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Laura, I was so surprised my son was willing to go to the dr. so quick. He had prided himself on not having been to one in over 7 yrs (since sports physicals). But guess when in that much pain, nothing else matters. He used to suffer ingrown toe nails something awful and has had to have his big toe nail ripped off a few times, he said he'd do that in a heartbeat vs having this pain yesterday. As soon as he said right side, I thought we better get it checked out. The nurse kept peeking in and asking him if he was still in pain,then she said good. He looked as if he wanted to punch her one, she said no that's a good thing, when the pain goes away, we worry it has ruptured and he didn't want that. Of course, being a Sunday we had to wait for the surgeon and anthestesiologist to get there as they were on call. Heard one say he was at the pool with his kids, was sad to hear that but also worried about the wait. Sundays are a good day to have surgery, he had the whole PACU to himself and 2 nurses at his disposal. Meredith, I think everyone gets nervous before their surgery. After all it is basically an elective procedure and we sometimes have lots of time to think about it before our dates. Unlike my son's surgery yesterday, he had no time to worry about all the 'what if's'. He was just in so much pain they could've done anything to him, he didn't care. Unlike us, other than hating the fat, we are generally healthy (well as healthy as one can be 100 lbs over weight). I about convinced myself 2 days before surgery to cancel the whole thing and go to Weight Watches one more time. Am I ever glad I didn't now one year later. My one year mark is on Friday. It has been the best thing I have ever done for myself and you will do fine too. One thing that gave me peace, is all those dang presurgical hoops and screenings I had to go through. I knew I had been checked out so thoroughly and was considered safe for surgery, they do all that testing for a reason. Linda, I too keep going to my support group meeting, in fact may start leading it sometimes. It keeps me focused and accountable too. But I have noticed many of the faces that were there a year ago when I started have moved on and it's lots of new folks. But I love seeing their excitement and they inspire me to get that 'newbie' motivation back too. Apples, back from the lake?? Miss you around here.

Joann, congrats on your loss too!!! I seem to lose like PHyl, nothing for 3 or so weeks and then a good loss. However, this time it was closer to 5 weeks, but as long as it goes down eventually. I just get impatient and now that I am so close to goal I panic that I stopped losing and that this is going to be it. I may get a small fill on Wed. as well. Am waiting to talk to the fill nurse about it. Thanks for the good wishes on my son. He wanted Chik Fil A today so we went and it wore him out. He's napping on the sofa and I just may go nap myself! LOL Got my workout in today so I'm entitled. LOL

Actually when I went to update my signature and ticker, it was 2 lbs!! WOOHOO!! You sure have gotten on a losing pace, I remember we hit 100 about a day apart and now you've sped right on by!! I want to catch you!! LOL My exercise was not as good in May as it had been. I had out of town company, cruise, etc. I've done something but nothing of the intensity I was. This past week or so I've been upping it up again and I loss. HMMM is there a connection there??? :thumbup: Wish I didn't have to do the exercise. :party: So will your insurance help you out on the plastic surgery? Is it expensive? Will it be all in one procedure? I've not decided if I want to go that route yet or not. I have some skin that bugs me but it's not too bad. And some how I doubt I'd still ever feel 'smokin' hot'. LOL

