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Hey K@t! Welcome to bandland! Hope you're feeling no pain in no time.

Amen to that! I absolutely agree - I'm so glad I found LBT in plenty of time BEFORE my surgery so I would know what questions to ask! Even having been on LBT for several weeks before my surgery there were questions I didn't know to ask - didn't even think to ask about sutures vs. staples or location of port - didn't know I had a choice until after the surgery, that's something I wish I had learned about in advance. Out of curiosity, why not have the low profile port put in place at the time of the surgery? My doctor uses the low profile port as a matter of course. Congrats on your upcoming surgery and for being so well prepared for it.

Is there a way to attach photos in a private mail?

I'm off to bed, I'll check back tomorrow. Goodnight, and thanks for your help.

I was hoping you'd be here PhotoNut! Direct me to your excellent thread on attaching photos or give me some private lessons here please! lol

Robyn, I am so sorry you're going through this. I hope that we haven't seen a post from you today because you're recovering from surgery which was covered by your doctors and the hospital. Thank you for sharing your story with us - I'm sure it was hard to do. Try to let go of some of the guilt you're carrying over the expense of these surgeries. You made a decision to make your life - and the lives of your loved ones - better, which you absolutely deserved then, and STILL do now. Give yourself a break - you haven't done anything wrong. Nothing in our common situations are guaranteed and your post helps me to remember how incredibly lucky I am to have this tool at my disposal and that I have to take advantage of it every minute of every day because I may not have it tomorrow. Robyn, please be well - recovered and back in the battle as soon as you have healed from this, (please God) your last, surgery.

Alex, is there a way to incorporate a delete function in which we may entirely delete our post from a thread but leave the rest of the thread intact? I don't want to be a pain in the hooha but I too would like the option of being able to delete my posts, including header, avatar, and signature line from a thread if I choose to. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to go off in a huff if this can't be added to the available functions, but it would be something I'd appreciate. Alex already knows this, but for everyone else's sake: For me, this isn't about regretting a post I may have made. It's about privacy. Sometimes I want to be able to post certain details about myself which may be pertenant to a conversation in a thread. After a short period of time I may want to remove myself from that thread to reduce my visibility in "Internet World". Generally speaking, I don't regret what I've said on LBT - if I do, I say so and apologize - but occasionally I would like to disappear from a thread and I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

LOL - yes Stacy, I did know that Pepto will do that! I learned it the hard/scary way! I was in Mexico for the first time on vacation. The resort had all these little signs about the water being purified, bla bla bla, safe to drink the water bla bla - so we did. BIG mistake! Our whole party got sick, vomiting, diarrhea the whole works. I took some Pepto and a few hours later I had the black tongue. I thought I was dying. I was going to die in Mexico from the black death and all because I believed those little signs! Needless to say when I went for surgery in Mexico I was terrified. I wouldn't eat anything that wasn't super hot (boiled) and I used only bottle water the whole time I was there - I even rinsed my tooth brush with bottled water! That first sight of the black tongue is scary huh?

Acknowledge the change but don't waste another tear on that guy. Made you pay him back for stamps? How selfish can one man be? Maybe he used to have wonderful qualities that made you feel he was your best friend, but whoever THAT guy was, he's long gone. And suspect he won't be found in Russia.

I just had cottage cheese with a little bit of pesto. Mmmmmmm. It was really good. I'm going to try it on tomato slices next time.

I'm with you tellymelly. Is there any benefit to having staples? Or is it just that it takes less time and time is money? Is it all about the almighty dollar? It never occurred to me to ask about this issue. Never. Thankfully, my doctor used subdermal sutures like a plastic surgeon and glue. The other thing I never thought to ask about is port location. Does everyone know that you can have your port in one of several locations? Someone who had surgery the same day I did had her port placed near her sternum. I'm not sure what benefit there is to that but I heard (after my surgery of course) that it's less painful - no tugging, muscle pull pain - and that access for fills is easier. I wish I had known to ask about that and the whole staple vs. suture vs. glue vs. tape question. And I DID lots of research beforehand. Jeez. How do you know what to ask unless you already know what to ask?

Help! I started my period today. I'm sure it's all in my head but I want to eat anything and everything. I'm actually sitting here thinking about where I can go to find something I want to gorge on. I have SF FF chocolate pudding in the fridge and I'm still thinking about going to somewhere HORRIBLE like Long John Silver for fried fish and hushpuppies. Help. Someone stop me!

Thanks Amy, I've put it down - and I'm calling that lunch. I'm sure I'll have some extra calories on my FitDay today but I think I'm back in control. For the next few minutes anyway! I'm going to log off the computer and get out of the house for a little while. A walk sounds good. OK. I know that's what I'm supposed to say but what I really want to do is go to some restaurant and order two dinners and just forego the fork, lower my head into my plates and gorge myself! What is wrong with me? OK, OK. I'm going for the walk. Thanks again.

Maybe I should make myself PB so I'll learn a hard lesson? I know, that's just as crazy. I just need to get a grip here. Since I started this thread I've eaten an ounce of Planter's Peanuts (stale - I've had them since before my surgery - yuck) and now I've moved on to Light ice cream (I'm just having a couple of spoons though).

Thanks. I love it too but I think what I'm craving is salty.

I'm not even a mom and this has really made me laugh. Excellent! What an amazingly perceptive child you have! LOL I'm still laughing.

So far my answer is a resounding: YEP!

PB as a learning tool is exactly like shock therapy. Once you figure out that you're going to pay if you don't follow the rules, you learn to follow the rules. At least that's my take on it.

Kim! ROFLOL! Sliming Like an Alien! I think you just coined a new phrase! I'm still laughing - even after reading all the way through this thread!

I'm not so sure - Star didn't lose her weight all that fast. It just took time for it to become really apparent. It's taken her well over a year to get down to where she is now. Lot's of people with the band lose over a hundred pounds in one year. Remember, she has people to cook for her and a personal trainer to keep her moving and motivated. Probably lots of other help too! I think she had the band.

pthrlisa - those 51 pounds count and deserve congrats no matter how and when you lost them! good job! I can't figure out how to quote Stacey from another page so I'll just quote Janet since she's doing a great job with keeping up with everyone - either that or she's figured out how to look further back than I have! ? Either way . . . Stacey, as someone who has been down the infertility highway, I curious as to how your sister found her son, how long the process took, and how much money it has cost her? If you want, you can PM the info or just post it here. Thanks. Hip hip hooray for unlimited editing! Having whooped I will add, I'm still not going to post specific personal info here anymore. After not being able to remove my website URL from the Art and Artists thread I got scared and realized how tricky this internet sh!t can be. If I didn't love Google so much I'd be cursing it and marching in a protest or something! Janet, I'll PM you my website address as soon as I finish this Feb Bandster Post - so some time next week! LOL Oh my God you people can talk. Yes, I'm WAY including myself in that last statement. I think my average post is about 2 pages! Janet! What's the deal? Is it truly clumsiness or do you maybe have an inner-ear/balance thing going on? I only ask because both my mother and I went through this problem which caused us to be clumsy and even fall down. I missed most of my Junior year in high school because I couldn't stay standing up - had to be home schooled for that year. Just want to make sure you're OK. HEY! And after I was soooo nice about your clumsiness too! Besides, you're going to make everyone think I'm the devil's spawn. I want everyone to like me before they start to hate me and realize that I'm the devil's spawn. *evil grin* AND FINALLY: I want you to know that I actually stood up and followed directions. Good for you for making us do it - and good for us for doing it. Right Tammy? Um, Tammy, you DID do it, right?

I've read about the first fill disappearing several times here on LBT. Check the "Fill" forum.

One day at a time. If need be, one minute at a time. Just like any other addict has to do. I know that doesn't seem to be much of an answer but in reality it is THE answer. You just have to live from minute to minute, hour to hour, day to day. The good news is, the time DOES pass. When you come out the other side there will be food again. Like you, I was in a panic about losing the food. I'm happy to say I survived it. Believe me, you'll go through this again and again - every time your post-op diet changes in fact. You'll get through it. We all did.

Right about the time you've given up hope and have decided that you're going to be 'fluffy' for the rest of your life. The very next day you'll wake up and those pockets of flab will have melted away! This may sound very pessimistic but it always seems to work that way to me. Just when you've decided to learn to live with something - or without something - the Universe does a little side-step and it's a whole new ballgame! Keep at it. Wait for that universal shift. It'll happen. I promise.

I think most people go through this - I know I did too. I agree with JanetC - add a little fiber, if your doctor OK's it. It helps the diarrhea AND bowel movements. I don't really know how it can do both, but it does. Here's another one - fiber helps when you have the flu or even if you've drunk yourself into vomitting. I think it just gives your stomach something to 'grip' onto. Just a guess. At the risk of punning: this too shall pass.