Oregondaisy

I wish more people would ck out the chat room! You can always open the window and leave it open. The door bell rings and lets you know someone has come in, so you can do other things and then start chatting when someone finally makes it in. Everyone should try it out!

I hate the way lip stick feels on my lips too. It just feels sticky. I have found some that are those long lasting kinds that kind of dry on your lips so they don't feel as gunky. I would love to find a hair style that works with my hair that looked good and I didn't have to fuss much to make it look nice. It's been long and straight for too long.

I went to the fair today and had beef teriyaki on a stick. I was very happy I was able to eat it and not get too full or start sliming or foaming. I think I am finally getting the hang of eating solids. I feel really bad for all of you that are having so much trouble eating and drinking. I would go nuts.

Find a Protein drink that you like. It's important to get your protein in. The folks that seem to be tired and have little energy are the ones that hate the Protein drinks. Try looking at the thread "rate the protein drinks." the nectar drinks seem to be popular.

I had the energy for it. I walked all over the place. I was so bored in the hospital. I wore tee shirts with no bra at all. I really don't need one. I am not endowed in that area. I had jammie pants that were loose around the waist and flip flops. I also wore this cotton duster/robe thing a lot . It zipped up the front.

tylenol pm does nothing for me. I take ambien and I have an assortment of other stuff that helps me. Valerian works pretty well and so does Kava Kava. Nothing keeps me asleep though. Dr. wants me to go back on anti depressants but those make people gain weight and I have a lot of trouble with side effects.

I have a hard time knowing when to stop. I can't go by how full I feel. I had a half a piece of pizza, but just the toppings and one chicken wing yesterday. I didn't feel full, but I knew it was time to stop. Then half an hour, I felt over stuffed. I have realized that I need to stop before I feel full. I'll be 3 months out soon. I can drink as much as I want at one time. I drink 24 oz of Water before I go to work in the morning. That takes probably 10 minutes at the most. I seem to be thirsty when I get up.

Carol, my dad's house is McKellips and Higley. Now that they put the 202 in, it makes it faster to get everywhere. I would love to meet you too. I go on the 60 all the time. I love AZ Mills. I love all the malls. I live in the middle of nowhere, so it's really fun for me to go there and have real stores to go to. I've met a few people from lap band talk and it's been really nice for me to actually know people cause I do go there pretty often. I'll come this fall and next summer for sure. I love to tube down the salt river. it's a blast! I've been flying into the Mesa Gateway airport these last few times. It's so much more convenient.

Thanks Mac. I need to split the stuff up. I have been taking everything at once.

I would send a pm to macmadame. she will be able to find out for you. We had a couple of other gals in here who knew all the research, but they haven't been around lately.

There are a lot of people who start out wanting the DS and are able to lose all their weight with just the sleeve. I am glad you found us. We will all be here to support you.

Did you get an answer from him as to how many sleeves he has done? Ask him if he has ever had a leak. If you have ins. approval,you can go to another surgeon, if his stats aren't good . What is the surgeon's name? Mac is pretty good with knowing who the good surgeons are. You can do research and find out what his complication rates are. In any case, get the sleeve. You won't be sorry.

There is a pomegranate flavor liquid vit. you can get at costco. Suzanne recommended it to me but I don't like it. That's not to say that you won't like it. As you know, everyone's tastes are different. I have been putting it in my strawberry EAS just to get rid of it. I personally would kill to be able to sleep like you do. I force myself to start getting ready for bed around 12-12:30 and usually lay there til around 3, and wake up at 5-5:30. I am about to lose my mind due to lack of sleep.

Welcome to our happy family. Glad you choose Dr. Aceves. You are in the best hands. We will be here for you when you're doing that really fun post op diet!

I too think there is something going around . I was nauseous all last week.

Like I said, I keep the chat window open, and use another window. Then when I hear the little door bell, I know someone else has opened the chat window. My name is in the corner that I am there, but it may take me a minute to finish what I am typing and get back to the chat window. So sleevesters, open the chat window!

Beth likes to chat so anyone that feels like chatting, come and join us in the chat room! I've been checking the room about 8 pm Pacific time, and I leave the window open and listen for the door bell that sounds letting me know someone has come in. If anyone wants to chat at an earlier time, I get off work at 4 pm and I live on my lap top after that. Just send me a pm or put up a post. The Lap Band room is always very crowded at all hours, and I would like to see our room get busy too. Chatting is lots of fun!

Carol, you are in Phoenix? I go to Mesa all the time. My dad has a house there and I will be coming in oct to get it ready. I am going to rent it to snowbirds as my dad passed away in June. Permanent eye make up sounds like the way to go! How expensive is it to do eye liner? Where do you live in Phoenix?

So what about removal of this eye makeup? I like the idea of not having to remove the bare minerals before going to sleep. I am beyond lazy. I have put eye liner on (like I said, I will put make up on for special occasions) and I wake up looking like a raccoon. This is going to be fun. It almost feels to me like little girls playing dress up!

I don't need color or anything but a trim. They already cut too much off, but it looks boxy and I want my sides to be cut at an angle. I will bring a picture. I am really really lucky. I am almost 57 and no gray hair. My dad had none when he died at 90!

Do you know how much she charges for a hair cut? Are you going to make me an appt. then?

Ahhhh... we have no such store here. I will take a cooler with me when I go out of town. It's supposed to be over 100 in this town I am going to on Thurs. I'll look at costco first since I have other stuff I want to get there.

I am so glad you posted this Beth. I so much enjoy chatting with you and I have a feeling we will have a longtime chatting friendship from here on in. We are already off to a great friendship. I love finding another night owl like me. I am really glad you posted, and keep on posting!

I just spent $120.00 there on my last order. They also carry lean dessert Protein mix that people on OH rave about. I have tried the choc. coconut and now the fudge pudding, and I think they are okay, but not as great as those folks on OH say. I recently ordered some samples from another web site somebody over there recommended to try their other flavors. I plan to take the samples to Vegas when I go so I don't have to dump a bunch of powder into a zip lock bag. I have to have my protein drinks! I believe one of the other flavors is called banana bread. They have just about every Vitamin and supplement you can think of at vitacost. I started Vit. D after having that checked. I also get my chewable Multivitamins there. Everything is WAY cheaper than I have seen in any store.

We have Safeway, Albertsons and a store that is owned by Krogers called Fred Meyer. What stores do you have there in Northern CA, Mac? We aren't that far apart.