Finally a loss!!! Name********Starting weight*****Current*******Goal******To go ******************:thumbup:**************:tt2:**********:smile:*******:party: 1RockinMom.........254............220.........145.......75 Alleycia...........255............220.........152.......68 ALuv82.............280.5..........280.5.......200......80.5 AmethystJade.......231.8..........212.........150.......62.0 Babe...............308............275.6.......199.......76.6 Bellaperdente......196............177.........150.......27 Bklyn1984..........317............238.........165.......73 Bostongurl.........190............186.........133.......53 Brandy.............198............181.........166.......15 Cappy..............240............223.5.......130.......93.5 Chocolate_Snaps....244............219.........175.......44 CubsGirl17.........147............135.........130.......5 Clarebear08........192............170.........160.......10 Donna113...........183............172.5.......126.......46.5 dublingirl.........224............209.........145.......64 Ebonie.............307............298.8.......200.......98.8 EmmaWang...........241............203.........140.......63 FalloutGirl........282............278.........165.......112 FeliciaLevy75......200............194.........140.......54 FlordiaPete........413............369.........300.......69 GratefulHeart......226............187.........135.......52 GuyMontag..........325............276.........200.......76 health4life........279............239.........150.......89 inri09.............287............254.........185.......69 janesays...........225............189.........160.......29 kaninag............210............210.........170.......40 kimaly.............194............183.........160.......23 Lindar172..........246............218.6.......150.......68.4 Linksmom...........234............234.........145.......89 LocomotiveEngineer.311............311.........220.......91 Long2BThin.........216............180.........169.......11 lotzasunshine......270............245.........180.......65 Loveislovely.......216............180.........175.......5 ltgordon...........284.8..........229.4.......185.......44.4 lucyavery..........205............205.........140.......65 Mair...............231............222.........140.......83 Mamanmidwife.......264............260.........200.......60 mdgarcia31665......220............220.........165.......55 MissNilsa..........180............180.........132.......48 nicolerose.........365............288.........258.......30 Pink...............230............152.........145........7 Rhea2d.............283............233.........185.......58 Sandra267..........220............220.........165.......55 Snow...............227............167.........141.......26 stacy73............285............214.........160.......54 Tabithan...........240............240.........200.......40 Tuger..............192............187.5.......130.......57.5 Under200...........242............199.........155.......44 vzghj3.............202............202.........150.......52 Wendy_Wo...........242............218.........142.......76 WOWOX7.............173............147.........125.......22

Good morning. The scale finally moved for the first time in almost amonth. I lost a pound on the cruise but it kept coming and going, it finally left and took another one with it. I am at 125 lbs down now!! WOO HOO!! I'm at 180.2, my surgeons first goal for me is 'anything below 180', I wanted it to say 179 point something so bad, but after about 7 or 8 steps on the scale it just wouldn't budge and there was nothing else I could take off. BUMMER! My one year surgery date is on Friday, I want to hit the 179 mark by then so hopefully. My normal BMI goal is 169 so 11 more lbs!! Had a stressful day yesterday, my son, age 26, called with horrific stomach pain. We went by his apartment to check on him and he was waiting for us in the parking lot and said he had to go to the dr. and couldn't drive the pain was so bad. So off we went, long story short, he is down one appendix today. He had surgery late yesterday afternoon and came home to our house to recover an hour or two after that. It was done laproscopically and it hadn't ruptured so no infection in his abdomen so he could come home, he was relieved. He's much better this morning. I get to feel needed as mom, LOL

I finally get to update, down a pound! Also, Fabby50 I updated you too. Name.......................... Start Wt....... Current....... Goal....... To Go 3ShotRoc..................... 345.............. 244............ 220........ 24 Alabubba..................... 464.............. 446............ 400........ 46 Alleycia....................... 255.............. 217............ 198........ 19 Annieemmm................. 200.............. 198............. 170....... 28 Ashleyrenee................ 240.............. 240............. 199........ 41 Barb12590.................. 173.............. 156............. 155.......... 1 Betelnut..................... 295.............. 262............. 245........ 17 Bklyn1984................... 317.............. 238............. 230........ 8 Blaze21...................... 200.8........... 183............. 170....... 13 Blklab70282................. 241............. 241.............. 220........ 19 ChickyAbby................. 314............. 314.............. 270........ 44 Clcort......................... 236............. 200.............. 200........ 36 CountrygirlNY.............. 253............. 217.............. 182........ 35 Crzytchr.................... 237.............. 229.............. 210........ 19 Ewiedbingcott ............ 215.5.......... 207.9............ 198........ 9.9 Fab by 50.................. 215............. 190............... 175........ 15 Fordgal88.................. 199.............. 175.............. 193........ 18 Hdsantoni.................. 252.............. 198.............. 190......... 8 Htaylor1021............... 210.............. 203............ 185......... 18 itsjustducky................368...............368...............328... .......40 Jazma....................... 261.............. 261.............. 235......... 24 Jeni 85...................... 170............. 169............... 158......... 11 Jennyt71................... 245............. 197............... 170......... 27 Keepingfaith08........... 225.............. 225.............. 190.......... 35 Lalaredd................... 240.............. 190............... 150......... 40 LessJess................... 228.............. 199............... 199......... 0 Letsgetitstarted......... 229.............. 211............... 199......... 30 Libbyjane1976........... 283............... 283.............. 250.......... 33 LilMissDiva................ 251.6............ 247.6............ 227.......... 20.6 Liz_hager................. 158............... 151............... 145.......... 6 LisaRT..................... 254............... 248............... 225.......... 23 Long2BThin.............. 192............... 180............... 169.......... 11 Loveislovely............. 191............... 180............... 169.......... 11 Mair....................... 222............... 215............... 199........... 16 Mamacj.................. 316............... 269............... 233........... 36 Melody_Mary_42f..... 277............... 231............... 170........... 49 MsNickelback.......... 172............... 157................ 149........... 8 Nicolerose.............. 365............... 288................ 260........... 28 Nursemelly............. 245............... 201................ 185........... 16 Onehotmama.......... 272............... 237................ 210........... 27 OneHotMomma........ 285.............. 275................ 250............ 25 Pbpuniser............... 212.............. 212................ 182............ 30 Peachwood............. 251............. 251................. 230............ 21 Picklesix................. 197............. 170................. 170............ 0 Sexylips................. 238............. 238................. 199............ 39 Sadie77................. 277............. 250................. 220............ 30 SillyGoose.............. 258............. 234................. 228............ 6 Simone.................. 182............ 172.................. 160............ 12 Ukcatsfan.............. 340............. 340................. 300............ 40 Workingmom........... 214............. 214................. 175............ 39 ZiggyLove.............. 226............. 202................. 180............ 22 Health4life..............279.............222.2................195..... .. .....27.2

