diva

Tomorrow is August 31st. WE DID IT!!!!!!! (Anybody being banded tomorrow-congratulations) It is the end of August-all of us are doing pretty darn good with some little glitches along the way but I AM SO PROUD OF US. AUGUST 2006 BANDSTERS ARE THE BEST! Thank y

Thank you Penni,that was great. I am going to send it some friends that are going through a hard time. I'm not a particularly mushy person so it is hard to do the cute card thing-but this speaks to me. So thank you and your Mom. BTW-I life my tequila shot glass in your direction

Gesundeit! Just kidding-it doesn't really have a specific definition as far as I can find by google-looks like it is just "another smiley".

Lisa- I knew one of your many personalities would be back. Kind of like roaches-you never really can get rid of them even when they are supposely "checking out". promises promises. Interesting-to have a war of wit with one so unarmed is kind of fun. I'm just doing laundry and thats kind of boring. YOU seem to have this notion that the majority of new people here (I'd say roughly around newbies 6 months old or younger) actually give a crap if you exist or not. Nobody really cares after the first moment that about whatever you did nor did not do with whoever. Too much time has passed-you are old chapeau. And... You don't have much to offer us frankly. You try to make a point and it gets lost in rabid language and sheer nastiness. You are not comforting to anyone, you offer no hope, no advice, no kindness. Why on earth would anyone want you here, no matter what name you may use. If the answer is because you may occasionally be funny I guess that is something but are they laughing with you or at you? Bitter! Party of One! Lisa. your table is ready.

Whooo Hooo! Today is my birthday and I fit into size 22 pants down from size 24/26. And I wore them to work. And everyone noticed I lost weight. And I felt really good about all the attention. And I have the biggest butt on the planet but (butt) I will be size 20 or even size 18 by the end of September!!!!!!!!!!:biggrin1: I don't weigh myself because my scale is possessed by some skinny person who must have stepped on it in the store before I bought it. It also lies. I get weighed at the hospital when I go in for meetings and such so its about 2-4 times a month. Their scale does not lie not even if you bribe it. Ever since I joined LBT I wanted to post about an NSV, I am so excited. It takes the edge off of getting older eeeeekkkkk! So Happy NSV and birthday to me! :kiss2:

Congratulations to both of you! Knock em dead at the reunion!!!!!

Good luck tomorrow!!!! Yes, I felt way better than I expected-I was shocked. I had no gas problems at all and the pain was very real but managed with just liquid tylenol on the 4th day. I was tired so I stayed out of work for the whole week. My port or the port incision doesn't bug me-mine is about 4 inches down from my bra line right on the sternum between my breasts. So it doesn't tug. Reminder-anyone who knows where their port is going to be places draw on your self where bra line ends. People thought I was crazy but my bra does not touch my port!

Congrats you are almost banded!!! There are quite a few people here who had to do the 2 wk liquid diet thing. I did not but had to lose 10% of my weight before surgery so I ended up doing it anyway. It is hard no joke but the hardest part is the first 2-3 days. Mix up the liquids. I am not a big sweet eater and can only take so much chocolate so I had lots of different broths and added some low sodium soy sauce to some things-ideas like that. Make sure you get enough protein because I promise you the protein will diminish the hunger. I know you'll get lots of great advice and have lots of company here. Good luck

Thanks! I tell I was going to get into those pants today if I had to use ky jelly and pliers to get them on! But I didn't need to-they went on just fine. I had a great birthday. DH took me up to Gloucester this weekend to be a tourist, went to the beach to walk around (it is really cool here in the Boston area and this weekend felt like Oct.) had mushies in a seafood place, went shopping and had a great time. He is really supportive and maybe might get banded too but right now he is trying to piggyback on my diet. Anyway, I have pants of all sizes (sounds like a coat of many colors!) so I can keep losing and just go to my closet to "shop". I can't believe it-size 22.

Ok, at this point the moderators or Alex should lock this freaking thread-it is irresponsible not do so at this point. Enough is enough. PSusan -cute name what do you take us for complete idiots? You should be immedietly banned for this nasty take on another member's email name and real name. I am writing to the mods and owner to ban anyone who willingly & knowingly takes on someone else's real identity. Supposedly Delarla or Sybil is gone and I had hopes she took the crap of posting behind fake names, broadly hinting about this and that but never coming out to say what your actually mean, rehashing crap and assigning blame then trying to prove your right when there are obviously from any sane point of view-2 sides to any story...with her when she left. Dody stop polluting the entire LBT with your bring back delarla threads-what are you her mother? At the very least stick to this thread for your cause-"Bring back whoever" is not about the band-it is not about the band-I repeat this is Lapbandtalk and that thread was (everybody say it with me!) Not about the band. Pnut-stop with the thread killers thing about stupid PB questions-it is insulting and condescending to newbies. When I look back on all my first questions I cringe-I cringe with experience. From what I have read of your writing since Feb. you usually share, are kind and are more patient. But.. regarding the stupid PB/newbie thing- have fun with something else please. It sounds mean spirited and I do not think you are mean spirited. Penni-everyone is an asshole sometimes-This apparently was your shot. You have been a good moderator to me and frankly-thats all I care about. The rest of you with the cheese stuph-it was not funny in this particular thread. Sometimes funny -today not funny. Thank you FunnyDuddies I know you just apologized and I accept that. I know you all were just trying to lighten things up but sometimes a thread is too dark and it comes out the wrong way. Go back to talking about the Band-anybody remember the lapband????-Little belt around your innards keeping your stomach somewhat closed but apparently the same restriction hasn't reached your mouths. Shut the f---k up about this stupidity. Try to recall the name of this message board. And may I add there is a Rant and Rave home for those of you who haven't found your way there- You are clogging up my email with garbage.

I got on LBT I guess around late February, I do not recall any big scandels. This board has helped me more than you all know. It has helped me make a life changing decision, held my hand in doubts and fears, kept me company on sleepless nights while my house was dark and quiet. I do not care about anything else except the band and experiences with the band. As for the moderators-I don't care one way or another about pms or pms for that matter. There are a lot of new people here and there always will be a lot of turnover. In a very real sense you are potentially hurting/scaring someone finding help here at LBT. And that is more of a scandel than any attention seeking nonsense you write about. It is time to stop this negative energy. I would like to formally request a lock on this thread.

Good luck everyone still to be banded!!! And congrats to all of us!

"Diva, would you thank a moderator every day if they were using their moderator status to play games here and did all the things Fitter mentioned in the first post? I certainly would'nt. If this is true and the other mods are aware of it and are chosing to sit back and not handle it, then that is a shame. This could hurt the board if us memebers feel their is a moderator using her status as a mod to do the things she is said to be doing. We put our trust and faith in these moderators. JMO" I believe it is Fitter who is playing the "games".

Moderators should be thanked every day. It is a very difficult job. This board is run wonderfully. I've been on boards for 10 years and LBT is by far one of the very best. I think "Fitter" has a nasty agenda. I cannot stand people implying, insinuating, hinting or otherwise being vague while stirring up trouble. If someone has a problem than they should go to the owner of the list. Especially if their problem is with a moderator. These nasty hints are just trash talking. I agree that your normal member probably hasn't a clue how the inner workings of a list runs. And most don't care. But to handle any questions perhaps there could be a sticky that explains a moderator's role, a quick overview of a list and who the owner of LBT is. Thank you to all the moderators of LBT. And everyone please pay attention-Absolutely nothing your write or send out over the internet is completely private. Nothing. It continously amazes me that people put out so much personal information on this list. But that is completely their option. I recall recently that someone was shocked that they found one of their pictures when they googled themselves. Just to round this out-Fitter needs to bark up another tree-I bet she/he is one who wrote the "woke up during surgery" idiocy. And remember Big Brother Internet sees and records all.

Nobody knows except my husband and the people in my group behavior modification sessions that were required for the band. May I say here that I've seen this question pop up a few times here and...because a person chooses not to tell anyone that they are banded does not mean they are ashamed of it.

Isopure clear zero carb in the glass bottle has 40 grams of protein. I lived on that for the first 2-3 days.

My DH asked me an interesting question. Can the heimlich manuever be used on bandsters?

2 days clear liquids, 2 weeks full liquids including cream (made with skim milk) soups, yogurt, jello, pudding, slimfast, 1-2 weeks mushies including eggs, cottage cheese or ricotta or tuna salad. The semi-solids and solids. Its the beginning of the 4th week and I got the ok to do some semi-solids now and it is fine. I am super duper careful and chewing like crazy.

The reason I asked is that my port is exactly in the place where someone would put their fist in order to do the Heimlich on me. There seems to be a trend to put the port between your breasts but lower down below bra level (if you're a female) or in the similiar spot on a male. Sternum maybe??? Supposedly they can access the port better where there isn't so much fat like in our tummies. I dunno but that is where it is. If I needed the Heimlich done and it was done properly it would push the port in pretty violently. Naturally I would rather live (duh) then die with an uninjured port but due to its placement it does bear discussing or at the very least an awareness.

Hi Everyone! Wow August is almost over and we've come so far! That list is very impressive. I too don't feel the surgery swelling restriction like I did a week ago. And if I didn't have these tiny red marks I would feel like I was never banded. I am out of mushies and into solid foods but still very much "chew till goo". I certainly don't eat as much as I used to but now it is a whole cup or a cup and 1/2 instead of a 1/2 cup of food LOL! I think next week I am going to put some of that anti scarring cream on the incisions. I swear, except for the port incision which is longer it just looks like the cat scratched m on my tummy. May I tell any August bandsters that are getting banded next week-I was scared and very nervous. But it all worked out. And it will for you too. Good luck everyone-You can do it! ps-I was banded at NEMC in Boston by Dr. Tarnoff

Telly you're gonna laugh at me: This is what I call my "ass CD". Its to work off my big fat ass. LOLOL! Ass-CD Technotronic-Pump up the Jam Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin' Sly & the Family Stone-Dance to the Music Sly & the Family Stone- I Want to Take You Higher Jerry Lee Lewis-Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Gap Band-You Dropped a Bomb on Me Commodores-She's a Brick House Carl Carlton-She's a Bad MamaJama Boney M- Born to be Alive Billy Ocean-Lover Boy Chrystal Waters-100% Pure Love Flash Dance-He's a Dream Flash Dance-She's a Maniac Donna Summer-She Works Hard for the Money Rick James-Super Freak Eric Prydz-Call on Me (short version) Sean Paul-Temperature Shakira-Hips Don't Lie

3Gloves- Yes, I am a cheese psychopath actually LOL!!!! (while I was on liquids a whole freakin week ago I had used Campbells cheese soup to satisfy my sick depraved urges for cheese no matter the form) Just please don't start dancing again! But I digress... I know I am contributing to the sick continuous length of this wild thread but I can't seem to help myself. Another one of my faves is WWJD? The most obvious answer is "anything He wants". I would be imagine that would be an obvious perk of being God? BTW I am a lapsed Roman Catholic in case anyone is remotely interested. And I firmly believe that God has a big ole honking sense of humor. Gotta go to bed already. Sweet dreams everyone.

Wow, I haven't the foggiest idea what prompted this. But this thread was hot! All that yelling-and in color too! Impressive. But... I never read the original thread about whatever, so I kinda missed the party. But since I am in such a good mood tonight I just wanted you all to know that on the subject of religion-Jesus loves you but I am His favorite. hee hee hee (its a joke son)

Dody? WTF????? You know the group???? I say this will all the respect in the world but I am freaking impressed! I never heard of them.

Serendipity- You'll be peeing at short increments. Sit and put your hand under warm running water. If you need to - bring your pillow in to hold against your tummy (not to help pee but to help pain). Relax-keep drinking and you'll pee.