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Just wanted to say HI to everyone, I have been away and trying to catch up. Had some family issues, doing okay with the band. Down 52 lbs, but still having daily struggles...although they are very manageable. I am really getting to know my band now after the 2nd fill so I think that will make a huge difference. I went too long in between fills and felt like a failure, but I have more restriction now... so I also have added confidence in doing this sucessfully. I am sure its posted somewhere, but has anyone gotten together to meet yet? I am in Mandarin, fairly flexible on days. I really need to start sharing some of this, you can't do it alone or you drive yourself crazy with questions and doubts! Sounds like everyone is doing well, there are a lot more people then when Jax group first started!

Hi Karen I've been away for a while with some family issues, but have been trying to catch up. I absolutely LOVE Dr. Webb. I too had to wait the 6 months (Aetna), I was going crazy....I wish it wasn't that long but you do have a lot of things to do during that time (like pre-op tests, LWLSC counselors/dieticians) and it's all worth it. Let me know how things are progressing with you. i had my surgery 1/14/08 and am down about 52 lbs. Having a few struggles, but I am taking things day by day. I'm just impatient, that has a lot to do with it!

hi kelly, how old is your little one? i have 4 kids at home, if we decide to alternate houses you are always welcome to bring him to my house as my other kids will keep him entertained LOL! I know how hard it is to get sitters.

depending on the week, i am good for either night. where do we want to try and meet up?

hi karen, i'm so glad things went well for you. Even though I have not been on the boards, I have ben praying for you and everyone else that has started this journey....we're all in this together. Way to go on your progress, I hope you continue to feel well. I would love to get together and meet up soon!

hi susan! I am also in Mandarin, surgery with Dr. Webb at Memorial on 1/14. It isnice to know you have ben through a lot of this stuff already - we can all be such wonderful support and chering staff for each other. I am off old St. Augustine near Hood road - where are you?

it's nice to see another dr. webb patient! I love him, he is such a wonderful man and never rushes you when you have questions. I had my first fill 2/14 after my surgery on 1/14. i started to get really hungry the week before that and he said that was good so I know now what it feels like when I need a fill. I scheduled for 6 weeks out, but he said if i need one before that just to call the office.

hi guys, I am back again. I have had ISSUES with my computer and was tired of fighting it si I just wasn;t online much at all. I had my first fill on 2/14 and it went great. I was afraid I would be such a chicken but it didn't hurt at all. He put 4cc's in my 9cc band. Surgery was 1/14 and I am down 34 lbs. I haven't exercised one bit yet whichI really hate,but I want to get my butt on that treadmill. I came up to Michigan on 2/16 for my moms 80th bday and was supposed to come home today. However, I have extended my stay until March 3rd to take care of some unexpected things for her. I feel part of the real world now that I have a working computer again! I am so glad things are going well for you, I hope to jump back in and be part of the group. Its hard doing this without you guys!

Hi everyone....just getting back on the computer and catching up today. Had my band Jan 14th (8 days ago) and doing pretty well. stayed overnight at memorial and was glad to get home in my own bed! I was pretty nauseated the first several days and had to take phenergan, but doing much better now. went back to Dr. webb yesterday and incisions are healing well. i get my first fill on Feb 14th. :biggrin: Still have some pain at port site but it is very manageable...just more uncomfortable when I move a certain way. I am going back to work tomorrow so that will be a test of endurance (I guess I am just tired from limited calorie intake.) I am on mushies now, and probably around 350 calories day. today i was really hungry in the evening, more so than when I was on liquids. I have found if i keep drinking througout the day like I should, it helps with the hunger. But when i get full, it seems to come on rather quickly. I have been BURPING like crazy....and I mean all day long. My kids think i am joking, I am trying to explain I just can't help it! i have never said excuse me so many times in one day before..... What side of town in everyone in? I am in Mandarin. I would love to try and get together. Dr. Webbs office has a group called LWLSC (laprascopic weight loss surgery center) in Baymeadows and they have support groups as well....I have not yet been to one but plan on attending. they just separated out the bypass from the lap band patients and said that is working out much better. Thanks so much for wondering about me, that was so sweet. What a great bunch of threads to come back to! Hope everyone is doing well.... Take Care, Lori

I too have been burping a ton since nbeing banded on the 14th. They seem a little more productive now, meaning I get some relief when I burp. This last week I felt like I had to burp, and all I could get was a little tiny burp here and there even with the gas-x. I never thought I would say how good it feels to burp now, although it seems they always come in 3's LOL! It will be interesting to go back to work tomorrow if i continue burping the way I am now....doesn't matter if I have just eaten ot it's first thing in the AM. I guess it's better than farting or throwing up, and the air has to come out, right?

