Elisabethsew

Faith, let us know how the surgery went when you're feeling up to posting. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

July 4th Challenge Week 8 Name.............................Starting….Current…...Goal….....To Go losingjusme..(Christine)......317...........291 .............295...........-4 tann.............(Tammy)........257.......... 231..............232......... ..0 juliegeraci..........................232.......... 232..............220...........12 Josette..............................340.......... 329..............315...........14 Inner_me.....(Chris).......... ..306...........295 .............280...........15 Elisabethsew..(Elisabeth).. .281....... ...270 .............260...........9 Waterlily1072...(Nicole)...... 278..... .....272 .............252...........20 Libra..(Angela)................... 230...........219........... ..205...........14 Lapbandit……...............… .208………..206……..…..185…….....21 RidinMyHDDream.(Carol).. ..281...........269 .............256...........13 FaithMD............................ 341.5........322..............310.. ........12 The scale is moving and I've got 9 pounds to go to make my goal. I hope to kiss the 70's bye-bye this week.

July 4th Challenge Week 8 Name.............................Starting….Current…...Goal….....To Go losingjusme..(Christine)......317...........305 .............295...........10 tann.............(Tammy)........257.......... 231..............232......... ..0 juliegeraci..........................232.......... 232..............220...........12 Josette..............................340.......... 329..............315...........14 Inner_me.....(Chris).......... ..306...........296 .............280...........16 Elisabethsew..(Elisabeth).. .281....... ...271 .............260...........10 Waterlily1072...(Nicole)...... 278..... .....272 .............252...........20 Libra..(Angela)................... 230...........219........... ..205...........14 Lapbandit……...............… .208………..206……..…..185…….....21 RidinMyHDDream.(Carol).. ..281...........269 .............256...........13 FaithMD........................ ... 341.5........324..............310.. ........14 Tann, congratulations on meeting your challenge and going beyond! You're an inspiration. I'm maintaining this week but will have an "official" weigh-in when I see the surgeon's PA next Monday. I've been very strict with my eating plan this past week so the scale should move in a few days. Good luck to everyone.

Hi Chris. I'm sorry to hear that you had such a terrible time of it with the Costochondritis. As an RN, I would encourage you to make a follow-up appointment with your regular MD or a cardiologist. Costochondritis is not common in the 30-40's age group so it would be best to get more testing to make sure you're OK. Since costochondritis can either be viral (reponds to anti-inflammatory meds such as motrin) or bacterial (you'd need an antibiotic), blood cultures would determine which type you had. I hope you have a better night.

You've got to have lobster in Maine, see the mansions in Newport, Rhode Island, and the beaches in the Hamptons and Montauk on Long Island, NY.

Good point, Libra. What I find is that I can't "go off" my eating plan at all. If I do, I have a very hard time getting back on the band wagon. I went out to dinner twice this weekend to celebrate 2 birthdays and "prepared" for eating a bigger dinner than normal by eating a late breakfast and only having some fruit for lunch. I skipped the bread (I'm addicted to hot bread) and appetizer and enjoyed the entree without feeling stuffed. Some people do great splurging a day and going right back to healthy eating the next day. I wish I were one of them. It all comes down to doing what works best for you and only you know what that is.

Sometimes people focus on the negative. The truth is not everyone loses weight with the lapband and the lapband booklet states people lose an average of 60% of what they need to. You Mom is likely looking at that information and weighing (no pun) it against the risks of surgery. Why not invite your Mom to visit this site and look at the before and after pictures so she can SEE the results people have with this surgery?

Thanks, Tann. I post my starting weight on the day I had the surgery rather than my highest before the surgery since that seems to be how most people calculate their loss. I loved it when I went below 400 and 300 and the next milestone will be when that bar on the scale moves off the 250 pound marker. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.

Katie, You'll get into the twos so don't worry. My highest weight was 440 pounds. I had surgery at 351 pounds and I made it into the twos. I'm determined to make it into the ones but I'm not looking that far ahead. I shoot for mini-goals of 10 pounds each. You'll get there.

CONGRATULATIONS, ANGELA!!! Change your ticker, announce it in the "who's lost 100 pounds" thread, and do something special to celebrate this GREAT milestone.

Congratulations on the losses, Tammy and Faith. Nicole, I hear you! When the weather gets warmer, I'm outside doing more but than means I have less time and interest in preparing food. On one hand you're moving more (that's good) but it's easier to just "see what's around" when you're hungry rather than having a prepared menu (bad). I guess it's all about balance. I now try to prepare whatever I'll be eating for the day in the AM so it cuts down on the "grazing."

