Jessiebear

You look great! I can't get over how much your kids changed between the two pics. You do have a beautiful family!

Sorry, but I can't remember anything about the swelling. But congrats on your surgery! Keep up the good work!

WOW! Congrats on the car & the awesome job you have done! Happy Bandiversary!

YAY Margo!!!! Way to go! Congrats!

Congrats Sherri! Hope you have a speedy recovery!

Congrats! I hope to follow you soon!

Paycheck? I get payed?

Happily married for 14 years!

I totally love it! Everybody that works in there is in one stage or another of chunkiness. It's awesome! I've had lots of questions about the band. I share with anyone who wants to hear about it. Most people are curious, but some are really interested. It is really hard to do my work instead of shopping. I was born a shopper! I sell a lot of stuff on ebay too. I don't have anything on there right now cause I've been too busy. But you should see the mountains of stuff surrounding me that needs to be put on there. I brought a U-haul full of stuff from Georgia. I helped my Nana clean out her garage & basement while i was there. The family brought a bunch of stuff to her house for a yard sale & then left it. For 2 years! I couldn't stand it any more. Anyway, I'm rambling! Thanks for the well wishes!!

I have 5 also. 3 are incisions & 2 are the puncture places where the laproscopic tools were inserted. 2 of the incisions & 1 of the punctures sites are noticeable (still purplish). The other 2 are barely noticeable cause I used Neosporin on them. They were a liitle red right after surgery. I wish I had used it on all of them. Oh well! You live & you learn!

I didn't eat any candy! Yay me! It was everywhere ay my Aunt's. Not to mention I watched her stand there & eat 1/2 a pecan pie while she was talking to everyone. She just kept nibbling. And she stays small. She's ADHD. She eats like crap.At my Grandms's I had a plate of food that took me 2 hours to finish. I had a piece of pork loin that was baked, a small spoon full (ssf) of chicken & dressing, a (ssf) of corn, a (ssf) of green beans, a (ssf) of asparagus & cheese & a (ssf) of lime jello salad. I wouldn't have eaten itall, but Grandma had worked hard cooking everything & I was the only one who showed up for dinner. She was so upset. You should see the leftovers she sent home with me! Good grief! Thank goodness Lonnie is back home!

YAY! Congrats! You typed refried beans as "refired beans". LOL!! I think your spelling is more accurate!!

Wow! You look great! Congrats!

That is so cool that you are both are going to be banded! Congrats to you & I'll keep your husband in my thought & prayers.

Congrats! Welcome to Band Land! Hope you have a speedy, gas & pain free recovery!

Holy crap! Congrats! But your post title scared the holy crap out of me!

We just let it ring. I didn't even want to go there! My Mom wanted me to post this. Mainly because of the getting up & eating & not knowing about it. Can you imagine what could happen if one of us was doing that? You could slip your band! She gained 15 pounds in 2 weeks! She's doing better. She is going through menopause right now & it is really hitting her hard. I wish there was a magic pill for menopause. If anyone has any good remedies, please let me know! She was just downright tearful yesterday. I do love my Mom very much! She's a nut!

Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great one!

It was an interesting night! I am totally alone tonight. Praise God! I'm so tired, but I am Wired. She also went with me on a job interview today before I took her home. I was a little worried, but she did fine. I think I pretty much have the job. It is a part time job (4 hours a day Mon-Fri) in a consignment shop!! I get 20% off. YAY ME!! I have to find something to keep me busy.

With so many asking what a PB is, I thought I would copy a post I made yesterday in another a thread to hopefully clear it up. Add your definition too. PBing or PB is "Productive Burping" or "Productive Burp". Same things, but folks say it in different ways. You get the golf ball feeling (food won't go through the band & is painful). You then get the slimes (your body's way of producing saliva to help ease the food down. The only problem is, the saliva has nowhere to go & just keeps backing up into your mouth). You eventually end up doing what we so delicately call a PB (Productive Burp). You actually hack up the food that is sitting in your pouch blocking the small opening made by your band (the stoma). The contents from the pouch usually have little to no digestive juices, so it's really not as bad as it sounds. After this happens the majority of us go on liquids or at least mushies for at least 24 hours. Hope that clears it up for everyone! LOL!

Bumping cause I'm still seeing people asking what a PB is. Come on veteran bandsters. Add your 2 cents here!

Hi Jennie! Congrats on gettin' your band! Welcome! It's nice to meet you! I got my band on January 26, 2005. We almost have the same date. A PB is a productive burp. Click on the link below to see a couple of definitions of a PB. Good luck to you! http://lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=17215

I wanted to share this with all of the beautiful women here!! Did you know that it's Beautiful Women Month? Well, it is and that means you and me !!! I'm supposed to send this to FIVE BEAUTIFULWOMEN, and you are one of them !!! Below is a wonderful poem Audrey Hepburnwrote when asked to share her "beauty tips." It was read at her funeral years later. For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seekout the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with thehungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once aday. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People,even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. [font=Times New Roman]Remember, if you ever need a[/font]helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older,you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and theother for helping others. If you share this with another woman, something good will happen . . .. You will boost another woman's self esteem, and she will know that you care about her.

Too cool! Thanks Vines!

I have one of these & I love it!