sweetviolet

I am a travel agent in my semi-real life! LOL! If you can get a first class seat for only 500.00 more grab it immediately--you will be sooo much happier--and just think, it will be the only time in your life EVER AGAIN that you will HAVE to get a wider seat and avoid te stink eye of another!! Good luck on your journey....

you do go to food--but is is the mushie stage!! cottage cheese/applesauce/pudding/mashed potatoes etc--don't worry about eating the wrong thing--your body willl let you know in short order.as for the oozing--you do not have saline in the band yet--but there could be liquid accumulated at the port sight--I had that problem but the body quickly absorbed the fluid and all was well!! best of luck--use common sense and remember....doctors are PRACTICING medicine--when I don't agree with my doctor I gently remind him of what he does every day (PRACTICE) and that when he gets it perfect--he should call me! LOL!!!

forget about normal!! LOL!! You are on a spectacular journey!! You have done a WONDERFUL thing for yourself!! and you have great support here on lapbandtalk!! Best of luck to you...I was banded 6/13/06....and have lost 108 lbs....it seemed like a slow loss but low and behold a year has gone by and I am no longer morbidly obese...still have 55 lbs to go but the light at the end of the tunnel is near...and I actually gave away fat clothes for the first time in my life...cause I know the weight is going to stay off!!!

go the website NeverHungry.tsfl.com this program works for every stage of what we need for gret balance and food we can handle--sorry to hear about you dad--I lost me dad to cancer of the colon that went to the liver. From the time he had surgury til he passed was a scant 3 months--the food program is easy/portble/big variety and cheap!! you may pm me for more details and how to order---it has been a god send for me-hope it is good for you

lap band is not a quick fix by any stretch of the imagination--i woukd try counceling and perhaps a program like Take Shape For Life. It will give her a balanced program--if she can lose on the program and eat a normal meal out w/friends it will boost her self comfidence--se the website NeverHungry.tsfl.com for the details..drs are using it before the band to get people to lose weight and to get them programed into an eating pattern that is healthy and balanced....and you are NEVERHUNGRY!!!! fell free to pm me!!

we just had to put our sweet Angie to sleep on 9apr--we took her from our neighbors when they got a divorce--mae them take their children however--Angie was 17 yrs and 3 weeks...she had a great life w/us and will surley be missed....las saturday we got a dog from petfinders--she looks a lot like Angie ...she was abandoned in a gas station by college kids...she a sweet little angel whom we named Xanthe.while she cannot replac Angie she sure is trying hard!! she is a cocker/springer mix-all black with a white flame on her chest! Also got an old english sheepie from rescue...Duke is 8 1/2 and 105 lbs of great dog with one blue eye and one brown one--he also has make himself at home like he was here forever--and so goes the cycle of life.

Hi Amelia!! you and I have the same doc--and I have recently been diagnosed with anemia!! had it way befor the surgery also--but mine is pernicious anemia--the inability to absorb b12 into the blood--having an endescope on the 15 jun to make sure the works of the upper gi are aok!! If iron is not helping,and there is no bleeding, maybe you should see someone in hemotology and check the b12 levels!! just a thought!! if you have questions that you think I can answer just feel free to pm me or comment here

I have found a program that fills all the needs at every stage of being banded/filled--it is take shape for life...balanced and medicaly approved!! web site is NeverHungry.tsfl.com take a look and pm me...there is hope before,during,and g-d forbid after lapband,should you lose your band!! I am so happy I found this program that I want to share it with all I meet...even my lapband doc is sending me patients who need the program before banding!! Hope this helps someone!!

yes, i can feel my port!! and since I have lost 108 lbs it is even my visable...just leave it alone and it willleaveyou alone LOL...good luck on your journey!!

I am pro choice!! While I was 7 months pregnant with my 3rd child (now 27) I spoke on the house floor in the state iof Illinois for a pro choice event....my views have not changed in those 27yrs...better to offer a choice than to have the pregnant woman die in a back street abortion!! we ARE speaking about life here, are we not?? That includes the life of the lifes host--the pregnant WOMAN. Men, unless they are the barers of babies, should just stand by and be supportive--not decision makers!! Just my 2 cents worth!!

