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Hey guys, I have gotten the weirdest thing. I got a sebaceous cyst under my boob in my bra line and it became infected too, so they put me on antibiotics. They had to partially drain it this morning and it HURT so badly! Omg. So it actually had breast tissue in there with melted fat. WTF? Sorry that this is too much info, but for goodness sakes, the cyst is almost like the only boob I have. Ugh! When I lay down, my boobs are like 2 puddles of wrinkled skin. I'm DEF getting a breast lift/ enhancement this winter. I've gone from a 40DD to a 36C and that would be fine if they didn't keep trying to fall out of the bottom of my bra bc they are so saggy. Good grief- can I just change my underwear size instead?!

OMG yes!!! I NEED raw veggies/salad! I think I'm dying eating mushy veggies. I mean they taste good but I want sliced cucumber w hummus and just raw broccoli and cauliflower bcs they're yummy.

I think you and the gadget think that being a libertarian thinker means spreading the wealth. No that's not what I interpret this ideology to mean. To me, I think being a middle class citizen, I have supported the richer getting richer just by me getting up every day and going to work. They are the ones who benefit by the tax breaks me and so many people like me should be receiving. Instead, the people who benefit from my efforts to make a living are going to large corporations shipping my job overseas. Padding the pockets of corrupt companies who have already shown where their loyalties are. It is capitalism at its best. Reduced unenforced government regulation, to protect me and my family against China and the crap that we are seeing that has come out there. The current government has slapped me in the face as far as changing the constitutional laws to accommodate their corrupt agendas. No one has stood up to oppose these atrocities against our country. Only the people who are not affected by these issues are the ones who are motivated to reason with this madness and try to appeal to others to buy into this imbalance (not all of them though). People are fed up with this way of thinking. Your thoughts are to protect your wealth, sure but not at my expense. When I vote, I am voting for someone who will be for all people in this country, not just for the wealthy. Obama’s agenda on not giving vouchers so people can give my tax payers dollars so they can send their child to a private school instead of a public school is not something I agree with either. If I decide to bring a child into this world and I am able to provide them the privilege of going to a private school then that’s on me, not the taxpayer. Public funding is for those who need their children to be educated and are unable to provide that extra level of education. Not everyone can go to college. I want my taxes to go to bringing the public school system up to a better standard. This, I think will benefit us all. Again, I don’t want my taxes going to pay for someone else’s child going to private school. I don’t even have kids so don’t put that extra elite tax on me. As far as McCain’s heath care policy, if he has his way, not only will the illegal immigrants continue to tax our health care system but regular people will be forced to practice this as well. If you think about it, you may have wealth now, but you won’t have it for long. This war and the billions funding it…that should be enough to stop you in your tracks because that is another thing that will change how many millionaires and billionaires we have in the country (I say, not for long) not to mention if McCain starts the draft again with his war mongering mentality.

It has gotten faster, mine was only 5-6 months from start to surgery. Daniella, it helps to vent here, that is what I did for months as I waited. I am having trouble with the semisoft foods and may go back to liquids or at least thick liquids. I have tried to eat fish for protein for two days and have had a lot of trouble. I tried again and it just came back up and so I hope I have learned my lesson. I just fed what is left of it to the dog so I am not tempted. It is hard to kick this overeating thing I guess. So everyone, remind me to go slowly.

Yep Riley good stuff. One reason I am trying to step back and not focus so much on the darn scale it becomes an unhealthy obsession for me. I want to lose still but not by worrying so much about how fast. I had a good talk with Robin this week. And told her EVERYTHING and she agreed with me some of my weight gain is the band is to loose. But they don't want me in the ER again so I told her they have to be ok with me going slow.. Cause when I am hungry I am gonna eat. Something good but I am gonna eat. I didn't do this to be miserable all the time. I told her I am thinking the band was not a good choice for me and about the sleeve. They still want me to try which I knew they would. LOL. I just told her I won't eat meat even if that means I fail and she understands and I told her I was frustrated. Anyway same stuff I tell you guys...... I told her some about the whole journaling with feelings and she liked that. I gave you alot of credit Riley Jane~~Or course she won't admit she knows you :-) Anyway she said I was doing everything right and she will talke to Dr. Baggs about what they can do.........ya no fill but like WHEN and how fast can I get fills............so I am going to see Dr. Baggs so we can figure out what to do from here. But ya I guess my appointments weren't cancelled I guess they wanted to check in with me before they cancelled which I didn't know and probably won't have agreed to. I am not one to hide things though. I say the truth the good, bad and ugly. Once they get me on the phone I put it all out there. First words of my mouth were I am fed up with the whole thing and not sure I wanna schedule fills until I can think about what is the utlimate goal here for us as a team....... Ok, ok.......probably way to much of my mouth but that is me. I probably didn't need to be on the phone with anyone that day!!! Tamra whats yor date???

