Hey everyone going through Kaiser Richmond!!

Where are you in the process?

Yay Dr. Baggs! Hope to see all my peeps up here next Saturday!!

Reminder from: SoCoRNYWLSSupport Yahoo! Group Title: Sonoma County RNY- WLS Support Group Date: Saturday November 13, 2010Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Repeats: This event repeats every month on the second Saturday.Next reminder: The next reminder for this event will be sent in 7 days, 1 minute.Location: WELLS FARGO CENTER FOR THE ARTSNotes: Our weight loss surgery support group meets the 2nd Saturday of each month. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 12:00 p.m. We meet at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts located at 50 Mark West Springs Road in Santa Rosa. Our meetings are held in the Carston Cabaret. Park and enter through the south entrance. Watch for the signs. This meeting is for anyone who has had weight-loss surgery, thinking about having weight-loss surgery and those support people who want to find out more about our journey. This month we will be having a guest speaker. Dr. Baggs, a Kaiser bariatric surgeon, will be at our meeting. Dr. Baggs will give a presentation and we will also have lots of time for questions and answers. If you have never heard Dr. Baggs speak, you are in for a real treat. For those that are pre-op, thinking about having the procedure or even post op., Dr. Baggs has lots of useful information for everyone. It's a meeting NOT to be missed. This meeting is also a wonderful way to have your support people be well-informed and give them the opportunity to hear information and be able to ask questions, too. Steering committee meets at 9:00 a.m. Regluar clothing and protein exchange. Cookbooks will be onsale, too. $15 cash. Please plan on attending!! See you there.

Wow - yesterday was my 2-year anniversary from my orientation! Yours too Nicolie! Time flies when you're normal-sized and active and in love <3

Riley! Hey lady! Congratulations!!!!! How sweet! How's life?

Riley! Hey lady! Congratulations!!!!! How sweet! How's life?

Hey girlie! Thanks, I'm loving life . . most of the time. Lots of upheaval and change and uncertainty right now, it's weird to be between houses but at least both boys are moving out. Dont know where the older one is going yet, but the younger one (almost 19) has just informed he's quit his job and is moving to WA with an online girlfriend whom he's never met, who has no job, and a child, who lives with her mom. uhhhhh . . . and he has purchased his one-way ticket and shipped his belongings already. Kids! He refuses to go for a visit this month and wait to move until next month when he maybe had a job?? Oh and he doesnt drive, either. You cant tell him anything tho . . he is desparate for my blessing and I want to support him but dont want to see him make such a hasty choice! He had a different girlfriend until 3 months ago, now he says he really loves this one and wants to spend the rest of his life with her . . . .

Why am I posting this on the Lap Band site? Cause we all need to realize that this is just a TOOL!! even with a lap-band and the weight loss and counseling and all of that, and all, we still have stressful stuff that happens and we still try to feed the stress and anxiety! In & Out burger for lunch, for Pete's sake! (no bun of course) The one thing that I CAN say is that my band does not let me stress eat!! No sirree. Nothing is going down until I relax, and then only about a golf ball fits. The band DEFINATELY does its job. I just wish I would get good at doing mine again!!

Riley you are doing fine:-). Give him your blessing and few life lines, when he bumps his head he will come back. But the hope and wish is that all goes well with him there. He is taking leap of faith and all you can do is give him your blessing and it will help motivate his success.

So this week I have been really good, i lost 6lbs and I know the band is working. I am at 5cc. I am waiting to drop 15-20 more and then go back to Dr.Park for a fill :-).

Coming here and seeing you guys doing well and hanging in there helps. I see folks are not posting as much. I wish you all good health.

Reggie

Riley you are doing fine:-). Give him your blessing and few life lines, when he bumps his head he will come back. But the hope and wish is that all goes well with him there. He is taking leap of faith and all you can do is give him your blessing and it will help motivate his success.

So this week I have been really good, i lost 6lbs and I know the band is working. I am at 5cc. I am waiting to drop 15-20 more and then go back to Dr.Park for a fill :-).

Coming here and seeing you guys doing well and hanging in there helps. I see folks are not posting as much. I wish you all good health.

Reggie

Thanks Reggie, he really does want my blessing! And he's getting my prayers too :-) 6 lbs in a week??? What are you doing??

Riley... OMG! He is taking a leap of faith. Like Reggie said...give him a few life lines and he will return...TRUST!

Reggie-hey lady! How are you? I see you are making good progress! Whats the secret? I could stand to lose 6lbs too! Lol

I have come to the conclusion that I have One Bite Syndrome! It's when the first bite gets stuck! Ugh! This happens to me quite often! Even when I am eating things that are totally on program! I have been doing some research on here and have found some useful strategies! The first being to consume something HOT before eating and another being to wait at least 2 minutes after taking the first bite. I have to do something the pain is killing me. If nothing else...it may be he cause of me being able to lose a few! Not a good way to lose but....I'll take it!

Have a great, thoughtful weekend!

Edited November 6, 201015 yr by MoniqueD

Hi Everyone,

I had the sleeve surgery on Oct. 20. During the surgery, Dr. Baggs saw a nodule on my liver and biopsied. it. It came back cirrhosis. Then, a few days later, I learned I had liver cancer. As a light drinker, this was shocking. My liver specialist told me that being overweight is as bad for the liver as being a heavy drinker. Hopefully, early detection will save my life. I won't know more until my CAT scan results for Monday's tests are back.

Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers,

Karen

Thanks Reggie, he really does want my blessing! And he's getting my prayers too :-) 6 lbs in a week??? What are you doing??

Riley, that's great!!I cut down my carb intake and I am trying to obey my band :smile2:.

Mo, I am trying. I gained all my weight back and I have to do something about it.I a at pre op weight so I gained all post op 32lbs back. But I am confident that I a slowly but surely getting back on track.

Edited November 7, 201015 yr by reggie71

Karen,

I will definitely hold you in my prayers. Your Sleeve surgery sounds like a blessing because they caught the liver cancer. Early detection is great. I know it doesn't feel great to you now, but at least you now have a fighting chance of remission before it spreads. Dr. Baggs did a biopsy of my liver during my Sleeve surgery too. I was lucky and came back clean. Many people are light drinkers and get liver cancer. Some are heavy drinkers and escape it. This doesn't sound like anything that you did to yourself. None of it matters now as your drinking days are over.

Kaiser is a good team. They will do everything to get you into remission.

Other than this crisis, how are you doing with your Sleeve recovery? I'm really sorry you're having to face this while learning to deal with your new Sleeve.

Good morning all!

Karen I will keep you in my prayer. Know that you have a lot of people here when you need someone the listen. Good luck with the weight loss.

Hey Ya'll, so good to hear from you. Riley, Reggie, Mo, Beatriz....I did a quick scan. Sounds like you all are doing well

I'm doing ok, really trying to knock off a few more pounds before the holidays. I've been going to Zumba twice a week and boot camp on saturdays... Food wise is so so just need to stay away from those sliders. I have such a problem with dense proteins getting stuck. I'm gonna try and make it to richmond group next week. Its our neighborhood watch meeting but maybe I can do both.

Maybe we can all make an effort to check in at least once a week and get our support system back.

have a nice week!!

Hey Jes, do try to schedule in Richmond next Wednesday. We have a guest speaker, a Plastic Surgeon who will be speaking only to Post-ops. I'd love to see you!

Good Morning,

Is anyone from down here in the Bay going up to Santa Rosa for the WLS support group tomorrow morning? I'm thinking of driving up.

Thanks for your good thoughts and prayers. I have an appointment on Wed. in SF with a surgeon. I am still being referred to the transplant team but it looks like the plan is to cut out part of the liver with the tumors.

Right now, I'm on pureed foods, which often go down like cement! My liver specialist doesn't want me losing more than 3 pounds a week because it's hard on the liver, making this whole process a little more stressful! Other than that, my recovery has gone very well.

Karen