babyjane

i checked out the pool yesterday where i was going to do their water aerobics class and the first step down is soooooo steep. i might be able to step down into pool, but doing that step coming back up, i cannot do it. my knee will lock up---i am very disappointed, i had been planning to do this since before my surgery. today i guess i will check out curves. i ,too, can only do the upper excercises due to bad knees and arthritis. i walk with a cane and use my scooter when out in stores, park, etc. i also got me a disco tape at walmart to use , i can dance my brains out, mostly upper body movements. however, i will do this away from the kids, in my bedroom, or they will choke with laughter.

sheriff joe sounds like quite a character----sounds like most of what he is doing is just and fair for the situation.

my boys call it their pee-pee and i call it their pee-pee or penis. my 9 yr old loves to pinch his, move it around, he says he likes for it to stick up! LOL of course, i have explained all the things to do or NOT to do--but he still finds his penis to be fascinating. he asked me yesterday what a dick was!!! he heard this at VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL friday.........s/o called s/o else a"dick"...OMG. when my husband told him what it was,and not to use that word, he did not believe DH!! he asked me twice what it really was...it's not a pee-pee is it, mom? LOL and i worried about what they might hear on the school bus when they rode home in the afternoons(we drive them to school in mornings)---so evidently, VBS was very interesting this year!! i forgot, we also call it "wing -ding", especially when they were smaller. my sister gave them a hot wheels car once that had the name wing-ding on the bottom of it...the older one could read it and cracked up. they wondered why santa(it was xmas) made a car with such a name on it!! oh, me.......i told them santa did not know what the elves put on the bottom of it.........:biggrin1:

heather b.---i figured out the real problem with my round rug from the kit. the fabrics were not the same weight. every time i made rings with the yellow, it would start to curl up--even after 3 or 4 rings around together. the fabric was verythin compared to the other two that they sent. i took yellow out and used other fabrics only--it came out great. i have since also started crocheting a rectangle rug for my living room. i am using some blue and white toile prints(one i had used to cover a chair) to make it. it looks real good so far, about 1/3 complete so far. my living room is covered up with tons of blue willow china--it will match great when finished. has anyone made anything with those plastic looms from walmart or michael's? there is a set of round ones and a long purple one also. i wanted to get the purple one to maybe make some shawls as gifts. is it hard to do? any suggestions or hints? "normal" knitting looks hard to me, without someone to show me in person what to do.

welcome to lbt-----i read posts here at least twice a day. this is an interesting web site---it was very helpful before my surgery and since also. be sure to check out the lap band lounge for fun threads when you do not feel like talking about the lap band itself.:biggrin1:

economic left/right -5.88 social libertarian/authoritarian 0.21 :biggrin1:

:biggrin1: i just got a kit to make a rag rug last week. i made it in 4 days, however it never stopped looking like a giant sombrero. i took it out and started again. it looked good til about halfway through, it is not starting to do the sombrero thing again. i also used some scrap material from a shower curtain i made and am making another rag rug with that scrap. i have never crocheted before, i copied instructions fromn internet sites and i am doing it right and making it loose enough, i think. but it still wants to curl up. i keep putting it in the floor with heavy stuff on top, looks flat, then i finish another round or two and it wants to curl---------HELP ME !!! i also made 4 potholders in the 3 days before my surgery and made 17 more the 2 weeks after!! (you know, the ones we made on metal loom as children) we are using them for coasters, etc, giving them to neighbors, taught my sons how to do them, neighbor girl also----------just to keep my hands busy. i really want to get this rag rug thing right, i had already collected info in a folder in last few months to do this. now i am very frustrated...........but tearing the material into strips is fun....LOL your stuff looks great kat.........is candlewicking very hard to learn? i also do embroidery but, my eyes hurt too much from the strain to do it very long at a time, even with a magnifier around my neck to see with!!

there is a site for teacher's wishes, i am sorry, i do not know what the name is . you put your requests/wishes on the site. people/companies check the site and decide what to donate to who. i will try to find it---if i do, i will post it.

i do not like doing the laundry either. my boys (9 and 12) sort, wash, dry their own laundry, they have for 2 yrs now. but i fold all their shirts and "good clothes". and my husband does almost all his laundry also. but when i need to wash tablecloths, curtains, etc., i say i don't really mind. they always look so good when clean! i just hate to have to iron them!! my ironing board cover gets dusty, because i RARELY USE IT!! there is no denying it though, ironed stuff looks so much better.:cool:

hi anna and joe--hope your shoulder is better now, joe. i am so glad to hear your are doing good. no more snoring, huh ? maybe i should send my husband for a lap band--HA-HA !!i have not weighed since being banded, and i will probably not go for a fill until late july or so. talk to ya'll soon. :biggrin1:

congratulations--hope you have a great band journey!!

