Kaiser Richmond Pre-op

[riley4183 0]

I love shopping too! OK ladies here it is: Since the Schollengerger Park walk opens this weekend (this Friday is the ribbon-cutting, actually) in Petaluma, and we know we all want to do that one, AND since there is an Outlet Village in Petaluma - whaddayasay we make a day of it?? Walk in the late AM (or early PM if on Sunday, give folks time to get there after early service) - the walk should take us 2 hours - then shopping?? woo-wee Donna is skinny 12s!!! They are open on Sundays till 6 and till 8 or 9 the other nights Petaluma Village Premium Outlets Also there is little-shop shopping at the Petaluma Marina, and the trail goes there too!

So when? I have a wedding this Saturday August 1st, we could go the 2nd on Sunday, or wait until the next weekend - if we go the following Saturday (Aug 8th) you guys will have to put up with my cranky butt on clear liquids! I will sneak in a SF soy latter and be just fine tho :-)

Here is the Shollenberger wetlands walk link again

Shollenberger Park

Support group activity!!! We should invite Liz, even if she can't go she'll be right proud of us :biggrin:

[riley4183 0]

Hi rosie!! Welcome!!!

[AudsMom 2]

Wow we are all getting to be the same size, how AWESOME! Maybe ill get to inherit clothes soon!!!! GO GIRLS!!!

So, today im havin no eating issues.. im not a starvin im eating cause well its kinda past lunch time.. but i had a bite of auds pband j and it went down fine! What the heck! I like being able to eat bread.. but.. you know:D

[AudsMom 2]

Hi Rosie!!! Welcome to the group!

[tamra. 6]

Hey save some clothes for me one day : )

Finishing up my lunch and gonna head over to Kaiser - not sure how parking is so even tho I am about 7 mins away I am leaving @ 2 pm. Can't hurt to check in early right?

Will talk to you guys after ! :biggrin:

[smallerj 2]

hey there everyone, just checking in, late lunch.< /p>

Candra did you get an appt w/ Liz yet? I had to quickly scan through the emails. I know you didi your labs.

Tamra you are on your way, yea! oh it's about 2pm so litterally :biggrin: and yes I followed Candra's no carb thing and my last few pounds just came off.

ok I may have missed it but what is sliming? sounds like something I may not want to experience.

Tina, how you doing? I'm thinking alot of this has got to be stress related. You've got a lot on your plate right now. Try listening to your relaxation tapes while you go for a walk or something. At least take some time for yourself.

[Desperate1 1]

OK, Im not even close to a 12! But I will be one day - just in time for you all to be 9s & 10s so save those 12s for me :biggrin:

Tamra - wooooo hooooo! Tell me what you think of Doc Fisher. How hard was he on you with the weight loss. I hope not too bad cuz I don't think another doctor would over-rule a doctors decision. I got a bunch of 16s & 18s you can have soon if you are not already to small for em'.

YES, MY LITTLE JEWELL! I GOT IT - 8.5.09 @ 2:30! I'm alloud 1 support person if you wanna come with!

Riley, I'm so down! Whenever you guys decide - let me know!!!!!!!!

Nicole - what's up with the salsa? Get you dress girl & lets go!

Rosie - wanna come with us girls salsa dancing - AND NO, YOU CAN'T GO NAKED! But.... you can wear a really skimpy dress if you want.

[riley4183 0]

Tina hunny I'm getting worried - what have you heard @ work?

Today I booked our tickets to Oregon (dad's girlfriend got pacemaker) on Southwest - 320 for both of us round trip, we can't drive there and stay in a hotel for that! - and I thought gee, I have not been on a SW flight since last October, just a few weeks before orientation . . . and then I had to try a bunch of seats to find one with a long enough belt, on the way back the plane was full and I had to get an extender. This time?? NO PROBLEMO! I can sit ANYwhere!!! Yay, can't wait :-)

[swrktp 1]

I am in 16's ladies not a 12!! Give me all your clothes that are to big!!! Thanks to Candra I realize I am not an 18 anymore and got rid of the 18's...........

Work. I don't know yet. September 10, 2009 is when the county will go back and look a at the budget. Yea there will be layoffs about 200 and they are closing our foster home licensing and adoptions. Also adult protective services.....those people have seniority and can bump out out of our jobs in addition to 200 jobs lost. But that is about what I knew yesterday.........

I am n. 121 out of 240 masters level social workers so 120 workers would have to be laid off before me at masters level. Than there is another list of 240 workers who are batchelors level and I guess they go back and forth between the two list.............so I have no idea!!!

