anonemouse

Honestly, my NSVs come when I turn down bread, but that doesn't really count because I can't eat the bread anyway. I've never been really tempted by candy or sweets.

Believe me, I'm not complaining about it, I'm just glad I'm not having to force myself to stop eating. After this last fill, I have very little interest in food. It just doesn't sound or look good anymore, KWIM? I've had a serving of peas and a handful of pecans to eat today. That's it. I should be starving, but I'm not. I've come to the conclusion that if I'm going to get anywhere near the amount of calories I need, I'm going to have to force myself to eat certain amounts at regular intervals. It's completely shocking to me.

You'll find interesting threads that pertain to you in all the forums. I spent the vast majority of my time in RnR and Talk Lounge, but I don't ignore the rest of the forums. I don't read every thread in them, but I do read the ones that sound interesting. You just have to find what works for you.

I know that I personally just have certain forums that I go to. I am usually in Rants and Raves, the Talk Lounge, Food, General Discussion, and Support. I just check for interesting sounding threads.

Can you just use it like a broth? Or put it in soups?

They sound yummy, don't they?

I only teach one day a week, and I'm finished with my coursework, so I'm usually at my apartment working on my thesis. I just happened to have to go out of town on the first couple of days that UPS attempted to deliver the package. Unfortunately, UPS actually has a rule that keeps them from just leaving packages at the door if you live in an apartment. Some of them will go ahead and leave it, though, depending on who is the delivery driver. I've left notes in the past, asking that they leave the package at the door, but they've just left a slip with a little note saying that they aren't allowed. Other times, they go ahead and leave it. Luckily, the person delivering on this last attempt disregarded the rule about leaving packages at apartments, since I missed him.

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Read my post again, Nancy. I never said you bashed him in emails. I said you are always bashing Wendell on OH. And you are. And what's "I don't want to reveal my reasons at this time" supposed to mean, if not that you were having your own doubts about SandyR? Sounds a hell of a lot like trying to cozy up to Wendell and play both sides of the field. You're nice to people when it suits you, but when they aren't looking, you'll drag them through the mud.

Now, what was it you said in it? Oh, that's right, "I would be interested in seeing your blog about the nurse scandal. I don't want to reveal my reasons at this time." Isn't that right, Njbowman? Oh, wait, I mean Nancy.

Really? I've got the email.

I wouldn't bother with it, to be honest. It takes very little time to cook eggs on the stovetop, and you can more easily prepare them to the doneness that you like.

I'd be a little ticked off, too. Let him know that while you love the fact that he loves to cook, he needs to start trying more healthy recipes. Veggies, tofu, lean protein, that kind of thing. For all of your family, not just you. Remind him that he needs to learn to eat well-balanced diet and that you need to teach your kids to eat a healthy diet, also.

Right, that will go over well. He'll really want to take on a patient that got her online friends to harass him.

I'm sure it was. :guess Look, it isn't that I really dislike you. I just don't trust you. One minute, you're making nasty posts and stirring up trouble on OH about Wendell, and the next you're PMing and emailing people to try to get a look at his blog. I don't trust people who try to play both sides of the field and hope people don't notice. We do.

I found a lot of tofu recipes that sound really good. There's veggie recipes at the same sites, too. Go here and here.

Honestly, it's a lesson to the rest of us. I'm not suggesting that we all become hypochondriacs and start thinking that everything that happens to our bodies is because of the band. Obviously, that's stupid. If, though, we suddenly have an onset of symptoms after a problem with the band, the first place that we ask advice should be the surgeon's office, just to be on the safe side, rather than a website.

She didn't ask for suggestions on the board until she had that bad episode of PBing. No mention of constipation until she had that. And she was apparently thought it was severe enough to ask for help on the board, since she'd already tried MOM unsuccessfully. She said she had pressure on her diaphagm and some sort of other pain she had had previously when constipated, and because of that, thought it was constipation. Again, this occured after her severe PB. Even Dr. C recommended that she go in for an unfill immediately. If she had, her erosion may have been caught sooner. And while she may not take other opinions over her doc's, she took your opinion over Dr. C's. She even posted that she felt well enough to avoid going to the doctor, afterwards. Normal constipation is one thing. Sudden constipation after having a severe episode of PBing is another. I'm not saying that you caused her to lose her band. We all know that it was unavoidable at the time. But when a medical situation might be related to a potentially severe band complication, "talk to your doctor" should always be the first advice given. It's not exactly a leap to think that the two may have been connected, that she really wasn't truly constipated at all, just experiencing similar symptoms. Again, she was already eroded at the time. Nothing you could have done or said could have saved her band. But if she'd gone to see her doctor or surgeon instead of asking for and taking online advice, she may not have gotten as sick as she did.

I ditto the Centrum Complete orange-flavored chewable Vitamins. chewable vitamins taste a heck of a lot better than liquid Vitamin, IMO. Just the smell of the liquid is almost enough to make me gag. And a word of wisdom: If you start taking calcium citrate, make sure you buy the chewable calcium citrate. Otherwise, they are mega-pills. I have an entire bottle that I'm having to split because I forgot to get chewables.

It's shocking, isn't it? I mean, until I was banded, I'd keep up with the best of them. I look at my parents and friends now and wonder how in the world I used to suck down that much food. People eat so much more than they really need to survive. I'll eat with my parents, and my dad will eat a huge portion of lasagna, garlic bread, veggies. And then he'll go for the ice cream or cookies. It's really mind-boggling. :faint:

I haven't really felt like that since this last fill. I mean, I really do have to almost force myself to eat. I'll be hungry at first, but once I start eating, the food isn't really that appetizing. Before this fill, I was almost compulsively eating. I'd have to force myself to stop because I got uncomfortably full, yet I still wanted to eat. I went to Starbucks on my drive back to Kentucky on Thursday and basically had to force myself to finish my drink (just an iced coffee with a little cream and vanilla syrup). I didn't even get the size I was usually getting before this fill. I had to sip it so slowly that it was a little watery towards the end. Before, I'd suck down a large iced coffee in less than 5 minutes. I don't know what it is about it that is curbing my head hunger. Maybe it's just that I was never really a grazer. In the past, I'd always wait until I was absolutely famished before I'd eat, and then wind up hoovering a massive amount of food. If I didn't wait so long, I never ate a huge amount. Maybe this fill is just putting enough pressure on the nerve in my stomach that I never get to the point of feeling like I was starving. I don't know, but I like it, whatever it is. :biggrin1:

I can dig up the post she made, saying that she took Milk of Magnesia and did a Fleet enema (which, since she talked about doing the MOM and what you suggested, seems to indicate that you recommended the Fleet), and said something along the lines of "and everything seems to be improved." And she posted about everything happening, complaining of both abdomenal pain and something that she thought was "constipation" that occured after she had a horrible episode of PBing. Makes me wonder if something else was going on that made her just think it was constipation and that doing what you suggested relieved the symptoms just long enough that she put off going to the doctor, like Dr. Curry recommended. Of course, you didn't cause her erosion. That had already happened. But it may not have gotten to the point it did (days of hospitalization, infusions, etc.) if she had gone to see her doctor earlier. See, giving recommendations on a website is kind of a double-edged sword. We really don't know if what someone thinks is wrong is what's wrong. It's just a reminder that giving out well-meaning advice might have effects that we didn't intend, especially if someone chooses to take our advice over a physician's.

I wish I could only wash my hair every other day. But it seems to be super oily if I go between days (I naturally produce a lot of oil and have the skin to prove it.) and it has a mind of its own when I've slept on it. Literally, it stands on end (occasionally in a mohawk, too) and won't do anything unless I get it soaking wet, in which case, I might as well wash it.

Getting to restriction is a real pain in the ass, but it's wonderful once you are there. I'll think good thoughts for you and I hope your banding goes well!

Restriction is great! I'm actually having to force myself to eat because 1) I'm not very hungry at all, and 2) nothing sounds good! No cravings, nothing! :whoo: :clap2: