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JbFLorida here is the info, I believe this is the website for it Directions to the Resort in Orlando Hope you can make it. I am in Jacksonville where are you?

I am on week four. I felt fine at 2 weeks but I am still learning when I am full and to chew better. I still get stuck sometimes on the first bite. It is weird to still be head hungry yet full at the same time. I want to take another bite but it just won't fit.

Octillo, I do believe it will have differnt questions but now I know where I am weak. I thought I was strong in math but I haven't used in in so long. I can rock out a calculator but they don't allow them on the test. Plus I have a differnt strategy now. I will skip all the math questions and come to them later that way I will have the others answered atleast. They have the math mixed with other questions. My nephew is doing good. Haven't heard much from them we are just waiting on his psyc eval. Thanks for asking. I think after the baby is born my SIL won't be so crazy. It is due anytime. I hope she doesn't get postpardum depression and try this again. I would love to have him but would rather he not go through this.

Ok I am back. The test only took me 2 hours. They told me it was a 3 hour test. In the first section I scored in the 82 percentile, in the second I scored in the 83 percentile and in the third I scored in the 93 percentile. Which means I did better than 93% of the other people who have taken the test. Looks like I have a good shot at getting in. I am gonna take it again to see if I can boost my score. They will look at the highest of the 2 scores. I am so excited. I can't believe I am actually doing this.

Good morning, Just a quick post from me. I am going to take the nursing entrance exam in about an hour. Send good thoughts my way. Gotta get going.

Thanks everyone, Great you are so funny, lol. It is amazing what a difference just 25 pounds made in the way I look. It works if you work it. Can't wait to see how differnt I am gonna look when I reach my goal.

Good afternoon, I had a lab exam this morning and I did really well. Don't have the exact score yet but I only missed 2-3. Also survived the dissection. It was pretty interesting to see the anatomy of the heart. I know it sounds gross but all the blood and stuff is cleared out of it before we handle it. They mail it to the college in formaldahide. Everyone was taking pics with the hearts so here is mine. I also lost all the weight I gained. Now on to the next 25 pounds. I believe my SIL is doing better now that the state came in and said her son was ok. She hasn't called in awhile. Gotta go the guy is here to mess with our connection.

Linda, Yes it is my DH sister. School went well today. I had lab and got to prepare a slide and it came out perfect. The teacher had everyone looking in my microscope. Gosh, I am such a nerd. It feels kinda cool though to know I can do something that I thought only super smart people could do. Gotta go prepare for my heart dissection tomorrow.

Good morning everyone, Just checking in, I did great yesterday as far as diet and stuff goes. My MIL brought home pizza and I almost gave in but I gained a little bit lately and I want to see the scale go back down. I do really good with my eatting habits during school days but on the weekend I really struggle. I am home all day Fri, Sat and Sun and I just wanna eat everything in site. During school days I am so busy I don't really notice being hungry. It doesn't help either that it has been rainy the past few weekends and I have stayed in the house. My Doc said he wanted me down 6 pounds by my next visit on the 9th. I have done that but his scale reads higher then mine so I need to lose a couple more to get his scale to agree. I know I can do it I just gotta win this weekend battle. I am taking the nursing entrance exam Friday. I am so busy studying for my classes I am trying to squezee in time to study for that. My Microbiology teacher has cancelled class the past 2 weeks so I feel kinda lost in her class. Doing great in anatomy 2 and film though. My film teacher had planned for us to do a presentation in class and he decided against it. I hate presentations and am so thankful for that but now as our final we have to do a mock up website about films. Kinda like rottentomatoes.com. Other than facebook and myspace I have no idea how to do a website. My advisor recommended I take the film class because it would be less of a work load and allow me to focus on my nursing courses. I am not so sure that was the best advice. I am required to take a humanities class that's why she suggested it. I am in it now so I gotta do my best. Hope you all have a great day.

The state went into my Sil house today. My SIL made a list of all the things the 12 year old did that had her concerned. They interviewed all the kids and went over the list and told her he was a pretty typical 12 year old boy. They did recommend that she get him involved in some extracurricular activities. Not sure where she is gonna go from here. It is a relief though to hear he is pretty normal. They are still gonna do a psyc eval.

I have heard of people having this. Look up on youtube, itsnotasprint she just talked about this in her vlog. I haven't had a fill yet.

Cheri, We do plan on having him evaluated to be sure we will be safe around him. Really I think it is my my SIL who has the attachment disorder. She herself was adopted and was in trouble all the time. She has withdrawn from the family. Refuses to return their phone calls. This is the second child she has had trouble with. The first one left in the middle of the night 2 days after she turned 18. My SIL treated her like crap too. My SIL is a very angry person and the kids are paying the price. I use to see the kids all the time but the more she has the less and less we see them. She has pushed all her friends away too. Right now, the 12 year old is sleeping on a mattress on the floor with no furniture in his room. After he does his school work on the computer and his chores he has to sit in his room and read. He is not allowed out to play. It has been like this atleast since christmas. I feel it is abusive for her not to get him help. Expecially because she is so determined something is wrong with him. I just get the feeling that she doen't love him at all. If I get that feeling imagine how he must feel. Kids know when they are not loved. I think they all need counseling and even parenting classes.

The cravings do lighten up if you can stick it out. My Doc required low carb preop and post op. I don't think they ever fully go away. If I have a carb now it starts the cravings all over again.

A little update. A lady from the state came out today and watched the kids play basketball. She told them they need to put him in public school and in a special ed class. SIL told my MIL she is not willing to do that. She will not stoop so low as to put her children in public school. She is really making him out to be this troubled kid. Someone else is coming out tommorrow to check things out. We are hoping to have him evaluated by a psychiatrist. Last year my son had just started at a christian preschool. They had someone come out and evaluate him for learning disabilities. They told us he was special ed too. Now he is perfectly normal. He was just having a hard time adjusting to being in preschool instead of home with me. We just got his progress report, he has improved tremendously and is right where he should be. It just took a little extra work and the right preschool teacher.

The weather only shows the next 8 days and it will be in the 60's till then. We are planning on having the 12 yr old over for the weekend on the 11th-13th. Don't know yet if this will interfer with me meeting yall. I do want to meet yall but My hubby and I want time with him to see his behavior for ourselves. We have spent time with him before and he has always been so obediant and pleasant. It is usually the others who lie and argue with you. He always is polite and helpful. I don't understand it. Maybe a weekend apart will do them both some good.

One of her problems is that she won't let anyone except their grandmas babysit. She is too embarrassed to let me and my husband come over and babysit or anyone else. I know she has to be overwhelmed but she has gone too far by calling social services. Now, they are in her home interviewing all the children. She has all of them home all day because they can't afford private school. She is homeschooling the older 3 but she sleeps most of the day because she is pregnant. The kids are getting behind in school. The older 3 take care of the babies. We are afraid if social services finds all this out she will lose them all. I know she is making a huge mistake but now it has gotten out of hand. I don't know what will happen if they lose all the children we can't take that many nor can my inlaws or their paternal grandparents. Yesterday she was still determined to give up the 12 yr old boy. She just has too many and doesn't have time to work with each of them on their behavior and school work. he is being blamed for all the caos in the house. With that many though it will be chaotic. Raising 1 kid is alot of work but 8 total with 4 of them being preschool age, I know I couldn't handle it. I hope she does change her mind. I don't want this for him. If it does go down we are going to do the best we can for him.

Happy birthday Janet. Sorry I missed you yesterday. Things in my house have been totally crazy. My SIL has 8 children and has another one due any moment. Two of the oldest children are adopted but one has left the house already. The other one is a 12 year old boy. She called here 2 days ago saying she didn't want him anymore. Can you believe that sh**? She adopted this boy 9-10 years ago and has just decided she doesn't want him anymore. She asked my MIL if she would take him. Well my MIL and FIL are old. Too old too raise a child. My FIL works 2 jobs and my MIL works but they are getting ready for retirement. They cannot take him so they told her that. SO, My SIL turns around and calls the department of children and families to find out how she can give him back to the state. They refered her to family social services, who refered her to a childrens foster home, who refered her to the abuse hotline. She spent all day on the phone yesterday trying to get someone to tell her how to surrender him. So now she is being investigated by the state to find out why she won't keep him and if she should be keeping the rest of the children. She could end up losing all of them to the state. My Husband and I have been talking about it alot. We have decided that if she really goes through with this that we would like to adopt him. We are the only hope he has. If we don't he has to go back to foster care and we really don't want that. So we maybe adding another child to our family. I am so sad for him that she is doing this but happy at the same time that we may be getting another child. I have always wanted more children but I can't get off my meds in order to get pregnant. And I can't take my meds and be pregnant. I have wanted to adopt for years but my hubby was so scared to do it. He didn't want us to get a child that was too much for us to handle. But, we already know this child and think he is pretty good for a 12 year old boy. He does have some attention problems but we can deal with that. It is crazy timing but it could be perfect timing. We are moving out in May or June so we should know by then what is going to happen. And know what kind of place we will need. This situation is just so crazy I hope she lets him stay but if not we are prepared to take him. It just baffles me why someone would do such a thing. This is something that can destroy someones life. I think she actually maybe going crazy. It would just break my heart to do something like this to anyone. It is also bringing back some bad memories of my own childhood. I know he is going to need therapy after all this. I am just really emotional about the situation. I could write on and on about how this is making me feel. But I won't. On a lighter note, I signed my 5 year old up for tee ball today. We are both really excited. I even got him a little glove. He can't wait to get on the field and I can't wait to watch.

I have medicare. Even though they covered me they didn't actually pay for much of the surgery. I payed mostly out of pocket. I believe your BMI needs to be atleast 35. Here is an article on it. Medicare Issues Bariatric Surgery Policy Guidelines — DOC NEWS

Hi Lisa, Welcome to the group. Last nights dinner went pretty well. I didn't get sick. I was taking my time to eat and one of the owners (of my husbands work) kept asking me if my food was ok or if I wanted to order something else. Plus, I bypassed the appetizers and cocktails. He seemed a little offended. So rather than him be offended I confessed that I have a lapband. They were real nice about it. Asked a few short questions but that was it. It was taking me forever to eat. They all finished and were waiting on me so I just stopped. It was taking too long. I ordered a salad with steak strips. They insisted we bring food home. Even had us order take home desserts for my son and inlaws. So that solved that issue. I did find the conversation a little boring. Hubby did too. They mostly talked about the other branches of the company and the history. Thank goodness it's over though. I was all up in knots. Well, I gotta go get ready for class. Thanks for all your advice. I was so worried over nothing.

Well It has been almost 2 weeks for me now. I am on soft foods. Yes, my Doc cleared me for it already. My first 2 meals of soft foods I threw up. Now, I can eat and eat and eat and I want to eat. I have no restriction and because I had those carbs the other day I am craving them. I am still trying to kick those carbs. I know It will take a few days for the cravings to stop so for now I am toughing it out. I am 12 days post op and have lost 8 pounds for a total of 20. My Doc wants me down 4 more pounds by Feb 9. He says I need to pick up the pace. I gained a bit post op and from eatting those carbs last week. Now that the swelling has gone down and I have little to no restriction I am hungry alot. My doc told me only 3 meals a day but I am finding that hard to stick too. I want snacks about 2 hours after I eat. I am gonna try eatting more during my meals and seeing if that will help me last until the next one. I am also doing alot of reading/studying. It just seems to increase my hunger. I am trying to adjust to my new school schedule too. Fiqureing out when I am gonna eat my 3 meals each day. Doc says to plan them so you don't catch yourself in the drive through. I bought some soups that had about 10 carbs per serving. It was the lowest I could find. I think that's what I'll be taking to school to eat between class. Just once a week. The other days are shorter so I won't need to take a meal. Bandster Hell, So this is what it feels like. I hope it doesn't get any worse. I guess from being on liquids and now having no restriction I am hungry all the time. My doc told me I would feel this way but to stick to the program. maybe we will have dinner early tonite.LOL

Pyhllser, you are funny. I am glad you have friends to have good times with.

Apples is on vacation to visit her son. Thanks for the advice Linda and Great. Thank you so much for the compliments. I guess I needed a booster shot of self esteem today.