I have found the Take Shape For Life program to be perfect for all my needs--and for all stages of the lapband program--nutrient balanced--offers solids/liquids/soft foods--so can be used even ater adjustment. see website NeverHungry.tsfl.com easy, portable,tasty and it works!! feel free to pm me supersweetviolet@hotmail.com

if you have a Trader Joe near you thats the place for soy chipa and many other goodies!! happy shopping!!

look into Take Shape for Life--website NeverHungry.tsfl.com there is a life after the band--perhaps this will help until you make another decision--qwuestions?? e-mal me!! I lost over 30# and was never hungry and balanced!! wonderful easy program. banded 6/13/06 loss so far 108#

look into Take Shape for Life--website NeverHungry.tsfl.com there is a life after the band--perhaps this will help until you make another decision--qwuestions?? e-mal me!! I lost over 30# and was never hungry and balanced!! wonderful easy program. banded 6/13/06 loss so far 108#

I am on a food system called Take Shape for Life.. the website is NeverHungry.tsfl.com It has worked for me..good variety and filling. you may e-mail me for more info..loss is about 2-3# a week--I had trouble getting the correct amount of protein and a balance..now I just use the food products to suppliment my regular meals. Maybe this program will help you...very easy, portable, and balanced

I am a junk collector--I have found that if I put a laundry basket in the room i am cleaning I can put everything that does not belong in that room in the basket--when I am done dusting and vaccumming I push the basket into the halll and put the stuff that belongs elswhere wher it belongs and start cleaning the next room the same way--I am a collector--but I feel so much better when I keep up that I no longer have to take paxil!! as for paper--I throuw it away--if it is a bill they will always send me another!! I also bought a Meile vaccuum--makes no noise--just the dirt being sucked up--the dog and the children do not run from the noise!!

for all you vac nuts, I have a Meile tank with beater bar attchment--it is a Jewish vaccuum!! the only noise you hear is the sound of dirt being sucked up...the dog does not run away and the children love to vaccuum--they are pricey but worth every penny!!

as for the expense of going to denver and the hotel stay...try to get the support of another bander in the denver area--i am sure someone would offer their home!! and drive to denver--yes gas is high but not as high as 2 airfares!!...just my 2 cents!!

STAY OFF THE SCALE that being said, yes it is the IV--it is a glucose solution ie SUGAR. I gained 38 lbs in the hospital after having emergency surgery and spent 10 days in intensive care--on an IV....enough said!! but do yourslf favor...stay off the scale...this is not regular weightloss!! I weigh when I go for a check-up every six weeks..no need to make myself crazy!! Just follow the program to the best of your ability and the weight will come off! Down 100lbs..banded 6/13/06...buena suerte!!

please know the iifference between dementia and alzheimers--at 90 it is dementia--you get alzheimers in your late 50's---it is not caused by the hardning of the arteries as is dementia......while some of the symptoms are the same, they are definately two different maladys!!

I turned 60 on 2/27--and I feel that it is much better than the alternative that was imminent just 10 short months ago....when my diabetes was out of control and I had a pacemaker installed!! also am without 100lbs thanks to the lapband and all the support I get here!! Perhaps Tiina should see a professional...depression that is profound sadness for an inordinary period of time, is a chemical imbalance that can be taken care of with a little medication...just an idea! Not much stigma these days obout adressing depression and what a wonderful little help!!

wendy's chili is my main stay--cheap/good/goes down/stays down!! have lost 100lbs--and was in Florida all winter!! am so amazed...never been on vacation and lost weight(30lbs) nsv's--had to mov the car seat up in order to push in the clutch/bought smaller sized shoes/bought summer clothes at the goodwill! OMG soooooo happy!! another 70lbs to goal!! thank god for chili!!

at my first support meeting when asked about myself and my goals--i wanted to be able to buy and fit into clothes from the thrift store!! I have make it and the kids are getting a good laugh out of my new uniform--blue jeans and a cashmere sweater! SOOOOOO HAPPPPY!!!! my advice--save for the better smaller stuff and visit goodwill often--you will find quality materials and some have tags--never worn..you know...that item you were going to get into after your new diet regime!!

i have 3x/4x/5x some w/tags--would love to pass them on to lbt--let me know!!

very interested in meeting but leaving for florida on jan 12....back march 25....you can email me supersweetviolet@hotmail.com with info. i am in skokie, banded 13jun @ enh by woody denham...most people around here have by-pass. would like to speak to those who have been banded..would also like to find someone who needs 4x/3x clothing--some with the tags still attatched...have dress/office wear--have' bernard suits--great quality...don't want them just to go to salvation army--also every day stuff in great shape!! let me know--can deliver or meet anywhere in the tri state area--mich/ind/wisc---or of course illinois