Anyway - good idea Robin, we can set up our own thread and quit monopolizing my super size thread. But I can't post in here anymore 'cause I'm in MO.

Scheduled for another fill next Friday! I'm at 2 in a 4, so I'm going to see about 1/4 cc or so. I have restriction, just not enough... but don't want an overfill either.

Yes he's still there. His # is 913-676-2370.

Thanks for the replies. I have left 1 more message. If I get no response from it, I guess we will have to drive in there. I just dont get it. We live about 45 minutes away and I think that is ridiculous if I have to resort to driving in, because they wont do their job.

Hi...Hope everyone had a good Valentines Day. I worked. It is my first tax season and boy is it busy and stressful. I just checked out the support group website to see if anything has changed and the website has but the fact that they are only doing the one there and at 3:30-5pm is still the same. Not a thing about Nola anymore. I won't be able to make the meetings at all they are at an inconvienent time. Most people don't get off of work till between 5-6pm. It is sad for me to say that I hope that no one really shows up and they rethink the times and put it back to the 6:30 time. I hope all are in support of this.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Hi Everyone, I was in to Dr. Hoehn's office the other day along with my husband who now has his official surgery date of March 17. Almost 1 year to the day since my surgery last year on March 19. I'm not sure who's more excited him or me, lol. Anyway, I asked about the support group meeting times to find out if they were going to change it back to the evening session and the answer that I got was that they were sorry, but that they are "very short handed". They couldn't say when or if it would change back. But I agree, I can't imagine very many people going to the earlier meeting because of their work schedules. I'm going to try to start going to the KC Bandsters meeting that meets once a month at the Antioch Library off of I-35 and Johnson Drive, but I can't make it this month. I think that meeting is on February 23 at 6:45, but I'm in the middle of training on a part time evening job and can't make that meeting either, so I'll be trying for the meeting in March. I hope everyone is doing well, and keep up the good work.

Hello everyone it's me..Chantay yes its been FOREVER since I have posted I don't even recognise most of you :blushing:( I did see a couple of post from Diane tho...how are you doing? And is Mary still around? Im sure she has passed me way up...I have not had a home computer so that is my main reason for being gone so long...well let me tell you...I have fallen wayyyy off the wagon and sure need to get back on. I had my surgery April 07 I started at 345 and lost down to 275 I had put 20lbs back on...but now I look at the scale and as of last night it read 299 It's a huge reality check because getting to that number was my first goal....under 300!! And now I can't believe I am back up there again. Money issues kept me from going back in for a fill after my gallbladder removal the end of 07 I have not been in for a fill in over a year and I almost eat like I have no band...its terrible but no ones fault but my own. One question I do have though is I use to be able to feel my port very well...but it seems to me I may have scar tissue built up over that area..I was feeling a small port but now when I poke around it sure seems like alot of something going on in there? Anyone else thats had their band awhile experience that? And a couple of times if I would bend over just right I would feel kind of a tightening almost like a stitches pulling sensation...keep in mind I have been banded almost 2 years so I dont think its really stitches pulling...any thoughts? Ok and one more things...I have been gone so long that I dont even know what my ticker is gonna say when this post goes up...but im sure it will be sad :cursing:( ~Chantay

Oh your kidding me...It says Im working towards my first goal of getting under 300..well LOL I have made it...what do you call it when you reach a goal twice only backwards this time....depressing!!! And LOL it says my kids are 16 and 4 but really my daughter is 17 and on her way to adultistm and my son is 5 and in kindergarten!!! K time to do some updating and changing!

Hi Chantay, welcome back, glad to hear you are turning it around. Remember it is a journey, and the best journeys do not always go straight from A to B to C to D...they wind around over to D and G and down to Y and back to D and over to S and maybe revisit B and on to Z at some point. Don't beat yourself up---that ship has sailed and it ain't coming back, so enjoy your journey.

If you are looking for a support group, some of us are still meeting at 6 PM the 3rd Thursaday of the month North of the River at a church on Vivian road. We had 19 participants last night! Still a huge need for people to get together at night after work and give and recieve support from others on the same journey.

Welcome back. Mary hasn't been on here in a long while. I called her a month or two ago after my wedding to check on her and things weren't so great. I know that I have had the same problem. I have been banded for 2 yrs now and have fallen off the wagon and am having a hard time getting back on. I have gained weight back and haven't had the money either to go in for a fill. I hope that I will be able to get one soon and get back to working out. Good luck.

Hi ladies...thanks for the updates...I won't be able to attend any Thu night meetings right now as Im in school Mon and Thu night...to bad tho cuz schools in NKC Im going to Colorado Tech to become a medical assistant Im excited!! Well I actually have an appt with Tim today at 2:45 for another fill like I said I have not been in for over a year so I am in huge need of one...Im gonna have him feel around and see what he thinks bout what I can feel inside kind of around my port..basically I can feel my port like always but there are a few oh I dunno kinda hardish spots maybe its just fat deposits but I didnt feel them a yr ago...does anyone else feel anything there unsure of? But also Im going to ask for 1.5cc I am pretty sure I have 8cc in and I have a 10cc band but I seriously have no restriction...unlesss its with chicken or shredded wheat type cereals..which I should not be eating anyways...And like I said I have gained 28lbs BACK!!!!!

I was banded today (5/6) at SMMC today by Doctor Hoehn. Hoping to met other bandsters from the Kansas City Area

I was banded on 6/17 by the same doctor:)I am doing very well.Glad to see that there is another person in Kansas with the same doctor.

Congratulations on getting the band! I was supposed to get my first fill on 6/16 but had to postpone it due to my husbands grandmother passing away. Her funeral was out of town and on the 16th. I am now getting my fill on July 2nd. I lost 13lbs the week after surgery and only 2lbs since. I have no restriction but am hoping things will change one I get my fill! Good luck on your journey!

Thanks and good luck to you as well:)

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Hey there Chantay.

I'm in the same boat as the rest of you old-timers.

I've fallen off the wagon and a 100 mark I thought I'd never see again is looming all too close.

I know my problem is lack of Protein but can't seem to kick myself in the rear hard enough to get back on the program.

Same old excuses: no time to cook right, bad high-carb foods cook so much faster. No time to shop for groceries myself. And a DH who is clueless when given a shopping list so he is always bringing home what he and the son want and never buying the items I need.

Still no one to blame but myself. Somehow I have to get back to making that time for myself before the time I give others.