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I think the hard part is it was suppose to be a shared responsiblity and it has turned out to be my responsibility. Just like having my son has. I feel like we moms have to do it all. Hubby said he would be the main person to train and walk, that is not so. So here I am, I will have to do it myself. It is not that I dont want to, it is finding a way to do it, I am not sure my son will tollorate going to a dog class, but I guess I wont know until I try. I have put some calls in tonight. I hope to hear back by tomorrow. The dog is a real cutie, its just right now he is a pain in the butt. We are getting new carpet and I dont want him to wreck it. I will be watching him like a hawk. I taught him to go outside, I dont know why he is reverting to go back in the house. I will work on that. I dont want to give up yet. I know he is a real loving dog and my son loves him. I know he is going to be my responsibility, I just didnt think I would be doing it alone. Thanks for your advise.

I played fetch with him last night, he loved it. He is so good at it too. I will call the dr to make the appt. Something has got to help. Everyone thanks for responding

Ok so me and my smart ideas. I got this dog. I bought him to have him trained to be a buddy for my autistic son and they are. He loves him but here is my delemma. He is driving me insane. He is about 8 months old now and he, I swear is the devil. He dont listen. He nips at my ankles, gets in the way when I walk. Eats everything in site, including the toilet paper. He had now decided since it is raining that he will take a crap whereever he likes, which he is now going to be kennelled while I am at work, cause we are not having that! He jumps on me and my son when we get home, we can't even get in the door. He jumps on everyone. He is a purebred golden retreiver. My husband promised to take him to puppy training. I guess I am going to have to figure a way to do it myself cause it still has not happened. This dog needs to be under control. DOG WHISPERER COME HELP ME. I know he needs more activity then what he is getting. I feel bad. Maybe I should sell him. I feel bad that sometimes I can't stand him. The vet sent me a letter that it is time to get him fixed. Maybe that will help. I have never seen a dog with such disrespect. I yell at him, I pull on him. I beg him to stop biting at my ankles but he does not listen. Now he is beating up my other dog and she is old and she is just a weiner dog. I feel bad for her. He has got to get under control. I dont know what to do. What should I do? I took on this responsibiltity am I over my head? Does anyone have one of these dogs?

I love those, those are great. I especially like the one of us! of course you knew I would say that HA!

I am not sure it helped much but I got my first fill. Hubby and I went to Washington to get it. At first it was tight, but it seems to have leveled out. I think I may need another one. This time I think we will do it closer. We spent $750.00 to get us both done there. It will cost us about $400.00 next time. I think we will use the dr that comes down to Portland. Hopefully the 2nd fill will last a bit longer. I ate a hamburger tonight, I am not sure I should have been able to eat the whole thing, it was a small one but still. I will have to see how much that was. Maybe a cup if it was squished. I think I will have to pay more attention, it is hard when you are on the go. I need to check out better options for myself. I should have got a salad. Hubby seems to be doing ok. He dont say much.

I am so glad you came. I tried to find you on the other site to make sure you found us here. Thank goodness you found us. It was so great to meet you and you are doing so well. Keep up the good work. I hope to see you on here often. Wow look at that photo of you, you look wonderful. If we have another get together, will you come? I would love to see you again. Let us know how your progress goes. We are always on here if you need us. Keep in touch! Stormy

Oh my, that shirt I wore made me look pregnant. HA! I can't wait to get this weight off so I can look as great as you ladies did. Your my heros!!! Only time will tell. So there is another get together coming?

I ate to fast today and I knew that something was on its way to getting stuck. I dont like that feeling at all. Thank God it didnt get stuck. I eat those emzyme things I sure hope it passes. I dont ever want to feel anything like that again. UG and it didnt even get stuck all the way. Imagine if it did. GROSS Thanks for the enzymes Cara.

Wow that is so incredible. I am so happy that everyone had a good time. My husband cracked me up, he said that all the talk about boob jobs was very interesting. HA! I can't wait to get mine. HA. Love all you guys. Look forward to the next time we all meet. Thanks again for coming to my sister restraunt. So where are all the photos???? I can't wait to see them, just wish I was thinner in there. I am so inspired now that I have seen all the loss the people have, how wonderful! Hey Cara -Pirate girl, guess what I ate breakfast this morning and could only eat 1/2 of what I used too, thank goodness. Thanks for all the goodies, I will go to store and get more for sure!

