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Your welcome and good luck. Keep us posted.:biggrin:

I just got back from the chiropractor. Not only did he work miracles he is gooood looking! :wink2:He is ordering me a head traction kit. He thinks that If I do all the right stuff it might heal on it's own because it was caught early enough! But I have to go to work. Have a great day.

Morning everyone. I am getting ready to go to the chiropractor. Hopefully he will do some good. I have a flippen migraine this morning. Hope you all have a blessed day. I will let you all know if he helped at all.

Hello Kj. From what I am seeing I think you have done a great job on weight loss. I also had wanted to hit the 100 lb mark but didn't make it. So that is fine. I have so far lost 71 lbs. That is LOST not gained. But you might not be eating enough calories. It took me a while to find out that If I eat less than 1200-1500 cal for more than a day or to I stop losing. My body goes into starvation mode. There are times I have trouble getting in that many calories.I am also a bouncer. For 2 or 3 weeks I will bounce up and down the same 2 or 3 lbs, then I will lose 2-5 lbs. Then start the whole cycle over. A lot of people do that. You might just need to switch up your eating habits. So don't be hard on yourself hon. Be patient and thankful that you are losing and not gaining like before the band. Good luck with the rest of your journey:biggrin:

Hello and congratulations Paulette, Amy and Emmylou. I wish you the best of luck on your journey. I hope you all have your Gas-X strips ready! LOL I lived on them for the first 3 months. Also walking helps with the gas pains. Please remember you don't lose at first you gain. So don't freak out if you get on the scale in a day or 2 and see you have gained, that is natural. You are to be healing these first few weeks so follow your Dr.s advise. During this time don't be surprised if you see a lot of food porn during this time!:biggrin: I couldn't tear myself away from the food channel during this phase. When I was able to do mushies it was easier. Also you might have trouble drinking enough for the first few days. This is also natural. Don't forget that there is a recipe thread on here for the different stages. remember we are here and we will help you in any way we can.:smile2:

Hey sweetie, I wish you luck on your journey. After a fill go on liquids for 24 hrs after. You have some swelling after a fill and to keep from PBing just do the liquids like I said and then do 24 hrs of mushies. As far as the gas goes get some Gas-X strips and walk. I lived off of Gas-X for the first 3 months. I just wished it would of helped with the other ahem...gas:blushing::biggrin: As far as the scarring everyone definitley has thier own thing. I use mederma and vitamin E oil. I would rub the E oil in really well and then the mederma. I have 5 scars. My port is the worst one. The others are pretty much all faded. Not all research shows all the bad on Dr.s A lot of times it isn't reported. So It doesn't always help. Just be patient about losing. You are in bandster hell right now. There will be a day when you realize you are losing. Your clothes fit differently, you have more energy. Then you will be jubilant! :smile2:

Great Jason. That is very good. On another note, I won't be able to make it to the meet and greet. I don't know if you read any of the other threads but I am going through a very rough time right now. There is no way I can sit in a car for that long. I have trouble with the 20 min. to work. If you need info just go to the posting just to post thread. I really wanted to come so I could meet everyone. I hope that there is a large turn out. Thanks Jason.

Congrats Tink to you and hubby! When are you due?

Good morning everyone. Plain glad your home. Yes fanny our health care sucks for the under-insured and people with no insurance. I am going to the family chiropractor tomorrow. He was dad's and mom's, he is my DBIL's and my DB has used him when he has been visiting. My DBIL and DS is paying for the visit. My DBIL called and talked to him and told him what was going on. The chiro. said he can at least give me some relief. he is cutting DBIL a deal. I am greatly apprecating this. But I feel guilty because they are having a really hard time also. I have figured out the amount of money I need to pay all my bills (including catching up) and to go see the ENT and the Back specialist (doesn't include food and gas). I only need for the month $1943.00. This doesn't include needing freeon in my car. If I add in everyone I owe money to it is $2843.00 Not fun without air in the summer! Boy I need a rich uncle right now! lol Everyone have a blessed day.

Good point Mac. Congrats on the hill. I want to meet everyone also!

Ebony, So glad your having a good time. Sms, so sorry your going though that at work. Aren't they nice to people without leading them on? Have a blessed day everyone.

Thank you Fanny. They were beautiful.

