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Congratulations Heather! For some reason I thought you had your surgery a while ago. Sorry to hear you had a hard time at the hospital. If you need anything let me know.

I think we are all still around - just busy with summer. How are you doing Heather? I follow alot of people on Facebook - I don't know most of the people on the Facebook discussion group and I think most of them were sleeved.

Oh no Heather. Make sure to get lots of fluids and lots of sleep and hopefully it will be okay for you to have your surgery. Crossing my fingers for you.

Glad to see some activity on here. I am excited for you Heather - you will rock it. I would love to see everyone again. I have been following the 17 day diet book - I lost 14 lbs the first 17 day phase - haven't weighed since I started the second phase last Thursday as I went camping. It has been easy to follow and is similar to band diet without the bread which I shouldn't be eating anyway. I am just happy to be losing again. I see my psychologist this Friday - haven't seen her since last August.

Glad to see you back on here. I went to the LapBand Support Group at the Bruceville Terrace on Bruceville next to Methodist Hospital. A bariatric nutritionist and another person from Methodist were there to help us if we neeed it. It was a small group - 4 of us, but it was very welcoming and supportive. If you live out in the South Sac/Elk Grove area and are banded or planning on being banded, give it a try. It meets the 1st Thursday of every month from 6:30-7:45 pm.

Here's a new band support group that is starting this Thursday near the South Sac Kaiser. I am planning on attending - finally a support group on this side of town. Support Group Meetings: When: 1st Thursday of the month Time: 6:30pm to 7:45pm Where: Bruceville Terrace Skilled Nursing Facility Multi-purpose Room Address: 8151 Bruceville Road, Sacramento, CA 95823 (on Methodist Hospital campus) Who should attend: Anyone who has had band surgery whether successful or not in losing weight and keeping it off. Anyone who is considering having band surgery. Mya Moore-Dudzik has graciously volunteered to lead the group meetings each month. She has participated and led band groups in the past. Mya had a band placed several years ago and has been very successful in losing weight and keeping it off. Her passion is to help other band patients be successful and to create an environment that is open and honest about bands, eating, relationships.......whatever. Randee Reidy, our Program Dietitian, or I will be at the meetings to answer any questions each month. Pam

Welcome Christine. Every person's banding experience is different as we are all different. I agree just focus on your experience. I have been banded for almost 3 yrs now and I am still working on getting another 40 lbs off - I lost 60. Most of the time I have struggled has been my own fault - but I am ok with not losing all of the weight right away. Never before have I lost 60 lbs and kept it off this long. There are a few banders in the bay area on this board. Pam

Tina got a fill outside of Kaiser - you might check withher

That is good news - wonder if they will be doing all of the surgeries - at least if I have a problem or emergency with my band once they open it I can get there quicker.

I probably won't be there tomorrow - woke up with a sore throat today and feel a cold coming on. Take pictures and post them

Hi - I assume you have already researched the different surgeries available. Follow the food plan in the binder and you will lose the weight they want you to before surgery. Make sure you ask the surgeon all the questions you have and make your own decision on which surgery is best for you. They all have their pros and cons. That is great you are taking this step while you are still young. Good Luck.

I'm excited for you Heather - you worked long and hard enough to get where you are. How long are you going to off work?

Reggie - I saw her every two weeks for I think 2 months then once a month for about 4 months. Then I checked in with her last August. I need to call them and see if it has been a year since I have seen her - hopefully not as if it is I will have to go back through intake again. I can't stomach eggs unless it is egg salad with pickles or a deviled egg - I ate so much scrambled eggs after being banded, they make me nauseous now.

Great news Heather - 9:30 am works for me - I will need directions again.

The therapist I have seen that I like is Paula Smith at Elk Grove Kaiser. She is trained in eating disorders etc. I haven't seen her in a long time and now realize it has probably been a year so I will have to go through intake again. ugh. I really need to see her again as I am feeling like such a failure most of the time and the self loathing isn't a good thing. I did Atkins for a week before I went n vacation - it was hard to just eat the Protein as my band prevented me eating more than a little bit at a time (good thing but also bad thing) as I was hungry and sick of meat after a few days. What time are we meeting on May 14th in Vallejo?

Riley - I totally know that feeling. It makes me mad when I sometimes can't even get healthy food down - I actually had fish come back up after 3 bites. Makes me not want to eat at all sometimes.

There should be a blue bar above the top of the messages on the page that says "stop watching topic" - I would guess you would click on it - hope it works for you.

I didn't see it but I will check it out online,. I started doing Atkins today - have never tried it before but one of my friends at work has been doing it for 11 days and has lost 7 lbs. It is really close to the band plan - protein protein. And even though I supposedly can eat as much meat as I want, my band controls that - I couldn't even eat half a chicken breast for dinner before I was full. Had two hard boiled eggs with mayo for breakfast and canned chicken breast with mayo for lunch and an Atkins bar after work. - didn't eat dinner until 8 pm. Deja vu back to when to the first 6 months after I got my band.

Candra - I take the generic version of Wellbutrin - Bupropion. Do you have a prescription? If so have you checked Walmart to see how much it is? I stopped taking my generic Wellbutrin and my generic estrogen for about 3 weeks to see if it would make a difference with my weight and it didn't and I started to feel really anxious so I started back on both. I truly wish sugar would give me the dumping syndrome as it has been my downfall lately - when I get upset or depressed I turn to sugar to soothe myself - life long problem. Guess I had the wrong surgery for dumping. Sometime I wish they would do band to sleeve revisions - I think I would get it. Did Bridezilla ever get married? Pam

I am so glad to see everyone posting again. I am still in the Weight Management Program at Kaiser in Elk Grove although I only check in about once a month. I did go to a 6 wk exercise class with them and a 6 week cooking class and have gone walking a few times with the walking group. I am embarrassed to say the program with the Optifast worked for me while I was on it - lost 20 lbs - but once we went back on food I had a hard time. I know weigh 10 lbs more than I did last year before I started that program. . I have been depressed about life in general - work sucks and I am back in the vicious cycle of emotional eating and then feeling horrible that I ate it etc etc. I need to call and see if I can go see the therapist, but I think I will have to go through intake again as it has been a long time since I saw her. Guess I won't know until I call them. I think I need a fill as I can still eat bread but no way in hell I am going to see Dr. Im until I lose some weight - I was up 6 lbs from my 20 lost when I saw him last to get a fill and that was bad enough. He was really nice about it, but I want to lose at least 10 lbs before seeing him again. I think I have 6 cc in my band and need at least .5 more. I am putting Sat May 14 on my calendar - what time? Same place in Vallejo? Anyone in Sacto area want to get together before then for a walk? Pam

I just completed Jess's poll. I too am struggling - need to meet with my gals - I have gone to the two other local support groups here but wasn't feeling the love.

I typed in my name and checked the boxes, but how do I save it?

Congratulations on having your surgery. Most of us are still around we just don't post much anymore. Busy with life.

Glad to hear you are doing great after your surgery. If I remember right, the Point West group meets the 4th Saturday of each month.