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Thanks Ladies - now we need Jamie's fruit salad!!!! It was all great and I am sharing them with mom and Caren.

Hey everyone please mark you calendars - Sept 9th is our next gathering. It will be in the university @ Red Robin on Harris Blvd across from Wachovia's CIC complex. Just wanted to update so that that those that may have missed our gathering can go ahead and mark your calendars.

Tomato/ Cucumber salad - Chop up tomatoe's and Cucumbers along with some onion (I don't use a lot because I don't like raw onions.) Drench with FF Italian dressing. **A change add Pasta and some italian seasoning and there you have a great pasta salad.** Squash/ Zuchinni - Slice squash and zuchinni up along with some onion. Put some garlic salt and FF Italian dressing on it. Put on the grill or bake in the oven til tender. 2 super easy sides and great for summer get togethers. :scared:

Hi All - I just wanted to say I had a GREAT time this evening. Curtis said he loved playing with the girls. He said they were all his girlfriends. He is so funny - but he could get use to being the only boy around all those girls so we cna't do that to often. haha Alright I will start a thread of the food we had...yummy. Dianne got your text but I forgot to send a picture. It was all so fast. I did get some regular shots with my camera so I will get them posted. See you all in Sept. (Sept 9th I think.)

Angie girl you better make it. You need this time with us!!!! Karen girl I hope you feel better soon. I know it's no fun. I might have to take mine to the dr this weekend if he don't start feeling better. Dianne we are going to miss you tomorrow...I will try to remember send a pic. *****Support Group Meeting Monday night @ 6:30 at the Cornwell Center.**** Please don't feel you have to attend I just want ya'll all to know when they are. It's always the first monday of each monday. They are small right now but effective. Bobbi is great and I have taken classes and I love helping with this!!!!!! Have a great night have to get to bed for a consignment sale. It's that time the next 4 saturdays I have consignment sales YEAH!!!!

Ok so we have @ 7 adults and 7 kids? My parents are probably going to crash the party. I told them it was ok. She gave me money to buy an extra chicken. She is so funny. I am going to make some veggie dishes. Nothing fancy or hard. Maybe try to get some fruit cut up also. (It all depends on how quick I get out of the consignment sale tomorrow morning. YEAH..it's that time.) So I will have the chicken, nuggets, plates, flatware...is there anything else I need? Cups? anything? Anyone? Please remember to bring towels and sun block. I will try to be there @ 3 incase anyone gets there early. I have a surprise that isn't "healthy living" good but it's so good that I wanted to share with ya'll. Also I think I have mentioned this...I know we have other person coming that hasn't responed on this thread. My DH will not be there because he has a charity ride he is going to do. Gotta love that bike. See you all tomorrow!!!!

Oh Angie I am such a loser...I am sorry Happy Belated Birthday!!! Hope it was a good one. Did you have fun? What did you do? We will Celebrate this weekend girl. :confused: WhooHoo!!! How is everyone? Doing well here just busy as always. Karen you are too funny I too start my christmas shopping now. It is just easier that way. It also to me makes it more fun. Spread it ou. Hope everyone has a great day and will chat later!!!

Wavy - did I send you directions? If so did I include the #? Is so just give us a call we can let you know if anyone is there. We said from like 4 - 7 so I don't know how long we will be there. You know us when we start talking. Plus there could be some newbies there so we might have a lot of talking to do.

Ok I PMed everyone that I know is coming...if you didn't get a pm please let me know and I will try again. Also if you want to come please let me know. You can pm me directly if you think you would like to come but aren't sure. I am so excited!!!!!

Ok so Saturday @ 4pm.... Kim will have paper plates, chicken, chicken nuggets for the kids, I think I have napkins if not I can stop and get those at the dollar store, I have plastic forks etc....Is there anything I am forgetting? I can pick a few drinks. I will not have the grill going but there is a stove and microwave in the house we can use. (Melissa in case I need fix something your daughter. So no problem.) Kathy + 1 child (black bean/corn salsa and chips) Angie + 3 - 5 kids (a mean potato salad.) hehe Wavy (depends on time, if come fruit/ or Soup. could she be on liquids) haha Karen - Mashed Cauliflower Melissa + 2 kids (veggie something) Dianne - can't make it I think my friend Belinda who is in the process of getting her testing done might be there with her little one. Our DH's will probably be there for a little bit just so we don't have to watch the kids so much....Aren't we bad. Karen try to get Stacy to come to....It was fun to hang out with the last time. Am I forgetting anyone? Please anyone is welcome just let me know you are coming so I know how much chicken/ nuggets to have.

