gillian

Thankyou for your advice...and i will be making appointment with nurse or doc for 10 days after then!..i hope you have a great xmas anyway, and dont forget to keep us up to date with your weight loss in the new year!..Gillian x

Hi lilykay, hope your feeling better by the day..can you feel the restriction yet?..one question you could answer me...what type of stitches do they do?...and when do they tell you go for them taking out?..is it just your GP who does that?..cos was thinking of booking in advance cos it takes about 3 weeks to get an appointment with mine..Hope you can manage a little bit of a treat at christmas?! and have a good one, and a slimmer new year!

Ha! I will say its a cultural sightseeing trip then...when david will get tobacco!!..cos I know he will be getting loads anyway...I would love to look round brussels, so what will people say when they see no photos?!..Ill have to send david out with camera..but hed just take daft photos of sports cars and tool shops and stuff!. Yes was thinking of saying i was going for day surgery to the hallamshire like what david did...the big plaster and stitches are all in the right place to be a kosha keyhole hernia op..I hope!.. I think we ought to pre book appointments with doctor Babs for as soon as back for getting stitches out etc too?..still giggling to myself about the thought of you on a booze cruise!! Brian would be so proud of you!!

Oh no its not!!... I cant chicken out, I would never forgive myself, but its a once in a lifetime thing that will be lifechanging..and yes the anaesthetic worries me too cos of how i am after it..hopefully they can control that though, sounds like good care in the hospital from what i hear though so thats reassuring,hope language isnt a barrier too much though. X

Nice curry last night wasnt it...well be sharing a little one after the op!. hope we do as well as fox...and lilykay has done extraordinarily well..and you can go to your party 8 days after and no one will suspect.. I am going to tell em at work that i am going on a weekend booze and tobbacco trip to belgium with you and friends, then that i am having a small op on the monday to repair a hernia..and ill be back to work in a week but have to be carefull with lifting....do you think that sounds believable!!..I know if i tell em it might get round pub and to Brian...who i def dont wanna know! I prob will have to tell em in 6 months or so,but dont wanna tell em yet esp with money and work situation at mo..you know what theyre like they will think im selfish..what you telling work?

yes, im well thanks just busy with christmas at moment..I am starting to get nervous about the band, and i keep having dreams about missing the plane or losing the money/suitcase/passport etc etc!. me and sisters and blokes went out for curry (mmm) then pub quiz last night..kids were at my brothers and wifes out in the sticks for the night, they get a lot of attention there and can feed animals on the farm, so its nice they are going there when i go for op...just dont know what im gonna do with my naughty dogs yet!..were going to pantomime tonight in town..its Alladin. sisters,neice and their grandkids and my youngest Sam who is 5..should be lovely and christmassy! got to get some last min stuff today and tomorrow..fox and lilykay are doing so well, im so pleased for them..hope we are the same! ill be thinking of the two being banded tomorrow, and looking forward to them reporting back!..I really hope theyre not too bad for christmas..especially as they are flying back a day earlier than they should be too..hope theyre ok. Im worrying more about getting the money together now than the op..Im looking forward to it and am excited..but still nervous..I hope i wont chicken out at last mo...dont let me will you!?..Ill be fine until it comes to going down to the op and anaesthetic...bet ill be bricking it then!!..Gillian x

thanks lilykay..you really have done brilliant!..glad youve not had too much pain..and its hard work keeping a 3 year old from using you as a trampoline!, hopefully the new slim you and her will be bouncing about together come the summer!.take care and a happy christmas and slimmer new year to you! x

Hi wishfull, Fox is doing great isnt she!..it will be 3 weeks and 4 days for us now!..its gonna zoom!. I hope we do as well as her...and what about lilykay!!..she seems to have had a good recovery if you read her post ! hope were like that! think i have got my xmas shopping done now, just been down town and it was empty, expected it to be buzzing!..going out for curry tonight, will have a good stuff!...i love curry with a passion and cant give that up..me and bigsister will have to share a korma i think on saturday nights after banding. hope youve had a nice weekend..and by the way, i never did find that mag you said about with the band story in it..bet its too late now, youll have to take it to belgium with you, ill read it on plane! x

Thanks TC!..glad your feeling better now and hope you have a good old drink over christmas and the new year!...Youll be a wow at the next christmas party in your LBD, never mind missing this one!...yes I got the same as you.."big is beautifull", and "size doesnt matter", and "you always look smart"..and the old favourite "it doesnt matter what size you are,at least your happy"...well I wasnt and i told em that but they didnt believe me!. Aarghh!..I will show em next year! anyway...happy christmas to you all, and best of luck to miss flump and tropical lagoon..cant wait to hear from you next week. Gillian x

Hi Lilykay!!...well done, you seem to have had a good recovery!! thats great, im sure im going to be a big mardy bum for days or even weeks after!...see how long i can get away with it for anyway!..are you home now?..thanks for the tips you have given, and ill be looking forward to that barium x ray drink!!!. I hope you are able to have a bit to eat at christmas?..or at least a turkey smoothie!..and wish you the best with your weight loss! Gillian x

I want to wish all the best to miss flump and tropical lagoon!!!..I will be thinking of you and hope everything goes to plan and you can be at least comfortable for christmas..dont forget to stock up on every type of painkiller possible to get you through xmas...hope youll be feeling a lot better for new year...look how well fox is doing after a week!...anyway best of luck and get back to the forum and give us all the details as soon as you feel up to it!!.:smile2:Gillian xx

Wow, you sound like your recovering really well now!!..pleased to hear it!...that settee nearly cost as much a s your surgery!!!..anyway, i hope your well settled down for christmas and im sure it will be all so worth it, just think of us who still have it to come! x

were they my joggers once?!