Hey All, I drove over to my sisters and fed her cat and picked up a few things for her. Than drove over to Kansas for my Doctor's appointment. Lost 1 pound since I saw him 2 weeks ago. On the way home my Aunt called to tell me that a cousin had passed away, so I called another cousin and got a ride to the wake tomorrow night. So I go to K-Mart and shop for a little while. Go to KFC and get lunch and take it over to the hospital and had lunch with my sister and my nephew. Now I'm home and resting for about an hour till I go into work. Phew. Terry, yesterday I needed ot get gas and was to tired to do it. This morning gas had gone up 10 cents. I've never tried Artichokes, so I have no opinion on the subject.:tt2:

I had gastric bypass in June 2005 lost about 120 pounds keep it off for 3-4 yrs then gained back 65 pounds.. Got my band Jan 4 2013.. had 3 fills for a total of 9.2cc in a 14cc band.. have lost about 20 pounds mainly from exercise bc I have a lil restriction after 3rd fill.. am hoping to be at da green zone with my next fill in a few weeks. And yes, I too felt like a failure after gaining weight back but this time around I feel more educated and ready for this life time change.. my 1st couple of yrs with gastric.. that weight fell off without any effort and I felt great, I figured there's no way this weight gonna come back.. But it did and it will continue to if I don't start back eating right and exercising.. I'm happy to have that 2nd chance to get it right once again... good luck to u all!

@Tanya624..thx...that is so true about not finding much about B.O.B that's why I replied to this post bc when I joined this site that is what my initial post said in hopes of getting connected to others like us...as far as my original pouch my doctor said just then end of my pouch was stretched and I still had restriction bc I still had dumping episodes..This lapband process is much slower a lil too slow for me but am dealing with it and trying to make it through one day at a time..I also see some people had the lapband with plication, I thought to myself why my surgeon didn't do my band like that, then I remembered that I already have a smaller stomach from the gastric surgery. I just so want this band a lil tighter that way it will keep me fuller longer and help me out with my portions... I guess I wanna feel that oh no can't eat that or ill get sick feeling again..well keep in touch and congrats on your new journey..

Good MORNING! I bounced back up 1 pound to 191... but still down 6 from day 1. I did have a medium dt coke at the movie theater, but I am proud proud proud that I did NOT touch the extra buttered popcorn and raisonettes that DH had....... OH and I did have a caramel coffee from the bar on the top floor of the theater.. (that is probably what did it) almost forgot about it.......... so not great but better than I would of done had I not been on the plan. I did drink about 120 oz of Water yesterday.. OK today.......... from the site: The next three days you get to eat as much as you want as often as you want! Ahhh, but there's a catch: it has to be solid Protein and you only get 15 minutes each time you sit down to eat. No drinking 30 minutes before or after meals and no drinking with your food. A dry pouch will hold your soft protein longer helping your to feel full and fed longer. Protein Recommendations: canned fish (tuna or salmon) mixed with lemon and seasoned with salt and pepper, eggs cooked as desired seasoned with salt pepper and/or salsa, fresh soft fish (tilapia, sole, orange roughy), baked or grilled, and lightly seasoned. Heading off for my coffee (not doing the lemon tonic today)

I am on my 9th day out of surgery and I have no physical hunger, however I do have mental hunger. I want to eat certain things I see and cant bc of the liquid diet. I really think once I am able to eat solid foods I wont crave so much. I am concerned that my sleeve isnt tight enough though. I have been eating creamed soups and am able to eat 8 oz of creamed soup in 30 mins. not sure if that is normal but its done now and I cant get my money back sooo. I only have about 2-3 meals a day bc that is when I think about eating, but other than that i am fine. I sometimes find that I am also letting myself have things I shouldnt have bc I am burned out with everything. Ex. I had broth for lunch and a 6 oz frozen coffee for dinner. glad to hear there are others with my same concerns.

I feel the want to graze coming back-especially now that I know it doesn't make me sick. If I do it, I truly try to tell myself just one pretzel or one goldfish--whatever it is--it gives me the taste bd gets it off my mind but I really want to stop it all together. In the beginning I slipped NONE bc I was scared what it would do, but now not scared.

Look, I enjoy your posts and your compassion. But I don't do "guilt" or "martyrdom". No one should be jelly of me. I'm as big a sinner as ever a sinner there was. I'm not looking for acolytes, but I always welcome buds. But like anyone, I appreciate speaking for myself and not having others presume to know what I think or feel. If that makes me Big B-i-t-c-h Fluffy? Then so be it. But we all have a right to our own narrative and I won't be pushed or manipulated through martyrdom. My mom was the queen of that BS Sh*t Show and I never bought into it then and won't start now at 55.

Ugh..... I woke up at 4am and couldn't get back to sleep. My alarm is set for 5:30. So here I sit, with the tv on low. Cats are fed and back to their window seats. I need to get in soon and take my shower. We leave about 7am. to go do our walk. I'm taking my camera so I will post pics later today. Everyone have a great day and enjoy your weekend.

morning all Job is not starting today, they would not let me on site because I didn't have enough experience for the site GC. It is BS and long story, but remember the Marine I dated... yea... he knew I'm family and is a bigshot on that site. I got my elliptical put together last night and I'm going to work out, raining here I'm glad court is over, it was a very emotionaly draining on Friday and I just cried, it was like the final goodbye but I can move on, free of him. I'll be back to read and catch up, i need to get moving before I get distracted

Has anyone out there that has gotten the procedure had heightened emotions since? Literally everything gets to me and I cry. I cry bc I'm cold...bc I'm alone at home, because I feel like I'm not fun anymore and can't do fun things with my fiancée anymore right now....I'm just an absolute mess. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

So far I am only 4 weeks...lol. I haven't told any of my friends or family...well my husband. We are very worried that something is going to go wrong. I do have a lot of medical concerns. I go for my first appointment on the 15th and I will be discussing them there. Hopefully this bun will bake the whole 9 months lol. My husband and I had gotten the go ahead the beginning of April to start trying again and off the BC and here we are...it happened a lot fast than we expected especially since a lot of the doctors said I wouldn't be able to get pregnant again...well....6 home tests later lmao...I am so excited, but also so so scared Thank you for the good wishes

Evening! Suzie...you guys should stand your ground! Three years? That is plenty enough time to establish some trust. I did get my fill today (thanks, Tracy!). I had gained 9 lbs. since my last visit. I was shocked that he put 1.2 in my 4cc band. I was experiencing GERD at 1.5 (I believe), so we will see how this goes. Easy does it... One thing's for sure. I HATE dropping $120.00 a visit. HATE IT! He told me a couple of things that I pondered tonight. I was telling him that the fill prices for us went from $30.00 to $120.00 and that I almost wished I had gotten the by-pass at this point. He told me that his most successful patients (with the LAP-BAND®®) were the ones that had only had 1-2 fills total (ever!!). Wow. Hmmm...probably those that kept their head in the game...learned the value of good food (bowing to Kat) and did not rely on their band to do all the work. Ya think? Confession: What happened?? I was that way for the first 6-10 months. After that I got lazy...and learned to cheat. Then I wanted my band to do all the work for me. I was in a dangerous cycle of swelling my band too tight and then getting unfills and later going back in for fills and starting over. I have probably done this 2-3 times now :smile:. Truthfully...even though I still needed to loose 30 lbs. at the time, I was happy with where I was at...proud to have lost the 60+ pounds that I did. I just got too comfortable. Period. I'm frustrated and fed up with myself. The money spent, the time away from my job....something's gotta give. I have walked at the park every day this week. I had two slim fast today (liquids for fill) and then some soup for dinner. I am praying this is a new start and that I can begin to think about what I am eating and why. Like Kat said, if you are limited to how much you can eat...make the food you are putting in your pouch count. Another thing he told me (and please don't shoot the messenger...it took me by surprise too) was that he no longer does lap bands Monday-Friday. He now does mostly by-pass surgeries with his band patients being done on Friday's only. My doctor is one of the top two band doctors in Houston. Why is that? My first thought (again...don't shoot) was that the band might be phasing out. That by-pass is becoming the new (now that it has been revised) tool. I hope that is not the case. I still love my band...I just need to prove it. So, that is my rant (and long post...'cause you love 'em, right??). Have a good one, Angela

@shelterdog64. Sorry I didn't get back sooner. Doc said it appeared ok but that he has to go back and look at everything and write up a report. It still feels like things are stuck and bc of that it makes me puke or just feel uncomfortable. Also, my stress level has been through the roof. I started back to work today and while I was so excited I had no energy after 5 hours. Also, yesterday was a terrible day. I found out that my fiancées brother was found dead. He was only 30. July is a tough month for me as my sister passed two years ago in July also Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hi Fellow sleevers! So happy i found this group! I was Sleeved Nov. 16th. So far so good. I’m down 23 lbs since surgery. I’m in phase 2 (puréed foods) anything is better than phase 1! Still not really hungry. I’ve been eating Grits or puréed soups and still drinking isotech 42 —— it’s sooooo much better than isopure! 🤮. I just hope my weight doesn’t stall bc I’m sure I’m not getting 60-80 grams of protein since I’ve started the puréed foods. I haven’t started hitting the gym yet but today is the day! Wish me luck! No lifting of course. Just light cardio.

C'sM: I will listen to your rants anytime, anyplace. I like the fact that you are so well-informed. Of course I like the fact that you care about our country and our people and are fed up with extremist viewpoints that are elitest, exclusionary and unfair to most Americans.

We made the same decision Tracy. We kept a major credit card---but I am only making the balance go away, not adding to it! Our financial issues are a nightmare right now. BCBS has us sooooo messed up, and yet the problem is not them entirely. Rick went into A fib and a cardiologist admitted him to our local hospital. But when he gets in, on this beautiful new cardiology wing, we find out due to financial differences of opinion, there are no practicing cardiologists on staff. He is there with heart problems and no heart Dr.'s are available. So the hospitalist Dr. he ordered 3 EKG's a day to monitor the progress while using horrible nitro paste on him which give him massive headaches, and did nothing for the A fib. I called insurance, to get him transferred to Albq. but they require a Dr. to transfer, and if we check out AMA to take him ourself, we chance losing coverage for the issue at hand. So he spent 5 days in the hospital, with multiple tests......and finally a GP discharged him so he could go to ABQ. Now insurance has refused for 3 years to pay a cent of the bill, as the tests ordered were not ordered by a qualified cardiologist. We have fought and fought, and been turned into collection over it, even though it was in dispute. Well the collection company says they got a judgement on it, and we never received any notice of any court hearing. So we went to the court house, and sure enough----it says the server put it on our door--which is BS. So now we are fighting it again, have spent way too much on this, but the bill is over $60K! So our credit is tanking, and we cannot seem to stop it. It concerns us over the job DH is trying to get....not to mention the general stress! I have been paying on it, trying to keep our credit in tact, figuring worse case scenario, we end up paying $2750.00 for it, because that is supposed to be our max out of pocket. But BCBS says no it is not an accepted expense. So I tried to get a print out of what all had been paid, because they claimed they paid the acceptable billings, and no one will provide me with a detailed billing. I can get an itemized bill for 2 bucks a page, which I did, but it still does not show what is or is not accepted and why. And no one can or will tell me. Now that I have gone back to work, I do not have time nor patience to spend every off minute dealing with it, so I have been doing the ostrich thing, and poking my head in the sand like it is going away.....and I know it is not. Pray for me, I might hurt someone if it does not straighten out soon! I have been working with a woman who I honestly believe knows less than I do at the insurance commission, and has been zero help......deep deep sigh..... Well that is my story, and my rant.....and the saga of my economic downturn!!! It sucks to be close to $100,000.00 in debt (the $60K was only one year) medically, and still be paying over $500.00 a month out in insurance---and supposedly have coverage. Our issues come in with us being in an area that is out of network, so little is paid, and we end up owing max out of pocket all the time. When you have several surgeries between us, it adds up quicker than I can pay it off.... Credit card was easy Tracy!!! LOL

