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I'm still waiting to see if they can fit me in before Christmas.... I certainly hope so! I really will have to tackle OH, then won't I!:faint: But I really think that this will be the best course of action, I can really do without the biggest Christmas binge ever so this will certainly help that! The thought had occurred to me that I could just not tell him at all!!! !:rolleyes :omg: until after the op..... Probably not such a good idea! Will tackle him again tonight! I really need to get to grips with this!

Still trying to do Cambridge, still failing on a daily basis! 7 days til I'm off on my jollies! got nothing to wear, having to beg borrow and buy new stuff! Good job I'm not planning on going anywhere whilst I'm there! I'm getting cold feet here waiting and thinking that maybe it would be better to have the op over here and before Christmas, because I seem to have last supper syndrome really bad? I've looked into it the cost for Mr Hewin in Gloucester is 5930 including 3 fills..... not so big a jump as I first thought but still a good 1600 more than Belgium.... I don't know what to do really, I've arranged to go and see him on Monday, and I'll make a decision from there. My friend thinks that I should have it done locally. I'm unsure. the advantage s are that I don't have to take as much time to arrange and travel. I get to sleep in my own bed and if I have problems I just travel down the road and he's there, everybody speaks English and there are no barriers to communications The only disadvantage, is the cost...... I'm also more likely to have it done before Christmas here.

Well that's Sarah in Belgium now, probably having her pre op now appointment with the anaesthetist as I type! How exciting for you son Suz! A chance to go to Eton! When will you hear back? maybe you should take something in your bag that you can eat if you get caught short in future, save yourself from getting too hungry and making poor choices.... ( I have a card on my table that says that best way to succeed in life is to act on your own advice!) Maybe keep a carton of slimfast or a bar handy... something nutritious! Hope you're having a better day today .... 57 days til I'm banded now! Hx

I am a Registered Nurse, but I work for the pharmaceutical industry now...

55% DEET if you really are allergic and want to avoid at all costs, you should also invest in a mosquito net for your bed too. google for the best places for you... ( I can't help you, I live in the UK!) Hermione x

good luck Sweets.... sorry I missed you. I'll be thinking of you on Tuesday! Hx

I've got my european health card insurance! first thing I did when Sooz suggested it! feeling like I could eat a scabby horse between two bread vans at the moment... almost as bad as Pilko's pre op diet... remind me again WHY I'm doing this !!! Looking forward to meeting Dr Debray... Hubba hubba!!! Dr Mignon is not really up to much in the hotty department!!!

I have annual cover anyway with my bank account, so no worries there. good move coming out on Sunday, although you will have to find your own way to Chimay unless you stay in Brussels overnight and wait for the minibus pick up. Are you staying in Brussels? just been nosey as I haven't even decided how I'm getting there... Flight/crossing/Eurostar??? Theres so much choice and it does rather depend on what OH wants to do... when I finally get around to telling him that I've booked myself in for January. H

Hey Heb! Great to hear from you so soon! Glad that you're feelling fine and dandy! Now you and Suz are on the Losing side Pilko, You'll be there too this time next week! Then they'll just be lil' old me.....waiting.... waiting and waiting.... only 60 days to go!!

Hi, I call myself H because up until the inception of the Harry Potter films everyone new I met called me Her moin!!! Drove me mad! Now of course it's seen as quite cool! Still it's a bit of a mouthful so H it is! Weekends are hell on earth if I'm honest, OH loves going out to eat.... curry or chinese usually. It's just torture! Have a great weekend peeps Hx

Oh dear poor you Pilko! Fancy having to sit and Maccy D's! and then reading my confessions of a binge! good for you sticking with the yoghurt diet. I'm gonna be an angel too when it's my turn! :paranoid Just finishing off my expenses now and then I'll get down to entering my week's calls..... Finally all will be done for the weekend then! Glad to hear that the inches are coming off. Exciting isn't it! Had a Cappuccino shake for brekkie and veg soup for lunch, doing good, but need to drink more..... Right must get on with admin! Hermione x

Managed a whole day on SS(sole source) on Wednesday (Hurray!) Managed to not eat quite so many calories yesterday :rolleyes Going to do SS today and I WILL manage it Got 13 days 'til my holidays! :biggrin1: 45 days 'til Christmas:D :biggrin1: :biggrin1: :hungry: And finally...... 60 days 'til I'm banded!!! :clap2: I'm looking forward to all of these events, knowing that the band will help me to achieve my goals and get the body and health that I really want! Hx

Just playing devil's advocate here..... In the Uk if you are insulin dependent Diabetic, you are expected to use the needle on your 'pen' a good few times before disposing of it.... It is well documented that it doesn't cause infections and is accepted practice. However if you're in Hospital and are given your insulin by the nursing staff, they, of course, use a new needle every time. The cost in the UK for 200 Huber needles is £100 (about $185) so you know at less than a dollar a time.... WHY????

Just read my last post after I read yours Suzanne. I was feeling very sorry for myself! sorry that I've been on such a downer, I wish I'd already been banded, then I wouldn't have the physical problems to contend with just the demons in my head. However a good night's sleep has made me realise that all the weight I've gained in the past 6 months is down to me.So it's down to me to take some action to, at the very least, make sure that I don't gain anymore. So, day one on Cambridge today, I'm sticking with it because I'm no longer willing to accept the consequences of continued overeating. :clap2: A friend said to me that every action has consequences and it's the consequences that you should consider before you take any action I'm going to confess to my overeating habits.... l if you don't want to know then skip the red bits!.... :hungry::hungry::hungry: Lately I've been buying a lot of cheeses, Brie, cheddar, Vognier,( a firm cream full fat cheese) Stilton, Dolce Latte, and of course loads of digestive biscuits to eat with it. I've also taken to buying 200g plus of chocolate per day, sometimes I share it, mostly I haven't though, I get up in the morning and eat a 30g or so portion of Cereal (I don't wieigh it or anything, but it's the same small portion I've always had). Then I have a cup of tea (no sugar skim milk!). End up feeling like it's a bit 'wet' so make wholemeal toast with butter and marmalade to go with, one, two, three, four slices!! Then I go out to work drive around 1 hour to customers... see customers... come out feeling hungry, so have 'lunch' Tesco's awaits me.... Sandwich, Tunnocks teacakes (a whole pack of 6) a white chocolate and raspberry muffin, maybe 2 depending and usually pick up the biscuits and choccy for later....If there's a Starbucks nearby, I might go there and indulge in a Mocha or their new and devine luxury chocolate too:eek: Drive home, do admin and much half a pack of cheese covered digestives while I'm doing it...... Kids come home from School eat choccy with them. Surprisingly, I don't feel hungry, so am reluctant to start dinner, however they nag, so I get on with meals.... Butternut squast, with blue cheese, pinenuts and Pasta, or thai red chicken curry or pork chops cooked with apples and cider (all home made, my kids didn't even know what Turkey twizzlers were!!) It's done, so I eat some anyway... OH usually opens a bottle of red wine and I'll drink a glass, or two of wine, sometimes he'll raid the fridge and I'll pick at what he gets out (olives, cheese, guacomole, hummous, with bread sticks or crudites if I've chopped them up earlier) Strangely I don't eat loads and loads of this:rolleyes I don't feel that hungry;) Just read through my consumption! OMG!! Going to enter it into the Weight loss resources site and come up with a daily calorie figure.... Any guesses at a daily total??? I have my big mug of Cappuccino flavoured shake (served hot) in front of me and I'm sticking with this until I go on holidays in 15 days time... I can do anything for 15 days, it's not like it's forever, and it should put paid the the 22's again (It's not the first time I've been here, but it's definitely the last time I'm visiting this place.... ) So aim to stick with Cambridge until my holidays and then NOT gain any weight between now and my op! Does that sound good to everyone? Sorry to have gone on a bit, but needed to 'fess up' to my compulisive overeating. Hope that you don't mind... it's the last supper syndrome gone completely mad, I wasn't this bad before I'd decided to have a band! Hx

Poor you Pilko, hope you feel well enough to indulge in some delicious yoghurt tomorrow!!! I've had a terrible day today, popped into town to try on some trousers..... bursting out of size 20's :think, feeling so cross with myself, but am, so far, unable to do anything about it. Glad to see that you're enjoying your sloppies still Suzanne! It's still the one thing that's really bothering me, I thing I'll have to cook stuff and puree it seperately, so I don't get an homogeneous brown mush to eat. Right I'm off to my pit now, good night all Hx

Good for you Sweet! Glad you've managed to organise everything. Good luck with your PCM, I'm sure that you won't have a problem. sorry that you couldn't remember what the name of the band used is, I guess that I'll have to telephone Deidre.