I am finally down a pound today!!! wOOHOO!! I went almost the entire month of May with no loss, June 1st and Wham!! I am at 180.2 and so bad want to see 179 point anything. My first goal from my surgeon was to get below 180 and I am about there!! A total of 125 so far. Normal BMI is 10 more pounds, I can't believe it. Friday is my band anniversary date, I know I can't lose 10 lbs by then but if I can get the 179 I'll be totally tickled! Had a tough weekend. Sat. was okay but yesterday morning as DH & I were pulling into the church parking lot, late, my son called. I thought he was calling to give us a bad time about being late as he had decided to go as well, but nope he was calling because he was having horrible stomach pain. As soon as he said on his right side, I thought, oh oh, we better check it out (he's 26). So we went to his apartment and he was already down waiting for us and said he needed to go to the dr. and couldn't drive himself he was in so much pain. Long story short, he had his appendix removed yesterday afternoon. They did it laproscopically and he was out of the hospital 2 hours later. Didn't want him home alone in his apartment so he's recovering here. I get to be mom and baby my son for a few days. He's so much better today. They said he was lucky it hadn't ruptured and no infection leaked out so he was able to come home. He hadn't been to the dr in about 8 yrs so this was a shock to him. So thankful he's doing well today.

Allie, the cruise was wonderful. I was able to do so much. We walked and walked and walked hills, mountains, etc. and I did just fine. My bad knee grumbled some but I had no issues with getting short of breath, etc. that I would've had a year ago. heck a year ago, I wouldn't have been able to do half of what I did. And I had so much fun wearing all my new summer clothes, including my bathing suit! I still haven't braved dresses yet, still am hung up on my fat calves. :smile: But maybe one day soon. How scary to be near that blast. Smarq & Lucky5, good to see you check in! Congrats on the awesome progress so far and good luck with you next fills. My losses have slowed or stopped, not sure which. I hardly lost anything the month of May. I am contemplating getting about half of what they took out in my unfill in April and see how it does. I am finding myself snacking way too much and not on good foods. I know most of the battle is in my head so a fill may not be the answer.

Meridith!! YAHOO!!!!! So happy you got your date. I was the same way, so excited to get it, I got my date and had surgery 4 days later. So then I went from excited, to OMG what am I doing and got totally freaked out and scared. Almost chickened out. But I am so glad I didn't. It's been the best thing I have ever done for myself. You will do great, the time it took you to fight for surgery, you have read up and learned so much about it, you are so prepared. All my PCP had to do for clearance was like a mini checkup to make sure there were no hidden dangers, or illnesses. I had already had my pulmonary, psych and cardio done at that time. Phyl, I agree your new photo is great. Apples, Whew!! you are one busy lady!! have fun planting! TVas, I don't understand how the lapband has made your life worse. You have had some awful things come your way since then, but none of those are a result of the surgery and would've come regardless. Maybe the surgery will be the shining light in your life right now. The circumstances in your life suck right now with the job situation, but perhaps the new time in your life will allow you to focus on your new healthy living habits. So many things are out of control in your life, maybe you can use your band to control the food/eating area in your life and start there. I hope you are able to find some support in your area. Not sure if it's the case at all dr's offices, but mine does not charge for unfills. If I get a fill and it's too tight they will unfill some of it for free. Hopefully your's does too and that won't be a worry for you.

