ScrapKarla

Thanks Debra!! Without my band the last 5 yrs would have found me weighing OVER 400lbs... with it I have stayed UNDER 300 and only gained 40lbs over my lowest weight since surgery..

I'm still hanging in here... no insurance and no money for self pay fills adds up to no changes... Moved to Oklahoma in Nov 2009... Moving to California in Oct 2010... this is THE LAST MOVE... I'm not leaving Cali EVER.. Trying again to get back on track life still in chaos... I'm still here though :smile2:

Yeah I was thinking TJ would be an option... then I remember that you need a passport to cross the border now and I don't have one... YET... And yes I feel things are on the upswing FINALLY in my life again... so Cali here I come :tt2:

Now see I don't see why this is so far fetched of an idea... people HAVE to preform medical things on themselves all the time... diabetics inject insuln fertility patients inject all kinds of drug (been there done that) people with bladder problems cath themselves (we have to start doing this with my 5 YEAR OLD daughter and this seems much harder than inject saline into my band port which is very easy to find) people give themselves b-12 shots my one son had a Nasal feeding tube that I had to insert and make sure it made it into his stomach AND NOT HIS LUNG..... clearly not as stupid as some of you are saying... have I done it... No... would I ... yes.. don't know why I didn't think of it before....

Well... My life has been CRAZY ever since we moved to Utah. I thought moving "home" would be a good thing... boy was I wrong. Our finances took a nose dive along with my health. And my family isn't NEAR as supportive as I thought they would be... With all that I want to say that my weight loss is at a stand still but I'm ready to get my butt back into gear and do this right. I am by no ones standards a good bandster. As a matter of fact I am a VERY BAD BANDSTER. I let life get in the way of making good choices (or even ok choices) and my health takes a back seat to EVERYTHING else. When we moved to Utah our house in KC never sold... so now we have a foreclosure on our credit. We also had some very hard financial things going on and so our credit is SHOT. During this we TRIED to get approval to foster/adopt some more children so our daughter could have siblings that she so desired... This process was a GRUELING year of stress and heartbreak. So much so that I gave up and decided that we'd stay a home with one child. Fast forward to one year later: we decide to try again... and YAY!! we were approved to do foster care and within 2 weeks of that approval they placed 6 month old boy twins in our home. The boys are now 14 months old and the adoption will be final on June 30th. One of our boys has some pretty severe delays and so we have TONS of Dr's appts. This has also proven to be a VERY stressful time... Imagine that. With the finalization on the horizon things can only get better and we are DONE with foster care since our home is full. Also... Our daughter (who turned 4 in November) had surgery on her feet at the beginning of 2009 (right leg in January, left leg in February) and has been in casts since them. She FINALLY got both casts off a few weeks ago. Life has improved SO MUCH since she can walk and move again. So am I shocked that I haven't lost any weight?? NO... Am I shocked that I gained 30lbs?? NO... Am I amazed that it was ONLY 30lbs??? YES... and I thank my Band for that EVERY day. I will set this page as my home page so starting tomorrow I am FORCED to get back on track. It is my 4 year anniversary and I WILL WIN THIS BATTLE...

Well... My life has been CRAZY ever since we moved to Utah. I thought moving "home" would be a good thing... boy was I wrong. Our finances took a nose dive along with my health. And my family isn't NEAR as supportive as I thought they would be... With all that I want to say that my weight loss is at a stand still but I'm ready to get my butt back into gear and do this right. I am by no ones standards a good bandster. As a matter of fact I am a VERY BAD BANDSTER. I let life get in the way of making good choices (or even ok choices) and my health takes a back seat to EVERYTHING else. When we moved to Utah our house in KC never sold... so now we have a foreclosure on our credit. We also had some very hard financial things going on and so our credit is SHOT. During this we TRIED to get approval to foster/adopt some more children so our daughter could have siblings that she so desired... This process was a GRUELING year of stress and heartbreak. So much so that I gave up and decided that we'd stay a home with one child. Fast forward to one year later: we decide to try again... and YAY!! we were approved to do foster care and within 2 weeks of that approval they placed 6 month old boy twins in our home. The boys are now 14 months old and the adoption will be final on June 30th. One of our boys has some pretty severe delays and so we have TONS of Dr's appts. This has also proven to be a VERY stressful time... Imagine that. With the finalization on the horizon things can only get better and we are DONE with foster care since our home is full. Also... Our daughter (who turned 4 in November) had surgery on her feet at the beginning of 2009 (right leg in January, left leg in February) and has been in casts since them. She FINALLY got both casts off a few weeks ago. Life has improved SO MUCH since she can walk and move again. So am I shocked that I haven't lost any weight?? NO... Am I shocked that I gained 30lbs?? NO... Am I amazed that it was ONLY 30lbs??? YES... and I thank my Band for that EVERY day. I will set this page as my home page so starting tomorrow I am FORCED to get back on track. It is my 4 year anniversary and I WILL WIN THIS BATTLE... :devil:

I too have failed my band... Pre-Surgery Weight = 321 Surgery Day Weight = 310 Date 05/26/05 Lowest weight = 221 Today's Weight = 255 And it's my own fault that I haven't lost more. In June I planned to pay for a year of fills AGAIN (if they still offer the special deal) and hope that it works this time... 4 years out and 66lbs down.. not enough

I've not been a very active member since I joined.. We are moving into our own house this weekend so I should be able to join in more once we get settled.. Hopefully I'll be able to start losing again when I'm no longer living in someone elses basement... Still no change in weight.. major plateau

I notice mine alot too.. Have since the beginning.. weird

The only problem I've ran into with drinking with or shortly after eating is that it makes me too full and I PB...

My life is just in too much turmoil right now.. So I'll have to pass on the challenges.. it's enough of a challenge to weigh in every week (which I havn't been doing...)

I'm on the Yahoo group.. it's dead too just like this forum.. very sad

I think I'm going to post a daily thread and see if we can get this forum active... don't know how many Utah Bandsters we have here.. but it can't hurt to try. Right now I'm on a plateau.. life is full of stress right now and that leads to bad food choices (of course of stuff that goes right through the band) Once we get truly settled here in Utah things will be easier (we just moved here from Kansas City - coming home to be near family)

There is a yahoo group called KCBandsters that you might want to check into. I just moved from KC to Utah so I'm not in Kansas anymore

The band is awesome.. I've lost 60lbs in the year I've been banded and I don't have to worry about it coming back..

:notagree Good night!! :notagree

SOrry.. life got in the way of this.. so I've dropped out :think

C 250 (-60lbs total, no change this week)

I have a denim skirt that is a size 16. I wore it many many years ago. At that time I weighed 190 so that has been my goal weight from the very beginning. Once I get into that skirt I'll evaluate the idea of a new goal weight

c = 250 no loss this week (life is in transition right now so don't know that I expect much loss) I plan to participate in the challenge but won't be able to post my stats for the first week of may as I won't have internet access. So if it's alright I'll keep track and post an update ASAP

I'm 11 months out... 1 yr bandiversary May 26th. So far I've lost 60lbs which puts me about 1/2 way to my original goal (we'll see how I feel once I get there) I'm very pleased with my weight loss so far. I'm not currently exercising and since I'm in the process of selling my house and moving I probably won't start until I get settled in to the new house (hopefully in a few months) I can eat most foods but sometimes bread is a real problem. Cookies go down way to easy and I'm fighting the sweet tooth demon this month. Too much stress I guess... I have about 2cc in my 4cc band.

Yesterday I was holding my great-nephew (25lbs) and my baby wanted me to hold her as well (another 25lbs).. They were SOOOOO heavy.. and I've lost 10lbs more than that (60lbs so far) and I just can't imagine how I got through the day.. I could only hold the two of them for a few seconds before I had to give one of them to my sister.

I'm in Utah now.. and there is a bandster support group on yahoo.. but it's not very active. They do have a monthly dinner get together ...

Well I emailed Dr. Hansen and explained the situation and he responded and told me they would be happy to take over my care. He suggested that I have my records faxed to the office and then we'll go from there

I grew up in Utah and I'm now moving back home. I've been in Kansas/Missouri for quite a while now but ready to get back to Utah. I was banded in May 2005. I will need to find a local fill/band Dr. once I get to town... Just wanted to say hi!!