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I have a fill Monday with my follow up surgeon and I am going to discuss it with him and see what he thinks. I have pretty much decided I am going to insist on the test. That way if the gallbladder is ruled out 100% we can sart looking elsewhere. The 1 mile fun run sounds neat and Autism is a great cause! I think that is the same guy I listen to when I run. I will have to check my iPod when I get home. My iTunes is screwed up on my laptop so I can't download anything right now. I was planning on doing the 5k in October, but I don't think I am going to be realiztically ready by then. It has gotten so hot already this year. The last 2-3 weeks have been 100+ and since I work mids I wake up at 3pm, the hottest time of the day. I just can't run in 109 degree weather. Plus I keep stopping and starting so I haven't made it off of week 1. :thumbup: I just joined the swim program at work so I am going to swim in the AM and get instruction on proper stroke etc. So I will keep doing that for now and pick back up on the running in fall when it cools down. :sneaky: I am frustrated right now and feeling pretty low. :wink2: :tt1: I am having lunch tomorrow (or today for you first shifters ha ha) with another bandster I met on here that lives in my area. Hopefully that will cheer me up. I am frustrated with my lack of weightloss this month, and not knowing what is causing my pain. And now for the past 3 days I have had a tightness and pain in my lower back and side. I don't know if it is related to the "gallbladder" or not. I have ben popping pain pills like candy and I usually never take OTC meds. :frown: I just want to get back on track, and feel 100% again. Grrr.

Hi and welcome! =) I had my band placed in January and I still eat "normally". In other words there really isn't anything I cannot tolerate... yet. Although I do not eat the same portion sizes as I did pre-band. I still have little to no restriction, so I eat pretty much whatever, just less of it. If you have complications an unfill is indeed possible. Whether or not you can eat "normally" is dependant on the individual. If it is a serious complication, the band can be removed. Well ladies, I had my weigh in today and I am up one pound. I am not surprised... but ah well. Better than being up 2 or 3. :thumbup: Have to look at the positive. I was going to reschedule my fill for next month when my Flex money account refreshes... but they couldn't get me in till the end of the month. So this $225 is coming outta pocket. Grrr. But I really need a fill and do not want to wait 2 months! So I go in on Monday and cannot wait!

Bahot~ Yeah girl! Congrats on the size 10. You are rocking!!! That is my dream size. Seems impossible to achieve... you are an inspiration! =) FW~ I am so sorry about your friend’s son. Wow, how sad. Teenagers think they are invincible. Sadly that just isn't the case. =( Nicole~ WELCOME! =) Mini~ Congrats on your successful banding. Yeah!!! I am so excited for you. Lap~ 3 more pounds. You go girl! Awesome!!! =) Well ladies I am finally closer to being back on track with my diet. I had been going hog crazy for the past few weeks. Eating whatever I wanted. I stocked the fridge full of fish, veggies, fruit and yogurt. I am doing better. Unfortunately I think I am up this week again. =( I still never got a call from my PCP so I am irked. The assistant called back again. She asked the PCP about the cyst causing my pain. She said no... it was NOT causing my pain. If my pain comes back then she will order a HIDA scan to check my gallbladder function. Why does it have to happen again for them to do something?? I am going to talk to Dr Berger on Monday when I go for a fill and see what he thinks. I may insist on the scan now just to rule out my freaking gallbladder all the way. I just want to know WHAT is causing these attacks. Not sit and wait for another to come before doing more testing. :Banane30:

Cyst on my kidney. They found it when doing the US for my Gallbladder.

Just send the pic and don't say anything. If it comes up in conversation later, so be it. I almost think it is better to meet someone now... while you are losing. You will know they love you for you and not your hot bod. :tongue:Cuz you will soon have a hot bod and the guys will be all over you and you can just say... too bad... y'all missed your chance. I am taken. Bwahahaha.

Hey girl... I would love to swap clothes with you. I am 5'8. Let me know how much you would want for them, or at least let me pay shipping. Clothes are heavy and I am sure will cost an armload to ship. I finally got my Dr office to call me back today and they had some tech call me to tell my there are no stones in my gallbladder. However, they found a cyst on my kidney. So they want to do another scan in 3 months. The tech couldn't answer any questions for me as to if this was causing my pain, if they were worried about it growing, if it could be cancerous?? I hate Dr's. So now I am worried all over again. :frown: The tech is supposed to talk to the Dr and call me back. Why can't the freaking Dr call me. Anyone know anything about cysts on kidneys?

Denise~ Sorry your friend was being so poopey. I think it is natural though to feel that way sometimes. She probably doesn't realize she is doing it and is trying to figure out how to adjust perceptions of you and your place in your guy's friendship. I find myself even acting like a poopey head. At least I was aware of it though. For instance my older sister just lost a bunch of weight and is looking good. I found myself getting upset because she was raining on my parade. How pathetic is that! So I made a point of telling her how good she looked! I couldn't believe how jealous I was of her getting all the compliments though. Made me sad that I could be that way. :thumbup: :crying:

((hugs)) girly... I feel you on the not being a good bandster and having a hard time affording the fills. I am right there with you. Don't hide though! We all have ups and downs and are here to help pull each other up when we stumble. If you don't let us know, we can help. :laugh: :w00t: :tt2: Hang in there... you will find your momentum. LAP~ You are looking like a hot tamale my friend. Loved the slide show. Keep up the amazing work! NSV for me today. I am wearing size 26's comfortably now. My 32's & 30's have been forbidden :thumbup: by my co-workers... along with some of my 28's. I have pigpen butt in those according to them. :crying: I am pretty happy. Everything in my closet pretty much fits again. I dread having to get new clothes because we are tight on money... but I also look forward to buying pretty things. Ahhh such troubles. lol. Don't know if I mentioned my hubby got a new job. So proud of my man. He is working as a mechanic now. He actually gets his ASE Cert in January... but he got hired on to work under a master mechanic to learn as he goes until then.

Here is another nice chart to help with protein information. Also gives calories. I found it HERE. I made it into a word file and attached it. Love this chart. =)

Thanks so much for posting this. I am going to print it off for my fridge! =) I got a call from my PCP today for my US results. I was sleeping though since I work midnights. Grrr. So hopefully the office is open tomorrow. Still feeling good though! =)

Brandy ~ Hope your unfill takes care of your problems. You scared me when you said you were vomitting blood. Oye! How scarey. I am sure you will do just fine with the unfil... hang in there. =)

Brandy... I am thinking about you girl. Please update us! (((HUGS))) Well ladies, still no word about the US. I did get a call from my new surgeons office saying that the Dr will no longer be in on Tuesday so I had to reschedule my fill. *boo* Luckily they listened to the demand and are now doing them 4 days a month instead of 2. So I was able to schedule for the 7th. I really really need one! Despite my lack luster effort this week and my piss poor eating... I have managed to lose another 2 pounds. I am shocked. I am suspicious of my scale! lol. So that puts me at -68 pounds!! Woot! And -6 for the challenge with another 17 to go. Ha... not sure I will make that. Ah well. I have depleted my stash of ice cream in the freezer and am going cold turkey again. Evil evil stuff!

Lap~ How exciting!! I hope you can find a surgeon in your network or get one accepted that is outside.

True, true. Thanks for the perspective. :embaressed_smile:

Thanks Mini. Funny thing is I have plateaued out this month and feel like I am doing horrible. I have a hard time looking at the big picture! :embaressed_smile:

Oh yeah... sorry. I had my US on Monday. They said it will be about 4 days until I get results from my Doctor. I will let y'all know as soon as I hear. I am feeling good though! No repeats yet! I have a fill scheduled for Tuesday and I cannot WAIT! I am desperately seeking restriction. I have none. Just a teensy tiny bit if I chew too fast with chicken, but otherwise everything goes down fine. Frustrating!

Good lord ladies... y'all are a chatty bunch!!! lol. That is SO awesome Bahot!!! :embaressed_smile: I am so proud of you and so excited for you. I want to learn how to waterski! When I get to a weight where I can I am taking lessons from you. Another thing to add to my list! I am sorry your family hasn't been more supportive to you. I agree with what someone else said... they are probably jealous. I think some family members get so used to us being the fat ones in the family, they aren't sure where we or they fit in anymore when we start shedding the weight. WE are proud of you and your attitude! You go girl! LMAO about TOM and Tom. Heee hee. Too cute. Don't worry about the 1 pound, I am sure it will be gone next week with a couple of his evil friends. Awww Dee. (((GIANT HUGS))) I am sorry that your trip was an emotional rollercoaster for you. How unselfish of you to include your ex so your daughters Birthday was the best it could be. I think the greatest gift you could give to yourself is to let him go, set yourself free. My mom never let go when her and my dad divorced and she is alone and unhappy. I ache for her... but I cannot fix it. You deserve to be happy and have someone in your life you LOVES you back with every cell of his body.

Thanks gals. Appreciate it! =) Lap~ Good luck with your research on PS. I already told my hubby when I get to goal I am having my breasts lifted and my arms snipped. I can live with a saggy belly.... but in AZ I wear sleeveless A LOT and I don't want bat wings. And my breasts, well I have always had heavy saggy breasts. I wanna lift them and feel normal! =) I weighed myself on Thursday... that is my official day. I was -1 pound from last week. So I am -4 total. 19 more to go! Ugh.

Shelby: CONGRATS!!! WTG!!! =)

Sorry for the drive by post here. I have had a rough week. I was in the ER, again, for five hours on Tuesday night. :smile: :redface: I had the absolute worst pain in my entire LIFE. I was shaking, hyperventalating, dry heaving, and dripping sweat. It was insane. This makes attack #3 in as many months. They did the CAT scan again to rule out the band. Band looks fine. I am convinced it is my gallbladder. They couldn't to an US because I had eaten within the last 6 hours, so I went to my PCP on Friday morning to get a referral. I have a US scheduled for Monday. My PCP doesn't think it is my gallbladder, but I am already on 200MG of Nexium for the acid reflux! I really don't think it is acid reflux. I absolutely cannot go through another attack like this. Each time the pain is progressively worse. I was begging for pain meds on Tuesday! I have a high pain tolerance, and only took pain meds on the night of my surgery just in case. But man... I was begging the admitting staff! It was so bad. :smile: Once I got IV pain meds I felt human again! I am almost glad I can't have children, don't think I could handle child birth if it is anything like that! So anyway... I hope this IS my gallbladder and I will GLADLY have it yanked out! If the US comes back normal I don't know what to do? Keep me in your thoughts for monday.

Dee~ Sorry it was a rough fathers day for you. This was one of the harder years for me also. I watched the Bucket List on Friday and it was one of the hardest movies EVER to watch. Jack Nicholas has some strong resemblance to my dad... and I kept thinking about him. Took all I had not to curl into a ball and cry. ((hugs))

Dee~ I googled the rainbow... and I found out something interesting. It is actually a rare thing... it isn't a "heat rainbow". I was mis-informed. It is actually circumhorizontal arc. Found this photo and info HERE

And since it is fathers day.... just wanted to add a photo of me and Pops (my FIL). I absolutely adore this man. I have the most wonderful in-laws on the planet!! This was taken on Friday when we celebrated his Birthday. I baked him a cake and just HAD to pick up some fun pointy hats. :)

Hi ladies!!! Been a long yucky week. I am amazed that I lost weight considering I haven't exercised and I ate like shikaka. None the less, I am down to 319 from 322. So that is 3 pounds since last week. :thumbup: Now to keep it off and lose more. I got my Polar F11 watch this weekend and am going on a bike ride with my BIL tomorrow. I have been swimming a lot still so I guess I have gotten exercise that way. Will be interesting to see where my heart rate falls tomorrow when I go for a run in the AM. I have a feeling that I was pushing myself too much when I did my 5K training, so now at least I have a tool to help me stay in a healthy HR zone. Hope everyone had a great father's day. Mini I am so happy that your father's cancer has NOT spread to his bones. My father died of lung cancer that metastasized to his brain. It has been 7 years but I can sill remember the shock and utter helplessness that I felt when I found out. We had the family over and I grilled up some twice grilled BBQ burritos... a little thing I picked up while a line cook at ChiChi's forever ago. It was a HOT day today. 105ish! I saw my first heat rainbow. It just floats with the clouds but it is so hot the moisture doesn't make it down. The most beautiful thing ever! I will add a picture. :thumbup:

Hi all... short and sweet here. I am frustrated about the amounts I can eat. I really need a fill. I am not making good choices right now and the scale is reflecting it. I an back where I started for the initial weigh in on the challenge. So I am minus 1 pound for this week, but up several from my Thursday weigh in. I need to stop weighing myself daily. It is starting to get to me. Up down, up down. I need a fill! grrrrrr.....