I just have to say that I'm pretty sick and tired of the complainers on here. I'm frustrated that so many don't know what to expect once they have their band.

Didn't they attend a weight loss surgery seminar? Didn't they meet with their doctor, nutritionist, do the psych evaluation and do some type of pre-op diet?

I'm confused as to why there are so many posts of, "I've been banded for three days! When can I gulp Water?!" or "I'm so hungry! I can't do this liquid diet. I went to McDonald's today! Have I damaged my band?"

SERIOUSLY, folks?!

I researched the hell out of lapband for three years prior to surgery. I researched numerous weight loss surgery doctors in my area, went to two different seminars and met with my doctor three times, nutritionist four times, counselor twice and my PCP about a million times.

I spoke to my insurance provider so many times I lost count, I went to the store and stocked up on SF foods, Crystal Light, Soups and bought the damn blender.

I posted the pre and post op diet on my frig as a reminder to myself and to my husband. My doctor actually gave me three copies of these diets - I was overloaded with information!!

I find it incredibly hard to believe that people go all the way to get banded and then come on here and ask, "When can I eat real food" or "When can I exercise?" or "It hurts. Waaaa."

I'm just sick of it all. I think I'm better off staying away from this site. There is so much that is negative and the same things are talked about time and time again.

Maybe I don't have the patience for those who are clueless and who seem to take a stance of ignorance when it comes to their health and well-being. Do some of you just go to your doctor with ear plugs in? They give you all the information you'll ever need - and then some!

My pre-op diet was hard, but I did it! I lost 17 pounds before surgery. I had an excellent surgery and spent one night in the hospital. I had no pain medications once I got home. Was it tough - kinda - but I did it. I followed the program - full liquids to blended to mushies to regular food. I'm not filled yet and is it hard? YES! No whining though. Before I went into this program I knew I'd be hungry. I didn't believe I'd stay full 24/7 and always feel satisfied. Not until I'm filled at least.

These posts of, "I'm not filled yet and I'm so hungry! I thought this band was supposed to make me feel full!!" ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! I KNOW your doctor told you that you wouldn't feel restriction until you were filled. So why come on here and fein ignorance?

I swear people whine for the sake of whining.

This isn't rocket science. Do the pre-op diet, get your head straight, your facts straight, prepare, exercise, do the post-op diet, go to your appointments, continue to exercise and live it. Own it. Don't look for reasons to fail. Walk into this with your eyes and ears wide open. Don't look for reasons to eat.

You've obviously tried to diet before and you're overweight now. Do what it takes to get better. Now I know what Nike meant when they said, "Just do it!"

Ugh. I need a break from this site.

I don't understand why people are being so harsh on the OP. I see her post as a way to say, "Hey...what's going on?" If she wanted to leave, she would have.

If the original complaint/post was so annoying, then just pass by it...right?

Gloucester, so logical for someone who tortures watermelons!

:cool2: Only seedless, though! I hate seeds. They still make me gag.

Oh, damn...wrong thread, sorry!

I can kinda see where she's coming from. I get discouraged when I read that stuff, too.

I'm also hitting my own weakness after being banded since Sept, so it's hard for me to read about the newbies without getting a little angry at myself for not doing well.

Does that mean you're not killing the babies if they're seedless, oops, wrong thread sorry!!!!!!!!!!

:cool2: Only seedless, though! I hate seeds. They still make me gag.

Oh, damn...wrong thread, sorry!

I can kinda see where she's coming from. I get discouraged when I read that stuff, too.

I'm also hitting my own weakness after being banded since Sept, so it's hard for me to read about the newbies without getting a little angry at myself for not doing well.

i only replied to this thread - because quite frankly i find the "complaining of the complainers" more annoying. just MO.

erica - with a month under your belt; you "could" be one who experiences complications & have only this forum to provide answers to some of your questions/concerns. hopefully you never have that happen, however be thankful when someone does reach out and provide some level of comfort to you should that be the case.

i certainly hope you choose to use LBT to your benefit.

i only replied to this thread - because quite frankly i find the "complaining of the complainers" more annoying. just MO.

erica - with a month under your belt; you "could" be one who experiences complications & have only this forum to provide answers to some of your questions/concerns. hopefully you never have that happen, however be thankful when someone does reach out and provide some level of comfort to you should that be the case.

i certainly hope you choose to use LBT to your benefit.

