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Hey girls on my way out to our first game. Due to the number of teams, and the Connie Mack World Series, we did not even get to have a practice!!! Wish us luck!!! Oh and if I ever said the shop took up too much room in the yard, I was full of it, I mowed today, and there is still way too much to mow!!! BBL~~ Kat
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Yep---I'd want my bag of crap with my sick hubby in it!!!! Michelle posted about what I was thinking. I knew I was feeling much happier about life in general since losing the weight, but I KNOW without a doubt that even if I had lost it---if I had not had the Violets, it would not have made such a difference! Part of it is yes the weight loss, but an equally big part of it, is you girls! I literally thank God every day for you. I have never had a group like this that I could literally tell anything and be accepted. I like the selfishness of you just being MINE! While you care about my DH and my kids----I don't really have to share you! And if they make me mad, I can tell you and not worry about you seeing them in the grocery store and thumbing your nose at them because you are supporting me!! In so many different ways you have each enriched my life....who would have thought that the lap band would bring us this???? Kat
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Problems during fills, doctor keeps missing port.
Kat817 replied to RosyPosy's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
My band Dr. I use for fills does not use a numbing medication, and unless there is an issue, he does not use fluoro as a general rule. It has taken several pokes for both of my fills and for my unfill as well. And I have bent a needle before as well! The band has not been around in its present form for that long. There was a non adjustable band done before, but that would not be in the same problem area you were discussing. The first time I got a fill, there was nothing to pull out of course, but he inserted the Fluid......then pulled it back into the syringe to assure it was IN THE BAND--then pushed the plunger back, and left it. I was given 1.25cc.'s in a 9.75 ml band designed to hold 4cc's max fill. The second fill I went in for he poked again a few times--finally getting the port, and pulled out 1.1 cc.'s, and then added my .50. Again, once he plunged, he withdrew some then went ahead and filled it. That fill took me almost to goal and I did not have my band accessed again for almost 2 years! The next time was to unfill, and he still poked me a few times to find it. My SIL and I were banded by the same Dr. and went to another Dr. for followup care, and he hit hers every single time on the first shot! She did not have much in the way of belly fat, and she had some serious adhesions so the original surgeon placed her low profile port closer to the surface because of them. Now that she is close to goal, you can SEE her port, even with it being a low profile. Myself, I carried 80% of my weight in my belly----and my port was DEEP! It too was a low profile port. So overall it is about the size of a nickel, maybe a quarter, and the area that has to be hit, is about the size of the top of a pencil eraser!!! The back is made of titanium so that the needle cannot pierce all the way through, when it is hit---the needle bends----ask your band Dr, about it, they will not be surprised. There is a fluid they can use if there is a fear of puncture, kind of like a slime or fix a flat for bands! It is called Omnipaque---it is a thicker viscosity of fluid, that will plug any pierced areas in the band or tube. My suggestion would be to seriously discuss these things with your Dr. and if he pops off with the 30 year thing, let him know you are not that gullible. That you know exactly how long the adjustable gastric band has been around! Then I would ask him to please withdraw fluid before adding since you are questioning the increasing lack of restriction. If at ANY time, he is not willing, or treated me as though I was an inconvenience, I would be out of there!!! I know finding a Dr, to do aftercare besides your original surgeon is not always easy nor convenient, but it IS worth it. While my Dr. has had issues hitting my band, I have no doubt any other would have as well. Next time will be much easier, since the TT, I can feel it quite easily!!! Even though he has trouble locating the eye of my port, he has seen me MULTIPLE times just as a consult, without ever adjusting my band, and has always taken time to talk to me about plateaus, and diet issues, anything like that. I have seen MANY posts about multiple pokes for fills, so that does not concern me, the 30 years, and the blowing off your questions would seriously concern me. Let us know how he reacts to your knowledge of the band!! Good Luck! Kat -
Aloha from Hawaii !!
Kat817 replied to christi.jones08's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Hi Christi, Congrats on the upcoming surgery!!! My DD and her DH were stationed for 4 years at Schofield Barracks in Oahu. I miss going to visit her!!! Was a wonderful vacation for Mom. I think now how wonderful it would be to go, and be comfortable on the beach!!! Not embarrassed! Oh well, he is out now, and I just don't think I could talk him into re-upping so I could go visit Hawaii again!!!! Look forward to hearing of your progress, welcome to LBT! Kat -
I think the biggest hurdle for me was realizing I had to cut more calories out---or expend more through exercise. I have chose not to have tight restriction, and in fact have no fill in at all right now. It was removed for my TT a few months ago, and I have not had a need to fill again, so am letting it ride. It takes less calories to support you at rest as your weight drops, so you either have to take in less, or do more. I tried really hard to do a combination of the 2. I eliminated calories I figured to be unnecessary---and re-examined my portion sizes. And at the same time, I consciously made an effort to just add some more physical movement to my day. Little things.....not like an extra 30 minutes at the gym. But like rather than carry a whole stack of towels to the linen closet at one time, then juggle them while putting them away, I made 4 trips---carrying each size of item to put away. Or while swinging my granddaughter, I would not just stand still and push---I would do a couple of leg lifts between pushes, or swing my arms. I rethought how I cooked some items and tried to cut some snack calories out, instead having SF popsicles. It eventually dropped...... Now the last 6 pounds come off in a hurry, and I do not recommend it, but a virus hit me, and nothing went in my stomach and stayed!!! It passed thankfully---and left me at goal....for now!! As for bouncing the calorie intake I totally believe in that, I discussed it with my band surgeon, and he said doing so keeps the metabolism burning at a higher rate. He also said even if it was just a couple of bites, to eat first thing in the morning. For the same reason it amps the metabolic burn. When I would plateau, I would totally go off track for a day, eat whatever I wanted, and ignore calorie counts completely, then hit the straight and narrow for a couple of days and it usually helped. I was a pretty slow loser, but it was steady----and it worked!!! Good Luck!!! Kat
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You answered your own question......it came from the heart!!!! Kat
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What a scary place to be in Judy--of course you will be in my prayers---it is a done deal, and I will be keeping you close in heart. Both boys are lucky to have you. Kat
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Should LapBandTalk have forums for OTHER Weight Loss Surgeries?
Kat817 replied to Froggi's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
I have seen that as becoming more of a problem....but so far nothing that is out of control. As has been said most people come here to LAPBANDTALK to talk about Lap Bands. But recently someone will be asking a question concerning a future banding, or even someone with a band already in place, and here comes someone answering on a totally different procedure. Or promoting another type of surgery altogether, and I know those posts are deleted. On the main page there is an arrow at the top of each category of threads, click it and the entire group shrinks away from view. If you do not want to scroll through all the other weight loss thread categories, shrink them up and you don't see them at all. If you see someone posting as I mentioned above, alert one of us, or simply send it in as a reported post, and we can try to move it to more appropriate place. Unfortunately telling the poster this is a Lap Band board does no good whatsoever!!! That is when the tempers flare! In a perfect world, there would be a dozen more as wise and talented as Alex, and each surgery would have a board as good as LBT!!!! Til then, surely we can all get along. Kat -
You are so welcome! The best flying advice I can give is to pack light--you will be having to lift your case into an overhead bin----so if you do not HAVE to have it, leave it home!!! Those people won't see you each day, so plan to wear the same outfit home as you wear down for instance, minimize!!! The other suggestion would be for slip on shoes. Bending over to tie sneakers or similar shoes, is uncomfortable, and you have to take your shoes off to go through security. Slip ons are sooooo much simpler!!! My incisions were higher up on my belly---so the airplane seatbelt was not an issue. I DID ask for an extension on the way home, because I was sore and did not want anything tight. If you feel you might need one, ask for it AS YOU BOARD!! When they welcome you, ask for it right then, and they will hand it to you no problem. The people already boarded will be settling luggage and themselves in, and those waiting to board will be in line and unable to see anything. They are usually stowed right in a bin where you board, if you wait, you have to ask in front of all those seated, and then she has to go get it and deliver it in front of everyone! Ask for it as you board. Like I say the belt on the plane was not an issue, it was across my lower belly, but the car ride home....the shoulder belt come right across my incisions! You can either take a small pillow to cushion them, or you can get these large clips make to clip things to the fridge....and clip the seatbelt right where it comes out of the car on top, and leave some slack in it. That suggestion come from DH's cardiologist following his open heart surgery. He said it is strong enough to hold it from tightening, but not strong enough to keep it from working in case of an accident. Travelling was not a big deal.....I worried more about it than I needed to in the end. But that's how I am!!! Prepare for the worst, hope for the best!!! Kat
