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jtag - looking great!!! a very noticable difference (heh dontcha just love grammas?).

Congrats on your success and your bandiversary! I don't know if I will celebrate my bandiversary per say as much as I plan to celebrate when I reach goal. (Along with small rewards along the way). Ultimately (depends on finances at the time) I would like to go to Las Vegas or something to celebrate my goal. I do plan at some point to reward myself with a new tattoo as well.

Just read the article and have to say wow she looks great and good on her for breaking into that industry that is all about very thin women. She looks fantastic.

I go for my second fill tomorrow and I tell ya this day has not come soon enough. I HOPE I get some restriction with this fill.

Mike, Congrats to you on making your decision to become healthier and happier despite the negative reactions from your family members. Good luck on your journey!

Yah sound the "WTF Horn" indeed. *shakes head in amazement*

OH MAN! Kat that made me giggle out loud and it takes something funny for me to read it and actually giggle outwardly. Tooooo funny.

I think this comment was meant for BiCoastal, and it's good advice

Eek that does sound pleasant at all. Glad you are okay now. Hope everything works out with your school and program.

Way to go! Huge yay's for you :biggrin:

Woo hoo, fantastic! I'm slowly getting it but I don't think that's fully kicked me in the head yet though unfortunately :w00t: Oh hon, I had "last supper syndrome" some kind of bad and to some extent without having restriction in some ways I still do. The brain is a devious thing I tell you, a devious thing. Hang in there! I gained probably 10lbs of "last supper syndrome" prior to surgery and thought "well heck, what does it matter anyways I'm getting my band soon" well now that I'm banded I wish that I hadn't been such a tool at the time because I would be 10lbs less than I am now. Ah well, live and learn. :tt1: Good luck to both of you on your journeys! :biggrin2:

All I can tell you is to hang in there. I didn't get any restriction from my first fill either. Some people can take 3+ fills to find any restriction. My second fill appointment the soonest I could get it was 4 weeks after my first (this friday) and I hope that it brings me some restriction. *hug*

*big hug* Hang in there, just have to remember that it will all be worth it in the end. Just have to remember that it could be worse, some people have to wait 6months to get it done due to their insurance policies. You've already made the decision to get it done you are one step closer to a happier, healthier you. Maybe write out a list of why you want to have the lapband surgery and how it will affect you and your life. Then when you get down about the wait, reread your list and remember that it will all be worth it!

I'm lost with both of these comments. Uh.. what? LOL

If I buy a pair of those jeans could I get a pair of legs that go to my ears too like that models? lol

Nice! I had never heard of those before but the pic looks nice. Unfortunately here if you can get a pair of decent jeans for under $50 it's a steal :wink_smile:

Just thought I would through out there that - not all Banders are required to have a psych evaluation. I believe it depends on if you are using insurance to pay for it (I think that requires it) and other than that it's surgeons discretion. I was a self pay and not required to have a psych eval.

Woo hooo congrats.

Juli, Oh gosh no, no offense taken! :wink_smile: And I do realize that they aren't issues that have popped up overnight. It is crazy to think how scary the world is becoming though and I can't even imagine what it will be like when I'm staring down the face of my own kids in the future having all those same worries that all you moms have. And wishing you an early Happy Birthday!

Ahh okay gotcha. I think some of the "A ha's" are just that "A ha's" but some were "last straws". It makes sense that they are actually two different things. I didn't really have an "a ha" or a "last straw" I don't think. Hopefully some others can pipe in with some of their last straws Best of luck in your journey!

Hey there... There was a thread under General Discussion but it must have gotten bumped down a page or so that people were posting similar to "last straws" called "A Ha Moments"... http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/your-ah-ha-moment-56388/

Hahaha, someone pointed out my signature said I had my surgery done by Dr Woodhead in Delta Birth Control and I was like wtf... but I like your thinking. I tell ya, some people really shouldn't be allowed to have children (I think everyone knows a few of those), wouldn't it be nice to be able to do that. lol

I'm right there with Laura, I remember some of that stuff too and taped songs off the radio onto cassette tapes. Now Over 30 Crowd - let's look at the other side of that coin for a second shall we? When you were a kid/younger did you or your parents have to worry about: -You walking by yourself to school and not having some pervert or pedofile, etc abduct/assault you? -Going out to a club (or whatever you want to call it) and someone spiking your drink when you weren't looking with the date rape drug? -How you are going to get a good job without investing years and tonnes of money into an education because the market is so competitive these days if you don't have a great post secondary education you're screwed. -Comfortably and safely going anywhere by yourself after dark. -Not having to lock your doors and windows. -School shootings or violence in schools (to the degree it is now). -Metal detectors in big city schools -DANGEROUS drugs being introduced to kids/teens at a young age (not talking pot here folks). And those are just the tip of the iceberg that popped into my head. Now I know the post was meant to be "a funny" but I just thought I would turn it around and add a bit of other perspective... while you may not have had computers, videogames, caller id, cell phones or caller ID ...

I don't think that you will mess up the band. I think that if you take too big a bite or don't chew it well enough you will be taught the lesson the hard way with a not so fun PB. And I bet you will be more careful after that! I haven't gotten any good restriction yet so I take big bites and don't chew well but I know when I get my next fill I will have to be more careful or I will be sorry.

Ahhh gotcha. Hmm. Yah until I lose weight I won't be wearing anything like that LOL