Hey question - I know I keep changing things... My mom is having surgery on Thursday the 3rd...so my dad who normally runs the grill will more then likely be with her. So now I don't have a grill cook. So would everyone be against me getting some rotisorri (sp) chickens from sams? I can get nuggets or something for the kids. Sorry but I just thought of that today..... Thoughts...then I will start thinking of what else we need. I should have paper products there and I know I have forks here to bring.

Dianne - this is just me so if you all change it that is fine but weeknights just don't work good for me. Since I have to do things with work now on Monday's and we have clinic and I don't get out late as it is. So if you ya'll change to weeknights I want see any of you much but I am sure I could do the once in a while lunch with someone. :rofl: I do have verizon - so I will see what I can do about taking some pics for you.

Jamie I am so sure you have built muscle - if you are lossing dress sizes then that is what you are doing. Girl keep up the good work - I wish I had it in me to excersie 2 hours a day - I am lucky to get 20 mins in. How bad am I...that is going to change though. Hang in there girl!!! You will meet your goal when the time is right...and conserative on the fills is probably the way to go. So stick with it - you will get there. :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

Denika how are you doing? Karen sound pretty normal to me - when do you see Dr V again? You know what he is going to ask you so concetrate on it now...how long are you staying satisfied? How much are you eating? hehe...do I sound like him. He is so funny...Have I said I love working there. Dianne when you find a cruise like that again you should let us all know - don't you want us to go with you??? I could leave Curtis with my parents and Mike and I could enjoy a few days alone. Angie how are you doing? Feeling better? Eating better? Ok so we have a personal trainer @ work now. She is great, found out today that she was in the Firm video's...hello have ya'll seen those. She is going to put together a workout for me that I can do in 30 mins a day and she is going to make me do everyday - well the toning every other day and then cardio everyday. I can't wait. She is amazing...Super sweet also. Dianne got to meet her the other day. Cute isn't she? Ok Dianne in onderland - Kathy just overweight now not obese anymore!!! Ya'll just excite me and keep me moving each and every day!!!! Let's go NC....hey how much weight have we lost all together? Anyone got enough time to figure that out. hehe

I am learning the field and some doc's are strict on the BMI. Some want do BMI's over 50 becuase there is more risk. So thankfully there are surgeon's out there that take one's who are and who really need it. I am not a Dr. B patient but I am sure you will be in good hands. I know a few girls that have used him.:huggie: hehe... Good Luck!!!!

Ok then how about we go from noon til anyone and everyone leaves? I can spend a whole day outside.... Anyone else? Ideas? EDIT - ok Kathy and I posted about the same time...ok how about 4 till when ever. That way the kids can play while we get the hot dogs and chicken done and then we can eat and then enjoy a relaxing evening by the pool waiting on Wavy to get there. Sound like a plan? Eat @ 6ish? Will that work?

Ok so it's next weekend an NO ONE answered any of my last questions. What time is best for everyone noonish or fourish? Either works for us. Is the whole chicken thing ok? Or do you want chicken breast? Do I need to do anything else? Anyone else thinking of joining us? The more the merrier...even first timers can come. :huggie: We don't bite....Well Kathy does some but it's gentle. hehe..j/k I will pm the address and some sort of directions just to give you an idea - it will probably be better to get them off mapquest or something. So I don't get you lost.

That is great!!! You go girl!!!!! Wow to hit the "overweight" and not have obese in your BMI any longer you ROCK Kathy!!!!

I guess you don't have to have it flipped back but the doc can't do fills in the office. My doc could access mine when he pushed my stomach a certin way but we would have always had to do it under fluro. I didn't want to mess with that each time so we did it. Besides now I have insurance that don't cover the band.:faint: But I work for the doc now. So I guess it's ok. If you want it flipped back I would say tell your surgeon it's not a big process. Good Luck. :huggie:

Hey Jamie - Girl don't stay away so long. We are here for you. There is a lot of good advice here already so I want say it again. I will say please let me know what I can do for you. :confused: There are a lot of NC banders here to help you and will do all that we can to do that. Stacy needs to chime in on this one...she has done great. She can truly inspire you!!!! JLuthien - Welcome!!! I don't remember seeing you around here before. Makes me wonder how many more "lurkers" we have out there. I look forward to hearing from you Jamie!!!!

