Hey i tho i would post up a thread for us all to talk in.....hope this is ok :confused:

So start chatting away everyone...as for the herald sun here is a link to read

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21059191-661,00.html

Hi all,

long time sice I have been on line.

Just read the Hearld newspaper clipping. Maybe Drs should lobby the govt to make it accessible for everyone.

It would save them heaps in the long run and save many people from undergoing the pain of many problems associated with obesity.

I am a great advocate for lap band now. My life has changed and I have only around 8 kg to get to where i want to be.

Each year around now I would have joined ww and looked at my goal weight which is 68kg and thinking to myself it didnt work last time. Now after lap band I can say I can see 68kg and know that i am going to get there.

Oprah has now had it done according to a recent story. She may inspire many others to get it done.

Cheers

Extremely happy:clap2:

Hi All, Meredith happy 3 month bandiversary! You will look fabulous by the time your wedding rolls around. Is it too early to say that getting banded has changed your life, or do you need to wait for your 12 month anniversary to be able to say that? You look terrific in your pics.

I am feeling a bit happier today. I think I was having a moment of being totally overwhelmed with the whole banding thing yesterday.

Bronnie you may have these kind of moments, they are pretty normal from what I have heard.

I am feeling well, although I had some stabbing pain from my port region today. Must be forming scar tissue around it.

As for my bill I haven't heard back yet. This bill is from the assistant surgeon. I am so happy with everything my surgeon has done for me. He is fantastic.

I wonder how Dionne is.

Hope you are all well.

Susannah

Hi, Is it really true that Oprah was banded? I thought she had her own personal trainer and cook and went that route.

Susannah

Susannah I was saying the band had changed my life a month out! haha I love my band, it is the best investment I have made in myself ever.

My port hurt more a few weeks out too, I think you're spot on, its probably the healing process.

I'm glad you're feeling better!!!

Karen - I hope you find a pool that you can use. Silly me just remembered that you are in Adelaide - no hope of using our local Mordialloc pool from there very easily! Pity, because it has a hoist, AND is always only heated to almost cold!

Susannah - Hope you get somewhere with your bill - if you have to pay it anyway, at least you can think of the savings you'll get in other ways - after all, small clothes are cheaper, and you'll be needing a whole lot less food! LOL!

Thanks Goanna, melbourne is just a bit too far to travel to use a Pool, mind you gettng there could be an excercise challenge in itself!!

I thought the idea of seeing a physio was really good, if necessary they can perhaps refer me to an appropriatte personal trainer. I have appled to see one of the physio's at the MS society, I figure it is worth seeing someone who has a specalist knowldge of the MS issues- it may take a while to get in, but if it seems to take too long I can always ask for them to suggest a private physio. in the meantime I will keep plodding along using the theraband resistance bands for some general toning- a gentle but safe start! Would love to get back to using a magnetic rower though!

Hi all...I havernt disappeared im just keeping a low profile!! 2 weeks to go today and im starting to 'poop me dacks!!!' ( some good aussie talk there)..... im getting nervous.............

Hi all,

Haven't been around for a while so thought I'd pop in this thread and say hello Great to see so many locals around!

Things have been a bit hectic lately at work, home, etc. We've also just purchased our first home, which comes with a huge set of headaches on its own. Don't move in til April, but is anyone around the Eltham area by chance?

Hope everyone is doing well and good luck to those just getting started on this journey

Hi All,

Just drooping in quickly to let you know I'm alive.. Op went textbook according to my surgeon, I had a reaction to the tape and have suffered a little from that, lots of wind and very bloated is that normal. My port site is the sorest and I am not really eating much. I need to drink some more Water. I do feel nauseous all the time is that normal. ?? I haven't done my ticker yet as I just can't get my head around it. Anyway will check in soon Doug home this weekend...

Hi Dionne! Great to hear from you. Sounds like everything is going ok, everything you explained is totally normal (I'm sure the others will second that).

I couldnt live further from Eltham Jess, but its gorgeous out that way.

Its a big adjustment, going from inner city living to the burbs. Lol, it took me, oh, 12 years to stop complaining about how far away everything was. Now I'm used to it I couldnt go back, too much noise, traffic, pollution.

Congratulations on the purchase!

Its a big adjustment, going from inner city living to the burbs. Lol, it took me, oh, 12 years to stop complaining about how far away everything was. Now I'm used to it I couldnt go back, too much noise, traffic, pollution.

Congratulations on the purchase!

Thanks!

haha - yea, we moved from Richmond, to Williamstown and after 3 years in Willy, the reason we moved back inner city was because of the commute. We both complained DAILY about the drive and how we wasted on average 3 hours/day in driving. I don't know what we're thinking moving that far out LOL, but I do love Eltham cause of the greenery and the fact that we'll finally have a back yard (with pool for these awful summer days we've been having lol).

I've already told David though that I plan on working from home several days per week. Guess I'm lucky that I have that flexibility in my job. Jaz will still be going to school in Kew, but there's school bus that picks up and drops off at the Eltham station.

I'd love to have a bandsters get together after we get settled in though, if anyone's interested in catching up.

Hi Girls, Dionne so glad its all over for you! Welcome to bandland.

Jess, Glad your back. It is like you went on holiday and never came back. You me and Jacqui all have the same surgeon.

Meredith, how are you?

Bronnie, you will be apples mate. No need to evacuate your bowel contents!:biggrin1:

Karen, gday.

Loretta, howdy.

Mark, how are you?

Anna, I am going to check out that site you recommened.

Dr Cam, hope your well.

Fee, I am wrecked after my first week of work. The agency wants to keep me really busy.

Gday to anybody I forgot. :biggrin1:

Brain Fog.

Susannah

Hey Jess, I would love to meet you all, and you can meet this old fatass!:biggrin1: Susannah

Hi Dionne.... happy your back even though youve joined that banded mob and left me to fend for myself.... ive got no friends:cry

Anyway in 2 weeks time i'll be joining you. Ive been sitting here writing out cheques for various doctors etc.... im going to be broke.