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Hello Everyone! I hope that you all are having a good day! I have been involved on this board since July and I am finally getting banded in two weeks! Mandy-if you have any IEP questions let me know and I"ll try to help, i am a certified teacher who has sat in on many IEP meetings..

Hello Everyone! I was wondering where everyone is located around the Chicago area, and if anyone has a "lapband" get together??? Have a great day everyone and Go Bears!!!

Now I have been trying my best not to get the "last supper" itch and go crazy with eating "bad" foods, especially since I already have been working hard on changing my eating habits which have left me 6 lbs. lighter! Yet, this weekend....well, my boyfriend has been kind enough to indulge me and take me out for a few "last suppers." On Friday he made me a delicious pasta dinner complete with garlic toast and wine. Yesterday I had Portillo's fries for "lunch" and we ate out at our favorite local pizza place with a pitcher of beer, but hey, it was miller LITE! Honestly...it was fun and tasty while we were eating...but all of the junk food has left me feeling bloated, gassy and just not feeling that great...I am really happy to be making such a life changing decision. In general, my family has not been very understanding of me deciding to do this surgery. Yesterday, I was really surprised by something that my mom offered to do for me! My dad and her are coming over to my house today and my mom offered to bring her home-made lasagna that I love since I wont really be able to eat like I have been, and she wanted to make something nice for me. I was really proud of her for the gesture and happy that she was thinking of me in the sense of this surgery! :mad: Happy Sunday to all and wish me luck as I prepare for my liquid diet beginning Friday!

Now I have been trying my best not to get the "last supper" itch and go crazy with eating "bad" foods, especially since I already have been working hard on changing my eating habits which have left me 6 lbs. lighter! Yet, this weekend....well, my boyfriend has been kind enough to indulge me and take me out for a few "last suppers." On Friday he made me a delicious pasta dinner complete with garlic toast and wine. Yesterday I had Portillo's fries for "lunch" and we ate out at our favorite local pizza place with a pitcher of beer, but hey, it was miller LITE! :scared: Honestly...it was fun and tasty while we were eating...but all of the junk food has left me feeling bloated, gassy and just not feeling that great...I am really happy to be making such a life changing decision. In general, my family has not been very understanding of me deciding to do this surgery. Yesterday, I was really surprised by something that my mom offered to do for me! My dad and her are coming over to my house today and my mom offered to bring her home-made lasagna that I love since I wont really be able to eat like I have been, and she wanted to make something nice for me. I was really proud of her for the gesture and happy that she was thinking of me in the sense of this surgery! Happy Sunday to all and wish me luck as I prepare for my liquid diet beginning Friday!

Best Wishes and Good luck to everyone who is being banded this week! Congratulations on the beginning on the start of your new life! :clap2: I am really excited to join you all being banded, my date near the end of November is quickly approaching! My thoughts are with all of you!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are all doing well. I have been having a really really rough week. Tough times at work, with family, friends...I am feeling really down and overwhelmed...:cry My four year old niece was put in the hospital on Weds. with very severe respitory issues and she is still there. My really good neighbor friend has moved back to California...without her husband... My family is still so unsupportive about all of this and is giving me difficulties in addition...My work, as a teacher....oh dear...I just want to curl up and hide. :phanvan

I know! I was wondering what was going on! I have been having a rather horrible week...so it is not too surprising...i thought maybe it was just my computer...

I know! I totally get it! I will feel very very naked without them. Fake nails help make me feel pretty! Good luck with getting your surgery date!

I am with you Sherrie, I wont be able to eat Thanksgiving dinner either. But, I am a vegetarian, so I really wont be missing out on too much! Good luck to you!

Thank you for the information and words of encouragment! Congratulations Kim on your four years with the band. How has it been?

Thank you for the compliment, not everyone is so fond of my-can-be-sassy attitude!!!

