Shrinking Violets -- April 07 Bandsters

[TerriDoodle 6]

as the patient progresses in their weight loss, the effect of very tiny fills (less than 0.2ccs) becomes greater and greater. it is not uncommon for a late-stage Lap-band patient to experience a significant difference in restriction with as little as 0.5cc of fill.

I had posted this earlier and there is a BIG error in it!! The last line should read, "....with as little as 0.05cc of fill." Big difference! And yes, I definitely feel a big difference with just 0.1cc today!

Kat - I swear - you win the award for craziest family and friends!! I thought I'd heard everything but never being registered at a porn shop! Lordy! Do they even have those where you live??? LOL And I wanna come visit just to meet your crazy neighbor...she sounds like a hoot. Takes all kinds, don't it?? Oh, and thanks loads for the list!!

Speaking of which...i was looking that over and thinking that I'm right about in the middle and I live in a big hub city....so you all need to come to Houston! Gosh darnit!! We need to figure out a way to get together!!!! I guess we'll just have to load Jenn up with Xanax and margaritas and get somebody to strap her in her seat....and we'll get her out on this side. LOL We're not meeting up without you Jenn, so you better figure out a way to get your butt on an airplane! It's a loooooooong bus ride to Texas! And don't forget...Galveston is 50 miles away and has a cruise ship port!!! We gotta start planning something seriously. Why don't we all pitch some ideas and then we'll take a vote? Maybe that would work.

Pamela - you sound so much like me. Ha! Except for the advance degree part!! LOL But I am a college dropout and only had 1 more year to go. (Although I am glad I'm not a nurse now.) I don't know why we sabotage ourselves but many, many, many people do it! I know for me I just don't like to put much effort into anything! I don't like to cook or clean, entertain, work in the yard or at the office, etc. I'm just LAZY!! I don't sit and watch TV on the couch, but I do play on the 'puter all the time, I like to shop, read, hang out with my friends and BEAD. I really am beginning to think that I have ADHD and probably had it always...but it seems to be getting worse. To think of doing what it takes to write a dissertation just blows a fuse in my brain!! No way I could do that. So you should be proud of what you've accomplished!! I think with your 2 jobs and a LD relationship it's just too much! I don't know how you find the time to watch tv!

Oh, and no...i can't go to the gym before work. I'm at my desk by 7:00a. I have to be in the shower by 5:30a. After work is fine and i like to come home and have a small dinner before I work out. Otherwise I'm eating too late.

Gina! Go get an unfill for cryin' out loud!! You're gonna do all kinds of damage if you stay too tight like that!!! Does your doctor know? :rose: And congrats to you on sticking with your exercise program! Still riding your bike?? What will you do when the weather gets cold? Got a plan?

And yes, I did go to the gym tonight and burned 280 calories. Good enuf for me.

Laura - I did erase my cell number. I was only planning to leave it up for a day or so anyway. Thanks for looking out for us. How are you feeling today? Did DH's intestinal pain go away finally? What ever happened with all that?

I'm going night-night. :notagree See ya'll in the morning bright & early!:ranger:

[Daisalana 33]

DH pain went away after he took magnesium citrate.. so he said he's not going back unless it hurts again, and if so, he's going to a real doctor.

I forgot the update on my sister though. It's like an episode of House.

She had a cat scan today.. They discovered she had a urinary infection last week, a 'symptom' of whatever 'it' is. They put her on antibiotics number 4.

Today they revealed she has pnemonia in BOTH lungs. Another 'symptom'.. so they took her off some antibiotics, put her on some other ones.. told her to take those 10 days, then go back to the other ones.. And friday she is having an ultrasound.

They are finding problems in all parts of her body everytime they do tests, but they don't know what is causing everything.

The worst part (besides not knowing).. is my sister is bi-polar.. she was crazy suicidal, and a severe 'cutter' for years.. about 1.5 years ago, she finally was able to go off her crazy meds, she leveled out, and was doing alright. Due to all this going on, she's back into a depression, she's started cutting again.. and she's talking suicidal-ly. My mom is making her go back to her psychiatrist, but ironically its the same place I've been trying to get an appt. with.. so they won't let her come in until next month at the earliest. My mom is trying to get her to move back home until she's better.. she's started having ceisures at night. It's just so bizarre, and if you watch House this is right up his alley!!

Unfortunately, real life doctors aren't so quick to figure out the problem.

[Jennifur 0]

Terry - you crack me up. I am good with road trips, I would drive to TX - make some pit stops along the way. I will figure it out if i have money.

Besides being scared to death to fly, I get horribly air sick for days 2-3 after each flight = what fun would I be? puking my guts up for my visit then doing it again when I get home.

I'm really off to bed, just bandaged up my arm so I hope I can sleep, it is not throbbing tonight so that is a plus

[kity 2]

Kat~ Registered at a porn shop...are you kidding me??? Why didn't I ever think of that! LMAO!

Terry~ Thanks for the props! I don't know how I do it all, plus sustain my LBT addiction. I am sooo down for a meeting. There are tons of things we could do, but how great would it be to have coffee w/ the Violets? Just to sit, chill, chat, like we do in our wonderful thread.

Sweet dreams peeps!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

[Jennifur 0]

Morning violets

I hope you all had a great night! I forget that I'm 2-3 hrs ahead of all you and that is why i'm sometimes the first one up.

