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Hi Tamcat~ I will be having surgery on the 11th also! See you at OCC! It's so very nice there.... the staff are so very considerate and truly care about the patients! Cheryl

HEY ANGIE~ Thanx for the greeting...... I appreciate your 'frustration' with the fill issue, however~ it does take time to find that 'sweet spot' so please hon, try not to be concerned with how many you have. It's YOUR RIGHT to seek out what feels perfect to you! (yes, I read ur issue w/having #5 and the readable sighs ) Although the money part truly does hit us hard, that's for sure! Congrats on this one, it sounds like it may be the ticket! Yes, to answer your question~ something did happen to require a 2nd surgery... I will offer detail if you're still interested after surgery. I cannot really say what the problem is~ due to not having an endoscopy/flouro done yet. I have my opinion, but of course I'm not a doctor..... So rather than be negative I will put the past 2 1/2 years behind me and go forward with a healthy positive attitude and get this weight OFFFFFFFF! WOO HOO! It can be done, as my band sister has lost 100 lbs and her surgery was a week after mine! So I know that I know it's possible! Alrightie, I need to get off the 'puter and back to packing! sigh.... We are staying 5 days again so we can SHOP SHOP SHOP! Perfect timing for Christmas gifts! Yay! Take care and I will update my progress soon!

Hello there Funmama!! Congrats on getting banded this coming Friday~!! I will be there also for a check up and most likely surgery! I shall see you there! My name is Cheryl by the way Have a safe trip and perhaps we can walk together Fri eve in the center after surgery! **I FORGOT how to post and do stuff on here! It's been FOREVER! AHHHHHH!

=D> =D> =D> =D> =D> WOO HOOOOOO! WAY TO GO~! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND WE SUPPORT YOUR WONDERFUL LOSS AND GAIN OF A TERRIFIC HOBBY!!! =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>

HIYA HONEY!!!! Listen, I forgot to tell you that Fitzpatrick's office also does acupuncture........I read a brochure there that it is especially excellent for your fibromyalgia! Reading this made me want to congratulate you for WALKING each and every day that walk to and from the bus because it's more than quite a bit of us have done lately........(((or maybe JUST me! ))) Love ya and see you Saturday!!! (email me the addy and I will mapquest!) Your pdx bandie~ Cheryl

I FEEEEEEEEEL YOUR PAIN WITH THE WHOLE BROTH DEAL! Lemme tell ya I cannot even stand the SMELL of it anymore! I did end up switching to MISO soup around the 4th day and I will tell u I was so very happy! All I did was strain the seaweed and tofu chunks until I could actually mush the tofu (extra protein) into the miso soup! MMMMMMMMMMMM! wonderful and better than high sodium broths!!! Aaaaand I found the protein water (Special K) has more sugar than protein! It made me cranky! So........ I went to GNC and bought other types of good water and sugar free Torani Raspberry flavored syrups to add to crushed ice so that I would maintain my water intake daily........... I added protein powder (soy) to almost everything I drank so my energy wasn't lacking............ Now I have just moved to Whey Protein Powder by Jay Robb and its amazingly expensive, but GREAT as it has 25mg of protein per scoop and NO sugar, NO fat, NO CARBS!!!! IT could use some better flavor other than Stevia, but if it keeps me away from the extra sugar then I am ALL OVER IT! Just know that you will soon pass this healing phase and move on to other good stuff............. so we understand your fading tolerance to the ol' blahhhh broth stage............. Patience and grab that post op paper from Dr. Miranda cuz I know that like the sugar free popsicles ALWAYS helped break up the monotony for me! best of luck and congrats on your band! Take care! Cheryl

You guys all rock! Thanx for the vitamin feedback and info...........This is WHY we have a forum! Everyone of us have been included in the 'hit and miss' kinda stages and sharing our woes and successes can only serve to help others and laugh at ourselves as we live and learn this thing called the LAPBAND baby!

Chewable vitamins? DUH! How come I missed the bus on that one? How silly of me............ That will be my NEXT purchase. I can't believe I didn't even entertain that idea! Thank you guys for your quick responses and for the web addy Rachelle! take care all and happy banding! > Cheryl

Hi forum fam................ I am cracking up because I am not normally a whiner............. BUT...... More often than not, I find myself struggling to take my liquid vitamins.......... That is nuts, because normally~ if it were a pill form vitamin it would be no prob............ I have liquid Centrum.......... And it's so disgusting! Bright yellow (bile in appearance if you really want to know) smelly and so horrible~! I want to take care of myself and I KNOW what I know when it comes to supplying your body with enuf nutrients. We need to heal and adjust to the band without depriving our bods of what it needs.......... So it's not like I don't realize the value of why we do this.............. HOWEVER......... As I am a cheapskate and don't waste anything, I am involved in a full blown struggle each and every day when it comes to this nasty ritual........... My daughter can smell it on the spoon even after I rinsed it off....... She grosses out with it even on my breath. I immediately put a s.f. fruit bar in my mouth to kill the taste. What a bad example I am to my 10 yr old! Like a pacifier in the mouth of a big ol' crybaby, I walk around being grossed out for like 10 minutes suckin' all the flavor out of my victim of the day till the vita-taste is completely outta my mouth........ Seems like an eternity.......... Thought I would just complain to folks who have had a 'hit n miss' with LapBand aftercare purchases............ Or if you are a pre bander wanting to learn from my mistake....... Hee hee. I'm riding this one out....... I think it was only 14.00 or something......... But COMPLAINING IS FREE! HOW COOL! I thank you all for your time and hopefully have amused some of you that know what I'm talkin' about! Shheeesh! Anyone got a good SECOND TIME'S A CHARM liquid vitamin? Take care! Cheryl

Judy............ How come I get the news last? Sorry you were freaking out hon.............. WHO TOLD YOU ABOUT eating and spitting food out anyways? That sounds crazy! Hee hee............ Chicken that melts in your mouth? Hmmmm. We don't have it that good here.......I don't think I've ever made it that well! So no PB? I'm hoping that it went smooth for ya! The growling when food gets there, is common with me also...........You are not alone there! It seems like you could have PB'd if it were a large chunk or not chewed well or to eat more than one. That was my case with the 'salad' part of potato salad. I ate the 'sediment' if you will~ and it backed up on me like a stopped up pipe..........too much or too fast ~ i just couldn't believe it! So I feel like I have 'food fear' as I don't want that to happen AGAIN....... Makes me very aware of who I am when I eat. SLOW IT DOWN needs to be my motto. Even if it's three bites of yellow colored sand that tasted like potato salad....... Luv ya chickadee! > email me today if u have time, sorry I didn't get your previous one! ttys pdx band bud! Cheryl

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) YAY FOOD! Here I am trying to stay on my protein and optima shakes............. but FORGET ABOUT IT............ hee hee.......... I am so very ready to try some real food! My 21 days is up on Monday! Yes, thats tomorrow! Woo hoo! What ever shall I eat? So now I will be given a green light to try some food, and I am still nervous myself about the chicken/rice/starchy/breads deal. The only thing I truly hope my band will not give me issues with is brown rice and tofu.......... well, and chicken............ if I could eat salad rolls (thai food that I love to make) then that would be a plus. I read a ladies horror story on here regarding the shell of a shrimp that got caught and she had hell to pay for 6 hours or so.........that TOO makes me paranoid about shrimp in my rolls...........So seriously, HELP with additional first food ideas............. Can we have green salads? Or were we to wait on that? uhgggg. time to research again............... ttys fellow bandsters........... Cheryl

Yes, I am able to walk DAILY...........I think most of us were advised to do this from the get go...........To me, THIS IS exercise! As I have never done any cardio for like 18 years............I am also very excited to do this Ab Crunch Dance exercise program in 3 months............. That stuck in my mind that sit-ups and crunches were 3 months out from having the surgery, and I believe they said 3 weeks out for the exercise bike.........I am planning on calling to confirm exactly when I can get on my bike. (Yes, all these years it has been a rack for my clothes to dry, and a place for dust to collect) I heard that Weight Watchers sells a pedometer that can be set from walk mode to exercise walk mode and back to regular walk mode and calculates all kinds of cool things! I want one! $30.00 only! Woo hoo.............. Take care! Cheryl

Yeah, I figured it was something I would get into trouble doing..............SO....last nite, what I did was I put a can of 'lentil and sausage soup' in the blender along with a can of diced tomatoes~ and pureed it into liquid............ NOT ONE CHUNK of anything in it............I didn't drain the tomatoes before adding it into the blender, so that it would 'water down' the soup.......It was GOOD! I ate like 1/2 cup of it cold, and even tho it sounds disgusting it was wonderful!!!!! Just to have another taste in my mouth beyond protein shakes was the bomb! *hubby didn't want to take a bite, as it looked awful, but finally relented and said it tasted like pizza!* HA!! I want to start some sort of cookbook for lapband patients............ P'bing is nothing nice and it's dangerous for us who have no recourse in the U.S. if we slip our band..... We need some ideas on *LIQUID FOOD WONDERS* to help during this phase of transition from broth to drinkable Dannon to solids......... I like that we can all share on here..........These forums are exactly what us newbie banders need to discover and share and learn from each other!!!! ttys......... Cheryl