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My mother was on Wellbutrin, then welbutrin and prozac combined, but it wasn't working, so she was switched last year to celexa. She's having great results with it. She's lost weight and feels better than she's felt in a really long time. To date I know of a small handful of people on it, and haven't heard any negative feedback on it yet. Good Luck to you with it, I hope it works for you too.

I'm doing half an hour of Jane Fonda aerobics... I've been doing it daily for over a week, and I'm seeing results already. This is the first real commitment I've made to seriously exercise in years. So far so good. I've lost 4 of the 20 plus pounds I'd regained!

I am amazed at how different our individual experiences are. I can't eat pasta, & I love it, but my band hates it. Rice on the other hand... I can eat loads of it!

Probably not. I missed the now apparent link to some other conversation, and am not really familiar with your writings, so I didn't get it. The more we learn of one another the more we learn to read the "tone" lost in texting translation. As I originally said, I just wondered what you meant by that. Vines... as usual.. you crack me up!

have they looked into what they are filling your bands with, and the osmosis issues other bands have had? If your band is permeable at all, and they put saline (salt solution) in it, your body will push Fluid from your circulation into the saline in order to dilute the salt for balance, which can cause overfilling of your band. I don't know that this is your issue, but the midband and it's fill solution had to be reformulated for exactly that reason. Now the midband fill solution is 50% Iopamidol, and 50% saline, so it's balanced and the band is less permeable... Just something to consider with the way a small fill gets tighter and tighter for you.

It depends on what you do at your job. I work on a hospital unit with lots of heavy lifting. I went back 2 weeks after, but should have waited another week. I felt ok initially, but after a night of work, I hurt like hell, and the after the second night, I could barely walk out to go home. By the next week I was fine.

Not me, I don't like them either. I have several types of the powder mix in the cabinet that I'd tried. I didn't like any of them. I try to make sure I eat enough solids.

Like the others, I am deeply saddened by the loss of Ryan. My prayers go out to Patty for peace and strength. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him. I know his thoughtful writings deeply touched all of us. While he often thanked those of us here for the support we offered him, I wonder if he knew how much he gave all of us? He was a truly special man. Thank you Greg for letting us know.

I personally wasn't offended, I was just questioning the the very broad statement. Since you used the word "you", the question is directed at who ever reads it. I was curious as to why you thought I/we deserved it.

I dunno about that one... I didn't vote for either bush. I am a very peaceful, caring person who always puts the well being of others first. I deserve this government?

GOD I wish I loathed ice cream!!

My only preop was nothing to eat after midnight the night before surgery. I had a really nice prime rib dinner at around 8pm, a glass of wine, and no complications. I agree with the others, it depends on the surgeon.

Sounds like he was keeping you on the hook and only using you to pad the fall as he jumps between other women. Do the other women know he calls and emails? If he continues to harass you, or try and control or use you... I'd forward a few of those emails to let the girls know what they really have in him... an emotionally abusing rat!

Have you been checked for pancreatitis, or kidney stones? Pain from those are similar to what you describe.

My husband is using it as well, and he feels like it's working for him. No feelings of jitters or anything.

I'm right there with you Paula... i've gained over 10 pounds back from crappy eating. We've had WAYYY too much holiday candy and goodies in the house. I'm so glad it's spring and the biggest holidays are gone for a while! I ordered the spray hoodia from ebay @ $6.99 + $5 s&h. I'm on day 3. It's doing it's thing so far, seems to have increased my restriction, and I only get slight diet pill jitters. Mine recommends 3 sprays under the tongue before each meal. It has a tart lemon flavor. So far I'm only using it once each morning, and it's enough. I took it in the late afternoon on the first day, and it interfered with my sleep. The ingredients in mine is first purified Water, then hoodia cactus, then garcinia, followed by citric acid, guar gum cambogia, banaba leaf extract, and lycopene.

I had been under the impression that you need a passport now to get into Tijuana, and the costs of that, the trip, and the fill combined have made me resist scheduling an appointment. Now that I've ordered the hoodia spray, I find that the law for passports into Tijuana hasn't passed yet. Go figure. ok so after about 4 months of no weight loss, and actually a few pound gain, I'm on day 3 of the hoodia spray. It seems to increase my restriction so far. That may or may not change once I take it a while, but so far it's helping. I purchased mine on ebay, at about $6.99 plus $5 shipping. It recommends 3 sprays 30 minutes before a meal. I also get the diet pill jitters a little bit. I'm only using it once a day so far, first thing in the morning. I am prone to cardiac pvc's with too much caffeine or lack of sleep so I was a little worried this would cause it too. It hasn't yet. Is it still working for any of you?

