gingerbug

league city, here

Dear ex stepdad You are a sick fuck and you owe me a huge karmic debt for what you did to me. You are going to be reincarnated over and over again in your miserable life until you learn. I, on the other hand, get to move forward. I can look at myself in the mirror every morning. Can you?

I am glued and steri stripped here.

Well, I read once that eating food hot is an aquired taste we learn from a young age. I personally prefer the majority of my food cold. Is itpossible that you have had a change in tastes?

The best part...you will NEVER see that 50 pounds again. It is gone forever. How exciting for oyu!!!

A little tender to day, I must admit. The gas is starting to go away but in insisions are way tender and itch! I guess that is what happens when healing, though. I have been doing great with drinking water and i hada watered down protien shake yesterday. Even that made me full and Iused twice the water. I wnat nothing to do with food. I like that feeling. So, when I counted there were over 20 people getting banded between January 2nd and today. Howis everyone?

i just ordered a bracelet to be on the safe side. I shudder thinking of someone trying to force tubing.

groggy and sore. It took a lot to shake the groogyness. The nurse helped me get dressed pretty quickly and was really really nice. I went to recovery area for my post op instructions and they weheeled me out.

Ithink the gas-x stuff is worth its weight in gold, btw!

yah for all the Jan 3rd bandsters!! lET US KNOW HOW YOU ARE DOING! oops, caps!

I feel much better this time than I did with my gallbladder surgery and my tubal ligation. I am getting around and drinking lots of Water and trying to burp. Taking an antacid and gas x strips. Pretty tenderand I have to sleep sitting up a bit.

i am happy with the pain meds and relaxing and short woalks seem to help. Ifeel a bit loopy, though!

I like sparkpeople due to the message boards, specifically.

Wass banded today and it went great. I felt nausus (sp?) when I was leaving and I am doingwhat I can go get the gas out of me. Pretty pleased with how I feel, though, and my husband is being really sweet to me.

how did it go for everyone??!!! I am at home resting. I am really happy i did this!

I went hoem same day. As a metter of fact, I got home a few hours ago!

I think you might be right. I think it is hard when someone is watching your kids for you, I feel responsible to help but that is what she is coming for. I need to let go of control of that and just let myself rest.

I know, I cant believe it is happening tomorrow! I have to get a few more things in order here to get ready for when I come home and my mother is flying in tonight so that will be a distraction, at the very least! Only one more day of this crappy liquid diet PITA. I think thhat is my fvorite part of it, lol!

I will Shirley. I plan to keep my laptop in my bedroom with me just to have contact with the outside world!

My mother is flying in to help me this week and will be here tomorrow evening to help keep an eye on the kids this week. My hubby is an offshore diver and will most likely be gone the whole week on a job. So, my mom is one of those unique mix of over enthusiastic and indulgant grandmas that let my kids do ANYTHING they want. It is my only hope that no one needs emergency care while she is in charge! It shocks me that someone who was so strict when I was a kid is so laid back now. Gotta love her but the women will drive me to hide in the corner of a dark closet while I quietly go insane.

Of course you can do it! I keep reminding myself that I will never, in my life, have to diet AGAIN. I can change my lifestyle and eat better with the help of the band. I feel loads better knowing that when I wear down and have a bad day I wont stumble off the giant hill I had already climbed!

LOL, good idea!

Thanks Doddie! Hey, you are almost half way there, btw, way to go!

Really good idea, where does one get one of these and what should it say?

Hi! I live in the houston area too! Welcome!