I am a flipper... Mine flipped sometime in Jan or Feb. I had it stiched back in March as outpatient and it was no biggie it at all. It happens and no how perfect you are with the band it's a chance we take getting the band. My doc could have accessed it under fluro for each fill but it was just easier to get fixed. Good Luck!!!!

Ok REAL QUICK...it's not the support group tonight it's the seminar. OOOPs I am getting them all confused. Angie - girl take care of yourself. If you need anything call us!!! Your banded family is here for you. The fill is a weird thing as I am learning more. Some can come out of your port when doing a fill. Not a lot but some. So that is sometimes it's different if it's completely empty then you could have a leak. So I wouldn't worry to much about the .2 differnece. Slip of the hand. Ok so I will chat more but I wanted to make sure that everyone knew that the support group wasn't tonight...it's in 2 weeks. So mark your calendar now ladies. Aug 7th!!!!! Check our web site - www.southeastbariatrics.com look under the staff and you will see me. :bananapartyhat:

Ok Dianne you beat me to the thread...ya'll just saw her at dinner the last week or so and you know how great she looks. Thanks for the compliment Dianne it's much appreciated. I feel good and now I can finally start seeing a difference. It took seeing all of you to finally see it in me. Congrats Dianne on the weight loss - girl that is great!!!! I will get there one day. I just take one day at a time. I have set a personal goal of 5 - 10 pounds a month. It's not something I am going to beat myself up over but I need to have a number to aim for. So I thought 5 pounds was doable. Thanks for the last year!!!! I remember Angie was maybe a week or two post op and she walked that mall with us, watched the kids play at jeepers. It was fun...Wow where has the year gone. And look how we have grown. YEAH us!!!!! I love the kid's meal from Boston Market - cheap and good. Angie Dr B is so correct - only we can make the band work. I have an advantage working @ the Dr's office. It keeps me in constant reminder of that. Plus I haven't had a horrible personal problem happen in my life like you have been dealing with. I am sure this fill will work for you..what are you filled to now? We have this profect protien drinks @ work and I just love them. If you want to try them let me know and I will bring you a couple on Aug 5th. It's different then your normal protien drinks. Karen hope the fill goes well...We had a bad clinic day so if he was running a little late yesterday that is why. We actually had to ask a patient to come back becuase he couldn't see here. She was more then happy to and she had the attention of all of us. Melissa - That is so funny. Yeah I agree I might have come up with something else that fell on foot. At least it's not bad. Is it feeling better? Oh I haven't reminded anyone - there is a Lap-Band Support Group meeting Monday night @ 6:30. Bobbi and I will be leading it. I have forgotten what we are going over. It's the blonde hair. It will be great. Hope some of you can make it. If not totally understand. Ok so I have rambled enough...hope you all have a great weekend. I am going into work today for a few hours. I want to get these people who are ready off to insurance. I know it's no fun but we have been short staffed this week and that means I have been not focused on my job this week. Then tomorrow we are just hanging out not doing anything to exciting or out of the norm.

Ok so I am blonde....my grandparents live near off 485 and Albemarle Rd. East Charlotte area. I will get everyone directions. Votes on times? Anyone?

Hey everyone...I just saw this. Yeah I don't leave the NC forum much. When I see NC it draws my attention. Welcome all...hopefully you will find your way to the NC forum we have fun there and you can jump in any conversation. Or start some. Lyn - My sister in law lives in Sylva..I am thinking that isn't to far. It's nice up there. We go up and stay with her some. Maybe we could meet up when I am there sometime. Katie - Then we have a house in N Myrtle Beach and we go to Wilmington some when we are there...so hear there is another meeting. Can ya'll tell I LOVE meeting banded people!!!! I guess that is why I love my job so much!!!! Joe - I actually work for Dr. Voellinger now. So if there is any questions that I can answer please let me know. I can answer the general questions and give you some names of the others in the area. If you want. Welcome everyone and I hope to chat more.