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SO BOOBOO when is the shoot ?? I cant wait to see them . I showed some examples to Hubby and he's ALL for it ! He cant wait for me to do it . LOL I cant wait to see yours Mindy

when in doubt ask YOUR Doc . I have problems with crackers sometimes now because they do have a tendency to turn pasty and gummy once they go down . So I would not try it with out clearing it with your doc first. I dont think , if i remeber right I was allowed crackers until the "semi Solid "stage Mindy

I could gulp until my last fill (3rd fill ) after that I could not. Now I can gulp again since I need another fill . Shortly after surgery I did not even try to gulp I had no desire to try it . But As time went on i discovered I could gulp. HTH Mindy

Congrats ! Do you have a date set yet ? We are here to share your happiness ! Love Mindy

You probably miss understood your doc you probably can have Clear liquids , you might want to check with them on that. And yes you probably ARE hungry , you have no restriction ! Your band needs restriction to work . Once you get restction its a whole different issue. ! I have all my fills done under Floruo (Xray ) I am allowed clear liquids the day of the fill. HOw do you do it ? Like someone else said you just DO IT ! I knew what my docs post op , pre op , and post fill diet was BEFORE I was banded. I can not eat solids for 12 days after each fill ! But I KNEW That going into this. You just do it and tolerate it and deal with it , its part of the process. As for the fills under flouro , Each doc has different theories and reasons My self i like being able to SEE that my doc is hitting my port and not poking blindly . Its not so much about seeing the level of restriction . I have had all my fills under flouro and have needed 2 unfills. So for me its about seeing the port being stuck , espically being self pay . hang in there you will be better after a fill. Why so long for your first fill BTW ? HTH Mindy

Sue Sue, Dont be so hard on yourself if you average your weight loss , from what you said your 16 weeks out of surgery ? Is that correct ? If that is the case your averaging almost 2 lbs a week ? THAT Is average. 1-2 pounds a week , your average weight loss is 1.9 lbs a week. Your not doing anything wrong , as far as the average weight loss goes. It does sound like based on what you said you can eat you do not have much restriction and that will help you . Also if your "playing" with your insulin levels and going up and down with that , that will cause you to gain weight. So my advice with that , is stay consistent with that until your doc says to adjust that. going up and down w/ the insulin can do more harm than staying on a higher level . Do you have a larger band ? From what i have seen and read it takes a little more fills to get restriction from the larger bands, so hang in there , it will come . Most of all take care of the diabetes and keep your levels constant ! I also agree with who ever said to try low carb instead of no carb. HTH Mindy

I just emailed you Tonnabug Mindy

Thanks , Im so jealous of ya'll that are able to run ! Never thought I would say I wish it were me ! LOL mindy

Well my 6 yr old has the FLU !!!! There is nothing more they can do for him other than what is being done now ! Antibiotics , Albuterol , Tylenol and motrin, I took him in because he was running 105.9 Fever !!! His lungs are clear with pneomnia ( im not sure he ever had that i think he has had the flu this whole time ) so hopefully he will be better soon ! Mindy

Alex, Did anything come out of the clothing exchange ? If you need any help developing that please let me know . There are quite a few members interested in that , a thread is going now about it . I think it would be Bigger and Better to have its own section . So i wanted to see where if anywhere that was in the process. A few of us have ideas about "guidelines" if you need help . Thanks Mindy

I dont think it even has to be a "trade" if postage if being paid . your right it cant be a swap because one is always bigger. HOWEVER its a "trade" with in the LBT Family sort of speak . So if one person has clothes to get rid of that same person will need clothes in theory as well. So that in a way is where the "trading " comes in . I dont know if they do COD anymore LOL I personally dont mind sending the clothes as long as someone pays back the shipping with in a relativity short period of time . If people dont want to pay shipping they dont participate. IN the past for people who dont know me that well , I have scanned the receipt and emailed it to them to "prove" what it costs. Mindy

I will if you can give me til next week . Im getting over pnemonia and my son is still sick with it . I'll be happy to once im feeling 100% again . Mindy

No no drama . Just stating my opinion . They seem to follow me anyway LOL Mindy

Normally what we do on another board im on is just pay shipping for the clothes. If your going to charge then each person needs to set their own price i think . People might have some nicer things than others . So saying ok $1 for pants is too much of a blanket statement . In my opinion . But I think for a true clothing swap paying shipping is the way to go Mindy

OH YES It slowed him down . WAY Down I think he slept all Saturday half of Sunday , he was feeling a lot better today . He bounces back quickly. Im feeling some what normal. i was out of the house today , LMAO I ALMOST came by the bank to give you a BIG KISS !!!:tongue::smile: Kidding. Had to take Tyler to get contacts , he told me "after 15 yrs of not seeing I can see now , good thing I dont have a girlfriend i Might find out she's ugly " LMAO just FYI for those of ya'll my oldest son is legally blind in his left eye , has had 2 eye surgeries and HATES Glasses wont wear them . BUT hes started drivers ed so HAS to wear them to drive. We got him contacts and he is SO Happy with how well he can see. hes NOT seen for 15 yrs bascially . Anyway , the run sounds challenging ! Im proud of you for finishing it . Talk to yall soon. mindy

So I spoke to my doc today about running the race. He said that I probably wont be 100% for about another week . Given the race is in less than 2 weeks Im thinking actually running the race is not looking really good. I tried to even walk on the treadmill today and though i would die, that is when i called the doc. he said not to try to exercise until next week. So Looks like i'll be walking the race . I'll try to run a little. I guess my new goal will be to run the one in March ?? Im frustrated now . Aggervated and tired of not feeling well. Im feeling a little better, was able to get out and take my oldest to an appt today . OH We had to take my 6 yr old to the ER last night, he was running a 104.9 fever that I could not get to break . Turns out HE's got walking pnemonia , luckily he's not in near the shape I was in AND he has an ear infection . Anywho . Im glad to see a newbie joining . And everyone else doing well. Love Mindy

Who knew we had a star among us !!! :tt1::tt1::smile::tt1: Mindy

So they said ok to do it until then ? I think something like in the title NEEDED: Size 14 Jeans XL tops . Or OFFER : Size XYZ then in the body you can describe what you have. We do something similar to that in another group im on and then PM to get details . When its gone you update the post with Taken , Sort of similiar if anyone has ever done anything with Freecycle type forums . ??? Mindy

I dont think trading from one person to another. but trading amoung the board members . Sort of look at it as at least someone in the family can use it ? Mindy

Now dont get me wrong LOL I dont think any one is "better" than the other, I think both systems has its faults and both have their bonus. I personally go to docs that are VERY Good with me because I dont have the best RX coverage or when I didnt have insurance at all , they did what ever they could to help me out and make it financially easier on me. Doctors in general i have found do not like the insurance industry because it takes away from their job of CARING for patients. I think in general the problem is making " general " statements or sterotypes that dont apply to all docs on both sides of the border hurts ALL the other docs. Its like saying "ALL Mexican docs are FILTHY butchers " that's not true . Or "ALL American docs are SO AWESOME ' Well that's not true. If those kind of generlizations can stop then accurate info can get out about BOTH sides of the border. Didnt mean anything personally against you Kirajh just following up sort of on your statement. But that's for agreeing with me !

Taismommy any word from Admin ? Mindy

I have kept one "fat" outfit too . LOL mindy

Im not sure why its so hard to belive that medical care in Mexico is so horrible. Granted I was not banded there , But I get tired of people bashing ( not that you are ) mexican docs or mexican hospitals when they do not know what they are talking about . Have you SEEN some of the hospitals in the US? They are VERY Dirty and have very poor care. Poor care and poor quality of care can happen ANYWHERE. So are docs and hospitals in England Bad because someone has not personally experienced them ? I just think before people make statements about things like this they should KNOW what they are talking about . Would I go to Mexico Or ANY doctor with out doing my research ? NO . Do you HAVE To do your research ? YES . You can walk into a butcher here in the US . I know docs here in my town that all my friends who are nurses would not DREAM Of going to . As for making SURE you only go to US trained docs , Again US trained does NOT mean superior . And I would not be 100% sure or satisfied now that a doc is not trained out side the US because SO Many are NOT . And as a Not so newbie on this site I too find it hard to determine who is a patient coorditnator , although its getting EASIER . if you look at some peoples posts and ALL They do is say " Try this doc go to this doc " and that is ALL they are posting, chance are its a coordinator " So your not along there. Personally those kind of docs are not the kind of doc i would want to go to that have to drum up business that way . So your not along on that issue thats for sure LOL . Mindy Mindy

Well I think to get LOTS Of posts, clothing ect it would be best to have its own section . Im just thinking their might be a reason why the moderators have not set one up before now ? Might be safetly concerns ? I dunno ? Let me know what you findout . Mindy

Sometimes people on here need to realize that the internet does not allow for peoples personalities to come through and emotions to come through in their typing. So IF you think some one is being a Smart A$$ to you or a Bi$tch BEFORE YOU GO OFF ON someone, why dont you try asking " did you mean that rudely or in anger " Because 99% of the time its not meant that way and people go off for NO REASON !!!! :girl_hug: << See meant in a nice informative way << Ok a little of a smart ass comment . LOL Mindy