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Cindy I can try to do your avatar when I get home tonight. Just realized I haven't seen this site in days UGH. Been so busy as usual. Hugs

Lorna, Everyone's experience is different. I can honestly stay I haven't had any trouble up until now at my 16th month point. I'm starting now to have acid reflux and I'm seeing my PCP regarding it Thursday. Prior to this and 75 pounds later there weren't any problems other than fighting that head hunger demon. Talk all your worries over with Dr. Jones today..THATS why you're meeting him and it's important to get it all out and talked about prior to getting your date. Good luck! Sherry

Beautiful day in New England and I'm stuck home cleaning while DH is out fishing on the open blue. UGH. I love that he has a hobbie but, hate it when I'm stuck home on a georgious day with nothing to do. Well plenty to do but hate doing it you know like cleaning, painting, organizing..those things are better for rainy days....I wanna get out Hmmm maybe I'll convince him to do something with me after he of course naps from being up so early UGH. Endless cycle huh? hahaha. So I'm thinking of getting my tatoo enhanced with shooting stars, clouds etc and getting another one on my other thigh of an angel with an American Flag. Just need to find the perfect angel Anyone have any nice pictures of angels I can use?

Hmm it is odd how all of a sudden the band would tighten up without it being a fill to cause it. I too have the same symptoms and you're really convincing me I need to have my band looked at and possibly have some fill taking out. I'm tired of waking up between 1 and 4am every day by the coughing I do due to acid in my throat and/or mouth. I've tried watching what I eat, not eating so late to no avail. I'm currently trying Zantac to see if it helps but that's the last straw...time for the docs.

Still not getting updates on the room stuff. Definately still having trouble with the website. I hope everyone is doing well and enjoys their weekend

For some reason I can't see page 2 of this thread it just won't allow me to go back and read it...so my apologies to everyone for not being up to date. I thought it was just a gliche over the weekend but, it still won't let me in there. Anyone else having trouble with the site lately? I hope everyone enjoyed Father's day either spoiling their hubbies, their own fathers or spending the time remembering loved ones. I was touched when my son gave DH a card since he's his step-dad. He gave him quite a card too and his favorite candy bar which was nice. DH was having a hard time because his dad isn't with us anymore plus...well long story but, nothing from his girls either. I hurt for him but, not much I could do about it. The card from my son made his day so it turned out nice. If I can get the website to co-operate with me I have a beautiful butterfly picture to share with you all. It stopped by for a rest on my herb boxes. Hopefully I can post it later tonight. I'm at work so I have to get going...I was just peeking to see if the site worked with this computer but, same issues. HUGS!

If you're looking for info on the band you've come to the right place. Welcome and good luck with your banding journey.

Depends on when you sent the application in. I think they called me to go over the application within a week of receiving it.

I'm still not getting updates with this website. UGH. Sorry gang..without them I never remember to check. I'll be back hopefully, my brain will remember, and post tomorrow. Too late now. you're all in my thoughts.

So sorry Dianne, my prayers are with you and your family.

Welcome Janie....question on your 6 months diet monitoring. Have you been off and on diets all your life like most of us? If so...have you been with the same physician during some of that dieting? If you have did you know that can be part of your documention? I know mine was! I started my banding process Thanksgiving week 2005 and I was banded 2/13/06.

