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Checking in! First of all I appreciate every single person in this thread! hehe and wish everyone who is getting banded tomorrow a successfully safe surgery and a lot of good ol' burping. Ok so yesterday was a rough rough day! I though I was going to be strong, I walked for about 30 minutes, I literally had to sit down and rest every ten minutes because of my chronic anemia causing me to quickly feel fatigue and out of breath. Then the lack of an elevator made it worst so I collapse as i attempted to reach my FIFTH floor apartment. My bf had to hold me u and encourage me to keep going. I am now using a cane for support! I actually like it. So my diet for the first two days was just Clear liquids. now I am in the full liquid stage. My mom made some chicken Soup and blended it, I only ate 2 ounces because I am not 100 percent sure if I should have eaten that. I also had my Vitamins, Water, water, 2 teaspoons of FF yogurt, 2 sugar free ices which are DISGUSTING lol. If anyone thinks I am doing something wrong please let me know! Also according to my wii, which I find hard to believe, I weight 268, blah, I didn't weight myself on the wii before the surgery so I am not sure what to think. My so fars..... I feel little pain! I have MINOR chest pain/Pressure?, which I was told that its probably due to swelling I feel like I cant eat more then what I have been eating I totally cant and wont believe my BMI is at 39, so I am waiting to weight myself somewhere else. I am thankful that tomorrow is Columbus day and do not have to go to work

Good luck bikini!

Checking in again, So I am not hungry at all! Weird. I have been eating chicken broth, Water and more chicken broth. I walked around my house a lot which is awesome. I hope my soreness goes away tomorrow :smile2: I must admit, today I asked myself, what did I get myself into? I guess a lot of people feel that way, hehe. Ok back to walking around. be good everyone!

Checking in, I am still sore. I feel like I did a million crunches. I am going to rest the soreness away. Good luck to all those getting banded today. Ahh it feels good to be home

I'm on my blackberry. Just wanted to stop by and say hi. I have really bad gad. I want to burp so badly but I can't. Fyi when you go in for surgery make sure you bring chap stick with you because you will need it!! Thanks to all those who had me in their thoughts and prayers. The journey began and I am excited!! I am still in the hospital because I have anemia at a level of 24 due to extremly heavy menstrual cycle ah that sucks. Talk to you soon and good luck to those getting banded today!

Goose, think positive and although you have to wait a wittle bit longer, you will get there! I was originally scheduled for August 20th, but do to me being sick, it had to be postponed! Time went by super fast and I am just glad it happened!

Ill just wear the bottoms!

Ooh how about the big question, did you have your period? I am on my monthly cycle and I go in tomorrow, eww.

Amen!:redface: We can do this!

How about using the gym at your school, if there is one.

Thanks for the updates Julie. Well today, I am doing some more shopping. I need to buy SF Jello, more chicken stock, Protein shakes, more chew able Vitamins and what ever else I see at GNC. I have my measuring tape ready and as soon as I come home from school, I will be measuring my tummy, chest, waist, hips and neck lol. Ok now I am a bit scared for tomorrow. Good luck to today's bandsters! Ill be praying for you all.

Good luck with your liquid diets!!!

Hey Bobbie, Of course you can use the bday thingy lol! It is your new birth day too! C 289 means = current weight. Hope that helps. I'm adding you as a friend :crying:

Ah two more days for me!! I am soooo nervous yet extremely happy!

I wish the same could be said to the candidates lol.

Wow Kat, congrats! Your are definitely and inspiration to me, I have your same height and starting weight. Your success just made me shed a tear because it reminds me that a change is possible, thank you so much.

Your in my prayers goose!!

Why not provide us all with a great health care planned like the U.S Office of Personnel Management who's motto is to Ensure that Federal Government has effective civilian workforce. Sadly, it doesn't ensure that its constituents' health is covered. In NY state, sooo much money is spent on uninsured people going into the ER when they have a major crisis, that could have been avoided if they had preventive care. Meanwhile, our premiums are rising due to billy going into the ER for liver failure because he didn't know he had Chlamydia (one of my patients). An undocumented woman is allowed to have Medicaid for less then two years, but Mary isn't because although she has a job, she cant afford health insurance and although she only makes 40k with a family of two, she doesn't qualify for Medicaid.

Jack, as I said before, her charm works for some but does not work for others. Its simple. Obama's way of speaking works for some but not for others. President Bush brought his Texan charm and look where that led to, 100% approval rate, right. I could show you a million articles stating how both Obama's and McCain plan may not work, especially during our economic crisis. Title of article McCain Plan to Aid States on Health Could Be Costly Senator John McCain’s plan to expand federal support for state high-risk pools could run into his pledge to balance the budget. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/us/politics/09health.html?fta=y

Good Luck to all my Smashing Pumkings who are being banded today!!!! You will be in my prayers! I hope you all have a safe and speedy recovery! Smooches!!!

lol I heard some one on the radio stating that the place has been closed for over 15 years and he actually had the wrong address. Obama's net worth grew thanks to his two best selling books. Mrs. Obama was actually earning a lot more then he did(before his books granted his millions). _________ My previous point is everyone talks about this connection to every day folks when there isn't a real connection, anymore. I mean we all know most Americans earn 45k to 50k, their struggles are not the same. They are paying taxes and all these politicians are obviously getting paid thanks to our tax dollars. Who has the best health care? Them or us? Who pays for their health care? us. Federal employees have the best health care in the entire nation, hands down. Here we have poor, middle class, lower middle class, with jobs and filing for bankruptcy because of medical bills. Its not right! 40 million people are uninsured. Its not right! I am not ok with my tax dollars being used to pay government workers for the best health care when I see real average folks struggling to get an annual physical. None of these candidates understand how difficult it is because they are no longer in our shoes. Yes, I know both Palin and Obama struggled, but they are no longer struggling. They no longer have the same problem that sally and bill from Main Street have...eh this gets emotional for me because my aunt had to file for bankruptcy after struggling with so many medical bills, I think the stress killed her. My aunt was not a "lazy" person. She had a great job, but that great job didn't provide her with great coverage and that great job did not offer the health insurance company that congress man X has. Point is, some one smiling (Biden and McCain), winking at me, or a third grader or who ever is not going to make me feel closer to the candidate. Pointing fingers as to who was at fault for economic crisis isn't going to help. Having a plan thats going to lead us into the right direction is... and from what I see, none of these candidates have a plan.

The "real people", who like her have a $1.2 million dollars net worth. She earned more then about 90% of all US households. Biden's needs a fact check. He talks too much sometimes.