Josette

I'm so proud of you. i can see myself in those pictures and you're looking amazing. that's fantastic and you've inspired me to goto the gym myself. Keep up the great work!!!! Keep in touch!

Happy Birthday Jamie!!!!!!!!! ***big Birthday Hug!!!***

I had an appt for my 2nd fill in Port Huron yesterday at 3:30. I had my fill at 3:30ish and drank water and was doing fine. We went across the bridge to canada and were shopping in Sarnia Ontario when I decided to get a propel. One drink and the water wouldn't pass through so I had to go out to the parkinglot and throw it up. I waited a little bit..took another drink. Instant tight feeling in the chest and threw it up. At that point I'm spitting up my salvia so we decide to go back to the U.S. so after we cross the bridge I take another drink...throw up. So I call the after hours line because it's after 6pm by this time and they say "Dr. Boutt (my doctor) isn't on call tonight, Dr. Bhesania is so we'll have him contact you shortly" so 5 minutes later he calls me and I explain what's happening and that I'm from Lansing (2 hours away) but I'm still in Port Huron and he says "call the lapband center tomorrow morning and we'll get you in" and I said "but I'm still in port huron right now" and he says "but I'm not near the hospital. Call tomorrow and we'll get you in" and I said "you want me to drive back to Lansing tonight like this and drive all the way back tomorrow to get unfilled?" and he says "yes. I'm not near the hospital" So I said ok and hung up. I then drove directly to the hospital where the lapband center is and went to the ER and said "someone has GOT to unfill this right NOW because I'm in misery and I'm not driving back to Lansing like this and getting up tomorrow and missing work to drive all the way back here to get this out." So they called Dr. Bhesania and told him I was in the ER and asked him to come in (I'm hearing the conversation while I'm in my hospital room)and the ER doctor says "I don't know how to do that. I've never even seen it done. Ok.. Hold on" So the ER doctor comes over and asks to look at my stomach. So I show him and he pokes around for a minute and then goes back to the phone and says "I'm sorry but you have to come in. I don't know how to do it and I'm not going to try. No. You need to come in here" So he gets off the phone and you hear him talking to another doctor saying "He's a specialty doctor that's been trained to do that, I have no idea what I'm doing and I don't feel comfortable stabbing a long needle into that ladies stomach when I've had no training. Last thing I need is to get fired" and the other doctor says to him "no kidding...but I did hear they're hiring at the grocery store down the street" So an hour later Dr. Bhesania strolls in all cocky and asks 2 ER doctors to come in so he can show them how it's done. He emptied all the fluid out of my band and I had immediate relief. Now I have to call back today to get in there in the next week to get refilled with a little less fluid. I was SO stressed out. I have an appt next Tuesday with my doctor to have 1.5cc's put back into my band. I didn't get back home until midnight.

I had an appt for my 2nd fill in Port Huron yesterday at 3:30. I had my fill at 3:30ish and drank water and was doing fine. We went across the bridge to canada and were shopping in Sarnia Ontario when I decided to get a propel. One drink and the water wouldn't pass through so I had to go out to the parkinglot and throw it up. I waited a little bit..took another drink. Instant tight feeling in the chest and threw it up. At that point I'm spitting up my salvia so we decide to go back to the U.S. so after we cross the bridge I take another drink...throw up. So I call the after hours line because it's after 6pm by this time and they say "Dr. Boutt (my doctor) isn't on call tonight, Dr. Bhesania is so we'll have him contact you shortly" so 5 minutes later he calls me and I explain what's happening and that I'm from Lansing (2 hours away) but I'm still in Port Huron and he says "call the lapband center tomorrow morning and we'll get you in" and I said "but I'm still in port huron right now" and he says "but I'm not near the hospital. Call tomorrow and we'll get you in" and I said "you want me to drive back to Lansing tonight like this and drive all the way back tomorrow to get unfilled?" and he says "yes. I'm not near the hospital" So I said ok and hung up. I then drove directly to the hospital where the lapband center is and went to the ER and said "someone has GOT to unfill this right NOW because I'm in misery and I'm not driving back to Lansing like this and getting up tomorrow and missing work to drive all the way back here to get this out." So they called Dr. Bhesania and told him I was in the ER and asked him to come in (I'm hearing the conversation while I'm in my hospital room)and the ER doctor says "I don't know how to do that. I've never even seen it done. Ok.. Hold on" So the ER doctor comes over and asks to look at my stomach. So I show him and he pokes around for a minute and then goes back to the phone and says "I'm sorry but you have to come in. I don't know how to do it and I'm not going to try. No. You need to come in here" So he gets off the phone and you hear him talking to another doctor saying "He's a specialty doctor that's been trained to do that, I have no idea what I'm doing and I don't feel comfortable stabbing a long needle into that ladies stomach when I've had no training. Last thing I need is to get fired" and the other doctor says to him "no kidding...but I did hear they're hiring at the grocery store down the street" So an hour later Dr. Bhesania strolls in all cocky and asks 2 ER doctors to come in so he can show them how it's done. He emptied all the fluid out of my band and I had immediate relief. Now I have to call back today to get in there in the next week to get refilled with a little less fluid. I was SO stressed out. I have an appt next Tuesday with my doctor to have 1.5cc's put back into my band. I didn't get back home until midnight.

brandy, my 2nd fill is tomorrow. I'm excited. I only lost like 3 pounds. I lost 8 to begin with but gained 5 back already. blah! You're losing really well! I'm so proud of you!!!

that is awesome pebbles!!! You look great!

beautiful baby girl! I got one of my dogs out of the paper and the other one I got off of a freecycle. She's beautiful!

I hate this time of year. It's depressing to me and I've just got no motivation. I'm back up to 369. I don't know what to do with myself anymore. I'm going to try and make myself go to water arobic's this week. We'll see what happens.

I get my second fill on Election day. I'm looking forward to it because I don't feel a whole lot of restriction on my first one anymore. I'm sorry about the apple peel. Thanks for telling us though because i love eating apples and now I think I'll peel them before trying to eat another one. Sorry you're going through that though.

so I'm back up 4 pounds. I was down to 364 and today I was 368. My PMS is kind of out of whack too though so I don't know what the deal is. I need to workout. How is everyone? Any halloween parties this weekend?

We're the same height and almost the same weight and wear the same size shoe. We should go shopping together!

Soooooo....how about those tigers??? I believe God loves each and every one of us and wouldn't stop a man from marrying a man and a woman from marrying a woman. They're not hurting anybody and it's nobodies business. You hear about religion all the time and how they reject homosexuality but then you keep hearing over and over about priests molesting little boys. Where is their religion?

I can't even remember what my october goal was. anyone? anyone? hehehehe

Thanks ladies.. you're my hero's! hehehe... I'm back to 369 again. UGH! I need to workout. I went to the doctors yesterday and I have an ear infection so I'm taking antibiotics. Should I take it easy until it's cleared or just keep chuggin?

so I'm eating tons of pasta the last week. Now that the anniversary of my mom dying is past me I need to hop back on the wagon. Will someone please kick my butt and make me go workout??? Please????

hahahaha. that's funny carlene! Thanks for the info:)

me and DH are wanting to get an invisible dog fence for our dogs but have no idea what brand to get. Any suggestions??

except the chance to share the memory of my hero. My mom was 49 years old when she passed away a year ago today after suffering from ovarian cancer for 4 years. She was young and beautiful and taken from my family way to soon. It's amazing how much I've become like her in the year that she's been gone. I'm such a different person and it pains me that she's not here to see it even though I do know she is watching over me. I was best friends with my mother. It wasn't always that way of course. In my late teen and early twenties we didn't have a very close relationship but as I really became a woman we developed a strong bond. She was the biggest part of my life and that was taken away and now there's a massive void. My mom was a very inspirational person. She was a woodworker and she had her own business on ebay selling the stuff she made on her scroll saw. She was a master at her craft and spent hours everyday perfecting her creations before she sent them to destinations around the world. It makes me smile to think of things she created can be found all over the globe. She'd make things and paint quotes on them such as "turn your scars in to stars" and "We're all like snowflakes, one of a kind". I miss her!:confused:

down 28 pounds and I have 1cc in my 4cc band.

am I the only one on this highway that's still in the 300's???

Name...............Christmas…...To Go A1ikou...............240...............XX Aza.....................299..............XX BPM..................230...............XX candy444...........299................23 Elisabeth.............275................22 Ericsmom...........250................XX Indianlight...........280.................22 Josette................340................25 JulieNYC............235.................29 Ladydi................270 ................33 LapBandit...........250.................28 Libra...................270.................20.5 Mariguita.............290................XX NatesMommy.....275................XX Waterlily1072.....275................24

My scale is right on with my doctors scale. Which I really like. Libra, I'm down almost 30 now and I'm in the same size too though some of my pants are way loose.

Hey Molly! I'm suffering depression right now also. I just have to use very small plates to control my portions and I use the baby spoons and forks also to make sure I'm taking small bites and I sit my utencil down between bites to make sure I'm not shoveling in. I will watch tv when I eat and if I finish and i'm still hungry I watch a 30 min show first and if I'm still hungry at the end I'll get a little more. Goofy , huh? My first fill is working great for me. I went from 373 last tuesday to 367 today. YAY!

So I got my first fill on Tuesday Oct 2nd and weighed 373 at that time and this morning I weighed myself and I'm 367. YAY! The fill is working!!!

Yes that's my hubby. and thanks ladies. I had ANOTHER pb yesterday at dinner. Two of them. I'm making up for lost time apparently. Today I'm having oatmeal! hahaha. I've lost 3 pounds since tuesday. Candy... I might not envy you and just come down. hahahaha I'm 6'1" and hubby is 5'9"