Do you still have your gall bladder, and if you do, have you had it checked? Cholecystitis can cause vomiting, shoulder or back pain, amd the vomiting could have caused a slip... just a thought.

Hip dislocation from putting in a catheter? Who parted your legs, the incredible hulk?? That's the craziest thing I've ever heard!

I also deal with sleepless nights, partly because I work 7pm to 7am on the weekends, then try to be a normal first shift wife and mom through the week. It's hard sometimes to get a normal sleep cycle. But sleepless nights have been a problem for me for years, even prior to night shift. My doc recently gave me samples of both lunesta 3 mg and ambien 5mg to try. Both worked well for me, so I let her decide, and she gave me a 'script for lunesta 3 mg. I thought it was pretty pricey, I paid $43 after my insurance... (it was around $150 for 30 without). At first I felt very drowsy in the am (that lasted just a few mornings, like Penni said, til up and around). So I tried taking half to see if it was enough, it worked ok. However, DO NOT CUT THEM IN HALF! They taste flippin' HORRIBLE! I also woke up each morning tasting a very strong acrid metallic flavor, like I'd chewed tinfoil all night. It is a chemical reaction, not an actual flavor, so teeth brushing doesn't help it subside. My doc said it's a very common reaction. It does wear off after a couple of hours awake. It did work really well helping me sleep fall asleep quickly, stay asleep all night, or fall back to sleep quickly if I woke up to use the bathroom. I'm out now, but I think I'm going to try the melatonin before I refill my script. If the melatonin doesn't help, I'm going to use the lunesta again because it does work really well.

"Coochy is shaving cream." I'm gonna try that one on my hubby and see if he'll let me apply it! Ohhhh... it's a product... my bad

ok...so that was the grossest thing I have EVER seen! Do we know for certain that this product isn't conglomerating into what he's passing? I've administered many a bowel cleansing and have viewed the clean inner bowels of many, many patients. NONE have ever passed anything remotely like that. Call me skeptical, but 'I ain't buyin' it'. Methods we use at our major university hospital are: the fleets enema, soap suds enema, miralax prep, nu-lytely, mag-citrate, or phospho-soda for bowel cleansing. To assist a sluggish bowel, or ease constipation we use: prune juice, warm apple juice, Fiber mixes, prunes, dates, colace, senna, milk of magnesia, or dulcolax suppositories. We offer variety because some patients, or their doc, have a preference and want what they've used successfully in the past.

That is a bit of a tough call. Good care is priceless regardless. Is your husband right about the level of care you'll receive in the public facility? It would suck to wait and then have problems because your care wasn't top notch. No amount of money saved would be worth substandard care. Are you guaranteed a date in one year, or in one year do they decide; 'ok lets see when we can get around to you'? Thus creating longer delays... Your priority in your decision has to be your health. Can it take another year of obesity? If it can, (no or minimal comorbidities) and you know the care will be sufficient, a year does pass fairly quickly. Prebanding, my daughter got married. I am preserved forever and for anyone to see, in all my overweight glory, on her mantle in the family shot. My only banding regret is that I waited so long to act. That picture makes me cringe.

Congratulations! You may have just done the one thing for yourself that you'll never regret! Words can't express the feelings you'll have watching those dreaded numbers falling off the scale. Wait until you pull on a pair of pants that you haven't worn in a long time and they don't fit... because they're too big! You'll feel great soon, it took me a total of about 3 weeks to feel totally back to normal, no pain or discomfort, could eat again, etc. Welcome to bandland!

Lime away is great on hard soap scum, and the rain-x does a great job too! I've used the dish towel on the swiffer with 409 or other cleaners, I double it over for extra absorbancy and it works great. We used to own an ice cream shop with a huge triple stainless sink. I kept it clean with bar keepers friend, and once in a while polished it with car polish to keep oily residue and water spots at bay. It seems to me that oil would resist water spots, but attract grime...though I've never tried it.