I was thinking about it last night. I am going to stop in and talk to my travel agent friend today. I am going to get some ideas and general prices for some ideas of things to do. I know some of us have kids so I will get some family things and non family things

ok - so i'm up 1/2 lb this am, I hope it is from heat and humidity. I want to lose those 10, or 11 lbs but i know I won't get a fill if I do, but I don't want to gain either. I don't know, I'm just going to keep working out and keep doing what I'm doing.

[mdrai 3]

Good Thursday Morn, Vi's!~~

Just popped the Soup ingreds in the crock pot... boy I'm glad I have a big one!... that's A LOT of soup!! Yum!! Bought some homemade dinner rolls @ the Farmers' Mkt yesterday to have w/it tonight (not me, the family).

This & that going on today... here & there...

Make it a good one, violets!

Oh! Can someone e-mail or pm me the list?? Thanks!

[TracyK 3]

OMG-so much for waiting until next week for my tooth yanking...I am making it my mission in life today to find a dr with a heart that will do it today....wish me luck!! I am hurting SO bad! I can not let the sun set today with this tooth still in my mouth!!

[TerriDoodle 6]

Re: that beef/veggie Soup recipe....don't forget that when I posted that, I posted later that I also ended up adding 3 cubes of beef boullion cubes at the end...so you may want to put some of those in, too.

Laura - I am soooooooo sorry to hear about your sister!! OMG!! She does sound like a House episode! Is she at a good medical center? That's one thing I like about Houston...we have good hospitals! Please keep us updated. I know you must be worried sick! And, BTW, I often get stuck on deli meat...I have no idea why. I eat it in salads, but I have to be very careful. Maybe the lettuce and dressing helps it go down (?).

Pamela - I love your 'new' signature!! LOL!! ....ME TOO!!!!!!

[TracyinKS 7]

Is being registered at a porn shop the same as having a VIP card????? :rose: (oh that crazy year of being single....... sigh)

Laura: That is horrible about your sis.... I hope she takes your mom up on the offer to move home for a while.

I really need to get my WC oatmeal ... so I'll be back to catch up.

[Jennifur 0]

I had wc oatmeal this morning too. LOL

Laura - deli meat is evil!!!!! LOL I won't even pretend it is going to go down

[kity 2]

Morning Violets~

Laura~ I hope your sister gets "fixed" soon. Maybe he moving in w/ mom is the best. It is weird, I've seen her on You Tube when you posted a link. Feel like I kinda know her. Send her our violet power!

TracyK~ Good luck w/ your search. I will cross my fingers that tonight you are sans that nasty tooth, sleeping well w/ pain killers.

Michelle~ What time is dinner?

What is it w/ deli meat? I ate it yesterday, but got stuck a few times. My first PB was on deli meat.

OK, the scale is at 255...so still up that nasty pound. I know it is because of the lunches (even though I am being pretty good) or maybe the new exercises. Either way, I am still optimistic! Today the fill, then I am sure I will drop some and break into -30...wouldn't that be great!

So much good TV on this week, I can't keep up. Oprah has a great show on today. Michael Moore vs. head of health care...Love it!

Tomorrow, we have Closet World coming to add onto that room! That has got to be the most expensive closet ever. All told, I've spent 7K on the room, not counting paint and the clothes :faint:. Oh well, we are adding the extension so Susanne can start moving her stuff here for when she retires!

Have a great day! Last day of conferences for me..then children tomorrow.

Tracy~ VIP @ the porn shop! LMAO. Does that include valet parking?

xoxoxoxo

[janiebug 0]

If anyones has a Trader Joes near them I found a great oatmeal. They have a couple of different flavors, but the one I bought was Trader Joe's Oatmeal Complete. It is a little bigger portion than other oatmeals I have tried, so it does have more calories (210) but it has 7 grams of Protein, B Vitamins, folic acid, flax seed, and 2 grams of soy protein. It is good and very filing!

Off to get a unfill today, I also went to the OB the other day and she told me that she thought I had Fluid in the area where the hernia was!!! I hope that is not true. I already have had two surgeries on that....

TracyK, I hope you get your tooth pulled today!

Everyone have a great day!!!

Jane

[Jennifur 0]

TracyK- I hope that you get that tooth fixed today. I can't even imagine

I hope everyone has a great day, I'm off to do some running

[Daisalana 33]

I discovered something I really liked to eat yesterday!

I've never had canned chicken.. sounded pretty gross. But we went to Wal-greens and I wanted something I could fix quickly for lunch.. I use to like canned tuna, but some reason it nauseates me now.

So, canned chicken it is! Said its 2.5 servings in a can, 50c per serving, and 10g of Protein per serving! 110c for the whole thing, and 25g of protein. Wowee!

Then I realized Miracle Whip has a lot less calories than Mayonaise (we keep both), so I put a small squirt of MW and a squirt of relish.. mixed it up. I was nervous.. it looked like tuna.. felt like tuna.. even smelled like tuna.. I thought oh boy, this is gonna be nasty.

But then first bite-- YUM! It was sooo good, and it went down fine. It's my new favorite food, I'm going grocery shopping tonight and stocking up on a cabinet of these. Perfect for lunch. It's about 200 calories total (a bit less)for the salad I make.

Even though it's breast meat, its very moist and chewy like tuna/dark meat chicken.

[mdrai 3]

Back from the eliptical... kicked it up to L2 & that baby kicked my hienie! :rose: Don't know how my friend does L4!!

DH had to reconfigure my 'puter so my old ticker was gone, so here's my new one for October!