Good morning! I am a happy girl that it is Saturday...no particular reason other than i only have 2 kids here instead of 4, lol....but that is reason enough, right? Yesterday our neighbor across the street got robbed. SO...that answered the question we had burning in our heads...should we reactivate the alarm system that was installed here. Now we know the answer is yes, we should. I called them last night and they are going to reconnect/test it with us over the phone today or Monday. I hope I can get them to do it today because Frank is on nights and it would make me feel more secure. I will only turn on the motion detector when we are gone because i dont want to have it set while we are sleeping then have one us get up when nature calls and set off the alarm, lol. I am chatty this morning...if you are bored by now just skip the rest...lol. I just had a full size bed given to me and I am giving it to Macy....well another friend just gave me a queen size memory foam mattress that is only a year old :glare: I will put that in dss/guest room. How cool is that?! Gotta love free stuff. Now if I can find a free couch, I will be in business :wub: If felt so good going to pay some bills off yesterday. I didn't get to pay off all that I wanted, but it sure is a step in the right direction! Jenn I haven't gotten as good as you. An eliptical would KILL me but I wish I had a treadmill. I think I will start looking on craigslist for one. Suzanne I hope you have a great time at the ranch! Bundle up! Kat-after all this time you old office manager is still a thorn in your side...ugh! Well, this is the last poke she could get in on you, so that is good, right?! I know you are glad Rick is home and his boss saying he is not paying him for down time is BS. What do you have planned this weekend? So much more I could write about but I need to do some other things on the computer and I know macy is wanting my attention so I better bolt Have a great weekend everyone! :biggrin:

Hey everyone! I am hoping to be scheduled for an October surgery! I just finished all of the clearences my dr and insurance require. It should be going to the insurance today. My surgeons office says it will only take 1-2 weeks to approve. My biggest thing was getting doctors to submit my paperwork after I saw them to be cleared. At 3 pm yesterday I was still waiting on 3 letters. I went to my gyno about bc and she really upset me by lecturing me about my weight. I called all of the drs I had been waiting on and since I was so upset they sent them all over :-). I can't wait to get this done! I'm more excited for mg husband And my son than myself. I've always had this feeling that I'm not good enough for my hubby because of my weight. He is less than 200 pounds and very fit. He says its nuts and if h felt that way he wouldn't be here but it's still always in the back of my mind. I see all of his friends and their super hot wives and just feel bad for him. I can't wait for that to change!!

OMG. I am now 12 weeks prego and starting at 4 weeks all the way to 8 weeks I was puking my guts up. Probably like 20-30 times a day. At the end point, I was just eating to be able to actually throw up food instead of stomach acid. Durring this time, I had 1.2cc in a 4cc band and could not make it out to my local fill center to get an unfill because I was so sick. My OB gave me Zofran (witch is I believe the strongest antinausia med you can take,not positive though) I also got phenergan suppositories since anything going in my mouth was comming right back out. Eventually, I had lost 15lbs and was so dehydrated (and had not peed it 3 days) and fed up I went to the ER and was given 4 bags of IV fluid. Even with all that fluid I still didn't urinate that day or the next morning so I went to my OB and they immediately admitted me and I was in the hospital for 4days on IV's. Upon arrival at the hospital I was immediately seen by a GI doc (due to throwing up blood) and a Bariatric surgeon (due to the band still being filled) They ordered an xray of the band and immediately unfilled the band. Luckily the band had not slipped (THANK GOD!!!!) and after the unfill and 4days and 10lbs of fluid put back into my body I have not thrown up since. It was really rough. So if there is anything I can advise people that are acutally throwing up constantly, make it your first priority to get your band unfilled. I personally think that if my band was unfilled I probably would not have gotten into such bad shape as I was in. I was hoping to actually leave my fill in through out the pregnancy because it was not that tight, but I'd rather be healthy and pregnant than skinny and pregnant. This time baby is priority and not me. Even though this was an accidental pregnancy!!!

Jpet, thanks for the information. Its such a great time, but I wish I could transfer some of this to my DH. Is that mean? LOL I feel so badly for him. With my son I did nothing for three months. I don't know how he and my daughter even ate. I think all of the fast food places fed them throughout that summer. I am so not proud of that. This time I am going to be better. I had such good intentions of exercising still. I did up until last week when the nausea hit. I am going to make myself go walking today before it gets away from me. I think running might be out of the question for now. I hope you are right that it all stops at 12 weeks and 1 day haa haa. Wait, why am I excited about that?? I am only 7 weeks and four days, that is still alot of time.