Court

LOL!!! It was so fun running into you Dianne! You look absolutely AMAZING. Whatever you've been doing, it's obviously been WORKING!!! Courtney

Hey! Sorry I've been MIA lately. We've had a crazy couple of weeks. We found renters for our house and had to move in 2 weeks to get them in when they wanted! It was crazy. Now we are staying in Salisbury with my FIL -- until we figure out what to do next. I think we are going to build, but not sure where...so we are just taking some time to figure it out. I love staying with my FIL, he's great. My MIL passed away in October, so I think it is good for us all to be together. I can cook and make sure that everything is okay up here. PLUS we've all had the FLU! Talk about miserable! Moving and the flu at the same time is RIDICULOUS!!! We still aren't finished with it-- my oldest appears to have it now. We thought maybe it passed her by. We are heading to the doc today to get her some tamaflu and hopefully it won't be a bad case. While I am on the subject of tamaflu-- or meds... I have to vent a little. I am SICK of doctors and pharmacists giving me the "you don't know what you are talking about" look and patronizing acceptances of my requests for small pills. I CAN'T take the big pills-- it isn't a cop out, I will not be able to get the pills down! Grrrrr. Same thing with ibuprofin. Everyone acts like I am just making it up to irritate them. Okay, enough of my craziness. I'll be around more now that we have settled in. Hope everybody is groovy. Court

Kim, that is so awesome! You'll be able to give us all the inside scoop from someone who is in the "biz" of wls! :welldone2: I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that it all works out. Court

Wow. 800 calories sounds kind of low-- but I have no idea what I am talking about. I shoot for 1000 -1200 a day also. I went in and got the height news today too! I TOLD them I was 5' 6" when I had my surgery but they insisted that I was only 5' 5". That was fun and it really helped with the BMI too!!! I lost 15 pounds since last month... well, since Jan 30th, which is right around when I got my second fill. That last fill really helped me-- I had no idea what any restriction felt like, so it has really been nice. I don't think I am at my sweet spot, but I think I am close and it is working for now.

Hey gals, I go to the nutritionist today! I'm anxious to see how I am doing after my second fill. Last time I had GAINED 2 1/2 pounds, but she thought maybe it is water weight. Crossing my fingers that I'll see that scale move FINALLY!! Courtney PS. I'll be looking for you Melissa!!! LOL!!!

I had a great time meeting you all yesterday! I am so excited to have faces to put with names! I am really glad to have found you all-- until yesterday, I had never met anyone else who had the lapband... only talked online. It was awesome to feel like I was not alone in this. I guess that what "support" groups are all about, no? :confused:

I will be there too! YAY! Is the restaurant easy to find off the exit?

I bought the fitday PC and have been keeping track of my calories and I'm having trouble getting to 1000. I have added a carnation instant breakfast in to get the calories and protein. It is weird -- I've never had this trouble before. LOL!!! I don't feel like I am TOO tight or too loose. I like it I guess. I have never had restriction before, so it is hard to tell if this is what I should be experiencing. I see Diane (the nutritionist) next week and we'll see how much I've lost. I can drink a lot too after my fill. It has been almost 2 weeks now. I can drink a lot but really can't eat alot. It has been a lot easier than before not to eat-- but I am still in this weird stage where I feel like I don't know what I am doing.

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Is anyone getting hiccups more than usual? It seems that every time I drink Water I am getting them! Seriously, I sound like a frog. I am getting them 2X a day at least. What is up with that? I've noticed it since the fill last week. Anyone to commiserate? Court

Melissa, it may actually be 3 and 3 days because when I went last week, Dr. B forgot to mention it to me (and I forgot from the previous fill) so I asked the lady in the window. She told me 2 and 3, so that was probably wrong. C

Don't be nervous, Melissa. It'll be totally easy. You'll be in and out of there in a flash-- post as soon as you can to let us know how it went.