Wheetsin

Didn't hurt me at all. I asked for ice chips so didn't really swallow any water. Then they made me drink a dose of painkiller. Didn't feel a thing.

I've heard that Dr. Malley will take MX patients. I do not know if he uses fluoro.

If you want to add an image to a post, click the "Go Advanced" button below the text entry area where you type your message. Scroll down and you will see "Additional Options." Within this area you will see "Attach Files." Within this there is a "Manage Attachments" button. Clicking that button will give you the option to upload pictures from either a local computer or the Internet. Instructions for this have been posted before, you might be able to find them if you try the search function (it's a bit wonky at times, but I've found that if you're good about the terms you use, you can get some great results). Glitter Maker generates the code you need to link, but they have several types of link options. Which are you trying to use?

I have known women who "became gay" after an abusive relationship. I don't think this means they were gay all along and just sort of realized one day she was hoosexual. I also don't think it means that, out of the blue, they suddenly found themselves attracted to women. I think that, through a series of events that changed behaviors and "what we're looking for", they found what they needed most in another woman. There are things that can happen in one's life that condition them to seek relationships with the same sex. This is neither something to fear or be ashamed of. It's a matter of finding someone who gives you what you need most at a particular point in time.

For me a sip is less than a mouthful, it's about the equivalent to what you take in when you're "slupring" a hot drink.

Sunta, your three pound gain wasn't fat. I'm filled well now, I just wish my restriction was a little more consistent (it's pretty mcuha given that I will have a hard time eating before evening). But I went underfilled, intentionally, for a long time. I was still losing weight, and it was nice to eat without pain. Plus my willpower was still with me, so sticking to bandster portions, even without the fullness that comes from restriction, wasn't a problem. If I were you, I would get a tiny fill. My last fill was 0.25 cc and it made a big difference. Here's why I recommend this. I have a tiny bit of regret that I wasn't tighter during my first 6 - 8 months of being banded. I lost a lot then. I've now lost about 5 lbs since January. My weightloss has essentially stopped dead in its tracks. This makes me wish I'd taken a little more advantage of it up front.

*I* wasn't invited to the given scenario, it was a co-worker's shower. I jsut posted for add'l opinions. I did have a shower Saturday though, but no doubts about what to buy. Though apparently what I brought - and my family in general - offended the future spouse's family. The whole thing was weird. I guess they were offended that our side of the family dressed nice, and theirs did not. They made several comments about us being uppity, rich snobs, etc. Funny thing - we weren't dressed up (e.g. I had on jeans, heeled pant boots, and a cami with a corduroy blazer over it... the same thing I'd wear to work on any given day, or out for a casual dinner. DH had on jeans and a cotton shirt). Anyway, I overbought, which - yeah, that's just me, but I wanted to help them out. They have nothing. One is fresh out of the dorms (my relative) and the other just moved out of mom and dad's. With their current career paths they aren't going to be big money makers, and will probably have a ahrd time financially for a few years. Apparently this offended the other family too. I was told by one of them "It's white trash of you to spend more on a gift than we make in a week." (I spent just over $105 WITH giftwrapping, which was at least $15 of it, I just got a lot for my money) They kept referring to us in a passive aggressive way as the "white collars." And when the food was brought out, someone made a comment about "They aren't going to eat of these forks, you'll have to bring out the silver." The new family is off to a good start, eh?

How did I forget this? WIRELESS NETWORKING!

Also keep in mind there are only what, three? companies that make the band, and one of them (AFAIK) isn't even FDA approved. It's not like you can just buy the generic. The FDA keeps tight regulations on things like this. And I got a patient packet from Inamed, which I assume only comes with the purchase of a band. I doubt they hand out packages that contain "information about your new band".

I never had (still don't) reason to doubt that my surgeon would use something other than indicated. As for hearing they were sold on ebay, maybe they were - maybe they weren't. Either way, don't assume it was a surgeon who bought them. Hell, if I saw one the same size as mine, I'd probably buy it. It would make it so much easier to try and explain to people how it works, and before when I've had the opportunity to "play" with a band (e.g. inject my fill level into it and see the difference in diameter) it has been fascinating. I wasn't offered a box, I'm sure it's not standard. I also wasn't offered my IV tubing, or any other packaging for anything used during my surgery. I also didn't ask.

