Heather Joy

Gee,isnt that just the story of my life!!!!LOL

Chrstine(tramanurse)-nice to see your pic!!!you look wonderful!!!and your doggie is too cute!!!! Im such a sucker for animals!!! i`ll hopefully will have a pic of me here soon!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THAT IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE CUTEST PIC I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!! I WANT ONE FOR MY DOG!!!!LOL

Princess_in_thep---- wow,not to sound weird or anything-but you are beautiful!you dont look like you weigh 180 either!!! congrats on your success!!

i CAN eat a lot of the foods i love,but mostly i choose not to,or have very little of them.strangly my tastes have changed-now i crave fish and pickles and wheat thins!LOL surgery is such a big thing that when i had it done i VOWED to change my life and eat healthy and lose weight,so its not like another one of my diets that i KNOW im going to fail,you know? Its a huge lifestyle change and you have to be ready,and if you think you are then go for it,but if not wait another month-the lap bad will always be there-but you have to make sure your ready for it. Good luck with either of your decisions!I wish you the best of luck!

i want to be at that point in my life where im ready for a tt or someother plastic surgery!!LOL...i cant wait for that time--might sound weird but that means ive reached (or almost reached) my goal!!! good luck on your tt i`ll be thinking about you!!!

i weighed myself this morning-247? have i really lost 3 lbs since yesterday? LOL probably not but i`ll believe it!!!LMAO

wow that is so wonderful!!!! you WERE and angel today!!!! i only wish i could have such an opportunity to do that for someone too!well,my fiancee is hoping to get it once we are married so i`ll be there for him!LOL once again you should feel SO proud of yourself!That must be the nicest thing ive read in a long time! Best of luck!

I think that was your grandma! My father passed away june 18,2003. My 21 b/d was aug 7,and i missed him soooooo much -we went to the casino to Celebrate and played bingo-i never win on bingo. and this time i won $700!! Me,my boyfriend and his mom were all crying! Miracles are a form of communication with people who have passed who we miss so deepley

Count me in!!!! Alright,I'm gonna go by *my* scale and not Doctors! LOL Right now i am at around 250 (i just read this tonight so i didnt weigh myself this morning,of course;) lol),i`ll officially weigh myself tomorrow morning. Im going for 20 lbs 230,wow i havent seen that weight for a couple years....I cant WEIGHT (cheap joke i know hehehehe) to get down under 200...THOSE are numbers i havent seen in a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time!!!! Good luck all!

I work at an insurance agency anlong with my mom!I have been there almost a year( as of Aug 13),I love it and have progressed more then anyone imagined,including me! I am hoping to get licensed in a year or so and eventually take over for my mom when she retires! Monday thru friday 9-5....loooooove those hours!!!

Hello! Hey,I called my insurance to see if i had gotten approved for my surgery (after Dr submitted everything),and the lady said "yup,you were approved!) and i was SOOOO excited!!A couple days later my doctors office called me and said i was denied . I called my ins co and complained and they cojnfirmed i had indeed been denied and that the lady just "must have been looking at the wrong screen"....But i eventually got approved because i wrote them a letter and sent a bunch of other proof i needed this surgery. So,in closing dont always take their word for it,sometimes THEY dont even know what theyre talking about!LOL I wish you the best on your weight loss journey and let us know what happens!

WOW that is awesome!!Im jealous!LOL. I had my surgery April 29th and according to doctor have lost 27 lbs, but according to my home scale ive lost almost 40..lol...i like the later...lol;) Good Luck and congrats again!!

".. I was out! I woke up in recovery asking "Am I skinny yet?" " LOL i asked my family that when i saw them in recovery too!LOL I had them laughing in an otherwise tense moment:-D

Are there a lot of you guys out there who take liquid pain meds? I did when i was in the hospital,but now i take all my pills in regualr form and i have yet to have a problem-thats just me personally and thats what the Doc told me to do.My luck one of you will read this and try it and get WICKED sick,lol. So,again thats just me and what my Dr told me lol....Honestly im sooo thankful b/c i have to take a couple pills everyday! Get this-I didnt have my period for about 6 months(looong story) and of course they tested me for everything,but nothing wrong....so after my surgery they gave me a script for something that would make me get it..and OH MY GOODNESS!!! Luckily i was still on my pain meds because it STILL hurt!I can only imagine if i only had tylenol at that time! It was make-up time for my ovaries!!!LOL. Now everythings good and back to "regualr" =)

I am wondering where i would go or talk to about starting a group for people in their late-early/mid 20's!A lot of people think its a great idea and im just wondering if its possible =) Lemme know!

ahhh,i see. i havent experienced that yet..thankfully! i can only imagine if i had that-ouch!! thankyou very much!! =)

what is a PB?? im so LOST............

am i the only one who wasnt on a pre-op diet?hehe,well,my surgery went great!=D

oh i looooooove sleeping on my belly!!!! The "dead- mans" position is my favorite!LOL It took me at LEAST a week before i could sleep on my stomach,probably closer to 2. It was a long 2 weeks! The first few days i slept on one of those upright "couch"things with the arms in my bad (hopefully someone knows what im talking about!lol,i cant think of what theyre called right now). those first couple days it rocked too!lol i passed right out.

nice to meet you!!where are you from xstar?

Srangley enough i have had absolutley NO acid reflux since my surgery,and i definatley had before. I have had one fill and i couldnt hold down any food for about a week,now pretty much everything goes down ok,but still losin! when i press on my stomach i can feel the port...it feels pretty cool!ol still on pain meds for port pain-am trying to avoid another surgery!!!

How would we start a group for younger people anyways? I think thats a great idea

i think thats a great idea!!!! i was thinking about that too but i wasnt sure!! Im all for it! thanks! Heather

Im an april bandster!! I was banded April 29th,2005 My b/f propsed April 27th and we are looking at dates for next April/May--strangley enough April 29,2006 (saturday) is an option. Its either that or May 20 It would be kinda cool to get married on the anniversary of my surgery--i just hope i lose enouph to look all hot in my wdding dress! :-D Anyone here whos had the surgery over a year? How much did you lose? =) Ok sorry i kinda strayed from the topic!!!OOPS!