Jessiebear

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.

Oh man! What a night! My Mom came & spent the night with me last night. She was started on Ambien CR 2 weeks ago. Despite saying that she was sleeping great, she was still complaining of being tired & also complaining of having a unexplained weight gain. When my Dad dropped her off last night he chuckled & told me that Mom had gotten up yesterday morning & chewed him out for eating her piece of cake (she likes the middle pieces). He proceeded to tell me that he watched her get up at 1am & eat a huge piece of chocolate cake. She is sleep walking & eating in her sleep!!!!! How scarey is that? :der: It doesn't end there. I had about 8 hours sleep in the past 2 previous nights. We went to bed at midnight. At 1:30am she woke me up asking where my chocolate & Cookies were. I said, "MOM. I don't have any chocolate or cookies." She insisted that I had to have something in the house. She ended up making cinnamon toast in the microwave! (I have a oven & a toaster oven). :help: So after she eats she calms down. I went back to bed. 2:15 - She wakes me up & says, "Here's the flashlight." At this point I know what's going on so I just say thanks. I layed it on my night stand & fell back asleep. 2:30 - She wakes me up & asks for the flashlight. :censored: sometime between 2:30 & 2:45 - She climbs into bed with me (Lonnie's out of town). I wake up to her talking to someone. She has the phone. I hear her say, "HI! What are you doing? Are you ready to get up & go to work?" (she thinks she is talking to my Dad). She dialed the wrong number :bored . She hangs up & says, " I don't know who that was! It was some woman!" I explained that she dialed the wrong number. She insists that I dial her number so she can talk to my Dad & find out what's going on! I did. I hand her the phone & hear her say, "May I speak to Reggie!?" Then she says, "Who was that woman!?" I hear the callwaiting beep - the woman she woke up has caller ID & has called me back. I don't know what Dad said, but she handed the phone to me. I explained what was going on & he just dies laughing. He tells me that she called him at 10:00, 2:00 & @ 2:30-2:45. I found out today that she also called him at 4:00 & 6:00.:eek: My Mother also has a unique gift. She can make a clicking noise with her mouth while it is closed. She did this ALL NIGHT LONG!!! She sounded like she had F***ING CRICKETS IN HER MOUTH!! I even asked her if she had crickets in her mouth. She just smiled & proceeded to click. We call her & my Grandma "Clickin' & Lickin' ". Grandma has a annoying habit of licking her lips loudly. CONSTANTLY! We named them this after riding with them in our backseat for 10 hours to & from Illinois. But I digress............ After that she stayed in bed & EVERY TIME I TURNED OVER SHE ASKED ME IF I WAS READY TO GET UP!!!!!! I finally told her that I wasn't getting up until 10:00am. At 8:30am she asked me if I was ready to get up. I asked her what time it was. She replied, "10:00." :puke: I got up. I'm out of cigarettes. I get dressed & tell her where I'm going. She decides she wants doughnuts & coffee. We get home & she eats a half of EACH of the doughnuts in the box. I bought her one of every kind that they had ( I didn't want that arguement if I had gotten the wrong kind - 12 total). She was saving the other half of each for me.:puke: After this she passed out for about 4 hours. She got up & got ready just as happy as can be. I told her what happened last night & she threw the Ambiens down the toilet. Beware of Ambien CR!!!! It's funny now, but I was ready to choke her.

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

Too cool! Thanks Vines!

I have one of these & I love it!

I use applesauce. It works for me!! & it's yummy!

YAY! Congrats!!

It'll be here before you both know it! Congrats! The hard part is done!

YAY!! Congrats!! I will add you to my prayers. I hope you have a easy, healthy & enjoyable pregnancy!

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.

YAY! Congrats! Let us know how it feels.

I was doing the same thing! I finally told myself no more unless it's a really good deal or comes from consignment/thrift shops. But isn't it fun!!! Wish we lived closer! We would be deadly!

I thought I had congratulated you, but I didn't. Sorry! Congratulations!! Well done sister! I am mailing you my prize today!! You rock!!!!!!!

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!

My Nana says ufta (she has a plaque & it says that it means lots of bad things). My other Grandma says Dad Blame it! & sit! I once got in trouble for trying to say fudpuckers. But my all time favorite was when my Papaw picked my 3 year old cousin up from daycare (he calls Papaw, Pat) & took him with him to pick my Nana up from the doctor's office. Once they got there Papaw told him to put his jacket on & he refused. My Papaw said, "Okay, then stay out here by yourself." My 3 year-old cousin replied, "Hell no Pat." Then when they got in the building they had to wait for my Nana. All of a sudden the fire alarm went off & they began to evacuate the building. My Papaw turned around & Courtland was standing on a table leaning against the wall with his hands behind his back. Papaw asked if he pulled the fire alarm. You guessed it. He said, "Hell no Pat." Little shit!

OhHHH...... I know ya'll are excited! I have a banty hen who is setting on 2 eggs. It was an accident. I forgot to tell my Dad to check her for eggs while we were out of town. But now I'm excited. I just don't know if the little rooster is doing his job. They may not hatch. I guess we'll see around the 28th of this month. Animal babies are the best! Ya'll have fun! I can't wait to see more pics!

I totally understand! I'm a binge eater from way back. I didn't get to almost 400 lbs (my all time high) by eating fish & rice! I use to wait for everybody to go to bed & then I would sneak into the kitchen in the dark & ease the frig or the cabinets or the cookie jar open or cake pan - basically anything & everything I could that didn't make noise, & eat. It soothed all of the bad feelings that I had. That was when I was growing up, but I did it after I got married too. I did it up until 14 months ago. & even after I got my band I did as much as I could. I wouldn't go for fills so I could eat. Self-sabotage baby! I have to have control now. I'm tight. Now I smoke & drink Boost! LOL! It's 2 am for crying out loud! Boy it feels good to get that off my chest. Sorry Lisa. I think I hijacked your thread with my confession. I guess what I am trying to say is that I can empathize with you. I may have a band, but I still have my demons. And lately they seem to be multiplying. Now my Grandma's getting in on it. I hope all of the unbanded can win out over their demons. Then you can all come back & tell us how to do it. That would be perfect. Love you guys & gals!

LOL!! I hope you don't either!

I was the same way. I had more scars from the different tapes that I used Tan from the actual surgery. I finally found some tape at Wal-Mart that I didn't react ot. I can't remember the name of it, but I remember the top of the tape was kinda fuzzy like velcro. Good luck!