I get that, I do, really. But, where can one go to blow off steam here? If someone posts in the R&R forum - I've been reading the "complain about complainers" too - then they get blasted. What if they just want to vent and get it out so that they can get re-focused?

Sometimes, speaking for myself only, that's what I need. Something to refocus myself and move on.

But, yes: right to complain = right to counter-complain. One can't be there without the other.

It's just where do you go when the little things are getting to you and not be beaten up for it? Not yours specifically, but some of the replies to the OP are rude, as well as replies to the OPs in the other complaint forum.

I guess I just get annoyed when people just open new threads without looking to see if other threads apply.

I'm not saying you don't have an addition or that you're an old pro at LBT, although if I did, I don't see how that's an insult, more like a compliment. I'm saying you don't know these people or their situations and you assume a lot about their intelligence, their research and what not. Just seemed a little harsh. You're entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to mine. I wasn't trying to be mean, I was giving you what I thought.

MrsFlipflops we don't agree on everything, hey we're only human, but here you're right on the money!!!!!

People are so fast to judge people when they don't have an addiction or never experienced one!!!!!

It might just be me, but I get really excited when I find I agree with someone whom I normally disagree with! :cool2:

I have barely been here lately, one of the biggest reasons I haven't been coming is just the reasons the OP posted about.

I know I could choose to ignore those threads, but I just can't seem to help myself. I have really tried, though.

I used to always navigate the board by the new posts button, but I've learned to navigate by forum so that I can avoid the majority of those posts that make me crazy.

Yes, the OP certainly should have the right to post what she did, as do the detractors have the right to rebut. However, I would question the need to announce a break. Perhaps the title of the thread should have been something a little different.

I am almost a year out and have not been without my challenges, and for some reason keep coming back here. But I also step away on occasion. Quietly. But that's my choice.

It might just be me, but I get really excited when I find I agree with someone whom I normally disagree with!

It's still a confusing kind of love though:lol:

MrsFlipFlops, I don't think your post was rude. You attacked the issue, which is what this forum is all about. I think the post that was rude, is the one that attacked the OP personally and didn't even bother to bring up the issue at hand.

No one here is perfect but let's show some respect. The OP has the right to post an opinion, just as everyone else.

OK, I'm wondering here, as I do from time to time. What if there were a Rants and Raves section "no holds bar" and a Rants and Raves section "you can't touch that"?

this is better than a soap opera!

OMG!!!I think Erica crossed the line with her RANT!!! I mean really...I somewhat new here however, because LBT is soooo very interesting, I read a lil of this and a lil of that. Yes, many of the concerns/questions are redundant. So what! Erica, you did more bragging about yourself than anything. I may be exaggerating a tounch. Anywho, in 2 months that I've been on this site and have read threads from most subjects, I've not read anthing that has been so darn HARSH!!! Give me a break. You appear to be angry about something or having a bad day! Take it out somewhere else. For those who are helped by the redundancy or the questions they should have asked their docs and didn't, any link here if for support, I thought? Erica, get over yourself?

Sometimes people just ask a question - or post a post- as a means to reach out. Perhaps they know the answer, but they just need to feel some reassurance from others who have been there before them. To me, many of the posts I see on this forum, and every forum that I have spent time on- even this particular post- seem an effort to connect to people in some way. I am not sure that is is the question that is so important, but the sharing and affirmation that we are not alone in this crazy process. We don't necessarily need the answer, we need the contact and that you don't get from reading an old thread.

Even this post mirrors many similar threads throughout this website- Couldn't you have simply read what other people have written that mirrors what you are feeling on this topic-ie. irritation with others for not doing/behaving as you think they ought? Or do you get a different experience from the interaction from writing your own and hearing what people think today, this moment?

KaW?