Thanks on both accounts Slim. The 1 family that didn't show has 3 kids. the other family finely called after I left at 7pm. She ended up pulling a double. So I can excuse her. But not the other one. They did the same thing last yr. I reminded my DD about that. But this is her best friend. Now she came to DGD's party 2 weeks ago and she will show up for other DGS's party at the end of the month. If you don't want to come because of the holidays just say so. yet she gets mad at DD if she can't make it to her kids parties. So DD will cut short whatever she is doing to pacify her friend. NOT! I would be darned if she can't understand that I had previous plans then to bad!. Ok off rant! Slim you seem so excited about work tomorrow:rolleyes:

getting ready to go to DD's to help get DGS's b-day party set up. heart sorry your having trouble sleeping and your hurting. (((hugs))) hope and pray you get feeling better. Everyone have a safe and Happy 4th. Thank a soldier and remember the ones lost.

Happy Bandaverary to you, Happy bandaversary to you. You get the drift! You have done a great job. Keep up the good work.

Good morning everyone. Sure is quiet in here this morning. Ebony...have you heard anything about the job? I pray you and your hubby have a safe and fun vacation. Stop in and say hi every couple of days. Glad to see you stopping by She:smile2: We have missed you. it sounds like you have a very full plate. With all the traveling you are doing. Can I hide in one of your suitcases and go with you?:) I pray you all have a blessed day and a very Happy 4th. Stay safe.

O.K Tap I need you to come landscape my yard for me please:rolleyes:. I love to decorate cakes but haven't done it for a couple of yrs. Used to love to read but need new glasses. I love to do different types of arts and crafts, but once again haven't for a few yrs. When I was managing quick stops I worked all the time and stopped doing what I loved. I haven't gotten back into doing them again. I don't like to knit or crochet or sew. Jachut...I need you to come decorate my home for me. I have tried but it is a train wreck!lol I like painting the crafts I make if it needs painting. I want to start to scrapbook. I have all the pictures from my parents after they passed away. I want to use those and make a scrapbook for my sister and brother and all the grandkids. I literally have boxes upon boxes from them. Not counting all the slides and old 48 reel to reel films.

You really need to eat a breakfast and lunch. It sounds like your not getting enough calories. If you don't get enough calories your body thinks it is starving and everything you put in your mouth it changes to fat and stores it. For me personally to lose I have to eat between 1200-1500 a day. Some days I have to force my self to get in the 1200 and other days I might go over a little bit. But that is a part of banding and the choices we make. You also probably need another fill. Good luck and keep us posted.

Wow Patty Do you not get it. At the very least it is indecent exposure, add to that a minor and it is solicitation! he tried it before your son, with both of your sons, and God knows how many more since then! I think child molesters should be castrated! My sister and I was molested by my oldest brother. He did go to reform school for molesting my sister. He tried to molest my other brother but he beat the holy crap out of him. When he molested me I was 7. He tied me to the bed, he started to mess with me. Some one came home and he untied me and threatened me. when I told my mother she said it was my fault. She didn't want him going back to jail is what it boiled down to or so I thought. But he had threatened to beat her up which he had done before. I blocked it from my mind for yrs. I was 16 and dating a guy who said he new how to hypnotize people. I didn't believe him. We turned on a tape recorder for proof or disproof. Anyway while I was hypnotized it all came out. It took many years to forgive him.I didn't forgive him until I became a christian. I didn't trust him with my children. I know he molested my niece. He got saved about a week before he died and called my sister and me to say he was sorry for all that he done to us. Then he called my brother and daddy. Once a molester always a molester. You should have reported him. As a christian you are supposed to help other people. Well I think you helped your nephew molest other kids instead of saving other kids from your nephew. I would check into what I could do at this time. It may have been 6 yrs. ago, but I would still see if anything can be done.

I liked the bottled chocolate flavor, didn't like the add to water ones and they didn't like me!

Fanny, you will definatly be missed. Maybe you can figure out a way to come?

B: 2 pieces bacon 1oz colby cheese L: loose meat ground beef w/onion 1oz cheese 1 tbls kraft mayo w/olive oil D: Will be a Protein shake (same as yesterdays recipe) S: dove candy bar ( I had to have something quick to take my meds)