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Yayyyyyy!!!!! That's exciting news. So glad we'll be able to work out together!!!

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Hi all! I'm logging in from my mother's house. We're still without power at our house and I'm starting to go a little stir crazy. I'm one of only 25 houses in my area that are still without power. With luck we should have it back by midnight tomorrow... but I'm not holding my breath. Hope the rest of you are safe and sound!

Hi everyone! This month's meeting was fantastic!!! We had a great turnout and it was a lot of fun. I can't wait to see everyone at September's meeting! The invitation is open to all! Whether you are pre-band, newly banded or an old band pro. Everyone is welcome! Where: Polaris Mall food Court When: Saturday September 13, 2008 Time: 2 p.m. Look for us near the entrance to the Great Indoors store in the seating area next to Chik-Fil-A. We will have a helium balloon marking our group. Hope to see you there!

We missed you today Kathy! I was running late and just made it there by 2pm due to being out near Granville picking delicious apples this morning. It's a yearly tradition and seemed to come early this year. You did the right thing by taking care of your mom. I'm sure she really appreciated it! Hope to see you next month!!!

Nicole is healing quite well and we both are planning on being there Saturday! Hope to see you all there :-)

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Hi everyone! Thank you so much for your prayers and support. I've not had time to respond to everyone individually, so I wanted to post this and let you guys know that she's doing remarkably well. She returned to work with me yesterday after refusing to stay home and take it easy. She's still in pain though that seems to be getting better, she's off the narcotics and is just taking Tylenol and an anti-inflammatory. Today she's heading off with her friends for commuter day. (I will be strong, I will be strong) I am barely hanging in. My emotions are overwhelming. I'm stressed from trying to pick up the pieces and worrying what the future might bring as far as the accident and the financials since they cited her. I keep trying to convince myself to take it day-by-day and not stress out, but my pessimistic side is emerging and I just can't figure out how to tramp it down. Above all, I am just so grateful and thankful to God that this child is here and I am allowed to be worrying about these things. I am also thankful that I've been allowed two nights of sleep where thoughts of Sunday, or the aftermath, have not entered my dreams. Thanks again to you guys for the prayers and support. It means a lot to us. {{{HUGS}}}

Hi gang. I'm writing because my family had a horrible evening yesterday. My darling daughter was in a bad car accident last night. We spent the evening with her in the emergency room. Thankfully she is home now and is doing well. I truly believe prayer saved her life as I had a bad feeling when she left home and quickly prayed for both her and her brother's safe return. She was taking him out to Sunbury for a going away party. Just a quick drop off and straight home. She always sends me a text message when she arrives anywhere, or leaves anywhere. At 7:02 she told me she had dropped him off and was on her way home. When she wasn't home by 7:30 I started worrying and was just on my way out the door to try to find her. A few minutes later St. Annes called and told us she was in the ER. It was the absolute worst call I could have ever received. I rushed to her side and there she was strapped to a body board and immobilized. The dear Lord answered my prayers to get both of my children home safely as she ended up with just a broken collarbone, a gash in her head (7 staples!) and a concussion. I am so blessed to say that she is safe and slept through the night. Her car is most likely going to be totaled. The other people, that hit her, are fine. The trooper said they had just bumps and bruises. Apparently she was turning off a funky stop out off of Galena road and was unable to judge where the oncoming traffic was. She pulled out and the other car was coming at 55/60 mph and hit her driver side. We're going this morning to find her car and see how bad it is. The unfortunate thing is that the faulted her for the accident. She's really beating herself up over it because she never wanted to be " a teenage driver" and tries so hard to be cautious and follow all the rules. Anyway, she saved for two years to buy that car. We will mostly likely only get about $500 out of it since it's so old and her deductible is also $500. She starts OSU in a few weeks and we need all the prayers we can get to help us find a way to get her another safe car to get her to and from school. Money is beyond tight here so we are not able to be much help. I am sure that something will come up, and in the meantime I am prepared to drive her to school and pick her up after classes as need be. I am just so glad she is safe and sound and not hurt worse than she was. It's been a long night, I'm sorry if I'm rambling. It was quite possibly the worst and scariest evening I've ever experienced and I just wanted to share it with my friends especially as many of you know my darling daughter from our meetings. Amazing how you can have a nice dinner with your children and then within minutes have your world rocked. I just don't know what I'd have done... Thanks for listening.

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Congrats Juli! You look beautiful in your cap and gown :-) You are truly an inspiration on so many levels!

Kathy, I am so sorry, I never got notification of this message and missed it. Please know that my sympathies are with you and your mom. Please let me know if I can do anything... I truly mean that my friend. {{{HUGS}}}

You absolutely have my prayers. Please let me know if there is anything I can do. {{{HUGS}}}

Can't wait to see you all tomorrow!!!

Hi everyone! This month's meeting was fantastic!!! We had a few new folks join us that are pre-band, Melissa made an accidental appearance just 4 days after she was banded and of course there were a few of us "veteran" bandsters in attendance as well! It was a lot of fun and I can hardly wait to see everyone at August's meeting! We'll be meeting on August 9th and I would like to invite anyone that'd like to join us! Whether you are pre-band, newly banded or an old band pro. Everyone is welcome! Where: Polaris Mall food Court When: Saturday August 09, 2008 Time: 2 p.m. Look for us near the entrance to the Great Indoors store in the seating area next to Chik-Fil-A. We will have a helium balloon marking our group. Hope to see you there!

Thanks Darla, I can't wait to see you on Saturday!

Thanks you guys! I truly appreciate the support. :-)

Sarah, I posted a similar story in the Columbus thread... only thing is my doctor doesn't believe that the bands can get tighter and almost seemed to blame me for causing my discomfort. *sigh I didn't post that part yesterday, I'm still trying to process my appointment and my feelings. Anyway, I haven't had a fill since April and yesterday he took out .25cc even though I suggested the entire kit and kaboodle. I was able to drink a medium smoothie last night with no problems so I think I'm fixed... at least I hope so. I've lost 7.4 pounds in 6 days! Not that I'm complaining, but that's more than I lost in the entire previous month! P.S. Congrats on the 60 pounds!!! You'll keep it off... just be VERY conscientious of what you eat and go back to tracking and counting calories or something until you can get more fluid put in. 60 pounds is a great achievement... you can do anything you put your mind to!

Here's my update... tried to post it earlier but LBT wouldn't let me: Well I'm home. My doctor doesn't think I have slipped but he was concerned about esophageal issues such as a possible esophageal stretching. He said we can only find that out through a test (I'm blanking on the name right now). However, he did go ahead and take out .25cc to see how I do with that and wants to see me in a month if things improve, otherwise I'm supposed to call him. I am already feeling better today. I've been able to drink (sip early in the day, larger swallows later in the day after the unfill) I am actually working on a medium smoothie from Smoothie Planet right now and having no problems. After two-three days of not eating I was not in good shape today, so I'm glad things are going down a bit easier. I will stay on liquids today and tomorrow and then work my way back to mushies and soft. I'm not taking any chances :-) I just hope this .25 is enough to do the trick and get me back to eating throughout the day rather than just at night. I also hope that there is nothing more serious to worry about.

Kathy, I'll be doing it too! Fresh Start is sponsoring it and I think all of the major bariatric programs will be helping out. I will share more at the meeting Saturday. :-) Also, there is another fashion show coming up in October... this time it will be held at Macy's Easton and is being put on by Fresh Start. I've applied to be in it but haven't heard anything yet. Either way I think we should all try to make that a special outing in October (I think it's on a Sunday) I'll post more as I know it.

Thanks Kathy, I'll make sure to post tonight after my appointment. :cool2:

Thanks Carol, I'm trying to hang in there... I'm heading to bed so I can forget how hungry and thirsty I am for a few hours :-) I sure hope you make it for some of the time on Saturday. It's been too long since we were last together!

