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Lo2us, good for you! STAY STRONG!!! In a couple of days you can have a salad in place of one Slimfast if you want to. Has to be a garden only salad. Things from the earth only. None of the goodies like eggs, cheese, croutons, ect. and fatfree dressing. That is optional. I got sick of the slimfast, so I took that option almost everyday. I think I looked forward to chewing. haha. Twelve days to go. What seemed so long getting here will be here before you know it! Are you through with school now? It is a good time to line up some home projects. Especially if it involves heavy cleaning. After surgery you can't do any heavy lifting, pulling, or pushing. You don't want to upset your port. Plus it just isn't a good thing to do after surgery. I go back to Dr. K. on June 11th. I am looking forward to that fill. I think it is going to be the one that is really going to help me. Take care, and keep us posted on how you are doing.

Lo2us, you are absolutely right! 3-4 days and it seems like you get a little more adjusted to it. Don't forget you can munch or sf jello, and you can change up your flavors of sf drinks. They say if you get plenty of protein that helps the hungries. I made it through it, so I am sure you can. Ask vlynn and Lisa, I was a whimp! Today is the day you look at that number on the scale....be sure and take a good look at it now....because you will never see it again!! That really help keep me going. That number will be gone forever!!!!! Woohooooo.

Hi Lo2us. You betcha most of us had doubts. Mine weren't about the Lapband itself as much as about myself. I think it is natural. We have dieted, or I have, so many times.....only to "Take it off....then....put it back on." Over and over and........... But I think this is going to be different with the band. Now we have something to help us for the long haul. I still get frustrated, because I am always in a hurry, but I believe this will work or I wouldn't have done this. The 2 week pre-op diet was the hardest thing for me, post-op wasn't a party but not so bad either. Lisa and Vlynn were essential to my success with the pre-op. I couldn't have made it without them encouraging me on a daily basis to get through it. I was a big Wuss!! Sooooo... If I can do it.....it will be a sure thing for you! Like Lisa said, you have to want this, and I think you do. But it has to be your decision. Remember we will be here for you. We will be your second family.

Hello Priss. Glad to hear from you. Yes, I think several of us have had the hungries. I can tell my last fill helped some, more then than now, but I am trying to develop more patients about getting to my sweet spot. I do seem to fill up a little quicker but get hungry in about 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours. I really think my next fill will be the one to be more helpful with my portion control issue. That was one of my biggest downfalls as far as my weight problem goes. I will be glad when school is out so you teachers can relax a little.

Mrs. Husker, sorry for your loss. Sounded like a wonderful young man. I hope time will ease your pain. God Bless.

Hello. We will try to get get together right after then. That will give Lo2us time to heal and be on something other than liquids. I know you school teachers are super busy right now. Are you through with students after their graduation? I know you will still have to work at school, but without students? Our seniors graduated Fri. night also. It is always a relief to most teachers when that is over. I am still creeping along with my weight, actuall, at a stand still. I have just got to eat less. I am going to try and start over tomorrow with fitday.com tomorrow. I think that was the name of it, to keep up with what I eat, calories ect. Can't seem to get consistent with it. It takes more time than I have had in the past week or so. I think things will be better next week. Things have been unusually hectic around here. I have been out of town twice today. Well I will check on you guys tomorrow.

Hi Kyethra. I noticed how much weight you have lost. Good for you!! I hope you are feeling well now. I know you were pretty sick for awhile. I hope all of that is over for you. My surgery was a week before yours and I haven't done nearly as well as you. I think I am going to be a member of the "slow losers club." I am so glad you young ones took care of business at an early age. Your health will be so much better in later years. What size band did you get. Mine is a medium, 10cm. I have had 2 fills, How about you?

I use dial-up too. I paid a little extra for something to help speed it up and it has been a lot better. I use arkansas.net for an isp. It is all I need for personal use. Although they say the other things have come down considerably. Haven't checked them out. We don't even get dsl or cable where I live. (out in the country), even though I only live two miles from town and about one mile out of city limits. "Creep" is what my scale is doing also but I think yours is doing better than mine. I am hoping to make better food choices after this week. Just seems like I have been on the go too much. How far out do you (Lisa) live from Texarkana. I may have you confused with someone else about where you live. Oh, where do you think would be a good place to meet for all of us. I thought 2nd or third week of June might be a good time or end of June. I figure Lo2us will be feeling good by then too. Maybe Bryces or something like that? What do you think. I want it to be easy for everyone to eat, if that is what we do. Me? I can eat anything that doesn't eat me first. Mexican, Italian, seafood, Chinese. Believe me my middle name is not "Picky" haha. Someone could be on mushies or something like that too. I think it will be fun to meet, maybe each time we meet a different person can pick for the next time. I meant to ask Mrs. Betty to announce at the support group meeting about our thread for T-Town Bandsters. Maybe you can mention it during the Mt. Pleasant meeting. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying this beautiful weather!!! Have a good day everyone!!

Tammy and Thickchick....Just saw your pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AWSOME....FABULOUS.....GRRRREAT.....YOU GO GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello everyone! I haven't been on in a little while. I have trouble getting to this thread since they changed the site. I can't get to it from the email alerts anymore. I don't even get it for this thread anymore. Maybe they canceled it? I have been on vacation also. Sounds like everyone is doing well. I am just trudging along. I got my second fill before going on vacation. It helps a little. I will be glad to get to my "sweet spot." Glad everone is doing well. I went to my support group meeting in Texarkana Mon. night. Three got 50 lb. pins, two got 75 lb. pins. Very encouraging! One lady lost 81 lbs. in four months!!

Welllll Poooey! Next time come sit with me, I guess I didn't see you or didn't realize it. How about the girl that lost 81lbs? That's exciting! I will be so happy when I ever get to do that. I am not sure how much I am going to pay Wadley yet. They had to resubmit to my insurance and I haven't heard from them yet. You would think I would have, that was 3/7. Oh well. I had hernia repair also, I was hoping that might help with anesthesia, and part of the surgery but I just don't know yet. I believe there was a separate charge for the hernia. When you have insurance it is a different ballgame. Even though mine only pays 50%. Which I am thankful for. I will let you know how all that comes out when I ever find out. Lisa, are you talking about ads to the left of our screen about those ads? I can't get to our thread from my email alerts anymore. I used to click on them and go to our thread. Now I have to go to the lapbandtalk.com log in and go to the texas forum ect. Booooo hisssssss. Why is that? Wellllllll....I ate to much supper. I was hoping that little bit of restriction I felt would last....I am afraid it's not. I will be glad to get to my sweet spot! I hate it when I get the hungries. But, I still think it is better than it was after the first fill. Everyone keep posting, we want to keep our thread going. I like it here because we use the same doctors, with the same rules, ect. But we are all different and react differently to surgery, fills, ect. Take care!!! Where is everone lately??

Well, it took longer than usual for it to load this a.m. Yesterday I was going to get back on but every time I clicked on this thread it would not open it. Got that irrating white page that tells you Explorer can't open the page. But this morning it took a while but it opened. It has been slower ever since they changed it. Lisa, I am glad the scales are moving. Mine have been rather stagnet. Haven't weighed in severl days. Think I'll wait til Sat. or Sun. That will give me a full week of being home from vacation. I still wonder about Blondelocks? Hope all is well with her. I know the school teachers are busy trying to wrap things up at school. All that end of the year stuff. Gotta go now, have an appointment in Texarkana. Later.

Good morning Lisa. I forgot you went to the Mt. Pleasant meetings. I think I must be confused about where you are from. I wonder if you update your browser if it would help your wait time? There was a young woman at the meeting that got her 75 lb pin, she has lost 81 lbs!! In four months!!!!!!!!! There were 3 that recieved their 50 lb. pin. One was a man, he had only been banded for 3 months I think. I wanted to have 50 off in three months but I can see that isn't going to happen....pooey. Just have have to keep plugging along. At least I haven't gained any. I am just impatient. I talked to a few that said food really isn't of interest to them any more. One lady had lost over 100 lbs. She said sometimes it makes her sick to even look for something for lunch. !? Not me! (Yet). Sometimes, after I eat, I might get a slight sicky feeling in my stomach for a short time. Then I think ohhhh, I ate too much. But it doesn't bother me as I am eating?? Gotta go now. Everyone take care!!

Hi Lisa. I was hoping you would be at the meeting tonight. We had a lady there that did some comedy and it was fun and light-hearted. I really enjoyed it. Yes, the site does take longer to load but I don't think I am having the trouble you are. My ticker even disapeared, had to redo it. I had a great time on my vacation. lo2us, were you at the meeting? I guess I didn't see you if you were there. Sorry. I thought I looked for you better than that. Hi vlynn, how are you and Billy doing? Is he able to eat yet? Well better go now. Haven't been in from the meeting but about 30 minutes. Better do a few things before bed time. Good night all.

By-the-way everybody, the support group meeting is tomorrow night 7:00 YWCA, Magnolia St. Texarkana. I am planning on comming. I have a niece that is comming in to visit but I am not sure which day this week. If it isn't tomorrow I will be there definitely. If any new-comers need to know....You can always look up the time for the support meetings at noscales.com I think it is the second Monday of the month. Hope to see you there! Oh, for anyone that is not banded.....you are encouraged to come also. Just thought I would pass that little bit of info around.

I went back to tickerfactory, finally figured that out?? and now I see it's back!

Hey, What happened to my ticker?????????????????????????????????

Hello Hopefulchurch. Sounds like you are doing great! I was wondering what size band you have? Most of us don't feel too much restriction, if any after the first fill. Most that I have read about that do that have the small band. You may be one of the lucky ones that may only have to have a couple of fills to achieve your goal. That would be wonderful. I have had my second fill. It seemed to help a little, my first did not. I have the medium band. Keep up the good work and keep us posted.

Hello all! I am back from vacation. We had a great time. If it weren't for my grandson and money I could have stayed longer......... We are thinking about taking him with us next time. He will be at a better age. Vlynn, I use Dr. Robert Parham. He is very bright and seems to be up on all the new stuff. I did use Payne and I did like him, but I changed to Parham. He is husband to Dr. Kim Parkam (dermatologist, that I use) there in Texarkana also. I didn't lose any weight to speak of while on vacation but I didn't gain any either. I can tell I got a fill. I do have "some" restriction. Better than before. I still get hungry but my amount taken in is certainly less. It was a few days before I really felt that. I think that is weird too. glad to see you back wannabe thin. Priss, sounds like you are doing much better. Lisa, glad you have restriction and are enjoying it. I can tell I got a fill but I don't think it is like yours. Maybe next time. I am not at my sweet spot. BUT!! I have dropped one clothes size!!!!!!! Woohoo!!!!!!!! I am going to join a gym this week, hope that helps some too. Well, gotta get busy around here. I have laundry up to my eyeballs!! I'll get back soon. Oh, WELCOME CMOOMOOS!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are glad to have you and will help in any way we can. Will get back to you later, my family "calls."

We are on the first leg of our vacation. We are at Mt. Magazine St. Park. The highest point in AR. This part is a gift we got for Xmas. Tomorrow we will head on to MO. This is a very nice lodge. We just had dinner and I think I may be feeling some restriction. I got full pretty quick and could not finish my food. That's a first!!:clap2: I had two small crab cakes, ate one and started the other and gave it to my husband. I guess that is feeling restriction? Anyway it was wonderful, taste great, and I got full. They have guest computers here, but don't know about the rest of our journey. Take care. I'll return home next Sat.

Hello all. Well, I see the site has changed again. I haven't had too much time in the last day or to to get on our site. I noticed that I did not get an email alert that anyone had posted. Are they not doing that anymore? I thought no one had posted. I see there are several since I was on. hmmmm what's up with that? I leave in the morning for vacation. I don't know if I will have access to a computer or not. I hate to go a whole week with out talking to you girls. When I get back we will think of a place to meet. Would you want to do it fairly soon or wait a bit? If we go eat i would like to do it when lo2us could eat with us. No fun to go eat when you are on a liquid diet! Been there done that. Sounds like everyone is doing pretty good. Priss sounds like you are doing good. Hang in there. Every day that passes just gets better, on top of that it is one more day towards food freedom. Each week you choices get a little broader. How is the weight comming. You will have to fix you a ticker. By the way, I got my first fill at four weeks. I am the only one I know of that got it at four wks. I'm glad though. Sometimes it takes several to get you going, sometimes not. Everyone seem to be different. Well better go. I will post as soon as I get back. Everyone take care. I will miss my daily contact I have with you.

Hi Vlynn. Sounds like you need a vacation too. We leave Sat. We are going up around N. Arkansas, and MO. Going to be gone a whole week! My husband is counting down the hours already. If you girls will give the getting together a little thought, then give me some feedback as to when would be a good time to meet, I'll try to organize us a place. Maybe we can go eat, and then sit and visit for a while. We will adjust if our group gets large. I was hoping PS would tell others about our thread. We might mention that at our next support meeting. I love this thread because we are all under the same band rules, ect. I don't know if I will have access to a computer while on vacation. I have a laptop but my son is using it at college.

Hi Lisa, woohoo, 3 lbs in 3 days :target: that's great! I'm not sure I feel any restriction yet. Maybe later. I think I am going to be one of those that might take a little while to find my "sweet spot." We'll see. I guess it is all part of the process. Food still looks good to me. Lo2us, I am starting a walking program as part of my exercise. We are going on vacation Sat. When we return I am going to join a gym. I think you said you wewe a teacher? That will be good you will be out of school when you have surgery. I hope you have someone to help with your 2 year old. Ms. Betty says lifting is not good for the port. So, keep that in mind. I think it would be fun for us Texarkana Bandsters to get together in Texarkana a couple of times a year just to see how everyone is doing. What do ya'll think? It's just an idea I thought I would toss out there. Also if anyone runs across some good and simple "band-friendly" recipes, be sure and share them. So far, I have been eating about like I normally do, just not so much. With the exception of meat. I haven't ventured out too far there. Gotta go. Later.

Lo2us, Good for you! I am glad everything went good. I guess you will be heading to the store to stock up on sf drinks and Slimfast. If you like cranapple, Walmart brand(Great Value) has a sf that is good. It is those on the go things that you put in a bottled water. I heard the grape is good, but haven't tried that one. They probably mentioned some drink stuff to you. During the pre-op you can have carbonated drinks (sf of course). I know you will do well. Gotta go for now. I am trying to help my son with a project, due tomorrow of course. I'll check back in later. Congrats on your new journey. We will be here for you.

Hello Vlynn, I wish you could have been there too. I enjoyed meeting lo2us and Lisa. I got to visit with Lisa a little more since we got a fill and had our treat and waited around a few minutes. I hope all goes well with you. You have been doing so well I am sure you will continue to lose. Lisa, I enjoyed our visit and it was nice to put a face to whom I have been chatting with. I loved seeing the picture of your little boy, he is a real cutie. I hope your fill works for you. Lo2us, likewise I enjoyed meeting you. I hope your visit with the doctor and staff was good for you. Did you set up a date or anything? I am anxious to hear how everything went for you. I hope it was all a good experience. Let us know how it went as soon as you have time to post.