Ladybandito

You make an appt at DMV to change the weight on your drivers license to what you truly, actually weigh!!

You make an appt at DMV to change the weight on your drivers license to what you truly, actually weigh!!

You make an appt at DMV to change the weight on your drivers license to what you truly, actually weigh!!

You make an appt at DMV to change the weight on your drivers license to what you truly, actually weigh!!

You make an appt at DMV to change the weight on your drivers license to what you truly, actually weigh!!

You make an appt at DMV to change the weight on your drivers license to what you truly, actually weigh!!

You make an appt at DMV to change the weight on your drivers license to what you truly, actually weigh!!

You make an appt at DMV to change the weight on your drivers license to what you truly, actually weigh!!

Steamer with sugar free caramel!!!

Yes, I'm on Twitter.
It wasn't really a meltdown, just a short drama llama.
Twitter is the best invention ever made to encourage over-sharing. Unless you have an anonymous Twitter account, all your posts can be seen by everyone on the internet. It's not like Facebook where you post only to your friends or subsets of friends.
If she needs support, she should come over here, tell her story, and get meaningful responses that are longer than 144 characters.

Congratulations Alex!!! 11 years kept off and maintaining!! That's outstanding!! Great job!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for caring for others as much as for yourself and creating this website and app! It's truly helped me from the beginning to this day on my sleeve journey.
Your truly inspiring and motivating to so many of us!
Thank you again for all you've done for our WLS community!!
Best wishes and keep up the fabulous and successful journey you started 11 years ago!!

I just recently got switched over to Bariatric Advantage Multi EA, a combination multi and all of the other supplements I was taking, except the Calcium. It is a horse pill as round as a dime and as thick as a pencil. I could not swallow it whole, and I could not swallow it cut in forths because it got caught in my throat both ways. What I ended up doing is taking it during the night with blueberry flavored applesauce. That seems to be working.

While You Were sleeping
So I'm sorry to be too graphic here but remember, someone filled your body cavity full of gas, they pumped fluids, medications, antibiotics and anesthesia into your body. They punched 5 holes in your abdomen, moved all your inner body parts around, shoved a tube down your throat, took an electric scalpel and burned away excess fat and tissue wrapped around your upper stomach, then wrapped a plastic strap around your stomach just below the lower esophogeal sphincter, stitched it in place with 5-6 sutures bringing your lower stomach up and over the band and then snaked a tube out of your body and then sewed another plastic piece to the muscle tissue on your rib cage.
Now, thinking about all that has been done to your body, you're doing quite well aren't you?

Congratulations Tom on your bandiversary! Great post, I hope some newbies read it and take it to heart!

Come for your chance to meet other BariatricPal members and Carnie Wilson in person April 10, 2015! We will be meeting as a group in San Diego, California, within the annual meet and greet sponsored by the Weight Loss Surgery Foundation of America (WLSFA). All BariatricPal members are welcome.
About WLSFA
The WLSFA is a non-profit organization that supports the weight loss surgery community. Its mission is to create a “National Network of Care” that provides grants so that needy patients can have access to weight loss surgery. The WLSFA fights obesity by:
Funding weight loss surgery and follow-up care for individuals. Supporting obesity research. Raise awareness about weight loss surgery. Mark Your Calendar for the Meet and Greet!
The WLSFA holds an annual Meet and Greet that also serve as a fundraiser. The 2015 event is the WLSFA California Dreamin’ 5th Anniversary Fundraiser. It features an expo, receptions, demonstrations & speakers on a variety of topics to motivate, inspire and educate. WLSFA National Ambassador of Hope Singer Carnie Wilson will lead Judges Table at a fun filled WLS Friendly CHOPPED Competition! It’s also a great opportunity to explore one of the most beautiful cities in the United States.
The Meet and Greet starts at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, April 10, 2015, and goes until noon on Sunday, April 12. The headquarters are at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. Registration is necessary, but we’ll walk you through that if you let us know that you are planning to attend! Details about accommodations and transportation are available at the event website.
Be Part of the BariatricPal Group!
BariatricPal is planning to be at the San Diego Meet and Greet, and we want to meet you! We will be exhibiting at the expo, and hope that you will stop by! Visit our booth on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday to introduce yourself and meet yours truly in person. You'll also get to meet all of the other BariatricPal members who show up in person.
JOIN US NOW!

Use Coupon Code "BariatricPal" during checkout for an additional 10% off!
Let us know that you are planning to attend by posting on this thread!
See you in San Diego!
PS: Please use the following password If you're required to enter a password to join our group during registration: BariatricPal

Can't complain about losing weight can we. I'm in the same boat. Should take me about 3.5 years to finally reach my goal and I'm good with that. Well done and high 5s to you ^5^5

Yes. I feel like a fraud. I feel like a fat woman in a thinner body. I look at pictures because I don't see the way I look to everyone else. I'm 25 lbs. below my goal and while I'm not too thin, I keep thinking I need to lose more because I'm not thin enough. I see a therapist to help me with my body image issues. Most of us have problems seeing ourselves whether we're overweight or not. I only saw a fat woman when I saw pictures of myself. I didn't see the fat woman in the mirror, and I don't see the thin woman in the mirror either.
You are not alone...believe me. And it has nothing to do with age either. You're a young woman and I'm a 56 year old grandmother. Here's my before and after picture. I don't recognize either of these women and they are both me.