I know ladies...I deserved that lecturing but, ya know seriously it's the part I have the most. I'll even take my chicken wing arms over this tire lol. Eh...it will get better I know. I'm vamping up my exercise and starting Monday planning on using SparkPeople or Fitday to track my food. I have a feeling, I'm not eating enough believe it or not hmmmmm. I know I'm lousy with my Water too UGH. Hmm so many things I don't do that I should and I wonder why the weight loss stalled? DUh lol Anywho, hopefully this will all kick in. DH is home YIPPEE I have missed him. He looks funny...he rode so much that from his eyes down is red and from the eyes up is white hahha. You can almost see a line lol. It's nice to have him home :girl_hug: He's snoring now though hahaha. The goldens went to the Puppy salon today and I had them shaved. Errrr ummmm son hates it....ummm I'm not sure yet hahaha. They certainly look like smaller dogs, there won't be as much fur all around the house and they won't be getting each other soaked by licking each others fur until it's soggy but, ummm they look funny hahha. Not sure what I think yet. DH says in a week the fur will look more natural that when they first get shaved it looks funny. OK if you say so hahaha. At least they smell nice right now. Gosh before they went they had this sour smell to them. DH says it's from them chewing each others ears and/or one of them rolled in something when outside. Ewwww either way, they stunk and I'm glad they smell good now. Lazy day today, put some chops in the crockpot with potatos, carrots and an onion. That's the only way I can eat pork without a problem. It comes out so nice and tender it falls apart. Tomorrow...not sure what I'll make. Thinking sweet and sour chicken....have you made it? It's made with Russian Dressing, Apricot Preserves and Lipton Onion Soup mix. My friend told me that recipe and says it's great. So I think I might try it :target: Patty - so sorry to hear about your troubles. I do hope things get better for you. Cindy - Definately send pics of you folks in your shirts. I think it's fun! When do you leave for your trip again? Betty - How are you feeling? Have you had a chance to ride your motorcycle? DH got me a wind chime from Georgia that has clear acrylic motorcycles on it. It's really cute and I plan on hanging it outside on my plant shepards wire with my other one. I love chimes...but my neighbors probably hate them haha Eileen - Is your fill working? Sorry to hear about the Junk food day. Ya know those are really easy to have because the damn stuff goes down so easy peasy UGH. I really have to watch it or I could do that myself. Work will do that to you! Mandy - Are you using a plastic surgeon that was recommended by your band surgeon? My surgeon recommends one from his same hospital that I"ll probably use when it's time. I have quite a ways to wait though. I want to lose more and maintain it for a while before I have that surgery. Oh I'm dreading it but, looking forward to it at the same time. I got a nice apron that needs to come off and my boobs need work. Man I've seen pictures though....scares me! Hope your daughter is feeling better from her surgery. Hello everyone I missed! (Wavin') Well....I'm off. Got some laundry to do. Hugs!

Holy No Alerts Batman! What the heck is going on with this site? I've set up my threads for instant notification when someone posts and I end up not getting anything at all? UGH. I've been busy keeping the house up since DH is gone...got exercise tonight by mowing the front lawn. Geesh that mower is heavy for me. Now now girls it's not a riding mower I did have to push it hahaha. We're growing weeds here...DH kinda killed the grass with his dethatchin method of last year so this year.....while trying to grow grass the weeds have set in. I've got a lawn chemical place that services the yard but, we still do the mowing etc. Those dang weeds were at least 12'' tall hahaha. So I mowed the front no one can see the back DH can do it when he gets home. He likes to bag it and the bag gets way too heavy for my back so I did my share lol. Not much new going on. Work is work...busy, stressful but, I like what I do. As long as I can add that "I like what I do" to the end I'll stay there lol I got the cutest outfits for Disney for Chrispy and me hahaha. We'll have the same Tshirt, shorts and tank tops lol. My bad I know but, I'm excited about the trip. Question....how are you folks with the spare tire syndrome? Man, I may of lost weight but, I've got this spare tire in the front that just kills most outfits UGH. So today I try on a shirt..fitted...suck in my gut it looks great hahah but man oh man you look in the back and there it is ANOTHER spare tire under my bra. ohhhh lordy....I was so down after that. I should know better...I'm just better off not shopping for clothes! Anywho....it got me all bad thinking about myself..why do I do that EVEN after losing 75 pounds? Why? 40-50 more is what I need to lose in my mind.....then I can get this deflated (hahaha) spare tire thrown in the dumpsta *wink* Then I can inflate da spares on top so the headlights will shine in the right place. lmao ...I better get going I'm getting punchy at 7 min to midnight. Yikes.....5am comes fast. Sweet dreams my friends!

