Aussie Bansters Chat Thread Part 2

[Jachut 487]

Oh gosh, SUCH a shame not to be able to shop in Kmart!!

[Chickie 15]

I know!! I cried for days. I still not quite over it.

Perhaps some retail therapy would do the trick?

[susannah 2]

Oh gosh, SUCH a shame not to be able to shop in Kmart!!

Exactly!!!! Hee Hee.:biggrin1: How good is it not being a fattie anymore!!!

Susannah

[Chickie 15]

Exactly!!!! Hee Hee.:biggrin1: How good is it not being a fattie anymore!!!

Susannah

You know what's funny? I feel like such an a-hole when I say "fattie" now.

I get so worried about offending anyone who is overweight.

I feel like I have lost the "right" to use the word fat.

[susannah 2]

You know what's funny? I feel like such an a-hole when I say "fattie" now.

I get so worried about offending anyone who is overweight.

I feel like I have lost the "right" to use the word fat.

I use it lightheartedly. I know that I will always be a fattie even when all my weight is off.

I think we should take back the negative power of that word from others who would seek to use it in a nasty way.

Sus

[Ses 0]

Urgh. I didn't receive any word of what time to go in for the surgery so I called... and they're like 'Oh, we're having bed shortages, maybe a month, keep going with the Optifast and wait'.

I've been on Optifast for a month already. :faint:

So yea, looks like the first delay of the surgery! And I thought it'd be on Thursday, pfft. >_<

[susannah 2]

Oh, shopping is my greatest joy now, lol. I'm 40 in a few weeks and even I felt like I had to dress like my mother in law a lot of the time. Everyday clothes were OK (although I begrudge paying $75 for a darn Tshirt) but more formal stuff, ugh. And thank god I am a stay at home mum and didnt have to tackle work wear.

Now its so bloody cheap!! Sales on, yeah, grab a few 14's, pay like $20 for a pair of pants, got 3 tops for $30 in Jay Jay's the other day, nip into somewhere like Kmart and buy a sleeveless parka for $30, its unbelievable. I have sooooo many clothes now becuase its so cheap when you're smaller.

If I were buying workwear I'd spend more probably but for everyday clothes, its amazing. And we have a formal dinner next week for Doug's work, every year its been a tantrum and tears over the tent I've had to wear, last year wasnt so bad, at 86kg I had a nice dress made and felt good in it, but this year, I was at The Glen, saw a dress in the window, thought, I'll have that thanks, and bought it in 5 minutes flat, size 14, perfect fit, $190!!!

Jacqui did you see the story on A Current Affair about the mums that shop at places like Supre? I reckon if the clothes make you feel happy and confident, why not wear what you like.

Susannah

[susannah 2]

Urgh. I didn't receive any word of what time to go in for the surgery so I called... and they're like 'Oh, we're having bed shortages, maybe a month, keep going with the Optifast and wait'.

I've been on Optifast for a month already. :faint:

So yea, looks like the first delay of the surgery! And I thought it'd be on Thursday, pfft. >_<

Oh no Ses! That is annoying. Are you being banded publicly?Susannah

[She Smiles 2]

So I went to see my fill Dr today. He pulled out all that was in my band and there was 7mls. There was "supposed" to be 8.5 (thats how much he had put in over the months). No wonder i haven't lost a thing for 2 months. So he put the 7 back in with another 0.5 and said to come back in a month if I'm still not losing. So we'll see.

[oldspark 0]

She smiles,

So are you leaking or can you doctor not count ?

What does it mean?

Mark

[She Smiles 2]

Hi Mark,

I asked him and he said that he didn't know why it happens exactly (great answer!). He said that sometimes the Dr can miss the port - this might have been the case, because I've had 6 fills now - and after the 4th one of them which was supposed to be 1ml (and possibly the 3rd which was supposed to be 1.5mls), I felt NO change at all. Or he said that the liquid can evaporate, or settle in the band and tubing. But I don't see how it could evaporate that quickly.

So who knows!?!

I might ask my band Surgeon next time I see him, I'm not sure when that will be though - my fill Dr is a GP who locums for my band Dr every second Wednesday to look after the fills for his patients - so the band Dr's not really an expert.

Or maybe one of you guys can ask your actual surgeon when you see them next - they're the guys in the know! I'd be interested in hearing the theory behind it.

[insubordination 0]

I love how someone can just nonchalantly tell you to stay on Optifast for another month or more. They have no idea.

[Jachut 487]

Crikey, I couldnt hack the Optifast for even 2 days. If I'd been told to stay on it another month, I would have had a tantrum.

[She Smiles 2]

Me too! Gosh they have no idea!

[She Smiles 2]

Uggh! the edit on this forum needs fixing.

Mark, I mean in my post above that my FILL surgeon is no expert. He's just a GP whos been brought on board, but by no means is an expert. My babd surgeon on the other hand IS - he is regularly at conferences and training courses internaliotnally to increase his knowledge and awarenes of the band procedures and advances. He's fantastic. But my fill Dr, not so great.....he's just going thru the motions.