Hey fellow Maysters!

here is our new home for the month of October. Geez... October already! Where has the year gone?? Can hardly believe Christmas will be here before we know it!

I am hanging tough for now with my band. I haven't lost (or gained!) anything in the past month or so. I go next Monday for my flouro and hope to get back on track after that. I am wearing size 18 for the most part now with some 16's thrown in. Not bad from the tight 22's I was in in May!

I have been pretty stressed out in my life lately. My hubby and I are having some difficulties in our marriage right now in addition to his health problems. I think adding to the stress is me wanting a baby (now that my PCOS is totally under control, according to my gyno that I saw last week! NSV!!!) and feeling like I am having to put that on hold because he can't get healthy. I know that probably sounds selfish to some people but I can't help the way I feel. I feel like I have sacrificed so much for him and for him to be pulling the BS he has been lately is huge slap in the face. I just feel very lost and confused most of the time lately. I have agreed to try and work things out with him and see if we can't get back on track. I take my marriage vows very seriuosly and hope and pray he does too.

Thanks for listening to me vent. You guys mean the world to me!

Peace.

Have fun for me Marcy!!

Marcy -- you've probably already left, but have fun! Wish I could have sent 20 bucks with you to put in a machine for me.

Well, 2 more lbs this week. I'll take it! :clap2: I just wish my body would quit hurting. All my joints are just screaming with my shoulder being the loudest. I really think my fat was holding everything tight and now that it's disappearing, my joints are falling apart. The weather is changing but I don't think my body has ever responded this way.

It's sad......I finally start feeling great, doing things I haven't done in years and then I start falling apart.........

Helo Everyone!

I'm finally getting around to checking in for the Challenge. It's been one of those weeks where the weight literally dissappears overnight. In fact, -3 pounds between 11 pm and 7 am one night. Actually, it didn't dissappear, I flushed it. On that particular night I got up to pee every hour on the hour. I was tired but oh-so-happy when I stepped on the scale the next morning!

Anyway, I am -10 pounds for the challenge with -10 more to go! :biggrin1:

JustDuckie: I do the achey joint thing every time the weather changes, along with that I get weather related asthma so here we go for another season of pain and difficult breathing. I'm there with ya kid so don't feel alone.

MarcyD off having a great time. Hope ya win big kiddo!

3 pounds down and 2 back on today. Sat most of the day watching my GSon play football and my eldest coach. 4 bottles of Water...hoping I too can pee them out tonight!

Back on the road tomorrow but only till Wednesday. See my doc Thurs, gotta get the old oil checked... that time of year also.:rolleyes

Hope all are well and good.

Hey Maysters!

Well today is the day. I get my flouro done in an hour and will finally know what the fluck is up with my band. I have not been able to have anything by mouth for 4 hours prior so I am thirsty!

Wish me luck and I will let you know what I find out!

Peace.

Hey guys! Haven't check in with this thread in a while. Hope everyone is doing okay.... So sorry to hear about the personal and helath issues some of us are having. I pray that everything will work out as it should.

Linda - AWESOME PICS!!! You look GREAT! Congrats!

Paladin - Hello to you and the Misus. How is her weight loss going?

I'm still slow and steady.... I've lost 65.5 since my highest now... WOOOHOOO! I have 4 more pounds to lose so that I will NO LONGER be Morbidly Obese! Can't wait! Seems like keeping my calories around 1300 daily, drinking over 100 ozs of Water daily and working out for two hours at least three days a week is my key to losing the pounds... Gotta keep it up!

Keep up the good work everyone!! I'm gonna try to post some progress pics soon...

Today is makes 5 months post op and I hit 100 pounds lost when I got on the scales this morning. I could not be more happy with my band! Thanks to everyone here - you have been such a great support system. I still have a ways to go, but know I will get there. My latest pictures are on my website below. Current picture was taken about 2 weeks ago.

Ousooner - 100 pounds! Congratulations!!!!!

Kim - When I read your post I checked and guess what? I am no longer morbidly obese! Just plain old obese along with the rest of the nation! Woohoo!

Drews - How did you fill go?

Wow OU! You look amazing!! Congrats on the 100lb loss, I am very jealous!

Well I'm back from my flouro. Looks like I am leaking in the tubing about an inch and a half above my port. I will have to have the port replaced. Dammit!! I am very thankful however that it was my tubing leaking and not the band itself! The flouro was very cool... amazing to see all that stuff inside of me! My band placement is perfect and my port looks great.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Peace.

