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kristin, I think it seems we gain weight because we are so swollen, well atleast I am in my tummy area. today I moved onto full liquids, I think I may have posted about it already, don't remember, i had about 3 oz of very watered down tomato soup and actually loved it and got full. Gas is moving to my neck and shoulder, lots of gas x here, seems to have helped. the recital was so adorable!! we only stayed long enough for her to dance so about 20 minutes. I was so sore sitting down in the chair. any my 1 yr. old cried nonstop because she wants me to pick her up, but I can't. It's too painful. You guys that are banded , do you feel weird now that you can't eat. Like today I passed the chicken man, he makes these yummy rotisserie chickens which are my fav and it was like a habit to get some, then my husband brought home Pad thai my favorite so I was a little sad about that. I can't explain it, but it feels like i broke up with my best friend, I just keep thinking of things to eat out of habit. you know? I'm not hungry, but i just eat out of bordom i guess

NG I don't think I will be going for the TT in germany!! lol. I couldn't wait 6 days to shower, so today is day 2 and I had a sponge bath to wash off all the iodine and I washed my hair in the sink. I have nothing to wear tonight to my daughters recital, my stomach is massively swollen so all my jeans hurt, I could do sweats, but ewe. I just keep those for bed. guess I will have to resort to sweats and look like a bum. Noone here knows expect two close friends, so they will all be looking at me weird when I show up like a street bum, lol. I'll just do my make up. gas pains are still getting better! can't wait for them to go completely away. I"m not hungry at all, I drank 11 oz Protein shake today over 3 sittings. Each time I got really full, almost too full. good sign I hope. I think I have lost 3 lbs since surgery. I weighed after my sponge bath and it seems like I did. good luck today 20th bandsters. soon we will all be done. Everyone is doing so great, I love checking to see what's going on.

I think Ropers are shoes, like cowgirls and boys wear. they are boots, and they have little tassle things at the tongue. Very country. but they are cool, and expensive and quite a reward if your into that. good for you!!

i had only one day of preop diet and it was do awful. I was grouchy, and i'm never grouchy, I got a terrible migrane. I'm sorry that you have 3 days. it will pass I guess, good luck

welcome home kay!! I'm so glad that it went so well for you. I totally understand about the stomach sleeping, I too am a stomach sleeper. I can'tget comfortable at all. Last night, my first night home, I slept in our lazy boy wtih tons of pillows around me. this morning I am feeling a little better. gas pains are getting so much better, incisions are sore, but not excruciating anymore. I think I may feel up to going to my little girls recital tonight, it's amazing how fast our bodies bounce back. Kind of reminds me of having children and feeling like crap for a few days then all of the sudden you start to heal and go back to normal in a few weeks. soon all the pain will be a distant memory. then I will be wanting a tummy tuck. right now, I am saying no way, this is more than enough pain, I can't handle a TT. I know that I will forget the pain. I don't know if I will get it done in germany though, these people must all have a high tolerance for pain, I really really don't. . this morning i woke up hungry and I'm allowed to have full liquids now, so i had 6 oz of a yummy chocolate Protein shake. Now I'm good. my stomach is still rumbling, but i'm not sure if it's hunger or gas. but i don't feel hungry i don't think. anyway, the month is coming to an end, we will all soon be banded. what a wonderful 2007 we will have!! I can't wait for next christmas.

i tried to ask for more meds, but they dont understand vicoden!! come on now, this is like mideval times. Torchure the stupid american day.

yeah ive been doing gas x. i think i figured out why i have so much pain, i have freaking staples!!!! i thought i was being glued. wth??

i can't believe gas pain is for a week!! I am dying here! I have some German pain meds, and I am only allowed to take it twice a day, so I am waiting till before i go to bed to take it. i feel like crap! I have to keep walking around my house. I'm getting dizzy from the back and forth in this short house! I can start Protein shakes tomorrow, and Soup with no chunks, just broth or creamed soup through a strainer. i'm not hungry at all though, just pianful. My daughter has her ballet recital tomorrow, hopefully i will be up for it. If this gas will just go away. Maybe tomorrow afternoon I will walk my village, execpt i'm scared because I live on a huge huge hill, hills are everywhere, there is no escaping them.

ok, I am officially banded!! 27hrs now!! very very very painful. I am in Germany and they would not give me a morphene pump! they said this surgery is a B on the painscale and doesn't get one! So i was in pain all day long yesterday and making the nurses so mad. They couldn't understand me and I couldnt' understand them. so now i am home, feeling a little better, but gas pains are terrible. I can't shower for 6 days!! yuck, and I am on liquids for 10 days. I go back next tuesday to look at my incisions. The only painful one is the port and it's not too bad the rest I can't even feel. Just the horrid gas! i have been sipping Water and tea since yesterday. I woke up with a productive cough and keep coughing up a little blood. Hope thats ok. Anyway, where are my other 18th girls?

ok, perfect example Andrea murdered her children and wen to prison, but it's ok to murder you children if you haven't met them yet? ridiculous.

I should be sleeping since we need to leave at 3am and is already 10:30pm but i have the worst worst migrane ever!!! i cant' sleep!

i am so so hungry!! I have a migrane. I'm having food withdrawls!!