Ok guys... I'm scared! I have not had a fill since April. However, in the last several weeks my restriction has been getting more and more pronounced and lately it's been to where I can't eat much, if anything, until nearly 8pm. I've been sliming and getting stuck quite a bit...especially if I attempt to eat anything earlier in the day. That said, I have even been having discomfort, at times, when drinking Crystal Light or protein drinks early in the day. So yesterday my hubby made everyone breakfast and I decided to try a little bit around 11:30. The day before I was ok food wise so I thought if I took itty bitty bites I'd be ok. Well unfortunately I think some potato got stuck on about bite 3 so I quit eating immediately and waited it out. Unfortunately it took 3 hours and a major (TMI alert) retching vomit episode to get any relief. This was a true from the gut flu like vomit. No food of course except little teeny bits of potato skin (why I think this was the culprit). After this I tried to stay on soft foods the rest of the day, but nothing would truly go down and I was in agonizing pain in my stomach and my back and each episode lasted for 2-3 hours. I ended up vomiting again late last evening... big time deep retching vomit again and lots of mucus and slime came up (no food of course). After this last one I was feeling much better, but just thirsty so I had a few small sips of water and I was back to being miserable again and in major pain. I ended up sleeping most of the night on the couch. Putting a cold pack on my stomach soothed it somewhat so I was able to sleep, but it was not good. I woke up this morning feeling better, thirsty, and determined I would only drink liquids today. I made a big cup of Poweraid Zero and took it to work with me. At lunch time I decided to try to settle my growling tummy with an Atkins shake and three sips in I was heading back into misery. It took 3 hours at work for me to get through this one. I spent at least an hour of that locked in the bathroom spitting into a cup. Thank goodness I work for my parents because I'd surely have been in bad shape if I was unable to leave my desk and suffer through this. I did call my doctor's office and scheduled an appointment for tomorrow at 3:30... but then it got so bad my mother called to try to get me in today. I was given my Dr.'s cell and left him a message... it's now nearly 10 so I'm sure he's not calling me back tonight. I'm cool with that cause I'm feeling "ok". I'm still working on the Powerade from this morning very slowly and telling my grumbling tummy to hush up. I've only had one small episode this evening so I should be good to go through tomorrow if I just stay this course. Here's my big fear... the pain is bad when I'm having an episode. I should not be having an episode with just liquids so I'm fearful that I've slipped my band with all of my slimming and vomiting the last several weeks. I'm going to have him completely remove all of my liquid tomorrow and let my band and stomach rest for a few weeks before starting through the journey again. As of tonight I've lost 74 pounds. This is not the way I want to do it! Please pray for me. I love my band and do not want to lose it. I want to keep losing and working with it. I just feel so stupid... like I should have seen the signs that I was too tight before it got here, but I figured if I was still able to eat 1200+ calories a day that I just couldn't be "too" tight. *sigh

Kathy, you rock girl! Keeeeeeeeppppp iitttt upppp!!!! :-) Toot Toot! Thanks! :-) Thanks... I'm so happy to be here where I am today. So different than a year ago! Thanks Juli!... you are so brave... I could never do something like that. LOL Thanks Darla! I can't wait to meet you this weekend!

I did it! Finally hit the 70 pound mark today!!! Whoo Hoo!!! Over the last couple of months my weightloss has slowed from 2+ pounds a week (average) to 1 pound a week (average) so it took me longer than I expected to hit this milestone. I think part of the reason is that I'm a bit too tight. I haven't had a fill since April, but I'm at the point now where I can not comfortably eat until about 7-8pm. At that point I can eat just about anything so I end up having most of my calories at that time of day. My poor body must be so confused. Anyway, I'm thrilled with how far I've come, my body feels so different and I'm very happy with where I am now compared to this time last year when I first started thinking about going forward with the surgery. I figure there's about 20 weeks left in the year. If I keep going at this pace I'm set to be at 90+ pounds lost near my 1 year surgiversary. That is quite a nice number for me, and one I expected more with RNY than with the band. That would be such a terrific way to start the new year. :-)