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IndioGirl55

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kay Ellen    0

kay Ellen
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Hi Corliss and everyone: That is great you went back to school and you got some more surgery. You must be a person that doesn't give up and keeps working !! Thank you all for the warm welcome to this site. I am in the mushy part of eating and I just "found" something cool at the grocery store. Of course it has been around for years but I never would even look at it because I LOVED CARBS and SUGAR. It is tofu noodles. Looks like noodles for all the dishes I loved but is 20 cals per serving, no carbs. OK, it is not as great as Pasta and the texture is different but I can make this change. Just wanted to pass this idea on if it could help anyone else.

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ocotillo    0

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Corliss, your story is amazing! I have a friend that is 53 and is gong to finish her RN degree this year. Your weight loss is amazing. This is the stuff I need to hear to keep myself focused. Are you happy with the PS?

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Corliss    0

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Corliss, your story is amazing! I have a friend that is 53 and is gong to finish her RN degree this year. Your weight loss is amazing. This is the stuff I need to hear to keep myself focused. Are you happy with the PS?

Thanks Oc, I am extremely happy with the plastic. I would like a little revision on my forehead and will probalby go back for it next summer. I absolutely love the lower face, neck and the eye work. The arms are not dramatic, but the look like normal 57 year old arms now instead of looking disfigured. I am soo glad i had it. Thanks for the complement on my story. Have you seen my plastic surgery pictures? I posted a load of them, lol!

Corliss:thumbup:

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ifyourstomachoffendsyou    1

ifyourstomachoffendsyou
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Congrats Corliss on everything.

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IndioGirl55    32

IndioGirl55
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Corliss

I ck'd out your pics !! Looking Good Congrats on the PS

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Jenno2    0

Jenno2
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I am glad to find this site. I am 60 and suppose to be banded on 9-2. I am very nervous. My wish is to get healthy. Nice to know there is a support group.

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IndioGirl55    32

IndioGirl55
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I am glad to find this site. I am 60 and suppose to be banded on 9-2. I am very nervous. My wish is to get healthy. Nice to know there is a support group.

Welcome Jenno2

Yes LBT is a great site for support - Phyl has a book - I don't know the title - but she says it's great. I will have her tell you the name..

It's scary - but it is the best thing I did for me - and yes for us over 50 it's more about our health and extending our lives and improving the quallity... The looks are nice - but I consider it icing on the cake (yes pun intended :0)

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Sooverit!    1

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Octillo....thanks for sharing the story of your 53 yr old friend who finished up her nursing studies! This is just what I needed to hear. My grandmother was a nurse and I just always had the calling but never followed through on it. I'm 50 and want to start to get my LPN license but I keep talking my self out of it thinking I'm being crazy ...but then I did the same thing when I thought about getting the Lap Band and it's one of the best decisions I've ever made! Finally free of my food addiction....now onward ho...

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Sooverit!    1

Sooverit!
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Jenno ...I read a few but I recommend LAPAROSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING by Jess H. Ahronie, Ph.D., ARNP

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Corliss    0

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Octillo....thanks for sharing the story of your 53 yr old friend who finished up her nursing studies! This is just what I needed to hear. My grandmother was a nurse and I just always had the calling but never followed through on it. I'm 50 and want to start to get my LPN license but I keep talking my self out of it thinking I'm being crazy ...but then I did the same thing when I thought about getting the Lap Band and it's one of the best decisions I've ever made! Finally free of my food addiction....now onward ho...

Go for it Sooverit, but why not RN instead of LPN. Lpn's do the same work for less money. School is generally 2 years as opposed to 12 months or 18 months in many cases. I think at 50 there is no reason to avoid either.

Good luck, Corliss

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Jenno ...I read a few but I recommend LAPROSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING by Jess H. Ahronie, Ph.D., ARNP

YEP!! That's the one!

My very favorite of several that I read. And I got to (sort of) meet the lady when a friend took me to one of her LapBand support group meetings. She tells it like it is in person, too!

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Corliss    0

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YEP!! That's the one!

My very favorite of several that I read. And I got to (sort of) meet the lady when a friend took me to one of her LapBand support group meetings. She tells it like it is in person, too!

Hey Jessie is something else again. She has had her band longer than anyone I know of. Over 10 years now I think. You can interact with her regularly on the yahoo message boards under Smartbandsters and GraduateBandsters. I am a member of both of those boards and she interacts daily, answering questions, offering support and sometimes kicking butt, lol! Her book is a good one too!

Corliss

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Jenno2    0

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Question......What happens to the band if I get the flu. Does constant vomiting move the band?

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ifyourstomachoffendsyou    1

ifyourstomachoffendsyou
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Question......What happens to the band if I get the flu. Does constant vomiting move the band?

I've heard of that happening but its very rare.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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