Drews, is the port replacement an inpatient thing? Under a local?

Wow DrewsLou isn't it nice to finally have an answer. Even if it's not the best answer it's still a validation of your problems.

LindaV WOOZER girl you are looking good. Tell me what a clack is. I am sure it has something to do with snow skiing but living in Texas I have no idea what it is.

OUSOONER sorry about the game this weekend. But congrats on the weightloss. That is a-w-e-s-o-m-e.

kim2bhealthy slow and steady wins the race. Congrats on your new *category*.

LapBandit1 was your eldest the coach for your grandson? We love FOOTBALL!!!!!! I only have a girl so I missed out on the football end of parenthood. But I see the little ones playing at the football field next to the elementary school by my house. OMG they are so cute I could take them all home with me.

justduckie hang in there hopefully things will get better soon.

Well the neurontin the neurologist put me on has REALLY helped my feet. I am not taking the full dosage yet so I hope I will have an even better outcome when I am at max dosage. I actually can get to sleep at night without feel like I am standing in a bed of FIREANTS.

So off to the dentist Wednesday for new temporary choppers. I think I will have everything semi fixed then.

Myra

The replacement will be under general anthesia and out-patient just like my original surgery.

OUSooner: AMAZING! CONGRATS! :clap2:

Drews: What were the symptoms you were having? I'm so glad you found out what was up and its so easily fixed.

Mypo: Glad they found you something that is helping.

My G-Son plays Freshman but my eldest is coaching the Varsity. It really is fun watching them play, I know what you mean. I just love it. But, one very long day in the sun watching and when I got home I had a very strawberried face, especially my nose. A sunburn in October in Michigan! Who would have thought. Worse thing is, I had my sunglasses on so I now look like a red faced racoon! Really cute huh? :embarassed:

Kim2: Hooray for you! :biggrin1:

Began my day at 4:00am for my trip back to what has become my other home, here in Indiana. Walking around with my red racoon face. Gee, you'd think people would get over it quickly but I sure got lots of stares. As if one look didn't explain I had too much sun. I guess it beats being stared at for my big old rear end! Gave em something else to look at I guess! ha ha.

Glad to hear all the good news.

:bandit

Myra - I sent you a PM about your question. I would be way too embarassed to post the answer here!

Drews - I'm sorry your port is leaking but glad you can get it fixed. You have done an amazing job considering your leaky port!

Lapbandit - Enjoy the Indiana fall! Even though I know you would rather be home.

I went to the dr. today and she said my shoulder is inflamed. And since I can't take NSAIDS, she gave me a cortisone shot to take down the swelling.

Well, they get out the needle......it's about the same size as my fill needle, get set up and tell me to relax my arm. Hmmmm....ok........

Then they swab the back of my shoulder, spray some freezing spray on the spot so I don't feel the poke (wish they would do that when I get a fill!), tell me I'm going to feel, "a bit of pressure" and.....

omg, omg, omg, omg .....oh my GOD!!!!! Did it HURT!!!!!!!! The needle went right into the joint and must of put the liquid right where it is swollen the most because I haven't felt that much pain in ages.

Now though, it doesn't hurt as much....just aches. I have some liquid Advil (childrens, I'm going to have to drink half the bottle) so I can sleep thru the aching tonight. Then hopefully it will start to get better. I have to go to PT for a while, but the dr. doesn't think it's too bad. My x-rays looked good and I have very little arthritis and no bone spurs. So that's good.

The dr. says it's a vicious circle....you hurt your rotator cuff, it swells, it pushes against the bone because of the swelling, that irritates it more, it swells more......and on and on and on. And since I can't take anti-inflamatories, I wasn't able to control the swelling. So hopefully this shot will do the trick.

Anyway, I go back to see her in a month.

OUS -- One hundred pounds??!!!! Wow! Congratulations!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

DREWS -- At least you know what the problem is now. Will the recovery be very long after your surgery? I hope that the problem gets fixed.

MYRA -- I'm glad to hear your new medicine is working well. Now, your teeth......

LapBANDIT -- Your G-son must be the same age as my youngest. He played 9th grade football this year until he tried to cut off his thumb. The dr. said no more football till the stitches come out and of course the season will be over by then. My whole family LOVES football. That's why my youngest's name is Payton.....after Walter Payton and the BEARS!!!! Da Bears.......go Bears!:biggrin1: :biggrin1: :biggrin1: