spoiltmom

Congratulations!!!

Finally! I'm so excited! I'm doing good and dropping sizes in my jeans but I had to buy dress pants for a funeral and wow was I ever discouraged:( They are an 18 and they are tight:( My jeans are a 16 and loose, I have to wear a belt with them. But on the positive side I bought cheap pants b/c I'm determined that I won't be able to wear them for long.

I've always had a huge weakness for sweets especially birthday cake. We had ds's bday party yesterday and guess what? I had one small piece of cake. I still have leftovers and I'm not even tempted by them:) I never thought I'd see a day where I didn't pig out on sweets!!

I chose a 2. The only pain I had was gas pain and that was it. It was a very easy surgery IMO.

Personally I would just try and switch to the other practice and keep the band. It may work great for you if you get good follow up care. 70 miles isn't all that far and the benefits for you would be great if they can make your band work for you.

Congratulations!! That's a great NSV!

It didn't bother my dh. I've had several surgeries this year and dh was only bothered with one of them. He has ADHD and he smokes. As long he can smoke occasionally he's fine and not wired up. Well I picked a non smoking hospital. You had to walk out to the road and stand on the curb to smoke. He was nuts by the time we left. The last 2 surgeries I used a hospital that you could smoke at as long as you were outside. He did fine that way.

On the carbonation I was told the carbonation can expand your pouch. That said- I have 3 banded friends and they all drink sodas still and one of them even drinks them through a straw. Personally though I'm too scared to try it although I had a dream that I was in Wal Mart hunting through their Coke cooler to find me a cold Dr Pepper. I had open and boom I woke up. sigh.

LOL! At least I'm not the only one who has no clue:)

Well I got a pretty bad rash from the Dermabond. Did they use that on your incisions? If so that may be the problem and it needs to be removed.

WTG girl!! That is awesome:)

I can't wait for this season to start!

Hmm well the docs nurse just called and said I'm on too MUCH Synthroid now. She wants it DECREASED to 125 mcg daily. I still see her tomorrow to discuss it with her.

And I should add that I have hypothyroidism. I currently take Synthroid at 175 mcg a day. Not sure if it's related or not but thought I'd add it in.

I have a problem with salt. I crave it constantly. I eat it to the point that's it's very unhealthy especially since I have high blood pressure. Now when I was pregnant with my last baby the craving went completely away and I gave it up no problem. Then when I was about 8 weeks post partum the craving came back with a vengence. I eat so much salt that I stay swelled up even though I take a Fluid pill every day for my high blood pressure. I see my family doc tomorrow and I will be talking to her about it but in the meantime any advice for me? The craving is so strong and I just can't get enough salt and then of course I can't get enough Water b/c my mouth is so dry.

I must admit I noticed that yesterday and couldn't decide if I should know what it meant or not:) I thought maybe everyone else knew but me. LOL I have no clue.

LOL! I had to laugh at this. When I lose weight my boobs always go very small, flat and saggy but dh just spent $13K to build him a shop/man cave outside so I figure I can spend the same amount on boobs right?

For full liquids I actually did any soup I wanted I just put it in the blender first. It's more filling that way:)

Congratulations!!!

I'm not sure how it works but it's FDA approved and the testimonials on the site look really good.

I have lots of nasty stinky gas since getting banded. It's embarrassing. I know I can't be the only one b/c I did a board search and found a few posts about it. What I don't get is why? If I'm not drinking anything carbonated and not using straws wouldn't I have less gas and air in my stomach? Have any of you tried Devrom? It's supposed to take the smell out. flatulence

A week ago I posted about being able to fit in my smaller jeans finally. Well as of today not only do they fit but I can pull them off WITHOUT unbuttoning them:) I really haven't lost any more weight so I don't know what's going on but I like it!!

Personally I think diet pills are a very short term solution. I got the Lap Band so I wouldn't need them anymore. I wouldn't do it b/c they do make your heart race and cause cardiac side effects. I would just stick it out and wait.

The meds mostly just need to be crushed right after surgery. After that as long as they are smaller than an M&M they should be fine. If your Wellbutrin is the extended release then it's not crushable and you may need to change meds. Anything extended release can't be crushed.

LOL! That is too funny!