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Thanks Angie!!! Me too! I can't wait to see you again! I can't wait to meet you Tyanna

I purchased: Gas X strips - not used Liquid tylenol - used but ICK! Heating pad - not used (daughter used for a sore hip though, so good to have) Protein Powder - not used Truthfully, I would have been fine without any special purchases. I did make sure to have various liquids to drink after surgery, Soups and such and that was about all I needed.

Hi everyone! We have decided to have another get together next month and would like to invite anyone that'd like to join us! Whether you are pre-band, newly banded or an old band pro. Everyone is welcome! Where: Polaris Mall food Court When: Saturday February 9, 2008 Time: 2pm Look for us near the entrance to the Great Indoors store. We will have a poster and a helium balloon marking our group. All you have to bring is your smile!

I'm excited everyone! I hope we have a good crowd! I'll post something outside of this thread too so that others know about our get together even if they don't read this thread!

Yep! You are definitely one of them now :-) Congrats!!!

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!!!!

Ok! Since it seems that Saturday afternoon is the best bet for most of us why don't we plan to meet at Polaris in the food court at 2pm on Saturday February 9th? Special K... will you bring the balloon and poster again? We'll be co-planners :-) Does that sound good for everyone?

I am so sorry to hear about your mom. My thoughts are with you and your family. I hope you get things sorted out with your fill.

3 weeks and 1 day and it's back! Until the 3 week mark I was mostly satisfied and had to force myself to eat. Yesterday it started... I am starving! Not really... I've been eating 900-1000 cals a day and I up'd it yesterday to 1200 since the scale is not moving (just as an experiment) and the timing could not have been better... but what weird is I go from un-hungry to hungry in a heart beat and it's a true hunger PAIN... my stomach is growling and aching and telling me FEED ME! I'm still on mushies and nothing is satisfying me. I've been eating things like lower fat corned beef hash, pureed chicken salad made with ff mayo, pureed turkey w/ mashed potatoes... real Proteins... and it's not working to make me feel satisfied. AUGH!!! I hope this part passes soon... it's not fun! I was eating 1200 cals before surgery and was fine and not hungry like I am right now... I want to get back to that again.

Ok! I'm holding you to that!

Afternoon works good for me too... let's hear a few more voices and then we can set a time for a meeting on February 9th.

Ok! I am willing to try to arrange the next meeting. Special K... is that ok with you? How does February 9th sound? It's a Saturday and we could try for Polaris again since it's pretty easy to get to and would be less crowded than Easton. However, I'm open to suggestions on meeting places. If you're interested let me know what time you'd like to meet... we could do morning... afternoon... or evening. I'm up for most anything!

Wow! I could have written that post! I was banded on the 18th and haven't lost a thing since the 26th. Well, I've lost and gained the same 2 pounds about 10 times... but that doesn't count. :-) It's helpful reading all of these posts... but I still want that dang scale to move! I refuse to gain my current loss back, so I'm counting calories, watching my Protein and striving for all of my Fluid. I figure my body will eventually catch up with itself... but it still doesn't keep me from being a bit bummed. Hang in there and I'll hang with you!

Hi everyone! I was banded on Dec 18 in Ohio. I am anxiously awaiting the 16th when I can move onto soft (non-pureed) foods. Truthfully, I've kinda dabbled a bit with some very soft foods that have not been pureed. I lost 12 pounds from the 19-26th of Dec. and since then I've been going up and down 2 pounds. I've been eating less than 1000 calories a day and have not been exercising yet. As of last weekend I did start getting back to my normal level of activities and have had several very active days. My goal now is to up my calorie intake to 1200 and see what happens. I'm getting enough Protein and Fluid in since moving to mushies... so I hope at some point the scale starts moving again. My next Dr.'s appt. is the 23rd and I'm not sure if I will be getting a fill that day or not. I hope so!

I am so sad to hear that! How traumatic that must be for you, and being self-pay is just another blow. I do hope your doctor will do something for you pro-bono once you heal. Please keep us informed! {{{HUGS}}}

Hi Angie... there's a few rundowns of our meeting over in the Columbus thread. It went really well... just me, Special K and Debbie were there. I was a bit surprised considering how nice it was last night. We had a nice time and it was great meeting the other gals. They are just terrific! We're going to have to plan another one. I was so invigorating to put faces with screennames and to meet other terrific bandsters outside of a support group meeting.

Welcome! With the lapband you can look at about 1-2 pounds per week. You have to do some of the work yourself. It's not a magic surgery by any means, but it seems to have a way of helping people truly keep the weight off after they lose it and it's something that can be adjusted whenever you need it to be... even 5 years out... unlike the RNY procedure. Plus it's relatively safe and completely reversible. Slow and steady wins the race... that's my motto!

Sunrise, that's great news! You're going through Fresh Start right? Will you join us at the support group meeting next week?

Juli, we talked about you a bit last night. I was so hoping to meet you. We'll have to reschedule again soon. We were talking about maybe a Friday or Saturday if that works better for people's schedules.

Last night was a lot of fun! Hi Debbie and Special K! It was quite interesting having the three of us at three different points in our journey sitting around the table sharing our stories and our thoughts on the whole process. Debbie looked amazing! To see her now, 6 months after her surgery you'd never think she'd even need to be banded... I hope I can say the same in 6 months!!!! We definitely need to do it again... and soon. It's amazing how much my mentality shifted after our meeting. I've been struggling a bit with the band and still being on post-op food restrictions... but today I feel worlds better and I'm energized to get my negative thoughts removed from my head! Thanks for arranging this Special K! When's our next meeting? Can we do it before you have surgery? :-)

I haven't lost a pound since December 26th. I've actually fluctuated up and down 2 pounds. I've only been on mushies since Jan 1. It's so frustrating... but truthfully it helps when I read over and over again on here that others are experiencing the same thing. I have faith, and so should you, that the scale will start moving downward once again. I think I was just spoiled with my rapid 12 pound post-surgery loss (week 1) that this standstill is getting to me. I'm staying the course and I'm sure that the weight will start dropping off again... even before my first fill!

This is a great question! I hope you get some good responses. I've yet to have a fill and I'm luckily not too ravenous at this point with what I'm eating, but I've often wondered this myself.

Columbus Support Group 1/15 - Riverside Just a heads up for you Columbus bandsters there is a support group meeting next Tuesday at 6:30 at Riverside. It's located at the building at 500 Thomas Rooms H&I (Next to Riverside). There is also a meeting for Gastric Bypass patients just prior to the bandsters meeting. It starts at 5:30 in the same rooms. Hope to see you there! This will be my first post-band meeting! Whoo Hoo!

Is everyone still planning on getting together tonight? I'm planning on joining everyone if so. I've been really looking forward to it.

I got my period 2 days after surgery. It was a fairly normal period. Not much additional cramping or anything... it just lasted a bit longer than normal.