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I was also offered a balloon as I had a lower BMI. I couldn't see the point as I believe the chance of regaining again once it is taken out is pretty high. My surgeon agreed with me. I hope that you have success with this .

I'm sure I saw fluffy on either the sleeve or plication board and I think she was having a revision in the near future.Seems a little premature if she was in fact only banded in Oct. I could be wrong , it may be a dufferent fluffy.

A small amount does dissappear over time. If you remember school biology when you learnt about plants and Water - it passes through the semipermeable membrane by a process called osmosis. I think something similar happens with the band. Normally it is ver small amounts and nothing to worry about. The other possibility is that the Dr did not withdraw everything. Generall there is some Fluid that stays behind that they do not draw out or it causes problems. This could be where the difference lies.

Instead of arguing over the guilt or innocence of Julian Assange how about we discuss Gabe Watson. Did he muder his wife, was it premeditated. What should his punishment be? What are your thoughts on the fact that the Australian govt. refused to extradite him to the US before first getting a guarantee that he would not get the death penalty?

I can no more prove my point of view than you can yours. You might wonder though why if he is guilty of espionage or some similar charge he was not arrested on that charge and why it was not done months ago. I find it strange that most of you arguing against this guy live in the US where you are proud of all the freedoms that you supposedly have. Yet what is happening in this instance is something that you would expect if you were under communist rule.

He hasn't actually broken any laws. They are desperately trying to find one to charge him on. The so called charges that they have arrested him for are false, manufactured and a load of crap. People should be more scared about the fact that if they want to arrest you for doing something that is not illegal then they will create a false charge on which to get you.

Apart from the issues with the LBT that have already been pointed out there are a few more that I would like to raise. Previously I used to get email notifications when threads that I had posted in or subscribed to had new messages. This is no longer happening. I really don't have the time or the inclination to keep logging into the site and then trying to find out if there is anything new or not and where it is. Please bring back the email notifications as it is a far quicker and easier method of replying to threads that I am interested in. Ditto private messages - I am not getting email notifications for those either. I don't understand the quote thing. I got a notification(not via email) that someone had quoted something I had posted. When I followed the link I could not see the quote.I am not sure what the purpose of this is or how it is supposed to work. Please create a page where we can see a list of NEW THREADS. This is far more user friendly than having to go into each seperate forum. If I have to do that then I am not going to bother. Please restore the functionality of being able to see what a thread is about without opening it. I understand the change due to advertising but I do not understand why functionality that we previously had has disappeared. Surely we should be getting improvements not going backwards which is what it appears is happening at the moment.

Welcome to the thread new people. I think I would be on wine & chocolate if my child was off to Kuwait too. Pamper yourself for a few days and then get back on the straight and narrow. Yes I now have email notifications back with a vengeance. It seems with this new format you either get one for every post on the thread or none (delayed doesn't seem to work). Previously I would get 1 or 2 per thread until i visited it again! Still can't see what a thread is about without clicking into it or see a page with only new threads on. Looks like I will save lots of time though as I don't think I will bother trawling the site for new stuff unless I'm really bored - I will just try to check on on this thread frequently. I know how you feel with the glasses. i have ale=ways had the best eyesight up until about 2 years ago. then I needed longer arms or had to use readers for closeup stuff. I know have prescription reading glasses and am using them more and more. If they are not on my face they are on top of my head(bad I know but multifocals cost too much). It is a pain taking them on and off all day long. Now even with them I struggle to thread my sewing machine or read the nutritional info on food. i swear they keep making the print smaller. i so hate getting old!

Thanks Bob, I know I'm an old fart but I'm not opposed to change if it is for the better. In this instance it doesn't appear to be. I managed to get a few email notifications and now they seem to have stopped again. I got none for any of the posts made after my last one on this thread. Glad everyones husband issue are in the process of being resolved. Mine drives me nuts sometimes but on the whole he's pretty amazing. I mean he does do all the gardening, washes dishes every night, hangs up washing , cooks sometimes and even tries his hand out at the odd repair. I'd better not complain too much. Leigha I love your hair. Dark is so much more practical than blonde. You can dye it yourself at home for far less than the blonde costs to upkeep at the salon. I went dark for winter and am enjoying it so much that I haven't gone back to blonde . Stacie I am sure the fact the you find out on your bandiversary is a positive omen. I will keep my fingers crossed for you. Leigha I think you did the right thing. I tend to verge on the edge of being a nosy neighbour. Example one day last week i could see some dog chasing my neighbours sheep so i had to track down her no to let her know. I was then worried in case it was my other neighbours dog(it was) that i then rushed over to let him know too. Bob as soon as the welling goes down we need to see new pics. I am sure that you must be looking and feeling amazing. I worked today (I'm casual). Had to teach a bunch of feral(wild as in feral animal) teenagers. I have so much sympathy for full time teachers. Kids are so out of control these days and they are not allowed to discipline them effectively. There were only 8 students but they felt like 50. I was totally knackered when I got home. My son is away on a school trip to the Gold Coast, they are visitig all the theme parks . My daughter comes home from uni to live(and look for a real job) at the weekend.That's about it on the home front. Other than the fact we are still a having major rain and floods. So many of my trees and plants are dying and I am sure that it is from too much Water. It is so frustrating. Going to keep my fingers crossed that I get email responses back again. If not I may just give up as it's all too hard. Facebook is so much easier.

Since when was Bob being rude? I have just read his post and cannot see it. 15lb in 3 weeks is amazing. I cannot see how anyone could be anything other than ecstatic over that kind of result.

Yay - I found the thread again! Will have to read the latest news later when I get home from work . I am so not liking the changes to this website. It is a PITA to find your way around, slow etc. On the plus side it may have cured me to my addiction and I may now find time to do other things instead of spending hours here.

I am with Cheri. If you're are not going to get fills then why bother getting the band? The fills are an important part of the process. The band is designed to work with fills. Yes a few lucky people manage to lose without them but they are the exception rather than the rule. Yes fills are an automatic part of the process. Yes fills are designed to help with hunger. If you are so convinced that you can do this without fills then do it. Just diet and exercise - don't bother getting a band. The way your post comes across it makes it sound as though people that need fills are in some way inadequate, You seem to be judging. Generally fills are recommended if :- you get hungry sooner than 2-3 hours after eating what you should be eating. If you are not loosing weight. Yes there is a risk of getting overfilled but when that happens you generally know it and end up going back for an unfill - being too tight is miserable..

It seems you are still missing the point. Up until this latest upgrade I had a link(Alex gave it to me ) that took me to a page where I could see new threads. I loved that - it was easy to see if there was anything new and interesting going on. Without that i have to wade through pages and pages to see if anything catches my interest which to be honest is more of a PITA than its worth. Will Alex restore this functionality that I had previously or not?

Just tried this. No green sheet of paper.

View new content does not show new threads. It shows threads that have new posts - there is a big difference.

Amazing - some of us have been here for ages and we didn't know about this.I didn't realise that people could score me nor that I could score them. Something else to stress about. On the positive side we can find axel or whatever his name is these days and give him lots of bad marks!

Yes I got 4 all to this thread in one go. Hopefully that means this issue is now fixed.

The main problem is the lack of email notifications. I have checked and changed my settings and they are still not working. I have checked my spam folder and they are not in there. I have a gmail account. The other issue is that previously you gave me a link that took me to a page that listed the new threads. I found this far easier to use than having to visit each individual forum to see what is new and of possible interest.This link no longer works. Please can we/I have a link to a page that does the same. The new content does not do the same thing as that shows new posts rather than new threads.

As far as I am aware AOL has no impact on my mail. I have a gmail account and I am not receiving the notifications. It worked perfectly prior to the upgrade.

I didn't realise there was such a thing until I read this thread. I have a 12 good. No idea what it means. Maybe it's a bit like an ebay user rating but who scores and how would be interesting to know.

It's not working for me either and it's driving me nuts.

I have tried resetting my settings and it still isn't working. I liked to be able to enter the thread where I left off. To have to come into the site and search for what may or may not be new is just a time wasting PITA. I think a lot of the "older" more experienced bandsters will probably leave which is sad for the newer people that could benefit from their experience. It also seems like Alex doesn't care because if he did he might read some of these threads and offer us assistance. In the end it all seems to be down to $$$$$$$. How naive of us to think that this site was actually a lapband support site. It would have been nice if a general message had gone out to all members before the changeover warning us that it was going to happen and another one when it was completed explaining the changes and how to be able to easily navigate the new site.

Please give the rest of us tips . It's not doing it for me.

Aren't we supposed to have freedom of speech. Give him a medal and stop trying to set him up for crimes he didn't commit.

Thanks It's not the new posts I'm looking for it's the new threads. I used to have a link that took me to a page that showed them but it no longer works. Hovering over thread titles doesn't seem to be working for me at the moment either. I always used to get email notifications , have checked my settings to see if changing those helps. It hasn't - I didn't get a notification that you had replied! If this doesn't get sorted out I am going to give up as it's just too hard.I can see that there may be a lot of members that give up which will be a pity.