For all those that came, thank you. For those who could not. We will see you next time. It was wonderful to see you all and I had a great time. It is so great to hear about everyones success. A total inspiration. I hope everyone had a good time. I was glad to put the faces with the names and to see how wonderful everyone was. I hope we can do it again. Unfortunately, I was not able to go out with the girls but I look forward to the post of how the rest of the evening went. (all those wild women out on the town) HA. We gotta hear how that went. My son even had a good time. Thanks for everyone dealing with that, I couldnt find childcare. Thanks again for coming to the restraurant. It was a great time. Thanks again to Julie for starting the whole thing. Hope to hear from you all soon.

I wonder if by Monday I dont have any restriction, should I call them back and get another fill. They told me to call them if that happens but I really dont want to drive down there again. how long do you wait to get the second fill?

I have care credit and I tried that route and was told they do not take it. Also care credit tells me you can't use it out of the US. I wish it was possible but I was told NO!

So hubby and I drove to Olympia Washington today to get our first fills. We got there in time and found the doors locked. We were both very concerned, since we drive about 2 hours to get there. We waited in the parking lot about 20 minutes and then we saw a dr pull up and found that they were throwing a party for one of their doctors. Thank goodness, they opened up. They were very friendly, they explained everything well. I was kinda disappointed that we could not watch eachother get our fills. The room was very small so we had to go one at a time. I got 1.6 cc and hubby got 2.6 cc. I felt the tightness right away but when we got home it was gone. She said liquids for 48 hours. On the way home it was tight and I was worried that I would have to turn around because of how I felt. I am glad it settled down. Soup seems to be no problem. They want me to chop up my pills tonight, I am not sure I am going to do that, I hate it. They taste terrible. I dont think we are going to drive there for the next fill. I am going to check on that person who comes to Portland, I just dont have the time to drive there. I just wanted to see the band under flouro the first time to make sure it was ok and it was. Thank goodness. All and all it was a good experience, it didn't hurt at all, it just felt kinda weird.

The phone number is 503-656-2432 or 503-655-2644, just in case anyone needed it. Glad Julie talked to Anita. I need to call her and see if there is soup since I just got my fill, guess I can't have solids for 48 hours. Bummer

That should not be a factor if you find someone who really cares about you. You did not take the easy way out. This is hard and sometimes painful. I would not be ashamed of this at all. You took the steps you needed to in order to get healthy. It was an important and incredible step that you took. I had a woman tell me today that it took me real gutts to go do what I did. That was the first time I felt like this person even respected me. She is right. You need to look at the big picture and be proud of what you have done. You took control of your life and made a decision that alot of people are afraid to do and for that you should be respected and admired. If a person you start dating really cares for you, there should be no issue at all. They should really think you are an incredible person. Because you are!

I go for my first fill on Friday and I am so nervous. I am afraid it will be too tight or not tight enough. Now it sounds like I wont have any restriction, not sure. Sounds like people are different. Very confusing. I am driving about two hours to get there, I guess that is not bad. I had a nightmare last night about getting there and they checked me under flouro and there was an issue. I guess I am afraid of what the flouro will find. I wonder sometimes if I stretched my pouch, it just seems like I can eat too much. What if I did something wrong? I ate almost a full chicken sandwhich today. I bet I could have eaten the whole thing. I told myself no, that is why I didn't. This is all so new to me. I have been under a lot of stress. Lunch time is when I think I am eating more than I should. I am hoping to talk to the dr to see what I can do. I dont want to blow this. I feel like my old pattern of going out to eat is coming back. I need to really plan my meals so I dont have the temptation to eat this much. A chicken sandwhich is big to me, I dont think I should have been able to eat that much.

I read alot of pain in your post. Are you sure it is him you are angry at? I am so sorry for your loss. I have not lost my mother yet physically but mentally I have and I am angry about it. I know the pain of loss. From what I read and I may be wrong but I read your sadness about your loss. Have you shared this with your husband, or anyone you are close to? Are you lashing at him, not just because he is a stupid man, which most are, but because you are in pain? You have every right to be upset. Loss is very painful and losing someone so close is very hard. But the one thing I would causion you on is to make sure that what you feel you have some way to deal with it. Coming on here is a great start because we care for you. But eating and overeating is not a good way. The band is important to you. Dont let anyone or anything stop what you wanted and that is to lose weight and be healthy. It is so easy to go there, trust me I know. But look at the big picture. You may still be greiving and that is normal. Find someone to talk to that you can trust. If possible, journal about how you feel. Getting it out helps and it may keep you from overeating again. As far as he is concerned. I am very open with my husband, I tell him exactly how I feel. If he dont like it too bad, but I dont see anything wrong with you telling him that you just need to be left alone right now. That you need some time and that maybe if he left you alone for a bit, you could work all this out. That is just my opinion, I may be way off base but men are dumb, sorry guys, sometimes they just dont get when we are having an issue. My husband has to be told I am having an issue and then he will leave me alone to work it out. Keep posting, it will help. I am glad you feel like you can share, it is important. Have a good day.

My sister called me and wanted to know how many people were coming because of the buffett Idea. I told her I had no idea, maybe 10 - 20. She said that unless she knew the amount of people she thought it would be hard to set up a buffett. I told her that I could not really give her a number. I think she is very nervous and I can understand. I am too. I told her we will just have to do with what we have, whatever people want we will figure it out. The food is good that is all that matters, HA! I think she worries too much. I look forward to seeing whoever comes. I hope that about 20 of us are there, the more the marryer. Even if there are not. We will have a great time. Ok who is buying the first round. HAHAHAH kidding!!

So I got to looking at the calender and realized I get my fill the day before the get together. What a bummer. I dont think I will be able to eat. Maybe I will ask my sister to have some soup on hand without any stuff in it. Not sure how much I will be able to get in there. I am really looking forward to meeting everyone and talking to everyone about there progress. I look forward to seeing everyone and thank Julie for the great idea of having this. The restraurent number is 503-656-2432. If you need anything or get lost getting there. Just ask for Anita and tell her you are with the lap band crew. She is expecting us.

My husband was completely against it and then finally told me he was afraid I would lose weight and then leave him. After some real talking about the issues and my putting my foot down and telling him that I was going to do it no matter what he said. He agreed that he needed to consider this for himself as well and that he wanted to but was afraid. I gave him all kind of information and two weeks later 09/19/08 we were banded at the same time. We are both so happy we did it. My husband does not believe in any surgery of any kind unless you are dieing. But if you could see him now 40 pounds lighter, you would never beleive this is the same person. He is so happy he did it and so am I. I think fear gets in the way alot of the time. I am glad he came out and told me he was afraid we would lose me because that was the real heart of the problem. Like I tell him, I am going no where! Now we get to share the experience, it has been great. We can't let other people get in the way of what we want or need for our health. If they can't deal with it, too bad. I put my foot down and I am so glad that I did. I have lost 23 pounds and I feel great. I know there is more to come and I dont regret any of it.

I too thought of going back to TJ for my fills. I really want my first fill to be under flouro. I took a look at the costs and the risk if something went wrong like I was too tight. I found a place two hours from my home that I have heard good things about and for about the same costs but less time. I can go there and if something goes wrong, it is easy to go back. I am sad that I wont be going back to TJ but the time is the part that I really had to look at. I just can't take that much time off from work anymore and I have heard of people going there and then having to go back because they are too full, I just dont have time to do that. I hope that I have not made your decision more complicated. It is important that you look at all avenues when it comes to aftercare. At least that is my opinion. Good Luck in your search.

No not right now

So I am one week from getting my 6 week fill and I am having a problem that is concerning me. I thought maybe it was acid in my stomach but I am just not sure. All I know is when my stomach is empty, it starts to hurt. It is an aching I can't explain. Almost like it is dry but maybe it is burning. It started about two weeks ago and is getting worse. It never comes up in my throat or anything like that. It hurts to the point where I get light headed. I am wondering if I am not getting enough protein or something. At one point I thought I would pass out. Maybe I am not eating enough. A normal day I have my coffee, sometimes I will have an egg and 1/4 cup hashbrown. Then I have my lunch at 12:00. That could be like today I had chicken with rice and some salad. Then I had turkey and stuffing bowl for dinner. I drink about 16-32 onces of water during the day but that seems to cause me problems so I started using crystal light cause water was making my stomach feel worse. I feel better right after I eat but only for a little while. I did catch some type of a bug that has made my throat hurt and I have been a little dry, but I was not sure if that was a bug or if this is a symptom of the band. I am not sure what to do. Has anyone had this problem? Is my band at risk? does this mean it slipped? I am having no pain when I eat, in fact I know I need a fill cause I can eat anything I want. Please someone tell me what this is?

I had breakfast, eggs, hashbrowns and some sausage. I tried a small bite of toast. That hurt. But the eggs went down fine, so did the hashbrowns with some ketchup on it. It was so good.