I gained 6 lbs. right after my surgery 8 days ago (which I thought I might). I lost that, and a few more...but I have to say I am shocked that I haven't dropped more - if I am only consuming less than 400 calories a day I was hoping it would be easier to come off in the beginning. i just worry when i start eating regualr diet that the weight won't come come off any faster. I don't want to lose too rapidly, but I was just trying to do the math, it doesn't make sense to me! I am going to start walking tomorrow, so I hope that by burning some that will help a little. My first fill is on Feb. 14th. I need to stop thinking about it, and just weigh once a week. I think I am doing more harm then good weighing every day!

Hi everyone, I was banded Jan. 14th and felt pretty good today. i had my post op appt. yesterday and the incisions looked good. i am going back to work tomorrow ( i teach PT) so I am wondering how that will go. I had some pain today, mostly aroud my port site, almost kind of crampy feeling. It has come and gone. I am burping ALL the time, my kids keep laughing and I don't think I have ever said 'excuse me" so many times in one day before! I have had that full feeling almost every day, but today have been really hungry for some reason and am on mushies. I am sore when I bend or reach,but my main thing is energylevel with restricted calorie intake. i feel like i should have lost 25 lbs. but I have been fluctuating the same 3 lbs. over the last few days. I go for my first fill Feb. 14th and i can't wait! I seem to get full more on liquids than I have today.

Thank you guys so much!!!! getting some last minute things together, i probably won't sleep tonight either. Good luck to those being banded this week, I'll be back on with an update when i can get back to the computer. I can't wait to hear how it goes for all of you as well. Happy banding!

Hi guys, i dont know if I am doing this right or not. I am a bit challenged when it comes to message boards! I am being banded day after tomorrow Janaury 14th. i would love to have a buddy to share things with! This site is great. Once i figure it out I'll probably never get off the computer (LOL)! I'm going to try and make me one of those ticker things now. Can you tell I can't sleep? It's 4am and I am nervous/excited/anxious,etc. :smile: grateful for a 2nd chance to start living life again! Good luck to everyone!

Hi I'm from Jax and getting banded on Monday Jan. 14th with Dr. Webb/LWLSC. I would love to hear from you!

hi gillian, mysurgery date is also Jan. 14th. I am new to the boards and haven't done this much. I am nervous, but also excited and really just want to do it tomorrow! this atkins type diet i am on for 2 weeks to shrink my liver is the pits. Although I have lost 8lbs. in 6 days i miss my fruit and pasta. it is helping me to get pumped for the long run though. I am looking forward to meeting other bandsters and sharing our journey together! jacksonville, FL

Happy new year to me...this is the first time I can make a resolution to lose weight and I know I will do it! I am already looking forward to 2009 so I can see results of my surgery and change in eating/exercise. I think its really going to happen this time. My surgery is scheduled for Monday Jan. 14 2008. I start my hi protein/low carb 2 week diet on New Years day. I am a bit nervous, I think it is going to be a long 2 weeks, but knowing the end is in sight has got to help. Right???? I have so many emotions, I am a stressed out mama right now! I started this journey in August 2007. I can't tell you exactly what made me decide to do it now....I think it is Gods way of telling me. Or my brothers, I don't know which. I finally allowed myself to look in the miror and see who was looking back - and I freaked out that that fat ugly person was actually me. Before, I knew I was fat. But if I didn't see pictures of myself or look in the mirror it wasn;t really "REAL". Like I was actually going to escape it by doing that? i just triend not to think about it so it would go away. I could always blamne it on all the pregnancues - but when I look at women with more children then me who are in good shape, I had to find another excuse than just being big boned or prone to inheriting those genes from my dad. Well, my hopes of it magically going away didn't happen. My clothing size kept going up. I had no visible neck anymore, just a few extra chins. I couldn;t sit in chairs when I went out to places....and sliding into the booth at a restaurant was embarrassing I could hardly breathe. My back ached. My knees began to bother me. I was tired of walking anywhere and feling like I was going to die from lack of breath. I still can;t bend over to tie my own shoes. I can't ride rides with my kids or even get on a bike without fear of not fitting into or on it. My kids friends made comments that i was fat, and I knew it hurt their feelings. People could always descibe me to someone who didn't know me...shes a pretty girl with brown hair, you know, the really fat one. I was an embarrassment to my kids and my family. I didn't even feel desirable to my husband - even though he said he loved me no matter what. All I could think was my fat rolling around and i couldn;t even be on top anymore for fear of suffocating him. How could someone want to be intimate with the likes of this? i was so disappointed that I had let my mom see me get to this weight. i know she has been so worried and sad for me. I actually turned into one of those women whose arms are as fat as her legs, and who had a belly that stretched down to the middle of her thighs. My shirts couldn't even cover my stomach without it peeking out from underneath. I never understood how peeple could let themselves get like that...and look at what I did. I was now one of them! I am only 41 years old, and I want to LIVE a long and happy life. i do not want my family or my kids to bury me because I had no willpower and died prematurely because I didn;t take care of myself. I havaen;t even had the same relationship with God lately because I am so disgusted that I messed up a wonderful life he gave me. It's time for me to get it back, i just need help along the way and support so i don;t give up anymore! Well, i am going to weigh myself tomorrow and see what happens. It's the start of a whole new year and a whole new life for me too. I'll write more later. :nervous :sick :embarassed:

Happy new year to me...this is the first time I can make a resolution to lose weight and I know I will do it! I am already looking forward to 2009 so I can see results of my surgery and change in eating/exercise. I think its really going to happen this time. My surgery is scheduled for Monday Jan. 14 2008. I start my hi protein/low carb 2 week diet on New Years day. I am a bit nervous, I think it is going to be a long 2 weeks, but knowing the end is in sight has got to help. Right???? I have so many emotions, I am a stressed out mama right now! I started this journey in August 2007. I can't tell you exactly what made me decide to do it now....I think it is Gods way of telling me. Or my brothers, I don't know which. I finally allowed myself to look in the miror and see who was looking back - and I freaked out that that fat ugly person was actually me. Before, I knew I was fat. But if I didn't see pictures of myself or look in the mirror it wasn;t really "REAL". Like I was actually going to escape it by doing that? i just triend not to think about it so it would go away. I could always blamne it on all the pregnancues - but when I look at women with more children then me who are in good shape, I had to find another excuse than just being big boned or prone to inheriting those genes from my dad. Well, my hopes of it magically going away didn't happen. My clothing size kept going up. I had no visible neck anymore, just a few extra chins. I couldn;t sit in chairs when I went out to places....and sliding into the booth at a restaurant was embarrassing I could hardly breathe. My back ached. My knees began to bother me. I was tired of walking anywhere and feling like I was going to die from lack of breath. I still can;t bend over to tie my own shoes. I can't ride rides with my kids or even get on a bike without fear of not fitting into or on it. My kids friends made comments that i was fat, and I knew it hurt their feelings. People could always descibe me to someone who didn't know me...shes a pretty girl with brown hair, you know, the really fat one. I was an embarrassment to my kids and my family. I didn't even feel desirable to my husband - even though he said he loved me no matter what. All I could think was my fat rolling around and i couldn;t even be on top anymore for fear of suffocating him. How could someone want to be intimate with the likes of this? i was so disappointed that I had let my mom see me get to this weight. i know she has been so worried and sad for me. I actually turned into one of those women whose arms are as fat as her legs, and who had a belly that stretched down to the middle of her thighs. My shirts couldn't even cover my stomach without it peeking out from underneath. I never understood how peeple could let themselves get like that...and look at what I did. I was now one of them! I am only 41 years old, and I want to LIVE a long and happy life. i do not want my family or my kids to bury me because I had no willpower and died prematurely because I didn;t take care of myself. I havaen;t even had the same relationship with God lately because I am so disgusted that I messed up a wonderful life he gave me. It's time for me to get it back, i just need help along the way and support so i don;t give up anymore! Well, i am going to weigh myself tomorrow and see what happens. It's the start of a whole new year and a whole new life for me too. I'll write more later. :cursing: :nervous :sick :embarassed: :cursing: