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Thank you, I am now LMAO! @ work, luckily she's not around so I don't have to share what I'm laughing about

Seriously you guys.....IT'S FINE! I live in a very small town in the middle of no where, our office consists of 5 people total. We don't have such a thing as an HR department. If we did, I wouldn't go there anyway. "She smacked my hand" (which I said) and "STRUCK" (which someone else used this word)are 2 totally different things. If she had hauled off and decked me, or backhanded me across the face I'd of hauled off and decked her back. If you've ever watched NCIS, it was like how Agent Gibbs gives his Agent Tony a brain duster up side the head....only this was my hand. I am NOT mad, nor HURT. There will be NO supervisors involved, there will be no MACE, she would NEVER treat her clients like this and there is no work place bullying. So well I appreciate you all looking out for my best interest--trust me I'm a big girl (no pun intended) and can take care of it myself. I have have fire and ice in my blood. I can ride 4-wheelers, be the hostess with the mostess, throw left hooks, and play softball with the boys, all the while making tater tot hotdish. And if I have an opinion, I'm very open to sharing it. I have buried a child, I am raising twin daughters, work full time and have 3 part time jobs. Her little action to get some attention will not hinder my day in any way shape or form. I was just astonished by her reaction to me having a pretzel and thought I would share. I will NOT alter what I choose to eat, I will NOT change my life in any way shape or form to comply with HER beliefs.

I'm not a person who is afraid of confrintations by any means. I was just so awe-struck that I couldn't think of anything fast enough. If it comes up or happens again you can bet your butt I will be saying something. I have no desire to address her in private. She had the guts to do this in the breakroom -in front of others, I promise that I will address it (if it happens again) in front of everyone. I may use the power of attorney of my body line I know and realize that this is just in her nature because it is what she does for a living (telling people what to eat). I honestly believe that she is just comfortable with me (we are all very close co-workers) that she did that without thinking. All of my co-workers know about my band. I had to tell them because I missed so much work when I was supposed to return. I had to be admitted to the hospital 3 times for dehydration. I have no problem with them knowing. As a matter of fact I'm very proud of myself for having the guts to go through with this life-altering process so I enjoy talking about it and explaining my experiences. On a side note I do work for the county (which is in charge of the jail system here in town) and I've never been in trouble before so I'm sure they would let me out on a Personal Recognizance (PR) bond if a simple assult was to happen. LMAO!!

So this morning at work myself and two of the other ladies in the office went to coffee break. One of them (the family nutrition program assistant) asks me how I'm doing with the band. I replied well right now I'm down 21lbs since pre-op diet (Sept 29th) and 35 lbs all together. I said, I get a fill on November 23rd, so that will add restriction as I have no Fluid in my band right now. I was having a few pretzels (I know probably not the best choice but that's what I had). Then I went to take a bite of my little pretzel stick thing and she smacked my hand that held the pretzel (literally 3 inches from my face) and said "well then you shouldn't be having that!" Excuse me broad, you are NOT the one living with this band, you are NOT the one who went through the pre-op diet, all the testing, the surgery, the dehydration, and besides that if I want a bite of a damn pretzel I'm going to have it! I could NOT believe she did that. I was literally so dumbfounded I couldn't even reply. I just ate my pretzels chewing very LOUDLY to annoy her! Sorry just needed to vent.

I was banded on october 13th and had a very shar pain under my left ribs. Almost hurt to breath. Went to my surgeon and he said that he kind of tacked the tubing in place under there and it nay be causing some rubbing/inflammation and it should go away shortly. Yep 3 1/2 days later and it was better. Maybe that could be similar to yours? Hope it goes away soon.

That is awesome. However I don't think that stuffing my jeans in my jump bag will work. Patients might look at me funny. I'll get some new jeans this weekend for sure cuz I'm on call again next weekend and we don't need a repeat of the neighborhood flasher.

So the only reason I'm posting this is because I have to tell someone and who better than strangers. Right? I'm an EMT for a very rural ambulance service and this morning we received a call. So I threw on the same size 20 jeans I've been wearing for a couple years when we get a call. Grabbed my gear and ran out of the house. Mind you I've only lost about 23lbs including the pre-op diet. On the way to my vehicle my jeans literally fell off. I knew they were getting a little loose but I wouldve ran right out of them if I hadn't had shoes on. Thank god no one was around, the neighbors would have had a very eye opening moment. Haha. I just pulled them back up and was very cautious of my jeans while on the call. Thank goodness I didn't lose them again. Came close a couple times but it didn't happen. Got home and immediatly put a belt on. TIGHT! So now I'm LMAO but happy for my first VERY noticeable NSV!

I was banded on 10-13 and have this same pain. The thing I figured out this weekend that helped a LOT for me was maalox and WAY smaller sips and bites. I still had this pain today when I took a big drink or to big of a bite but overall my day was 75 percent better. Hope that helps, I know your pain.

I was banded 10-13 and 6 days later I still couldn't get anything down (I had been admitted to the hospital 3 different times over those 6 days for dehydration). On the 6th day my dr. Finally took out my original fill. He had never had that happen either. He just figured it was all due to swelling. He took that fill out and INSTANTLY I was feeling better. Even he said wow the color just came back to your face. He said he could physically see the improvement in my health when I could finally breath and drink. So yeah at least we know what a fill/unfill feels like but now I'm scared of getting a fill in fear of not being able to drink again.