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Let me introduce myself. I was banded on 8/1/07, I am a married mom of an 18 yr old daughter who is a freshman in college and a 14 yr old son who is a freshman in high school. I also have 3 boxer dogs and volunteer with boxer rescue. I normally work about 45 hrs a week in a family business with my husband. I pretty much lead a "June Cleaver " existance. I am so happy to find others who are in the middle of this same adventure.

I promise to keep my miserable, feeling sorry for myself complaining to myself. I had a very easy surgery and recovery has been fairly uneventful. I am going out for coffee (tea) with a girlfriend in a little bit. I hope I don't break down during our visit. My emotions are all over the board this morning.

I look forward to meeting all of you and swapping great success stories.

Can someone tell me how to do the weight tape thing on the bottome of your posts?

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Hi Wilem. I was banded 7/31/07. My cousin and I decided to do it together. She lives about 75 miles away but we keep in touch and support each other via the computer. I wanted to say hi and also link myself to your thread b/c I also want to know how to do the weight tape thing. :)

Good luck to us!

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I am waiting for my date, but all is approved. I will need to know to. My emotions are all over the place to Wilem.

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Do do the tickler for weight loss go here :

Trying To Conceive Ticker

Click on the weight loss link and create your own. When you are done it will give you some code to copy. Paste it into your signature and it should work. Be sure you use the code for discussion boards because I think they give you several different ones.

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Hi all.

I'm having my surgery on 8/7--I've just finished a 2 week liquid diet and today and tomorrow are my "clear liquid" days. I am a middle school teacher, married, and have a soon to be 6 year old daughter. My doctor is Bobby Bhasker-Rao in Palm Springs, CA. My starting weight is 333. I had droped to 316 as of Thursday--and I'm sure after the "bowel cleansing" tomorrow and after the clear liquid diet today and tomorrow I'll be even lighter when admited to the hospital.

I'm very excited for my new life to begin and to have food not play such an important part of my life. I'm actually looking forward to the surgery for the beginning of that "new me".

Any support/words of wisdom anyone can offer would be much appreciated. Good luck to all who are starting this adventure.

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We'd love to have you join the August "Crazy Ates".....we're in the monthly support group....August 2007. It's a great way to connect with people "in the same boat" as you....!

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Hi Wilem,

I am trying to figure out how to do those ticker things too.

I just talked to you in another post but saw your new post here and thought I would jump on board to chat.

I had that emotional day yesterday.. I started to cry and thought what the hell have I done? But in the end I am excited to see where it leads.

I am 41 and have two children ages 3 and 5. I have no pets and I work part time. I was also banded on 8/1 and as of yesterday I've lost 6lbs. So at least I know things are going in the right direction.

I have been having problems with gas pains in my shoulder and left arm but other than that like you recovery has been uneventful which I am thankful for.

I really hope you do great in your new journey in life. I look forward to talking with you.

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Ok....I get how to make the ticker and paste it into my signature. But how do you update it? Do you have to paste it again every time you update it?

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