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Did you see Oprah and her two Dr friends? I was so glued to my set! If I knew what they were discussing many years ago I dont think I would have taken my weight gain with such a cavalier attitude. I was moved to tears for my whole family. I have such a new found motivation to clean out my cabinets of all the junk and letting them hate me if they want to. I am strong enough in my love for them to make that stand. I know it is going to be a major process, but I wont be able to look myself in the mirror in a few years if I at least dont try. They are worth it. I am worth it. I need to get the book they just published. Im going online to her website to find out the name of it and will post it later. What a program. Wow Ok its called YOU:on a diet by Dr. Oz and Dr.Roizen and there is a program on Discovery Channel Nov.3 check for time in your area.

I fess, did it with fried chicken. I savored every second. I did spit and must say that after a couple of times, I regained my composure, ahem, and moved forward. I dont consider myself a bad banster, just a human bandster! Its much better than what would have happened before banding, when I would have happily devoured about 3 pieces..... Much better.

Hey John, I was so sorry to read your post, the pain of your heart was so clear. I hope you are feeling a bit better now that a few days have passed, but it will be a long time befor you can make sense of this, if there is any sense to this at all. There is a world of hurt and hurting people will hurt other people. This is why I love Christ Jesus. He healed my hurt. I believe that there is a spiritual realm that is more "real" than this physical world we are in now. I truly believe that it existed before the world was made and it will continue to exist after the world is gone. I also believe that there are real demons that have no other purpose but to kill, steal and destroy. I beleive that without Christ to protect us we are "exposed" to the damage these things can create. Your friends only hope lies in Christ Jesus, both in his forgivness, and redemption. He will harvest the crop for the seeds he has sewn, but with Christ Jesus he can begin to sew good seed. He will have to face prison, sadly and he will have to humble himself before God. But I also believe that compared to the holiness of God, we are all guilty and deserve what we get here on earth. We are only redeemed by the forgivness from Jesus, that we can all be reconciled to God the father. I hope you can find peace in the middle of all this. Evil is evil and it is real. We will all someday bend our knee before God almighty, either willingly or not. What amazese me is that while we are here on earth He gives us our free will to choose to love Him and accept his covering or not. He is all powerfull, yet He allowes us to choose. Isnt that amazing? God bless you and may He give you the wisdom to do what ever it is to do in the middle of all this. This is not unlike something I went through, I would not have overcome without Jesus. I will always love Him.

My heartburn was not helped by previcid, nexium or protonix. I was told to drink 1 tsp of apple cider vinegar. That cured me so fast, and it wasnt the taste of the vinegar. I was told that the sphincter muscles that properly close off the esophagus are stimulated to close by the proper ammount of stomach acid. If your acid is refluxing, its because the acid is splashing up where there is no mucus lining. The way to prevent this is to close the door to the esophagus. I thought this was crazy and counter intiuitive, but I cant argue with such good results. I am completely confident that the vinegar did this for me. I used it for about three or four days when I felt the reflux. It was amazing. It was uncomfortable for about one half minute, then peace! After about ten minutes, I drank water and was completly fine. Its worth a try.

May I appeal to vanity? I find that my skin is much less like crepe when I am hydrated. It is very important to you to drink water, it facilitates cleansing out your burned calories, ie fat. It really helps you to loose weight. You run the risk of kidney stones, and gall bladder problems if you are chronically underhydrated. I understand that for women, their skin is the dip stick of your overall heallth. Your skin is telling you to drink. Another thought is that sometimes when you feel hungry, you really are thirsty. I also believe that muscles burn fat better when they are hydrated. So to my way of thinking, you do not want to sabotage your own weightloss efforts. Drink, drink,drink!!

Sometimes bending over forward and holding your chin up will do it. I bend over to tie my shoes and on my way up many times I release trapped air that I think I just swallow. I know that after you loose weight, sometimes your ability to burp returns. so, keep your chin up!

You know what? You could have a serious dip in your potassium levels, as weitght loss and drinking a lot of water can cause this. Once after water exercise, I couldnt "recover" after about an hour. Your heart must have potassium to beat regularly and potassium levels can change drastically in day after day. I had an ambulance ride that day and my potassium level was called critacal. I had to take that supliment daily for quite a while to b ring the level to an acceptable spot. I also was experiencing dry and cotton like saliva, even after drinking water. I hope you are ok!

STOMP STOMP CLAP, STOMP STOMP CLAP, WE WILL, WE WILL ROCK YOU UUUHHHH WE WILL WE WILL ROCK YOU. BLAMMMM ohh Crystal I hope that tumor board finds favor for you and sets it as a priority to deal with it, enough is enough that thing has got to go!! one way or another. Keep on pressin in babe your gonna get there! Petunia... BE GONE

Thank you so much everyone, I was plagued by migrains in 2002. I had several diagnosis, My dentest said I had TMJ and gave me a bite guard, My chiropracter said my atlas was out of adjustment, my eye Dr. said I needed bifocals, My gynocologist said I had too much estrogen and finally my headache specialist said I had been a migraineur all my life but only recently did they get extream. My only relief came from zomig and imetrex and something I got in an IV a few times. The real amazing thing is that those meds precipitated a spastic coronary artery and I needed emergency angioplasty and a stent placement. That totally stopped my migrains. Totally, it was truly amazing. So evidently the heart was needing more blood and caused my body to vasodialate. I then learned that those meds caused vasoconstriction, waayy bad for the heart. Please have your heart checked if you have cronic or increasing migrains. Women have very different sypmtoms for heart problems, I had no classic symptoms, sweating, numbness, pain in the sholder or arm etc. I only felt cold under my left underarm. Really check out your heart. I found that for these recent headachs, I was gettilnlg dehydrated. The day after I wrote this, I purposed to drink tons of water and fast everything else. I rested and drank and drank. I ended the head pain and now I will try this before I try any meds if it happens again. I just was amazed that the nausea just turned on in one second. Totally wierd. I will admit that if I get any more headachs I will asap call my surgeon for his advice. I have printed these post for reference, there is a lot of info here, its all worth checking out. Thanks you guys! and btw I want to say Hi to Vines!!!

