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Scorpio, none of the medications I take are Lap Band related. To be perfectly honest I would rather not disclose my medical history and to tell you my meds I would have to do so. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

Carlene...Babs started The View. I am like you Rosie has place in my heart too. I love her tenacity and how she never backs down for what she truly believes. The Donald just lets his money do the talking for him. I am not saying he isnt brilliant at the art of making bussiness deals but I think he is bankrupt when it comes to human relations.

Dr. Oz's new book, You On A Diet is an excellent healthy read! Also the late Jaquline Suzzane who wrote Valley of the Dolls wrote a book about her poodle called Every Night Josephine that happens to be hilarious! I cannot tell you how many time I have read it!

Oh! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!! Kiss and make up already! It's the holidays!

I have had my bad a year and am still working on finding my "sweet spot" I just happen to have a tempermental band. Be patient it will work out!

Not even close to being there....what holiday is this?

Somebody take my MICROBES...please!

Well said Jack and very inspirational!! I am fired up! I do believe I shall print you out!

When we go on a BINGE we leave a good portion of reality behind us. The BINGE is all consuming and until it has run it's course... WE dissapear too! Not literaly just as a figure of speech..ha! And if we think long and hard about it...isnt that what we are trying to make happen after all? Don't we all just want to disappear off the face of the earth? I am so tierd of the SHAME associated with this disease! There is soo much isolation and depression! So many people just think we lack will power, when that could not be the farthest from the truth! I would like to see these same people follow the dieting we have done in our lifetime, then we can talk will power! I just know that every single day of my life I wake up with the very best of intentions. I pray for strength and courage and Divine guidance to overcome my compulsive eating addictions! As somebody just said...I give it to God! I am still struggling daily, but starting this thread and reading about what you all are also going thru makes it easier. Stay strong and true to you!

I also have fibromalgia and CFS. The heavier I get and the less I structure my diet the worse it becomes. Mine has improved greatly from having the LapBand. The big concerne is you because there is a huge difference between fibromalgia and MS! I hope you have a good Dr. God Bless and Good Luck!

You have more will power than you ever dreamed possible! You can do this! There is no reason to let her win! that cast can be used as a weapon...kidding... I am kidding..HA!!

Everyone else does not have to live your life! Listen to the voice inside you...good or bad it is never wrong! that is our higher power coming thru to help us!

I will be with my family in sunny Palm Beach Florida! I would love to have a white Xmas anyone want to trade places like in that movie Holiday? Just kidding! Happy Holidays Everyone! May there be less of us to start 2007!

Deb...Amazing how much alike we can be! I too have a terrible sore throat right now.... not from a cold...do not fool yourself but instead from PBing and getting sick soo much! I also have a lovely plastic spitt up cup that stays by my side because I cannot always make it to the bathroom! Does this sound familiar? I have a Dr's appointment scheduled already because as much as I hate to face it...as much as I want restriction..my band is too tight and I need an unfill! How about you?

I too suffer from a very delicate and tempermental band. Just say the word FILL and I swell up! My last one I got soo sick I lost 18 pounds in less than 6 days..not pretty! So I winde up having to get an unfill and I am back to eating as much if not more than what I was! I gained all the weight I lost back then some so I have been frustrated too! I go in for the discussion of another fill on 01/06/07 perhaps that's when I will find my "sweet spot"? You hang in there!

Me too! I take 12 pills in the am and 14 in the pm and it is bad..but better than getting sick on swallowing the pills whole like I used to try and do! Try using sugar free jello PUDDING. I like the vanila because it is super sweet. Crush up your pills and do it a little at a time not all of them at once. When you get the yummy mixture in your mouth put it way back to your throat and swallow fast. You do not want to swirl the mixture around as soon as it hits your mouth get rid of it...and remember a tiny bit at a time is less bitter. I hope this helps. Hang in there!

Teresita, yes I use a tredmill and do apox 3 miles on it every other day. I need to work out more!

I do not even feel like my band stops me when I am in the binge zone! I guess I do eat less now than I did before banding. But I am also bulimic so the food does not stay with me very long when I am on a binge and purge cycle. I hate myself for it, I really do! I work hard with my therapist and I can get the purging under control, but the bingeing remains. If you eat that much and do not purge the weight just packs on you. I am trying with every bit of stregth I have to stop the bingeing too. Everyday i wake up and say this is the day I make ALL the correct choices to have my band work for me. Everyday is a new start to stop being a bulimic compulsive overeater. Thank goodness for new days!

I have been seeing alot of questions regarding Pbing as of late. This thread enters the "dark" side of what can happen if you push PBing too far. As said before newbies and wannabies should read this.

Okay this was such a {excuse the pun} explosion of information on experiences using Xenical, that I would start the thread one more time! Hold on to the seat of you pants!

Betsy Jane, Yes, have talked with my surgeon and I see a therapist. I will have to check out the Sharon O. read..thanks!

I am disabled with Bi Polar type 2 and I am an ex benzo addict ...so I can truly relate to what you are feeling and going thru! It sounds to me ..and I am not a DR..But it sounds like you are rapid cycling. That is bad news! You Know it and I know it! Left untreated you will continue to self medicate to try and balance out. It is easy to do! You do not even realize your balancing... you just do the lines of blow or take the 4 hits of Ex and then wonder why in the hell you did it! Trust me I have been there! But I will tell you what is really scary is that you are using while being on Effexor!! Can you say ...Stroke, Blood Clot or maybe a nice run of the mill massive Heart Attack for your kids to remember you by? I am excuse the pun...DEAD serious!!! If your going to make the poor choice to PARTY then come totaly off the Effexor! I would rather know you were totaly bottomed out by your Bi Polar than to have you be stupied and kill yourself on accident! I know you must be seeing some kind of Dr. because you are being perscibed the Effexor. You need to call that person NOW and get your meds adjusted and schedule some therapy. I also noticed in your post that you said do not like taking medication. Hey join the club, but sometimes life involves doing thing we do not like to live a peaceful normal life. In addition no wonder you are soo out of whack you have reduced your own Effexor without the help of a Dr. or Pharmacy! You know, our life is like our band....it's only as good as the choices we freely make. I think you have been making some really BAD choices. Get it together for kids if nothing else. I know you can do this! My heart goes out to you and my prayers are with you. Take good care!

I LOVE BILL TOO! Miss him, also voted for him twice! I wish Hillary were more like him! HA!

I am severe Bi Polar Type 2 and recieve Social Security disability. I used to be ashamed to talk about my illness and would always say I was semi retierd..but then I thought if NO ONE talks about it how is anybody going to ever understand it? So if anyone is interested I am talking..Ha!