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Hey all....congrats to all of us for making it this far and still maintaining our sanity (kinda!). Yayyy us!!! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: Happy July everyone and keep up the good work. I've been losing slowly as well but am hoping things will turn for the better once I experience this mystery called restriction. I go for my 3rd fill on Thurs....some of you may know that they couldn't fill me last week (read my thread on the frickin' fills!!) so I'm hoping it goes better this week; I'm a wee (read "lots") bit anxious about it! Everyone is doing great!!! High 5s to y'all!!

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahvelous!

Oh, Mandi knows alright Cloe....don't kid yerself....she is sly like that; I know the type well!!!! hehe

All the best to ya CanadaSunshine!!! Maybe the breakdown part won't come; hey...it can happen!!! I hope it is easy peasy (I'm sure it will be). Enjoy TO if you can and we'll see ya on the other side!!!! :canada: :canada:

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm 9". Sounds nice!!! or...ummmmm...uh...are we still talking about subs??

Hey Cloe. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe you've had a fill yet....right? If not, then YES>...go and get the fill....otherwise you will have no restriction. As for the golfball thing....your body is just trying to get used to things and may be reacting to it ...and this is its way right now. But, that doesn't mean you have restriction. I had that feeling for a couple of days as well and it went away. I can't comment much more than that since I don't have restriction .....but I will say....if you don't have a fill yet....certainly don't "not" get it because of the golfball feeling (which may only be temporary).

I can sympathize....but lap band is the wrong "cure" or answer to the problems of bulimia and binge eating. It is like taking a drug for cancer to help with an acne problem. Not making a judgment here, only saying that that it is the incorrect "drug". Sorry to say, but if any surgeon does band you, knowing the problems that exist, he/she is completely unprofessional and borders on unethical.

Btw, Argon and Time2Live....what on earth are you two doing on here so late???? Do your parents know where you are????!!!!

*bows down*. We are not worrrrrrthy.

Yup, it's all about the liver. Shrinking the liver results in a better surgery...all around. It makes it easier for the surgeons do the job and it makes your recovery easier! Stick with it if you can; it can make all the difference in the world!

LOL @ Josette!

I hear ya Cloe land know exactly what you are going through...'cause so am I. I hope that you get restriction with your first fill on Fri. And, I hope I can actually GET my fill this time (this Thurs) (3rd fill) and that it will cause restriction for me. I think we'll be able to deal with out demons a whole lot better if the tool is working for us!!!! (obviously with our help, of course...but we need the restriction!!!!).

glad to see you are in a cheerier and MUCH more positive mood MelAnne!!! It suits you!

Ironically, I obsess about food now much more than I ever did. I never really "obsessed" with it before. Now, I think about it ALL the time (almost all the time!). And I don't necessarily mean that I obsess about it in a good way, either. *sigh*. Kinda odd that this happened. It is making it harder for me, I think. But, I'll just keep on pluggin' away and hope that the obsessing goes away ....

uh oh!!! I saw the title and I thought...nooooooooooooooooo!!! Sorry you lost your virginity!!! But...you've lived to tell the tale! Yeeesh, on something so seemingly benign, too! I'm happy to report that I'm still a virgin and hope to stay that way....(those words sound so odd!!!)....then again, despite having had 2 fills (3rd one coming up in a few more days....AGAIN!!!) I have no restriction so that might explain the virginity. I'm trying hard to still do the bandster things but it is difficult since I have no problem!!! Again, sorry to hear!

naaaaah, they just don't quite understand the concept of SARCASM!!!! LOL

:canada: :canada: :canada: :canada: :happybday: :happybday: :happybday: Happy Birthday to the Land of the True, North, Strong and Free!!! (as well as hockey, beer, snow, igloos, beavers, caribou, polar bears, poutine, diversity & multi-culturalislm!). :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :happybday2: :happybday2: :happybday2:

That's awesome!!!! Great attitude! Remember, nothing will change unless you MAKE a change!~ ...and you have! Way to got! :clap2:

:canada: :canada: :canada: :canada: :canada: :canada: :happybday2: :happybday2: :happybday2: :happybday2: :happybday2: TRUE NORTH STRONG & FREE!!!!!!!

Hey everyone....it's not that hard!!! Don't forget to copy the LAST post so that you keep everyone's updates!!!!! The only reason an update shouldn't show is if you copy an older post OR two people do it at the same time and the posts cross!!! Remember...copy & paste the most RECENT one!!!!! Yeeesh!!!! 4-3: JenRN - 263/257/248/150 - 15 total 4-3: jenn28 - 282/265/237/165 - 45 total 4-3: Picardy3 - 298/300/271/150 - 29 total 4-3: tipper - 300/290/278/165 - 22 total 4-4: Sugar1 - 311/289/248/150 - 63 total 4-4: Dak – 255/251/225/150 – 50 total 4-5: Boo - 208/203/188/130 - 20 total 4-6: Disneynut - 290/287/260/125 - 27 total 4-10: JulieNYC - 358/312/150 - 46 total 4-11: Vickie1177 - 320/297/267/137 - 53 total 4-11: tellymelly - 240/235/184/135 -55 total 4-11: Fel0816 - 307/284/265/to get under 200 - 42 total 4-11: dsrjrr - 231/230/210/130 - 21 total 4-13: Nursekathy2u - 358/356/335/175 - 23 total 4-13: NJgirl - 248/230/212/140 - 36 total 4-13: Miper70 - 217/201/145 - 16 total 4-17: Amourette - 22.5 total 4-17: Jeepergurrl - 242/222/140 - 20 total 4-18: Danaclark2 - 270/260.5/245/150 - 25 total 4-18: LapBandit - 392/369/347/336/324 -68 total 4-20: Omamoon - 220/211.5/202/130 - 18 total 4-21: Yoda - 273/257/239/150 - 34 total 4-21: kristielynn - 310/302/270/150 - 40 total 4-22: alisonb - 286/270/176 - 16 total 4-24: Eficka - 125/117/108.7/69kg - total 13.3kgs/36 pounds 4-24: Ceparano -255/270.5/241.5/170 - 29 total 4-24: Kat - 289/281/263/165 -26 lbs total 4-24: hlj25950 - 262/257/241/160 - 21 total 4-25: momof2boys - 270/266/255/145 - 11 total 4-26: Bostongurl - 264/244/214/145 - 50 total 4-27: tinaj - 226/221/210/150 - 15 total 4-27: lookingout - 185/178/165/101 - 20 total 4-27: flowergoddesstn - 214/204/190/130 - 24 total 4-27: Dimples0323 - 284/284/241/145 - 43 Total 4-28: Susan4794 - 283/267/264.2/145 - 18.8 total 4-28: bluehill - 333/290/145 - 43 total 4-28: Irish Girl - 224/214/189/135 <!-- / message --><!-- sig --> <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRREAT!!!! But I think the Imax & 3D had something to do with it!!

4-3: JenRN - 263/257/248/150 - 15 total 4-3: jenn28 - 282/265/237/165 - 45 total 4-3: Picardy3 - 298/300/271/150 - 29 total 4-3: tipper - 300/290/278/165 - 22 total 4-4: Sugar1 - 311/289/248/150 - 63 total 4-4: Dak – 255/251/225/150 – 50 total 4-5: Boo - 208/203/188/130 - 20 total 4-6: Disneynut - 290/287/260/125 - 27 total 4-10: JulieNYC - 358/312/150 - 46 total 4-11: Vickie1177 - 320/297/267/137 - 53 total 4-11: tellymelly - 240/235/184/135 -55 total 4-11: Fel0816 - 307/284/265/to get under 200 - 42 total 4-11: dsrjrr - 231/230/210/130 - 21 total 4-13: Nursekathy2u - 358/356/335/175 - 23 total 4-13: NJgirl - 248/230/212/140 - 36 total 4-13: Miper70 - 217/201/145 - 16 total 4-17: Amourette - 22.5 total 4-17: Jeepergurrl - 242/222/140 - 20 total 4-18: Danaclark2 - 270/260.5/245/150 - 25 total 4-18: LapBandit - 392/369/347/336/324 -68 total 4-19: Kathi - 255/250/180 -5 total 4-20: Omamoon - 220/211.5/202/130 - 18 total 4-21: Yoda - 273/257/239/150 - 34 total 4-21: kristielynn - 310/302/270/150 - 40 total 4-22: alisonb - 286/270/176 - 16 total 4-24: Eficka - 125/117/108.7/69kg - total 13.3kgs/36 pounds 4-24: Ceparano -255/270.5/241.5/170 - 29 total 4-24: Kat - 289/281/263/165 -26 lbs total 4-24: hlj25950 - 262/257/241/160 - 21 total 4-25: momof2boys - 270/266/255/145 - 11 total 4-26: Bostongurl - 264/244/214/145 - 50 total 4-27: tinaj - 226/221/210/150 - 15 total 4-27: lookingout - 185/178/165/101 - 20 total 4-27: flowergoddesstn - 214/204/190/130 - 24 total 4-27: Dimples0323 - 284/284/241/145 - 43 Total 4-28: Susan4794 - 283/267/264.2/145 - 18.8 total 4-28: bluehill - 333/290/145 - 43 total <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

Elizabethsew has nailed it. That is exactly what I've told anyone who has asked. Not many did ask. I only said, "I'm having some minor surgery". They (ie. co-workers) asked "is everything okay, are you sure it isn't serious?" and I would reply, no, things are fine, it is minor and nothing to worry about (hoping they would get the hint). For those who didn't (only one or two) I said exactly what Elizabethsew said above and it was no problem. Plus, when I got back, I just didn't talk about it or bring it up and neither did the....I just didn't make a big deal out of it...people have their own lives to worry about and generally don't follow up!!! haha.

Hiya...it's the second thing that is going on. They can poke me in the right place...we hear it "tap tap tapping" on the port and I can "feel it" hitting the port (hard to explain) but it isn't connecting with the hole!!! (like the earring analogy...good one!). Really....don't get me wrong everyone....it wasn't that painful (I think I have a high pain threshold though) it was more frustrating and disappointing than actual painful. Yes, by the end there was a lot of discomfort and minor pain but not horrible pain. The tatoo thing is a cool idea and the nurse even joked that if she did get it, she was going to draw a circle. But....realistically speaking, the port can move around a little bit....so it wouldn't help anyways! I don't want to scare anyone or make them anxious if you haven't had a fill yet...just remember...this is NOT the normal case at all....it is like a "one off" so for those who haven't had a fill yet....don't fret!!!