For some reason I'm not getting updates when someone posts and when I just went to check the status to see if I forgot to move it to "Immediate notice" ummm there are no choices now? I really REALLY don't like how this thing is set up now. Advertisements everywhere, it's getting hard to move around in here and I don't know how to change my screen look. I've played with it but, I can't get things all on the screen without having to scroll. Aggrevating! lol Other than that things are going fine. 3rd day in a row exercising so I'm proud of myself but, I'm still sticking with the fact that it's booooooring lol Hugs

HERE you are hahaha. I was once again wondering why I wasn't receiving notifications of posts being posted lol. DUH! Cindy - I can join your club of disfunctional families for sure lol. I've had some Jerry Springer stuff happen in my family and it ain't purty but, ya know what...the only way I get through it is to say to myself "Its their life". If they want to mess it up this way there isn't anything I can do about it. We've got the "money" issue too in my family. When my mom lived with me my siblings seem to think SHE was buying me everything I got new. My husband and I apparently can't buy things for ourselves. Amazes me how much they'd be bothered and not believe the fact that there are two working adults in this family so we can get things and ummmm they have no clue there are loans attached to those toys? DUH! Whatever, and I keep with my own immediate family, DH and DS...I stay grounded this way Patty - Never seems to fail that the grapevine grows. Truly there isn't anything you can do if it's out already. Some people at work know about my surgery...others don't and I'm not going to run and tell them. If they hear about it...so be it. Sorry the cat was let out of the bag on you...I hope things still go ok. Betty - Are you up to par now? DH just called about 10 min ago and said he road the Tail of the Dragon twice today. Some nuts on those speed bikes drove like they didn't want to live, passing everyone etc. Even with seeing a car off the road and some bikers stopped they drove like idiots. DH said he and his friends just took their time. He had to get tires for the bike yesterday because the ride down there really wore them down too much to feel safe on the dragon. Fortunately, tires are cheaper there than here :star: Eileen - How is your fill working out? Hmmm you might be on vacation actually If you are hope you're having fun...if you haven't left yet...I hope you have fun! Diane - How is your fill working out? I didn't think I had much restriction after my fill fiasco but, you know what....I went out with Chrispy yesterday and had French Onion Soup. I really REALLY eat slowly lol. My son and Chrispy were done before me and even Chrispy commented "You definately have restriction" lol. So...am I too restricted and that's my problem? I swear I can eat enough though. Anyway.....I finally did it. I kicked my own butt and I've started exercising. I bought this great CD from Walmart that is Gospel Walking. It's gospel songs pepped up alot to a walking beat and it's really REALLY cheerful. I was smiling away and singing to myself on the treadmill. First I tried a Richard Simmons tape and ya know I got ticked off because he'd do these moves and tell ya what to do after he was already doing it, I just couldn't co-ordinate myself enough to do it before he was off to another move. So out with that tape and I tried Tae Bo. Well I can't bend and stretch yet like those skinny people do lol. Ended up hurting my knee That was it...treadmill. So I'm keeping a chart of my progress. Trying to build up my time ane mileage a little at a time. I also took down my measurements so if the scale doesn't move maybe I'll see the inches. I gotta do this! Hopefully it will be the push I need to get that scale moving in the right direction. I have to say I was BORED today even with that CD lol but, I forced myself to do it. DS is still nervous about driving but, with DH gone and me at work he's going to have to drive himself to work this week. I can't leave work early to get him there and I told him that. Hell's kitchen starts tomorrow YIPPEEE. Love that show. I'd never be able to take him yelling at me like that but, I do enjoy watching it. Well, gotta go check on my meatballs I've got in the crockpot for DS and myself for supper. Hope you gals (and gents if we still have them) are doing well and shrinking (someone has to be shrinking cause it ain't me lol). Hugs!