[swrktp 1]

I was told I am a middle man............exactly in the middle of the seniority list. But I will probably go back to court investigations unit where I cam from...............CPS writing court reports and investigating abuse...........more like police work side of Social work.........interviewing witnesses......going before the judge.........getting back in business attire!!! LOL. Maybe weighing less it won't be so hot and uncomfortable this time around...........

[tamra. 6]

Drum roll pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

32 lbs!!!!!!!!!

I was so sad. He wants me @ 250 for surgery. I lost 3.7 lbs since yesterday's weigh in LOL. I was 282 today or somewhere around there.....

He also didnt push gastric AT ALL! he said looking at my chart, lapband is exactly what I need :juggle: I liked him alot, he listened to me, joked, etc.....

[swrktp 1]

I guess it really depends on the person. Dr. Baggs did check my stomach to. Had me do a few sit ups so he could feel the muscles and than announced..............lose 12 pounds and we can do it. I was already 10 down I tried to bargain him down and he laughed..................

But he was totally not pushy just told me with my history and heath I could do either.........I wanted him to decide for me but he wouldn't just gave me pros and cons. Said to think about it.............not pressure either way for me. I still wonder what he prefers.........

[riley4183 0]

YAY Tamra! I am SO glad you hit it off with him . . I was worried about his weird joking giving you the heebie-jeebies! YAY! And do you know what girl, I want you to lose 32 lbs before surgery too! Even more if you can . . cause I want surgery to go easy for you. You can do it fast, we PROMISE!! Just remember, this is the LAST TIME you will ever have to lose weight without the wonderful tool that is the band.

Tina OH my goodness I am so bumming watching the news . . the budget cuts . . . all the ARC houses closing across the state . . . the safe & sober houses, the halfway houses . . there willbe NOTHING left, and we will have prisons full of down's syndrome and bipolar folks who only need support services and are on the streets . . .OMG to say nothing of the poor children! Pray for our state girls, our children, our senios, our handicapped . . .cause it's going to take divine intervention. Yee gads. I want my denial back!

Also just heard all CA courts are now ordered to close for the 3rd Wednesday of every month . . . so back to courts is still gonna be a pay cut Tina . . but at least you have that! We have a 10% reduction to 90% time + a 10 day unpaid furlough, I keep saying I would rather have 90% of a job than 0% . . . . OH! WHERE is my denial?!?

[riley4183 0]

Ha! SO glad they have humor bones there. Dr. Baggs asked me which surgery (this is after he lifted my shirt, took one look and said, "you are going to have skin, we don't pay for that," LOL) I was interested in and I said I am only interested in the lap-band, he pulled one out of the pocket of his lab coat and just handed it to me, silently, I sat there like, well uhm thanks, uh . . . . could I get you to install this for me?

SO. . . my restriction is perfect today, I have had no sliming or PBing, I can eat 1/4 to 1/2 cup and a time, and then I feel full down in my tummy - not up in my pouch (that weird pouch feeling of being full has slowly turned into a tummy feeling of being full again - YAY!). I can get 3 hours out of it, if I got 4 I would be happier but . . . . I don't think I'm ever going to get that on 3 meals a day. I may snack forever! Shh don't tell Robin. I am logging carefully cause I have to fax her 1 week worth of food log before my fill on the 7th! The difference? Well . . . no excercise. All total I got 2 miles in today, whereas I usually get 4 in before 6:30 am. I really think that's what drives my hunger. So either I don't get a fill and I stop excercising, or I get a small one and keep excercising?!?! Girls I know you think I am weird, but . . I GOTTA HAVE MY EXERCISE!!

Do you think he will give me like just .25cc if I ask nice? If I had this level of restriction every day I would be TOTALLY in my green zone and not need any fill atall!

[riley4183 0]

I guess it really depends on the person. Dr. Baggs did check my stomach to. Had me do a few sit ups so he could feel the muscles and than announced..............lose 12 pounds and we can do it. I was already 10 down I tried to bargain him down and he laughed..................

But he was totally not pushy just told me with my history and heath I could do either.........I wanted him to decide for me but he wouldn't just gave me pros and cons. Said to think about it.............not pressure either way for me. I still wonder what he prefers.........

Probably RNY, cause he gets rid of them a lot sooner! We stick around and bug him for a long time, LOL.

Seriously, when I first met with him he said he preferred educated, motivated patients, and to tell my friends! At another appointment he said he was lucky because he gets all of the best patients. I think he probably prefers lap-band for kinds like us, because we are happy and motivated and supported and educated and reasonable and successful - you know, the best patients. Other kinds he probably prefers RNY for, let's face it there's a lot less aftercare involved and weight loss is guaranteed - for the first year. If a patient is unmotivated he would probably rather not watch them fail with a band. You do have to be motivated with this tool! :juggle:

Edited July 30, 2009 by riley4183