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Wow Cathy, you look great!! You are so beautiful!! =D>

Wow Dolittle, what a difference!! Swelling or not, there's a BIG difference!! Congrats and hope you're feeling better every day!

Awesome Jann!!! You had better get used to it, I think there's ALOT more to come!!

I weighed 214 when I called the OCC to schedule my surgery. I'm 5' 5.5" and I think my BMI was 35 or 36. You'll have no problem getting the band and you're making the best choice going with the OCC!! =D>

My mother-in-law got our daughter a Wii for X-mas and they happened to have a few Fits so she grabbed one for me. I never played with a Wii but we're looking forward to it!! Too bad I have to wait until X-mas to try it!

So, Jillian M. has a work out for Wii too???

You're in my thoughts and prayers. I hope things turn out the way you want and need them to. Best wishes, Darlene

And I did very good with my food choices all day so I could have a peice of ice cream cake! Yeah, it will be small, but I can't pass it up. I had 2 protein drinks today and I am fine. Those always keep me full so I figure for one day I can splurge and have my ice cream cake. But, I kind of doubt that those little crunchies are going to be a problem since I still have so much restriction.

And before you all freak out and yell at me, my DEAR HUBBY had it made with frozen low fat yougurt! I didn't even ask, he just did it on his own!

And this gives me 1 year to lose 100 pounds! I WILL BE SKINNY FOR MY 50th! I WILL!!!! Hold me too it people!!

Happy B-day Mona!! :lb21: :give_rose:

Does anyone wear a medic alert that you have a lap band.

I'm curious because I was just checking out things on ebay and I noticed a lap band necklace that indicates on the back 'Lap Band No Blind NG Tube'. I'm wondering is this necessary? How deep is an NG tube inserted?

...better safe than sorry, right?

Hi Redhead,

I got one of those necklaces off of Ebay and it's a nice quality necklace. The only thing, the chain's too long and it's an over-the-head with no clasp. I'm gonna get a new chain for it. [it sits right between my boobs and bugs the heck outta me ]

Anyways, I feel the way you do, ... better safe than sorry! Oh ya,.... the guy who sells the necklaces is really nice. I ask if he could put ASTHMA on the necklace also and he did it for free!!

Darlene

I've been reading your blog and so glad to hear everything's going well!!

OK..... were's the pix??!!

So glad that you got taken care of!! Hope you're feeling better now??

Keep us updated! Take care, Darlene

Hello Carla,

My husband wasn't real happy with my decision to go to Mexico either, but he knew that I've tried and tried again to lose weight only to gain it all back +. I actually went BY MYSELF to have the surgery and everything went just fine. [You can call the States for free from your hospital room.]

My hubby and our daughter came back to Mexico in May for my first fill and Chris was very impressed with the OCC. Our daughter never flew before so it was all a big adventure for her.

Dr. O and his staff are top notch, you won't be disappointed, I promise you!! =D>

Best wishes, Darlene

OK that is just hilarious! I have become the master of hiding them at work. But I was in a 5 hour meeting last night and a couple times I just had to let it go and hope nobody heard! My dad when I was a kid would toot and blame it on people on TV. He would fart and be like "hey, did you hear that Ronald Regan just farted"!!! He would blame it on the dog too poor dog!

Great story thanks for sharing!!!!

That sounds like our family!! Our poor dog, and now our cats get blamed! [They DO rip some awful smelly one's though!!]

When our daughter was a baby, if one of us farted, we'd say "Who let that duck in?!" So everytime someone would fart, she'd walk around looking for an actual duck!

Hello Lapbandgirl,

I'm in the EXACT SAME boat as you are! I posted on here a couple of weeks ago and our weight loss is almost the same. {I was banded 3-25, lost 33lbs.}

I know I need a fill, but can't afford one right now. My problem is portion control and eating around the band. I am trying to 'be good' but it's hard with very little restriction.

I don't want to mess this up and I do get discouraged, but I am going to get my crap together [day by day.]

Just know that you are NOT alone, you can PM me any time you'd like. Take care, Darlene

Bless your heart Mona, that's one lucky kitty that you're on his side!!

I have 4 of my own and love them dearly. I can't even imagine having 9!! i saw their pix and they are darling.

I hope you feel better soon. The crying was probably just a 'release cry'. You were overwhelmed, it happens to all of us.

Take care of yourself, (((((HUGS)))) Darlene

Good luck and best wishes!!! Darlene

Mona,

OMG!! I laughed and laughed while reading your post!!! And guess what?! I FARTED BECAUSE I LAUGHED SO HARD!! Honest truth!! That made me laugh all the more!! Thanks Mona, I had a bad last couple days and that really felt good [the laugh AND the fart!!]

The Princess of Poo - hehehehe

I haven't been posting much in the past two days as my heart just hasn't been in it. I'll be away for a couple of days regrouping and attending the funeral.

As always I'm still committed to everyone's WL journey and I'll see you in a bit.

Warm hugs,

Jann

Jann,

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. You are such a wonderful person and we're all thinking of you.

Please take care of yourself and stop back in soon. ((((((HUGS))))))) Darlene

ATTA Girl Mona!!! So, So glad for you! =D>

Oh Kim.... I remember those days well..... :bad: :lb18:

I'd just rest for a few days, if you're not in any discomfort and you can keep liquids down, you should be fine.

Where are you? I am in Bethlehem and my current doctor is right here in Allentown. But if you are closer to the Maryland border, there is a doc down there who does fills for anyone for $200 on wednesdays. She is near Gettysburg over the border. My doctor here does them for $100 but you can't get in to see him until the middle of December and you have to take whatever time you can get. Depends where you are closer. Let me know where you live or MapQuest Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, that is near me or Dr. Susan Brinkley in Maryland. See which is closer. Maybe we can meet up!

I'm about 20 minutes from State College..... I'll try the mapquest and see how far it is. Thanks for the info.!!

It would be awesome if we could meet up!!

Too cool!!! Congrats!! =D> =D> =D>

I have a pair of Levi's that I can't wait to fit into..... maybe by the first of the year! Remeber the Jordache jeans??? Those were all the craze when I was in school.

Who's your new Doc?? I need to get one here in the States, so spill Mona!! Send me his name, number and directions to his office!!

I need to get me some better restriction soon, I can eat toooooo much!

Congrats Mona, I sure hope you found the spot! Best wishes, Darlene

Jann you said everything so well. I second most of the stuff you said but you said it so much better.

BRAVO Darlene.

I am so glad you are not giving up. Yes the band forces us all to face the issues that helped to make us fat, whether we want to admit them or not.

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I don't want to give up, I truely don't. With the help of all you woderful people on this forum, I think this is gonna work!

Hey, I am screwed up too! Been in therapy lots of times, also taking anti-depressants. I came from a really disfunctional family but I met a nice stable guy and had a wonderful family, three daughters. Food is definatly my drug...I am thankful however that it is because I lost my cousin Sherry two years ago to a drug overdose, we came from the same type of disfunction, our mothers were both severly sexually abused for their whole childhoods. I could have ended up like her but I chose food over drugs and alcohol. I guess we all have our crosses to bear.

KIM

OK Kim....

Kim and Darlene both have issues and want to get happy and healthy I'm on antidepressants too. I've been on them for years and they keep the boo-hoo sessions to a minimum. Too bad they don't make a pill that can help you forget certain parts of your life!

Food is my drug too, I have druggies and alcoholics in my family but I chose food. I did drink in my younger years but thankfully it didn't get totally out of control.

We'll work on this together..... I'm so thank ful for everyone on this forum!!

Something about you moves me, Darlene. Your post brought tears to my eyes. I'm so happy you aren't giving up. You are worth it. I grew up in a totally dysfunctional family with a beyond abusive mother. To this day she is till bitter and twisted but she is still my mom. Anyway long story short, despite my successes later in life I turned it all inward and on myself. I began to hate me I think because that was something I had control over. I have total self esteem issues. I know I do. I keep people in my real life very much at arm's length and it takes a while for people to get close. When they do get in I wrap them in cocoons of love but it's a helluva journey to get there and I appreciate that. I'm working on that. We all at the end of the day carry some kind of baggage in varying extremes.

You always speak in such hard concrete terms. I rather doubt you are a horrible, horrible person. Did you kill a kid? A puppy? A kitten? I work with homicide -- I know the very definition of a horrible, horrible person and I rather doubt you match up. You want to be a happy healthy girly. It's totally doable. I have found that if you move on others will too. There will be those who won't participate in your journey. So be it. Just keep moving forward. People will see the changes in you and they will act accordingly. Only you can stop you, I promise you that. Don't hinge your future on external stuff and history. It comes from within. People aren't paying nearly as much attention to you as you may think. Some of your perspective is just you! Step back, fix what you can and move on. The rest becomes just that -- history.

Hugs! Keep going girly. You know you can do it!

Jann

Thanks again Jann..... you know how to lift my spirits and we don't even know each other!!

You have done one thing that I won't ever do, you seem to have forgiven your mother and moved on. That's awesome for you if it's what you want and need in your life. My mother told me 4 yearsa ago that she didn't have a daughter named Darlene anymore and I'm holding her to it this time. [been through this crap before and she'll never do it to me again!] I know I have alot of issues to deal with but the past 4 years have been some of the sainest I've had in my entire life.

There's COUNTLESS memories from my past that make me cringe....... and this is what I have to work on letting go.

I didn't kill a kid or an animal or anything but like I said, I was such a nasty kid\adult. I had a huge chip on my shoulder and people who were around me paid for it. I know I have to quit dwelling on the old me, but how I'm going to do it is the question??? Baby steps, right?