coolcrystal

Oh yeah, Moonlight is totally awesome!!! Isn't he the hottest vampire you've ever seen??? I totally agree with you, if that show gets cancelled all because of their selfish asses I'd be ticked off too!

There are a few ladies on obesityhelp.com forum for the sleeve that went from a band to a sleeve. Perhaps check out that site..

Does everybody have to use those supossitories?? OUCH. LOL

Oh man, did somebody have to say poptarts???? I haven't eaten since that tuna sandwhich at lunch and my stomach is grumbling... pop tartss...... toasted with a tinge of butter on top... oh man... I never crave sweet stuff, but for some reason, those just sound so dang good to me. LOL

I'm fiscally Republican and socially Democrat. It's odd that many would want Hilary... considering she is pushing this whole government health crap.... to be like Canada. From what I hear, they don't give two cents about obese people and trying to get a lap band from them would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Surgeries are pushed back for months and many people die due to that sort of healthcare! I wish I could vote LIBERTARIAN! More people are libertarian and they don't even realize it!! Folks, why get the government even more involved in our damned lives??? They never even fire anybody.. which means no matter what they do, they never get fired... I know two people who work for the government and one is a complete drunkard (even drinks on her lunchbreak) and the other has serious mental issues and is suicidal and we want these people telling us what to do?? (no offense to any government people who are perfectly fine..), but come on.....

I'm an overeater!! weird thing is, I don't really eat sweets - actually, a small piece of cake will usually make me feel sick and I have to take off all the frosting.. So, I'm definitely not a sweet tooth. And, I'm not a snacker either. Occassionally I'll eat some chips during a movie at home, but not often. But, what I do bad is eat huge meals for dinner. For Breakfast it's usually something small, but for lunch, I was eating like two fajitas and tons of chips and salsa, though lately I've been eating tuna on wheat with lettuce and a cup of fruit. But, the dinner is where it gets bad. Like last night I had a can of tomato soup and almost an entire sleeve of crackers dipped in there! Then, I had a salami sandwhich on wheat!! Then I had about 8 baked doritos! I should have stopped with the tomato soup and only eaten half those crackers... but, no.. something in my head said, "this won't fill you up, you need more", even though I was already full from the soup!!! So, I'm hoping this band will help me get this little issue under control. I also think I'm a bored eater! At work I'm never hungry because I'm busy, but when I get home and I have nothing to do, I eat because its so much fun! food tastes so dang good, doesn't it?? LOL :eek:

I'm curious how your obese friend who couldn't get the surgery felt knowing that you will get it and she can't? Was she supportive? Jealous? is she going to pay for one herself? The reason I ask is because I'm in a situation right now where me and two other friends are all obese and me and one of them are going for the lap band, but the third one can't. I'm not sure how the third one will feel when/if we get ours and start losing. It's always been us three chubbies everywhere, going out to eat, etc, and now she might feel left out or something....

Cool, thanks for all the advice! After watching my friend go through the TT, I didn't want to get one. She was hunched over for three weeks and had drains and crap in... and her belly looked fine before, but it was her choice about it, but now she regrets it because her scar line is really bad, she had issues with it and she's tried covering it up with tatoos and has tattoos all over her hips and lower belly and it looks really bad.. So, if I can avoid it, I will.

I have Aetna POS and will be sumbitting my stuff in January. I have my last 6 month dr. visit this week on the 13th, then I have to get a psych eval and have one visit with a dietician.. I'm like 49 BMI, so, hopefully I will get approved. i don't have diabetes or anything like that, but according to their requirements, you just have to have over 40 BMI or 35 with the co-morbidities. I did that stupid sleep apnea test, and didn't get a wink of sleep. So, they just put on there that I had nothing, but, when I lay on my back my fat chokes me, so I have to sleep on my side. But, she said it probably doesn't matter anyway since I'm over 40 BMI. I'm curious, I haven't lost any weight on my 6 months visits. I wonder if they will deny me for not losing any weight.

Ick.. I couldn't have a hot guy doctor, especially one that was looking at me down there or naked. LOL. No way... Good luck with your crush!

I haven't had any babies yet, so my belly is chubby of course, but its not sticking out or too flabby. I just wanted to see if its possible to avoid it. It seems many get a tummy tuck afterwards. But, I do want to have kids, so I dont I can get a TT if I want to have kids right away.. or maybe that's a myth.

