Chickie

That is awesome! Congrats! Thank you muchly! I am still pretty thrilled that I got that job. While being a SAHM was in so many ways a wonderful job, I feel more human when I am working outside the home at least a couple of days a week. Thanks again :biggrin: There wasn't a thread, I did blog (or whine, take your pick) about it a bit. In a nutshell, I have had a funny rubbing sensation under my ribcage, but above my belly button when I ran for at least the last 6 to 12 months. Nothing painful, or annoying, just odd... Went for a good run one night early this month, went to bed, an woke up at some awful hour with a real sharp, throbbing pain in the same spot under the ribcage, but above the belly button, and a nasty, nasty referred pain in my left sholder (it was worse when I took a deep breath). So, 9am rolls around, and I make contact with my surgeon, he gets me in to see him, organises a scope for first thing the following day (Friday 11th) to rule out an erosion or slip. Scoped on Friday, everything is cool (band is in place, and no erosion is evident) get taken in for xray's and ultrasound to confirm that it is in fact the tube coiled up, and sitting on top of my diaphragm. That was the cause of the pain. As we get smaller, there is more slack in the tube between the port and band. And given I have lost the sort of weight I have, there was a good amount of slack. So much that it curled up and found a nice spot on top of my diaphragm. So Monday morning, I got admitted to hospital, had a quick lap surgery to chop off that extra tube, and I was good to go. The pain was gone as soon as I woke up. I spent the weekend on pain killers, and spent the night after surgery on coffee! I have had a tiwtch since. So, it's not really like what you have been going through, but I am really glad you are able to wait it out till your fund kicks in! Oh, She! I finally got around to seeing a physio about my knee today. Only, it's not my knee! It's my back! Totally fixable with accupuncture and exercises. I had some accupuncture today, and go back again next week. I remember that you had it done a while ago. How long did that awesome "no pain at all" feeling last?

You are very kind She. I just prefer how I look in my head to how I really look out there on the road. For some odd reason, when I "see" myself running, I am always sleek, powerful and graceful, nothing like the huffing, panting, dripping wet, plodder I am!

I totally could have been doing more than I have though. My "effort" in exercise this last couple of weeks has been walking the kid to school and home. A 2k round trip. I do suck, because it really wouldn't have been beyond me to haul my ass out there a couple of extra K's. I feel like crap about it. It's getting me down that I am not giving it 100%. But, funny story, this afternoon, I took MIL to have the staples out of her knee / leg (she had a full knee replacement a couple of weeks ago) anyway, the nurse is taking the staples out, I am holding MIL's hand, watching the gore (I grew up on Nightmare on Elm Street, I live for this crap) next thing I know, I wake up on the ground with the nurse patting my face and calling my name! I passed out COLD. Holy crap, how embarrassing. I have NO idea what that was about, because blood and guts don't bother me... So I shall chat with the good Dr tomorrow.

You look fab! Congrats on the time. That's pretty dammed cool. But seriously, do you wanna see thigh jiggle? Me running the MDC (yeah, I brought the photo, DH wanted his, and it was only a couple of bucks more to buy all 4 pics, lol, I am usually too cheap. And vain, I don't want to know what I look like, somehow I am far more graceful in my mind, my reality is so ugly!) Lookit that thigh wobble! LOL

Very true, there is always something New & Improved!! But I was so exhusted by the pain I was in (and other issues) that I simply wanted it all over, if you get what I mean. And band out, VSG in, was a simple way of getting rid of this pain, and any I might go through in the future. Thankfully it was just a matter of going in, and chopping off some tubing, but that was still a surgery. Still carried risk, blah, blah, blah. And joy of joys! My hair is falling out again (just like every other time I have had surgery) I hope that when I see my doc tomorrow he clears me for running. I am losing my mind here. I really have missed running. It's cathartic, and I needed it over the last few weeks. *sigh* I really am in a mood tonight.

Real tan = lobster Fake tan = oompa loompa Either way, I look the same size.

Thanks muchly ladies. The staff discount on the jewelry and giftware made me swoon. So this job is a keeper. DH said I wouldn't have a pay packet left after I was done shopping every week. He might be right. That's not too bad, I guess. It still sucks that you have to wait though. Hopefully Mr Mac can get there. My DH wasn't really into the who deal till he met my Doc and he explained everything to him. These days DH is thinking about banding himself. I think you are very smart to think about the sleeve. Part of me hoped that there was something "wrong" when I had my dramah's this month. Part of me wanted the band out, and to have a VSG. The band not being perminant was important back then. Not so now. The thought of having the band removed to go back to "normal" scares the crap out of me, and if I knew then, what I know now, I would have had a sleeve. Don't get me wrong, I am happy enough with the band. Most of the time, I am not realy even aware of it. But the "what if's?" get me. I am fairly young, so the chances of this band lasting a lifetime are slim, and I guess, at least now I know that there is another option when the time comes. /Debbie Downer

And even if the wax lasted a week, it's still a hair free week. Beyond a week, most people don't have heaps of trouble bending, so the theory is still valid.

Sunwyse, I have PCOS. Have had since puberty. A wax will last for 3 weeks. Always did for me anyway, and I am a hairy beast (paying for the ILP to prove it too) So there is no point in explaining PCOS to me. Sadly I know all too well :eek:

I did just what you said SickNTired. I told them that I think I will do well in their store, and that I have faced a tougher job (training staff, and promotions **puke**) and survived, that I would be a fab addition to their company, despite having been at home caring for my late FIL, and my son for the last 4 years. That I was just the best there was, and that they wont find better sort of thing. And I got the job. Just got the call. I start in 2 weeks :drool: So, thanks for all the luck ladies. That sucks. Is it long before you get another appointment? And are you still going band? Or is the VSG the way you are headed now? (or was that someone else? I admit I do get confused at times)

Posting to say I have a job interview today, and I am nervous. Dammit I hate this part. I will be fine when I get there, but before I get in there, I will be a quivering mess. Wish me luck.

Started at 297lbs, and have been at 107lbs for the last two years. A hell of a lot more than 50% lost and kept off, so I didn't vote as none of the options reflected my situation.

It's not a "plan" as such, but I have talked to my Dr about a sleeve should anything go wrong with my band. He is all for sleeving me should the need arise. I had a scare early this month (and a surgery to shorten my band's tube), we both had time to think about it, and it's the way I/we are going should anything happen.

I don't recall having issues shaving as a new post op. And I had no problems shaving after my tummy tuck a couple of years ago, nor did I have any problems 2 weeks ago when I had my tube shortened. Like Jachut said, why not have a wax? Even if it only last's a few weeks (I was always lucky to get 3 weeks out of a wax) it might get you out of trouble if you have lots of port pain when you bend.

Dr Copp is a keeper. In the 3.5 years I have been seeing him, I can't say I have ever had a bad visit. And the girls at the Ipswich office are awesome too.

I said he was good people. Good luck guys.

I think it was Benita who is away for a funeral on Friday (or at least that is what he said on the phone, he might be going too for all I know) Usually, you see Benita before you see Dr Copp. Good luck tomorrow. I love him to bits. Is there anything in particular you wanted to know about?

It's not a problem till you consider turning the spare bedroom into a dressing room / wardrobe for your shoes and clothes due to the volume of clothes / shoes / handbags / ect. you own. Then, you have issues. Not that I would know, or anything (shuffles feet and looks away).

1. Depends on who you are with, and if it is considered medically necessary. With a letter from my GP to a reconstructive surgeon, my fund paid for a good chunk of my TT. 2. If my fund an Medicare had not paid anything toward my surgery, I would have been up for roughly $10,000 3. I waited till goal. I still ended up losing more weight after, but I didn't end up with new excess skin. 4. Nope. A good reconstructive surgeon will know how to deal with someone who was MO, and banded.

For your band?

Drink Mt.Dew with the jelly and bread and you should be okay.

Unless your band is made of glad wrap, you are no faker!

I had to fast from midnight Sunday night. Had my op at 5:30pm. I was one cranky b!tch. I ended up waking up at like 1am, and askng for some sandwiches, the nurse asked if I was sure, and I told her that it had been more than 24 hours since I last ate, and if she wanted to leave this room with all her arms and legs, she had better promise to bring back something for me to eat. I wouldn't last a week on the diet she describes. I doubt anyone who is sane would last any length of time. She does need help. And it's really very sad that no one around her can see it.

She needs a smack in the size 6 head if she is saying in chat that her diet and behaviors are normal. It's like she wants everyone to be as unhappy as she is. It's insane.

I never went through hell. I doubt most people will. I think that some bandsters *do* have real trouble with the restrictions the band places on them, and have even more trouble with the exercise that they must do in order to lose weight on healthy food. This is no warning.