I would like to hear from some Texarkana Bandsters about their experiences. re: doctors, pre and post surgery, and how things are going for them now. I am considering the lap band.

hey i decided i was going to tip-toe through the tulips for a while!!!!

just realized i missed my 6 months anniversary friday. It has gone really fast, was hoping for more loss but I guess everyone feels that way along the way. Still trying to decide if i am too tight, very confusing on here when reading other sites. Guess I am at a plateau. Hope to be at the support meeting mon. that should get me motivated again. How long weeks worth, without a loss ??

Sounds like everyone is doing well. I believe our meeting is tomorrow night, it's the second Mon. 7:00 Wadley. Even those of you not banded are welcome. I hope to be there. It will make two trips to T-town, but I may still come.

Hogwild, hang in there. This is the worst part of the whole thing, pre-op diet is worse because you don't have the variety of liquids that you will work into post-diet. Drink lots of water, get some good flavors to put in them. Also you can have sugarfree popcicles, pretty good when you want something to chew on. It will get a little better as the second week gets here. I think you get used to it. This helps to shrink your liver, so stick with it. We all have sympathy, we all had to get through it. I was probably the biggest weenie of all about it. I came right here daily for encouragement, got it too. Hang in there.

Hope to see everyone tomorrow night.

I don't think I will be at the meeting tomorrow night. I don't have a babysitter and my hubby has a softball game. Y'all let me know what I miss.

Hogwild, as stated before....the preop diet is the worst / most difficult. That first salad will be the best salad you've ever had in your life!! Hang in there, minute by minute if necessary. It helps to stay busy doing something.

Hello all. Didn't make it to the meeting. Hubby had to work late, and I had been there most of the day, too tired to drive back. Who went? Whoever went, fill those of us in that couldn't make it. I need to make the next one so I can get my 50# pin. I am a year out now. It's been slow but sure. I hope it picks up the second year. My leg/ankle is still improving but I am going to try to start a walking program soon. Maybe this will be a better year if I can keep from breaking any bones. lol

i totally forgot the meeting !!! I had to work late and didnt remember. dd had her 4 wisdom teeth out tues and that was all i thought about. I need to get my 50 # pin too! Good luck everyone this week. Tell us about the meeting if anyone went to it. thanks !

btw... still struggling if i am too tight. I cant eat in the morning and most of the time at lunch unless it is mushy or something i should be eating like sweets. some mornings are better. i guess this is normal?? I go back in three weeks. I hope this is why i havent been losing. I am going to give another three weeks and decide if this is the morning tightness or not. i do pb sometimes, i guess i should be doing liquids then mushies after i pb. do yall do this ?

TP - if you catch yourself eating things you're not supposed because it goes down easy, that's another sign of being too tight. As long as you're not throwing up more than once a week, you should be okay...at least that was Dr. K's instructions when I was too tight.

Hi yall! I had a fill Monday morning. I don't feel any different. But, today is my first day back on regular food, so I guess we will see. Sounds like everyone is doin ok. Just wanted to check in on everyone.

I gotta get outside and get started today. Gonna be great! Yall have a good one!

lisa

OH!! STAY IN THE BOX! :huh2:

what great advice. thank you ! I have caught myself eating things i know will go down. I found out today that stress really tightens me up too! Live and Learn. chew chew chew, box box box...what happened at the meeting, did anyone go ??

By-the-way Teresa, 52 pounds in six months, that is wonderful!!!! I've been banded a year March 7th. Our banding was 6 months apart. I'm just hitting the 50# mark. You have done SUPER!! I am moving along very slow but I guess it's movin. I think it's called "turtleing." lol

Take care.

Yall, I think I have a problem. After gettin that fill monday, I don't have any restriction to speak of. I don't know how much he put in, but I had more restriction BEFORE the fill. This is scary. I don't hurt, I'm not sick at my stomach, I don't cough at nite, and I don't think it's a slip, but it's just weird. He told me if I thought I might be too tight to come back and have some taken out before my next appointment (which is in two months), but I haven't been able to tell that there has been a fill at all. Guess I'll still have to wait and see what happens next week. It usually takes two weeks for my fills to kick in anyway. Guess I'm just jumping the gun.

Teresa, I try to take it easy after a PB. Liquids the rest of the day and then mushies the next. It just makes me sore and I don't really feel like eating anything for a while. But when I PB, it's a bad one. I haven't done it a lot, but when I do, it's "Katy bar the door" gross.

Yall have a good day. I get to hunt eggs in a bit and EASTER Party!

Stay in that box and away from that chocolate bunny!

lisa

Stress gets me lapband super tight! Evidentally, I'm a high stress gal too! This is my first "normal" fill with good restriction. I had a half a hotdog last nightand was stuffed last night. No bun or anything, and I haven't been majorly sick either! I need to check on Saturday and see if the scale is going to move this time!

Well, Glo. You need to post more often. I miss you. And how am I supposed to keep up with "our support group groupie"? I got the biggest kick out of him the other nite. lol He was just too funny. Saw Lou at the dr.s office. She and her daughter. We had a support group meeting in the office waiting room. There were several people there asking questions and we just had ourselves a "seminar of sorts". lol.

I think I might just be rushing my fill some. It usually take about two weeks for restriction to hit. I just had lunch and I'm feeling tight now. Strange, huh? Oh well, I hope it works. I need to lose some more weight. Spring is here and baseball season is upon us. Gotta shed some more. I got Leslie Sansone's "Walk at home" dvd a couple of weeks ago. Since I don't have a job now, I can start using it more. There was a set of bands in there that are really cool. Made my arms sore the first couple of times I used them. Plus, I have other things going on that will help tone and get some of my flab in shape. I think it's about time to get started, so, talk to everyone later!

lisa