I have noticed that a lot of people seem to be embarrassed about getting banded in Mexico and don't want their friends and family to know that part until after they get it done and have lost weight. But, there is no shame in going to Mexico to get it done. I know there are a lot of great doctors out there. But, last year when I had thought about going to Mexico I mentioned it to two people and they flipped out! "no, you'll die" and, "they are dirty there". So, I can understand why you are hesitant to tell people you are going there.

I might be a February bandster too! I'll be submitting my paperwork early january (I finish my 6 months visits next week) and there should be no reason why I don't get approved, but, never count your chickens till they've hatched, right? I meet all the requirements, but insurance companies aren't always fair, right? lol.

My friend gets fills all the time, because she got the largest band at the time because she didn't follow the pre-diet properly and her liver was too hard, etc, so they had to give her a bigger band. So, now that she's lost 100 pounds she has to get more fills that others. I think she told me 9 fills in a year...

I don't eat when I'm depressed, and eat when I'm happy and being social eating out all the time with my friends. So, not eating is probably a pretty normal thing when something tragic happens. Sorry about your Uncle passing... :cry

Yeah, my two friends who had it done didn't have any major pain at all. They said they were a little sore at the port site, but other than that, felt great.

Yummmm, ribs are so yummy. i hope I can eat them if I get my lap band.

Fresh Fruit monster? LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL Ya'll crack me up!!

Yikes this is scaring me.. I wonder if everybody goes through those headaches. Well, in the long run, a few headaches is nothing right? LOL. You are getting something put inside of you and making a HUGE life changing decision.

I think my dad has become more sentimental in his older age or something, because 10 years ago he never would have written that either. I think he was just so dang happy I'm giong through with it soon. Your profile says you are 230 something.. OOh, I looked so awesome at that weight! I met my hubby at 240 and I walked right up to him with the most confidence you've ever seen and we haven't had a day apart since. He said he didn't see my weight cuz I was confident. But at 295 its so dang painful now. Just walking up stairs I can feel the tendons in my knees straining and pulling and hurting... chairs hurt.. sleeping hurts... I know I complain about this a lot, but I still have one more dr. appointment left in December...

Ditto what Ang said.. lots of fish and tuna for me.. OOh, I love Sushi too.. if I can still eat sushi I'd be SOOOO happy.

Thank you Candy! They are very supportive about this procedure, but they were/are not supportive about me being obese. I know they didn't mean to, but sometimes they would look at me with disgust and embarassed to tell people I was their daughter because I was obese. Oddly, I was still confident about my looks and thought I looked sexy until I got about 260. After that is when I lost some confidence because my rear end would have a mind of its own. LOL. and knock stuff off counters and desks and such.. and the getting stuck in chairs thing.. very embarrassing. Anyway, everytime I'd see my mom she would make little comments about dieting and this "new recipe in her diet book". It was so annoying. At dinner they would watch every bite I put into my mouth. So, they are supportive now, but it would have been nice if they would have been that way before. They could never understand how I could be happy and social over 200, but I was. They expect anybody that is even slightly overweight to be miserable or something.

Dang you cookie monster! I knew there was some reason why I got fat!! LOL

Yeh, the pictures cracked me up!!! Oddly, I only have one right boob thing!! It's under my right arm pit, but I'm fine on my left, I wonder what that means?? LOL I only just got it within the last 5 months.. it's so odd.. Anyway, since I want to have a kiddo after I complete my weight loss, I probably can't get a tummy tuck, right? Maybe after I have a kiddo.

I gained weight when I got super happy in a new relationship and we went out to eat like twice a day practically... food was fun and exciting!! I gained 100 pounds in a dang year.. LOL. Anyway, then I got a foot disorder cuz of the extra weight and was on steriods for a few months.. gained more weight.. then I just couldn't do the rollerblading and other things I use to.. so I got lazy. And now I'm just a bored eater. When I'm sitting around the house watching television I scroung around the kitchen because I'm bored and food tastes yummy!! Sometimes I wish I could just get depressed about something because when I'm depressed or upset I don't eat at all; it makes me too sick to eat. But, I had a great childhood... and I have lots of friends.. and I'm super happy 98% of the time! Food is just FUN!!! Like Mexican food and mediteranean food.. Hummus and pita... chicken enchiladas'... Oh man... dang my mouth is just watering right this second..... chips and salsa... doesn't that just sound so fricking awesome???? See. IT"S FUN! Unfortunately, I've had too much fun with it, because at my dr. appntment yesterday I've gained 6 pounds since last month. I can't wait till I get this lapband. I really need it. LOL