TracyinKS

thanks for the heads up... maybe they will rebroadcast.. maybe she is making the rounds today!

Sit back and read read read!!!!!!!!!!

Good morning Vi's and madaam prez! :wub: Rick is a sure fire keeper! Jane: I when do you go in to the dr?? Suzie: We had bad storms here in Leavenworth.. no tornado's but Survivor got preempted by Katie Horner (Weather Guru)...... GREAT NSV BTW! I had popcorn and icecream last night for dinner! I SWEAR I'm an idiot!!!! got to get my head in diet mode! Jenn: WHOOOOOHOOOOOOOO hard hat and a cell phone on your hip! SEXY! with your chocolate highlights.... I think you are getting ready to get some ATTENTION! Haydee: I got your sarcasm!!! LOL............... Kat: Glad no cancer.. and if I haven't said it before WOHHHHHHOOOO on your surgery!!!!!

I guess I'm going to have to start counting calories! Blechhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (stomping my feet and throwing a tantrum)

I think it is very nice............. but I'm not a decorator! Maybe one of the artsy eyed vi's will chime in

Tool-Schmool........ I know you get sick of hearing it....... but it is TRUE...... no matter what you will need to get your head in "diet mode" it does help with hunger (after you acheive restriction).. the band will keep you from flopping around on the floor like a fish from hunger but it won't make you eat solid protien or keep you away from the ice cream........ YOU HAVE TO DO THAT Some exercise, I don't (I need to ) but its not something I love ... now that I'm in the 180's and closer to goal.. the weight is not coming off like it did when I was 272 and simply eating less...... now is the home stretch where I MUST move my ass AND eat wisely to get to my next level.... band goals are anywhere from 1-3 lbs a week.......... so that means some who lose 50 lbs in the first year are still in the normal range... and the ones who are sitting pretty at -150 are the super achievers............ like the other poster said...... fills on self pay can be expensive so plan on it........... in year one I've needed 4 fills to get to my current maintaining level........ some who get the RNY don't have much doctore followup but they must be adament about blood work and b-12 shots......... My insurance paid......... but my mom and step dad are going to be self pay next year....... they are both going to take advantage of their company offer Flex Spending Accounts to cover some of the costs... I think you are mainly suffering from pre op jitters which is completely normal. You will be fine.. just know that going in..... you WILL have to get your head on straight.

SAME WEIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 187!!!!!!! But after the crap I've been eating I'm pretty pleased! :smile:

I would say yes..... plastic surgeon, reconstructive surgeon....

The muscle weighs more than fat issue is really meant that as a person loses inches its because fat is fluffy where as muscle is dense and compact............ meaning that as a person loses FAT they lose inches.. and exercising building muscle... and I think that if I grabbed a handfull of fat and a handfull of muscle the fat would weigh much less (think cotton candy) than the same mass of muscle (think steak) I welcome reading all posts .. and yes.. tough love is just that... and she did WARN people.. (it just happens to be what I needed to hear at this point in my day) and I have used the phrase muscle weighs more than fat a lot in my life...... but I guess what I meant is the actual volume of the mass............ cotton candy vs steak....... dang it now I'm hungry! :thumbup:

I would say that as long as YOU ARE READY and can be put out for a surgery then you would be a candidate..... since you've been researching since 2006 you should be well versed in band talk.... I know it took me several times of signing up for a seminar before I got the guts to go......... but I did and I am now one year banded and loving it......... and loving the size 12's I'm wearing as I type this! :thumbup:

I think you look great and don't have ANY advice.... but to say YOU LOOK GREAT!!!!!! :thumbup:

Take one pill at a time and you will likely have no problem! You are most definately not wasting your time!

I would say yes... that is fine, but remember I am not your doc! The pre op diet is there to reduce the size of your liver so that he can get in there and place the band.......... Don't fret... its not like you are planning to have a funnel cake!

The band is a long term device and if you get it removed you will open up your entire stomach and easily regain all your weight.... MAINTENENCE IS THE REASONE I CHOSE THE BAND as I have lost and regained many many times..... I hope to retain my band Forever, and be rebanded if needed! I needed only 4 fills in my first year and I don't really forsee me needing more at this time. ( I have pretty tight restriction) I know people who have been banded for 2-7 years and have had 1 or 2 fills! I will not willingly have my band removed....... IF I need too I will have all the fill removed thereby removing ALL restriction.. (some people go this route to see if they can maintain on their own)

It varies so much............ You can have the band placed in the states for as Low as 10K (Denver) or as high as 25K............ my doc has a self pay price of 16.5K. Mexico (where they've been doing the band for 15 years) can be 6.5K Other countries also have lesser prices...... If your insurance covers it, you will have your deductibles, copays and possibly out of pocket max's to pay.......... The year I had it planned, I put the out of pocket max on my Flex Spending Account and it worked beautifully! (I was able to use it for the psyc and nutrition eval, since it was required for my surgery approval.)

Ok... I vented .... I'm over it..... I have to say that I have no problem whatsoever with my surgeon or his office. He is very skilled.......everything good still holds true.... since posting.. I've had emails from a hellofalot of people including staff at said office........ anyway........ those newbies going in have nothing to fear or fret about... and all of the oldies already know the deal..... I tend to be very pasionate about my band and those who've INSPIRED ME along the way........ I got all momma bear on the situation.. and now thanks to the net it lives on......

I just heard a rumor about a local leader of a very popluar band support meeting in KC..... I am very ticked off as this is the woman who for me WAS the REASON I chose my doc in the first place. I think it is really crappy business practice and I'm seriously considering taking my band fills elsewhere. It is true I don't know the entire circumstance, but I really don't care. I myself feel betrayed and like I've lost MY support... the meeting is tomorrow and I had planned on going.. now.. I will have a hard time walking through their doors and an even harder time recommending her former employer to other prebandsters......

You guys are cracking me up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have no old jeans... I goodwilled them long ago!

Yeah... So I'm a hardass...... So… Cody came back from camping on Sunday and before bed started coughing and wanting sympathy….. Charles and I told him to suck it up and get some rest. Monday (Cody knew I had the day off with Robby and the Zoo) so when he called when school was out to cough in the phone and ask if I could come pick him up from school……… I ignored it and made him walk home thinking that the walk would be good exercise. Tuesday morning Charles and Cody got into it about him going to school……….. Told him to suck it up he was fine and a little cough wasn’t reason enough to stay home……. Gave him some Dayquil and sent him on the way. At school he went to the Nurse AGAIN and she told him he was fine……. Cody cried and called Charles.. who called me and got mad when I didn’t jump to take him to the doc… (cause I was doing payroll and I had missed Monday so I needed to get it done) plus I was THINKING.. HE IS FAKING! He is a big wimp! He has a few more weeks of school….. SUCK IT UP. So I told Charles that he would need to take him to the walk in clinic because it was already 3:30 p.m. and the reg doc would be pretty much done for the day…… and that I couldn’t because Robby had Kindergarten round up at 5:00 p.m…. So Charles got mad and hung up on me….. I took my time getting home because I didn’t feel like a fight and Charles calls me to say that Cody has phnuemonia and the doc at the clinic wants him admitted to the hospital! He wants me to come right up………….. ( I say no, I have Kindergarten Round up I will be there after that……… told him the way the hospital is they would still be in the waiting room) He got mad and hung up on me again…………. So we go do our thing and I KNOW I’m going to get guilted……….. So we get done with the round up and head to the hospital………. They say we can’t go back in because the rule is 1 person and dad is back there so I’m not needed…………GREAT……… but we end up going back anyway and find out that HE DOES NOT HAVE PNUEMONIA, he does have bronchitis……. They gave us an inhaler, steroids, and a refill for the inhaler and send us home………… When Cody and I were alone he looked at me and said very loud… I TOLD YOU PEOPLE I WAS NOT FAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (apparently the Nurse told him he was faking it too) LOL I said well maybe if you didn’t cry wolf so much we would of believed you. This morning I took his inhaler into the nurse and he is in school. Josh is going to have eye surgery on both eyes May 30th………………… GOOD THING I HAVE GREAT INSURANCE!

If it will help ... I will stand in my granny panties and too big bra and jump up and down to show you what cool tricks my body does!!!!! LOL I have no shame........ and I am not self conscience.......... and I am floppy and proud! :smile2: Laura if I email you the pic of me and robby can you fix the dang red eye fix (it made one eye really black) I would like to update my siggy with the cropped down version of my face.. (when you get time) I have to finish my payroll... oh............... and I have to tell you a story

For me I have tight days during my period, and when I'm stressed................ especially when stressed... I might as well give up food!

Here's mine: I posted a long bandversary reflection but here are the pics:

Good Morning.. VERY busy day today! Kindergarten round up tonight! Yeah!!!! Take care

Thanks everyone... We had a great time. The zoo was really small and they gave me an ULTRA hyper child that couldn't talk very well to be buddied up with Robby and I but I had to put the mom hammer down on her and then she was fine! So weird the dynamic of all the different "types" of parent........ from the rough and ready to the uppity I'm too good for you type....... weird. I was just me and actually there was a lot of waiting for all 5 classes to get with the program so at one point I had "my" table of kids singing ABC's, Twinkle Litter Star, Itsy Bity Spyder.... the other mom at the table was embarassed but we all just sang sang sang while the other kids looked at us like "hey thats the cool table" LOL as a parent of a very active child I know that REDIRECTION IS KEY!!!!! The day was long and the bus ride was longer! I had to ride in the big bus while Robby road in a small bus with the other 4 year olds... (parents and 5 year olds got to ride in the big bus) but I wouldn't of traded it for the world........... Haydee: Bronze shoes for sure.. especially with your bronze skin.. you are going to look mighty tasty!!!!! :biggrin: Everyone have a great evening.......... I'm pooped.