mini_me

happy band/birthday!! GL and SR!!

well, i went and played bingo. i could have justwalked in and handed them my money and walked out. i did not get to yell bingo, and phew, am i stiff...

(((hugs))) i am so sorry!

so, which one did you get? i didnt see that site when i was shopping around. i got the bali and smooth bracelet with a round sterling silver charm and an oval watch face from the beadin' beagle web site.

bups..i am so sorry you are in such pain. i havent had this type of experience, so i do not have any advice to offer. but know that i am thinking about you...get well soon!!

is cadeusus the symbol onthe bracelets?

These are the morning of surgery, March 13, 2006. DH took the pics, his is not well known for his abilities as a photographer...:phanvan **please note that this is not my smile, i had just put chat stick on and was rubbing my lips together...dh snapped the pic, it was supposed to be a full body shot anyway..:rolleyes **notice the cheerleading skirts in the bottom right hand corner of pics, those were mine from high school, about 11-12 inches wide, maybe a 22 inch waist....ARG!! They won't even fit my thighs now...:confused: My DSiL was kind enough to snap this one at the family reunion two days before surgery...:omg: So you see, not so mini of me...Hey Tricia, i told you mine was bigger, butt, i mean but, here, take this :scared: As soon as I lose enough inches, I will post some after pics, side by side with these...

dang tilly, i NEVER win, i truly play because i love to play... i'm such a loser!! Tricia, i think that once i lose down to my goal, i am going to tell the world. i just do not want to keep everyone up to par with the play by play action. you know, we are at a lucheon, and the jealous fat girl says,"OH MY GOSH, YOU CAN EAT THAT!!!??" i just want to wait until i am where i want to be. (I work with a bunch of jealous wannabe's, I make about 35k a year there, and they only make about half that much. and i know our insurance has an obesity exclusion. the only reason i was able to get this surgery is because my husband's career keeps him LOADED..gotta love that right? since those moo's likely would not be able to get the band, they would make it into a tool of satan, if you know what i mean. they are already such bundles of negativity, i do not need the negative energy to directed at me. i am pretty sure they will be envious just seeing my weight loss...blah blah blah)

well, my husband, he doesnt want to walk, he wants to run a marathon. when he exercises, he is an intense maniac. he has a job where he flies in planes a lot, and about once a week he spends the night in some exotic city. ok not really exotic, but tonite he is in philadelphia. for a texas gurl, thats perty ekksotic! dern, if we lived closer together, we could walk!! i stillhavent discovered anyone in this neighborhood who has had this done, although, i am sure that at least one of these rich bee-yatches have had this done. i really do not want to have to report to the world my progress. i just know that if i let everyone know i had this done, that every time someone greeted me, it would be with a comment about my weight, or an update to the amount of weight i lost. this is just a very personal journey, i am a work in progress. i will show the world the finished product. (how did i get on this subject??) my goal is to walk for 30 minutes tomorrow evening.

hey bups, isnt jack the greatest?!!

well, wobble wobble, hope the smoke doesnt make me cough, cuz man that hurts, and i bet my face would show it, i would have to go without a bra, and boy would the girls cause an uproar if they were in public without their harnesses, and those old gossippy ladies might notice that my breeches are unbottoned. i have no sweats that are acceptable in public. oh well, tricia, i guess if i TRULY wanted to go, i would have. sounds like fun right now. i need to go for a walk or something. it is dark now, so i could pull it off.

i dont know why, i just really wish i would have gone and played bingo tonite. i am really tired of being couped up in the house. my band is a big secret, so i have tried to stay out of site, out of mind, until i am back to my old self...GOSH I WANNA SCREAM BINGO!

my liquids stage (first 24-48 hours) included cream of wheat, oatmeal, Protein shakes, any blenderized soup, bananas, cooked veggies(stay away from the fibrous ones like celery and asparagus), blenderized chicken with some mayo, etc etc. they called it the clear liquid stage, but the paperwork said it was liquid stage and described the above. i have the tight feeling in my chest too. sometimes it occurs when i know i have no food in me. it reminds me of braxton-hicks contractions. no pain, just tightness...

my discharge instructions included that i should go to the emergency room if i have an emergency, but do not UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES allow a stomach tube to be placed. maybe your doc looked at you crazy because you had the good idea before he did? i ordered my bracelet today. really cute one, with a watch and all. I used "The Beadin' Beagle" it ended up costing 60 bucks, but i used my dh's debit card. i used the suggestions above, and included lap-band, my name, ice contact phone number(DH), lap dr's name/phone, no stomach tube w/o endo, etc.