I will be banded in 20 days. I have done a lot of research, asked all of the questions I need to, thought about everything I need to, have been preparing myself and I feel as ready as I probaby can... There is one thing about being banded that really really scares me...the band eroding into my stomach...Anyone have any thoughts, encouraging words, concerns about this too? Thank you! :cry

I am not sure where to start with this journal entry...it is kind of silly...especially with so many other much much much more important issues going on in the world...:cry But tonight I have to say goodbye to my acrylic nails. I love my nails!!! I have had them for a few years now, and they have always helped me feel at least a little pretty. When I take them off tonight all I will have left is short, stubby, fat fingers instead of eyecatching, interesting, elegant looking fingers and nails. My nails will also be atrocious when I take the acrylics off. Again, I know that it is really ridiculous and I will get over it, but I just wanted to express how I feel about saying goodbye to my nails that helped me feel at least just a tad bit pretty under the most difficult circumstances...

I am not sure where to start with this journal entry...it is kind of silly...especially with so many other much much much more important issues going on in the world...:cry But tonight I have to say goodbye to my acrylic nails. I love my nails!!! I have had them for a few years now, and they have always helped me feel at least a little pretty. When I take them off tonight all I will have left is short, stubby, fat fingers instead of eyecatching, interesting, elegant looking fingers and nails. My nails will also be atrocious when I take the acrylics off. Again, I know that it is really ridiculous and I will get over it, but I just wanted to express how I feel about saying goodbye to my nails that helped me feel at least just a tad bit pretty under the most difficult circumstances...:drum:

Diana-I would be more than happy to be support people for eachother! We do have the same surgery date and we are also similiar in age too I have noticed! Have a great day!

Thank you for asking. I am doing better today. I went back to work right after the weekend since I was feeling fine. Yesterday I did feel weak and a bit dizzy, but I just made it through the day. I am under a lot of emotional stress right now, so maybe that had something to do with it? Who know!

I definitely understand, my family feels that I should just do it all myself too...losing a few lbs. is one thing compared to losing over 100! Good luck to you! You will be in my thoughts.

Dear Laurend, I totally understand what you are going through. :faint: My family is very against me having the lapband surgery. They are so skeptical of it, and the more info. I give them, the more upset they get. It has actually become a hot button were I can't really ever discuss this with my family. It is refered to as "that surgery." Be confident that this is the right decision for yourself, you have to live your life, despite what others say. Trust me, I know that can be very difficult to do. Some people can't, or wont understand...Best wishes...

I have heard it suggested to buy Halloween candy that you have no interest in so it is not as much of a temptation. Unfortunately, I have bought the type of candy that I love, I have just kept it hidden and out of the way to avoid cheating. Unfortunately, they are doing this "secret santa" type thing at my work, but for halloween with treats, and I have received a few that I wasn't able to not take part in....but i got back on track a day or so later! Good luck everyone!

I also have to be on a 10 day liquid diet that I will be starting November 10th! It does sound like a long time, but I know there are some doctors out there that require even more. The items that I can "eat" sound very similiar to your "menu" as well! Hang in there, it will be all worth it!!!

Thank you for your concern! Have a great day!

Hello Everyone! Just a few more days until November! I hope that everyone is doing well! I am really looking forward to Halloween, first time in my own house, and i have a really scary front porch for all the trick or treaters. I have even been able to stay away from all of the candy! :biggrin1: Go Bears!!!

Last night, out of nowhere...I got very very ill. :mad: I had a very severe case of diaherra for about two hours which left me slipping in and out of consciousness. My boyfriend wound up taking me to the ER b/c we weren't sure what was going to happen. I was white as a ghost, my blood pressure and heart rate dropped, my temp was low and I was losing control of my hearing and vision. A very, very scary experience...I was so scared as to what was going to happen. The ER doctor wasnt able to diagnose me with anything, but kept me for a while in order to rehydrate me with an IV, I was severly dehydrated. I have been feeling ok, just weak and a bit out of it. I hope this experience doesnt affect anything with me being banded...

Last night, out of nowhere...I got very very ill. :car: I had a very severe case of diaherra for about two hours which left me slipping in and out of consciousness. My boyfriend wound up taking me to the ER b/c we weren't sure what was going to happen. I was white as a ghost, my blood pressure and heart rate dropped, my temp was low and I was losing control of my hearing and vision. A very, very scary experience...I was so scared as to what was going to happen. The ER doctor wasnt able to diagnose me with anything, but kept me for a while in order to rehydrate me with an IV, I was severly dehydrated. I have been feeling ok, just weak and a bit out of it. I hope this experience doesnt affect anything with me being banded...:drum:

Congratulations!!!! I can't wait for that day either!!!!:clap2: