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I have poor posture, mostly because I sit behind behind a desk all day. It was so bad at one point. My dr approved a breast reduction because he thought that would help. It did a little. I have to remind myself to sit up straight. The drs have said that my spine leans to the right and has a small curve in it. I go to the chiropractor every month so he can attempt to straighten it. I can tell I have not gone for a month. I need to go back. Does anyone here have poor posture? How does it affect the band? Does it make any difference? Does your posture get better as you lose the weight? I am hoping so, that would be so cool. Thanks any information about be helpful.

I am having it done in Mexico and it is $8000.00

I got it to work, looks like they approved my background, YEAH. My blog looks great. I put a butterfly in the background. Thanks again for your help.

ok thanks again for the info

I put on a new background but I dont know if it worked. Have to wait to see if it is accepted. It was a butterfly. I liked it. Well the count down has started about 7 weeks and we should be on a plane. Hubby asked me today if this is a for sure thing. Is anything ever for sure? I told him, we have put alot of money on this, it better be. I think he is scarred. I am too but, I am more scarred of dieing because I have fatty liver. I almost look forward to the pre-op diet, just to see how much I can lose. I am nervous. This whole thing is very scarry. So far everyone has been supportive except my family. Too bad they dont understand how important this is to me, or maybe they do and they dont care. It's ok no matter what they say, I know this is the right decision for me and my husband. We have to change our lives. I hope that we get to meet other people who are doing this on the same day as us, that may make it easier. I look forward to Sept 19th, a new beginning.

Someone told me that you can feel it there all the time. One person told me that when she goes somewhere where the elevation is different, she gets sick. She can not even drink water. Does that happen on the plane? Are these people crazy? How much can you feel it and how long do you feel it, will I always know it is there?

Thank you so much. I have mentioned to her that I want to know where the money is going and she said she could provide me with how much is costs her to support her monthly. My mom moved there with a retirement account and soc security and now the retirement account is gone. All her belongings are gone. There is nothing to show where any of that money went, except on my sister debt. My sister can not handle money, honestly I couldnt eather until I met my husband, he has taught me about savings and how important it is. I told my mother, although she may not understand, since she is bi-polar. That if I dont get some type of accounting soon and if her medication is not taken care of monthly, that I will be forced to either contact Soc sec to tell them that she is not benefiting from it or get an attorney and fight to take her off as the authorized rep for mom. My mom, with what she gets could be living in a nice place, where people could care for her. I could let her move in here, but her and hubby wont get along and honestly, I dont need another child. She has some type of condition that makes her act like a child and tell stories. I dont know what that is. I am no longer talking to my sister about the trip to Mexico because I dont want to hear it. We are going and I dont care what she says. Thanks again for responding.

For about 7 years now my sister has been taking care of my mother. Well sorta -My mom gets $1260.00 a month SSD/SSI benefits. But she never has any money. My sister has been using the money to pay her bills. Recently my sister has been calling me to tell me that my mom is out of her medication and that she would like me to pay for it. I want to help my mom so of course I will help. But I have to put in my two cents. Where is the money that she gets every month? Recently my sister called me again to ask me for the money for her pills. I again brought up where is the money and she threw it in my face that "I was selfish because all I care about is my Mexico trip, I dont care about my mother" I am so depressed. I am taking out two loans for this trip and I am going to be strapped. No more am I going to be able to just jump up and buy my mothers medication. Her meds are $166.00 per week. My mother lives in a trailer in my sister yard, no water, no sewer. What is she using the $1260.00 on, I think it should be for her meds and her care. But all I see is my sister taking it and using it for her debt. Should I feel guilty for living my life? I do owe my mother I think about $2500.00 so that is why I dont care about the money that I have spent, but this is stupid. I sometimes feel like in order to have a normal life, I need to get away from them. Hense maybe where the weight gain came from. I have done really well, financially I am stable. I am working on my weight issue and I feel like I have a semi normal life, except when it comes to them. Now here they are, invading my life once again to tell me how selfish I am. Ok maybe I am, I have worked hard to get this planned and I really have to not care. I am doing this for me and my family. My husband and my son. My sister is very heavy and I am sorry that she has this problem. I'm sorry I just needed to vent. Did anyone in their family make them feel guilty for doing this? For taking care of themselves?

I love the site, thanks I am going to use it for sure

Ok so here is where I am now. So far the financing should be good. I need to call and find out the funding date. I have made my deposits for both hubby and myself to the OCC, completed and faxed in my paperwork and emailed my itinerary to rene at OCC, since I bought the airline tickets today. I am very much a planner and I know I have a month before this happens but I guess I am freaking out and want all my ducks in a row. I have my birth certificate and ID. We arrive in San Diego on the 18th of Sept. I am nervous about our BMI, I am at 39 and hubby is at 42.9, I am concerned about us losing the right amount of weight and whether we should start dieting early. I dont want to get cancelled if we dont get it all off. I think the rest is just the dieting and getting the loan funded and we are good to go. Hubby is freaking out, he is worried that we wont have any money. I am not sure how much cash to take with us. I read on here I should not wear any of my jewelery there so I have a place at home where I am going to hide them. My friend is going to watch the dogs, well come over and feed them. My son is staying with the daycare center owner, that is freaking me out. I guess maybe I am nervous. This is scarry. I have never been to Mexico and I have always wanted to go. I know this is not a vacation spot like Cancun or something, but I want to be able to try to relax there. I hope I dont worry the whole time. I guess right now, I am just afraid that something wont get done or that I am going to forget something. I am going to drive myself crazy. Maybe I am PMSing. Did anyone go through this when they were planning this? It seems like there is so much to remember.

When I go on the pre op diet, I am going to freak out if they cancel my surgery. I thought you go on a liquid diet before the surgery to lose the weight. I hope my husband can do it. If it is cancelled then we will lose over $800.00, on airline tickets, this is not good news.

My husband Charlie and I are scheduled for Sept 19th, I just bought our airline tickets. So now it is getting scarry. Anyone going on the 19th? >

Oh man, that sounds so good. I can't wait to get my band. Sept will be here before I know it, I am getting nervous.

I have told almost everyone at my office what I am up to, they all think I am crazy and they have no problem telling me so. But when I tell them so be it and that I am going and that is it. They all say ok if that is what you want to do. If I end up taking time off from work, watch them starting complaining. ( I am going to do my best not to do that. But so far, I think everyone has been supportive. I would have a hard time not telling someone off who is like that. :-? You did good, better than I would have. If I find that I am making a mistake later on, I hope that my coworkers will support me through the tough times. It is a shame that there are people out there like that, I know I work with a few, they can kiss my BIG #$%. They will all feel stupid when I am in a size 8, ok I will settle for 10, HA! Dont even give someone like that your time. You are too good for that. That last post about HR, I believe they may be right, this is a confidential issue and she better keep her mouth shut!

What is a sweet spot?

My husband and I are scheduled for surgery on the 19th of Sept. He takes two pills that are kind of large, both are extended release. One is adderall XR capsule, he takes takes two a day and Welbutrin XR, he takes one a day. I am concerned because we called and they dont come in any other form. Is he going to be able to take these? We are very concerned because he needs to continue taking these. Should we contact the dr? Can someone at the OCC dr corner, answer this?

This may end up being a problem for him. I will contact the pharmacy and see what they have. Then I will contact OCC. Need to be sure as to what to do about it. I would hate to see him suffer.

My hubby is getting banded with me on the 19th of Sept and he asked me if he will still be able to take his meds. He takes adderall XR (sp?) he has ADD and he must take his Capsules daily, they are time released. They dont look real big to me but it is a concern. With my meds, I plan on chopping them up and eating them this way but with this med, that is not possible. Is there anyone on here who has been able to still take their meds if they are in this form?

Thank you so much everyone for your responses and love. > > I even made a Portland friend connection. My husband says he dont have any real friends. Maybe I just found him one. Julie has a hubby that can actual talk to my husband in a language he would understand, you know that construction talk. It is exciting to meet someone on here with so much in common. What a great site. I can't wait to meet people who have had this done. Once I do through it, I will play it forward by helping someone else go through it. Such as the cycle of life. How great is that? I am really scarred, mostly of leaving my son for the weekend, but I am considering this an adventure I will never forget. Maybe it will bring hubby and I closer than ever. >

I just sent on paypal the $1000.00 to hold our surgery date, I have not heard back yet that everything is ok, I am going to throw up now. :lb12:

Where did you go to get your airline tickets, I am thinking right through the airline, or do you think there is somewhere cheaper?

Ok so he called and said we are approved. So now I guess they send the payment. Not sure what I am suppose to do, do I put money down to hold my date or is that taken care of by the bank. I sent Lori an email, hopefully she will tell me if I need to send any cash down. I am really nervous now. I thought I would be jumping off the walls excited but now I hear myself saying things like, hmm really I'm not that fat. Hmm, maybe if I could just quit eating. I guess I am just scarred. I want this, I have waited and bugged the banks, hubby and I are going to do this. Positive thinking...I just want everything in order. I hope this turns out ok, I have never been to Mexico. I am trusting that what you guys tell me about OCC is for real. It seems too good to be true. Could this really be happening for us? ok-------wait------ here is comes-------- YEAH!!!

My medical loans called and told me to send in the paperwork, I guess that means I am approved. Who the heck knows anymore. Crazy. I am going to assume that they know what they are doing. I thing they will be paying the dr soon, so maybe they will know before me.

Got one bank for sure at $5300 now waiting for the rest. They said I should know sometime today but still have one other bank checking me out, so we will see. I will let everyone know trust me.

Excellent. I am not a fast healer so this helps me out alot. I took an extra day off from work so hopefully when we get it done on that Friday I will be ok to be back to work by Tuesday. That is the plan anyway.