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Hi old friends!! Wow I haven't been here in so long. It was a long 2007 and not a very good one. I had several family menbers pass away including my mother. I seem to be so busy that I don't find time for my friends on LBT:frown: Sorry. I do miss talking to everyone. There seems to be a LOT of new names here. WOW the list has grown!!!:Banane22: It wasn't a very good year for me and my band either. It is working fine but I have found ways to eat around it. I am a big emotional eater and have been very emotional this past year. Don't get me wrong I still LOVE my band and it has done a great job for me. 135lbs gone.:eek::biggrin: I am trying to get back on track with eating and that yucky thing called exercising:eek: I do have a exercise room set up in my house with a tredmill and a bike along with hand weights. Now I just have to get in there and use it!! As some of you know I am disabled and can't walk without walking aids. BUT THAT IS NO EXCUSE!!!!! RIGHT? Well I just wanted to re-introduce myself and say that I am still hanging in there. I hope you all are having great sucess.

I just wanted to invite all you AZ bandsters to our support group meeting Tuesday night at 6:30pm 2/6/2007. We meet at the "Creative Place" behind Navapache Regional Medical Center. If you have any questions e-mail me at terri-mully@lycos.com Hope to see ya there!!!!!!!!

Myra and Tracy, Thank you so much for your replys. I think that I am going to look into going to a gym near my work. It's called Fit Chicks. Two of my friends go there and maybe thats what I need. I have a bike and a tredmill here at home but can't seem to use them much. I am currently in a size 16. I wish it was a 12!!!!!!!!!!! I am VERY short only 5' with shoes on. But I have to remember that I use to be in a 26 pant and they where tight! I WILL DO THIS!!!! Again thank You!!

It feel like I haven't been here forever! My life has been very busy lately and it seems like I can't keep up with my old friends here at LBT! :cry I hope everyone is doing better than me. I REALLY NEED ALL MY FRIENDS HERE TO GIVE ME A GOOD HARD KICK IN THE A$$!! I just can't get back on the losing side. I am staying about the same but I NEED to lose about 50 more lbs and I just can't get back on the band wagon. I don't exercise at all and I don't make good choices with my foods. I kick myself every night and cry about my terrible choices but does it help? NO!! Every morning I wake up and say "today is the day!" Then somewhere along the day I seem to forget my today was today and not tomorrow. Why is it so easy to say tomorrow? Don't get me wrong I still LOVE my band and have no regrets. I have lost 120ish lbs. I have been stuck at 185lbs for about 6 months now. I know it's my own fault but I really want to lose more. I know I can do it. ok get ready now..... KICK ME!!!!! Thanks for listening! :kiss2: :kiss2: :kiss2:

Hi and welcome to LBT!! It's nice to meet you.

Just wanted to let all you White Mountain Bandsters know that we will be having another support group meeting Tuesday 1/2/07. It's at 6:30p.m. at the Creative Place behind NRMC (Navapache Hospital) PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND GET BACK ON TRACK FOR THE NEW YEAR!! Hope to see you there! PLEASE COME!!! :clap2:

:welcome: :welcome: :welcomeB: :welcome2: :welcome2: Hi Jen, Welcome to LBT!!! Good luck with your journey to a healther you!! :gluck:

Hi Rachael, Welcome to LBT!! This is a Wonderful site for Wonderful support!

Hi Manzanyta, I have had nothing but the BEST experiences with Wendy Hall and her daughter Tammi. I have had a total of 6 fills and unfills with her and she NEVER misses my port. She does not use fluro but she always does a great job. She is registered with "Fill centers U.S.A." Her cost in snowflake is $75. I think you would like her. Good luck :eek:

Hi Mary Kate and Nanniemidder, WELCOME to LBT!!! This is a wonderful place to get support. Good luck with your journey to better health and a happier you!

I don't know but if you figure it out will you let me know? It drives me crazy!!! I am always soooooooo hungry and can't seem to get enough to eat. Sometimes I can feel full and still feel hungry at the same time!?!? I try to eat a lot of veggies but my body (or head) wants salt and carbs.

Hi Lisa, Welcome to LBT!!! I am also from AZ! Where in AZ are you? I live about 15 miles from Show Low. I have been banded 2 years this month and am down 120ish lbs. The band is a wonderful tool. Again Welcome! Tell us a little more about yourself. :peep:

Hi welcome to LBT!!!! I am not really sure but I think I have heard of some getting their gallbladder out at the time of banding surgery. I'm not sure so don't quote me. I had my Gallbladder out in Sept. this year. 1 1/2 years after banding. Good luck!!!

You all are the BEST!! Thank you so much! I started back on my counting calories today but I didn't get on the scale. Way to scary after the week of eating I just had. :thankyou:

I feel like I have been gone FOREVER! So much Sh*# has been going on in my life for the last couple of months. August--Very sick, Pain, throwing up. September-- Still sick, Losts of testing done at hospital, 5cc removed from band. Didn't help! It's the Gall Bladder. Get it taken out on September 15th. Think everything will be better after healed from surgery. Get refilled to 5ccs again. Too tight get one taken out. Then I get a Terrible head cold that turnes into a bad sinus infection and ear infection. Band starts to tighten up so I can't eat. I start thinking that I have a slipped band or something. Then on October 15th my Mother falls and breaks her hip. So off to surgery she goes. She is home now but in a lot of pain and needs lots of help and tlc. We have home nurses comeing in and helping us a couple of times a week. They are wonderful!!!!!! CAN'T EAT AT ALL! I go for about a week and a half with very little food and throwing up a lot. Then I can't even get water down. I go to see my surgeon and have an upper GI, blood work and lots of other tests done. BAND IS JUST FINE!!!! I was super dehydrated so they gave me 2 bags of IV fluid before I left and took out all but 1cc from my band. My numbers on being malnurished were droping so he told me to not count calories this week. Eat whatever I wanted but don't over do it. It's been fun.:hungry: My surgeon said that my band tightened up because of me being so sick for so long. I will get a fill again in about a month. My goal is to lose some weight without help from my band. (crossing fingers) I'm feeling GREAT now so I hope to be here more often. I really need you guys and your support!! Thanks for listening. :kiss2: :kiss2: