Let's see if we can get everyone to move over to this new 60+ thread!

I'm celebrating today.... my 6 month bandiversary!

Haven't seen you for a few days Phyll. Good to see you today.

Lonestar and Alafish...It may take us longer to bounce back but I never read a lots of moaning and groaning from the older group. I think we are tough. We've had enough pain in our lives to know the difference between real pain and some discomfort. Or in my case , I have CRS (can't remember s**t) so maybe I was in horrible pain and just forgot it :smile2:

Hi,

Our neighbors who had me on their satellite internet network left to go shoot photos at the Salton Sea for a couple of weeks and I think today they're headed for Death Valley. So, I've been dependent on another neighbor's network... he's on the park's cable network system and it's terrible! It's down more than it's up, so that's why you haven't seen much of me online lately!! seems to be better today.

I agree.... I can't remember post-op pain/discomfort! I do know many said they slept in their recliners for several days and I didn't have to do that. I was quite comfortable sleeping in my bed! I took some of the pain pills the first few days, especially just before bed, but then I switched to liquid Tylenol. didn't need pain meds for very long though. But, yeah, us old chicks are tough!

I find your comments very encouraging. I just had a triple bypass with numerous complations. I am a little hesitant to go have another surgery so soon. I will have my lapband in June.

checking my ticker...

Welcome to our site Pam, I'll guarentee you, lap band is a piece of cake compared to aheart surgery! Hang around and let us know how you are doing and how the LB progresses.

Well I finally after almost 5 mos have restriction!!!! Yeah!!!!! Maybe a bit too much. I got a pill stuck last night and later like a dummy, I thought I could push it down with some yogurt. NOT a good plan. NOT a pretty site. Hope everyone is well.

He Baaack,

Sorry I have not been on lately, but when your waiting for Medicares "Seal of Excellents" to start not much happens.

I'm sill going to the CMMC support group meeting. Learn something new each time.

I'm not suppose to say when the "Seal of Excellents" OK will happen because no one knows until it really happens, but lets just say that something major might happen in June, 2008. That's all I know at the moment about that.

There is a waiting list of people waiting for the "Seal of Excellents" to take effect, but because I'm a regular at the support group meetings the Head of the Gastric Surgrey area said he would make sure I would be one of the FIRST to be called. That was encouraging.

As for the weather here in the Jachson, MS area it has been a little chilly lately, down in the 50's & 60's the last couple days. Today at 3:00PM CDST it's about 77* right now & looks like it might stay that way for a few more days.

Several weeks ago we had a little snow and my GrandDaughter came over and made a good looking snowman.

That's it for now, I try to post a little more often. Not much of a poster, but I try.

Don

Hi Don, Good to hear from you. I hope you don't have to wait much longer for that Center of Excellence to happen. Do you have all your pre surgery tests done? We are thawing here in Wi. Hope we don't get any rain untill it's all melted or we will have a lot of flooding. My grand daughter, her husband and baby are here from Myrtle beach SC and he has never seen snow so he's out playing in it like a kid. Too bad they didn't come a couple weeks ago before it started to melt.

Hi Don, Good to hear from you. I hope you don't have to wait much longer for that Center of Excellence to happen. Do you have all your pre surgery tests done? We are thawing here in Wi. Hope we don't get any rain untill it's all melted or we will have a lot of flooding. My grand daughter, her husband and baby are here from Myrtle beach SC and he has never seen snow so he's out playing in it like a kid. Too bad they didn't come a couple weeks ago before it started to melt.

Yes, I have already seen the Psyc Doc and have a letter from my main Doc saying it's ok if I get Banded. I "might" have to update the letter from my main Doc but that's no problem. He's all for me getting Banded.

I'm "READY".

Don

PB too much HI everyone. I've been gone for a bit. How is everyone? Hey, does anyone know what the syptoms of Espagael Dilation is? Like the smiley says, I PB too much.

Let's see if we can get everyone to move over to this new 60+ thread!

I'm celebrating today.... my 6 month bandiversary!

What a difference 6 months makes! Keep up the great work.

I was banded 11/21/07 and read posts on this site everyday, but am not sure how to set my own ticker etc. up. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Linda

Hi, Linda,

Thanks for the compliment! Welcome to this site.

You can get a ticker at tickerfactory.com.

Setting it up on the site is pretty easy but then the trick is getting it here. There is a tutorial on this site somewhere, but I'm not sure how to get to it. Here's my two cents... when you finish your ticker there will be several boxes of "code"... you pick the one that says "bbc code" and right click, "copy" then come here to "edit signature", when your little edit box pops up, right click in the box and "paste", then save and you should have it. If you want a fancy glitter name, I think I had better luck with sparklee.com than with the glitter site.

PB too much HI everyone. I've been gone for a bit. How is everyone? Hey, does anyone know what the syptoms of Espagael Dilation is? Like the smiley says, I PB too much.

Yeah, you've been gone a bit!! Where ya been??? Glad to see you back.

Esophageal Dilation?? I don't know. You're having trouble with PBing?? Too tight?? when was your last fill?? Jiggle my memory----- you were banded in July, too, right?? So what else is going on? I'm still in the desert but heading north in a couple of weeks. It's so cold down here this weekend, might as well be home!!

Hey Sunshine! About esophogeal dilation...it's a procdure the Dr does to stretch the esophogus for someone who had trouble swallowing because theirs is too tight. I don't think you could do it to yourself. But then 'm not a Dr... just an old nurse who isn't up on everything.

Hey guys, I was banded last Friday. After a couple of challenging days with the gas, I fell human again. However, I am very sore and tired. Normal for us "older folks" ? When is the next threshold of feeling better, a week? Just looking for something to look forward to.

Good morning everyone. Lonestar, I think we are all so different as far as feeling back to normal. Usually about a week to get back in the swing of things. The tiredness will probably dramatically decrease as some weight drops off. I noticed right away when I had only lost 10-15 pounds that I felt lighter and got around easier. Nutrition probably plays a big part. Be sure you get lots of protien. Lots of people swear by vit B12. I got some sub lingual tabs otc at walgreens and I think they did perk me up a bit. Keep us posted so we know if you get your groove back:Dancing_biggrin: