LinetteH

Congratualtions on quitting!! Great job!

I have had that problem even before the band and pbing! I had an ENT that said he would take my tonsils out for me but I have heard of the horrible pain of getting your tonsils out as an adult and just can't convince myself that it is something I absolutely have to do. It actually is important to get the yuck out but you must be really careful because it is an area that will get irritated easily. I did hear that you can gargle to get some of it cleaned out if you do it right away after pbing...you may try that. Other than that I do not have any other advice for you! Hang in there!

I had an ablation in December of 05 and had a hysterectomy a year and a half later due to breakthrough bleeding/pain with the ablation. A girlfriend of mine (who had gastric bypass) had an ablation done in February and is already back at the doctors due to heavy bleeding. I think ablation works well for people who never had heavy cycles to begin with but for people who have heavy cycles or long cycles it does not work very well. If you are done having children (which you must be if you are considering an ablation) I would tlak to the doctor about a laproscopic hysterectomy instead. (Mine was abdominal and painful!)

Oh my! I think I may have just woke everyone in my house up!! LOL

The sliming definitely made the band "real" for me. Until my first incident I kept thinking I was doing something wrong. Now I have to be sure to eat slow and chew, chew, chew. You are doing amazing!! Great job!

The rules for on base surgeries are different than off base. I had to do the psych eval, and had a long history of weight issues in my medical charts already but other than that I was just 100 pounds overweight with no co-morbidities. The huge bonus is Tricare had ZERO to do with my surgery since it was done on base by a military doctor. I kept worrying about Tricare until it hit me one day that I would not ahve to worry about them at all!

Congratulations on your weight loss! You seem to have reclaimed your life--woo hoo, good for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations on your success!!

Wow congratulations! You just really put all of this into perspective for me. I have been so focused on the weight loss that I didn't look at BMI. When I started I was at 44.9 BMI and I am now at 38.4. Still way too high but it is dropping and I am healthier! Thanks for the perspective check!!

These are great! Thanks!

I imagine the slurpee doesn't ahve all those bubbles but man, it would have tons of sugar! Not sure my body could handle that! haha

No suggestion but I will keep an eye on this thread to see if anyone else has one! :biggrin: I do know if I get a sweet tooth I can eat a bit of low sugar peanut butter and the sweet tooth passes.

Are you asking if you need another fill? You only lost 1 or 2 pounds since your last fill? If that is the case I would want another fill! My last fill I I had only lost 3 pounds from my previous fill so I went from 4.5 to 6.5 (in a 10 cc band) and I am still not really feeling restriction so I would go in again tomorrow if they let me, haha!

I got banded the same day you did. I also have 5.5 cc's filled right now and am filling no restriction. I am terribly frustrated with it right now. I have been trying to get a second fill scheduled but my surgery was through a military hospital and many of our surgeons are trauma trained and are in Haiti right now. I am trying to be patient and keep telling myself the job they are doing in Haiti is far more important than me getting a fill but I still want to feel the restriction. As of right now I have lost 36 pounds but that has been all self-control and 15 pounds of weight loss on the pre-surgery liquid diet. I definitely understand your frustration and I keep reading to see if anyone else has had the same issue as me, which obvioulsy you have so maybe we just need to rememebr that it will take some tiem to reach our "happy place." I do exercise just by walking right now but it is something until I lose a little more weight and am able to do a bit more.

I don't have after pictures yet but I wanted to say you look beautiful!

Well, I am not guy but hello! Good luck with your surgery!!