Congratulations on finding the money, are you definitely going to Chimay now? If so have you booked your op or consult yet?

Suzanne, Did you ask what sort of band was fitted? Just wondering, and now it's driving me mad!!!

It's all go here isn't it! With Heb off for her op this morning and Pilko starting the yummy pre op yoghurt diet!!! , Suzanne experiencing the first PB..... (don't envy you that one!) OH is still against it, so have left him to stew for a couple of weeks and then will start again. Such a nightmare, but, like I said, this is my decision and I've definitely made up my mind that this is the path I want to follow. Simply because I cannnot fight with my weight anymore, I'm tired of being on the merry go round, either losing or gaining weight with none of the enjoyment of a normal life where food doesn't rule my world!! (It's not just me is it? Ican't be the only one who feels this way about food and body weight) If I'm not eating, then I'm thinking about food, if I'm not thinking about it then I'm preparing it... and so on and so forth..... Right, OK, rant over, (H scuttles back into her hole and sulks!!!) Hx

Oh Suzanne! Sorry about your disappointing result, but as many have a,lready said, scales vary, plus your weight will vary during the day. Also if you weighed without clothes, then with, that too will make a difference! Don't worry, the overall trend is downwards and you are on the losing side now!! Not long for Pilko now.... I'm feeling excited for everyone here, and fighting the slight disappointment that it's not my turn NOW!!!! However, I'm off to my happy holidays in 18 days so not that bothered, although I'm defo going to be bursting out of all my clothes!!! When are you going for your first fill?

hello! Think one of my posts didn't get through, dunno why! Computer must be having a dickie fit or summet! Love your avatar S! Do take a trip down to Boots it'll do you the power of good to know how much more you've lost so far! Hx

sounds painful, does the doc think it will get better with weight loss? I was always led to believe that if you had hypermobility more 'padding' around the joints protected against further dislocation???? Still, I guess that there's a difference between 10lb of padding and 60lb of padding. .... Do they still have you wringing out towels in an effort to shorten the ligaments in the shoulders? Hows the eating going? Did he put any fluid in your band at the time of the op? Lots of people have mentioned 2ml fills when the band is fitted???? Just curious. Have you booked your first fill yet? How's the pain side of things? 11 weeks until I pass over to the losing side!!! If you're doing teacher training then I guess that you had your op done during half term, What an ace idea! Wish I had half term!!:think I hated school but you know it's not really the issue here, I just want 13 weeks holiday a year!

Well Good morning! You were certainly up late last night! Work day for me today, I have a 1001 things to get done before the end of play today! Pink Elephants eh? I for one will be thinking tropical beaches, palm trees and turquoise seas!! I just love being on the coast! Are you back to work today?

Still not managed to let him know yet! Friend gave him a book on the adjustable gastric band on Wednesday!! Think he might be getting the message that it's what I want! Just need to pick the right time to let him know of my intentions, but it's coming along nicely. You know what they say... slowly slowly catchy monkey!! I feel happier knowing that I have it all organised and that I've set the wheels in motion to have a fully informed OH who is, I hope, totally on side by the date of my surgery. Hx

Hey no worries, I didn't expect you to answer all of them,...God it would have cost a fortune, I have package of 500 texts so it's no issue and I get a bit txt happy! :-) Glad that you were really well after your op, I was too after I had my varicose veins done in September. Drifted off at 9.00 and awoke at 12.30 in the recovery room... wide awake, no sickness, no woosiness nothing! Although I do have to say that I felt a bit 'stupid' for about a week after the op, like someone had taken about 40 points of my IQ away, which was a bit of a challlenge as I need my brain! Funnily I'm not worried about the actual operation anymore... I'm worried about it working for me. Stood on the scales this morning... OMG another 3lb gain. I've really got to stop, but I feel, as I said earlier that my life has become one long last supper! Trying to persuade OH to go for a curry tonight.... what am I like?! Although I've been really good today. I decided not to be too hard on myself and so, I've had a massive bowl of green salad and two meal replacements. I feel hungry, but I guess that's only to be expected. Glad to see that 1 1/2 stones of your 'lard' has already shifted, you'll be wearing slinky size 14's by Christmas at this rate, no worries!!! 3 weeks and 5 days til my hols still struggling but feel a bit like I don't have to do it all before time. Mission impossible to be honest so not going to stress about it!