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Dr. Oz says 10,000 steps a day and food logs..........how much is that Omron run? I have the regular pedo nothing fancy. Lee-I had the darn wet cough after surgery and it hurt to cough. I think it was a touch of pneumonia but it passed in a week. Just hurt like heck to try and cough the first few days so I tried not to which I am sure made it worse. I agree if you don't start feeling better call Dr. Baggs. But I think he would want to see you in ER cause when my incision got infected he wanted me to come in.......luckily my uncle is a doctor and I had him check the incisions and he told me it was not bad enough to go to ER. I let Dr. Baggs know and he said to just watch it for a few days. Hope you feel better. Well I have to work today.............yuck but at least I have a job and am busy so job security!! :-) Have a good one!!

Still hoping my uncle can get certified through Lap Band/Allergen but I think it will cost him to attend the training so we'll see.......

Candy just make sure you can get fluids down. If you can your good. I get sore sometimes after fills but it goes down in a couple of days. I think your fine. Tamra I think you need to be honest on your food log. BUt I don't think I would walk in talking alot about it ya know. Just let her read it and see how it goes. She will tell you to stop you already know that............she can also stop the fill. But I think since this is your first time she will give you a warning. You don't want to be to tight I can assure you of that. It hurts........... Pam I hear ya on the sleeve I sorta wish I had gone that way to. I think the older you are the slower it goes. I am slowly going back down but lets reiterate SLOWLY again. I think for me I worry about what happens if and when I lose Kaiser or change insurance. I didn't realize how messed up things get with treatment and fills with the band. The cost alone for fills without insurance would have put me in the Sleeve or RNY category. But still I am happy I have a few more months of insurance so I gotta make good use of the time and try to get to my sweet spot......... Happy weekend everyone!!

Ah the elephant that hurt so bad I had that too..........sounds like the sleeve is a bit more intense. So glad your both home and doing well. 50 more laysoffs to CPS announced today. I am save but more in June. It is getting to close for comfort..... Reggie how is your health? DId you find anything out??

Ah I might be a vampire too........cause I went to the 1:30am showing of New Moon with my daughter opening night!! And the theater was FULL!! Good memories but we got home 3:30am and my daughter is only 14!! I think we are gonna do the same for the next one........... Tamra no bread I agree. Once you get started it is hard to quit. I did not eat bread until I got all the fluid out and it is a bitch to stop now!! WIsh I wouldn't have touched it. That said now if I eat bread I eat this thin bread that is only 100 calories for both sides. I would chill on the breads and carbs............that is what I am back to cause I can't lose and I have to go back to the all protiens no carbs again. My scale won't budge I have been stuck for months now...........back to 3 protiens a meal and NO carbs. I gotta get back to where I was. I have always been able to lose this is the first time and it is frustrating. I think the doctors like people who lose fast and alot. That is how you get fills Candra!! LOL. Dr. Who is the prime example of that :-) But yea I think the people that lose even with no restriction are the ones they love cause they will power their way through the hard stuff!! Just saying that is what I have noticed.......... Ah so the sleeve is painful? Scares me a bit cause the band hurt a good bit too in my opinion. So weird their stomachs are partially gone now!! Gonna love seeing the weight loss with this one...........bet it is faster!!

SHe called me late too...........hopefully I am done with all that now for awhile :-) So everyone must be at richmond tonight. Well I am headed to bed early tired and still have a migraine!!

yea the knock out is nice..........takes care of the nerves!! Best of Luck!!

6:30am so John must be at Kaiser waiting.............good luck!! Bella is up next.......good luck to both of you. Will be waiting to hear how it goes and how things work with the sleeve long term. Already at work here!!

Thanks Jes. It was not planned for sure so I am not sure how if fits into my plans long term.......... Anxiety about fills I get that!! LOL. I have anxiety about scales right now period!! Ok off to bed here too. Trying to get 8-9 in for health reasons but not easy this month I am so busy with everything!! Won't happen tonight. House is clean though which might be as great as a full 8 hours of sleep!! Night all!!

I sorta met someone or re met someone from my past and that has me distracted right now...........a best friend from a few years ago. He knows all about the band and the whole thing so it has been good. I don't know why I told him cause I don't tell people but we have always been good friends and I usually tell him everything anyway. So between him and my daughter......... Not sure if this is a long term thing cause I don't like long term to much!! :-) I am flighty.............but nice to have someone who knows what is going on and thinks it is not a huge big deal!! So anyway I am distracted with work and social life right now. Think of me on the 23 of this month cause that is D day. If I make it past that........than I am good until July and that means a few more months of Kaiser and fills. Navato is my back up plan but not my plan A. I want something in SAcramento or my uncle to get lap band certified!! Other than that I am gonna have to chill with no restriction. JES Good grief that is my nightmare!!! How did you dream that. LOL. That i

Good luck the the new people up tomorrow. I will be waiting to see how the sleeve works out. I am still interested although I would have to convince my doctor which is NOT an option right now. Pam: I don't think I am gonna get a fill with them. I am gonna wait it out for now with Kaiser. But you are so right I do need to know about unfills. Great Point!! I don't want to be higher than 5cc's. Once I get there I only want to get a fill if I lose. I just want enough to have some restriction 5cc's has been a good number. 5.5 and 6 is where I had problems. Ok who gave me the cold. I have had a migraine for days and sinus pressure. I know I am getting an sinus infection and trying to think how to stop it. I slept with an ice pack last night!!! LOL. didn't work that well so maybe heat tonight..........I don't want to be sick. I am wondering about the Netti Pot anyone try that....I am sorta curious cause I get sinus infections alot and the headaches are killer with them..... Well I gotta get some sleep early day tomorrow.......we are busy this month and I hope that means job security!! LOL!! That is what I am telling myself!! I hope everyone is doing well!! Oh I won't be at the the meeting this month. I have to be a stewarts training for work that day from 8-2:30pm. We need a another support group cause this once a month makes it hard. I always miss all the good stuff!! This is for some leadership committee that I am on.

Candra the fills are with bariatric doctors but it sorta like a chain. THey are trained and approved by lap band and will do fills even if they don't perform the surgery. THey take alot of the mexico cases.............. Navato is the one I found and the closest in northern california. They are few and far between. That is the only one right now in the NOrth area. The other ones are in the LA and San Diego area. No you don't have to earn fills but the thing is you don't go as much since you have to pay. So I would think you get bigger fills less often............but it probably depends on the doctor. I researched and the doctor here in town are conservative with fills. PRobably like Dr. Fischer. BIgger fills less often. Dr. Baggs is back tomorrow. I am gonna let him know I can't take time off from work this month.....................I don't want to use sick time. I will check in with him and see what he says. My guess is that if I get down the 12 pounds he wants that I will get a big fill....and than be done for awhile. But ya I can't get a fill this month I just CAN'T take time off until work settles down I don't even want to ask................and I am not down 12 pounds that might give me a reason to sneak over during my lunch break or something. But no fill equals no using vacation time this month for the appointment :-) Lay offs in the 23 so taking time off on the 26th is way to scary right now..............I am gonna chill this month!!

Ah Tamra I hear you on the RNY but in the end I know I didn't want that one. But I have had my days...........especially during my post op days when I was in bandster hell. I sorta expected more after all the trauma of surgery!! LOL Yea Robin won't care about you being hungry and she will tell you to try to stick to the 1/4 cup not 1/2~~ Just be ready. They don't care they want you to stick to the program regardless. LOL. I Know since I talk to much and get an attitude now and than!! I tried to teach her how to talk so people will listen and open up last time.....LOL> I am obnoxious!!! Night ladies. I didn't do good today. TO much sugar and I have a massive sugar headache. Ahhhh................haven't had that much sugar in years. licorice and junior mints with my daughter. I knew right after I was in trouble. Had a migraine since. I can't handle so much sugar................ Night all!!!!! Ok talked to someone today at FCUSA and told them to open a center in Sacramento. Might be one within the year they know we need one they have had other requests!!