Bigsister what am i gonna do!!??.. I cant shout for few weeks after op!!..Fox gave me that tip, and said dont be around anyone who irritated you either David and kids will think i am turning nice, cant have him thinking that now..Hmm..I shall record myself and play it when needed, and sometimes when not needed, just so they dont get used to it! ..I can see i will end up bursting my stitches!:biggrin:

Hi Fox..glad your feeling better now ill remember what you said about the different tablets etc....my suitcase will be like a mobile chemist!..well, better safe than sorry!. I have to get my husband to do my bikini line too....but cos i cant see it!!..hope next year that ill be able to do it myself!! and paint and cut my toenails etc too! I shall try my best to keep away from my kids, and david arguing then too, but shouting is my best hobby, ill have to start flower arranging or summat instead till its healed enough?!.I will be done 4 weeks today...just cant wait to get it over and done with now x

hi wishfull...well, which one is that gonna be then?!? we will leave it up to them!!..anyway this time in 4 weeks well all be done wont we!!..its flying, Im really busy with xmas stuff at mo,Im glad or i might get too scared!.yes i have been looking at clothes today, and i was thinking same as you!..i still have my jeans in 18s and 16s from last year,hopefully ill be back in them in couple of months!.cant fit in my 20s now!..bought some nice knickers for after op today though but thats as far as im going!..oh gonna get some posh ones incase dr chris sees em for during op too!!..x

Oh no!...i hope your still getting em for me tho?..have you seen them at meadowhall on the lanes?!..only seen little thongs that can be printed though..can only fit one word on em...you could fit the whole of war and peace on the size id need!..so dont get me a thong cos it would get lost and id have to have an op to get it surgicly removed first anyway. oh, and can you get me a big selection box too please

OMG!...im trying my hardest not to go to youtube to watch those videos...that would freak me out!...but its one of those things that you wanna,but dont wanna watch!..ill go behind a cushion and watch it, like i used to scooby doo!..no ill watch em when i come back!!.

Ooh im glad someone asked that question!!..knickers!.. Im gonna wear a big pair of pink ones with 'I love dr chris' on the front then...or 'do not remove these knickers' or summat ill get some printed up!...i would hate not to have any knickers on!

thats great..thankyou flirtylass!..I have a much better picture of what happens now..its like going into the unknown which scares me, so all your information was valuable, thanks!..PS hope your doing well after your surgery?! how long have you been banded now, and how much have you lost? Gillian x

she darent answer now dare she!! x

Ill show her...ill blunt her injection first! gillian x

shes a right cow this bigsister..! I dont mind the mars bar thing cos thats true!...but to say i have all this time on my hands,and text all day!!!..I would swap my job for hers, today i got kids up, dressed breakfasted, did my cleaning job at pub, stayed behind to help set out tables for funeral party,came home did pots,put washing in, wrapped about 30 of the 100 presents i have to wrap in the loft, walked to school to get kids, did kids tea,refereed a fight over the wii, did our tea, took one child down to church to school play, came back did some cards,fetched one child back.refereed another fight,got kids to bed, made 2 dozen mince pies (with brandy)..did kids lunch boxes for tomorrow,cleaned dogs wee off kitchen floor, made party food for other childs class party tomorrow.....then i sat down!....and that was my easy day!..tomorrow i have to be in 2 places at once with gym club, football training and cubs overlapping!...she doesnt know shes born!..she just sits at a desk saying..."computer says no". all day!...gillian x

Hi Fox/ bytheseaside/flirtylass, all the other post bandsters..heres one for you!!..how long do you reckon your in the operating theatre in total?.. do you know how many patients dr chris does in one day? do you get a pre med or do you walk to theatre?..ok then, that was more than one question! thanks Gillian x

Hi wishfull, yes i do the same after surgery too, low blood pressure, it seems quite normal for me that though as my blood pressure is on the low side anyway..but it makes you very tired and dizzy. also, Im always sick after surgery too, its the anaesthetic, but they give me a injection after here and it goes very quick so i will tell em that beforehand, cos you should try not to be sick as much as poss, as you can imagine. yes well leave it up to doctor chris who hes gonna do first then!.op only takes 20 mins or so apparantly, and then with stitching up etc, prob about an hour??...(Ill ask the others) so we should all be done within a morning or afternoon if he just does one after the other?!. x