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I have been unable to get pregnant. Hubby has slow sperm and my eggs dont drop right, my tubes also have scar tissue. Getting pregnant is not on the horizon for us. We had to do fertility treatment to have our son. It scarres me to think that now that hubby and I have the bands that we could end up getting pregnant. We do not use any type of birth control because we dont have to. I will be 41 tomorrow, there is a part of me that would welcome it as my last chance and another part of me that says I am done. They told me since I am over weight and have a fatty liver that they wont give me birth control pills. So we dont have a lot of options. I guess if God wants it to happen than that is what is meant to be. I can understand your feelings completely, but I do believe there is a reason for everything in life. It makes me wonder if I should make the decision and talk to hubby about getting cut. Sorry dont mean to be gross but, I feel like it is his job to take care of it, not mine. HA!

I think part of it is I dont know when to stop drinking. I had my slim fast and now I have a headache and my chest kinda hurts and I didn't even drink the whole thing. It is a learning curve probably to figure out when you are full. I dont know what the feeling is like just yet.

So I am 6 days post op and I have started my cycle, so I am having cramps. But I also feel kinda strange. Bloated but ickey. Kinda Achey, like my body hurts. I cant explain it. I feel like my stomach is sticking way out there. Sometimes I get pain in my chest, I know this is gas but I wonder if having coffee is affecting me. I had one cup this morning. I feel like I should stay home from work and rest but then I feel guilty. I'm tired but then again I am not. It does'nt make any sense. Am I starving to death? Am I dehydrated? I really haven't drank any water today. Maybe that is it. But these cramps they are terrible and I can't take my 800 mg pill, it is too big. I may try to cut it into 4 pieces. I feel a bit confused. Almost cold. I am cold. Maybe I am catching something. Maybe I better stay home and not go back to work. This is awful.

We are following the diet, believe me. One peice of chocolate is not going to stop me. I have 15 days to go and I know we can do it

I have now called Melissa, left VM for her and Rene and sent email. Not much more I can do at this point I guess. It is a bit frustrating.

We had so much fun with this person and I was to keep up to date with her on her progress, but I can not find her. Can anyone tell me how to locate who they had surgery with at the OCC. I have her photo, does that help? I did not get her last name but she is from Riverside, CA

I have been trying to get a receipt for our surgery now since we got back. It has now been 3 days. I know that is not a long time. But if I had the receipt I could send it in to get reimbursed. Does anyone know of how I can get this done. I was told to send an email to Melissa at the OCC and I did, but no response. Has anyone ever got a receipt from them? I am starting to get worried. There is $2500.00 sitting in a medical account that I desperately need. Can someone tell me if they have ever received a receipt and how did they get it?

I am day 5 post op and I had a 9 3/4 oz drinkable soup today, is that too much. My body doesn't seem to tell me I am full. Is something wrong?

So I guess the dog jumped on him and he told me this morning, he was worried that the band slipped. I tried to explain to him, this is unlikely. The dog could not do that type of damage that I know of. He has only had the band since Friday and I tried to tell him the pain he has is most likely gas. He just says it hurts and can't really explain to me how. When I called him at lunch, he thinks it may be going away but he said he thinks about it all the time. He asked me last night, what if it moves, will he know. All I can tell him, is I worry too and to just not think about it. We are being faithful to the liquid diet so that is all we can do. Ok I sucked on a piece of chocolate yesterday, I couldnt help it. It was sooo good. But I am trying to be good. I have 16 days left on liquids, then I am going to get me a chicken sandwhich. I sure hope it dont hurt. My incisions appear to be healing ok, they are itching and a little red but I think they are ok. I am trying to be positive that I will heal and that things will go well. I am very happy about how things went down there so that helps. Any support you guys can give, please do. Anything you do to keep from worrying about slippage, any ideas, send them this way. Thanks

That is insanely high, I wonder why. How crazy

I went through the financial horror too. I went to mymedicalloans.com, they finally approved me but it is at 22% interest, I will be paying for my whole life, but it is worth it to me. As soon as this financial stuff settles down, I will refinance it all, I hope

How do I find it, tell me please!!!

I was wrong, I looked it up and if I scheduled the plan within the next 30 days and the motel. I could pay a total of $323.00 for both of us. Then I think for the Flouro you have to pay, I think $100.00 so that would be another $200.00 for both of us, so total would be $523.00. I may have to think about this. $340.00 here vs $523.00 there, is peace of mind worth it or not. I do love to see Dr Ortiz. He is such a cutie.

I just had my surgery so I have 8 weeks to decide but there is a money concern and the fact that I would need to find someone again to watch my son. Leaving him behind is very hard for me. I found a woman here who does it but not with floro. We are debating what to do, I guess it depends on if we can afford it. We would have to leave on a Friday morning and come back on Saturday, I am not sure that is worth the money since it would cost me the motel stay and the flight and the flouro. That could come out to about 400 a piece for my husband and I. When we can have it here for 170 a piece. If it wasnt for my son. I am very concerned about having it blind. Plus the fact, I loved Mexico, we had a ball!!

I have some redness and swelling on my incesion. Should I be worried. The glue is still there and I am not messing with it. I just wanted to see if that is normal. It kinds hurts but not so much that I can't stand it or anything. I just worry about infection, I guess. Just wanted to see what people had experienced. Thanks

So I have tried crushing my pills. I am sorry, I just can't do it. They taste terrible. So I took them today one at a time. Just the two zoloft. So far it has been not bad but not really good. Seems like it has given me gas more. Not sure or maybe that was coming anyhow. I took some gas x so we will see. I seem to be getting tired and then not, that is strange too. Not sure what that is about. I am going to try to spread my pills throughout the day so they dont get all blocked up in there. So if I take my zoloft and then wait about 4 hours and take the other two small ones maybe I will be ok. My sleeping pills hasn't seemed to caused me a problem. I am going to cut that down now, since it seems to be stronger now, maybe cause it stays longer. Dont want to OD or anything. All and all, I am having some anxiety about going back to work, but I think if I take it easy, I should be ok. If I have to go home, I will. I am a little depressed. Maybe I am experiencing loss, the loss of food. Not sure but I am sad and I dont know why. It could be because my house is a mess or just getting settled back in and getting used to being home. That is kinda tramatizing in its self. I think it may just be getting used to all this. It is a lot. I am just going to take one day at a time. I did notice that I didnt by enough stuff for people, now all my friends want something, they knew I was going, they should have asked before and gave up some money, they think I am loaded or something. UG! As it was, I spent over $400.00 and I have no idea where. I wonder if I lost some money some where. I can't figure it out. I guess it dont matter, it is gone. Might as well not worry about it. I do wonder if we should go back for our fill in 8 weeks. That would be around Nov, somewhere around the 17th. I just dont know if we can afford it. Anyone know how much the hotel costs for one night and whether they felt it was worth traveling back there for a one day thing? PS I have lost 10 pounds

I'm a little weak today but I did lay down for a while. I have some things to do today. I sure hope I can do them. I have to go back to work tomorrow. I will try not to over due it.