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[Roheryn 0]

Hey Bindi, Congrats and welcome!!! I was banded on 27 AUG and live in Melbourne!

[shaversd 0]

Hi,

My name is Chris. I am 38 and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Oregon. I was banded on 8/27/08. I live in Portland with my two cats Max and Lulu. I drive a Honda named Griffith and have a GPS named Claudia. Haven't come up for a name for the band yet, but seriously, if it is going to be in me for life, I can't just call it "the band!"

I have a really wicked sense of humor...just ask the doctors when I painted my toenails bright green with Rhinestones before my surgery so that if I died, the guy at the Morgue could go home that night and say, "Stella! You are NEVER going to believe this! I toe tagged a girl with bright green toes today!" Okay...I did take a picture...it couldn't be helped and the opportunity arose.

I'm recovering well except that I am off of my antidepressants because they are too big to take and they are time released so I can't really open them and sprinkle them over my god awful Protein drink! I am struggling emotionally kind of like post partumish...I am happy as hell that I got the band, but if I have one more break down I am seriously going to have to do something drastic like...like....make towers out of the 1 oz cups I stole from the hospital...I am a scrapbooker, artist, photographer...there is a reason for my debauchery.

I am glad that this board exists. I can't explain this to my friends and family although they are pleased as punch for me. I am glad there are folks who know exactly what trying to puree a cow for the required 75 grams of protein (YES I AM VERY VERY TALL). Seriously, do you KNOW how much protein that is???? UGH!

Thank for inviting me to introduce myself...sorry you asked now aren't you????

Chris

Hi Chris!

It's great that you have family support and you will get a lot of support here too. I was banded on the 26th and have been on here every day since then. I love a person with a sense of humor and I'm sure everyone will enjoy it.

Looks like we have some hobbies in common. I love to scrapbook and am constantly taking pictures I have not not had time to scrap lately since I'm in school and sure do miss it.

Welcome and I'll see ya around.

[malteselover 0]

Now that is funny! (the toe nails).. welcome and its nice to hear a great sense of humor

[neomie 0]

Hello everyone...

I'm older than most of you but feel as young inside.

I was banded on the 29th of August.I had been waiting for only 7 months.

I live in Quebec Canada so things are a little less complicated here to have the surgery.

I have 3 adult children and 3 grandchildren who are a gift from life itself.

I'm a nurse who is still working, but i'm no longer in a hospital but in a goverment service where people can call for help with their health problems.

I've had a weight problem that started in my late twenties and just got worse with time.

No one else in my family is overweight.

Have been married for 39 years to the same man and plan on having another 30 with him.

I suffer from degenerative arthritis and have had both my knees replaced , would like them to last as long as possible so I had to do something.

So far everything is going o.k. but I'm a little anxious about the future and how it will be living with a band.

Also I need to start moving more if I want to lose the weight and that is a challenge for me.

I,m counting on support from others like me to be able to make this work.

Thank you for taking the time to read my long dissertation

[futureshrink 45]

Hi Chris!

It's great that you have family support and you will get a lot of support here too. I was banded on the 26th and have been on here every day since then. I love a person with a sense of humor and I'm sure everyone will enjoy it.

Looks like we have some hobbies in common. I love to scrapbook and am constantly taking pictures I have not not had time to scrap lately since I'm in school and sure do miss it.

Welcome and I'll see ya around.

Hey Donna,

Glad to meet you...I think I must be feeling better as I spent about 45 minutes stacking those stupid 1 oz cups that I pilfered from the hospital in various towers and took pictures. Either that or I am TOTALLY BORED!

I feel like I am in confession...I also drank coffee...but it was seriously the no calorie, no nothing cup O joe not the frilly Starbucks foo foo drink... I swear I will makeup for it...I will drink an extra gallon of Crystal Light...honest.

I even got my antidepressants down today. I figured one more day of my no reason break downs and my cats were going to pack up and move out!

I started a scrabook in December regarding the process. If they would have let me, I would have requested my friend take pictures in the operating room. The folks in radiology gave me a polaroid of my right caratid artery for my scrapbook. (I had to have a vena cava filter inserted before the surgery) It was hilarious!

Anyway...gotta get to writing a court report.

Thanks for your response.

Take care,

Chris:smile:

[futureshrink 45]

OMG your post was just what i needed tonight! i love your wicked sense of humor!! tonight was a bad night...super bad headache...stupid classes that run right after work into the late evening...no way to puree a cow at 9pm. thanks for posting!! i too agree that it's wonderful having a group of people that really understand what we're all going through. hope to see you around the board!

Bad days seriously suck! Sorry you had one. I do not recommend pureed cow at any time quite frankly. I did get a recipe from someone else for a Protein Shake that I can almost tolerate and is not the consistency of paper mache paste. It involves Peanut Butter and anything that involves peanut butter rocks! Okay maybe not peanut butter and smashed turnips, but I am not ruling it out.

What kind of class are you taking? I am thinking about taking a photography class just so I can learn new techniques to annoy everyone around me much more. People figure it out...either avoid me or just let me take the dangnab picture already!

Well I suppose I should go try to do something productive. Like...well...floss or clean the bathroom or something. I am opting for flossing though I think. Do you think people actually floss their cats? Or brush maybe? If I am that bored maybe it is time to go back to work.

Take care,

Chris:thumbup:

[futureshrink 45]

Hello everyone...

I'm older than most of you but feel as young inside.

I was banded on the 29th of August.I had been waiting for only 7 months.

I live in Quebec Canada so things are a little less complicated here to have the surgery.

I have 3 adult children and 3 grandchildren who are a gift from life itself.

I'm a nurse who is still working, but i'm no longer in a hospital but in a goverment service where people can call for help with their health problems.

I've had a weight problem that started in my late twenties and just got worse with time.

No one else in my family is overweight.

Have been married for 39 years to the same man and plan on having another 30 with him.

I suffer from degenerative arthritis and have had both my knees replaced , would like them to last as long as possible so I had to do something.

So far everything is going o.k. but I'm a little anxious about the future and how it will be living with a band.

Also I need to start moving more if I want to lose the weight and that is a challenge for me.

I,m counting on support from others like me to be able to make this work.

Thank you for taking the time to read my long dissertation :cool2:

Hiya!

You know I bet your grandchildren would love it if you got a Wii. I am so not kidding. Everyone loves me more since I got a Wii...and additionally, it gets you moving...since I can't really exercise at the gym right now, I have taken full advantage of the Wii...I can bowl, play tennis and other things that get me moving a little more than just sitting here trying to decide if I can puree bologna...

Glad to meet you!

Glad you are here!

Take care, Chris

PS...I am Canadian too...although I live in the States now...but if I say Chesterfield and tuke...you'll know what I mean!

[shaversd 0]

Hello everyone...

I'm older than most of you but feel as young inside.

I was banded on the 29th of August.I had been waiting for only 7 months.

I live in Quebec Canada so things are a little less complicated here to have the surgery.

I have 3 adult children and 3 grandchildren who are a gift from life itself.

I'm a nurse who is still working, but i'm no longer in a hospital but in a goverment service where people can call for help with their health problems.

I've had a weight problem that started in my late twenties and just got worse with time.

No one else in my family is overweight.

Have been married for 39 years to the same man and plan on having another 30 with him.

I suffer from degenerative arthritis and have had both my knees replaced , would like them to last as long as possible so I had to do something.

So far everything is going o.k. but I'm a little anxious about the future and how it will be living with a band.

Also I need to start moving more if I want to lose the weight and that is a challenge for me.

I,m counting on support from others like me to be able to make this work.

Thank you for taking the time to read my long dissertation

Hi neomie and welcome! You will get lots of support here so anytime you need it you know where to come!

Moving around is a challenge for me right now also. Any free time I have I spend studying or doing odd and end things around the house (I guess I move a little there).

How have you been feeling since the band?

I agree with you about those grandbabies, I have one granddaughter and she is the light of my life!

[thetvgeneral 0]

Bad days seriously suck! Sorry you had one. I do not recommend pureed cow at any time quite frankly. I did get a recipe from someone else for a Protein Shake that I can almost tolerate and is not the consistency of paper mache paste. It involves Peanut Butter and anything that involves peanut butter rocks! Okay maybe not peanut butter and smashed turnips, but I am not ruling it out.

What kind of class are you taking? I am thinking about taking a photography class just so I can learn new techniques to annoy everyone around me much more. People figure it out...either avoid me or just let me take the dangnab picture already!

Well I suppose I should go try to do something productive. Like...well...floss or clean the bathroom or something. I am opting for flossing though I think. Do you think people actually floss their cats? Or brush maybe? If I am that bored maybe it is time to go back to work.

Take care,

Chris:thumbup:

you should so post your picture of the cup tower!!!! i'm working towards my associates degree in network administration and hope to turn that into a BS one day... yep computers are BS!! and please don't try to brush or floss the cats teeth. it will be so much more trouble than it's really worth! i can't even touch one of my cats' face or she freaks out!! :thumbup: take care!!!

[tutornmom 1]

Hi! My name is Rachelle. I thought I had already replied to this thread maybe it was another. I am a proud veterans wife of 21 years and homeschool mom and math tutor. I was banded on 8/22 and I am going very well. I have a kidney disease and have been overweight most of my life. I am looking forward to being more active and spending more time playing and enjoying life. I am confident that I will succeed this time with God's help and blessings!

In His hands!

[Lanakila 1]

Hiya!

You know I bet your grandchildren would love it if you got a Wii. I am so not kidding. Everyone loves me more since I got a Wii...and additionally, it gets you moving...since I can't really exercise at the gym right now, I have taken full advantage of the Wii...I can bowl, play tennis and other things that get me moving a little more than just sitting here trying to decide if I can puree bologna...:thumbup:

So how sad is it that I've had my Wii, and Fit (!) sitting on my mantle for 2 weeks and haven't even taken them out of the box. Now THAT'S a get-off-yer-fat-ass-already project if I ever heard of one!

I'll bet if you puree bologna it would taste quite a bit like the completely mascerated vienna sausages that I tried :cool2:

[Lanakila 1]

I have a kidney disease and have been overweight most of my life.

Rachelle, has your doctor suggested any strategies for counteracting the wear on your kidneys that will come with having a protein-heavy diet? I realize that we've been eating that Protein all along, but we've always had other stuff to balance it. I'm curious (and nosey too!)

[futureshrink 45]

So how sad is it that I've had my Wii, and Fit (!) sitting on my mantle for 2 weeks :thumbup: and haven't even taken them out of the box. Now THAT'S a get-off-yer-fat-ass-already project if I ever heard of one!

I'll bet if you puree bologna it would taste quite a bit like the completely mascerated vienna sausages that I tried :cool2:

I have only 2 things to say to you missy...

1. get the Wii fit out of the box...NOW or I will come take it from you!

2. um vienna sausages...seriously?

[futureshrink 45]

ARRRRGGGGGGGGG the pressure...okay. I will see if I can attach a beautiful picture of my pilfered cup tower...

I call it the tower of power...or what to do when you are bored out of your skull. I am sure my neighbors are whispering behind their hands about that seemingly nice (read deranged) neighbor piling plastic cups onto her balcony railing.

Hope this works...if not oh holy computer geek...please explain how to do it...in social work steps...which means asking the computer how it feels a lot of the time.

Take care,

Chris

[ilovecops79 0]

Chris,

Your cup tower looks awesome. Great job. Oh and by the way, I made sure I had a pedicure and a full set of french manicure painted fingernails just incase I died the day of surgery. My family thought I was crazy, which is true. Otherwise, I wouldn't be taking Cymbalta. LOL I noticed you said something about your anti-depressants being time release, mine are too so what I do is open them up and dump them in my mouth and quickly take a drink of Water. I can't mix it into my food. It's just nasty. Even though they are time release, they seem to still be working.