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OH crud I have to catch up.. KAT WHAT HAPPENED? I'm so sorry... PATTY- DID YOU GET APPROVED? OH BOY!!!! OK I HAVE TO RUN TO BIBLE STUDY SO HOPEFULY I CAN CATCH UP SOON. EILEEN-I POPPED IN TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE COMING TO NJ MOST ON THE 17TH WE'LL BE IN OAKLAND. HAVE TO GO TO HIGHBRIDGE FOR A WEDDING ON THE 18TH. I KNOW THATS WORK DAYS FOR YOU, BUT MAYBE WE COULD GET TOGETHER FOR A FEW. I'M LATE GOTTA RUN.. MISS YOU GUYS I HAVE SO MUCH TO TELL YOU

WOW yur doing great! congrats! Good luck with this years goals and especially the baby plans!!

Patty-You are so sweet. I miss you too! I promise I am going to stay calm from tonight through next Tuesday, at least! Beanie-Sorry for your sad day. Happy for you and your future I'm sure you will enjoy it. Good luck with the interviews and school. Kat-I really want to see the baby! What is her name? Chrispy-You go girl!!! Sorry the tattoo boy didn't work out but better now than later! Have fun this weekend Betty-Thanks for the roses, now all we need are the baby's pictures, hopefully she won't be eating the roses..lol Everybody else hi.. OK I'm going to watch little miss sunshine with DD and maybe eat some popcorn. night night

Congrats on your date Jenny and welcome to bandland!

I didn't want to lose my post. The band is the best thing I ever did for my self. It isn't always easy I do have days sometimes weeks where I go back to my old ways, but it is always there to remind me that I want to be thin and healthy. This picture is me the night before my band then 1 year later and now at 18 months. Please feel feel to PM me anytime to discuss the band. Hope this helps and welcome!

Hi all, Perry the weight loss no one can really say it is up to your body and you! Some people loss 30 pounds in a year some lose a lot more. I am 18 months post op. The majority of my weight I lost in the begining. A lot of what goes on with WLS is that your head has to be ready. That is the hardest part. My head is ready some days and other days it isn't. I have learned over the past 18months to make healthy choice but it sure doesn't happen all the time.

Thanks Kat...

you look great!

DH may be changing jbs and that is the insurance company. Well actually they are private I don't understand all this stuff but SouthCare PPO is what they said.

Oh Sherry I'm so sorry about your son! I will Thank God he is ok. It is terrifying. I worry every time they drive away. Looks like the new comany plan may be pretty good. Dr.V isn't on the plan however he is the only band Dr around here so I'm sure something will work out. They review past history and if it was medically nessasary for me to have the and then they cover it. They also do the same with PS. My PS is in there network. NJ flooding is bad when it happens. Near where Eileen lives it gets horrible. One year when the kids were babies the Passac River came up to the driveway of our house. We packed up and went to my aunts house for 3 days. I have had so much personal stuff going on. DD went to hospital while I was just out of surgery a week. Depression and other issues! Just what I needed. Now all of these changes between my body feeling like I have no real friends here in NC I'm just ready to cry and curl up. I try I guess maybe to hard to be a good mother. She fears I'll fall apart and she feels that she has to take care of me! So I have screwed her up somehow! I walk on egg shells cause I don't want to upset her and I don't want DS to move out even though he is rarely here.

Ok I need prayer and advice and guidance from you guys. Good news, scary news, exciting news, Garry is being made an offer!!! Ok I'll tell you all about that later. My news is that his current insurance company will pay for the tummy tuck goround if medically nessasary. So what do I do! is it a ne brainer? do I wait and take the chance of the new company not covering? Or do I just take the plunge and do it all now. AHHHH The other thing is that he will not e traveling he will be losing 5 weeks vacation. I will gain a living room. I will lose the king size bed to myself but I'll have him at nights, wish my addiction had turned to sex! lol anyway from a 50% of the time hubby home to a gone to the office all day and home every night hubby, I'd like a mix, I hate all the traveling but when he is home he is here not in an office so if we want to go to lunch or if I need him to go to costco with me I say lets go at 4 and off we go. gotta run oh money will be better and he will get a company car

Thanks guys! I went to curves this morning and an oncology nurse was there and she saw me holding my boob. We started talking and she looked at them and said the insusions look great but the pain means I'm doing to much. URGH so I am backing down having Kelly take MIL to store today instead of me I'm not going to drive and puch the wheel chair, I'm going to take my pain med and rest. She told me I really need to be careful. I thought I was! But the good news it that the scale said 176.5!! that is 92 pounds lost! woweee and I'm real close to my 168!! I just wish I could exercise more...But I know it will come. Gotta go get dressed to take MIL...I have so much to fill you guys in on...

Ok this is 18 months later..Kelly put this together for me last night. Sept 06 Sept 06 and March 07.

What happened to our photo section? I want to send you guys boob shots if you wat to see them. Well this was taken this past Saturday in charleston sc Kelly took it.

Just wanted to pop in and say hi. Such horrible news at VT. Our old neighbor from NJ goes there, she's ok thank God! Boob is still very painful, I'm getting sick of it! Hope all is well I hope I can catch up...

Hi, I know there are a lot of us out there. I just wanted to say hello and I saw that there is somene getting band today, I can't remember who, sorry and also someone on the 19th. Congrats to you and all the other new bandsters. I love my band and my life with it!

M Cindy-I miss my baby too! They grow so fast it's so sad! Sherry-Not to worry about personals. I'm the worst but everyone still welcomes me! Our kids driving is scary I pray all the time for them. I think I even got some grey hair about it. Eileen- Ouch..hugs...big hugs...You are not a low life you are a beautiful young woman not only inside but out! Love you.. Beanie-Wow that is so cool that your taking classes! I wish I had the courage to do that. I would have to go back to the ABC's and 1 + 1's! If I did have the courage I think I'd go in to be an ultrasound tech. Cindy-Can I come!! lol Blizzard world what a BLAST that place is! Mandy-Thanks for your PM. We are looking for a vacation we sure need one this year it has been the most stressful yet for all of us! Well I went to choir practice tonight the first time since January! It was nice to go. When I went into the building it was 80, got out and it is in the 60's and the wind is blowing! DH is flying home tonight from FL he is changing flights in Atlanta I sure hope his flight won't be to horrible. Well it's time to try to find ANOTHER bra that feels comfy to sleep in. Have a good night. Eileen smile.

The boob is ok! He said it was fluid and that he could just stick a needle in it and drain the fluid, or my body would absorb it. So I'm going to let my body do the work! I didn't go to the MIL meeting cause they wanted to see me at my Dr's. Everything went well. She is going to be moving into assisted living this weekend. DH is going to take her to the storage unit to she what she wants moved in there. I plan on avoiding all that crap! I think I'll color eggs while they do all that! I did really well with eating today! I totally let myself eat guilt free last night and today I was so into being careful. It really worked! I went for a walk with DH, Lucy and Sandy. Lucy is doing great on the leash! I told her we were going to go on a lot of walks! Cindy MIL and FIL's dog is still here and still barking and pooping and throwing up all over my house! I am totally frustrated with her. Soon she ill be moving in with FIL, I just feel bad cause I have no idea how he's going to be able to take care of her! Beanie-Thanks! That would be great but don't worry about it I'd hate to get your allergies in an uproar. I missed the whole Spanish thing. If you don't mind fill me in, is it something with work? Deb-Sorry the little one isn't feeling good. I hate the scale. I go on it seldom. My brain and heart doesn't need to see the fluctuating! Are you eating slow enough and chewing good? I try to take 20-30 minutes per meal when I don't urgh! Well I'm off to put PJ's on and watch some TV and go to bed early night night

Hi Joyful, Welcome, Are you in NC? We have a large support group in the charlotte area if your interested in it PM me and I'll fill you in.

Right boob is much bigger than left this morning! I'm calling the doctor to see if they can see me! As far as MIL thanks Cindy. If I don't have to go to my Doc I will go. Let her be pissed with me! She knows how much I care. But for today I come first!

I need your input. Tomorrow is a meeting at the nursing home for my MIL and the PT, Social worker, Nursing staff, DH, FIL, and I are all supposed to be there. As you know I have been the behind the scenes care giver for both of them. FIL realizes that he needs the help and welcomes it. MIL can be a real witch she loves to play coniving games and try to make people dance around her and she wants to argue with everyone. If it wasn't for me when she was in the hospital, she would be dead most likely. Anyway tonight she started in by saying that there are many secrets and things happening around her back. So I'm thinking I should not go to the meeting tomorrow. I asked her if she wanted me to go. And she said why, well you can if you want what would you do? I said I'd be there to look out for your best interest to be your advocate. She laughed and said I can do that my self..here is a woman that can't walk, gets confused, wets her bed, shall I go on... DH wants me to go cause he says I always ask the questions he doesn't ask. FIL thinks maybe I shouldn't cause she already th Thinks I'm to bossy. I'm totally up in the air my thought is that if I do go I go early give a list of things I'd like covered and I stay quiet the whole time. Or I say screw it and stay home. Any suggestions? Beanie-I'd love some of your crape myrtle! We pay a lot here for your weeds..lol Patty-Good to see you hang in there feel better Darcy-I hope to join the mileage team now that things seem to be getting calmer around here. Sherry-I only lost 1 pound since my surgery, boobs that is, but I haven't been exercising at all. I hope I can get into doing something soon I'm still just trying to heal! Eileen-Is Jess's surgery something that you knew she would need again or has something come up again? I'm so sorry for her and you all. The concert was very nice. They are so talented, plus it was great seeing so many people again it's been so long..... Kat-I missed what you said about your foot. Feel better. Crispy-How are you doing today? Betty-Sorry about your back! Feel better Cindy-I love that DD cooked dinner. I wish my 21 and 23 year old would do that! Betty-Hope your feeling better! I love all the flowers too. It is so beautiful around here too. My iris's are out now and I just love then. Have a good night. I have givin my self permission to not feel guilty about eating tonight. I'm stressed out about the in-law crap and I want to start fresh tomorrow so I'm eating junk tonight. I know I'm bad. I have 1 month till we go to a friends sons wedding so tomorrow is kick off day of at east walking and eating healthy!

I'm pregnant..lol..April fools..I did that once to my mother she had a heart attach..lol.. I hope I can keep up with the April thread! Went shopping today still can't find anythin g comfortable. I am very swollen a 42 bra thingy felt good but the cup was to big as a C and there were no B's so I brought it anyway now I'm going to return it! I was a 34 when I went into the operating room. I measured and it says 38 WTF. I was in major pain Friday night went to Ladies night out and a nurse friend had to drive me home. I stayed in bed most of yesterday and today went to Olive Garden with the DH DS DD the first time since Christmas that the 4 of us were alone out to eat! YIPPEEE it was great! I love them so much it has been so hard on all of us these past 3 months. Anyway after that we went to Kohls and we walked past the clothes to get to the bras 2 hours later and 250 later we left. Yikes! DD made me buy these brown and white pocka dot pants and a cute pink top a jacket that I love and I forgot what else. Of course I brought her stuff and DS stuff. It is so exciting to look at things and be able to be "normal" and have so many choices. We re leaving in a few minutes to go to a concert at church we haven't been to church in at least 6 weeks. I haven' seen anyone since my BR. Hope I can keep up this month. Did Patty get her insurance to take care of the band yet? I've missed all of you. And thanks for the PM's

Hi gang, I'm trying to catch up here on everyone. WOW a lot is going on. I'm glad Abi is doing better. I haven't had much recovery time due to inlaws and DD. DD was in the hopsital from last Wednesday until Tuesday. I've been running inlaws to Dr.s appointments. I went into this surgery exhausted so I shouldn't be suprised that I still am. I do like the results so far. Except for the fact that I am still in quite a bit of pain on my left side. I have a folded stick that I think he really needs to open up! It is making me very uncomfortable. I called yesterday and told them about it. They said take it easy this weekend and call on Monday and let them know how I"m doing. Well I'm off to the coach.

FIL moved into his studio apartment today. We all went over this morning I hung out in the reclyner, then we went to Outback. Over all I've felt ok today but I sure can't push a cart in the grocery store, drive, blow dry my hair carry my purse or poor my self a glass of milk yet! Chrispy-Thanks! I've been taking Propoxyphene every 4 hours except for today. I have pnly taken 3 so far. But the fact that you took them for a straight week doesn't make me feel so bad about taking them. They do help! I will PM you tomorrow with some questions! Have a good night

Hi Valerie, Well surgery went well I am so glad that I reread this post tonight! Valerie I am so glad you said what you did about being to small. That is my fear right now. I am having a lot of pain in my LB the dr took a lot of tumors out of that one. I heard from someone that she also had tumors and that breast was very tender. It is exciting. I'm glad I did it I think...but I sure am glad I reread this post tonight! Thanks I'll keep you updated.