Ok the fills center doctor called me today. TO sign up for the program is 365. That included physical checking band and than a fill. After that a fill is 165. I may go over in April for a fill. Of course by than I may be down enough for a fill with Kaiser if I have insurance. 15 dollars with Kaiser is more affordable. Still

Ash: Call ALTA regional center that baby needs to be assesssed. THe stiff muscles and protruding tongue......could be something wrong. Have the pedi refer you to ALTA for physical therapy and developmental assessment. That baby could be failure to thrive among other things. What about weight and height and medical records...............sounds like there is some medical neglect too. Ok, ok I do work with medical neglect and pos tox babies but this stuff all is concerning. The stiff muscles and tongue in particular. The emotional stuff is a result of neglect but he is still young enough for that to reverse. She will fight you for the baby but if you have CPS intervention you will have back up. Also special needs children have higher foster care rates. ONly thing is if you go through CPS they will give the mother 6 months to reunite and if she does even the basics and tests clean the baby goes back. (3 and under only get 6 months to reunite by law. Over three you get a year.) But still going back and forth to many times and they kids end up permenently emtionally damaged. You also have to deal with Social Workers in your home monthly and they get the final say on the baby not you. JUst something to think about. Where do you live what county? I can try to find out what services are available for special needs kids...... Send me a private message if yuou want more info.

I wear my shape ups all over the place. And yep you can totally feel them in the legs and butt..................strange looking shoes but they do work. Makes me much taller........ HEather I researched the MBT's......top of the line you are a lucky girl!! :-) Well off to a movie. My house is finally totally clean......which feels great. Yea for four day weekends. Hung out with family on Saturday..........other than that I got caught up on the things that fall through the cracks when you work full time......... The fill center is FCUSA. I think they charge 395 for a fill and if that is the case I won't be doing that. I heard that if you move or change insurances it is almost impossible to get assigned to another doctor..........one of the downfalls of the band. Hmmm........maybe a push to the sleeve eventually. It is very, very, very difficult to get reassigned to another doctor. My uncle is a doctor and I talked to him this weekend. He could probably do fills but he doesn't really want to. For sure he could do emergency unfills........wish I would have known that. But he is gonna do some research and maybe get certified. He felt the port and said he would'nt be hard to do. Just he wants to talk to someone and contact the lap band company and see if he could do my fills...........that would be so nice. Not happy that if I lose Kaiser that fills are almost impossible............didn't think of that when I made my choice. I just assumed that you transfer doctors if you lose your insurance no problem..............wrong, wrong, wrong. This is a problem all over the usa getting fills if you lose your insurance I talked to quite a few people and it is a big problem. Some nurses are doing their own fills. Once went to the ER for an unfill and the doctor couldn't find the port so she ended doing it herself and than after that..........she said forget the 4 hour drive and did them on her own....so lots of thoughts on fills out there. One good thing bout RNY and sleeve is no long term worry about fills.............but with the band you can fill and unfill...........which is good too...........just gotta have a doctor..........

I am also looking for a fill doctor in Sacramento. I called Dr. Machado but she won't do fills.....

I am looking for a fill center in the Northern California area. Sacramento or the Bay area........anyone know who will do fills. I lost my insurance.

Hmm I think it is ok.......never used it though. LOL@your port being sore from coughing. I had a bad, bad cold in November and my port was killing me!! I know, I know......throwing up will do that to your port as well. Well I am headed to bed. Long weekend is half over and I have to get alot done tomorrow............night all!!

I found a lap band approved fill center in the Bay area.......nothing in Sacramento so far. But I have a phone appointment with them next week. I Don't know the cost but I will get all the details. They have emailed me several times..........will provide the details. I can't go to Kaiser this month

Ashley call CPS and have them get involved. If nothing else they can deal with the mother so this doesn't happen again. Sound to me like she is neglecting that baby all the signs are there. HE should not go back and when she gets out you know she will demand him back. That baby is being neglected and should not go back. If you can't handle him there is no shame in putting him in foster care. She pulled you in cause she knows that if CPS got involved she will be watched from here on out and can't mess up anymore. All the signs of neglect are there just from what you wrote...........that baby needs intervention he SHOULD NOT go back to her until she has CPS supervision to make sure she doesn't neglect him.............. JUst my opinion working for CPS and all:-) I would jump on that case in a minute she needs to be supervised as a parent or that baby will pay for it long term. YOu could be getting paid for placement if CPS was involved. And you can get welfare for non needy relatives to have him in your home.......... Just my thoughts............

Good evening everyone. Mo: I can eat a 6 inch subway but ya toasted and I eat slow. I throw away the bread at the end so I don't really eat it all. But yea I can. When I have good restriction I could eat three inches or less. Six inches and I am full. Before surgery it was a footlong. BUt when I have restriction I don't go to subway cause I hate to pay for anything and only take a few bites. I am ok with the band right now cause I have just accepted I can't have fills for a few months. I am just doing my thing and I will call them later. I am taking a break. I figured whatever ya know.........I have to much going on to focus to much on the band. I still get irratated when I think about it to much. But I will just enjoy having some freedom for now cause in a few months I won't. And I would rather die than get another unfill.........so this is it for me with freedom after this am NOT letting anyone take me fill!! So I am in whatever mode and just trying to eat good and drink enough water. Speaking of which..............I am not getting weekly calls and I am not checking in and that helps my attitude. Ok well I check in with ya all!! I am just trying to have a better attitude about this band and work and life in general. OH and did I mention I upped my celexa dose??? LOL :-) Helps a bit........

RIght now I can eat ANYTHING I want. Just the things the bother me when I have restriction slow way down going through right now.........I also found last week that scrambled eggs work to keep me full and they can't go past the band very fast. Bread is uncomfortable unless I go really slow. But I am not suppose to have it anyway........I PB once last week on a darn bite of waffle but that was after two scrambled eggs. I wanted a darn test and it didn't work.......but I am sorta getting used to freedom and it will be bittersweet when I go back to countraband food items which is a reason I need to get back to restriction............. B: 1/4 cup of Protien special K L: Subway 6 inch veggie sand 230 (when I have restriction this is TOTALY out) D: ?????? Peas and veggie meat!!! :-P

WHen I am to tight the food going through HURTS or plain gets stuck. RIght now I can feel it go down but don't really hurt. Just bread or brocolli or eggs......veggie meat. The proteins I can feel slow down and go through. But it doesn't hurt right now :-) Eggs feel me up fast right now. Trying to stay away from the breads and use wheat thins to make mini sandwhiches. Lots of veggies when I am hungry........I ate a whole thing of peas last night when I got hungry but only 240 cals so not to bad for a huge bowl :-) CANDRA when I am at 5ccs some things just won't stay down. I give up rather than deal with them. Bread and brocolli are out. Tortilla's........and a few other things. I thought I wasn't chewing well and tried to do better. But honestly if it hurts going down I would probably just give it up. I don't think it should hurt going down just you should feel the band. I can't wait to get back to that point. Right now it is the protiens that are working for me. Anything else I get to hungry. IF I get crazy hungry I steam a thing of peas and eat it all.......... I also have the sugar free puddings but I am sorta tired of them. I used them pre op when I was craving sweet but I got burned out on them.......They have a weird aftertaste but it does work for something sweet...........I still have the 10 cal jellos I use for sweet too............I like the lime and raspberrie........but I much prefer hot to cold...........pre op I like cold better. Hot feels good on my band......cold is just weird. Ice is the worse now. I hate it. Anything warm.........skinny vanilla latte........feels so good on the band. I miss my oatmeal a whole lot though. I was told no more. Ahh I miss my oatmeal......... But my stomach bloat is going down so I know I am losing...........afraid to weight yet cause I don't want bad news!!

I had to quit going out to eat with friends for awhile. To hard. Even salad cause it is to hard to figure out all the extras that get put in.........so better to eat at home or bring my own stuff for awhile until I get restriction back. But when I have good restriction resterants don't interest me cause I don't want to pay for a few bites........ Better to eat at home and do social things that don't involve food. Anyone notice that every does social things around food???