Sherrie

I am back!!!! lol Dr. Gonzales in Winston Salem charges $325. He does it at Forsythe Memorial. They turn around and charge you $200 for the flouro - but they will bill your insurance company. Dr. G ruptured a port in the office. He also told me that a lot of people with high BMIs were getting banded in Mexico and ports were getting harder and harder to find. Good luck. I need another fill....

Thank the good lord I did not tell too many people. My weight loss has been dreadfully slow and I feel like a failure around those I have told.

Just as an FYI - for anyone who uses him... Dr. Gonzales is not doing in office fills any more. Everyone has to be scheduled under flouroscopy at the hospital. I got my fill r/s! I was looking forward to it. Goodness knows I need it.

Hey Ladies - I cannot come this Saturday. Bummer. Joe (dh) is studying for the CPA - and I cannot leave him with the boys. I will miss you!!!

Welcome back. I am a slow loser. Boo hiss. It is my fault. I am not eating like a bandster because I do not have too. That is the problem. I am not using my tool like I should. I hope your fill helps. I think I will get another next week.

Okay - I am going to try and make it. My husband is studying for the CPA - so he might freak out if I tell him I will be gone all day ('cause if I drive that far... I gotta do Concord Mills). I will throw my hat into the weight loss ring and try to match Melissa with 6 pounds. Lord knows I need a challenge.

I felt nothing at 2 cc... I would not worry about a leak!!!

I am loving you guys. Nice to know we can fill up the scale-oholics meeting effortlessly. :-0) I managed to NOT weigh on Friday... or Sunday... or this morning, but I weighed last night and did not like the number. I am going to try to wean myself to every-other-day.

I think I am beating my band too. I ate almost an entire taco salad yesterday for lunch... and stopped because I decided it was too much.. not because I had to. However, 6 months ago I would have eaten the entire thing, added some more chips and wondered when the fried icecream was coming. Babysteps.

Just called BCBS yesterday - because we changed insurance. They do NOT pay for Lapband... but they DO pay for Gastric Bypass. I paid out of pocket in Mexico -- but I was hoping that my new insurance might pay for fills. NOT!!!

We have a housewarming to attend on Saturday! I will miss you guys. I REALLY wanted to come!!!!

My name is Sherrie and I am addicted to weighing myself. I do it all the freakin' time. I do it first thing in the morning... at night after dinner to see how much my food intake weighed... at night before bed - usually before and after I have peed. It is crazy. I red an article in Time that said you should weigh no more than 1 time per week. I wish someone would hide the darn thing, but my husband has the obession too and he is not willing to part with it.

Sorry ladies.... I have a house warming party for a great friend this Saturday. I am almost 2 hours away ... so I can't do both :-(