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Ah Dr. Baggs is great.........funny guy. I had Dr. Baggs and Dr. Im for my surgery. I heard they listened to heavy metal so I am glad I was out!! LOL. Gotta run headed to work. Good day to everyone. A week off might be tough. I took a month and I needed every minute of it. I was so wiped out tired after surgery for about 6 weeks. Lots of naps..........

Tamra most of Dr. Baggs patients have 3cc's at surgery but Christine did get 5cc's...........seems like they are adding more lately. Dr. Baggs is getting strict on fills to so I don't know about a fill at 6 weeks..........make sure your down quite a bit. Ok all two good days but not getting on the scale yet. I still need to get my water down............I will weigh Friday. I don't feels as bloated so I hope it is good news!! :-) Reggie I want to know howyour doing too?? No more fainting right???

They took my fill out and won't put it back in until I lose 10 pounds. I got to tight twic once at 5.5cc and once at 6ccs. Instead of losing 10 I gained take back in the four months I have not had a fill. So now I have to lose 20 to get a fill an that 5 pounds in between each fill from here on out. This is crazy...............bandster hell for sure I can't even tell I have a band so not sure what the point of the band is if I have to lose on my own anyway. ****sigh***** I justhope I don'tgain 50% back I have lost 60 so 30 pounds is not that far off..... anyone else thinking sleeve? I can't seem to get good restriction without ending up in ER for it being to tight!!

Good Luck tomorrow Nicole!! You'll be fine I will be thinking about you tomorrow and watching for your post!! Reggie so sorry I missed Saturday I ended up working most of the day. It was a mess and took some time.......long story. This might be a sore point and forgive me if it is but where did Liz go?? She quite posting. DId you give up? Just wondering I notices you guys started together and now your getting banded.........and I wondered what happened with her. Ok well I am still cleaning my house but it is pretty close to done. Spring cleaning early. I want everything clean and organized so one less distraction.........

Heather my MII on the WII is plump too........I know, I know......... So I cleaned house all day. Thinking if I get it clean and keep it clean I can hit the gym more this month. Found my Ped again.......:-) Been a long month of working and running my daughter around to appointments. Can't wait till spring. I feel it coming. I love the rain but I am getting tired of it now......... I wanna get outside again!! Heather I don't get still why you have to lose so much. Just seems like for some people the rules are different. Like I can't get fills the same as everyone else..........but I seriously don't get why you can't get banded. I sorta would like to know what another doctor thinks or at least to have it explianed to you why so much..........????? I would get back to 50 down than go in ...............forget 5-10 more.................take Donna with you:-)

Yea Tamra it is weird...... Ok I need to chance my tickers I am firmly 5 pounds up. I also don't think the Christmas decor is very motivating. Salad and water today here. And sugar free popsicles tonight.

Hey everyone....... Sorry I missed it was a crazy, long day and I am down for the rest of the weekend. I pushed it a bit to much and realized the more the day went on that I felt ok but not 100% better......but duty called :-) HOpw you all had fun disappointed I missed out. I just ready Dear John and it was a good book. I also read The last chance same author as Dear John and that was even better. I am trying to read Lovely Bones now but it is sorta a weird book......not sure if I like it yet!! I am beat I am headed to bed. Starting over tomorrow :-)

Ok off the computer and off to work.........later girls and John!! If I don't show I am working but that is NOT the plan!!! Candra I love that you measured your Thorax!!! That is such a medical term!! I am laughing.........I am not exactly sure what body part that is but I am imagining!!

Oh just thinking I was home sick yesterday so this might not even count as overtimes..........this might be make up time :-) any HR people online!! LOL My band is sore after having the flu for two days. Doesn't hurt but I can it is there. Pressure so I know I swelled up a bit. I am chilling today and just drinking liquids this morning. I think I am not gonna eat much today ..........I have sorta fasted by default yesterday so another day could be a good thing............ah but no the scale didn't move after awhole day of not eating.......:-0 I will probably just nibble tonight. I am hoping this is a good time to start back on the strict 1200/no carbs thing again. I am trying to reschedule my fill for March. Work is to crazy right now I don't want to take time off until AFTER the pink slips go out. But still I want to be down alot when I go back so I will get a fill.........and if my band is tight now..........LOL!! WHo is crazy enought to find positives in getting the flu?????

Morning all feeling alot better today but got called into work/hospital this morning on a pos tox baby. I am working as fast as I can so that I can still come this afternoon. I am not gonna be by a computer for a few hours so I won't be able to check in. But My goal is to get work outta that way this morning so I am free this afternoon..............I don't get how the county is gonna keep affording OT this is the second weekend in a month I have had to work. THe more they lay off the more this weekend stuff pops up. But I am gonna take the OT while it is still there. I was gonna cook something this morning but my plans got changed since I won't be home this morning......... I could pick something up if you need anything.

Hey ladies still home sick.......having trouble getting to sleep tonight been sleeping off and on all day.Catching up on all the posts...... Watched Carnie on Dr. oz today. Interesting stuff. I like what he said about support groups and not to make "the experts" your higher power......but to make your support your priority because that is what gets you and keeps you at goal not all the expert advice. I think they are talking you can know something and not feel it. You can have the information and the program and the plan and still not really get it and have accountability. Groups keep you accountable not the experts and their programs and opinions. I totally agree..... I like the 10000 steps and and two meals............ My immune system is down I keep getting sick this winter. I am getting a physical next week. I want to get retested for thyroid and diaabetes and all that stuff. I know something crazy is going on My estrogen is out of control I want to know why. I am getting migraine all the time agian. Dr Oz did say that soy can cause estrogen problems but Robin said no. But I wonder.....oh and the WELLBUTRIN has to be 300 to 400mg for it to stop the head hunger but at that dose it could give you a heart attack. From Dr. Oz's book. so I decided to stick to the Celexa for now..........I ran out and had two days with none but it came in the mail today. I sorta want to up mydose cause I don't think I am feeling less anxious...........what is the normal dose I am only taking 20mg Sleeping in tomorrow and I will see how I feel in the morning. If I am ok I will be there tomorrow.......

I spoke to soon CPS is right on the front page today for a child death 2 years ago. I guess they are rehashing all the things CPS did wrong................so we got our publicity. Now if they could just throw in that we lost 250 workers and are ready to lose another 50 more. I might have to start posting policital statements on the sacbee webpage so the truth gets out there :-) Negetive publicity but we got it!! LOL.

Tamra I know, I know..........I don't see how they can but that is the threat right now. We are being told here in our county it WILL happen. Welfare is a close second....which as a single mother 13 years ago I got on my feet with welfare and it was a huge help...........I can't imagine. CSUS just went out 30% so school at a public college is 10000 a year now. Crazy I could not have afforded that. Just crazy.

We had a unit meeting at work yesterday. We were told the budget is gonna be ugly, very ugly. They of course know exactly what is gonna happen but they are keeping it hush/hush so they "don't create panic." Which is crazy cause the secrets are creating panic. They took our 9/80s and people are mysteriously moving around the last two weeks. We have been told no outside committees or community outreach. THey are cutting funding to community resources and we cut funding to our drug testing site three weeks ago...... They said get ready for mass layoffs on April 1st. They said those that are left should expect ugly cuts. Right now what is up for debate is weather it will be law enforcement or CPS who will get the cuts. Sheriffs have been out doing communityoutreach for the last couple of months and even released a bunch of inmates this week to make the community pahic. Of course someone they let out got rearrested in a few hours for attempted rape......very political move right before the budget hearings. Due to confidentiality CPS can't compaign the same way so we know we are gonna take another HUGE hit in two weeks. Most the of the Public Health Nurses are losing their positions. And in home support services (elderly and disabled) will lost their funding in two weeks. I hear the governer is gonna cut out welfare and SSI payments as well as payments to the elderly and disabled. Brutal but necessary it seems................. I just hate the secrecy. We all can see people moving around and disappearing with no explanation. Like last time they will tell people on Friday and they will be gone by Monday. County Politics.............. I don't know why CPS doesn't campaign a little better like the Sheriffs office. But confidentiality. Unless a kid dies and the newspaper gets ahold of the info we can't talk about anything............. So glad not to be at work. I hate when they say something bad is gonna happen but we can't tell you when or where..........makes me jumpy

Candra I want a breast reduction too!! LOL. I am not sure Kaiser would approve that........how did you work that?? I have the flu I am home today. Everything has been making me sick......even the darn food commercials are driving me crazy. Work is not an option today...........which is not a good thing!! Long weekend by default...... My daughter is leaving to go camping this morning and won't be home until Sunday night. Helping her get ready to go even though I want to just sleep. I was up all night. WIll be nice to have a quiet weekend :-) We have someone at work out with H1N1. SHe has been out for two weeks now. I had the shot so I think I am good. Just ther regular flu here....or food poisoning. Night all :-)

I have lost 60 pounds and still can't fit the boots or even normal knee high boots..........might never so no stress heather!!

Tamra I tried to find your lost post I couldn't........ CAndra darn it I wanted to read your novel cause we think alike.................:-) I have posted so much I think if Kaiser is reading this but oh well I tell them the same things anyway................I know they read our posts!!

Tamra I was down 12 pounds and got a 2cc fill. I immediately had restriction...........it was great but shocking after bandster hell. I quickly learned bread and brocolli were out forever.........well ok not now..............but ya know I am only at 3ccs now......when I get back to five the restriction kicks in again. I have been 4cc's and felt nothing......so 5 to 5.5 is my magic number.......6ccs.........might as well shoot me that was way to tight....... Tamra you get a fill no problem as long as you don't gain!!

I heard awhile back that Kaiser was gonna start a bariatrics in SAcramento...........I even talked to Dr. Baggs about it a few times and i know he is totally interested in being involved if it happens. BUt the rumor seems to have died out...........Dr. Baggs asked me to follow up and let him know if it was true.........it was announced at an orientation a few months back.........but nothing came of it...........my PCP said the same thing but than nothing.......... Oh I am TINA :-) I will fix my signature!! I have been online since this thread got started so I forget people don't know me :-) Oh and as of two weeks ago I was hearing negetive about our group and how we pull each other down..........so that is why I am on fire about it. It makes me so mad to hear it. I have been warned even though I am one of the orginal members.........I think we started out with five of us. SWISH, AUDSMOM, REGGIE, RILEY and SWRKTP (me)..........but I just recently heard negetive and I flat out told them they were wrong........and explained why group support is important and that honesty is what pulls the group together..........:-) Oh and JEss when I talke with Robin it is usually 40mintues to an hour............I don't know why I am so..........ah special..............maybe cause I talk to much. I am trying to be an example and trying to be much quieter and much more...............ah vague. Pity I have can't be honest with Kaiser but I can be with you all...........funny how that works!! I am being a brat again I know, I know..............

I straight out have the flu I thought it was the band this morning but everything is making me sick tonight even water is coming back up...........:-( No wonder I have been feeling so sick everytime I eat something the last few days........ Ok so happy I have a little fill cause all this throwing up is gonna make me swell. Small blessings. My band feels sore after not keeping much down all day........this time if I a stay sick for a few days I won't have to worry about swelling and ending up in ER!! Feeling sick but happy ...............how crazy is that???

I would LOVE to have fills in SAcramento!!! My PCP told me a year ago they were coming but than it never happened. Dr. Baggs might be up for it but he is so darn busy now. He has ALOT of band patients..............I know he comes to Roseville to do seminars once in awhile. But serious I think they are all overwhelmed with fills now. Can you imagine he is constantly adding new bands every week..............and between surgery and fills..............geez I know he is crazy busy............I used to get in anytime I wanted to see him NOT ANYMORE.........it takes weeks and weeks. I don't want to go this month but I am afraid to cancel cause I doubt I will get an appointment in March it will be more like April.................I can't be on the cancellation list cause I have to take time off work and need a warning first........ I have to take vacation this month to go and I really don't want to take a day off. March I have a week off and it would be better to go than.........we'll see how it goes......... Who do we write...........

Did I mention I am a food addict???? I am feeling it the last few days!! I am craving sugar and comfort food even when I know I am not hungry.........I had a long drive today and had time to think about things...........I kept feeling like I needed to snack while I was driving.......I had to argue with myself not to stop and get something...........but darn it my mind kept coming back to the snacking thing..............I did bring water and vitamin water but I wanted a crunchy, snacky sort of thing........ ACtually I still do but I am home and fighting it. I also had eggs this morning and I got full fast.........I felt like they were gonna come back up for a couple of hours. And I tasted a piece of waffle and right back up it came..........but that is the first time in months........ok true I grabbed water and forgot and tried to wash it down.............ahh I forget that NEVER, NEVER works it makes it hurt worse.........I am out of practice since my restriction has been nil since October...........darn but of course I was at a work breakfast so you know that band had to make a showing..........now if I eat to much I get really naesuos lately...........not stuck just sorta sick........I don't know if that is restriction or just me thinking bout thinks just sitting ont he band.......grosses me out!! Again I am a food addict cuase I know this is crazy thinking......... Ok gotta run I am posting to much and no one is there tonight!!

Pam I totally agree with you. I think the longer you are in the process and the further out you get the more the initial excitement wears off and life with the band gets real. I remember being totally on fire a year ago and totally being charged up about everything Kaiser told me and every support group and process I could be involved in................that fades with time. I KNOW for me I was to band focused and not keeping up in other areas of my life. I have mentioned this a few time in the last few months. Eventually real life sorta catches up and you have to balance...............I think that is why I want to wean off Kaiser and all the appointments..........I came, I saw, I participated and I learned.............now I just want the darn fills and some space...........I think if I was only checking in every few months like some of you I would be in a better frame of mind. I feel like it is just to much, to often and for WAY to long............... I want my space, my fills, to talk and check in with Dr. Baggs and to be able to calle the other Kaiser staff on my own if I need something. I am more than a year out now................tired of the monthly sometimes weekly check ins!! But yea I think those of us a little further out have different issues sometimes than the newly banded........just a process. Anyone else want some space to figure it out on your own?? Oh and I know that to some degree our group is not liked. I have heard that..........sadly cause I don't agree with it but I am only a patient what do I know!! :-P

Ok my example is if I send someone to NA/AA groups for support and than at the same time tell them to be very careful because THOSE people are addicts and you can't trust them (which is somewhat true by the way).......than I am defeating their support system and their trust in the group process. Simple social work/group process rules. Again as always some of the staff at Kaiser is very, very, young and newly out of college. LEarning all this and people skills is a process. But I honestly think that issue with talking about patients in an open waiting room needs to be addressed. I hope that never happens again but I will likely talk to Dr. Baggs about it. Not to complain but to explain the trust issues that exists........... I just think from a psychological viewpoint that Kaiser needs to strengthen there position and staff. Honestly a nurse and a dietation do their job...........but to try and aske them to be social workers or psychologist isn't fair either. I think they need a Bariatric Social worker!!! LOL or therapist for the ongoing monthly check ins!! THat would work SO MUCH better for me!! Although having a social worker as a client for another social worker is a nightmare sometimes. You know answering questions with questions ...........LOL. I still LOVE my surgeon and he is a great guy!! No problems there. And I feel comfortable telling him what is really going on and my frustration. He handles it well and makes me laugh about things........ I told him last time to document that I had a bit of an attitude in his file and he laughed. I told him I know how it goes when clients come to me with an attitude I write it down too..................He laughed and said he won't put that down!! I told him it would be ok since I was admitting it was true......... DOn't be sorry for the convo Pat. I sorta found the whole thing interesting actually. I love a good convo starter.

Hey all........ I missed Dr. Oz!! I wanted to be home by 4pm and ended up going to Lodi today to get a baby. :-( Anyone record it?? I really loved Carnies books and she has a new show now about her weight loss struggles called Unstapled. Interesting show. I knew she gained alot and she is working out with a personal trainer now. It scared me how much she gained after RNY..........really scared me cause I don't want to be like that. Pat and Lee. I am outspoken. I don't mean any harm. I just get tired of comments. I know that I still get comments about our group if I bring it up and I am gonna put it on the table next time. I get mixed messages that is just me. THey say to me have a group and than when I tell them I do and where I stay in contact......than I am told to be careful since they teach you to cheat.....so just my experience has been WHAT am I suppose to do?? I am 38 and I pretty much don't care much what people think of me either. Of course I work for CPS and get "mouthy" clients all the time so I learned to ignore alot of what other poeple think and say!! :-P I just feel to old and worn out to worry about what other people think... Just I think groups should be played up not played down. A group won't make you mess up but it could help you succeed........... so Pat I think I helped you start things with my comments..............sorry!!