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Hello...

I am one that has left...I loved the site when I first came...

and I learned lots...I was not in the site 24/7 like some here...I tried to be a voice to some and like many of you have stated..if you didn't say what some one liked they bashed you...and I was doing great....I knew the bashing was from ones not doing so great...I didn't and don't care who likes or dislikes me....I hated seeing the MEANESS I was seeing....

I am not a mean person and I remember where I started...I did fallow my Drs orders to the best of my ability....I was afraid not to....but then I started reading how some ate pizza 3 days out or this or that and I really worried about newbies thinking...WOW you mean I can eat that and I wont hurt my band....the ones that posted were more BULLIES then concerning friends....and I didn't care for that either...so yes I went to FB and stay with a bunch of girls..that arnt always 100% agreeable but we do listen and were are all allowed to have our own opion...

I wish you all well...

~hugs~

My wife and I are finalizing an adoption of a little girl on the 18th and just wondering if there are any other members that have adopted, are adopting or want to adopt.

...............Congrats so exciting for you and your wife.....I have 5 adopted children and 2 bio......I have to say I love each of them the same.....my twin sister and I were adopted at age 7 by a Man who was the world to us...he has passed on but not a day goes by that I don't thank him for all he did for us.....A lil story here...one day when I was around 20....I can remember sitting with my twin and saying to her.....can you imagine if we were bio children of Daddies...would he love us more....because we couldn't imagine being loved more then he always made us feel.....now today with my own adopted children....I know adopted or not...we love them because they are OURS !!!! Grown in our hearts not our bellies.....congrats !!!

Hello and welcome...

Glad your heading in the right direction...great job !!!

You will find many friends on LBT....

Dee

So very sorry for your lost....I to lost my best 4 legged friend a few months back very unexpectedly...its a pain that will get better...please greave but not with ice cream...maybe try frozen yogurt...your worth it...and again so very sorry

Dawn....your Brad sounds so sweet...what a wonderful gift with such meaning behind it..

I also have the memory loss thing because I read all your post girls and wanted to comment on each of yours and now I cant remember what...

love ya all !!!!

Hello girls...

I have been goin all day here...My dr apt went great...he said my band looked fine...and he gave me a fill but wouldn't tell me how much he put in....but as he was filling he asked the nurse what did you have in there and she said 10.....and he said well I just pulled one more cc out...and when he was done and I was sitting up I seen the syrange and I told he looks like you put 8 in....and he had a smirk...so I think im right !

He said im going to gain a lil weight back and he wants me to o...I told him nope not gonna happen I will just work harder...LOL He doesn't need to see me for 3 months..

Isaiah had a football game tonight and they WON !!! I got to work in the concession stand so I stayed warm....CJs nurse woke me last night to tell me CJ got ill and she cryed and his bellie bloated so she stopped his feeding...He stayed home today,Kaleb layed in his bed this morning and said he was taking CJ to school today..they both loved it...

OOO I was trying to push CJ up in his crib tonight and didn't know my own streanth...I cracked his head against the head board....he cryed...and I cryed...but he forgives me and is smiling again !!!

Carole you are so positive all the time....its so refreshing...funny about the alarm clock....I only use my cell phones alarm....that vibrating on my night stand wakes me right up..

And yes like any good mom my boys are stars in my eyes and heart....

So sad watching the news today at the navy yard in DC...

Oh Janet...so good to hear from you...laughing you need to barrow some of Cjs diapers for bed time !!!

Your daughter looks beautifully pregnant...what a exciting time...and like Carol said...a few short weeks tables will be turned....so proud of you...

I went for my GI and the tech that took it said with out Fluid in my band he couldn't tell to good about how big or small the pouch was soposta be...he did think it looks a lil he wasn't sure how to word it...he said a slip usually is the bulk of the stomach comes above the band....he thought if anything.. mine looked like there wasn't much of a pouch....I see the surgeon tomarrow...so we will see....

bother *

Im not sure about the band being effected by flying...but my son who is fed through a G-Tube had terrible discomfort when we flew...We called his dr and was told it will feel better in a lil that flying does both some children's G tubes.....hope you get relief soon

Janet hope your enjoying your meds....and that your resting that new knee...

Dawn. and Michele..hope your enjoying a stress free weekend....

Diane I missed seeing your new hair cut !

Im working tonight 10:30 till 6 am....rush home get the kids off to school then the GI....see you all on the flip !

Terri..believe it or not by game time it was beautiful here....I was actually warm !!!

Our boys lost again but they played so hard....OMGoodness my Jakie was on fire...he got a sack...lots of tackles and both boys got to run the ball...I was so happy Charlie was able to get to this game...

Glad your arm is better...don't frget to take your meds !!!

Thank you Carol..

I know I have to get a grip on my eating when im not as tight....Im sure I can...just sorta starved myself the last 2 weeks being so tight...

Good Morning girls...

OOO its so cold here....well for me it is any way....The boys have football games today one at 2:30 and the other right after that.....Gosh Im gonna be sporting my hat and gloves for sure !