Has anyone had migrains that caused vomiting with the band in place? I have a history of them in the past, but not for several years. Now Ive had a headach sort of like a migrain but not as severe, the thing is that durring dinner, Its as if a switch turned on and I was sevearly nauseated. I had to go and loose my dinner. I remember this happening before with migrains. I wanted to know if anylone has needed meds for this while having the band. I really hope this is a fluke.

Dear Marc, I was sooo touched by your post. I know that you are loved even if you cant feel it right now. Your precious hands used for caring for others but not necessarily for caring and loving yourself. That is a betrayal I have felt too. How can I treat myself any less than I treat others? I am glad you are getting the band, I love and hate mine, It reveals more about me than any other thing I have experienced in my life so far. It also brings me many questions. You will need to keep connected to some form of support, we all do. I find this site to be very supportive and helpful. One more thing, I believe you are Gods masterpiece. He is a patient artist and we see the tapestry from the underside, all the knots, loose ends and split threads. He has the vantage point that is the presentable side as He sees us through the eyes of Christ Jesus. With perfection. Please know that you are not flawed workmanship. I know your service to others in your profession has come from the heart of love, and all good and perfect gifts are from above. I am glad to have "met" you my brother!

Way to really GOOO!!! Girl you are gone! So proud of you and you are an inspiration! Wowwee Zowee!! wooot!

Dear Vines, It looks like the only thing consistent with Pitunia, is inconsistency! I have had to chuckle that out of the blue, you were surprised with such a nice weight loss, Doesn't that still count as an NSV, even though its on the scale? or would that be a SV? We wouldn't want to much consistency now would we? Bless you Moms turn for the better even if she is miffed, She is probably dealing with things out of shock. Will see you soon!!

Dear Jackiehailely, No, everyone does not cough up black junk. This was quite rare and the DR.s are on top of it now, as they should be. Read the details of this thread and see the concern of everyone. This forum is for support, not diagnosis and that is just what took place here!

Dear Friends, I pray for these needs and you for lifting them up for the power of prayer, I believe that there are many miracles waiting to be given and I am so blessed to hear that so many of the needs seen here have been met and at least helped. The baby coming home, that is so special and the family with a new baby, and others where health has been restored and in process. I still wait to hear from the Lord about family restorations and addictions. I have heard of many miracles in my own life. God is amazing. The weekend retreat was so powerful, lots of freedom for the participants. Whom the Son sets free, is free indeed!! I really feel it in my gut when I hear about strokes, Our dear family and friends get so hurt when they loose the ability to return to the health they once enjoyed. How terrifying. I really need the Lord to help me to remember to pray more frequently for this!! Bless you all.

To my way of thinking, even if I did not loose weight with the band, I do believe it would at least keep me from gaining at the rate I was. I was on a path to oblivion, and Now I know more about myself than I could have imagined. Getting food out of the equation for me was purely phenomenal. I'm 100% glad I had it done.

Rett, I'm praying for you right now, Please let us know how you are doing, and let the room at home and the cares that it brings lay, all those things can be taken care of later!! I hope you are at the ER right now!!!

Thats a lot to read through without letting your emotions get out, what a beautiful couple of poems. How heart moving.

I guess thats one great tool chest, to good to put down! Did anyone ask you if you needed help?

You bring up a correct point, there or lots of funnies like, Is this seat occupied? When no one is there? You really mean has this seat been claimed, or is anyone sitting here? Should we answer I cant see anyone there right now?

Dear Friends, This weekend I will be attending a ministry retreat called the Cleansing Stream. I have attended for several years and have come away with my faith so fortified. My request is for the attendees, that they receive a fresh revelation of the amazing love of Christ Jesus. And I request prayer covering for the people that provide the ministry, that they hear from the Lord, and that all attendees will have travel mercies. God always shows up and blesses his bride. Thank you!

I wonder if I am fooling myself, but I like to look nice, I don't have the look of a model, just try to keep my appearance as if I care about myself and that I am worth the care. I do it for me, and If others do or don't like it thats not really worth my concern. If others want to do more or less than I for appearances, Its OK, I don't judge them for it. As long as some one is clean thats what matters. If someone sits in front of a TV and gets their jollies off criticizing others, its not about appearances, its about trying to make themselves feel better about something. It may not have anything to do with beauty at all.

Somebody please give that boy a hug and a puppy, Who on earth would make a headstone for a man named Santa without a disclaimer!!!

Dear Dianchef, It sounds like that some calls could have already have been made. Please tell your friend to be proactive and get her husband into some kind of family counseling or anger management classes, that way when or if some one from CPS calls she will have done the responsible action, possibly the same first step they would have taken. This way they will be able to make a positive statement about the family that is already in charge of their own behavior for the sake of the kids. They will have no opportunity to have to take action if action is already made, right? There is certainly no harm in getting some kind of counseling. and trust me, usually these things escalate. I have known families in crisis, and the abusers never are proud of what they did, they are usually remorseful, rarely do they however seek help. The children are needing help. Children always have a way of believing that they were the cause of the problem, when usually the children are just being children. Please do not remain silent with this information!!

Yes, the hunger will go, My head hunger lasted longer and comes and goes. But believe me after 45 lbs down, there is a definite change!! Keep your chin up!!