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Hi girls~ Laura, maybe verbalizing how she is not following her recovery plan, and until she does, you don't think she is up to babysitting would give her a recovery goal. Doubtful, but possible, it would also set an example of tough love for your parents. Girl, they must be sooooooooo proud of you and how you conduct your life, you are the one child they can breath easy over! Good for you! Well Suzanne, the escapees, are not from around here, although that does not mean they would not be around here. There were still 7 loose last night when I heard on the news, one having been picked up in TX already---which the area they escaped from is much closer to TX than to me. Our area is not someplace I would imagine them to go.....we have a large polic presence. They have a tri city area agreement, for instance a Farmington officer can stop me in Aztec, or Bloomfield ---or any other combination of those. Add to that--the town I live in is the county seat, so the Sheriffs office is located here, so all deputies going out, to patrol the county do so through here, and all of our main roads are state hiways----so the New Mexico State Police are out in force as well. So for a small area we are policed by 5 different entities. Now all that being said, we still have an enormous drunk driving problem. The escapees, might head for the reservation if they think they can fit in, as no one can touch them without Tribal ok. I am keeping the garage door locked, and the screen latched, and Kinsey is not allowed out alone. Better safe than sorry!! I understand they are all violent, and one is in for killing a child. Wierd but our newspaper has not run a single story about it, no pictures to study---nothing---makes me mad, such a sad excuse for a paper! Rick is still sick, he has it in his chest, and I am imagining he will go to the Dr. by tomorrow if it is not better. His Mom is making me crazy, she calls wanting to bring him medicine, and offering to make him soup......which is all fine, she IS his Mom, but she says she will do it, with the attitude that I won't. He has a pot of his very favorite soup in the fridge and a bowl at work with him----and I have a box full of medicine in the linen closet, I gave him several options, and he refused them all. And she told my DIL that he come over the other day to help his Dad do something and he ate like a starving man, and she even said it in front of him, that he ate an entire pan of cornbread, and he told her he did not he had 2 fairly small pieces! She told my DIL he did not want me to know he was eating bad food because I make him diet with me! She has dogged me non stop ever since my SIL and I got into it over the holidays----does not look like it is going to let up. She may not be happy with my wifely ways, but Rick seems to be, and she is careful not to say anything much in front of him controversial anymore, because he just leaves! He got my fridge fixed---I hope it knows it is OUT of Here in a few months! I am replacing it in a hurry!! I hate to do it, I wanted to replace the washing machine......but too bad! I Dr.'d Kinsey's ears---she just got them pierced, and I told her I would do it again just before she leaves to go to the dentist. She tells me, " I has to Dr my ears, and go to the dentist, I am SO busy!" Cracked me up! Well I have to get my housework done.....Catch y'all laterz! Loves ya lots Kat
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'bama bandiversary bash/baby shower!!
Kat817 replied to Teachlady's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Well Jane if that is your Airfare, I think we need a LIMO!!! LOL And yep we know you are not talking to yourself....ummhmmmm sure, we believe you......... Check sent today Terry!!! Kat -
Oh Betty! I am thinking of you and sent up a prayer for you! I hope it is a minor fix-----please let us know you are ok soon!!! Lots of Love headed your way for sure!!!! Everyone else, I will be back to catch up, just picked up Betty's message in email, and wanted her to know she was in my heart!!! I have had some sort of stomach virus, I am better now, but it put me out of commision for a couple of days. In the process, I actually made goal! I was planning to be up day and night celebrating, instead I was sick with worry I had slipped my band with all the vomitting! Yuck!! But I am back to me again, and all seems well--Thank God! I will check back in soon, welcome to the new ones. Michaele--hoping to hear good news on your tests soon!!! Kat
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Nah, TracyK I picture it a different way---------no longer will we be able to relax and sit around on the porch, Terry will be running a Violet Sweat Shop!! She will have us all out there teaching us how to do some minute part so she can simply add the genius to an item and ship it off!!! Can't you just picture it, all of us scrawny and starving.....hunched over the tables making jewelry!!! With Terry cracking the whip over us!!! LOL She better not even think of getting to famous in the jewelry making circles to forget us!!! Kat
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Recovery for me was quite easy. I understand the 2 Dr.'s you are considering, do have a different way of dealing with you as a patient. Mine kept me in the hospital for 2.5 days! Do I think I needed to be there that long? Probably not, but it was reassuring at the same time. I had my surgery on the morning of the 24th, and I left the hospital and flew home on the 26th. I was up and walking within a matter of 2 hours after surgery. I walked as much as I could---and I did not have a problem with it. My SIL and I were banded together, she is 12 years older than I am, and she did not want to walk so much, recovery for her was slower. Right after surgery they come in and put something in my IV, when I ask what it was they told me it was for pain, but I was not having pain, so I ask that they not give me anymore until I needed it. I never took anymore in my IV. They gave me a liquid pain medication for helping me sleep the first night, and after that I went totally to liquid Tylenol. He made sure I had pain medication filled before leaving, for my trip home. To get home on the 3rd day was an ordeal! There was first the 1.5 hour drive from the hospital to the airport----they provide the transportation. Then I had a 5 hour flight,with a layover in Phoenix, then another 3.5 hour drive home from the airport. When in Phoenix, I took a shot of liquid Tylenol, I had a killer headache, the person in the seat across from us on the flight home, had marinated in his cologne, and it was horrid!! But by the time I made it home, I was exhausted, and I went to bed!!! I was afraid I would have to sleep in the recliner, but I was so tired, I propped up in my bed, and slept hard!!! I continued to walk as much as possible, but quickly got back to my normal life. We were in the process of remodeling a home for my oldest DD---and I was soon back to making Home Depot or Lowes runs! I babysit for her daughter who was 15 months old at the time, and for a couple of weeks I would hold her hand and let her climb up in the chair by me, or into her highchair, or carseat----I did not directly lift her immediately. But she is a little thing, so I was soon back to normal duty with her as well. I have read posts from patients who had a rough recovery, lots of pain, and lots of gas issues. I was extremely lucky, I would call my immediate post op uncomfortable, but never any REAL PAIN. I have dealt with some serious pain in my past, and this surgery was a cakewalk compared. I would do it any day of the week rather than have a root canal done again!!! Compared to my hysterectomy, or my experience with chemo, this was a day in the park......it was a simple recovery for me. I was not doing anywhere near the physical things you are!!! I began exercising seriously about 50 pounds post op. I would bet you will do fine. I am sure the Dr. will have meds ready for you, if you do experience more post op pain. The gas is something that cannot be foretold----just depends how much of it gets left behind after "inflating" you!!! Good Luck! Kat
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Michelle, I agree with what others have said....you need someone to talk to, not a friend, not even just us, someone who puts your need to get it all out first. That is not to slight your family or your obligations to the family, that you took on willingly. But someone you can speak totally candidly to, who will not make snap judgements of you or those you speak of! The advantage of a stranger, is that they don't interact with the people in your life. If DH does something that drives you up a wall or if in some way you ever felt he held you back, and you say that to a friend or your Mom, they of course from then on, look at DH a bit differently! A therapist is going to get you to look at it in a whole new way, and work with what is ---not what might have been. Since I am in the pschyo therapy mood, I will tell you all of the breakthrough I made last night---2+ years down the road!!! I took my grandsonto our friends for some ice cream, and while we were there, I run into a girl I went to school with. This girl was morbidly obese by the time she hit school, and remained that way--and is still that way today. She was a good friend to most of our class, and was well liked, not the subject of ridicule like some kids are. Well she ask me how I lost so much weight! I think she was more surprised I had gained it than that I had lost it----because I was always skinny in school! So I told her I had lap band surgery. She ask if I had problems, I told her no. She ask me where I had it done, I told her Mexico. Then she ask me "Weren't you scared?" And I told her not really that I had reached a point of being more scared of doing nothing than of doing something like that. And I went WOW! It just kind of flowed off of my tongue, but it was sooooo true. I was more scared of being diabetic, and housebound than I was to face lap band surgery! She says her DH would no way approve. So I may have overstepped myself, but he is crippled from what appears to be severe scoliosis.....so I ask her----if there was a surgery available that might straighten his back---would he want it? Would she want him to have it? Because whether he realizes it or not the excess weight is just as disabling, and there are options. I noticed on my caller ID when I come in from town, she called, but she did not leave a message. So I am unsure whether to call her or just wait for her to call again. I was afraid I made her mad! I just get really tired of hearing that so and so---someone else would not approve! Yet if it were them, I bet they would! Terry, like I say, you are gonna get buried in orders, your talent is showing!!!! We took a ride, was so nice, but hot......oh my! My part for the dang fridge, went up almost $20!!!! I swear come the first of the year, I am replacing the fridge! Well I need to get Kinsey up, and get her hair pulled up, so she can be ready for dance class. Will check in on you loverlies in awhile!! Kat
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Morning girls~ Tracy, Macy looked adorable, and you may have had a meltdown, but it looked like Mom and Dad were being totally supportive. In the one picture of her back, where you see the bus coming down the road, I could FEEL her little heart pounding, part fear, part excitement! What a Sweetie!!! Rick went to work, but says he is gonna hole up in his office, and just do computer work, so far I believe part of that.....he is holed up in his office on the computer, he has sent me a dozen emails----how much work is getting done? Who cares!!!! He has a terrible chest cold. So of course it is worse than anyone else ever had EVER! LOL, he is not a whiner, he always answers he is fine if you ask him, but when he has a new shop and instead opts to ride the recliner, I know he is really feeling bad! I worked with the PTO group at the kids schools for over a decade......finally when the last one hit