Carol I don't know how you do it with no fill....all I wanna do is eat right now...Im gonna cry when I get on the scale at drs office on Tuesday..tomorrow I go for the upper GI...im pretty sure everything is going to look good...because I can eat anything I want ( snd believe me I have since the unfill ) with no pain...

~hugs~ hope you all have a great Sunday !

Very well said Alex !!!

and great job Carol...~hugs~ cuz I bet you could use one or two....

Your right...no worth it being to tight to the point your uncomfortable

~hugs~ hello girls...

Wow nice to see us all back here...well almost waiting on Di...

Nicole..I was just asking Terri about you today...so very sorry you have had some heart breaking weeks..But very proud that you are eating right and living a healthy banded life...

Janet..so happy your home..your breaking all sort of records this year I think....and God love Maddy...Cj giggled every time Id talk to him about sending the pretty lil girl balloons !!!

Terri Im sorry about your sore hinny...but very glad you went and had it checked..I have watched to many medical shows...

Carole..you must be busy on another home improvement project...so awesome...I have a small hunnie do list for my hunnie tomorrow...lol

Dawn..I thought I had shared about how we came to get CJ...our lil Isaiah was in the hospital for 5 days when one night the dr came in and sat on the bed and told me they found a huge mass in his chest...they talked about cancer..and asked for my preachers number and family...they called and told them they were transporting Isaiah to the Childrens Hospital....I don't remember much after going to my kness crying...it was the worse hours of my life...my baby was only 4....God heard all our prayers and a week later after bone marrow test and biopsies he was discharged...God heard our prayers !!!!

When I came home from the hospital I had so much spam emails and I almost just sweept them all out but God made me go through them and there was a mail from a agency asking if Id be interested in a lil boy with many medical problems...I begged Charlie...because he was already saying NO WAY...he was saying what we just went through with Isaiah how could I want a child that would come with medical issues...I assured him I was just going to meet him...I didn't want any more kids either...well ONE look at his smile and hearing his giggles...I knew he was my baby !!!! and he had been in a few different homes where they didn't work out..and the foster mom who had him told us...she saw a instant bond with us all...the saddest part of this story is...CJ was adopted when he was 11 months out by a family...When he was 5 the police raided the home on a tip from a neighbor and found 4 boys 2 mentally challenged woman and CJ locked in a basement !!! CJ was 5 and only weighed 25 lbs...one boy was actually found in a home made cement room with no lighs ..just kneeling on a blanket..the older children told the police..Oh that's the toy room...so so sad....that all that makes CJ so much special to us all...and to hear him giggle and smile all the time keeps my faith ....

Our Kaleb came to us through his 13 yr old mom who was 7 months preg when she came to us...Jakie came to us as a new born whos mom didn't know she was preg and already had a 3 yr old she couldn't care for...and Isaiah was born in the back of a ambulance by the same mom as Jakie on St Pattys day...she left the ambulance and told them to give the baby she couldn't think of a name for to the family that took her other baby...

Im not that special....its them boys that are everything to me...

love ya all

my soft fill feeling is my nose runs...

Here are the next NFL players...lol 

I think chewing more and also maybe waiting a lil longer between bites will help...also maybe watch for the soft full signs..if I miss mine then I get that feeling that your having....

Awsome...celebrate your birthday and your hard work !!!

My thoughts are you are going to feel so good in a yr from now...It takes work...the band is just a tool that we have control of...but I works !!!

There will be so many small and large non scale victories (NSV) along the way...rejoice in all of them !!! Good luck hun....Im excited for you !

For me I had to do the 6 month eating right and showing I was committed to this...also had to attend 6 local support group meetings..

When I was in my 5th month my nutritionist started the paper work for insurance and when it was summited only took 3 days to get approval..

Good Luck...with your journey !!!

Oh Terri you should go right to the ER !!! Maybe I watch to many showed on animal planet...but I know spider bites can be so scary....please don't wait...

Michele....a foster youth group sounds like a very rewarding thing....You know I started fostering children when our two sons left for college together....not only do you loose your children you loose the house full of their friends that use to be there every meal...lol

I look at your pic and still go WOW each time you post...you are looking so good.

Dawn how are you feeling....did your cold make a fast exit...I hope so.

Carol..its the weekend ...for me that's a lil more relaxed...wondering if that is just the opiste for you and Jack with all your working on your home...

Janet...hope your feeling no pain !!! How long are you in the hospital stay for ...thining of you hun...

As for me TGIF !!! I get a few days of not having to drag kids out of bed !!!

Tonight were going to bundle up and go watch the school team football game..CJ loves the marching band ..tomarrow Jakie has a game and Isaiah is going to a b day party...sunday they both have games..I will try and post a pic I took of them last Sunday....

Happy Fri the 13th every one...

terri get to the DR !!!!

Hello girls...

Well I seen the cute surgen today and he is very concerned about me hurting through every meal....so he took all Fluid out of my band and schedualed a upper GI on Monday....if all looks good ( no slip ) he will put all or most of the Fluid back in !!!

I am looking forward to eating tomarrow with out any pain....

Carole you sure are saving a lot of money having Jack as handie as he is...

Dawn...how cute of Brad to try and clean up when you surprised him....

Terri.Janet..Diane and Michele....hope your doing good ...