For my own 'Danse LaBand Magnifique' I've had trace touch up both in AND out over the last 3 or 4 years.
With my antique 4cc Band, I've never been able to go over 1.7 and that proved to usually be TOO MUCH, producing the various symptoms of 'too tight'.
I'll have .1 or .2 taken out for a year or so, then .1 back in if possible.
It's way too easy for me to fall out of what seems to work best over time.
Congratulations on your success!!!

Hi All long-termers... I will be going in for my 3 year checkup in a few months. I've done well, maintaining my loss without problem, and no issues or complaints.
My question is ... Did any of you get touch-up fills after being at goal for two or more years, and if so, what led you to request one? I'm asking because I feel hungry a bit sooner than I used to after a meal, and I am thinking more about food again. When I actually diary what I am eating, it is still quite good (funny what seems like 'alot' after a few band years, lol).
I will talk it over with the office when I get there, but I'm wondering about others' vet experience. Do you 'touch-up' or have you stayed the same fill from the day you met goal originally? Thank you in advance for your sharings.

Hi All long-termers... I will be going in for my 3 year checkup in a few months. I've done well, maintaining my loss without problem, and no issues or complaints.
My question is ... Did any of you get touch-up fills after being at goal for two or more years, and if so, what led you to request one? I'm asking because I feel hungry a bit sooner than I used to after a meal, and I am thinking more about food again. When I actually diary what I am eating, it is still quite good (funny what seems like 'alot' after a few band years, lol).
I will talk it over with the office when I get there, but I'm wondering about others' vet experience. Do you 'touch-up' or have you stayed the same fill from the day you met goal originally? Thank you in advance for your sharings.

The oncologist I met with was really nice. My bariatric surgeon also went to the meeting, which I was totally surprised about. He told me that my gastric bypass probably saved my life because of the complications I had, which lead to the endoscopy. He feels they caught it very early, which was comforting to hear. I have to undergo 5 rounds of radiation starting on this coming Thursday. Then I will have to repeat the PET scan and we will go from there. They are concerned with my nutritional status being so fresh out of surgery and all the nausea I have. But this to shall pass and I'm going to face one day at a time. Thanks for the love and prayers!!

My surgery was in 2004 when the crust of the earth was warm and dinosaurs roamed the land.

Hi everyone. Haven't been on here lately but I do try to read everything. Everyone seems to be having a super summer!! Yesterday we buried my mother. Not sad, she was 96 in July but her mind left years ago so we lost her 4 years ago not yesterday. A month before my sister-in-law, her 97 year old father died. Weird 2 in 30 days.
My numbers on the scale have not been great but with not eating so wonderful this week, I am down 5 pounds!! That is something positive. Maybe I can keep up my plateau of over 1 year and get out of the 190's finally. I was banded 2 years ago and the same weight for around 1 1/2 years. Lazy, tells it all. Maybe now that I have no excuse to see my mother and do things, I will get to the gym more often. I pay every month.
Everyone, enjoy this wonderful sun shine day (it is in Boston).
Love you all.
Arlene

I've seen several threads like this in just the recent few months.
And given how full one's life becomes pursuing the Dream once our WLS goals are more or less attained, the motivation to post becomes decreased, IMHO.
Then again, after posting the same stories numerous times, the urge to do such decreases as well.
I'm impressed with the expansion of the site into so many other forms of WLS simply not available 10 years ago.
And of course I wonder the potential advantages vs/risk/cost of the newer Bands vs my Model T version 4cc now nearly a decade in service. People talk of 1-2-3cc fills, while mine simply will not tolerate .5cc fill, and the range of .1~.2cc is maximum fill at any one time.
I've hovered around the 1.6-1.7/4cc range much of the past 6 or 8 years. Anything higher produces marked distress.
Still, my own results while limited from what my Goal may be, remains a tribute to the fact I no longer feel on the verge of death or blindness due to various co-morbidity factors.
We see a slice of suffering humanity that seeks resolution and relief from our torment of being Morbidly Obese.
Regardless of the issues along the way, my impression is *most* of us have considerable benefits from whichever procedure we've chosen.
Cheers to us all in our jounney!

I love chic filet's chicken tortilla Soup. Since it's seasonal I know it will be going bye bye for awhile. they have chicken noodle but it's not near as good. so I googled a recipe and made me a big pot today.. it's really good and really easy to make.. so I have enough to last me a long time.
Recipe:
medium onion- diced-
3 tbls olive oil
3 cans navy Beans
1 can black Beans
1 can corn
2 oz chopped green chili's
1 pak taco seasoning
cooked chicken - I used canned breast
1 cup heavy cream
cook onions in olive oil until translucent, add green chili's, taco mix, all beans and last cooked chicken
heat to a boil, lower the heat to simmer and let it cook 5-10 minutes. add heavy cream and continue simmering as long as you like. it's a great Protein enriched satisfying Soup.< /p>