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hi ya folks yes i haven't fallen off the planet still banded only good new is not smoking

i only had the 2 sip tests which do not show any slip. seeing i have never had any fills, not sure why i am so tight. I have to eat as if i have had fills . 1/2 cup. chew chew chew and very limited to what food i can eat. Dr jones seems to think the more weight i lose the band will losen up. which does not make sense to me. hope to set a date this summer so we can have a get together at the camp deb

hi folks long time, to give you an update. went to see dr jones and michelle joined us. Dr jones talked me into keeping my band for more timeand try working with it. hope all is well with everyone deb

The get-together at Sherry’s was great for me. My band might be slipped but my goals have not changed. Getting together has put me back on track. Today I started to put in my food for the day on fitday.com. Thank you Sherry for having the meet at your home. Deb

sherry hi there would love to make it on the 23rd. finally meet you and to see chris again. i am off that weekend and can stay at the kids house. maybe talk michelle into going, but thats hard cuz she always running with the kids deb

hey folks popped in to say hi deb

hi guys dez congrats life has ben busy here also, i am to see dr jones in 2 weeks so i should be up around there. not sure if i am going for just a day or make it a couple of stay over days for now. depends on what i have to get done here. i have the sip test and even have a copy of the xrays. doesn't look slipped to me but still very very tight still. michelle gave here notice there she is moving on to a new dept. at the BI deb

i am still here just been busy i guess still have not done anything about the sliped band and really don't want to think on it, i am getting some mushies thru me some days are better than most its been almost a year and i can keep on going for a bit longer hope everyone is doing great deb

i hear they are good at bay state deb

hi folks back from new hamp. and covered with poison ivy. yep i was clearining away at the camp. i still have not made an appt. for the sip test again. but will soon. then michelle and i will put our heads together to figure what to do next. hope every one is having a good summer deb

hi folks getting ready to head for the camp. wanted to pop in . i saw Dr Jones wed., michelle got me an appt. well bottom line is my band may have slipped. my head is so messed up right now. i have to make an appt for sip test. i am thinking if this is true, i've been like this since oct. i have never had a fill and it is hard for me to eat many things. more later deb

hi folks, sorry been busy running back and forth to new hamp. on days off and work takes time away from life also (ha ha) sherry, michelle called me, she couldn't talk long she was picking up the kids, but i got your message. Yes we will get to meet soon. I am on relief now and working days unless i m to fill in for vacation. then in end of aug back on shift. i would like to offer the camp also for a get together its in windham, new hamp. you would get off exit 3 on 93 and only 2 miles from exit. its a small place, nothing fancy. there's a small beach that is private that we can walk to. and jet ski ride for anyone who dares get on with me(ha ha) anyway I'm up for a get together, and I can stay at jim's and michelle's anytime of course and i love seeing the kids sooooooooooo lets get off our butts and put something together here's my weekends look like july 20th- yes, but camp is being used by friends would need to meet someplace july 28- good , no vacation scheduled as of now that i need to work for aug 4 - ? to soon to tell aug 11- ? a very good chance, hope to be heading that way for new hamp. aug 18-baby sitting in new hamp with kids, great time for a camp get together ( my vacation time fom work) aug 25 -working sept 1- good but have to work monday labor day weekend sept 6- good sept 13 working sept 20 working ok new about me i have not smoked in 4 weeks i will give it 2 more months and the get back into getting making a appt with dr J . I still can not eat many things anh by then it will be over a yr since the surgery. I still have not had a fill and for me it feels like i am so tight, so many things i can not eat. i just reached my 5 year with the breast cancer and mamogram was good, still get treatment ever 6 weeks for the bones. so let me know what you guys fell is a good time to get tohether and where would be easy deb

lets try this again yes i am taking that drug, started 2 weeks ago seems to be working great deb

hi margie yes

hi all sherry chris dez john nana and newbies sorry i've be lost for a bit, but chris sent me mail and remined me of my family of lab band. i have been in a huge funk, having trouble stop smoking. i keep falling off the wagon. i am even now trying to make it more than 1 week.i have been at this for 3 months now and its getting to me. i have had to put in extra time at work, love the money but burn out rate is fast. good news is we did by the camp in newhampshire, and i am going there this weekend. i hope to leave friday after night shift and head home tues. night for next day i have to work on the 4th. i hope the rest works deb

i have been watching the board and it seems like not many can make the 5th, so i guess we should do it another time. sherry hope your son heals well dez, how you doing? chris are you still there? nana glad you doing well! just to give you guys an update i still have not had a fill. some days are harder than others to eat solid food. I have been talking with michelle first i need to eliminate my chain smoking i am trying to stop smoking went a week without then smoked. now its been 24 hours without. i've spent 38 years smoking hard to give it up my weight has not changed much, but i have not put in the effort well folks gotta head off to work. deb

i have been watching the board and it seems like not many can make the 5th, so i guess we should do it another time. sherry hope your son heals well dez, how you doing? chris are you still there? nana glad you doing well! just to give you guys an update i still have not had a fill. some days are harder than others to eat solid food. I have been talking with michelle first i need to eliminate my chain smoking i am trying to stop smoking went a week without then smoked. now its been 24 hours without. i've spent 38 years smoking hard to give it up my weight has not changed much, but i have not put in the effort well folks gotta head off to work. deb

it's closing in on may 5th who wants to meet somewhere the place you met before was that charlie's at one time been out in western ma for 15 yrs now and the brain cells are getting old lol deb

Hi all I live in Palmer (western ma) go to the shouth shore area alot thats where all my family lives and i grew up going to spend a great deal of time in Windam , NH this summer when not working

hi dez, chris, sherry, (nana out there somewhere) and all the new ones i will get to know. I drove Michelle home and the kids where all asleep, so i shot home. didn't make it to work the next day and slept most of the day (shut down). this morning i was going thru my shorts for a trip to texas for a few days, half of them are too big :girl_hug: i will be trying to stop smoking again in 2 weeks, maybe that will help my eating solids better. I was going to talk with dr jones about it but i'll try and eliminate the smoking factor before i do. so how is may 5th for a get together? please raise hands deb

Hi all Had a great time at the BI thing last night. Of course hooked up with Chris again and got to me Dez. Glad I made the trip! The gang at BI put on a great bash! Folks like ourselves got up and spoke how the bypass and band had changed or saved their lives. I was so moved I even got up and spoke a dribble. It was great to be around so many real people. Of course I would love to hook up with the rest of you. The only weekend I can do in April id the 14th. Then in May I have off the weekends of the 5th and 12th Deb

hi all i am planning on going to the BI get together that is this coming thurs. on being able to go to another get together i would love to meet the rest of you. i get 2 weekends off a month unless i put in a vacation day and no other has requested that day. has anyone heard from nana and how's she doing? deb

hi cindy, and welcome. the dr. did ask me to try and lose weight befor the surgery. bread lady, welcome. i grew up on the south shore but live in western ma for the last 14 yrs. there are a mess of people from the south shore the even had a get together in braintree a bit back deb

hey nana!!!!!!!!!!! good to hear from you!!!!!!!!!!! glad your doing well deb

rachel the same thing is happening to me!!!!!!!!! i have not gotten a fill yet, just the band. i did have a sip test in nov to see if something has moved, but they said every thing is ok nothing has moved. i think i will be having another sip test soon it is getting harder to eat with out pain and it is pain, not pressure there are only a few things i can eat now with out the pain, liquid and some mushies some days are worse than others the other morning i ground up a ham steak in a chopper (very small)then added apple sause, i did 1 1/2 spoons ful and the pain was enough to stop me i was able to keep it in, but i kicked a few things intill pain stoppped and it passed thru not sure why, if i haven't had a fill and everything is in right place deb