Carrie_C

I believe one of the 10 commandments is "Thou shall not KILL"......

cmexlr8, I would go ahead with the fill. This is only your 2nd so you shouldn't have any problems being too tight.

Does your insurance cover this?

I totally agree with you. It seems that patty takes over every thread and turns EVERYTHING into a religious debate. I don't agree with her views at all. She gives all christians a bad name. So how about we all put her on ignore and then we will all get along just fine?!! :ihih:

I seem to have less flare ups now than I used to. But I did have a pretty bad one a few months ago. But I don't think it was band related.

Well, I think patty is an extremist. We aren't all like that I swear!

Calling someone's beliefs "absurd nonsense" and "silliness" is not right to me. I don't believe in how athiests or jews or catholics believe, but I have respect for them, and I would never call their beliefs (or nonbelief's) absurd nonsense or silly. I believe that is crossing the line.

I have had IBS all my life. I was also worried that the band would make it worse. But it is actually better. I still have some diarrhea and constipation, but I feel great otherwise.

Yea, my aunt thought it was on the outside of your body!

There seems to be a lot of christian bashing on here. I thought we were all supposed to respect each other's belief's (or nonbeliefs), so when did it become acceptable to bash the christian belief? I understand why some of you feel the way you do about christianity because of the way patty talks to people. I don't like her anymore than the rest of you, and I don't like how she judges people and the way she talks to people. But please try to understand, the way patty is is NOT the way true christians act.

I think we can go see the therapist at Memorial for free for a few visits after surgery. He's the one that did my psych eval. He's really good. I really should see one too. I think I am having an identity crisis or something. I have even had a hard time getting rid of my clothes that are too big now. It makes me sad for some crazy reason. Everyone tells me how great I look, but in my head I am still the same. Does that make sense? slim, are you seeing a therapist at Memorial or one in private practice? If you don't want to tell, I understand.

Oh no! Luckly I haven't had any problems other than being too tight.

LOL! My aunt actually thought the same thing! She thought the band would be on the outside of my stomach!!

Thanks, I feel so much better since I have lost weight. I have so much more energy. My husband is a little better now than he was, but he is very old fashioned and he doesn't think it is natural to have a band. He doesn't understand food addiction at all. He used to think that I should still be able to eat as much as I could before and he would get mad when I didn't. But I have had the band a year, and now he doesn't really say anything. I will admit that it has been very hard to have him be so nonsupportive. I think that's one reason I stay here so much.

Yes, they have always charged me for an unfill, and I have had to have a lot! I think I need another fill too, but I'm like you, I'm scared to get it bacause of the variation from day to day. It seems get worse the more I lose.

I don't plan on having it removed once I reach goal, or anytime, unless something goes wrong of course. Think of it this way, once you get pregnant and have a baby, how will you lose that weight if you don't have the band? I have heard from a lot of people on here who say that the reason they got the band was because they gained during pregnancies and couldn't get the weight off.

My husband is the same way. He can eat whatever he wants. He doesn't know what it's like to have a food addiction. Just hang in there and whatever you do, don't let him talk you out of it!

I don't understand why the band varies so much from day to day. The other day I couldn't keep anything down and then yesterday I was able to eat a whole sausage biscuit.

Thanks, I was not aware she had died. I thought she was responding to treatment.

BJean, did green die? I hadn't heard.

Their is NO absorbtion isuues! Please don't listen to that! I was told the same thing by a doctor, I found a new doctor ASAP! Depo is evil! You can go back to your pills!

Thanks!!!!

I'm finally in onederland after about 12.5 months. It has been very slow, but I am happy as well. Some people like their band to be really tight, and that's fine, but I don't like it really tight. I know I probably eat a little more than a cup during a meal, but that is fine with me. I don't want to be PBing and getting stuck all the time either. And I try to eat now the way I will when I get to goal, because let's face it, most people don't stick to 1 cup of food per meal when they get to goal.

I'm finally in onederland!!! I can't believe it!!!!!

105 pounds lost in one year is not slow to me! That's great!