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Congrats, Catfish! Well done!!

Congrats!

To add to what terry said, they don't actually fold the stomach over. They fold the greater curvature inward on itself, and put two rows of non-disolving stitches.....making the capacity of shape in and around the size of the sleeve. Then they place the band. At times I've tried to eat right through band signals, the plication gives me a huge kick in the butt.

How do you feel with the empty band? I had mine emptied last week because of bad reflux, and I still can't overeat....which is a great thing! Although, I also have plication, so I'm not totally clear where the signals are coming from :-) Good luck to you.....I hope the band goes back where it belongs, and you can resume as you were prior to the slip.

YES, that would be great! Unreal.....what's going on all over the place....

Send it here! We are having a serious drought here in California.

Well said :-)

Fabulous! Certainly a better way to ring in the new year, over the New Years of the past. Good job!

Happy Birthday, Steph!

It takes a long time for your head to catch up to your new body. Last time I dropped 90 pounds, it took a couple of years for my head to see the new me.

I feel ya… I've been up since 2:30am, and at 3:30am, I got out of bed, made coffee & worked. Sweet dreams tonight, to us both :-(

CG - I think you're right about the step aerobics. We get to an age in life, when weight just doesn't come off without it. Bravo to you, for getting on that stepper even when you don't feel like it :-)

Ditto to above! You're amazing!!

I take trazodone for sleep. I've had sleep issues on and off for years, and this drug works well. It's actually an antidepressant, but it's sedating. I take the lowest dose at bedtime, which works wonders. And it's non-addictive.

Niiiiice :-)

Thanks…. I already feel better just knowing that I'm moving forward. But it will take a good three days to de-bloat from the festivities :-)

I'm so with you on this, too! There is nothing cheap enough out there for me to battle the crowds. There is still plenty of time until X-mas :-)

Now, how wonderful is that?!

Fabulous! Good job :-)