BethFromVA

Omg, I would cry if I had to give up my sushi... I was wondering about that the other day. Just figured rice may be difficult to handle, but that's fine, so long as I can enjoy the rest.

Hey, y'all, Leesburg here. I don't know why I didn't look at the local chapter/boards first, but I've found them now. Just got banded a week ago today. I'm down 16 pounds from the date of my pre-op liquid phase which began 11/14. I've seen that quite a few people are from Leesburg on some of these threads.

I know this is an older thread, but I am in Leesburg as well. It looks like there are a few of us here. Did anything ever come about as to getting together/meeting? I'm a brand new bandbaby and would love to meet some people.

Hello, Colorado, I know I'm coming into this late, but I just got banded last Friday by Dr. Robert Pinnar and I live in Leesburg as well!!

I would invite them next year and be sure you are going somewhere else. When they get to your house and nobody is there... Well, we just got a better invitation. *insert devilish icon here* What crappy behavior of them!! Wow...

Unfortunately it looks that way, yes.

Okay, then, that is TOTALLY uncalled for!!! I just wanted to be sure people knew they were okay before everybody got mad that they didn't show OR call. Soooo... what was their reason for not even CALLING that they weren't coming??? What nasty, NASTY people for doing that.

Yes, I can appreciate a good yuk-yuk. Kinda like how I laugh every time I see Obama with his "The Office of the President Elect" sign. Written in crayon by his kids, no doubt. :smile2::crying: Thank God the election is over, is all I can say. Ugh, my blood pressure (which I don't have issues with) couldn't handle it.

WHAT??? Hate to ask, but are y'all sure they're alive/safe?

It's a deal breaker because I believe they are frauding the weight-conscious customers in order to bring them in. If they were honest and up front about the content, then people could choose what they want to do.

Mine never pulled an ER run, probably only because she's too full of bitch and miserable. :grouphug: She has her men running. Husband and two sons. And when I came along, she wasn't very receptive even before meeting me. Her first comment to hubby upon hearing he was serious with a girl was, "Is she fat?" Of course then I was about 160 -- not trim, but hardly FAT. She has tried at times to run my life, and as time went on, I finally quit worrying that this was my husband's mother. She was just downright crossing lines left and right. One time hubby and I were in a rough patch, and I just needed to get away -- and frankly, it wasn't all because of him. Just life was difficult at that time. So I got away to clear my head and hopefully come back not wanting to slit my wrists with a spork. They talk while I'm gone and he TELLS her! So then for months she starts in on him with, "Well, you know, divorce is not out of the question." When she and I talked one time and she said it to me, I said, "Gee, I hope you don't really mean this!" She never mentioned it again. Oh, did I tell you how she bullied me into signing a pre-nup before we married? Yeah, she's a peach. The straw that broke the camel's back was before we moved to VA. Hubby was already here working a contract job, and it looked like we were moving after nearly four years of rocky job issues for him (two years without work, one year in Kuwait, another year-plus here in VA). Kiddo was 17 and at an awkward age in the best of situations, but she didn't want to leave home. I understood, but didn't know what to do as she was JUST 17. We got into a huge fight and she left home. At one point before I packed to move here, kiddo called and told me how grandma started running me down to her. WTF??? That was it, the gloves were off. When we got here and settled in, I MADE hubby choose (which I had never done before) -- either HE was going to set that bitch straight, or I was, and I don't think anybody was gonna come out alive if I did it. :grouphug: He called her and first she tried shouting him down, then she tried guilting him, then she played the "poor me" card, then she asked why I even cared what she said about me, and it went on and on for an hour. Now I am persona non grata. It's as if I don't exist. Nice. The woman is a total skank, and I have no love whatsoever for this person. I have put up with disrespect and disdain for 16 years, and for NO reason whatsoever. And unfortunately, my husband is too much of a wuss to do anything substantial about it. He just lets her say whatever and would piddle himself before upsetting HER. :grouphug:

OW! :grouphug: Still hurts to laugh, but BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! OW OW OW!! :grouphug:

Shoot, he's the hilight of my day! I mean no disrespect to the wonderful ladies here, but you know where I'm coming from! Shhhhhh.... don't want him getting stuck up. :grouphug:

I can see that Plain is the Brad Pitt of Bandland. Woot for him! :grouphug:

See, this is why I'm glad my in-laws live on the totally opposite coast that we do. My FIL is fine, it's that damn wife of his (hubby's "momma"). You know the mother from Everybody Loves Raymond? Yep, that's her, but worse. Even better, if anybody watches Desperate Housewives, if you remember the scene where Susan (Teri Hatcher) was pregnant and married to Mike, and his "momma" comes to visit? THAT is my MIL to a T!! As an example, years ago she would call and I'd answer, and we'd have small talk, then she would ask, "So, are you still fat?" I kid you not. And I can't even begin to tell you the years I tolerated her telling me that hubby and I should NOT have children. Until I told her that it was really OUR decision now, wasn't it? Grrrr.... And that's just a wee taste. Trust me, I would need hard liquor to survive a holiday with her, and I'm afraid I would go into an alcoholic coma before I could ever make her tolerable with enough drink.

Roops, I said the very same thing Plain did. Gotsta learn to read the entire thread before I get the fingers a'typin'.

Sorry, bad attempt at being facetious. I have a cartoon about animal testing, and it shows these dogs with lipstick, eyeshadow, and mascara on. It's really pretty funny. :grouphug: Now THAT'S funny right there, I don't care who you are! :grouphug:

Just don't eat it. :grouphug:

Okay, no fair. You just made me snork some of my YUMMY dinner of chicken broth mixed with Unjury unflavored protein out my nose and all over the damn place! I hope you're not too fond of that skin of yers... BWAAAA HAAAA HAAA HAAAAAAAAA!!

Anne-Marie, I've had dental procedures that were worse. Really. But I agree with Plain: If you want to talk to the anesthesia docs, they should be willing to meet with you. The lady next to me in the pre-op waiting area had never had surgery (I think she was having a biopsy, so it was not WLS) had a TON of questions for her anestesiologist, and he was fantastic in answering them all. Of course for her, she had other options than general, but he gave all the information she could ever want to know.

Smithart, I hope you forgive me for being forward, but I really would like to comment on this, and then I'll stop. I know you don't know me from Adam, and you have had a much longer relationship with many of these fine ladies much longer than you ever will with me, but this pained me to read. First and foremost, HE needs to work on it, not you. It's HIS issue, HIS depression. Just like you felt you needed the band to help you with your issues, HE needs to do whatever needs to be done so that he does not torture you with his insecurities and depression. Secondly, there are many other great guys out there who would be great to your son. Actually, they would be better because the best thing they can do for him is to be kind and respectful to his momma. You don't want him growing up believing that this is the way to treat women, do you? And they DO notice. Trust me on this. And lastly, please don't carry with you the fat girl thought that you will be alone or can't do better or whatever it is that makes us stay with bad men. The teeny pic I can see of you tells me that you would have NO problem finding a great guy. Some people (men and women) prey on those who feel insecure and vulnerable. And trust me, most of us, in our overweight stage, feel insecure. Now that you are getting thinner and feel better, the only way to CONTROL you is to KEEP you feeling insecure. And believe me, that is what this is about. Whether he's always been this way or is just becoming this way because he's scared now that you're thinner and getting healthier, it doesn't matter. Anybody who would outright sabotage you like that is no good. Now, I will step off my soapbox. I'm sure you feel overwhelmed by what we have all said, and I don't want to add to your troubles. Just please, PLEASE, listen with your heart to what we say. And don't make excuses for his behavior. If you ever want to contact me, I'm only a PM away.

I've been taking the horse pills they gave me since day one. I looked at them and said, "I CAN TAKE THESE??"

My abdomen caves in strangely below the stitches for a couple inches. I'm sure it's just that the part of my abdomen from the stitches on up is swollen, but it looks bizarre. I can't even feel a port.

I have BCBS Anthem, and I really didn't have to go through hoops either. I went to the seminar on 10/1, first consult was about 10/10, and I just got banded on 11/21. The only thing I had to provide was a psych eval (one-time visit), I did a barium swallow (due to many people having a hiatal hernia that needs fixing at the time of surgery), and a note of medical necessity from my PCP. That was it. I do, however, plan to find a group or a therapist who specifically deals in weight-related issues. I know that I will need that during my weightloss, as I tend to "freak" when I get to a point where I start losing 50-70 pounds and look good. Then I sabotage myself -- fall off the wagon then stay off of it. But that is my choice, as I feel most if not all of us should consider. Something within us made us overeat, and that does not go away by being banded. But yes, I have heard BCBS Federal is good.

I didn't, and I had my surgery last Friday. I would at times get a gas bubble in my "bread basket," the fleshy area under the rib cage, but that would pass quickly if I moved. But I was fortunate that I never got the shoulder gas.