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Brandy~

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  1. Brandy~

    Facebook

    I kinda do the same plain. I am very open about mine.. I just don't announce other peoples surgeries.
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    Calling all April Bandsters!!!!

    Hello all. I am just checking in as well. Yes our anniversaries are fast approaching! I met my 1 year goal of 90lbs lost. I was hoping to make it to 95 but we will see. I need to take my own advice on the water I think. Sheesh the last few days I just haven't gotten in all my water. I am bloated like a blow fish I am hoping once the water receeds that I will be down a pound :thumbup: Glad to see everyone checking in and doing so well. We have come a long way. There's a ton of knowledge in our thread.
  3. Brandy~

    4 year out and have issue...

    Pb- Productive Burping. When something you eat or drink doesn't stay down. If I take too big of a bite and it cannot go through the band (stuck) if I bend over normally it comes right back up.
  4. I go up and down constantly within a 5lb range depending on many factors.... how much salt I had the day before, the amount of Water retained, bodily fluids etc. It's nothing to panic about.
  5. Brandy~

    Calling all April Bandsters!!!!

    She should be fine then. It's just going to take tinkering with it now to hit that sweet spot. In some rare cases they have put the max in the band. If she has had to have some unfill before i think she is very close. Now that they have ruled out any issues with the band it really is time to look more closely as to what, where, when and how much she eats. If she is getting in all her liquids etc. This might just be what she needed time will tell though.
  6. Hi Valerie! Welcome to LBT You will love it here. You already have the band so you're doing good. You should go to the main forums page and find the March 2009 Bandster thread and join in with them too. They will surely be able to help you along as well since they just had surgery in the same month
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    Calling all April Bandsters!!!!

    Thanks Mom for returning to update. I was very curious. I am very glad to hear the band is in the right place and all is well. that's great they took the time to explain to her and reassure her of the steps that it takes to make this weightloss sucessful. They use man different size bands on people and they usually don't know which size they are going to use till they go into surgery and see which one would fit better. I have a 4cc band. I have 2.75 CC in it. Did you say she had a 10cc band? They have I believe 4,10,14 cc. The amount of fluid in them is very different for everyone. I have even heard of some people only having 1 fill or 20 fills. I think that's why it's called the sweet spot... you just have to find it.
  8. Brandy~

    I hate it when people post just to post.....

    Aww I couldn't be a vet... I wouldn't wanna even give them a shot let alone have to do other bad things :crying: Makes me sad.
  9. Brandy~

    I hate it when people post just to post.....

    Thats hillarious. I would love that. My DH and I love to embarass the kids.. It's like our goal in life. Since we're really young to have teenagers it makes it that much better.... So my daughter has music all the time going in her room. Sometimes we just bust into her room and just bust out into a dance to her music for a minute or 2 then run out. She normally just stares at us like were insane. It's funny though cause then you hear her tell her friends about the weird things we do... so I think she likes it. Oh then theres the part when my DH drops her off at highschool, he opens the sunroof , stands up hanging out of it screaming BYE BRITTANY.... She goes to a large school and everyone stares lol
  10. Brandy~

    Facebook

    Hmm it is just the pictures without a link embedded :crying:
  11. Brandy~

    Facebook

    Guess I am reviving the thread! I know theres alot of LBT on FB! Add me. I am kinda boring but I need friends. I have issues. No really I don't lol add me Brandy Whine Surveyshere@gmail.com
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    I hate it when people post just to post.....

    PJTP Is there a facebook thread on here? *goes hunting*
  13. Brandy~

    Countdown to Onederland!

    Congrats everyone. You're doing awesome
  14. Brandy~

    What are you listening to right now?

    Southpark episode on Youtube while composing an email to rip a coworker a new one
  15. Thanks! I feel like a totally different person.
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    I hate it when people post just to post.....

    My doc just says you might want to have liquids the day of the unfill in case there is swelling. All the docs are different though.
  17. Brandy~

    What are you listening to right now?

    Air Supply- Greatest hits ROFL :cursing:
  18. Brandy~

    Approved!!!!!!

    Congrats on the approval. I will cross my fingers that they get you in asap :thumbup:
  19. Once I had the surgery I kept it just within my very close knit family... But then as I began to lose the weight I started my blog and posting online and when people ask how I lost it ... I say portion control and exercise... with the help of the Lapband. I haven't had one negative comment yet.... Which has suprised me. Good luck!
  20. Brandy~

    Thinking it through!

    Pros loss of weight eating less able to function better IE active with family more energy less medications greater health and longer life. Better sex life Cons risk of slippage erosion infection For me the pros outweighed the cons. The bandster hell previously mentioned doesn't happen to everyone. I didn't have it. Some doctors don't even make you wait 6 weeks for a fill... I haven't felt a hunger pang since I had my Lb surgery 4/23/08. To this day I eat when the clock says to eat. Everyones experience is very different. I would read more on the forums and attend local meetings/seminars with the doctor you're considering.
  21. Your post isn't quite a book since it still left me with questions :thumbup: I am not a doctor but I personally think the lapband works better for those that are Volume eaters. Since this causes restriction (after fills) Then you will have to learn how to curb the previous behavior or addiction. I myself was a volume eater so maybe that is why I assume it works. Alot assume this could be the easy way out.. It is not. Having any WLS is a roller coaster of emotions... You will have to concentrate more on the liquids you take in, eliminating beverages with calories, eating Proteins first, eating much smaller amounts, eating very slowly and taking small bites. There's still exercise involved. I think all of this outweighs the health risks involved with obesity. I had my surger at 32... if I could of done it at 25 or would of thought to have done it at 25 I would of. I don't regret a single second of it.
  22. Brandy~

    Hello

    Hello and Welcome to LBT!
  23. Brandy~

    I hate it when people post just to post.....

    My DH can't believe that I post so much about myself online at LBT,FB, and my blog. 5 minutes later I turn around and he has made like 10 posts on Car forums, gun forums, and electronic forums. Those don't count tho.
  24. Brandy~

    What are you listening to right now?

    Maroon 5 - The live version on shuffle.

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