Freckles

Sweet dont despair hunny, the winds of change keep blowing, everything happens for a reason. I'm sure something even better is waiting for you, just try to muddle through this bad time. You still have your band, things will get better. xxxx

Thanx Homecare, we had an awesome time, everything worked out perfectly from hotels to flights. We booked everything independently. We did 10 flights in 3 weeks, but handled them pretty well, saw a lot of places including the street I used to live on in Singapore when I was a little girl, which was pretty upsetting cos my dad passed away when I was 21, and my Mum is now 94 and has a lot of things wrong with her. but so glad i got to go back to my roots so to speak. Weighed today and have lost a kilo, which must have been water from the 13 hour flight from Hong Kong, so have only put on 4.4lbs up to this morning, hopefully more will come off by next week, if not I will go for a fill.

missed you all. Will post asap, think I have put on about 7lbs, but was eating and drinking all I wanted, will check it again once the water retention from the flights has gone (hopefully lol) Maggs, you've done tremendously well, well done you xxxx

I'm so sorry I missed you Sammy, glad your pregnancy is going well. Sorry to everyone else, I just havent found the time to come here, so busy. I go to Hong Kong on saturday, and will be away for 3 weeks. Good luck to all of you with your ops and weight losses. I was back today to the weight I was before my defill, so feel good. Welcome to all the newbies. Take care you all and see you soon xxxxxxxx

Maggs on the birth of your darling grandaughter

Scratch that I weighed earlier and have put on nearly 2ibs, dammit!!! Must be the booze, will have to knock that in the head.

So made up for all you losers, brilliant!!! Its a week now since i had my de-fill, at least I can sleep laying down now, which is heaven. I am eating more but not a great deal. havent lost anymore, but then didnt expect to. As long as I stay the same I will be happy. Maggs, any sign of Sian's new baby yet?? Carrie you are so lucky to be able to do your own fills, be careful babe you dont get run down if its too tight. Garry nice to see you.

Thank you Wishfull and Homecare for your sweet words about my grandaughter xxx.

Brilliant stuff Bobo, you have done so so well. btw why havent you got yourself a ticker?

Bless you girls, she is a cutie but then I am biased. Carrie, people always say that dont they, err no...we wouldnt get the band removed to have to start over, silly people duh, its not a magic tool, and its not so easy as people may think as we all know. The delightful thing I find about it is, that we get full so fast, and that is once we've gotten used to it. Even after having 3mls taken out I find I can only eat extrememly small portions, which is brilliant I am loving this band more than life itself. I ate 1 slice of wholemeal toast this morning for brek, and hubby just cooked sausage and black pudding of which I could only manage 2 bites of sausage, that was lunch btw. Maggs the Colonoscopy was very painful, even with the Pethidine and Midazolam. The sister said it was because the surgeon was turning the corner of my colon, hurt like mad. I am relieved to say I dont have any lumps or bumps growing,his diagnosis was Severe Sigmoid Diverticulosis, which I am assured is very common. So glad its all over. I bet you are so excited about Sian's little ball of fluff, I hope she goes on the due date, bless her. Give her my love and I will be thinking of you both, please let us know as soon as the little one is born wont you. xxxx

The best thing to take for your liver is Milk Thistle tablets, most of us on here took them before the surgery, they come highly recommended, in shrinking and cleansing your liver. Also avoid any fatty products, hope thats of some help. A low fat diet is the one to be doing Sherrybabe.

Firstly.... for your kind wishes, I do feel better after having 3mls taken out, and I'm starving cos I havent been able to eat since thursday cos of this Colonoscopy, roll on tonight when it will all be over. Havent got to be at the hospital till 4pm !! Stupid time. My grandaughter is coming on a treat thought I'd share these pics with you. Gabrielle's mum put this hat on her and she hates it, she cries, so I think it must be uncomfortable for her. You can see by the second pic her lip is starting to quiver, just after I had taken this pic she burst into tears God love her lol. I know I've had 2 gastric bands fitted, but this Colonoscopy is just apprehension, fear of the unknown and I am bricking it Maggs , cos I'm a big baby

Bless you Maggs, not sure if i want to know though lol. Ignorance is bliss sometimes. I just want it to be saturday night. Thanx for being so sweet xxxx

I met with the gorgeous freddyboy today and he told me that if he took out 3.5mls i should be ok for my 9 flights. However when he tried to take out that much my port was trying to suck it back in????? he ended up just taking out 3mls. Tonight I ate a salt n pepper chicken wing 2 tablespoonfuls of special fried rice and four chips, with curry, it was wonderful, and afterwards I drank a cup of tea and ate some chocolate gateau, I was in heaven after 3 months of torture. I'm glad really that he has left 3.5 mls in, cos at least I can eat and drink a little without any adverse reactions, and I'm not going to pile the weight that I've lost, back on. Tomorrow and saturday I can only have clear liquids, like black tea/coffee and oxo as at 4pm on Saturday afternoon I am having that darn Colonoscopy. Roll on sunday lol, cos I'm really scared about this thing.

Mia I dont think anyone will insure you babe, my first band developed a leak, and the manufacturer gave me a new band for free, but I still had to pay the surgeon etc, so ended up paying out about £10,000 in total. Not trying to put you off, but apparently, these things can happen and we are warned about them before surgery, however saying that, Dr Chris is a fair person, and I'm sure if I had been banded by him, he would have done my second surgery free of charge . Garry is the one to advise you on this as he had some problems with his band and i dont believe he was out of pocket to have the op re-done.

Glad you girlies are all doing well. I am looking forward to Thursday when I get my de-fill, but scared also, I just dont want to put any weight on before I go away. I will have to be so careful cos my holiday clothes wont fit if I put any on lol. Carrie I bet you look gorgeous with your new 'do' are you finding staying at your ideal weight hard or have you still got good restriction? Wishfull, have you decided whether you're going to see freddyboy next thursday? Hope everyones ok, and yes I agree where are all the other members we miss you guys!!!!

Ah thanx babe, just reached the 3stone mark today, am over the moon!!! I am going to only leave 2mls in for when I go away cos I want to at least be able to eat a bit and have some drinks lol, being as its free bar on the flight. What were those shoes called that you wear, I have searched back and cant find the name. Thanx chick xx

Hya Debby, Wendy is part of WLS and nothing to do with Dr Chris and Frederik, but I believe they have had meetings and Dr Chris is in agreement for his patients to have fills done by WLS. A lot of the peeps on here go to Wendy and love her, as she is excellent. Thats not to say Freddy boy isnt, cos I've been to him twice and he's a sweetie, in fact I am having a de-fill with him next Thursday, and I wasnt banded by Dr Chris. Someone who knows more about Wendy will no doubt answer your questions more fully than I can. If your port area is not too sore, I would go for your first fill as they dont put in that much, only about 2 or 3 mls. i'm the one who's going to Oz on 31st October (well 8th November actually, cos we are staying in the far east for a week first)

Hi Wishful, nice to see you chick, thanx for the good wishes xxx How's your daughter, and also hows your weightloss going? Parrot, thanx for your kind wishes also,Mum will be going back into the carehome that she likes whilst we are away. I know it will be a long time for her, but she does like all the staff and this time she can walk around a bit, so not confined to her room like last time.

Do you mean a ticker for your weight progress or just to have the date of your op? If its the latter you need to just add the text to where it says EDIT signature in the User CP (control Panel) top right. Just write what you want in the box that shows and then hit 'save signature' Hope that helps. If its the ticker you want go to Graphical Tickers and Trackers: Weight Loss, Trying To Conceive, Pregnancy... its pretty much self-explanatory. Good luck Tanyac