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I am having technical problems. I can log in, but am very quickly being "logged out" and have to re-log. I've had to keep posts very very short because I'm logged out before I finish typing them. Please help!

Hi, I submitted a couple of threads today, and they are locked. Is there something I need to click so people can read them and reply? Thanks! :eek

Hi, I was always wondering how much weight our Aussie and other posters were referring to in their post when they spoke of stones and kg's. I found this chart online, and well, it doesn't to the math, but it will give you an idea of how many pounds they are referring to anyway! :nervous metric ->imperial1 kilogram [kg]1,000 g2.2046 lb imperial ->metric1 ounce [oz]437.5 grain28.35 g1 pound [lb]16 oz0.4536 kg1 stone14 lb6.3503 kg1 hundredweight [cwt]112 lb50.802 kg Some of the areas in the chart are blank, because it listed weights too small or too large to be used in weigh loss!

The Top 5 lists have stopped showing up at the top of my page. Both in Mozilla and IE. I liked 'em.

I don't know if anyone else is experiencing this, but since the changes to the board, I am being logged out after just a very few minutes (~5 minutes) I can be writing a post and get logged out before finishing. Please help.

Hi all, it's been awhile and I've been having some real problems so went in for a barium swallow and a total unfill. The Dr read the films and informed me that I have slippage of my band. Anyone know what the statistics are if a repair or replacement is done the chances of reoccurance? Anyone else here that has been through this? Had a major freak out when I found out and am now trying to make the most informed decision I can. I can't have anything done until March as my heaviest work load occurs the first two months of the year and I simply can't be gone from work for ten days during that time so am living on a diet of liquids, purees and mushies and hopeing agains…

Can someone please help me to know why I am having so much pain in my left arm. I had the lap-band done on the 13th of December, and you would think it would have quit by now :hurt Thanks

Can someone clean up the Before and After pictures post? There are LOTS of comments there. Thanks, Jonathan

dylansmom was nice enough to make my picture the right size, but now what? I went to User CP Edit Avatar but now I am lost???? THANKS!!!

There are a couple of posts I want to bump, one is called "I hate fat people" and I know it was from last Spring. A guy started it, but I don't remember who. Also, I would like to bump my "no help for the wicked" thread. I think that's is what it's called. Wicked is in the title though. I posted it in Feb. Thanks to anyone who can find them!

I don't think that I have the time adjusted correctly for Ca. What does GMT stand for? Thanks!

HELP, I have tried so many times to get that stupid ticker thing onto my stuff. Can anybody help me try to get it. I can make the ticker but I cannot get it to show up. Thanks :>

Why isn't there a local support site for Washington, DC?

I recieved what I felt was a very sarcastic and unsupportive response from a member on this site. I feel I fight enough of that with the insurance company and Dr. offices...I sure don't need it from a "support" site. I really do not care to deal with comments from that individual again. Hope there is something I can do. Thanks

Hi all, I am a 25 year old woman, I can't not remember a time in my life when I wasn't fat, actually I think in kindergarden I was about the normal size for a kid my age, but still I was made fun of for being fat, after that I became fat and have been all of my live. Both my parents also have weight problems but didn't untill they were older. I currently weight somewhere around 265, give or take, I try not to weigh myself. I have tried everything from normal diets to fad diets to diet pills of all kinds and even starving myslef when I was in high school. I either lose no weight at all, or lose some and then gain that plus back. I don't know what to do anymore, I am to the…

I would like to know how you unsubscribe to all the threads I have? I am getting a little too much e-mail. Also how do I prevent from subscribing to everything in the future? Thanks in advance!

For the past 10 days or so, I haven't received any e-mail notices regarding new posts on threads to which I subscribe. I've checked my "User CP" preferences; everything's OK there. I checked a couple of threads, and yes, there were lots of new posts. I checked my e-mail account too, and it's fine. Is anyone else having the same problem?

I was banded on 09-07-05. I was on a liquid diet for 2 days and now I can have soft foods. Besides the fact that I can't really figure out what to eat, I am having a hard time figuring out the difference between hunger and fullness. I do not want to make myself sick but I also want to get in enough. Any suggestions?

I think that it would be an awesome idea to actual have a diagnosed complication section (make it clear that questions/concerns are not diagnosed problems) This would be a huge help to many new people coming to our boards. I've tried looking up a lot of old threads but its getting rough with all of our posts!! I mean.. lets face it many of us have had complications concering the band.. and I always loved this site because you could get both sides of the story and not all complications are a big red X for the band.. but its important ppl are making informed decisions.

Deena Barton has only posted one message, but on multiple threads, same thing. She's selling her services and not doing a very good job of it.

Hi, I need a moderator to contact me about a thread I would like to start, but I need to know if I can or not. I don't want to break any rules. Could a mod please PM me? Thanks! Mae

So how do you change your traker...it looks so cool I have one but now I don't know how to change it...silly yes I know..thanks..

I am a member of another forum that has a budget board. It is a great way to share free offers,great sale prices and bargains that we find. I know that I have saved loads of money from post there. Would it be possible to start something like that here? There are several people that are saving to pay for a band or making payments on being self pay. Just a thought~Mandy

I am so frustrated! Does anyone know what is going on with log in on this site! I have been trying for over a WEEK to get on. This happened once before so I had to change my name and use my work email address. Now it has happened again, and I had to OPEN a yahoo account! I don't want a yahoo account! There does not seem to be a way to get in touch with the webmaster. It says you can and an email pops up so that you can however there is no address for the webmaster. If anyone knows a way for me to get back my old user name and use my own email address, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, Dianne, formally know as sunset!

I was getting an email message when someone posted a reply to a thread I was participating in, and now I'm not. Is there something going on with the system? I have not changed anything in the user cp and I am not sure what happened. I just logged on and found several replies to things I had posted on and several new messages on threads I am subscribed to. Weird.....~Mandy

Hello dearest Moderators, I don't have a single sticky thread in the FAQ forum. I'm assuming that threads that are inactive after X time drop off and are archived someplace. What can I do to show the threads?

How do I send posts on the various forums,I am new to this form of communication!

I have noticed when reading some posts that they are CLOSED and have a lock by them ...... why are they closed and who decides to close them?

Please tell me what I am doing wrong. I cannot seem to upload a pic. I do go to the advanced and browse then choose the pic I want and hit upload and it does nothing. I have tried to crop it but not really sure how to do that either. Help me Please

My French band is portruding like an outie. I have lost 70 lbs and have another 50 to go.Afraid of what it will look like. Anyone experiencing this.

There are a lot of really good sticky threads in the top two forums, but I find it makes it a little difficult to navigate through the forums, because they take up a lot of room. Some posts need to be in a particular forum, and it makes sense for them to be stickied in that forum. I'm not sure I can articulate what I'm thinking, but basically I'd like to suggest that threads that are stickied in each individual forums should be timely threads that need constant attention for a given period of time. (Challenge threads, food journal threads, etc.) Other threads, like the importance of drinking Water, Donali's secrets of success, I think would be excellent to move into a…

I am wondering where i would go or talk to about starting a group for people in their late-early/mid 20's!A lot of people think its a great idea and im just wondering if its possible =) Lemme know!

What program do you use to shrink the avatar to 50x50 pixels? I just brought a brand new & fairly advanced puter. But 50x50 isn't an option for me. I can only shrink to 67x50 or 50x37 with my picture software.

When you do a search under a spesific member's name only 500 is available to read.Why is that? Thank you

How does one contact the administrator of this talk group in order to get off the membership list?

Is anyone else constipated? Three weeks post op and taking metamucil and softeners by the buckets, but down 30 pounds... any suggestions?

Hi guys and gals, I'm new to all this including the Lap Band....I had the VG Band (10cc band)placed April 14th and had my 1st fill today. 4.5 cc's and am feeling quite a bit of restriction now(even water), which I never really had before because the band is bigger. I'm on liquids today and soft foods tomorrow and when I feel good about those can move on to regular food which is also a 1st. After watching the barium trickle through my band after the fill how will food ever fit? I am absolutly scared to put anything in my mouth for fear of vomiting or getting something stuck, being 1 month post op that sounds like quite a violent act to be a part of. Any suggestions on h…

Had my 2 week check up and I'm doing great but-----I started eating real food again and I've gained 2 lbs and I feel hungry all the time. It's 2 weeks until my first fill. Is this normal or am I just a loser at this too????

My sister and I both had surgery on April 25 in Mexico. Yesterday she started having drainage from the incision at the port (see Drainage by Janet Holst). Today, after seeing her doctor and after having a cat scan, found out that she has cellulitis in the port and will need surgery. She hasn't talked to the surgeon so isn't sure exactly what they will do at surgery. Anyone had this happen?

I had lapband surgery last Monday, April 25th. Everything has been great (yes does hurt some. Today one of my stitches in the front (where theres three) has started leaking. It is not blood. Does anyone know what this could be? Is it the port? Have call into where I had it done but no answer back yet. Thanks.

I think I've figured out a solution for the email notifications and the log on ... I've been staying logged on and haven't had any problems with getting lost and now I'm getting email notifications...

I seem to be having a problem staying logged on...anyone else experiencing problems? When I went to submit a post just now, it said I wasn't logged on and I lost it....

Just wondering... How often should we have blood work to ensure us that our body is getting enough of all the nutrients??? yearly??? every 6 months???? never???

Just banded at 11am this morning. The pain is pretty bad but what I want to know is wat is up with all the nausea. I have had to violent episodes of dry heaving today. I am afraid to take my lilquid pain medication as it was one of the things that caused me to gag earlier.

Hi all. My surgery is in less than 24 hours and I,m crazy! Going to go shopping with a girlfriend for a while this morning and then go into work some this afternoon. I have an EMT meeting tonight then I'll try to get some sleep. I have to be at the hospital at 6:30 am with surgery at 8:30. Also found out that my son who plays college football hurt his shoulder and may have to have surgery this week. My husband will be busy taking care of all of us. When it rains it pours! Thanks for all the support I've gotten on this site and love you all. I'll keep you posted in a few days about my progress. Thanks! Still can't figure out how to get my little graph on my site to keep tr…

Am I feeling right? I was banded on Fri 15th and I am feeling some pain still, what I feel is major heartburn? Like every thing is up top? Is this right? Does anything help?

Can anyone tell me how coffee goes after being banded. Every morning a group of us has coffee at the local quick stop and it is a social thing so I would hate to not go. I was wondering how soon you can drink coffee and does it bother you? Thanks for the advice.

I am only 6 days from being banded and need a good piece of advice from all of you. How do you keep from getting so nervous. I'm having trouble sleeping. I have enjoyed all your posts on this site but would love to hear some more. Thanks!!!

Hello If Anyone Has Any Last Words Of Advice I Need Them I Am Getting Very Nervous... Thanks For Your Help...jennifer

Does anyone know if the system "does" notify of responses? I thought I selected to be notified if there were responses but haven't had one notification. I've gone back and discovered that I had some. Also, I keep getting "bumped" off for lack of a better term...I log in and go to something and find out I'm not logged in...anyone else have this problem? I've been on for about an hour and had to re-log in about five times. D