Dr. Jones for me too I was banded 2/13/06

Betty we were posting at the same time. So sorry you're still sick. If I lived near ya I'd be bringing you some homemade chicken soup. Always does the trick :confused: Hope you and DH feel better soon!

Chrispy good luck with your fill! I really think I'm at around 2.50 at this point as well. I think I was overfilled at 2.75 with him thinking I was at 2. Craziness but at least you know they'll take you right in if you need to. Just keep in mind that Jones leaves at 4pm so you'd have to get in there sooner than that if you wanted him to do the unfill otherwise they say someone in the ER would have to do it. UGH! I wish you the best. I need something to happen with my weight...I'm still at a standstill or should I say it's going up and that really REALLY scares me. Patty - sounds like you're healing up fine and that's a great thing. Aaaa the change to mushies :lost3lbs: Isn't it the best! Diane - The liquid stage after a fill never bothered me...I think because I knew it would jumpstart my weightloss. We have to be on liquids for 2-3 days here then mushies for 2-3 days then we can go back to solids. I didn't even make it past the liquid stage...couldn't swallow anything the day after my fill it all came back at me. Yuck. Good luck! Eileen - Good luck with your fill my friend. Go slow....and the pool is gonna help you kick start the weight loss too. Great job! Cindy - Your Tshirts sound like fun. Hmm maybe Chrispy and I have to get some that say NO we're not sisters, But we wish we were! hahaha Betty - Are you still not feeling well? I missed a post I think. Last Iknew you and DH were sick over the weekend. Darcy - I miss ya girl! I hope you're enjoying the cabin and having fun decorating it to your liking. Oh the peacefulness must be wonderful! Ann, Anne, Bean---WAVING!!! If I missed ya I apologize as I'm not doing the advanced so I'm going just on memory here and errrr that's not the best today. Today I stayed home from work with a migraine :confused: Man this thing hurt. I set it off by doing yard work over the weekend and I threw my back out of alignment. I went to work yesterday but had to come home early, then today I could barely lift my head off the pillow this morning it hurt so bad. Went to the chiro to get adjusted and he had to fix my back, hips, ribs and neck then my shoulders...by fixing my shoulders and 2nd ribs he threw my hips back out so had to adjust them again UGH. I was feeling really good when I left, no migraine but......after an hour of being home it came back. I think my body is telling me I've done too much...ummm painting the trim in the kitchen after I got home probably wasn't the best idea But after seeing the new slider in with the fresh paint I just couldn't let the trim look like that and since I was home...UGH. I'm paying for it now. The window and behind the refridge is gonna have to wait until DH gets home. DH left for his 11 day trip to NC. He and 10 or so others are riding from Massachusetts to NC. Where they will meet up with 12 more who trailored their bikes. They're all going to Tail of the Dragon. There are 318 curves in 11 miles of road. Fun but can be very dangerous. Take a peek at the website Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap and Cherohala Skyway, Graham Co, NC Pretty scarey when the riders aren't careful. I asked my angels to ride with my DH while he's there. He left at 6:15 this morning and called at about 6pm and they were in PA near Harrisburg. They're going a bit more in PA and then bunkering down for the night. I miss him already :Banane41: but, it's great one on one time for my son and I too. We already enjoyed a nice dinner together :fish2: I'm glad DH is having fun and getting to do something he's dreamed about..that makes me happy. I know I know I'm a SAP hahaha Well I need to get off this machine now as my head is really starting to pound again UGH. Hugs to you all.

Welcome Quinn and congratulations on your band date. Hop right on in and join the conversation. We've been a bit quiet lately but, don't let that discourage ya. If you have any questions, concerns or just wanna chat feel free

Beautiful day here in Massachusetts. It's in the 80s again, sunny and the guys are in the pool. The water temp is still too cold for my butt to get in there though Did lots more cleaning..seems that never ends huh? Hoping to have a yard sale sometime soon to get rid of the stuff we don't use and make room for the stuff we want to use. DH is going on his trip Wed so hoping to fill his truck up with yard junk to go to the dump before he goes. Lots to do so I have to get running. Betty so sorry you're not feeling well. I hope you feel better soon!

Sounds good to me too.

Hello Torias Mom...welcome. I'm sorry I can't help you regarding Baystate as I had my surgery at BIDMC. I do know every facility is different and some actually do let you go home the same day as your surgery, at BIDMC we stayed overnight. Good luck!

They were in the water again today Eileen. The water temp was 78 today. I didn't think it was warm enough outside or inside the pool for me lol. Beautiful here today though. New sliding glass door was put in today. Can you believe ya can't find a replacement screen around here? Yeap so we put in the entire door....but....then again I love it. The old door wasn't as energy effecient as this one and I can already feel a difference in the kitchen with the new doors Tempers kinda flaired between DH and his bro while they were working on it...I think my DH is too tired cause he can have a temper. The BIL doesn't know when to quit either so the combo didn't do well today. Made for some tension today ending with BIL going home instead of staying for dinner. I have extra to put in the freezer now. Chicken Enchiladas today. There were yummy......just wish the argument didn't happen. I'm sure they'll get over it in a few days. DH has his trip coming up on Wed. Then it will be DS and me only for a while. DS is excited about it hahaha. He loves his step-dad but it's not often that we get mom and son time....we'll have to plan a few things together DS is still very nervous about driving. He's doing well but, he's very hard on himself if he misses a turn or he thinks someone is going to pull out on him. It's going to take time that's for sure. I can't blame him, he got hit really hard. Good news is...he saw the Orthopedic surgeon Friday and he was given the ok to be without his crutches. He just can't lift more than 25 pounds and no rough housing, jumping, running etc for 3 more months. Looks like he's healing well but, it's still going to take time. Well....just went to the grocery store so I need to put all that away UGH. Between that and laundry I'm not sure which I hate more...Oh I know cleaning toilets lol. That's tomorrow. UGH. Hugs to you all. Hope you're all doing well!

Hey Eileen, DH and His bro were in the pool today here too. It was in the 90's today and the pool water was about 75 degrees. Suppose to be warm tomorrow too so I'll be dippin in I LOVE the pool! Doesn't even seem like the "E" word when I workout in it hee hee

Howdy folks...quiet here today Patty..mmmm homemade French Onion soup? Do send the recipe. It's my favorite soup and one of my favorites since banding. Most of my favorite foods preband...my band can't tolerate anymore so I can't say much suits my fancy anymore. But...French Onion Soup yummmy Cindy - a quiet day tomorrow for you? shhh don't say that too loud you might be making snow cones again hee hee. Cleaning...my goodness that's all I did today in the apartment downstairs. Mom moved out and man that place needed a cleanin. Washed the counters, cabinets, freezer, fridge, stove, kitchen floor, bathroom, livingroom rug. Scrubbed the marks off the walls, vacuumed twice and got all the dust bunnies out of the corners. Man...I'm pooped. Tomorrow I have to scrub the baseboards, couldn't do that today because the rug was wet from washing it. Then it will be clean clean! I set up an exercise area in what used to be my mom's bedroom. TV, VCR, DVD players, treadmill, exercise bike and lots of exercise tapes/cds. Now...just gotta get my butt down there and as Nike says JUST DO IT! Then maybe I can get this sassafrassin scale moving. All that was done after a Reiki Seminar this weekend. I got my Reiki Level IV certification so I'm now a Reiki Master. I can teach it to others now. That's what I'm planning on doing with the apartment downstairs. I'll have my Reiki Practice down there as well as my exercise room. It will be great for those "girl" parties too heh heh. Plus if anyone were to visit Massachusetts they'll have their own kitchen, bathroom and bedroom down there Mom is happy in her new place with her "friend" too so it's all working out. Well....I should be getting some work work done so I better get going. Seems never enough time in a day and weekends just go by way too fast. Hugs to you all...hope you're doing well.