54Shirley

Hi Every body! Mary: glad you are back. Hope you feel better soon. Shirley...

Julia: Keep in touch. This is Shirley from Saint Clair Shores, Mi..

I eat like that all the time. I have too, otherwise,, I could not swallow a thing.Everything is dry, and it won't go down. This way a little moisture makes it possible to eat. Otherwise by now???? I'd either be under 90lbs., or dead.wich ever comes first. Their is a problem with the Thyroid, so I can't swallow.

Sonia: Thanks for the thought on that old dog. {gonna get a white Boxer/a black patch on her eye. Like the little rascals. Her eyes are blue}. Chrispy: talk to me about the head hunger. I spent about 1 week munching on this and that, and finally I said eanough. I joined a Gym today and started putting my head to better uses. Christine: hope you feel better soon. Mary: I didn't get back home untill today. So get back when you can. Jdru: I can relate to the first part anyway, but mine was everything. I got my act together though. I do believe I need a fill. For now I have to deel with it. losingjusme: I hear, and feel what you are saying. Sounds to me like a lot of us are in the same boat. the good thing is,,, it's not sinking.. Amen! Shirley...

Good Stuff!! Isn't it Raynie?

Clue me in on how to fix the -uckin thing!!! Hope all had a Pleasent Easter.I no I did. Raynie I wear a 18 weight is 204. "some cloths it's a 16, but I'm not countin that yet. I'm goin by Jean size" So with Chic it's 18 w.p. We B.B.Q.'d for Easter up north, and had family over Ribs, Chicken,Steak, Smoked, and Fresh Kilbasa on the Grill. Smoked, and Fresh in Sourkrout. Whew!!Then potato salad, and macaroni salad. I felt ike I was cooking for the Army.It was nice untill some one had 2 much 2 drink,,, and,,, well they had to leave.It kinda put a damper on the whole thing. It pissed me off.. I cooked for 2 days to make every one happy. It won't happen again. If they bring the drunk, then they can turn around and take them selves back. Our oldest dog 16yrs. we took him up, and he had a ball, he ran so much, and he ate so much it was un real. Turned out as they say it was his last hoora!!! He wore himself out, layed down in my family room, and in about 15 minutes his heart stopped, and we burried him in his trees that he loved. That was on Saturday.:think Other then all this b.s., we had a reel nice time. Hope your's was better then mine. Shirley...

Happy Easter to you all!!!I'll be up north untill Mondaylooking foreward to this.Probably be back Monday.Enjoy the Holiday. Shirley

Cmon raynie: Remember all good things come in time. I no it sounds like bull!,,butttt,,,, it's very true. Give yourself a chance and some time., and yes you will see a diference. We all didn't do this for nothing!Even me, I went out the other day and got a new dew..No more perm for me "curls" my hair is straite, short, and some cute cuts in the front they look like small spikes comeing down and around my forehead.It's cute! don't think I lost any weight, but, changed my look. what ever works for this old lady "$hiiittt"LOL. So get it together, do what you wanna do. and don't worry about some body else. easy off is easy back on.

You no it will all come back + more. That's the way it always goes. She has probably joined the STARVATION NATION! If that's the case, she'll get tired of that $hit, and on the weight will come. I keep sayin,,, all in time..

Sue: What size is your band? Mine is a 4cc band, with only 1cc in it. I would like another fill, but my doc say's no more then 1lb. a week should come off, so I'm right were I should be. Still a long way to go. I figure by next summer, I should be were I want. Ever see the comercial about bariatic weight loss at Henry Fords? If you see two Dr.'s standing sillouette at the end of commercial, the partially bald one is mine. He's a good Doc... Keep in touch.... Shirley...

Raynie: Thanks for the tip!, and for not calling me old!!! LOL!!!:dance: My ticker is toast. Not delayed morning sickness is it????

Sue2006: Hi Sue!! Welcome to bandland.. My name is Shirley. I live in Saint Clair Shores, Mich., and I have been banded since10/31/06, and have lost 27 with the band, but 125 lost whwn I was weighed the day of my surgery. I had mine at Henry Ford Hospital "main campus". Wanna chat, hit me anytime. I am a member of the October bandsters So you will find me there to. Are you a february Bandster? Get Back. Shirley.....

Yeagh, I thought the price sounded good. "just checking though".It's abt. 1 mile from home, and you can go when ever it is opened Every Day!, and stay as long as you like. It's a rehab. gym in a hospital.So they are cleaning up, and making some money on the side, not just through Ins. payments. I go 3x a week, and it costs me $30.00 a shot.So 10 visits is $300.00, and that's with Ins.. This way I no the program and can always ask my girl for some tips. "she'd give them.", She might even end up my trainer. Anyway they no me. So I'm gonna join.Provided they let me, "no cathes!"... Shirley...

Sonia: This new knee is a blessing, still sore, and stiff sometimes. I just keep workin it out. I walk a couple streets down, and back, or bike about 1/2a mile. I'm gettin there... My Therapy ends before Easter, and because I will have graduated there course. They are offering me 3 months of their Gym at $105.00.Total.. So to any of you who have joined Gym's, how's the price sound to you. Could use some advise. This includes periodically meeting with my own trainer, all the equip. I want to use,but, no pool/they don't have one.So there it is. Get back on this one. Shirley...:director: :whoo:

Glad to hear it's only water!!, but like I said "He's full of Bull-Durham!!!!

raynie: I contacted my Dietician at the Center of Excellence, and she told me I'm wright on the money. She told me to tell you that MM is a great source of protien, and have a shake before you work out. Then when you are done, hopefully you wont feel like your starving. So from me to you o.k...O yeagh she laughed at the expert, and said he should go to school before he starts compareing things. MM is still one of the best, that's why we use it. I think that say's it all. Henry Ford Hospital is pretty big here, and they have a excellent reputation. Shirley.....

raynie: Shirley here. I hate to tell you this, but your guy is full of $hit!!!, period.... Rgular MM has got a lot of callories if you drink a couple of shakes a day. "add em up?" If you have 1 8ounce shake a day, in the place of a meal,you will help burn the calories off. The package even tells you that! If you drink it like it was pop, then yeagh, I could see were you would start to build up n weight. It's good stuff. Research it if you want to; but as surgical weight loss patients, you need a liquid protien to help you reach your daily allowance of protien. 60-80g a day. for a women, 80-100g for a man.Ask your genious if he no's how much protien you should have daily, being a patient! If you think you have been drinking to much, then back off some.Me,, I use the MML because it's lower in calories, and still has the good taste.I hope this makes you feel a little better. Shirley...

Mary: Isn't that something, 2 miles a day! Whew!! I'm workin at walking around the Malls, around the block, and the husband went out and bought 2 new bicycles. So for now it's a hell of a big ouch!!! Every time that right peddle comes up, and forces that knee to bend, I was yelling OUCH!! After about 4 blocks some of that scar tissue tore, and the knee could bend a little more. "That was yesterday, will see what today brings?" I predict some more ouches...,,, but, no pain no gain right! Then soon I to will be walking. Next year, I hope to walk for Breast Cancer or the Arthritis Foundation. My neighbor across the street has 2 knees," from Osteoarthritis" but her cancer has returned "3 places in the discs of her spine" from her breast cancer So,,, now,,, it won't be long and she will be gone. I found out yesterday she told me. "such a sad situation" I don't think I can walk for both, maybe just the 1. Then again you never no. Maybe I will be able to do 2. Trust me Mary, when you have this done, and are pain free "This surgery hurts though!" You will be asking yourself what did I wait for??? This is great. My muscles still are sore, they hurt sometimes, but not to have that bone to bone knee pain is great. You keep bikeing and enjoy the good Michigan weather today. Shirley....:faint:

Sonia: What a difference.. Youre lookin good. Keep up the good work. October 31 will be my 5 month Anv., so maybe it's time to get this perm cut off, and get a new due; thean maybe I can get some pictures, and find some old ones. My problem is how to put them up. Get back. Lots2Luv: Don't kick yourself to hard!!! Eventually you will realize "seriousley"that you didn't have this done for nothing, and then it is time to get your $hit together. And you will! We are all here for help too, just ask and it's yours. That's not to bad, better then nothing.. I need to lose 4lbs. just to get under 200lbs. It's a bitch let me tell you, I'm running out of patients.But my mobilitey is limited, "have to take that into consideration" yeagh write,and then a long way to go. I figure another year., But I knew that before I got on the table. So my Doc say's 1lb. a week that's it. Set some realistic goals. Get back. Shirley...

JDru: You are looking good. What a difference we all have really made for our selves ya no? People say we took the easy way out rite? Ha! I'm sayin walk a mile in my shoes, then talk to me. If it were reversed, a thin pearson misserable with ther selves, in pain, hormones raceing all over the place, and on and on. I'd like to see how they handle it... I mean 1 hot flash for the majoritey of them and it's over. "I can't deel with this" I just laugh to myself and think you have no idea what agony really is, but yet you are the first to complain about fat people, and the firsy to complain if they are loseing weight. Some how this just doesn't make much sence to me . "THANK GOD!" I thing you look hot, and I hope in your opinion you think you are gettin there, as far as weight loss. Keep up the good work. Someday I will find some pictures to post I hope. Shirley:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

Just remember all in time.. I been ther and done the cloths thing, it's a drag.Can you buy in any of the lady's boutique's? Here in Michigan they have CATHERINE'S. you can hit this on line too. Cloths are from sise 16w-26w and they are nice cloths, decent price. I shop ther a lot. Check into that for hot cloths. You could be going to Disneyland in some nice stuff, and the in between sizes! That's were they are great. Because if you were a 20, but you could use a little more room, thean by it in a 20w. If your short like I am You can grab it ih a Petite. Su your tag wood read 20w.p., the perfect fit. If there are no stores out there, then you will hve to play the mailing game untill you figure out the right size. Buy 2 of each for starts, and only return one. I mean this does work, give it a try.There stuff fits Check them outand let the in laws become real out laws. Green with envy. Shirley..

Sonia: Hope your feeling better! Raynie: Just don't buy the panties to big, and fall off! As far as the family member thing goes /uck em! They will see the difference soon eanough, and if any of them are fat,,, Wellll,,, It's just really gonna Pi$$ them off. Ain't it??? Waite till people start saying How good you look! Youre husband will start to think about it. Like "yeagh she's starting to look good"! You'll be like "yeagh!!!,,,, were you been???" Trust me,, all in time.... Shirley...

Well: I went to my surgeon's office today, and still no fill. He asked me if chicken breast, or bread was hard to swallow? I said yes. Well,,, that changed everything. He see's a 6lb. loss in 7 weeks. He only want's a pound a week that's it! A pound and a half is to much. So calculateing, surgery probably put weight on or held the same, and the knee is 1/2lb. more, then your original knee. Sooo,, in his eyes I am rite in there. I thought I was going to hit the floor. He told me "This is a very slow go, and you already took out 1/2 of the 50lbs. that you are entitled to for a year!, What else do you want?"Welll???,,, I hate to admit it, but he is very much on target I weighed 231 at surgery, 204 today=27lbs. in 5 months. Maybe under 200lbs. in another month . I just have to keep plugin along, and I guess I will. I'm in this for the long haul. So far I have lost 152lbs. since I started my journey. Shirley... 03/21/07. I'm loseing my patients, I want to see under 200lbs... __________________ Banded 10/31/06 356/231/135 I hope. Surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Genaw Henry Ford Hospital

Well: I went to my surgeon's office today, and still no fill. He asked me if chicken breast, or bread was hard to swallow? I said yes. Well,,, that changed everything. He see's a 6lb. loss in 7 weeks. He only want's a pound a week that's it! A pound and a half is to much. So calculateing, surgery probably put weight on or held the same, and the knee is 1/2lb. more, then your original knee. Sooo,, in his eyes I am rite in there. I thought I was going to hit the floor. He told me "This is a very slow go, and you already took out 1/2 of the 50lbs. that you are entitled to for a year!, What else do you want?"Welll???,,, I hate to admit it, but he is very much on target I weighed 231 at surgery, 204 today=27lbs. in 5 months. Maybe under 200lbs. in another month . I just have to keep plugin along, and I guess I will. I'm in this for the long haul. So far I have lost 152lbs. since I started my journey. Shirley... 03/21/07. I'm loseing my patients, I want to see under 200lbs... __________________ Banded 10/31/06 356/231/135 I hope. Surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Genaw Henry Ford Hospital

:censored: Well: I went to my surgeon's office today, and still no fill. He asked me if chicken breast, or bread was hard to swallow? I said yes. Well,,, that changed everything. He see's a 6lb. loss in 7 weeks. He only want's a pound a week that's it! A pound and a half is to much. So calculateing,surgery probably put weight on or held the same, and the knee is 1/2lb. more, then your original knee. Sooo, in his eyes I am rite in there. I thought I was going to hit the floor. He told me "This is a very slow go, and you already took out 1/2 of the 50lbs. that you are entitled to for a year!, What else do you want?" I hate to admit it, but he is very much on target I weighed 231 at surgery, 204 today=27lbs. in 5 months. Maybe under 200lbs. in another month . I just have to keep plugin along, and I guess I will. I'm in this for the long haul. So far I have lost 152lbs. since I started my journey. Shirley...