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well kinda, I do..isn't that weird? I am living on popsicles and broth and jello.

yoda you have alwys been the person that gave me a wake up cal from the moment I came on this website. Now it is my turn. You started out at over 270 lbs and were banded in April, well firstly you are down by a bunch already and maybe not as fast as you thought, but i bet you look and feel better AND the doc was full of crap, you are down in weight, so there. It might not be happening at lightening speed, BUT you are doing it! Now you ARE YODA and yoda does, not just tries....... you are doing it and it shows!!!

okay yes, malignant hypothermia so good thing to be inhospital. As fir fill I am stil unclear, sorry I must be brain dead. So day before fill, light stuff? then day of fluids for 24 hrs is that right? and loriely were you able to eat normally before first fill? wow you and hubby are doing this together cool!

yup to the demerol, but that doesn't help and demerol can be addictive so I am staying away from it, just took it twice. Hetaing pad yes to that too, but man oh man, this feeling of fullness in my lower left side, ouch. not fun just want to FART!!! and blow my house down!

i guess my loriely has to do it in the hospital and not the clinic? So was that your first fill loriely? And you were able to eat a good breakfast the day of that is great? so how does it work? I can eat breakfast the day of my fill, then goo for it then next 24 hrs just fluids?/ clear / or full fluids thanks

and while yoda loses inches she is gaining muscle? right!i would love to be your weight right now yoda!

man this gas pain, they can have it, i'd rather give birth again!

oh man Ihate thsi gas pain or whatever, peter got me maalox is that okay?

okay well I am lost. what swelling? I htough the silicone band just gets tighter around your stomach, so why fluids ? what happens?

speaking of BALLS!!!! um I just had surgery and am sore, PLEASE do not make me laugh again!!!

is one supposed to be on liquids after a fill? My first wil be oct i think?

thanks Irish and Oh god the shoulder pain is not fun...feels like I am going to blow up, lol and also that I ate the whole thanksgiving day dinner myself!

you guys have really been such super friends if I may use that term since we have never met. I am in some pain and nothign reallyhelps and i don't like to take meds so Iam trying to keep it at a minimum. Never hooched mean't wiped out Buffy, thought it had to do with alcohol.Hoep I get on the mend soon enough so I can meet you guys for a sept challenge!

great weight loss cloe!

thanks cloe, but is there anything that make you abit more comfy? I can't take deep breathsm that hurts, my shoulder hurts, abdomen, don't ask.... no position, not hot or cold drinks,,,,,,argh, not fun for now, just waiting til it starts to get fun!

thansk devana. I am in pain, had it yesterday and just hoping this will get better soon.

hi guys well I survived sort of. I went the night before my surgery to see world trade cente which was to take me off of concentrating on me,,then i came home after eating burger king AND popcorn in the theatre and then made NACOS and ate those til the time struck midnight. I didn't hear my alarm clock go off so I left my house 145 mins later than i thoughti should have with out a shower..cuz now I can't have one til sunday. So I get to TBLC, Kathy was lovely as were the rest of the staff. NIsrine came in early and I told her about my food fest pretty much since the bbq on monday and she said, oh I am going to hear them page my name when they open you up and say "did you tell her about the diet"? Then the anaesthetist comes in he seemed nice, so I go to the OR and he could not get my iv in,,;ets see we are up to 5 tries and at this point I am thinking this is not a good omen and they say that I ama nurse who knws too much, yup! then the anaesthetist says he will just put me out then do my iv, and I said umm no I don't feel comfortable with that and I am starting to want to call this off and get off the table ..... so they are all around me, and dr yau holds my hand and I apologized for being wimpy, but hell I can do an Iv in my sleep so I was getting nervous,,,, so I am ready to leave but I could feel myself giving into the medication so I had no choice and thenwoke up later in recovery. As for my LIVER., I was fine, no probs, and i have been private messaged by some who ate liek I did the night before and did not have a specific diet, just ate til surgery day, so luckily I was fine. I am uncomfortable,. in alot of pain. Just took 1 tab of tylenol 3 every 4 hours til today ( feels worse) and took 1 tab of demerol, but i feel yucky. so this is the start i guess. Thanks for your support and i hope to be sounding happier soon. And mand anytime you need to come for a fill or anything you can stay here.

I was going stir crazy and had to get out and of course ATE I went to a movie..world trade centre, I thought I couldn't dwell on my surgery if i was watching something much more important. I ate a burger AND popcorn. I was sobbing and you guys don't know me and must think I am a wimp and honeslty I am a very strong person I don't understand it, but I staretd almost mourning the loss of food, liek popcorn, etc,,, I mean that is how I cope with EVERYTHING, what do i do now? So i can't quiet explain it , I haven't read of anyone reacting/behaving like this. Wil they be able to do the surgery laparoscopically tomorrow, I dunno now and if i have to be opened now from stem to sturn , it is my fault. So I am not proud of myself but just wanted to share with you and the biggest mistake I made was that bbq.

jude wow, you have been through a tough time. I am sorry to hear about your mother. Being a primary caretaker takes alot out of anyone and is completly exhausting both physically and emotionally. The book motherless daughters is one that talks about the loss of a mother and how it doesn't matter how old we are, 5, 15, 45, etc, the loss of a mother is one of the most painful. You are in my prayers.

thanks cloe Irish Mist well said and i understand. I was not trying to take away from a support group that folks need, but I hate it when people are taken advantage of and this feels like it, so that was my point. Obese peopel have been discriminated against in many ways ( weighs/) and I just see so many stay quiet and not stand up for themselves. That was all. sorry about your bout with breast CA. and I`apologize, it was not my intention to upset you or anyone else really .

hi guys, cloe, buffie and yoda for your best wishes tomorrow but right now I don't deserve them . I have eaten mon and last night and my surgery is tomorrow! I couldn't stop . I feel guilty, tried to change my suregry date and man am I messed. I am scared and feeel frankly quite stupid right now and of course I just want to eat. I am so afraid I won't be able to eat meat or food again that I like, I mean i have read this solidly now for a few weeks and signed on the solid line and borrowed to pay. but I have coped with my life , with everything by eating, it is my comfort. I am desperate and feel there was no other choice. When i read that swallowing MUSHy stuff,and peopel sound so happy? I understand with weight loss people would be happy, but to eat such tiny little pieces and having difficulty with rice?? i don;t get it, so yes i am worried, scared, all of it. I dont hink I wil ever be normal again will i/ I mean even if I lose all my weight. i am still forever eating when everyone else is finsihed. I have always inhaled my food pretty much, how do i change something like this. jeeze i wish this was real life as in on a phone or chat room and i could talk to someone ,I am petrified. i read people who can't take in much water after their surgery or after a fill? How can you not drink water after the surgery is done? there is no restriction then right? I mean why does on have difficulty getting stuff in if they jus put a band around you, the opening is not smaller is it? why is it called a stoma? I am a nurse and I thought a stoma is an opening that doc makes? geeze I am taking fifty steps backwards here. I am so sorry for sounding lik ea fool

oh yeah i did it and still am,.,, I relaize it is the feast before the famine thing, so yep it can get outta hand. Tomorrow is my B(and) day!

um no I am not nervous, cuz I messed up on my pre op diet so Ima mad about that..I ate AGAIN yesterday. so I wil be up in weight ( not weighed yet) but just proved to myself that Yes I am addicted and can't stop. I shouldn;t have had that bbq. so I wil be back asking for help and support in the cominng weeks for sure. thanks!

Hey mandi well you sound better than you did and I am thrilled for you. That'll also be great that you have someone else that you know in the same town.As for tonights lottery, yep., sign me up for the cruise..........but do we have to come back? tomorrow is my DAY...at TBLC!

you know I am sooo surprised that there are not many posts to this thread.... honestly people bitch and complain just like they do about their government and then they don't vote. Well people who do not vote have no right to bitch, and honestly if people are so apathetic that they don't want to band together, then I don't want to read another complaint about cost of the surgery.( not directed to cloe and yoda) and I did not see any cbc show tonight. when i looked.