you can with your leg. You always look after us all. You are a really nice person, but then all who is on here is really nice people. Guess what? I did not have to use the extension to the seat belt on the airplane!!!!!!!! And there was tail to boot. Not much but some!!!!!!!!! I was so happy. I wanted to scream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol I was so scared i would have to ask for it, like the last time i was on a airplane. The airplane ride did not bother my band but i ate only liquid stuff. I did not set off the alarms at Little Rock. I am coming back the 26th and will see if it is set off at Philly. We went yard sailing and i havent found much, but cant buy much. I do have one empty suit case to put things in. The races are here next weekend at Dover Downs. It is crazy here then. They are already camping in the parking lot. lol Lets all keep on losing and and losing inches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi to all! You all make me laught. The funny thing is I can see all that happen. If it is going to happen, it will to me. The last time I went on a airplane, I checked the wrong case and had one with really bad stuff that they dont like to go through the check point, and I had knee brace on and I buzzed and got the pat down search. Then they walked me down to check my luggage and they wanted to charge me for checking it. Then I went back up and buzzed again and got the pat down again. The time I got to my plane, I was the last one on. That was one bad day!!!!! I leave from Little Rock and go to Memphis (51 min.)(2hour layover)and then to Philadelphia(2hr 45 min.). Lo2us, is the papaya enzyme a liquid or a pill? I wonder if that will help me on the plane. Hippmom, I hope your toe get better. Abatts, I feel for you. I have trouble getting stuck, if I am really hungry. I eat way to fast then, and then I get to throw up. Lisa, I pray ever night for all my friends on here. I may not say every ones name (my lapband buddies), but God know who I am praying for. Sugarbear, you take good care of us all, and I want to thank you for it!

Hi to all! Sugarbear, thank you for all the advise. Crystal does not eat much so maybe we can share our meals some. She is my middle child (born 1978). She has 2 of my 9 grandkids so i am ready to see them. I dont get to see them much. Lo2us, Thank you for your advise. I had bought the slim fast bars the other day. I will try the ones you told me about too. I really have a problem if i wait to eat and am really hungry. I eat too fast and get stuck. I guess i will need to put the bars in my purse when we take off sight seeing. I hate getting stuck but i guess we all do. Tpagern, the pre diet was one of the hardest things i have done in a while. Hang in there and it will be over before you know it. Before long you will be banded and on your way to a new you! My worst fear is getting stuck on the plane, so maybe i wont eat on the plane. It would be hard to walk around trying to get unstuck and slim dripping from you mouth. The rest of the plane would think i was going crazy. lol

Hi to all! I booked my tickets last night for 9-8 to 9-26 to go to Delaware. I had to change my date for my 2nd fill to next week. The dr said the 6th was too close to my trip. I am hoping the airplane ride goes good. I am worried about it. I am worried about my eating while i am gone. I sure hope the fill works. My daughter eats out a lot of the time. We are still planing to go to DC and New York and ocourse the beach. lol We have a lot of new people in here now. That is good because we can learn from each other. I need all the help i can get. I talked to a girl that had 12 fills and still had not got to her sweet spot. She had her surgery in 2006. I told her i would pray for her. I talked to her on myspace. I asked her if she might be leaking and she did not say. I hope we all keep on losing weight and that we are all feel great. I know i have felt so much better since my surgery. Betty

Hi to all! My daughter wants me to fly to Delaware 9-12 and come back 10-3 and i have a fill 9-6. I told her i wanted to make sure the fill was doing good. I hope the 6 days will be enought to know. The last time i was on a airplane i had to ask for the extra piece to plug into the seatbelt. I hope i have lost enough weight to not have to ask for it. I havent made up my mind for sure. I wonder what flying will do to the band? She wants to go to DC and see all the stuff. That will be a lot of walking and i dont know if my knee is up to it. They also want to take me to New York to see all the stuff there including the statue of liberty. She wants me to stay for 3 weeks. I still am getting stuck some and that is worrying me too. Sugarbear you are a very good person! You all are very good and i hope all is doing good.

Hi kt, i was banded june20th 2007 and have had one fill. I can still eat almost what i used too. I go for a fill sep 6th and hope to find the sweet spot or some restriction. My weight is staying between 246 and 248. I was at 248 at my first fill , so i have not gained weight. I started at 275 so i guess i had better be happy with that for now.

Hi to all! Goodluck thj friday on you surgery! Just remenber to walk a lot and keep heating pad around. You have have to set under the air to use the heating pad. lol Does anyone have a myspace? My daughter set me one up and you can find it by typing 71833 Betty, I think that is how you do it. She put some pictures she had on it and i will add some after pictures soon. I hate to get my pics made. I look like such a cow but I hope that will change. I think you have to have a myspace to look on it. I have pics of my daughters and grandkids on it too. There is a lot of lapband people on there. A lady named judi is 66 and just had it a few days ago.

Hi to all! Goodluck thj friday on you surgery! Just remenber to walk a lot and keep heating pad around. You have have to set under the air to use the heating pad. lol Does anyone have a myspace? My daughter set me one up and you can find it by typing 71833 Betty, I think that is how you do it. She put some pictures she had on it and i will add some after pictures soon. I hate to get my pics made. I look like such a cow but I hope that will change. I think you have to have a myspace to look on it. I have pics of my daughters and grandkids on it too. There is a lot of lapband people on there. A lady named judi is 66 and just had it a few days ago.

Hi to all!!!!!! Lisa G, I still am here! Thank you for asking. I am hanging in at 248 to 250, It comes and gos. I guess i had better be glad it is not more with the way i have been eating. I hope the sweet spot finds me at my 2nd fill or I will be a basket case.lol Lynn, I hope you have perked up and feeling better. How is school? gloharmar, glad to have you on here with us. Hope all is going ok with you. Tjh, we are glad you will soon be one of us. Hippmom, I wish I only had 30lbs to go. You are doing good. Sugarbear, how are you doing? Lo2us, I am sorry you have had such a bad time with your aminals. You seem to be losing real good too. Way to go all on your weight lost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi to all! Way to go lo2us! I bet not any of your clothes fit. My are nearly falling off. I have to go to my smaller sizes now. I will love to lose all this weight and get rid of the big clothes instead of storing them, incase i need then again. I bet all of you know what i am talking about. Lynn, how is school? How are you? Sugarbear, hope you are having fun out there! Gloharmar, good luck! You will be fine! Post as soon as you can to tell us how you are. Liasa g and hippmom you two are too funny. I hate the slim thing so bad, it look and feels like snot. lol Like i have said and still will say, YOU ALL ARE THE BEST!!!!!!

Hi to all! I have good news. I went from size 26 to 22 in pants. I knew i had to keep pulling my pants and panties up, but i did not know it was that much of a change. My girls even told me i sagging to much and not wear them. lol Lynn, you will do great and i know you are the best teacher they have because you are a very good person and you care about people. I hope everyone else is doing great. Still no more weight lost but i can handle it with the change in size of pants. I got to say you all are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi to all! You all are the best! Thanks for all the kinds words. It was and is driving me crazy (how much weight have you lost now) that i have been asked over and over. I wish i had a dollar for ever time i was asked that, i could pay for my part of the surgery. lol It make you feel like a failure when you have to say i am not losing. I will have to get over this and get on with the program! I wish i could go to the support meeting. I am not a good night driver and my husband is worst than me. Thank you all again, and i will try to hold my head up and get on with looking forward to all the weight i will lose soon.

Hi to all! I havent posted in a while because i have been depressed that i am not losing weight. I started out at 275 and 2 weeks after surgery i was 250. I stay aroung 247 to 250 now and that is with drinking 2 slim fast a day instead meals. I have had my first fill and it is not restricting me, but i am getting stuck a lot more. I have lost a lot of inches and my clothes are big and i feel better. I get tired of people asking how much weight have you lost now and i cant report any weight lost. I think i may tell them i am not getting on the scales much but i can tell i have lost weight. Thanks sugarbear for emailing me and giving me a pep talk!

Hi to all! I had my first fill and i dont feel any different. I just got to hope it kicks in. There was a lady there for her third fill and she does not have any restiction at all, plus she said she had gained weight. I was the same wieght as i was for the two week check up. Dr H. said i was doing great.

Hi to all! Lisa g, I hope all goes well for you and your mother and you have a safe trip. You both will be in my prayers tonight. Thank you all for your support for me. I am looking forward to my fill and will write you back to tell how it went. Twinstwice, i was also banded on june 20th. Have you had your first fill? Lynn and sugarbear i talk all the time to my friends how nice you both was and how much i learned from our dinner meeting. We will have to do it again and maybe more will come next time.

Hi to all! Lisa G, I go for a fill thursaday july 26th at 2:00. I sure hope i can tell i am filled when i get it. I am starting to get bills in from surgery and it is depressing me a lot. My insurance pays 1/2 up to 4000.00 then nothings else. I dont know for sure how much this is going to cost me. I hope it does not cost as much as cash price but if the bills keep coming in it is looking bad. I am hungry all the time and had put on 3 lbs but have lost it back now. I have only lost 25 pounds since i started this june 6th. I guess i need to try to keep a postive outlook and trust in God to help me.

Hi to all! Sugarbear, i go for my first fill thursday. I am so hungry! The meds the dr put me on are almost gone and i will be glad of it. The steroids are making me want to eat so much. At least the coughing is better now. Hope your fill works for you and you get your air back on. Lynn, how are you doing? I really enjoyed talking to you and sugarbear the other day.

Hi to all! Sharon and Lynn thank you so much for sharing ideal and stories with me. I really enjoyed talking to you both. I really needed it to because i was getting really disapointed with the ways things was going (thinking i had done something wrong). Now i find i am normal in the way i have been feeling. I hope we keep in touch with each other. You both are very nice people. I did a bad thing when i got home. I bought chicken from sams and had some and it got stuck! I had asked you both how it would feel and it was really bad. I thought it would never get unstuck. I do not want that again.

Hi to all! Sugarbear i am looking forward to meeting you too and any other that plan to come. My name is Betty. I hope you will get to come Lynn. I get my first fill on the 26th of july and i cant wait. I am eating way too much food! I really need help!

Hi to all! Sugarbear, Yes i do plan to come thursday. I am looking forward to it. I will tell my daughter she has to get another babysister for thursday. We had a dinner at church and i ate too much. I really need my fill. I am trying not to eat to much. I need help! lol Hipmom, way to go on your bandiversy. Your doing good and before long you will be at your goal.

Hi to all! I feel like a walking ads thing for lapband now. Everwhere i go i am asked about it and end up talking fore ever. The words has spread around our little town and every one said they would see how i am doing and then they might try the lapband. Boy, that puts a lot of pressure on me! They say you can tell in my face and the way my clothes fit. I think i need to be put on the doctors pay roll. lol I talked on the phone to a lady from nashville for 1 1/2 hours about it. I really would like a support group in nashville as i have heard several from there is or have been banded. I live in Dierks which is just over 20 miles away. Lo2us, I keep thinking of your first fill. I am so sorry it was bad. My insurance will not cover anything with the lapband after the end of this year. I hope i can get most of my fills i need this year. Ater the first i will be have to pay it out of my pocket. I do not work and have not been able to work. I hope to lose enought weight that i can start working.

Hi to all! Abatts, you was in the room next to my room. I have short red hair and ocourse a big body. lol But i wont be that way for long. All my clothes are getting loose on me. lo2us, i bet that was scarry with your first fill. I hope mine goes well. It is coming soon and i really need it. Sugarbear, i will try to be there the 19th. It has been a long time since i have ate there.

Thanks lo2us and sugarbear! Abatts i was banded june 20th too. I was third in line i think. Where was you in the line up? Lindata, i have had no trouble with Dr. Hekier or Dr. Keilin. I really like them and all the people at their office. Talk to Betty there, she is very helpfull and nice.

Hi to all! I have a question about what you all put on the chicken and tuna salad. I made some today and put onion, sweet pickles, eggs, and miracle whip salad dressing. I put some on wheat bread with a slice of tomatoe and ate it. Then i started to eat a second one and started hickuping and felt like i was going to throw up. I did not get sick but i felt strange. Is that normal or was it what i put in the tuna salad? Today was the first day i could have tuna salad. I am ready for my first fill. I am hungry all the time now. I have had a lot of shots in my knee. How does a fill compare to the knee shots? I would like to come to the lunch on thursday the 19th, if it is alright with everybody. I do not drive well at night, so i probably wont make many of the night meetings.