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My hair loss is slowing way down thank God! I started with a lot but it was still scarey! Why DOES Kim wear wigs...does living on Vodka and plastic surgery make your hair fall out?! OK I hate to admit I watch it too! D

I just think the pear shape is girlie-curvy-cute and my apple shape is fat-dude-with-a-gut-hideous!!! You look like a very beautiful pear!!!

You really do look great in both! I had those neck ribbons too...in many colors! LOL!

If you dont drink them the rest of the month give them out on Halloween night...the kids are eating candy the whole time they are walking around and they get very thirsty....the extra sugar wont hurt them that night!

Hang in there, dont quit! A year from now the band date wont seem that important...good luck!

Wow! Great blog...that really sums it all up.I really think the sweet spot is when there is a balance of what the band does for you and the changes you have to make for yourself and that will be the key to keeping it off!I think I need another fill and I couldnt get on the schedule till Nov. 6th...oh well.I am just trying to think long term! D

Wow! You and you DH are pretty good photogs! Nice capture of the different lighting. The whole safety thing is pretty scary but I still think we are all more likely to slip, fall, and die in our own bathtubs, arent we?!At least that's what I tell myself when I am waiting to catch a wave out in the ocean and thinking about how the dolphins I saw yesterday looked like sharks!! Plus I'd rather have my headstone say something about the grand canyon or a shark than I fell in the tub!!D

Well I dont think that a half a pound is a real thing...on the other hand I stayed the same this week and was feeling ok about it until I realized I have stayed the same for a month!!! Cant decide whether to go for a fill or try to just get back on track myself...I am scared to death of a fill after the first one and I will plan to stay overnite down there in case it goes badly again...not even sure if I need one or just a bitch-slap! But I am only home for two weeks and then back to Sacramento for a month so I kind of have to decide soon! Just whining...D

I think the psych part is to see if you are realistic about the whole thing. No magic weight loss, people wont love you more, and no, you wont have a unicorn show up in the back yard because youre skinny...good luck!!

I can't help myself so here goes...if he didn't know what the port was for he knows NOTHING about lap banding...so the comment about so many people gaining it back is actually not accurate but IS accurate for gastric bypass. (Less lifestyle, less difficult to lose weight, so less true behavior change...sorry if any GBers are offended...whatever works) My nurse practitioner gave me a long lecture about all the patients she has seen with nutritional (iron, B12, and other vitamins) deficiencies. I was nice enough not to tell her she's talking about GB! They dont even know the difference! Actually the long term data on the LB and keeping it off is very good! OK, I'm done! Glad youre well, sounds like he knows his cardiology at least!!

Wow...over here across the pond (JK. I Know youre an Aussie) you would have already lawyered up to sue his ass! Maybe say in a loud voice, "Thats my confidential medical info, I'm sure you don't go telling everyone about your long struggle with genital herpes!" Do whatever makes you feel better...he really does deserve a bitch-slap (Americal slang?)

First, is she eating too little? (at 1000 cals or less you go into starvation mode). Second is she at a good restriction fill-wise? Third, Even a little exercise may bump things along! Good luck...I'm no expert but that sounds really frustrating for her1

Ticker TUTORIAL (WITH PICTURES!) I think this is the link..or if you put 'sticky' in the search terms of forums and go to the last page of all the stuff that pops up. Hope this helps...

Do you know what the 'sticky' threads are? They are ones where the title is always brought back up to the top of the list beause they are so useful...I( think they are under the home page or maybe forums...anyway the reason I'm saying this is that one of them is the ticker instructions...not that I'm sayin' you need it but... Honestly I cant remember how I did mine!LOL!

I wonder if you could have had some blood drawn when you were feeling bad to see what caused it. I dont thinks its normal to get those significant symptoms on protein shakes...if it was water only, I'd say yes.Hypoglycemia or some electrolyte balance an be serious and it should probably be diagnosed before you decide what to do. You know whats best for you.Good luck, trust yourself.

I dont really like chinese and I dont eat meat but the DH does so heres what I eat. Egg drop soup (good protein I guess) and rangoons (more protein but like most chinese food greasy). Oh, and I had half of a veggie egg roll. (the egg roll might be a risk for getting stuck if thatis your concern...bring your papaya enzyme!)

I got drunk a little quicker but probably only because I hadnt had any for a month preop and a month post op! Now I'm back to my usual self...I do love an ice cold martini!!! Maybe I should hang the shaker in front of me on the treadmill...

Your body is usually in a good balance and it has bacteria all over it and in every orifice. They are kind of like good soldiers on patrol. But when the doc runs in those antibiotics (to keep you from a bad surgical infection) it can kill some of your good soldiers and let yeast (everywhere, its even in the air) grow in your mouth and vagina (vajayjay!LOL!) way more than normal. Its usually white and in the V, its itchy!! Anyway the yogurt with active cultures usually gets you back to normal but for now, if it is thrush (oral yeast called candida) the 'swish and swallow' antifungal is probably the way to go!Good luck!!!

The pain meds cause major constipation but you also have to remember you're not putting much in the system, So not much to come out! I felt pretty great by day three (gas and surgery pain pretty much gone)and then the fatigue/exhaustion came over me...I napped every day for two weeks! I guess I lived on Slim Fast and some thin soups...now they both make me want to gag! I added protein powder to the soups because I knew part of the tiredness was the nutritional deficiency of the procedure and the days after. I never had any appetite at all for more than a month...now I see how lucky I was! Good luck!!!

Mimi, Glad youre feeling better...this was a very informative thread!

How far is that from Pismo Beach!? Seriously, I CANT get over your amazing pictures!!! YOU, not the GC!

WOW! HUGE difference and by the way, there is no double chin in the after smiling picture...there isnt!!! You went from tired mom to hot LA mom who has eight nannies and nothing to do but get manicures and go to the gym! Kind of hating you, Love, D

I hope this isnt rude, but it sounds like Dave's more concerned about himself when this is really all about you. He cant have failed you because he isnt you!We can really only fail ourselves as we are entirely responsible for ourselves...I would have wanted to say, "You didn't fail me, let it go, this is NOT about you!"

Dear Airkuhl, It sounds like you have it down to an science, or maybe an art! Congrats...but..do you agree that its still a struggle?

I am almost three months out and have had, I think, perfect restriction since day one with an empty band! Its weird because I have never had a fill but I know I'm lucky. I dont eat meat so I am always looking for protein (cottage cheese, fish, beans, eggs etc). I imaging my one-cup bowls and try to eat that, mostly protein three or four times a day. I let myself have literally anything after the atleast half cup of protein....no regard to fat, cals, etc. I am not on a diet, I just eat less and focus more on protein. I cant eat a cup of anything at breakfast because I am tighter then. I can eat any food and not get stuck but get stuck on anything if I dont chew...good luck! This is very hard work, harder than I thought! (In the evening I know I could eat a whole giant bag of M&Ms but I usually just let my self have the small one and only once in a while when I cant get it off my mind.)