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Pisces, with Gemini rising, Moon in Virgo. (Many houses in Aquarius) The dates are wrong. That's ok though. I'm a pisces by only 4 hours. There was NO WAY I was going to be an aquarius.

Shit. That's all I can say is Shit, shit, shit. Christina I've been thinking about you, worried that you were not getting better. We miss you and love you.

((((hugs)))) You poor thing! There is a very good reason there are no memorial pages here at LBT. We've only lost one person, Blossom. She was one of the sweetest people on the board. She died tragically when her tractor over turned while she was doing some major landscaping, and not from direct complications from her band. Some would say that if she haddn't gotten banded, then she wouldn't have had the energy or strength because she wouldn't have lost any weight.

I figued it was time to bump this thread. There are several current threads talking about this, and I thought it was relevent once more.

Wow, so much has changed since I originally started the thread "no help for the wicked." It was 3 months before I was banded, and I was really struggling with my asthma. I mean, really struggling. Death looked like a real possibility. I really thought that by now I would have lost if not all my excess weight, I would have lost a big whack of it. I was sure that I would be a size 16 by now, not still 22/24. But that is not in the cards for me. I still struggle with this. But I suppose I should have clued into the "sudden weight gain" since no one else seems to experience that particular "joy." I've since learned that it's one of the hallmarks of Cushing's, and I've had to come to terms with learning that my journy is not the typical journy. Someone on a recent thread was commenting on how pissed they were because someone told them that by having WLS they were not doing it "right" that they were not doing it the old fashioned way. That somehow having the band was cheating and so any loss woul be less valuable. I personally think that WLS is the easy way, because it makes it makes it possible for so many people to actually lose weight and keep it off for possibly the first time in their entire lives. I have absolutely no problem with this being the easy way, becaus I have no need for people to suffer. I see little value in adding suffering and grief to life. It's hard enough without looking for extra hardness to add.

Wow, so much has changed since I originally started the thread "no help for the wicked." It was 3 months before I was banded, and I was really struggling with my asthma. I mean, really struggling. Death looked like a real possibility. I really thought that by now I would have lost if not all my excess weight, I would have lost a big whack of it. I was sure that I would be a size 16 by now, not still 22/24. But that is not in the cards for me. I still struggle with this. But I suppose I should have clued into the "sudden weight gain" since no one else seems to experience that particular "joy." I've since learned that it's one of the hallmarks of Cushing's, and I've had to come to terms with learning that my journy is not the typical journy. Someone on a recent thread was commenting on how pissed they were because someone told them that by having WLS they were not doing it "right" that they were not doing it the old fashioned way. That somehow having the band was cheating and so any loss woul be less valuable. I personally think that WLS is the easy way, because it makes it makes it possible for so many people to actually lose weight and keep it off for possibly the first time in their entire lives. I have absolutely no problem with this being the easy way, becaus I have no need for people to suffer. I see little value in adding suffering and grief to life. It's hard enough without looking for extra hardness to add.

Time to bump this. Wow, so much has changed since I originally started this thread. It was 3 months before I was banded, and I was really struggling with my asthma. I mean, really struggling. Death looked like a real possibility. I really thought that by now I would have lost if not all my excess weight, I would have lost a big whack of it. I was sure that I would be a size 16 by now, not still 22/24. But that is not in the cards for me. I still struggle with this. But I suppose I should have clued into the "sudden weight gain" since no one else seems to experience that particular "joy." I've since learned that it's one of the hallmarks of Cushing's, and I've had to come to terms with learning that my journy is not the typical journy. Someone on a recent thread was commenting on how pissed they were because someone told them that by having WLS they were not doing it "right" that they were not doing it the old fashioned way. That somehow having the band was cheating and so any loss woul be less valuable. I personally think that WLS is the easy way, because it makes it makes it possible for so many people to actually lose weight and keep it off for possibly the first time in their entire lives. I have absolutely no problem with this being the easy way, becaus I have no need for people to suffer. I see little value in adding suffering and grief to life. It's hard enough without looking for extra hardness to add.

I think this comes right back to the morals of being a glutton. One of the 7 deadly sins, gluttony. If we are a glutton, then we are beyond redemption, at least for most people.

AVA-tar! AVA-tar! AVA-tar!

Jean, I don't know that I'll ever make goal, but sticking around has always been what I'm good at.

I personally think the band is the best first choice, for lots of reasons. One of the reasons is it's lower mortality rate. We all know the problems I'm having. I'm so greatful that I had the band and not soemthing more drastic to start with. I am convinced that I wouldn't lose weight if I'd had a malabsorptive technique, since I can't lose weight with the band. I think if you can't lose weight with the band, then you need to find the root cause, because being obese becomes a symptom and not the disease.

There are lots of threads on this subject too. There are theories, but I don't think there is anyone "true" reason why some folks are tighter in the AM. This is purely speculation, but it seems that many people who are really tight in the AM are also really loose in the PM, so that is when they eat most of their food, when they can. Because the person goes to bed with food still in their pouch, there is some irritation because the stomach has to work harder to move the food down to the main stomach. Gravity isn't one of the working factors when we are lieing down, as far as moving it through our digestive track goes. I always have a glass of milk at night when I go to bed to wash down my meds. I then almost always follow that with a glass of Water. My level of restriction doesn't seem to change throughout the day.

Yikes Melody! I can't believe he purposely over-filled you! I was over-filled for a month while we were trying to figure out if I had a leak or not. (I didn't, I had two bad fills while I was in exile.) I think he knows you have "a smaller stomach" because he placed your band, and not because of the size of your belly. Fills are very personal. I cannot tollerate a full 2 ccs in my 4cc band, where other folks are not tight enough with 2.5 ccs.

Hi Teresita, no, I didn't take them, that's what my brain tumor does, pumps out extra cortisol, which is a steroid. I've had ER docs ask me how long I've been on steroids, when I haven't been on them for over a year! And that's the point, that my body is naturally producing excess hormones like testosterone and steroids like cortisol.

Can any Marcher play, or are you looking for specifically March '06? NSV stands for Non-scale Victory. They are the wonderful things that add depth and shading to our journey.

It seems like the only sports stories I hear about are the scandals involving professional athletes and steroids and/or performance enhancing drugs. It got me thinking. How can I personally relate these stories with my life? Imagine if you will, that I am a world famous athlete. I’m one of the world’s top baseball players. Never mind that in reality I’m recently 44, 5’4” with frizzy hair and I’m shaped like a baseball… Why, even my face is shaped like a baseball… Anyway, someone gets suspicious… my bat’s on fire, and I hit for the cycle almost every game! Hey battah-battah! My batting average gets better and better, until finally, the baseball commission finally has no option, they must test me for steroids and performance enhancing drugs. Bad news for me! The blood tests come back and my testosterone comes back “freakishly high” and I’m clearly on steroids… They are even starting to affect my life off-field, getting into fights…

It seems like the only sports stories I hear about are the scandals involving professional athletes and steroids and/or performance enhancing drugs. It got me thinking. How can I personally relate these stories with my life? Imagine if you will, that I am a world famous athlete. I’m one of the world’s top baseball players. Never mind that in reality I’m recently 44, 5’4” with frizzy hair and I’m shaped like a baseball… Why, even my face is shaped like a baseball… Anyway, someone gets suspicious… my bat’s on fire, and I hit for the cycle almost every game! Hey battah-battah! My batting average gets better and better, until finally, the baseball commission finally has no option, they must test me for steroids and performance enhancing drugs. Bad news for me! The blood tests come back and my testosterone comes back “freakishly high” and I’m clearly on steroids… They are even starting to affect my life off-field, getting into fights…

My son, Black Bartholomew, just got back from Ocean Shores and brought be back a deck of pirate cards, (with a gold dabloon) and a pirate rubber ducky! When I came home from my week's Cushing testing, he'd set up a whole pirate sceen on the back of the sofa ready for me, got me my own tube of pirates.

Please, any time you are having unexplained pain, please call your doc!

No lectures, you know that's not my style. ((((hugs))))) I'm so sorry! I know that most people are not prepaired for how little tolerance they now have for booze! I think it's important to tell your doc about this, just as an FYI. So, you learned a valuable lesson, so it isn't a total loss, right? I had the dry heaves this afternoon, and I'll be calling my clinic tomorrow morning, just as an FYI for them. I was at my regular doc's for this rotten on-going headache, and after she stepped out to get me a pain-shot I started heaving. I knew I was queezy, but I didn't realize I was that queezy... So there we are.

:rofl: wow, I'm jelous! I'm not even losing weight, and very little bread for me. I've been jonesin' for a Cinnabon lately, but that won't be in the cards for me. At least not for a while! I'm impressed Argon! Congrats on your sandwich. Next time, think about me while you are eating it!

Congrats on your first fill. At the clinic I use, we are told to "take it easy" for the rest of the day. I specially asked about the liquids for the rest of they day, and was told that wasn't neccessary. But it is important ot take it easy after your fills because you might now be ready for how tight you actaully are. Good luck!

Oh Kathy! Such wonderful news! I'm so happy for you! ((((hugs)))) And you go right ahead and cuss up a storm!

No, silly, swimming won't hurt a needle puncture, unless the needle had the diamiter of, say, a kitten! Hurray! A fill! I'm so very happy for you Bups-baby! Here's to finally getting your fill, and finally beginning on your real journey!

go for as many as you feel you need. This is the time for healing, and you need to make sure you have enough to rebuild your body. Any weight lost during this time, is strictly bonus!