high school, and the only school I personally had any involvement in was one where the dean of students and I could NOT get along, I quit!!! Was such a relief to get kids out of school. Now let me tell you girls.....kids starting school, starting college....been there done that! My son has a birthday in a couple of weeks and he will be 29! Do you realize that is a mere year away from him being 30??? Not sure which of us that is hitting harder! LOL Then Manda the year behind him, and Abbey the year after that! I have to go to Maytag today and buy another valve for my fridge, it has been such a lemon! This is the 4th time we have replaced this valve. It is where the water comes into the fridge for the ice maker and the water out the door. It weakens due to the constant pressure surges of filling the ice trays----and when it gets weak, it leaks! Allowing water to just run into the freezer, and we open up to an iceburg! And it also leaks out the valve on the front of the door, as the main valve is just not shutting off anymore. The fridge is a GE, and I like it other than that---but at $70 a pop X4-----------I probably should just replace the dang thing, but you know me, cheapskate that I am!!! Good Luck Jane---------I'll be thinking of you! Suzanne---it is really hard dealing with a sibling with mental deficiencies. My brother can be so trying at times! He is not one who wants to rely on anyone, he has the attitude and reactionary level of a young teenage boy max. And you all know how teenage boys know everything.....so does he, all the time. And unlike Suzannes sister, he remembers telling you everything---and reminds you you already had this conversation....ahhhhh just spend some quality time with a 13 year old boy, who is allowed to live on his own, has his own spending money, his own transportation ( I will say he is a SUPER driver, no tickets, no accidents, super curteous).....and then try to reason with them!! Like nailing jello to the wall as they say! Ain't gonna happen!!! Michelle, you are an awesome PTA prez!!! I wanna go hang out in your teachers lounge-------I could do inventory control! Well I am off to (oh the fun) pay some bills, so I can go to town and do the part run, then stop and go riding, I have not been on my horse in almost a week, I am weak from withdrawals!!!! BBL~~ Kat
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Long busy day. Had fun with Becky, we just don't do that often enough. My husband is a typical sick male......need I say more??? So IF the world does not end over night, I will catch up with everyone tomorrow!!! Kat
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At the hospital I was at in Mexicali, there was always someone who spoke English there, in fact the only ones who did not communicate with me in English, were the custodial staff. I was assured there would always be someone there who spoke English, and as it turned out, most all of them did, even if it was a bit broken. The day I checked in, they gave us a sheet that had Emergency words in Spanish.....so if I said Dolor----pain----anyone there knew to get me some help. That kind of thing. One of the head nurses at the time, was quite a character, his name was Sergio, and he loved practicing his English, and wanted to know all the current slang----he kept us laughing, even when it hurt! The only place at all that was any problem, was for my DH, he went with me, and the cafeteria did not have anyone who spoke English, but they worked it out, he pointed at pictures, and with limited words from each of them in the other language, he made it without starving!!! I am sure with Dr. Rumbaut, he does so many American surgeries, it would be a similar situation. I did try to keep in mind when going shopping that I was in Their country, and tried to do my best with their language, which I have not even attempted to speak since high school, and most of the words I knew then were the bad ones!!! Language really was not a barrier. Dr. Aceves was a great guy, I had no negatives from the experience at all. A good friend was done by Dr. Rumbaut, and she liked him just fine. She went with another friend to Mexicali at a later date to be banded, and Dr. Aceves did a fill for her, and he had no problem----so apparantly the Dr.'s get along just fine. Good Luck in your decision, I think you would be fine with either Dr. I did lots and lots of research when I made my decision, and both of these Dr.'s headed my list. Kat
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Off with Becky for girl time! Pedicures and shopping on the agenda. Still feeling good, whew!! Eating without issue. I always panic and think band, rather than thinking a normal virus!!! Will be back afterwhile! Hugs~ Kat
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Denise, they are adorable!!! You must have known you would be posting so many adorable pics to choose your name!!! j/k we all know you are adorable too!!! Michelle, glad you had a chance to unwind and have fun with your friend, we all need that from time to time. I think it is time!!! Well I looked around, and it looks like my flight is going to be about $500.00. More than I had hoped! Gonna keep watch and see if I can catch it any cheaper, and check with my DD see if she has any deals she can get. Some friends of ours just opened a travel agency as well, so might call them and see what they could do for me, or at least put them on the watch as well. We did not lift a single bale of hay!!! Glory BE!!! We opened gates, and hung around, and Rick rode the trailer for awhile talking to his friend stacking the hay---I played with my grandson, and we come home! Was the easiest hay I ever did!!! He got the second coat of paint on the shop floor, now we have to wait for it to dry to begin the wiring, etc. It will have phone lines and cable as well, so lots of wiring to do!! Heaven forbid he should miss a football game while he is working on a bike!!! Well Iam off to bed. See y'all tomorrow!! Kat
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'bama bandiversary bash/baby shower!!
