SHRINK'N VIOLETS

Hello all... I'm Tracy and I'm starting this thread because I just found out that I'm scheduled for Surgery on April 26, 2007.

fffffffffffffffffffast forward to April 30, 2007

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!

We made it to the other side of bandland and now we are set to support one another while we shrink our booties and grow into our new smaller skins.

All are welcome to join in and post, but we are not a group that bickers..... please be supportive as we all have different paths to follow... but the journies to the more healthy self beckons....

Let the losing begin!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the heads up Kat!!

GINA YOU LOOK GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!

Before

Current - Thanksgiving Day w/ my GS-- over half way there.

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Gina

Surgery: 4-9-07 (self-pay)

Morning!

Just got back from the gyno. I forgot how nervous it makes me. And I forgot how painful the pap is. It doesn't last long of course, but yikes! We were having a conversation and she did it and I just had to shut up.

I asked her about my sex drive.. I have a decent one, but it's not as good as I'd like. When I went off B/C for surgery, I was like a horndog.. when I started back on, it went away. She said this isn't a common side effect of B/C but it does happen. But she doesn't want me goin off B/C till I lose more weight and regulate blah blah, so I guess her answer was tough sh*t. Bummer, was hoping she'd say a different kind of B/C would help or something.

They set me up to do some tests next week to make sure my ovaries & uterus are all ok. I have a kidney that is in my pelvis, and before I cared about kids, they told my mom they'd either remove it during pregnancy (if baby was squishing it), or the baby would push it out of the way. But doc wants to make sure the kidney isn't keeping my tubes and uterus from working properly.

So they're doing a dye test and inflating my uterus (eek). Some reason I think this is going to be painful.. and then doing something with saline & ultrasound at their office.. other part at the hospital. Hopefully all my girly parts are a-ok!

I lost 70lbs since the last time they saw me, they were happy.

I asked her about the problems I have on my thighs (bad bad bad sores, had them for years). Last year she told me to try hibiclens.. didn't work. I told her now that I've lost weight, I had HOPED they'd be going away.. but no. She said I would probably need plastic surgery and asked if my insurance covers it. I'm 99.9% sure my insurance won't cover it, since they don't cover obesity treatments. Boo

This may be my last post for the weekend, as I've got a new hire and some other lose end before I head out......

PAMELA THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love my present!

Have a great weekend!

Suzie: Hope to see you tomorrow.. bring the camera!

Oh forgot to tell you about my 'incident' last night. I made a NUMMY balsamic chicken last night.

I used chicken thighs & legs.

Made a sauce out of mustard, thyme, sage, rosemary, salt & pepper.

Rubbed the chicken pieces down, then lots of balsamic vinegar, then a drizzle of EVOO. Roasted for an hour, turning & basting.

Well, while it's cooking I had some cheese for a snack. Kind of PB'd, not bad, was just where I foam at the mouth a little bit.. Then I go in the kitchen to turn the chicken (kitchen smells like the chicken of course) and all of a sudden I was horribly nauseated from the smell. Felt like the flu kind of sick. The smell was so overwhelming, I had a panicky feeling, I couldn't get away from it in the house. I ran outside in the backyard and heaved for a bit. I couldn't believe it. DH said "Guess you're not eating chicken for dinner". heh. It passed after 10 minutes, went back into the house, had the chicken for dinner with no problems. I had this happen one other time after a really bad PB, and I think it was a big spit bubble that triggered my throw up nerves. But the smell of the chicken was intoxicating (in a not-romantic way!).

Haydee- You can have your present!

Everyone be good today.. TGIF!! I've had a white chocolate turtle for 'lunch'.

Hey all!~~

Just got back from the doc... I have all my fluid... & they gave me a bit more... never did get a definite answer about how much is in there now... but I guess I'll never know why I've felt so "open" & hungry since the last fill on halloween... odd... I've got my fingers crossed that this one will hit the sweet spot!! -3 in a month sux... don't want THAT to happen again!!

Kids get home 2 hrs early today... darn kids, messing up my day! Just kidding... sort of!

Make it a great day, everyone!

-3 in a month sux????

How much would you have gained in November pre-band?

Updated my ticker... for some reason, ever since dh reconfigured my puter, it won't "save" my tickers, so I have to re-create it each time... annoying, but at least now I can change the design to suit my mood each week!

Gina -- What powerful photos -- wow! You look great!!

Tracy -- Have fun this weekend!

Laura -- Your chix sounds nummy... but NO MORE OF THOSE TURTLE THINGS!

Or eggs... for the rest of you... by the sounds!

Pam -- No drinking & driving, esp in the rain!! Water, m'dear!

Suzie -- I'm w/you! I'm delaying the annual pumpkin bread baking as long as possible this year... so far I think I've got about 40 loaves to do this year... it begins next week, tho... + my family is getting on my case about not starting the cookies yet (I always make all sorts of different kinds)... but I don't need them & neither do they!! Bah Humbug! Darn Xmas food!!

Jenn -- Yep... patience & trust... haven't seen Judy on here today, so I'll be the cheerleader... P&T! P&T!

Can you believe that it's snowing here AGAIN?? This is MARYLAND, not MINNESOTA... geesh!

Yes, Laura... -3 in a month sux... because I HAVE the band... so it'd better get workin'!! If I"M working... it has to, too!!

Hey Pam!~~ Just got your card... too funny!! Perfect for my sense of humor!! Thanks!

Pam-- I got your card today allso. That is too funny. Thanks.

Ohh myyy gooodness.

All the girls here go to a mexican restaurant for lunch on Fridays.. I don't like mexican food, but I go sometimes for the company. Today I was so hungry, havin those shoulder/arm pains I get when I am too hungry (really buggin me). So I went.. I was lookin for somethin that sounded good and small. They had a taco salad fajita. Lots of veggies, sour cream and guacamole. Ok, I even commented that I wished they had pics in the menu so I could see what stuff looks like. Anyway, I imagined a fajita with all this stuff in it. I was mistaken. It's a HUGE salad bowl (made of fried tortilla I guess) full of salad & fajita. I mixed it around and did a good job of picking at it the whole time. I ate 2 bites of lettuce with guacamole, one piece of green pepper, then tried a piece of steak. OUCH. We were chatting and I kept getting hung up, where you can't talk cause you're having an episode? So I went to the bathroom and cleared out the steak.. and I'm full. I'm so glad to be restricted again. Wish it was just a little fajita though, not this big salad. Got it to go, it's probably like 80 bites of food.. and I did 3.

TracyK~ So Glad you like it!! In all fairness...I loved picking it out and buying it. I think on the little card the website is there. They have some cute other stuff too! Wear it in good health!

Laura~ I love Mex...and love taco/fajita salads. I actually had one this week, and I scraped off 1/2 the meat etc and saved it in the fridge. Then I added it to shredded lettus the next day too! I add salsa or pico de gallo as the dressing and it is very lo cal...and soooo fresh and good! I never eat the shell...too much grease for me!!

So glad you all liked the cards. It was fun adding everyone to the lists! I hope this is a tradition that lasts as long as our friendships!

xoxoxoxo

Afternoon, Violets. I feel like crap today. Cold has gotten worse and I tried to take it easy today. I did get my Christmas cards in the mail and got my appetizer made for the PMS group dinner tonight. I really, REALLY don't want to go, but have to make the effort cause one of the pastors is retiring and leaving the area and this will be the last chance to see her before she goes.

Nice article in People magazine today about a 17 year old who had gastric surgery.. and it was LAP BAND instead of RNY!!! She's very pleased with her progress and has lost 54# since June. The article sounds like it could have been written by any one of us. Just so happens she is only 17, so that's the big issue. I sure wish I could have done it when I was 17!!

Just wanted to check in and I'm going to go back and be a couch potato until time for the dinner. They are having lasagna and I really am not hungry today at all. Guess I'll be picking at it and hoping nobody notices.

Take care... TTFN...

Pam- Yeah the lettuce I ate was good with the sour cream & guacamole (I don't like mexican, but I love guacamole).. I almost got the guacamole salad, but the fajita with salad in it sounded good (even though I was wrong hah hah). It had lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, all kinds of peppers, onions, sour cream, tomatoes, and then the evil tough over-cooked steak.

If I had it without steak, I think it would have been awesome. I didn't eat the shell either. I was going to reheat for dinner, but DH said he did want the left overs, so no more for me!

WOW do I feel bad.

Remember me complaining about the lady in accounting was out for a while and I had to cover her job and my job and.. I complained a lot basically.

She just brought me a gift with a thank-you card, for covering for her. I told her she didn't have to, etc. And thanked her..

So I opened the card, and reading it..

She wrote how I'm her work 'angel' because I allowed her to spend precious time with her father before he died, etc.

I feel horrible for all that complaining, I guess I didn't think of it like that. Anyway, I just feel bad now.

I need to be a nicer person!

I'm not real close with her, but I feel like I should go hug her now.. and I'm not a huggy person, so now I'm just avoiding her. I dunno what to do.