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Hi Lauri--nope not yet, he only does fills on certain days in the office...i have to call and reschedule....thanks for checking on me your a sweetie! I guess maybe it's a sign I wasn't supposed to have it, it's giving my incisions a little more time to heal...thats a good thing how are you doing?? Heard anything on your surgery yet? Katie

Wow Lisa I dont know how I missed this thread before but those rooms are fantastic!! WTG!! You have quite the art skills!! Good luck on the new room, I have no doubt it'll be beautiful when your done with it too! Are you going to give Florian a mural as well?? PICS PICS when your done!!!

LOL @ Lisa!! You are one sassy lady, I love it!! Good for you girly!!!

Hi miss Pam, Great to see you on board!! Congrats on your banding, wow your doing great!!!!! Congrats and keep us posted!

Congrats guys and welcome to the club!!!

Hey guys trying to get into this excercize thing more and more...My mom and I (she's a RNY patient down 140 lbs) have joined a water aerobics group for $8 a month!! It's great and we can go 4x's a week. Now as soon as I can get into the water i'll be good to go.... It's been 6 weeks and i'm supposed to wait at least 2 months, plus my wounds are finishing closing up and I dont wanna get in the water with them open...ewww. I'm so excited to join you guys!!!

Congrats Lainie your gonna be a new woman before you know it!! Be careful, but enjoy your new outlook on life! Congrats again sweetie

oh my goodness! Please tell Scott we are sending many many prayers his way for a speedy recovery. I know my dr. did everything they could to keep me from vomitting after surgery...you guys might want to get a second opinion...you dont need anything bad to happen to your sweet husband. Please please let us know what happens and know we are thinking of you! katie

Ryan you are so sweet. THat means more than you could know. Actually now that you say that I feel the same way, i just never thought of it like that before. THank you for being so positiving and having a great outlook.

Hi pat, Dr. Allen in VA? I was banded by dr. jeffery allen in louisville kentucky...same guy?????????? I dearly love him...let me know if you are coming all this way or if it's a different one

Hi guys, your all doing fantastic! I walked in the woods yesterday for about an hour. Up and down hills, around ponds, that sort of thing. It felt really great but today i'm paying for it. SORE!!! OUCH!! I didnt stretch before I went out there and it sure does hurt! Lesson of the day....stretch before excercizing!!!!!!! Guess I'll have to do it again today to work it out of me...yeah, now that's a challenge!

Lainie, Your going to do fantastic! Get used to those liquids lady! You take it easy today and try not to be tooooo excited, I know it's hard not to be. It almost seems surreal, takes so long to get here and now it's finally here! I will be saying prayers for your WBC's so they will check out normal and you can offically join the group! LoL....good luck and let us know how u are when u feel up to it! Katie

Pam you and I are in the exact same boat, we were even banded on the same day!! My weight is stablizing but my lord my body is changing and I am loving it, dont you? Now if we can just excercize more think what that would do!!! Sharon, CONGRATS on your banding...honestly I know it sucks right now but your doing great and once you get to mushies it will fly by and you'll be right on track! Take care and welcome aboard!

Spray them in your mouth...i guess you could put them on food but probably wouldnt taste to good. They do have a little aftertaste like having a multivitamin. but its worth not swallowing a huge pill!

Hi there Selecia, what a beautiful name! It's great to meet you and i'm sure you'll get lots of info and make lots of friends here, I feel like I def have! I think this has been the best thing to happen to me since my banding because I can get support and ask questions that others that havent been trhough it dont know the answers too. If you need anything feel free to email or pm me. Welcome to bandland!

I think that happens to just about everybody. I am a little ahead of you I will be at 5 weeks tomorrow and am doing the exact same thing. I was told by my nutritionist not to worry about it if I gained once I went back to mushies and solids. Your doctor is not going to be upset and neither should you! You should just let yourself heal, take it easy, cause once your healed and ready to go thats when the busting your butt comes in! Best of luck to you, hope this helps...

CONGRATS MARIE!!! THAT'S BANDTASTIC!! Wow it finally happend for you, that is soooooo great!! Ok i'm a little jealous but who wouldnt be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS AGAIN and keep up the good work, you totally deserve it!!! :banana :banana :banana :Bunny :Bunny :Bunny

I love the spray vitamins...it's called vitamist, you do 8 sprays a day and you have your daily vitamins taken care of! Now I dont know if it will work if you take multiple others but that works great for me....hope this helps

OH sweetheart God bless you! You take care of yoruself and your mom, you are such a great person, you can do this. Besides, we're here for you to vent or be sad or anything, anytime!! Much love to you

Wow Greg that is very interesting. I wonder why that is? Because your body is holding water to hydrate itself? Hmmmm.... Anyway, you guys are awesome!! Congrats to all of you for having a great weigh in! Congrats Lisa for seeing the 240's..woo hoo that must be exilerating. One thing that never gets old is seeing your weight go down! Once I get my fill I will join you in your challenge. I am on solids and holding steady but once I get my fill....it's all downhill from there...in a good way of course! Have a great week guys and congrats again, your doing great!

Maurine, you sound like your doing fantastic! Keep up the good work and congrats on the 13lbs+ you have lost already! Here's to losing lots more!!! Don't be discouraged if you gain now that you are eating normal foods. Took me quite awhile to be ok with that but i'm getting used to it and know that when I have my first fill it will ALL be new again! So keep doing what your doing, you sound happy and healthy and after all that's what counts and that's why we all did this! Much love to you, keep us posted ok!

Got a question.... I know I'm supposed to have 60 grams of Protein a day at least. But is there somewhere I can find out how much things are worth? Like, say I have a chicken breast, how much is that? Does my question make sense? Like a food calculator of sorts. I know that I can get protein info off packaging but some things don't have that kind of info....can anyone help me? Thanks

Letha thanks!! That's exactly something I was looking for, just to give me an idea to know if i'm close or not. Also thanks for the info on fitday.com New Hope, i'm gonna check that out. Thanks so much for the input guys, as usual, your lifesavers!! Thanks!

Penni~~so sorry to hear of your loss, I'm sending my prayers with you and I hope you travel safely and come home safely too...

Thanks Marie, when i get my first fill (November 4th woo hoo) I'll make sure to ask about that! Thanks so much