Kat817 replied to Teachlady's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Heck it scares me to book, with all the bankrupt airlines!!! Seriously though, almost all of us had our stuff changed between booking and flying last time, so I imagine it will again. I have not looked into it, I know they are on the news all the time about the new luggage charges, and charging for Snacks and drinks, and everything imaginable. But I can live without their 7/up and peanuts!!! Or the muffin they gave us last time!!! It actually ended up in a bag left in the fridge in the bathroom in the Judges Chambers in Gruene!!! LOL I figure I will likely book around the first of the year. They are blaming the high ticket prices on fuel charges, and they are going up, even though the cost of fuel is actually going down---so who the heck knows??!! I will likely do the same, of flying in on Thursday and out on Monday. From Albuquerque, to Huntsville. How exciting!!! Terry--will get you a check for the deposit sent off Monday. Don't want you to get hit with extra interest or anything on your card. Well......as I said in the main thread, hay beckons....fun, fun, fun! Kat -
Well I am feeling much more positive tonight! I had some late lunch, right after Rick got home, we run down to the little Mexican place here in town we love so much. I ate a taco, and a few bites of beans and a few bites of papas----less than 1/4 cup combined----but ate it all with no pain, and no vomiting. So I am feeling confident, I had just not allowed enough time for the swelling to subside. What a relief I feel at eating normally again! I kept the amount small, and I chewed like CRAZY!!! I come home and have had 2 more bottles of water, and am feeling quite normal! Thank you so much for all the happiness today! It still seems kind of unreal. On the way out of the restaurant, Rick tells me "it's about time for new pants, those are too big" And they are!!! I might actually get happy about this yet!! Jane, my grand total is in my ticker. My start weight was 289, and I lost about 6 pounds the 10 days before surgery on my pre op diet, the rest has just slowly come off. I was 184 the day of my TT, and it has been a wierd up and down ever since! I am still swelling pretty bad especially at night, or when I mess with it---like if I wear tight pants over that muscle ridge, it swells instantly! Or when the Dr. probes around, it puffs right on up--but like to get up first thing in the morning, he says is the best indicator of what the final result will be, and it is smooth, and I have mostly equal curves. Still seems strange not to have a belly!! I seldom drink, although that was not the case in Gruene!!! So I have not really explored how it hits my band. Hmmmmmm does that mean a case study needs to be done???? Well the sun is setting so we are off to buck bales----guess I will burn some calories since I managed to take them in!!! I honestly plan on driving though----not bucking. I usually take advantage and work it, but just gonna take it easy today. Rick is even talking about going out, and opening gates and all, and observing, not doing---what a shock, but he is coming down with a cold, and does not feel good himself. I would be SOOOOO happy if he would actually do that!! I mean we sold the hay in the field, they are responsible for the pick up----but he usually helps and one of us is always there to watch our irrigation system does not get run over or ruined in any manner. I am goign to encourage the watch idea!!! Well I am August Ms. Denny's......so it is only fitting this is when I meet goal. I picked my goal weight, because it is the high end of normal. I am no longer even considered overweight by the BMI scale, I am now high end normal. Probably only normal thing about me truth be known!!! Only way I think I want to be normal!! Such a relief girls not to feel my stomach!!! Sounds silly, but for the last several days I could feel it all the time, it hurt, it burned, and I was just uncomfortable, not in serious pain, mostly just nauseated, and a feeling of discomfort----and now gloriously nothing----just like it is supposed to be!!! YAY!!! That means I do not have to drink any more Ensure in the morning. Whew!!! Will check in when we get back.... Kat
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Well I am home....we left to go yard saling, hit 2 of them, I bought little Tball bats for Connor. Rick is playing on the company softball team again--- me too for that matter---but anyway, he sees us and he wants to play, so I bought him 3 little bats, one aluminum, one wood, and one foam covered one, so if he cannot behave with the others he will still have a bat. We looked at one other, and then we said to heck with it, and went and got us a slushie, sat at Sonic in the car and yacked for awhile, then decided to be proactive, so we went to the Riverwalk, and walked for a couple of miles, we did the short loop and it is just under 2 miles. It is a shaded, walk way along the Animas River, you cross on foot bridges at the end for the short loop---or you can do a full 5 miles.....or for that matter we could have walked all the way home....but we didn't!!! That was like 14 miles! I used to do a 20 mile walk once each summer for the March of Dimes when I was young, don't think I could do it again. And to think at the time my only concern was to look good, and how to avoid only getting sunburned on one side of my body!!! Now I would fret about my shoes, and comfort first!! LOL Thanks for the good wishes, it seems unreal. For over 2 years I have had this for a goal, and now it is here, it is kind of anticlimatic.....dunno why. My Ensure stayed down, and I have had 2 bottles of water, and some slushie. I just took one of Kinsey's Bugles out of the bowl she left and ate it.....so far so good. Got the rest of Rick's paint while I was in town, so he can finish painting his floor. When it comes to his shop---my DH is a neat freak. He wants to be able to clean any spills, not have them soak in, or stain! He is VERY good about cleaning up after himself in general, but when working, he is overboard!!! LOL TracyK--hoping and praying all is well with you --- hang in there girl! Suzanne--I sure do wish you were going with us, is there a problem we could help with in any way?? Well I was going to get all my personals done, but Rick just pulled up, so I am going to catch him to unload the car!!! BBL~~ Kat
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Morning girls, Well I am a bit scared, and need you all to be praying for me and my band. I cannot eat without feeling terribly sick to my stomach! I am hoping it is still residual swelling from the virus I had, but you know how it is, everything that could cause harm causes me to be afraid! I did not eat much of anything yesterday, sipped on slushie all day thinking the cold would help with the swelling, tried to eat dinner, and hold it down for as long as possible to get some nutrition, and it didn't stay down. So this morning, I did something I said I would never do again-----I had an Ensure for breakfast. And it has stayed down, I feel no pain, no back up nothing. Following chemo and living on Ensure for so long, I swore I would never let the stuff pass my lips again!!! But, this is a day I thought I would celebrate, and instead I am a bit fearful of it. I woke up this morning to see my goal weight on the scale. I did it. I realize now, I do need to lose a bit more, maybe another 10 pounds--------wish I could choose where to lose it from!!! But all in all, I did it. I am at my goal weight. BUT I lost the last several pounds in just 2 days, because I am not eating! That is not healthy! I have maintained the course ever since being banded, that my priority was health--not just weight loss, and not eating, is not healthy. So I seriously want to maintain my health, and not get this far only to be puny!!! So wish me luck!!!! Shop looks amazing!!! Rick got part of the floor painted last night. I have a feeling we will not be going anywhere, and y'all will see a lot of me, as he is going to be working out there all the time!!! He has wiring to do (my Dad is an electrician so that helps), and shelving to install, and his air compressor to install, he has grand plans!!! He is soooo happy with it though! Well I am going to go yard saling with a friend. We don't get together often, she and her DH just split up and divorced suddenly not long ago, and he and Rick were good friends. He moved back to Ohio. They were the ones who own the ice cream shop I refer to. Anyway she called and ask me this morning if I wanted to go with her---so I figured why not!! I am so PROUD of your first outside sale Terry----now you know for sure it is not just your friends telling you how good you are, you really do have amazing talent!! Yay You!! Will be back in awhile...... Kat
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'bama bandiversary bash/baby shower!!
Kat817 replied to Teachlady's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
LOL Jane you crack me up!!! I have not begun to check into flights yet--guess I should do that! Kat