My BMI was 43 or 44 and I had over 100 to lose, 135 to be exact. My surgeon does bypass, band and sleeve, unless you have a medical reason that makes one procedure not a good option he sortta leaves it up to the patient to decide. I chose band because I was self pay and it was about $10,000 cheaper than the others, plus I didn't want thing rerouted or cut away. Who knows if anything ever goes wrong with my band I may opt for another procedure. Congrats, Arlene, on hubby being approved!! Will Dr Davis do his as well? BTW, ever hear if Big Medicine will be back on the air? I miss that show.

I'm very happy with my band. I've had no issues other than being too tight once and a small unfill took care of that. I like the idea of fills and being able to adjust it as needed. I feel this will help me keep the weight off, as I've always been able to lose the weight, just never able to keep it off. I'm not familar enough with the sleeve to know if it can be stretched out in time. I know 2 people that have had bypasses and eventually went back to old eating habits and stretched out the pouch and regained a lot of the weight. I am hoping and praying that the band will prevent me from doing so. That being said, I do fear having a slippage or flippage and being self pay even more so.

I'm glad you are able to start getting fills now Angel, seems crazy that the scheduler is so difficult. I mean that's why we got banded, to get restriction and to keep restriction. Can you bypass her and schedule directly with the co-ordinator?? My standards are fills as often as every other week, though I did have 2 of my early ones a week apart. I don't have insurance issues though so know nothing about them paying or not paying more often than that. Hopefully it will be smoother going for you in the future.

Meredith!! I am so happy for you and look forward to reading of your date. Maybe part of the posting problem is that it went to a new page, one post was on the last page and the other on this page. It's so refreshing to come across someone like that gal at your insurance that still cares and shows compassion. Now if only that lady at your surgeon's office did, hopefully she'll call you right away. Laura, social settings are hard sometimes. I have had some hot dog in those type of settings, not the best protein choice but it works once in awhile. That's what I had at the BBQ this weekend that and some beans, left the rest of the food alone. I had forgotten to take something along like a protein bar. Apples, sounds like you are enjoying yourself this summer. Hope you are having fun at the cabin again. As for me, today is my volunteer day at the hospital. Last night we met some friends for dinner, the husband is having band surgery in a few weeks he hopes. He is awaiting that approval himself and he had lots of questions as did his wife. They were overwhelmed with all the info at the pre op class.

Goodness Meredith, for sure let the surgeon know how the staff is treating you. Sounds like you got some results when you talked to the office manager. Maybe you should call her back and let her know what this gal did in calling you and giving you grief about calling the manager and about it being unsigned??? Young, welcome. Maybe you need to get 'squeaky' like Meredith to get somewhere with your dr's office? Yes it is all worth it! Phyl, I love to travel too and have gotten bitten once again by the travel bug. For years I pretended I didn't like to all because I was afraid of the airplane seats and seatbelt. It's the main reason I got my part time job, I put it all away to save for trips. We did your same Alaskan cruise last May. Loved it.

Some how I got left off so just adding myself Member/Amount Lost 3ShotRoc 101 A1ikou 101 Alexandra 125 Alexra 125 alliemorris73 133 Angie C 110 Anillacookie 125 Apryl Showers 101 Arcael 101 :welcomeB: Audrey 188 Ausie Jode 125 Aussie chick 152 Banded in KS 120 Babsyintx 154 Barb12590 123 Beachbum 102 BeckyinTexas 148 BelBo2 106 BellaPerdente 110 Bermy 118 BethinSeattle 164 Big Ethel 132 Bigmom 115 Bigolalaskan 200 :wow2: Big Paul 150 Brittwoman 123 Burnsun 124 Bushbaby 101 Cadydid 102 Cambron KD 110 CaramelDiva1922 106 Carlene 130 Chunk 100 Cmstant 101 Corinnasue 125 Coyotegirl 107 Dadunwoody 132 DCPrincess 123 DebMoses (Wife of Frank) 135 DeltaDawn 132 Desertmom 132 Donali 100 Donovine 130 DowMoses (Frank) 165 Eleebana2 136 Emileekaye 104.5 Emmy27 117 Fauxnaif 110 FighterGirl 120 Firegirl 115 Fireman20 115 Firemanschic 142 Fionna 203 :wow2: fleminld 113 Fran21497 101 Frisky 146 Fuelman 230:wow2: GayleTX 100 :welcomeB: Giveyouthemoon 100 Glossylips9084 227 :wow2: gummykand 135 Gurly 101 Happenin'wa 240:wow2: Healed32 110 Heathergurl 129 :welcomeB: Hodegard 113 IamCanadian25 110 Illude 376 :wow2: :wow2: :wow2: Iluvsammys 115 Itsyvonne 110 Jack 102 Jackal1209 201 :wow2: Jammin and Losin 100 Janie 132 Jqpublic 118 Julie Dizz 170 JulieK 101 JulieNYC 100 Kimmcneely 100 KLM3hrt 109 Ktbanded 100 La Madam 104 Lapbandit 105 Leighhoffman 140 Lioness81970 109 LisanJason 100 Lisaru2 118 Long2bThin 123 MLJ 100 Melissalee 118 MicheleMonops 132 Michelle36 110 Molynn 100 Monymo 110 Moonshadow 132 MsButterKup23 112 Mstein 156 Muffinbirdie 125 Nigel 100 Nora33 106 Old 100 OUSooner 108 Patty103 105 PFernandez 100 Puddinpie 100 Rere49 151 Rharriet62 100 Rockin' Robyn 157 Sascijo 101 ShellyJ 133 Shirley77519 103 :welcomeB: Shirley Rohr 116 Sue72704 144 Sunni 116 Sunnykim 102 Suzan72704 154 Tamazon 59 100 Terese 156 TexasBlueBonnet 132 Thinkthin 101 Those eyes 2004 143 Tilly 128 Tracy in Texas 112 Tricia 115 Vera 115 Wheetsin 103 Whippledaddy 108 YiannisD 158 Zennie98 150 :welcomeB:

Good evening. Checking in quick in the midst of a busy weekend. I went to Laramie, WY on Fri/Sat to a Beth Moore conference (a Bible Study teacher) with 32 gals from my church. WE had a good time and lots of laughs. Today it was to the in laws for a BBQ and to look at cruise photos. Tomorrow I work. GRRRRR The pool opened this weekend so we don't get the summer holidays off. I did get a new workout toy this weekend. Anyone hear of the EASports 'Active' program for the Wii?? It's AWESOME! I had tried Jillian Michaels workout program for the Wii Fit and it was awful. This one comes with workout bands, a pouch you put on your leg with the numchuck and you jog, box, do biceps, etc. etc. It tells you how many calories you are burning etc. I am following the 30 day challenge workout but then after that you can customize the workouts. It works with the Wii Fit balance board but can be modified to work without it as well.

Generally about 700 to 900 with a day or so of 1000-1200 usuall on the weekend. I am going to start journaling again today I think.

I think I need to go back to tracking. I haven't tracked my food, calories, protein in months and have continued to do well. However, lately I seem to be noticing that I am eating more, DH noticed too. I'm still not eating a lot and definitely not like before surgery, but I am basically maintaining. Sure I came home from my cruise a pound lighter, but that pound came back. I go back and forth. I am leary of a small fill since I had to have some taken out about 2 mos ago but maybe it's time to maybe put half of it back or something. Also, exercise has been remiss lately. I am so afraid of becoming complacent, I am 3 or 13 lbs from my goal and it would be a shame to be so close and not hit it, though I am pretty happy with where I am right now which I think is part of the reason I've noticed myself being a little more lax. I've gotten very comfortable. I am happy buying size 10's. I say I am 3 or 13 lbs from goal because my dr.'s highest goal for me is anything under 180 so 179 would hit that. But 169 gives me a normal BMI and is the 'ideal' goal he said. I have basically gone a month w/o losing now and have never done that before. It's freaking me out a little bit.

8 cats???? I can't imagine owning 8 cats, I'm not a cat person either but am also highly allergic, almost was hospitalized after one encounter with a cat in Delaware. As for moving with them, in the summer the airlines generally have an embargo against shipping pets due to heat issues. We moved from Delaware to Colorado with 2 dogs the end of August. For that reason we had to drive the dogs and they were big dogs so it was hard to find hotels to stay in along the way that took animals. FYI, Motel 6's do.