Tomorrow is the day!! Today is my only pre-op diet day, clear liquids only. and it is pure torture. I want nothing more than a greasy pizza hut pepperoni and extra cheese! I am getting so nervous, i have to pack the kids some clothes to spend the night with a friend. I'm so nervous I could cry. I'm just praying everything will go as well as all of you!

you are hilarious! I know I will feel like sucking on a piece of pizza, or a chocolate cake! lol. Whatelse can i suck on?

how inspiring

So I went grocery shopping today and looked to find liquid gas x and liquid tylenol and they didn't have either of them! The only store I have a choice of is the commissary on base and the BX/PX. No selection here in Europe. I got chewable gas X, hopefully the dr. will have something to give me in the hospital. I got lots of broths, ss/ff jello's and puddings, I have stocked up on Protein drinks and powder. So hopefully I will make it through the liquid phase. tonight we have a christmas party for my husband squadron, I'm am going to try to stay away from the bad stuff! Luckily I don't drink, so I won't be having all those empty calories. good luck this weekend! Kaydot- MOnday is almost here!! Oh my goodness, are you nervous? I am .

i chose the lapband because of the lower risk of complications, the fact the people don't die from it, that was a plus. The recovery time is amazing. It's cheaper, reversable if there happens to be a complication. If there is a complication I can always be rebanded. The success rates are about the same long term. the weight is slower to come off, but that just means less skin to pay to have removed later.

Congrats!!! That is so exciting, I can't wait to be a 16 again. I have a whole 16 wardrobe.

Ok, so after all these pages and pages of post, has anyone changed their position??? I know I haven't, the arguments have actually made me more pro-life! A new topic now maybe??? Affirmative Action? That's controversial. I'm against most forms of it. Any thoughts?

Only 4 more days to go!! I can't believe it! I weighed this morning and have lost 10 lbs since my consultation! I have not been doing a liquid diet or anything, but had gastro and strep throat one right after the other, so I think that did the trick. Now if I can just keep it off for the weekend. I'm starving right now, only had a bowl of Cereal and an apple so far today and it's already 3:30pm. I am going out to dinner with some friends so I don't want to eat too much today. I am going to drink a huge glass of Water before i go, I'm working on it now, it's about 4 cups of water. It's nice to see that everyone who was banded so far this month are doing so great! congrats to you!! I'm getting nervous for monday, cleaned the whole house today, babysitters lined up for my girls so my hubby can spend the night with me, it's 3 hrs. away. Merry Christmas to me! $6700 gift to myself!

Ok, because of a bad choice of words on my part, I've opened a can of worms for myself. I respect that and it's well deserved though. My last statement, this is what I believe, regardless of what the other posts I wrote seemed to say when analyzed so thoroughly. I am pro-life. The only reasons that abortion COULD be acceptable, and only on a case by case basis are, Incest Rape and if the life of the mother is at stake and the baby has no chance of living. I think most instances would not call for the abortion. Again, I can see where the Grey statement could be picked at, after reading your posts and being called on it, I guess yes, there is a little grey area, but honestly at the time of writing that, I didn't believe these instances to be grey. I thought they were just common sense. I would like to take Rape off that list, it's off for me, but I will stand by it on a case by case basis only because of my Religion. Whoever said that the fetus is the same, no matter how it is conceived is right, your right. That's why I wouldn't have an abortion if raped and if it was incest I couldn't make that decision on my own in that emtional state and would need much counseling for that. Abortion is just morally wrong and disgusting. I can't even believe that anyone would be ok with it , especially after reading what it entails and seeing pictures. It's just terrible and it breaks my heart. On most other issues I always have the "Whatever someone believes is ok with me." attitude, and respect their decisions. Not on this though, I can't respect someone's belief who is ok with this terrible terrible way of killing a child. Even the whole Gay marriage thing, I ofcourse am against it, but then if someone is for it, I'm ok with that. whatever floats your boat, it isn't killing anyone.

good call, I did say that and meant it. I did say that in anyone of those situations I may not be ok with an abortion. In my original post, I should have been more clear. That was a huge mistake on my part. Those three reasons are not my own ideas, they are the guidlines of The Church. I think that if i was ever put in one of those situations then I would have to have personal prayer as well as counseling with my Bishop. I see the argument that with those circumstances I am saying that I have the right to choose what to do, and why doesn't everyone have the right to choose regardless? Simply because if the baby is healthy enought to be born it should not be murdered. I can say almost 100 % if I was raped I would not have an abortion, but I don't know if I would raise the child myself. Incest is really a different story, need I say more. If the baby isn't going to live and the mother is on her death bed then that is also a different story. Under usual circumstances, unwanted pregnancy, baby is ok, mother is ok, not incest, just a stupid mistake then yes it is murder. I know it seems like "Gray" areas, so I guess that's a bad choice of words on my part, that deserve a lashing, lol.

Carlene already answered this beautifully with the adoption issue and I agree with her. What's wrong with adoption? Yes I am saying outlaw abortion. One solution other than adoption, could be to raise the baby, own up to your mistake, be a woman and just raise the child. wouldn't be the first time someone had a baby that was a mistake and raised it. Just because some adoptions turn abusive, most probablly don't and it's still a better option than murdering a baby. The only reasons that I would be ok with abortion are Incest Rape or The life of the mother is at stake and the baby has a slim to nill chance of survival. Ofcourse each one of those situations may or may not constitute murder, if I was in the position of any one of those reasons I may not have one.

Calene, well put.

I have one or had one, but nothing has ever been done about it, the dr. kind of just mentioned it to me in passing at an appointment. I did gain over 50 lbs last year a little before and a most after they told me about the cyst. I thought I should get it checked out again, but the dr.'s here don't seem to think it's important. I wonder?