yep i am pretty hungry. i am on mushies though. i think i listed the foods i ate today on the thread where someone called you mr. walken, WHICH, i thought was rather humorous...my hubby is going to grill me some fish tomorrow...yums!

mr. walken...tee hee... i am doing mushies now. i can eat fish, eggs, my doc even lets me eat chicken salad, as long as the chicken i in very small parts. the nurse calls it blenderized chicken salad. since chicken does not exactly have the best attitude in the blender, i mix, mix, mix, mix. i am having a hard time interpretting my body's new feelings. i think it may be hunger, then sometimes, i think i may be in labor, and having braxton hicks contractions, but i know i am not pregnant...hee hee... i have twice eaten 7-8 little bites and all of the sudden felt as though i had overeaten. so i took a couple of sips of Water, hoping to help the food pass. i guess it will be a lot of trial and error( erring on the safer side i hope). what i ate today... water, lots of it room temp mozzerella (2 small cubes, chew into a liquid) yogurt bite of a reeces(bad, bad me) spoonful of tuna with dab of mayo(ugh!) Protein shake banana 5oz skim milk i may have another shake before the evening is over. not sure... bups, i am 24-48 hours Clear Liquids, then 4 weeks of mushies to including fish, eggs, bananas, melon, etc. the nurse said that i could pretty much eat anything as long as it was blenderized to the consistency of baby food.

robin, so glad you are home and on track to a proper recovery. my heart goes out to you for what you had to go through. i am confident that in the end, it will all be worth it!! i am sending lots of hugs to you!!

THANKS SISTER! i just went and read the whole thread. i will be calling my band "twister" after my middle childs imaginary friend...

I Think I Will Call Mine Twister, As I Am Having A Hard Time Explaining All Of This To My Kids. Twister Was My Middle Childs Imaginary Friend. He Was About Three Inches Tall, Had A Purple Afro, And His Skin Was Orange. I Had To Buckle Him In The Seatbelt When We Were On The Road. From Time To Time, David Would Forget About Twister On The Car Trips, And I Would Not Have To Buckle Hime In(or So I Thought He Forgot About Him.) When I Would Then Ask Him Where Twister Was, He Would Tell Me That They Were In A Fight, And David Was Making Him Run Beside The Car!! Hehehehe! I Wondered If This Was Healthy For David, And Decided That As Long As David Did Not Have Bruises From Their Fights, It Was All Going To Be Ok. So I Will Call My Band Twister, And Tell My Kids That Twister Is Helping Me To Get Healthier. I Think They Will Have A Better Time Understanding That Than They Are With Just Seeing My Incisions And Wondering How The Heck That Could Be Healthy!! Also, I Think We Should Start A Thread About What **we** Think Vinesqueen's Band Should Be Called. Vines, I Needed You Last Week, I Was Having A Pity Party For Myself, And Needed Someone To Smack Me Out Of It...this Time It Was Not Rice-a-roni Related.

i need some help people....

:evil: did someone say "Saayyy-tunnnnnn???"

i read somewhere that folks like to name their band. i looked for a thread on the topic, but couldnt find it. if one exists, could someone please bump it? if it does not exist...well, lets hear it!! WHAT DID YOU NAME YOUR BAND AND WHY?

i was thinking i need a medical alert id bracelet to ensure that a stomach tube is not put in, resulting in injury. does anyone have thoughts on this? does anyone on here design this stuff, fashionable i mean? what should be written on the tag?

i wish i could bring you some of this stuff. call your surgeon and ask for them to call some of this out for you. i am so sad that i have all of this stuff and you need it. i wish we lived closer. i would bring it to you in a heartbeat!!

hey bups, my pain came 48 hours or so after surgery. sounds like they werent as bad as yours. my neighbor lady is a nurse, and her doctor office specializes in the gastro stuff. she gave me some "NuLev" and it worked wonders. it dissolves under your tongue, doesnt make the gas go away, but relieves the muscle spasms that accompany the gas. allowed me to sleep more comfortably. call the doc and ask for some. i am sorry you are so uncomfortable. just hold on, a couple more weeks and we will all be good as new, or better! luvs and hugs!