NJ (& Others) Nov/Dec 2008 Chat

[Trishadish 0]

:blushing: Everyone hiding again? Send for the monkeys!

Sherry: I'm so so sorry that you are having a rough time. What a crappy way to spend Thanksgiving. I hope that you can get the testing you need and get some relief. Hang in there!

Diane: You daring BlackFriday girl you! I always think that I'm going to do the shopping thing every year, but I never brave the crowds. Did do some cyber shopping though!

Kat: I know the "sandwich" thing all too well. With my parents living here and of course my sons, some days I want to escape!!!

Pat: Sounds like most of your vacation was nice. I need one of those escapes in particular... So, where do you and Darcy hang out on Pogo? I'm there once in a while... name is Champgriff. (Can you tell I swiped my DS Griffin's signon? LOL!)

Betty: So...where are the pics of the new hairdo and the upgraded girls? Speaking of hairdo's....Jetti too!

Eileen: Don't go MIA. We're all here to support each other!

Donna: Where are you? Miss ya! You too Michaele!

Greetings to all that I may have missed! Have a good week everyone! :cursing:

[SherryW 4]

Hmm I've lost 7 pounds since my fill Wed afternoon...suppose there is one good thing lol

[sunsett 2]

Wow Sherry sorry your still having such trouble! I still have the lump in my throat but it isn't as bad as it was before my thyroid surgery.

I am axious to hear how it goes with the tests.

Does Patty in CA still post? How about Beanie?

[Iluvharleys 15]

Good Morning Y'all!

I am off work today, but I am sick. I knew something was going on when I felt so bad during the holiday. Sore throat and stuffy nose. Just what a person wants on their day off. I stayed in bed all day yesterday, never even got dressed. It feels like I will be doing much the same today by the way I feel right now. UGH! I hate being sick, especially on a vacation day!

Later girls!

[NJSoldierwife 0]

Hi everyone!

Sorry I have been MIA for a while. Things have been crazy. Thanksgiving was good, I did real well food wise, didnt stray off once.

Since my fill, which went perfectly, I am down 3 more pounds, for a total of 26 pounds now.

My house is still under construction, so I am still at Moms. Will be here for another 2 to 3 weeks.

I gotta run, but wanted to send a quick hey and I miss you all, talk to you soon.

[nightingale2u 42]

Hey all...

Sherry I'm so sorry the fill has been a no-go... but I bet it feels good to be a loser again even if you had to suffer to lose! Me... I stopped taking the Alli... and well... the fat came back...lol. Oh well! I hope that between setting up this business... pouring candles... and working at my sister's store that I'll lose some of the excess.

Betty... So sorry you got the crud on your vacation days! We have all had it here as well... dang kiddo brings everything home from school except good grades! :thumbup:

Trish... I still sneak into Pogo once in awhile to try and get a badge or too... I try to look ya up.

Eileen.... (((( Hugs)))) I'm sorry you are struggling with the weight thang... hang in there and know you are not alone... lot's of us struggling with that.

Oh... hey....before I forget... does Cindy post here ever anymore?

Pat... where are you now you lil traveling wilbur. Loved the pick of you and your hubby... you look MAVelous darlink!

I know I forgot some... but my brain ran out of room and I don't have may notepad with me!

Ohhhhh.... Kat... Hiya lady... nice to see you back!

Take care!

[SherryW 4]

Thanks for the well wishes goils I really appreciate it. I called my doc again as asked to from my Friday call and my God I wanted to scream. Called at 9:30, then again at 1:30 and no one got back to me until 4:30 or so. In the end (after much talking, struggling and practically getting really pissy) I have an upper GI test tomorrow. Lets see how this turns out UGH. I'm just hoping we figure out what the heck is wrong. I'm SO SO SO tired of the hiccups. These things hurt! I get them without drinking...seems I breath and bingo they start. That and the gurgling then burps. It makes it hard to talk sometimes and it's embarrassing.

Betty so sorry you're sick on your day off. I've had that happen and it stinks! Hope you're feeling better soon.

Darcy- you make candles? DH and I did that last year for some gifts. Messy job for sure but, they come out nice and I like how you can control how much scent you put in :thumbup: What kind of store is your sister going to have? I must of missed it.

Eileen - Girl...I hear ya with the weight thing. It sure is a struggle! I've only lost this weight now because I'm only taking in liquids and even that...can't seem to get down the 3rd one for the day so lately it's been nothing after 5pm and no food/shakes after 1pm. I just can't get it down seems my band gets tighter at night for some reason.

Kat - You always sound so busy I hope all is going well for you.

Michaele - Hope you're remodeling is going well. It's a pain while it's going on but, it's great you have a place to stay instead of in where it's happening.

Diane - I have that lump in my throat feeling sometimes right now it seems to be reflux at night, burping, hiccups during the day. Yuck. Nice to see you back. Sorry to hear about your job too but, as they say one door closes another opens so keep your eyes open

Trish - thanks for the well wishes and hope things are going well for you. How are you doing with your band now?

sign/Diane - Wowza not sure I"d be brave enough to sit outside all that time...burrrrrr for sure. Hope you had some cocoa with ya :cool2: Sounds like you got a great deal though.

Pat - How is ya? Are you staying warm now that you're back? Must be hard to be somewhere warm and come back to cold but, I'd be willing to give it a shot heh heh Hope you're doing well too. Did you say you were thinking of getting a fill?

Jetti - Where are ya? Did you try out a car yet? I hear it's a great time to make a deal because they aren't selling many.

Well that's as far back as the advanced posting allows me lol. Hope you're all doing well!

[sunsett 2]

Sherry I hope your UGI goes well today please let us know asap.

I have a fill on the 11th. Not sure what to make of the throat thing but we'll see.

Feel better Betty!

Was it Betty or Pat that make THOUSANDS of Christmas Cookies a few years ago?

[SherryW 4]

Well folks.......went for my upper GI this morning, got a call at 5:30pm. My band is slipped...I have to go in for a complete unfill tomorrow so you know that 8 pounds I lost won't stay off now UGHHHHH. Anyway, listen to me biotch about that when really I need to concentrate on getting better. My Doc's intern, Dr. Lin is awesome. He so patient and answers my questions anyway...he said the chances are less than 50/50 that the band will move back on it's own. He said the maker of the band states if it slips it really needs to be replaced. He said normally they'd do the surgery but, they're going to do this unfill to help get rid of the reflux and hopefully I'll get through the holidays like that. Then after than we'll see where it is and possibly surgery. I'll know more tomorrow when I see him.

I'm numb....completely numb...not sure how I feel about it all.

[sunsett 2]

Oh Sherry I'm so sorry. At least now you know why you've been feeling this way. You never know, miracles still happen perhaps when your unfilled it will go back into place it has happened to others. Don't give up hope!

[Kat817 19]

(((((HUGS))))) Sherry---hope you got my PM---know I will be thinking of you!!

I have a few of the addresses from last year, but if anyone or everyone wants to PM me their home address I will compile a list and send it out to each of you for Christmas card exchange.

If you want to just send your

name

address

phone #

email

I will have put it all together and share it with those who want to participate. That way if someone totally goes MIA (like some of our girls have in the past) we have at least a possible contact. Always worries me when someone just disappears.

And NO ONE except us here, that send our info out will ever have access to the addresses or #'s.

Well off to get some address labels printed and to try to get started on some of my Christmas cards---which is what made me think of this!!! LOL

See y'all tomorrow!

HO HO HO

Kat

[SherryW 4]

I'm up again tonight coughing my head off and choking on stomach "stuff"......... so I guess that unfill in about 7 hours is a good thing :smile2:

Kat - My address is the same. Please include me on the list and to receive the list :wink2:

[HarleyNana 10]

Sherry, I'm so sorry you're having to go through this, espcially this time of year. The thought of losing my band scares the chit out of me! Please keep us informed and know we're her for you, I know that's not much comfort at this time, but like you said, you need to heal first. (((Hugs))))

Kat, I'm interested in the list too, I'm ashamed to admit, but I owe everyone two cards, I don't know what happened, but I never got my cards out last year.

My address is the same too, but I'll pass it on again, thanks for taking the time to compile the list.

[Iluvharleys 15]

Sherry my heart goes out to you! I know you are just miserable. I bet you can't wait to be fixed!

Kat - please include me in the list. Mine is the same too, if you don't have it let me know. I need a new list too!

I am running late this morning, catch you all later!

yes, I am the one that USE to make the hundreds of cookie, but I quit doing it too much work and too much to try to not eat! lol

[SherryW 4]

Hello my friends...just got back from my docs. Complete unfill today. I just cried....I'm so afraid to gain the weight back and at the same time I was upset because I have to say sometimes my surgeon really ticks me off. I know he's a great surgeon but, I can't help but feel neglected. When the intern called him into the office after my unfill they were looking at my Upper GI pictures and it looks like the band slipped lightly and is tilted and my pouch is bigger than when I original had the surgery. Given...that happens with folks but, this you can really see the difference. The intern said it was a slip and told me we'd probably have to do revision surgery, then my doc comes in looks at the pics and says it's not bad it could be the angle of the picture etc. How much different can standing straight in front of the machine be? I honestly think he was trying to cover up as if I was going to blame him or something...me I just want it fixed. He tried to say it wasn't bad then asks me to tell him EXACTLY what's been going on for the past 6 months. I practically lost it. I've been explaining and telling in detail for the past freaking year that something wasn't right. He said are ya eating more than a cup of food....only recently prior to this last fill YES I could but, it does take me a while to eat it...then he said well that pouch right now isn't a cup in size. As if giving my heck? WTF! Then my husband piped in and said YOU KNOW she hasn't lost weight in 1.5 years and she's been fighting reflux for just as long so something's wrong. That's when he said ok we could call it prolasps and we'll do revision surgery. WTF again! I'm thinking.....and the tears flow. To me this is as if I"m being punished all over again why couldn't he just admit it's slipped and we need to fix it because truly my first year prior to the reflux trouble I did great. So DH and I came to the conclusion he didn't want to say OH YEA YOU SLIPPED because then he'd have to admit he's ignored me saying for the past year, year and a half that somethings wrong. Honestly I'm not the type of person to sue someone....I just want to be ok and feel normal again with the lapband. Anyway, I'm scheduled for revision surgery on Dec 18th. He said he'll place the band up higher and I may or may not like that OR if he goes in and can't move it he'll have to take it out. I guess after that we'd discuss other options...that is if there would be any knowing insurance and all. UGH! So right now I'm praying my angels help me with this and help it so I can have the band replaced and not have it just taken from me without a replacement.

That's is for now my friends. I'm upset........numb...and need to just chill for a while. Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts....a great group of LBT friends I have :cursing: