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:eek: Hi Fleur!! Its good to hear from you again!! I have not been on the computer for a while and when i am its very quick,My life has been crazy lately!! :faint: Thanks to you and everyone else for their input, i really appreciate it and need it!! I am dissapointed that i am at a stand still,I will find out tomorrow how i have been this week as i weigh myself once a week at the end of the week to see how im going:clap2: . I hope you have been well and looking after yourself.Well I hope i start moving again and gonig well on my way!!!

:clap2: Hi Colleen I just noticed that you will be holding a get together in Lygon St. Is it the same as a normal get together? ive been banded for about 3 anda half months now and havent had the chance to meet up with anyone and would love to!! :eek: so i was wondering if thisis a general catch up or is it something in specific? Sorry if i sound a bit silly!!!:eek:

Hi guys, thanks to everyone that has replied so far,its good to hear that i am not the only one!! i didnt really think about the calorie counting thing so i will go on the FitDay.com site and see about that journal, does it tell you how many calories and sugar intake and all that stuff to take? I have had 3 fills all totalling up to about 2.5mls i think and i go in again to my doc at the start of august so i guess ill see what he says there if its still a problem for me. the other thing is aswell and i dont know if you guys have it but i have trouble to go to the toilet alot and cant pooh ( excuse my language!!!) for about 2-3 days at each time and i hate it and even then its a struggle!!. :mad: Well i do hope to hear from more people about this and to see what everyone else says and go through!! Take care everyone!!!:clap2: :hungry:

:think Hi there, i was wondering if anyone else has or is experiencing what i am right now!!:faint: I have had the band in me for about 3 and a half months now and for the first time i feel like i am at a total stand still!! i have not lost any weight for about 3 weeks now and its getting me down.I admit i do not excersise, my job is very physical and i do alot of moving around at work and by the time i get home i cant be bothered!! Has anyone else been at a stand still with their weight? I dont like it!!!

hope you all have fun on sunday ,wish i was going to be there, please let me know when there is a next one!! thanks!!!!

:faint: Hi guys, hope you have all been well, i havednt been on for a while, but i do hope all is well with everyone and everyone is happy, i have another appointment today with my doc so hopefully i get another fill!! anyways im also here to say that i wont be able to make it to the get together as one of my closest friends is having a christening/birthday for her soon to be 1 year old!! its going to be good but i wish i was coming to the get together!! ive been waiting so long and now i was so close yet too far away!!.I do hope everyone has a good time and hopefully there will be another one because i really want to meet everyone!!:think This sux but what can i do!!!Take care everyone and hopefully see another meeting posted soon!!:clap2:

cool im good for the 16th in willy, bout 11am is that right? where do we all meet?

:clap2: yep thats fine with me!! lets hope others can meet up too!! either willy or city is fine also, it doesnt bother me,look forward to hearing and seeing everyone!!:clap2:

im not from williamstown but it doesnt bother me where we meet to be honest,im fine with wherever it is!!!:clap2:

:clap2: Yay!! im good for a weekend too and 2nd weekend in july sounds good, will it be a saturday or sunday?

Im the same, i can also do a few so i cant really vote either!! i can do evenings and weekends as i work fulltime during the week!

:confused: I can do a sunday afternoon, so thatd be great if we could do that, i guess it is hard for everyone to agree on the same times and days,im sure we will all catchup eventually!!!:clap2:

Hi guys, well i cant do during the day as i work and have a full time job ,so i guess im out!!! unless theres a weekend one during the day!!

:second: Hi Cammy!, i dont really know when the get togethers are, im a newie to this as i have only been banded for about 7 weeks now and i have not heard of a get together yet but i am keen to meet up with others!! where abouts are you from? what days can you do?:clap2:

:clap2: Hi how is everyone? I just have which may be a silly question, but i recieved my first fill about 4 weeks ago and at first i could feel the fullness but now i feel like i can eat more!! :hungry: im going to go and see my doctor again on friday and hopefully get another fill and i will let him know,but has anyone else felt they can eat more after a fill? :cry I try not to eat more anyways,even though my tummy says its not full i stop anyways. Thanks and hope you are all doing well!! P.s Is anyone in melbourne still doing a get together?:clap2:

:clap2: hi there, thanks for everyones replies. In Australia it is a bit different, as one of the ladies said ,us adults arent able to order childrens food and if we did its alll pretty much hambergers, chips and nuggets, fried stuff pretty much!! This resturant that we wentto was more of a take away place so it was hard for me and i didnt get anything from there. I know at proper restaurants they have small size food portions(apetizers) so i know if i go to another one it wont be as hard ,but it was just wierd to go through that andfeel upset, i actually feel kind of silly now that i got upset over that!!:Banane41: :nanahump: I go and see my doctor again this friday so i dont really know what will go on there, maybe another fill? anyways thanks again and ill keep pple posted on progress nd and all that other stuff!!!

:faint: Hi how is everyone? well i have been banded for six weeks now and last nite i went with a couple of friends out for dinner, now i knew before we even went that it wouldnt have been as simple as before and been able to order what i wanted and i was totally fine with that because i do not regret having the band at all! im glad i got it!! But what actually happened was that i wasnt able to order anything at all!! the place we went to had no appetizers or small serves of anything whatsoever and just looking at the menu and seeing i couldnt order nothing made me feel left out and for some reason i got upset and had a little cry!!:cry i know it sounds silly and i did feel silly but i couldnt help it!!:hungry: did anyone else feel like this or still feels like this at times? Dont get me wrong ,like i said i have no regrets about the band at all, but for the first time i go to a resturant and could not order a thing and it was i guess sort of wierd! and then on top of that one of my friends offered me some of her food but then i thought, i dont want everytime that i go out to a resturant with friends that they have to feel like they have to offer me things or work around me!! i dont want to be not treated different but feel like it!! does anyone know what i mean? sorry if this sounds silly, but i feel like everyone her can somehow relate to eachother!!!!

:clap2: i have no kids , im free to meet up anytime after work! so im easy!!!:clap2: just let me know when and ill be there!!:kiss2:

:clap2: Thanks for the advice you guys!! i do feel bit betta now, my mum reckons its probably because i dont eat when my tummy says its hungry.Also when i do eat i always make sure that my food is chewd real well and wait 30 seconds to 1 minute between each fork/spoon full.I have never been a regular 3 meals a day girl, sometimes i would only have 2 meals a day sometimes just 1 meal a day. I have never really been a big eater so now eating 3 meals a day is something i gotta get used to since i got to do it everyday! before i had the band i could go all day without eating and feel fine but now with the band, if i dont eat my tummy plays up!! So now i know to eat when hungry or my tummy aches!!thanks again for everyones advice!! I love this site!!:clap2:

:help: Hi there, i was hoping some of you may be able to help me before i ring up my doctor and sound like a paranoid whinger! A week ago i got my first fill, now i dont know how much i got put in because he didnt tell me and i forgot to ask. now a few days later i am experiencing throwing up ( only once so far but feeling a second one coming on as i am writing this) and feel all weak and flustered. :cry Im also worried to eat now aswell as that was the case the first time when i threw up.I am still drinking water though. does anyone know what it may be. im not over eating and im not doing anything abnormal than what i have been since i had the band put in about 5 weeks ago!! :help:

:clap2: Thanks for getting back to me guys, hopefully it will be gone(the pain !!) soon, its annoying also because i cant sleep how id like to and im still restricted to doing things, its good to hear that otheres have had similar experiences to me.I too when wearing jeans feel a bit more sore so when i know i am sitting down for a while i unbutton so it doesnt dig in!!!:eek: I havent had any symptoms of redness or hotness or oozing so im sure that is a good sign!. and maybe the first fill i got did aggrevate it a bit since its still sore and then getting jabbed!! anyways hope to hear from others about their experiences!! thanks guys!:eek: :clap2:

:help: Hi There, was hoping to hear from others who may have or have had similar symptoms to me, I had my operation done at the end of march 2006 and although im glad that its working and the weight is coming off,i am still quite sore around the port area. I still get sharp pains and soreness,am i just being paranoid?:paranoid .I had my first fill a week ago and im wondering if that could have possibly brought on the pain a bit more,i rang the doctors office and they told me that it cant have but if still hurting to call them on monday being 1st may 2006. Has anyone else had pain still last for this long and if so what kind of pains and also if anyone else has had other things going on?!!:nervous hope to hear from you soon, and hoping the doctor will tell me its all normal!!!:clap2:

Hi ,Me again!! well i dont mind if its in the city, so its central for anyone, im pretty kool with where it is providing i got some notice so i can organize or cancel something!! let me know,itll be good to catch up with others who have had this done!! hope to meet up soon!!!

Hi FEe and Jenny ,thanks for the replies!! Hey fee what do you mean they are out by 3 kgs? do you mean his add more or we actually less? im going by my scales!! mine are betta too!!Yeah i got my fill on monday 24th april but ever since then the pain is more again, just when it was dying down slowly, it started up again,i rang the doctors office and the reception said that if its still sore by monday 1st may to call back, has anyone else had their pain after the surgery last for a month or more now? im going on 4 weeks now and still hurting!!

well ill be looking on here to check when the next one is!!