Debbie3sons

If they are friends and I mean true friends they don't care what you weigh, they should just like and be friends with you no matter what through, yes I a going to say thick, heavy or the dreaded f word (fat) or thin , skinny , or healthy lol what ever we are are real friends don't care and stick around and keep in touch or come out to play with us lol.

I wish all the stuff we want to do would be up and running I am so frustrated and impatient as it is almost a month or so since being able to do things like look at blogs , pics or other things like uploading pics also as other people are able to and I am not I know some of us like to look at others pics and profiles just to say if they can do it so can I as we try to support or suggest things on here, I REALLY hope it gets fixed and updated SOON, I know they are trying but now they are going to get flooded with things we are not able to do right now , I have talked with Alex to let him know that it will be flooded so I hope they are prepared on this site.

This was great I loved the responses you got , some of us could go other places with this , I won't though but If you rubbed me the wrong way , you would know it , but you haven't rubbed me at all so I will let you rub other people as I will only be rubbed by people that I want to rub me lol.

I take a couple sips of water before the meal arrives and I mean only a couple of sips , then we talk and laugh while waiting for food and I try to choose well and ask how things are prepared to make sure also I don't eat bread only cause my band wont allow me to as it is a big expanding filler and if I eat a corner of bread without the crust I can not eat anything else or I will get stuck , therefor I try to choose wisely and when the meal comes what ever I can't eat I give to others and if the portion is to big then I can share part with others or take it hoe and eat the other half another day or let someone else have it.

But inquiring minds and curiosity wants to know lol , I knew your wife was seeing you , really seeing you now look out , she will be , doing things with you soon that you think she might never do lol your wife is just being supportive and happy that she has her boyfriend and hubby back(you) , great NSV , it is great when people that see you every day just confirms what we are trying to accomplish, or have far we have coe from where we were or where we are going.

It is normal , but it is up to you also to eat just small amounts it is about portion control wich is hard , however when you start it will help if you need a fill eventually , some of us do and some don't , drink lots of water to keep full and hydrated , some docs give you a fill at time of surgery and some don't , just try to hang in , it does get better and you will gain and lose , just try the lots of water and remember portion control if you can or like I have said before why would I want to mess up as I paid enough and went through a major surgery to get healthy or I could just have stayed big and just went through life not being healthy or being able to do things I wanted to do.

I do the Nyquil and Dayquil I also do claratin for my allergies , It didn't bother me , I will have to ask my doc just to make sure it is safe and won't erode the band as I have only had to take any of these just once since being banded.

Yes you can have ice chips , also remember to take small sips even if you are doing the broth or soup also the shoulder pain is proabally from surgery and gas as they do pump us with air so it will go away soon.

I thought this was funny and it did catch my eye I almost thought you were talking about a doctor , well just be careful cause, I am not sure but you don't want to be banned from the site for using or abusing foul language , make sure and read the rules as Alex does check in , I am not being mean or hateful I am just trying to be helpful as I did read this and my self thought it was funny.

Iam not laughing at you but with you as we don't know what muscle is as we have had are muscles covered with skin ,isn't nice to know that you are on the right track with building muscle and losing weight , choo choo lol you know you can you know you can lol.

There is a thing on here I forgot who wrote it but it is about last meal syndrome. You may look it up to see it is kind of funny but true as most of us go through what you are feeling , remember this feeling cause it almost happened when I could finally eat solids , but then I just kept in my head why I did this.

I have to edit it every time and act like it is new but I do go by surgery date I think it also has bmi and another one to choose from but you will have to look at them , not sure right now , hope you get it also remember they are updating the site as I have had trouble with a few things my self.

Drink LOT'S of water as it will ake you full also you can have a lg green salad with lemon and distilled white vinegar mix it to your liking and just add cucumbers and tomatoes a little parmesan cheese , no crutons tho and make that your dinner but do the shakes and make sure drink LOTS of water you can add lemon or lemon juice to your water but nothing else it is hard but it will help, for when you go to surgery .

How good, does that feel and with no fills , you did awesome ,just keep it off as you have been , that's great in one yr.

I don't drink soda I stopped cause my doc. said nothing carbonated also I wanted to lose weight not gain it back even with diet soda they all have a lot of calories and sodium . but I was told I could have Ice chips for 3 days post op and to sip room temp Water every 15 min, and not to drink or try to gulp cause it would hurt after having surgery I don't know what your doc told you but I do know what mine told me so I hope this helped , I would call the doc to make sure of anything .

The flouro will help and my doc ALWAYS says a stick and burn then to numb me before a fill so ask if they are not doing it , or if they don't offer and I hope they find your port eaiser in the future for your fills.

It depends on your pre & post op diet I had the on my pre op diet until bout 2-3 days before surgery then a few months after post op to see if I could tolerate the as some can and some can't , but I love salads now I just put the same distilled white vinegar with lemon juice to my liking when I mix it together and then I eat soeties I will do just a tbsp., of ranch but I don't add things like crutons,or cucumbers any more cause my band doesn't like them lol I do it doesn't.

I can only have a few carrots if they are steamed or boiled real good ,NOT RAW ONES EVEN if they are small as I get stuck and hurt and the pains start .

Some times we don't see or think the scale is moving , try not to weigh your self every day I usually don't weigh till I am going to the doc I might do it a week before tho sometimes , I have noticed tho that my clothes & hip sizes are shrinking so I feel it there and I am glad of that also just the small steps of being able to be more physical so think of those things also remember if we were all the same we woild be boring and not unique in our own ways, don't get discouraged I thought the same at times and it took me a while but my doc and I figured out what was best for me , now you just have to find out what is right with u.

Tell him don't start nothing won't be nothing , then tell him your gonna lose your mind up in here up in here and if that doesn't work look and keep staring at him then ask him how it feels and tell him that;s how you feel when he walks in with fast food or things you can't have right now lol , I told my doc I wanted to bite him and everybody's head or whatever off at the beginning post op if I didn't get some substance in me , then sugar free popsicles and mashed potato's saved them lol.

I used to have major I.B.S not to get grapjic but I would have to leave work to go home shower and change clothes , after the band it hasn't happened yet ,close to it but , I can tell now as before the band I couldn't and it depends on what and how much I eat so I try not to eat to much at all and it does happen sometimes right after I eat then in a 1/2 hr. to a hr. it's regulated and o k, I would still ask the doc to make sure specially if it happens a lot.

It took me a while it seemed like almost a yr. and my doc would do 1 1/2 cc's I a at 11 cc's in my 14 cc band and still losing but the last time I went we we're discussing a adjustment but this time I chose not to have a fill as I am still losing inches and pounds so just be patient as you are getting used to the band and use the tips that the doc gives you or stick to the post op diet and before you know it you will say llok at me(your self) and say I have came a long way and this is helping and is working for me (you) .

All I know is when I was pregnant 30 yrs. ago with my first ,then my other 2 I would use coco butter and vitamin E. it helped to rub it on my belly and ars when they itched and I have really faint stretch marks from that and yo yo dieting , like zi said people that see my scars say oh you can barley see the scars or stretch marks so I guees it helped at least with me there is also a scar cream but I forgot what it is called but type in scar cream and there will probally be a site so all I know is what helped me in the past , well good luck on finding something, that orks for you.

Love the costumes lol and that is great you won as you are a winner anyway cause your winning your life and health and body back .

I get the same pains at times ,it either says I am working it to hard or I have eaten to much but it does go away I am a yr. out also I have had my Doc, do barium swallows and flouro ,so I am not sure what's going on with your pains but I would ask your doc, just to make sure to ake sure it is normal or not .