July 4th Challenge Week 7 Name.............................Starting….Current…...Goal….....To Go losingjusme..(Christine)......317...........305 .............295...........10 tann.............(Tammy)........257.......... 236..............232......... ..04 juliegeraci..........................232.......... 232..............220...........12 Josette..............................340.......... 329..............315...........14 Inner_me.....(Chris).......... ..306...........296 .............280...........16 Elisabethsew..(Elisabeth).. .281....... ...271 .............260...........11 Waterlily1072...(Nicole)...... 278..... .....272 .............252...........20 Libra..(Angela)................... 230...........221........... ..205...........16 Lapbandit……...............… .208……….206……..…..185…….....21 RidinMyHDDream.(Carol).. ..281..........276 .............256............20 FaithMD........................ .. 341.5........327..............310.. .........17 I'm down 2 pounds this week and hope to kiss the 70's good-bye in another week. Angela, you're so close to leaving the 2's... congratulations. Good luck to everyone for a losing week.

Nope, it's not just you. Some people have increased restriction when they fly, some are increased in the AM, some are increased when it's their time of the month, etc. Our bodies are composed largely of water so it's natural to feel "looser" on some days and tight on others. Just another quirk of the band.

Heaven knows that are PLENTY of dating sites out there and a good majority of them are targeted to specific audiences. There are gay sites, straight sites, big and beautiful sites, christian sites, jewish site... and on and on. I would rather invest my time exploring sites that I find interesting to me rather than wasting time complaining about sites that don't allow X,Y or Z. Quite frankly, I'd prefer people got this upset over the fact that there are so many Americans who can't afford health care and a large amount of elderly Americans who can't retire because they can't afford to pay for their Rx medications. That's my spin on things.

You look great! Thank you for sharing the pics and congratulations on your loss.

I know my surgeon operates on people with high BMIs and I would suggest you "let your fingers do the walking" and call a few of the surgeons in your area. Most have PAs or NPs working with them to answer these questions. Best of luck to you.

You can easily feel my port but it does not hurt or interfere with sex.

I never bothered checking out that site as the commercials were a turn-off. There is another company called chemistry.com that is advertising now and offering the first 5 matches for free. I haven't looked into it because I JUST now saw that commercial.

You definitely need an unfil and should see your surgeon ASAP. If you can't keep water down, you risk dehydrating and will eventually need IV fluids.

There is no need to remove the saline under x-ray. In fact, most people don't even get fills under it. Your MD just needs to numb the area with lidocaine, insert a needle and aspirate the saline into the syringe until he/she can't aspirate anymore. Essentially, you'll have no restriction but you also won't have the complications of the baby's growth causing reflux with an inflated band.

It was most likely a staph infection and they can only be cured by lancing them. Once they are opened and the pus drains out, the hot soaks keep it open and draining. The antibiotic does the rest of the job. In 5-7 days, you're cured so you won't have to worry at all about your surgery be canceled.

The band is deflated for the entire 2nd and 3rd trimester of your pregnancy. There are no complications associated with pregnancy and the band so listen to your MD. Best ofluck to you and hubby.

As those of us who work with patients in critical care units know, physician assisted "suicide" has been going on for MANY years. It's not documented but it's done. I think it's important for people to make their wishes known legally. It's also very interesting to take a stance when you're healthy because when you're actually in a life/death situation, your stance just might change. I have two examples: 1. My father was in septic shock and dying. He battled for a solid month in the ICU. The time came when all his systems were failing and I told me father that if he wanted to rest and be out of pain, I would see to it that he would comfortably go. The entire family was around the bedside and he said, "I want to fight." We were all shocked but I told him if that's what he wanted, he and I would fight together. He lived about another 10 days. I made him a DNR so he was spared CPR, etc. but he died on his terms. 2. I have a heart condition that has no cure. Working with the critically ill patients for so long made me declare that I would NEVER want to be placed on a ventilator to breathe for me. Well, the day came when my heart "acted up" at work. I was placed in a wheelchair and rushed to the ER. It was so hard to breathe and I remember thinking, "Soon they'll put a tube in to help me breathe and I'll feel better." I offer these two examples as food for thought...

July 4th Challenge Week 7 Name.............................Starting….Current…...Goal….....To Go losingjusme..(Christine)......317...........305 .............295...........10 tann.............(Tammy)........257.......... 236..............232......... ..04 juliegeraci..........................232.......... 232..............220...........12 Josette..............................340.......... 329..............315...........14 Inner_me.....(Chris).......... ..306...........298 .............280...........18 Elisabethsew..(Elisabeth).. .281....... ...273 .............260...........13 Waterlily1072...(Nicole)..... 278..... .....272 .............252...........20 Libra..(Angela)................... 230...........222........... ..205...........17 Lapbandit……...............… 208……….206……..…..185…….....21 RidinMyHDDream.(Carol).. ..281..........276 .............256............20 FaithMD........................ .. 341.5........327..............310.. .........17 Congratulations, Tammy! You'll be zooming into wonderland before you know it. I lost 1/2 pound this week but only count full pounds so I'm leaving my stats as is. Tomorrow, I get my 8th (and hopefully final) dose of weekly intravenous iron. It appears I don't absorb iron and my levels were so low that I had to get it IV. Cheers to all the losers this week.

Hi Debra, Regurgitating at night is not healthy and it's a sign that you're overfilled. To prevent complications, you really should schedule a small unfill.