Hunzi, My instructions are no solid foods 2 hours before a fill, so lunch might need to be extra early if you get a fill at 1pm. Angel, why so few fills? I hope you get the restriction you need with this next one. I have over 10cc's in a 14cc band. The amount of the fill is unimportant as we are all different, it's taken me a lot of fills to get and then to keep my restriction. I am debating about having half of what they took out on my unfill a month ago. I feel I am just able to eat too much (more than I have for most of this year) but am afraid of getting reflux issues agian, but if I do, guess I can always have it taken back out. And I haven't lost much this month. What I did lose has found it's way back, I've just been up and down the same 3 to 4 lbs. I am only down about 2 for the month. But am getting ever so close to goal too so maybe this is normal???

Came home from a cruise 1 lb light!! Oh yea!!! Name********Starting weight*****Current*******Goal******To go ******************:cursing:**************:cursing:**********:cursing:*******:cursing: 1RockinMom.........254............220.........145.......75 Alleycia...........255............220.........152.......68 AmethystJade.......231.8..........212.........150.......62.0 Babe...............308............278.6.......199.......79.6 Bellaperdente......196............177.........150.......27 Bklyn1984..........317............238.........165.......73 Bostongurl.........190............186.........133.......53 Brandy.............198............181.........166.......15 Cappy..............240............223.5.......130.......93.5 Chocolate_Snaps....244............224.........175.......49 CubsGirl17.........147............135.........130.......5 Clarebear08........192............171.........160.......11 Donna113...........183............172.5.......126.......46.5 dublingirl.........224............209.........145.......64 Ebonie.............307............298.8.......200.......98.8 EmmaWang...........241............210.........140.......70 FalloutGirl........282............278.........165.......112 FeliciaLevy75......200............194.........140.......54 FlordiaPete........413............372.........300.......72 GratefulHeart......226............191.........135.......56 GuyMontag..........325............276.........200.......76 health4life........279............239.........150.......89 inri09.............287............254.........185.......69 janesays...........225............189.........160.......29 kaninag............210............210.........170.......40 kimaly.............194............183.........160.......23 Lindar172..........246............219.6.......150.......69.6 Linksmom...........234............234.........145.......89 LocomotiveEngineer.311............311.........220.......91 Long2BThin.........216............182.........169.......13 lotzasunshine......270............247.........180.......67 Loveislovely.......216............185.........175.......10 ltgordon...........284.8..........229.4.......185.......44.4 lucyavery..........205............205.........140.......65 Mair...............231............222.........140.......83 Mamanmidwife.......264............260.........200.......60 mdgarcia31665......220............220.........165.......55 MissNilsa..........180............180.........132.......48 nicolerose.........365............288.........258.......30 Pink...............230............152.........145........7 Rhea2d.............283............233.........185.......58 Sandra267..........220............220.........165.......55 Snow...............227............167.........141.......26 stacy73............285............214.........160.......54 Tabithan...........240............240.........200.......40 Tuger..............192............187.5.......130.......57.5 Under200...........242............199.........155.......44 vzghj3.............202............202.........150.......52 Wendy_Wo...........242............218.........142.......76 WOWOX7.............173............147.........125.......22

I find myself feeling bones too. I notice new ones all the time. Too funny. As for the list of Junies, we had that original June thread where CathyChatts kept track of all of our surgery dates, everyone that had June dates should be in there if it's still on here.

Jennifer, your new photo looks great! Congrats on the size 10!! What a difference a year makes, huh? I spoke at 2 seminars and basically he wanted me to say how much I lost, the best thing that has happened to me since surgery and the worst. Then I answered questions. Most folks were curious about the port. I was asked today about becoming a support group leader, think I will do it but it scares me to death as well as excites me. My bandiversary is June 5th, not sure how to celebrate it yet. Wow can you believe it that it was just a year ago that we started posting on this June thread all nervous about our upcoming surgeries. Wonder where all the Junies have gone? There were so many of us.

I don't know PJ, I know Pasta is a food I am not supposed to have. They said it can ball up and get stuck easily as well as it expands once you swallow it and can stretch the pouch. Maybe if you are eating pasta or breads it's the types of foods you are eating that get stuck. I know every dr seems to have his own diet but mine says no breads, pasta and be extra careful with lettuce. Hope you can get it figured out. Thanks, gals, for the welcome back and bday wishes. I'm still playing catch up. I went back to work this morning, go back to my volunteer gig at the hospital tomorrow, and laundry is about done and house is about cleaned (kids stayed here and house and dog sat and well it was a mess but I was grateful they stayed). Guess who may become a support group leader for my hospitals bariatric program. They called and asked me about it today. The thought both scares me and excites me.

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