Hi, my name is Karen & I'm new here too.

[KarenB 0]

I've been banded since December but haven't visited this site before. I think I've met some others on other site(s), like La Madam. I started @ 232 lbs. the week before banding & am now @ 203.

It's been hard lately, I went back to TJ for my 1st fill & was super anxious to get it cause I was leaving on vacation a few days later & had not experienced any restriction. Not the best move I ever made! Last week I went to the nurse practitioner here on Long Island & she had to take out .4cc's from a 1.4cc fill. I had been spitting up, not holding very much food at all & it had become a vicious cycle. I guess I didn't really know I was supposed to go on liquids after the 1st time it happened. But, it's a process, right? Either tomorrow or next Monday I'll have .2cc's back & take it from there.

As I posted on another thread (I think, I'm not too good at this yet), I'm a 2 yr. breast cancer survivor. I gained my last 35 lbs. or so in the 2 years after my surgery, but had been slowly creeping up my whole adult life.

I'm trying to make better food choices now, cause I've been on a plateau the past 3 weeks or so...I didn't even lose when I was SO very restricted! trying to excercise more too.

Anyway, that's my story, and I'm defintely looking for buddies, pals, friends who share my common goal.

Thanks for listening.

[Iluvharleys 15]

Welcome Karen! Sorry to hear you had trouble with your first fill, hopefully things will go better for you. You'll find lots of support and friends here. Don't worry, before long you'll know your way all over this board. If you have any questions, just ask away, someone on here always knows the answer!

[Jammin & Losin 1]

Karen~ Nice to meat you and welcome to LBT. Glad your doing better with your band now.

[KarenB 0]

Thanks for the warm welcome. I really appreciate it! O.K., here's a question...i tried to go to tickerfactory.com & made a ticker but when I pasted it on my signature, all I got was the URL code, not the cute design I made. Any ideas what I did wrong? Thanks!

[paula 4]

Hi Karen and WELCOME!!!

Sorry, I cant help with the ticker thing, just came in to say 'hi' !

Hope you are able to post often. Where ya from?

[Penni60 45]

Karen: when you copy and paste the url code use the first one on the list. That one is the only one that works. I think it is the vbb code.

Thanks for the warm welcome. I really appreciate it! O.K., here's a question...i tried to go to tickerfactory.com & made a ticker but when I pasted it on my signature, all I got was the URL code, not the cute design I made. Any ideas what I did wrong? Thanks!

[nightingale2u 42]

Hi Karen and Welcome!!!!! Congrats on being banded and hope you love this forum as much as I do!