Very Funny!!!

okay, tiredoldmman--you are right--you aren't a newbie. I am a newbie/banded may 11th. hope the info works both ways....why are you throwing up all the time? is that something that has happened recently for you? welcome to lap band talk. :biggrin1: there is also a thread on here somewhere for anyone age 50 and up...i post on it too---maybe you could give us some insights of yours on that thread also....

the clothing exchangw would be great!! and some new permanent forums would be good also.:girl_hug:

hey, i am over fifty---not a youngster!! and we had a thread on here somewhere for folks over 50 yrs of age--might have to hunt it down.

no regrets.....and i too, had wanted it for at least 4 years--still glad to have it...even though i had my first PB this afternoon---very creepy, but i got thru it!!

i just finished the da vinci code this past wknd. i really liked it. i am now starting an old robin cooke book "toxins". i try to get all my books 2nd hand, so sometimes they are quite new, sometimes quite old !!

hi papajoe and mama anna--i sent you a personal message----i did meet you and we talked a lot--i am the jane with the cane-was there with friend (not the jane that was there with daughter.) anyway,see your messages:biggrin1: glad ya'll are okay!!!

Very Nice......thank You For Posting This.:grouphug:

thanks for the junonia link wheetsin. i get a catalog from them once or twice a year, but i cannot afford anything in their catalog although i like the clothes and all the big ladies who model them. but, you gave me an idea, i do have a pair of bike shorts i usually wear around the house. i have not had them on in about 2 yrs or so. i tried them on this morning and they fit! maybe those with a different kind of top will be better in the pool. thanks !! :biggrin1:

hey ya'll----i am doing good--hungry, but fight it. i slept on my right side from the time of surgery (port is on left). but i normally sleep on the right side, a little on my back. on the 2nd day after surgery, i slept for about 4 hours in the recliner at the hotel room, then moved to the bed. i slept with lots of pillows (i do normally) that came in handy as i coughed--i could hold them tight against my sides or stomach to stop the pain. only used pain meds once after i got back to hotel. the liquid med was horrible, worse than the pain. my pain was not bad at all,i only had 2 very small bruises, and my incisions have healed great! i lost 21.5 lbs on liquid diet starting may1st,surgery may 11th (weighed 352-loss of 21.5) and i have not weighed since. think i have lost at least 12lbs or more since though. i am very happy with the band, i do not know when i will be getting a fill. i do still have trouble getting in enough liquid--i keep trying. hope everyone is doing okay from the last two weeks.:biggrin1: anybody got any great ideas for mushies stage? any thoughts would be appreciated. i will be starting water aerobics soon.....how about ya'll, anyone else hate true exercise as much as i do? HA-HA:faint:

too bad, just because you have the band doesn't mean you will lose super fast---maybe they should give a smaller prize for anyone who is banded. maybe the banded could each pay into a "pot" for one of ya'll to win at the end of the challenge......:cake:

hi, everybody--i haven't posted for a while....i have been doing good since surgery. i started liquid diet on may 1st--lost 21.5 lbs by surgery on the 11th. i believe i have lost at least 10 more lbs. in the last 2 weeks. i started yesterday with soft foods. that made me happy!! i started with a 65BMI and hope to see it drop and drop and drop. i have had a few tiny NSV'S since coming home. i am much more comfortable in my van's seat. my size 14 underwear is very baggy, i have lots less edema in my legs, and my liesure bra i have been wearing since surgery because of a n incision, is now very loose. yea, me!! i have size 52 I boobs--the more they shrink, the better !!! and also, my incisions have all healed and look very good--very tiny except for the port one. i am going to sign up for water aerobics classes for a month or so--hope to start in another week or two. even though i will be wearing a matching seersucker capri and top set instead of a swimsuit, i do not feel embarrassed, just excited to be able to go. i have bad arthritis and need knee surgery, this will be very good for my joints. i still have about another 160-170 lbs. to lose. oh, yea, i am also off of my wellbutrin (for depression) since my surgery. i am hardly taking any diuretics, just 2 or 3 times a week as needed. i am glad that everyone on this thread understands my super-sized issues. hope everyone enjoys the holiday weekend. :biggrin1: :biggrin1: :biggrin1:

seminole--you can get a dr. to give you a fill after only 2 weeks? i have never heard that. i had my surgery last week and am doing good. very sick of liquids, but i am trying to do what i am supposed to do. it will be great to get to mushies in 2 weeks. hope everyone is doing great.........

hello everybody, i just got back from mexico from having surgery with dr rumbaut on may 11th. many people were there at the same time from the states. i lost 21.5 lbs in 10 days on the liquid diet (last 3 days of that were clear liquids). had several minor problems (none of them medical),with hotel, etc., but overall was good. dr r. and staff are very good, friendly, and kind. nursing care at hosp. could have been better though. now i have 3 weeks of full liquids ahead of me, then soft foods. i am glad to be back home and enjoyed looking over the posts i missed while gone. good luck to all may bandsters!!!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: