HarleyNana

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!

Like Heather, I've turned to ice cream as my comfort food, before banding, I rarely ate ice cream, last night, strawberry, today, a vanilla cone from sonic, bad, bad, girl I am. I won't even mention the three baskets of chips I shared tonight at Chilis, of couse, I eat chit like that and don't pb or slime, but let me eat something healthy like broccoli or a Protein bar, get a cup.

I didn't pay $17,650.00 to diet! I've changed my eating habits and choices, but I don't plan on ever dieting again, as long as I have my trusty little band.

Last night, I sent an email to my congresswoman and asked what our county and state was doing to aid these victims, of course I have not had a response. It's been compelling to see the numerous reporters that we see day in and day out on television broken down and in tears. I'm sorry to hear on 20/20 tonight people are starting to say it's a racial thing, that the slow/no response was because most of the victims were/are poor African Americans, I don't agree, I think our government has just done a lousy, sorry, disappointing job. The red tape and paperwork is probably what has held things up, its Bull Chit, that the government has let so many people down and allowed our fellow Americans to starve and live in such disgust. My heart goes out to each and every person. Everytime I reach for my toothbrush, I think, OMG, I'm so blessed.

It's truly a miserable feeling. I thought I had found out what was causing it, before the band I did a lot of the Healthy Choice dinners, and various other frozen dinners, all filled with salt. After I quit eating those, my symptoms calmed down a lot. All of a sudden it's started up again. My PCP gave me a prescription called carbidopa/levo, which is for Parkinson's Disease patients. It calls for me to take 1 pill each night, BUT, when I read the side effects and HOW it works, I cut the pill in half, then break that in half, then break that in half, I think that works out to about 1/8th. I don't know if it's all in my head, (or my legs), but that itsy bitsy pill makes all the difference in the world between a night ravaged with twisting my feet/legs and a good nights sleep. Just think I had the pills for a year before I even tried it, LOL. For those of you who don't know what RLS is...lets just say, if someone suffering from RLS was told they'd be shot if they moved their legs one more time, I'd have to say pull the trigger, cause they're getting ready to move. OMG, if somebody strapped my legs together, I bet I'd be able to break the straps once that need to twitch the legs started.

My heart breaks for all the victims. I feel so helpless not being able to be there and help. I called the Red Cross Tuesday to see if there were people leaving from our area to help. They're suppose to get back with me. I also feel guilty, watching from the comfort of my home, a/c blowing, food, electricity. Even when I picked up my toothbrush this am, I thought, I'm so blessed. After watching tv all this evening, with all the emotional stories, I feel sooo sorry for them. I can't imagine their desperation, sleeping on the side of interstate, in the heat with their hungry thirsty children. I hope and pray they get help soon.

Anyone suffer from this disorder? If so, what do you do to relieve the urge to move your legs or feet.

I haven't had a fill since April, and part of that was removed in May. I still pb at least every other day, so I don't think a fill is in the near future for me. Also, Dylan's Mom, Kelly hasn't had a fill, not one yet.

My maiden name was Foster, I use to tell everyone I was a Foster Child. I also went to school with a guy named....honest, his real name, as it appears in the year book.. Peter Pugh.

Thinking about you, hope all is well.

They can probably give you a mild pill form sedative, I take 1/2 of a valium before I go for my fill, due to my needle anxiety. Call your dr today and ask him to call in a script for it and take it in the am before you get to the hospital. Just be sure to let the anesth doctor know.

I know you've got to be miserable, been there done that, so good luck to you.

You may be building muscle as well, OMG 70 lbs since Feb, that's awesome, this is not bypass, you must be patient, or at least try, LOL. When I stalled the first time, I had gained 12 lbs of muscle, next time it was 3 lbs, so that's a gain of 15 lbs of muscle, added to my 48 lbs of loss. I have to admit, I'd rather see the scales drop, but everyone says the muscle gain is great.

It's that darn 4cc band!!!!

You've both done so great and to be blessed to be able to be each other's up close and personal support team, that's awesome.

I keep a large bottle of those easy dissolving tums beside my bed, no chewing, they just dissolve right in your mouth, so it's not like you've got to have it sitting on your tummy after you lie down. Also helps with the calcium intake.

I so hope the unfill does the trick. I wish you the very best. To get your mind off of all that, would ya go eat a big, juicy hamburger for me.

I keep telling myself I'm going to do (put stuff on ebay) every day. I know people that sell stuff all the time and I've got loads of size 1x to sell. Hopefully you've given me inspiration and incentive to do it......maybe tomorrow, lol.

That sounds so delicious, I didn't eat hamburgers very often before my surgery, but I kick myself about once a week thinking, why in the heck didn't I have a great big, juicy, mouth watering, jumbo burger, dripping with mayo and tomatoes as my last feast before my band. Oh well, too late now, I couldn't even imagine taking a bite, it'd be pb/slime everywhere, LOL. Have another for me before your next fill.

I know exactly how you feel. I went through the same thing back in April, tried to tough it out, then after 4 weeks finally went for a slight unfill. I don't know if I'll ever get another fill, lol. I know you must feel soooooo much better.

Gee I wish I had said all that, very well put lady.

I never felt I was taking the easy way out. From the first moment I heard of the band I knew it was for me. I'm a slow loser of weight and at times get frustrated, but I couldn't be happier with the new me. Good Luck

I couldn't even imagine getting a fill..standing up, OMG. I'm such a wuss I have to pretreat my port area with a topical lanacane something, cover it with plastic wrap, take 1/2 a valium before going, then I'm so tense the port practically sticks out on its own. They laugh now because I use different colors of saran wrap to match what ever I'm wearing, last time it was green. Needles are no laughing matter in my book, I think I'm getting faint just talking about it, gotta go lie down now.

My mom was banded in April, this year, she's lost around 30 lbs, and she will be 74 next month. She's doing great. Heck I'm 55, not far from her.

It's been slow for me, but I've also gained 15 lbs of muscle, on top of the 48 lbs lost, but I'm happier now and that's what counts for me, not to mention healthier too.