MissNilsa

ok thanks, sorry about that

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Hi MissNIlsa,

I remember you from the August '07 group. Glad to hear from you and that you are doing great!

wow! you have only 2 lbs to go. that is so super amazing! congrats to you and thanks for the inspiration

Congrats to you! I just had my anniversary 2 months ago...........I know how the ice cream thing is-my weakness! Wasn't before surgery, but sure is now!

Keep up the good work!

LOL, yeah that ice cream has some hold on me. BUT NOT FOR LONG FOLKS, NOT FOR LONG!

Hey:

Thanks for those words, I usually feel like i am blowing it with the ice cream and crap! that feels great. in the fall i will be exercising though. its really about time I did that.

Hello All:

I have not posted in a really long time but I wanted to say that I am happy and although I would have lost a lot more if not for the ice cream bad habit, I have to say that I am so glad i had my surgery. I am trying to post pictures of the day of my surgery and what I look like today but never mind that... its the way that I feel that is important right now and... needless to say, aside from the occassional self inflicted pb, I am doing awesome.

Keep on trucking people!

best,

Nilsa:thumbup:

you look at the ice cream fridge at the supermarket and think "what am I gonna have for dinner tonight?":tt2:

what kinds of trouble are you having with the fills? Are you too tight? i'm going through that right now but its my fault because dr. fielding didn't want to fill me and I insisted I wanted at least 1cc so now i'm pretty tight and have to stick to ground meats and mashed stuff.

Yes! Religion is a control tool now for politicians and the like. It is quite disgusting.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is one person that I would love disaappeared into thin air. Seriously. If she left the view and moved to Bangladesh and we never heard or saw her again, it would be a better America!

Just out of curiousity. Why has it been so hard to get a fill from your cousin's surgeon's office? Are they too busy or have they been unprofessionally ignoring her telephone calls?

Also, if she wants she can go to my surgeon's office. His team is excellent for fills. NYU Program for Surgical Weight Loss. 1st Avenue, 33rd Street, New York. The telephone number is: (212) 263-3166. 530 1st Avenue, to be exact.

/n.

Congratulations to you. I had my first fill on 9/18. I have restriction (i think) which makes things that I shouldn't be eating hurt as they go down. I've lost about 19/20 lbs depending on what day I get on the scale. I wish it were more but I will take it.

/n.

it is a weird experience. I don't like it at all. I was just posting some where else that the list of foods I could eat seems to be diminishing!

As for your weight loss -- I would like to think i'm doing ok but i would rather see better results also. I've lost 17 lbs since and even before surgery.

I'm trying to look at the bright side of that; because some of my clothes are feeling different - and so am i actually. so keep it going, you're doing great.

i had my first fill on 9/18. it was a very weird sensation - and i feel what people have described as "restriction".... and fear might i ad - about eating. not good.

Just curious, why do you sometimes get the hiccups after the first or second bite wen there is no way you can be full after just a couple of bites of Soup. That happens to me quite often, ad I also get the strangest pain in my port when I get too full. I think the food puts some sort of backpressure on my port . Anyone else ever feel that pain.

I'm not sure about the port pain thing you describe but the hiccup thing happens whne you are either full or your swallowing too fast or too much at the same time. This is what I have been told. My nose gets runny when I eat all the time; even when i'm not full - so go figure, who realy knows....

what I thought was fascinating was the runny nose deal. that was unexpected. but it has already happened to me a few times, so i do believe it is true.

you would be surprised. you will stop eating. it is not pleasant

Hi Everyone:

Just thought I would share this with you guys because I didn't know any of these details and am excited about the knowledge.

I called today to schedule my 2nd fill. The girl who responded to my call is a bandster (as are most of the staff members). I was asking her about the feeling I have been having since my first fill (upper chest area). As a result of my question, she gave me the following tips:

Listen to the soft signs of fullness and learn your body's new language to avoid vomitting:

1. Runny Nose

2. Deep Sighs

3. Sinus Drainage; and

4. Hiccups

She said that these things (among others) occur when we are "full". Full does not feel the same as it used to. Accordingly, as one other OH member pointed out, the stomach actually sits way up higher than I thought it did!

Hope this is helpful to many, as it is for me.

/nilsa:ranger:

I was disappointed it came down to the Donoto's, but I thought Dick deserved it more than Danielle. I was glad Danielle didn't get it......

Well about 9-10 month before the next show......

I agree with you all the way. Danielle is craftier than her father. She is even more dangerous because she hides behind the passive aggressive quiet demeanor. ugh. I couldn't stand her from the beginning. Don't know if you guys watched BB after dark. she would absolutely put every single person down as if she's so hot. Please. a pretty face on a stick. Not flattering at all. she was almost funny walking around there like she was so hot.

I couldn't stand either of them. They are equally evil. Like father like daughter. Especially her. She criticizes everyone in the freaking world. In a strange way, the more like them you are, the better the chances of winning that kind of a game. By the way, even though he was playing for America, I hated Eric too. I know that particular personality all too well, since I am a New Yorker all my life. Maybe I will be able to root for someone next season.

I'm eating regular foods. I get full faster, that's for sure but I don't have a problem eating food. the only problem i have is with rice. It gets stuck and gives me that breast bone pain. that is aweful. I imagine that once I get my fill -- i will have better restriction. I certainly hope so because at this point, the only thnig that reminds me of the band, is the scar on my belly.

Sooverit:

I don't smoke. I think you have me mixed up with another member.

thanks though!

Hi all!!

I was banded Aug 13, and so far all is well. I am really beginning to have more energy!!!! I was on a 2 week liquid diet before my surgery, and lost 10 lbs. My total loss is now 15 lbs. I am so afraid that I am going to fail because I am beginning to feel hungry:hungry: and I too have cheated a little. My first fill is Sept 13 and I'm really nervous. Thanks for listening!!!

Dr. Chappano-Jax, FL

Dawn:

I was banded august 13th as well. I feel better about my own situation now that I have spoken to you. I lost around 13 lbs and haven't lost a pound more and was feeling bad about that because a lot of people claim to loose like 20 to 25 lbs in this process up to where we are. You and i are about the same here. Great!

Nil- I am a hypochodriac ,so, I would definitely call and ask!!

definitely worth a call. for sure

can anyone feel there port mine seems to be shifting around and i dont know if thats normal im 2 weeks out and i dont have an appt till next week

That's interesting. I can feel my port. which freaks me out -- but the whole shifting thing.... its the first time i hear of that

wow - Jess and Eric out the same night!!! Thats cool - I'm hoping it gets down to Zach and Jameka now - I like Dick and Danni but I think that they've had it easier in the game bc they've had each others alliance and Zach and Jameka have been getting through each week alone, Zach especially. BUT I think it would be fun to see Dick and Danni together at the end just to see who the others would vote for.

How about Eric mimicing Dick last week - my dd and I laughed our butts off! The whole Cereal thing was a hoot. We think that was the funniest thing ever on bb.

I'm annoyed that Dick and his Daughter (the whiner) are probably going to be the final two. Most of the houseguests played horribly. They were all scared to get either one or the other out. The way Dick treated everyone - screaming at them and attacking them as if it were his real home - I would have wanted him out way in the earlier weeks. and in the showtime feeds - the way he spoke to Jen was ridiculous, calling her the C word and all that stuff. It was horrible and should not have been allowed.

maybe they will but some new rules in the game for next time.