Water retention, normal daily & weekly fluctuation. For the first few weeks you're losing weight, you have to expect some of it is water weight. Especially with the kinds of post-op diets we have. It's hard to NOT be in ketosis. You shed a lot of water weight fast when you enter ketosis. And when you break ketosis, it comes right back. You mentioned you've started eating normal - it's a strong possibility that this happened to you. Or just generic water retention. It's getting warm out, you're near TOM, you ate something high in sodium, who knows.

Yeah. It's not good.

When I was in highschool, during the summers I volunteered full time at the local hospital. I would also pick up some additional night hours if they needed help. The ER was one of my favorite places to work, but WOW. I had heard the urban legends, but people really so some outrageous things. There was one lady brought in for vaginal bleeding. She was BLEEDING. Ends up her boyfriend had talked her into shoving a hot lightbulb into her vagina. He had heard, and convinced her it was true, that the hot lightbulb would burn her lightly and that, in turn, would increase sexual pleasure - the burn "not causing lots of damage, but making your skin super sensitive." If I remember correctly, he started to push the lightbulb in, she told him to stop because it was burning too much, so he decided he would just to faster, she tensed up and *shatter*, broken lightbulb in the vagina.

I like shark. When I lived in San Diego we used to get fresh shark at the fish market. I had alligator for the first time, just the other day at a cajun restaurant. It was a very wet meat - beyond moist. At least how they prepared it. I haven't eaten that much weird stuff. No balut here, thank you. I've had moose, rattlesnake... once as a kid my parents tricked me into eating tongue. I spent a chunk of time in Belize... half of it on the cayes, and existed largely on conch that was caught as you ordered. Needless to say it sometimes took a while to get your food (why did we bother with a $3.50 lobster buffet?) I once ate a bite of fried brain sandwich. My grandfather had ordered it, set it down next to my tenderloin sandwich, and I picked up the wrong one.

I had it once, in July (that's when the family visits). But I have no limitations on the meats I can handle, I've just opted out of red meats (except for the very rare, and that is meant both ways, occasion). So I don't know if it would be any more band friendly than steak or not.

The band is very random. Yesterday I ate 1 bite of food because the one time I tried to eat, I ended up sliming over it. Of course, I also drank 1 drink of Protein shake because later in the day when I tried to drink one, I slimed over it too. Today I had some lobster bisque, white chicken meat with buffalo sauce, and chicken salad pan fried (faux melt) with a bit of cheddar on top, and pepperoni chips with cottage cheese. Oh, and 8 out of 10 days I have first bite syndrome until 6 or 7 at night, and then I'm wide open.

Request lidocaine. (It's seroma, btw). THat's a long time post-op to develop one. Was it there before and just never treated, or had it just shown up?

Buffalo is good. If you like buffalo, have you ever tasted ostrich? It's like the most lean, tender steak you can imagine. We have family that owns an ostrich farm and every year when they visit they bring some steaks up.

BTW, there's problem hair areas, and there's hirsutism. Have you ecer spoken with a doctor about it? Hirsutism can be a symptom of other conditions.

It can be related to being overweight (which impcts hormones). I believe that once the hair's there, it's there (unless you do something to remove it). In other words, losing the weight won't make the hair go away.

Thanks for all the opinions! All three are evening weddings. The first is an early evening wedding. We're slated to be seated at 5. It will be a longer ceremony. I don't know all the details, but the groom is military and the military does it's own to-do for weddings... I guess.

Who is she? (I'm missing something)

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Hmm. two issues off-hand. One would be the validity o the study (we always question that, don't we?) and the other would be their criteria for "lesbian." I firmly believe that people are born homosexual. I also believe that others are conditioned to homosexuality. In either instance, there is a lot of emotional baggage involved. Emotional baggage and obesity have a way of going hand in hand (you can look at professions that tend to "attract" people with emotional baggage and see much, much higher rates of obesity). But one could argue that obesity and poverty do as well. That certainly would never prove that lesbians are more likely to be impoverished than hetersexuals.

We're in Northeast KC near Liberty. Kind of right in the middle between Worlds of Fun and KCI. I like the KC Masterpiece sauce (though I prefer spicier sauces), but I was really disappointed in their food, and I've heard the same thing from others. Although I will say they have the BEST onion strings.