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It worked Photonut!!! LOL tks for the bump!

Welcome......you'll get so much useful info here!

The band looks good on you K@t!

Lisa...when do you get banded... Susan...tomorrow is your big day!!!!!! You'll do great.

Welcome Joyce...you'll like this place; it has helped me immensely!

way to go Patti.....lets all enjoy our journey!

Okay...now that is CREEPY.....just an hour after my post I had a little visit to the royal throne and made a deposit!! YAYYYYY!!!! hehe...I wonder if this is the sort of sense of accomplishment I felt when I was going thru potty trg??!!! Look ma!!!!!! tks for your advice all!

Very cute!!! Mmmmm Mmmmm ummm...errr....so, when is dinner??? *smacks lips*. eep..sorry...I've been on liquids too long!!!! :bananadoggywow:

Hi....this is my first time reading about a gift exchange thingy. I just have a couple of questions (didn't really find the answers when I did a search). Are they anonymous? Is that the point? Also...is there a monetary limit? And finally.....can the gifts be anything?

Holy crap man, I can't believe how irritable I've been over the last two days (banded on 21 Apr). I mean, realllllllllllllllly irritable...anything and everything is sending me over the edge. My husband is the most sweetest, gentlest, kindest, loving person and he has been (& is) so incredibly supportive going out of his way and going above and beyond for me (as he always does!) and yet I WANT TO BITE HIS HEAD OFF FOR NO REASON. I know it is because he is the only one around (no kids) and I feel "safe" with him...but I feel like such a rotten person when I bite at him. He sooooooooooooo does not deserve it. I just feel on the edge of exploding ALL the time for the last couple of days. What is WITH that? I know, some of you will say it is because of the lack of food etc...but I've had this "lack of food now" since 7 Apr (2 week pre-op liquid diet). Did any of you develop this extreme irritability? And if so, plse tell me it goes away sooooooon.

LOL @ Big Paul!

Dragonwillow: I can relate to your eldest daughter. My sister (only 18 mos older) is 5'10" (I am 5'5") and she weight about 120 lbs. Our physical makeup is EXACT opposite. Growing up, I was the athletic one (always playing one sport or another) and she was a slug. I was always careful about what I ate (I didn't like desserts) and she would eat pizza after pizza and have bannana splits every night. Yet, I would gain and gain and she would forever stay slim and slender. It was frustrating because I did all the right things and she didn't. Despite sharing the same genetics, it really says a lot about metabolism. I would always beat myself up over it. Then, once I found out about my hormonal and chemical limbalance issues, it all made sense to me....but of course I didn't learn all that until I was in my 30s. Even today she is the same size she was at 14. The only thing I could "hold" over here was that I had boobs (& brains!!) whereas to this day she still can hardly fit into a trg bra. If it is an issue with your daughter, just try to explain to her that it isn't necessarily that she is doing something wrong.....it helps is she can understand the biological mechanics behind it all. Whew, sorry...I just wanted to say I could relate to her!! LOL.... Good luck.

Good for you Amourette!!!! Hey Alison...glad you are back home!! (Hehe)....yes, I was banded only 1 day before you...so we're sorta on the same schedule. GREAT NEWS EVERYONE: I woke up this morning and I was sleeping on my TUMMY!!! WHOOOOOOOOOO HOooooooooooooooooooo I loooove sleeping on my tummy!! That's gotta be a good sign!!! :clap2:

Kirstin, my doc told me to avoid actual ab workouts for 3-6 weeks and then it would be fine. Personally, I would give it a little longer...but not 3 mos!!

3 mos??? No, that is ridiculous. My doc said just don't do any ab exercises for 4-6 weeks. And, you can start exercising as soon as you feel better (ie. walking etc)....even just after a few days/a week. Just be careful with heavy lifting and don't do any crunches for 4-6 weeks!!

You're on your way K@t!!!! Way to go!!!!:clap2:

Just had it for the first time ever and let me say.................... GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSS eewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww it better work after the one dose cause I don't think I can handle it AGAIN.

*smacking lips*....the aftertaste is still really grossing me out....even after I brushed my teeth. Maybe I should have double dosed....since I really don't want to do this again! blech.....

I don't have any children but I can relate from the perspective as being the daughter. My mom used to be a lot bigger than she is now; not morbidly obese but bigger. She is now about a size 12/14 (and also in her late 60s). When she was in about her mid 50's (I would have been in early 30s) her and my dad just completely changed their lifestyle and their habits and she ended up losing quite a bit of weight and has successfully kept it off (just leading a healthier life). Though I was always happy for her...deep down I was slightly irritated that my own mother was now a smaller size than me (and due to my constant weight gain she is now a MUCH smaller size than me). But I never let her know that so as not to hurt her feelings....it was just frustrating because no matter what I did I couldn't get the same outcome. We never talked about it though. (but we have never been super close). Once I had some medical issues diagnosed I felt better (in a sense) because I knew that I was fighting some medical issues that made it so much more difficult for me and it helped...having that explanation. She is aware of these issues and has always been supportive. I would suggest you have a heart to heart with your daughter (if you haven't already) and tell her how you feel and that you don't look at this as a competition in any way and that you are doing it just to be healthy. You know, that you aren't getting any joy about getting into "Her" clothes size...that your joy is centered around being healthy. Plus you could gently remind her that if she can make some healthy changes to her lifestyle now (if that is indeed a problem) then she can make positive changes to and not have to be faced with such a hard decision like you were....etc etc.... Of course it all depends on how close your relationship is. Good luck though, I know it can be a difficult thing. I wish my mom and I had been able to talk about it better back then but it was not to be. I still haven't told her about the surgery...but only because she is out of the country on a trip and I didn't want her to worry...I'll tell her when she gets back . I know she'll be happy & supportive of me (as much as she can considering she lives on the other side of the country from where I do). Don't know if any of that helped...but that was my limited experience from the DD view! What

Okay, here's the scoop. I was banded 4 days ago. It is 6:30 pm where I am right now and here is what I have put into my mouth today: 8:00 am: medication (teeny pieces swallowed with small sips of water) 8:10 am: 1/2 cup Water with Protein powder (sipped slowly) 11:10 am: 1 single stick nf fudgsicle 1:30 pm: 1/4 cup chicken consomme Also, throughout today I've had 15 ml of liquid gravol (on two occasions), 2 gas X chewables and 15 ml of children's liquid tylenol...and of course I've sipped on propel all day (vitamin enriched water) I feel like it should be time for "supper"....yet physically, I don't feel like I can swallow anything....I haven't even been able to sip some water for the last 2 hrs. I don't know if I feel "full" or if it is something else going on. I feel pressure/fullness (lack of a better term) right beneath my breastbone (beneath one of my incisions...I don't even know if that is my port location...not sure WHERE my port is!). Anyways, this "pressure" is making me anxious....I'm afraid to eat (as I said, I don't think I physically can swallow anything right now). I don't know what indigestion feels like, so don't know if that is what this is...(but, how could I have eaten enough for that to have happened anyways?). I'm thinking I haven't eaten near enough...last couple of days I've had only about 300 calories per day (if I'm lucky). Yesterday I got 40 g of protein...today only 20 (at breakfast). I guess I need to know...is this normal? This pressure/pain thing happening now? Is it "normal" for it to be making me unable to eat (drink)this soon?. Should I be concerned. I thought I had all this stuff "down" after all the reading I've done in here but now that I'm experiencing this pressure feeling....I'm getting anxious. I think it is the golfball (?) but how is that possible considering what I've oulined above that I've had all day? Should I force down some supper (ie. Protein Drink?). I'll stop rambling now. I look forward to any advice; I've grown to rely on this board so much (maybe too much!). Tks all.

:angry eeep....fat cells never die??? Ohhhh, the agony of having that knowledge! I'm envisioning wee little soldiers in my body shooting their AK47s at the fat cells and screaming at them: "DIE YOU #$#$%#$@ DIE!!" Oh well, I guess I'll just have to be happy with shrinking cells..... And, oh yes Elisabeth, I'm planning PLENTY of ways to say thank you to my husband!!! :Banane33:

Thank you Lety & Janet!

That is AWESOME Mary!! Good for you. I'm looking forward to some NSVs one day!!!

I'm sure others with more experience can answer that better than I. I just know that vomiting soon after being banded is NOT good.....I think slippage can also be caused by overeating??? Not sure though. But I certainly wanted my band to get in place and heal well and not slip due to any unecessary vomiting, that is for sure!

Keep up the good work MelAnne! I got a fill date on the day of my surgery (2 Jun)...which happens to be exactly 6 weeks to the day of my surgery! It seems so far away! By then, I'll only have started experimenting with solid food for one week.