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I used to take Advil 2-3x per week. Now that I lost 60 plus pounds I hardly ever need to take pain relief. I had a bad headache and took some liquid Tylenol which honestly did nothing. Other than that I would not worry about lack of advil. Talk to your dr and see what alternatives you may have for headaches. Your period pains may subside with weight loss.

This happened to me but at a foam pit with my kids. It was singlehandedly the most horrifying experience in my life. I feel for her. If you see her again maybe you could say that you had a similar experience jokingly and see if she bites. I can say that my WLS decision was prompted by my doctor but I didn't know anyone who had WLS. But I'm the type of person who thinks Angels show up and give me signs so if I met you at the pool maybe you would have inspired me!!

I am waiting to have an interview and i am so happy I got my band. If I was 315lbs going for this interview I would have no confidence and feeling like why bother? Now with 60 plus pounds gone I am not worried about my weight and I know I look good in my new suit I have a ways to go but I'm glad I'm here rather than there.

I ended up getting another .5. There's a total of 5cc right now.

I have an appointment Monday for a fill with my doctor. Since last month I have had at least 3-4 stuck episodes but I can honestly say that each time it was because I was not chewing enough or eating too fast. That being said I'm afraid of becoming too tight but can eat more than a cup of food. I generally am not hungry for 4 hours. So I'm torn. Opinions?

I think it went well. I'm so bad at figuring that out.

Sorry that you have the delay but better you be 100 percent healthy going into surgery. Hopefully your time is close!

I'm going to try this!

All day my eating is right on point until I put my kids to bed and me and the hubby sit and watch some tv and spend time together. Then I fall back into old habits of eating and having wine at night and it's not good. Anyone have any ideas of how to change this habit?

Common sense advice. Thanks!

Is there any way on the apple app to timeline an entire topic,ie just look at the timeline for lap band in general? Sometimes I don't want to timeline the entire site just my surgery type and I can't figure out how to do it.

I want to see all the topics by date within lapband only. I don't want to have to hunt around for new posts within lapband sub topics. Sorry cowgirl. Does that make sense? If I click on lapband then I have to click on a specific sub topic like Veterans Forum hoping there is new material in there. Recently the lap band forum in general seems a bit slow so I am constantly clicking on sub topics to find new posts. I would like to just click into lapband and see all the new material by date

When did you have your surgery? I have not had much luck with traditional frozen meals because they all seem to have a lot of starch like rice as a base. We have a local food delivery service called Fresh Direct and they have a lot of fish and veggie frozen meals. Happy to hear you are doing well!

I have an interview coming up and needed to buy a new suit because I look ridiculous in my work clothes. All too big. I went to Macy's. Now I live in NYC so the flagship store is my home store so it's giant and overwhelming and for years I almost never shopped unless it was online because honestly what was the point? Nothing worked. Went to the 7th floor plus size section and felt so overwhelmed with my choices. I have no idea how straight size women shop in that store. There's too much to choose from. I found a suit size 20 and was happy. I then started to shop for a dress for a gala for my son's school. This would normally put me in a deep depression and I would leave there with some potato sack. I was trying on a dress and asked another woman what she thought. She told me it wasn't good. Then I tried on another dress that I could only find a 18 even though I knew I was in 20s now. I came out to have the sales lady zip me up and it fit!!! I'm not an 18 and I know it's just this fit but I'm taking it. And I'm going to that gala looking awesome!

Go walking I almost went to Talbots yesterday on Madison! I can't even imagine shopping in straight sizes. I may go bankrupt.

I took 2 bites of a chicken quesadilla sitting in a padded booth (ok NSV. Can fit into booth at a diner) which I KNOW is tempting fate and what do you know... I get stuck. Which I knew was a big possibility and I still ate it. Which explains why I'm fat. I knew something was bad for me and I still ate it. I guess it's a learning curve. Spent 35 minutes getting it up. Also how long after getting stuck does it usually take people to get it up? For me it takes up to 40 minutes. Ugh!

I know I'm not too tight. It was totally my fault. I chose the wrong food and was sitting in the wrong chair. I am finding if I eat in a padded chair v a hard chair I am more prone to get stuck and of course my food choice was not great either. I'm committed to this and am happy I can come get support here

It took me about a week. Hope you feel better soon. Make sure you are walking and getting around. It helps

All good ideas. Thanks!!

Is it me or are the lap band boards slow the last few weeks??

I just donated over half of my clothes which no longer fit me. At the top of my closet were a few straggler pants etc. I took them out today and found a brand new pair of Lands End shorts. I have not worn shorts in about 7 years. I put them on and not only did they fit and a little loose but I didn't look totally horrid in them. I am so happy to be back in shorts even if I don't look like JLo.

Thanks B52. It's very helpful for us just starting out to hear about a few years down the road. You always seem to post about something I have been thinking about.

Maybe ask for anti nausea medication so you have it in the house?

Went for my fill today and the doctor was asking me if I wanted 1cc or .5. I asked him for his advice. He said, "Well are you hungry?" I had to think about it for a NY second (that's all I got bc I am in NYC) and the word Yes came out but I can't really say that I'm hungry all the time. I find I'm eating because I want to. And how do we get over that???

I'm in Brooklyn but would definitely go to a store if it did delivery. I'm more of an online kind of person because Im so busy and like to order on the go. If it didn't offer delivery then how would I get it back to my house? Problems of urbanites.