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I am definately keeping an eye on the news. I work with the public and I have had a flu virus for about a week now, my lungs are bothering me, but I have inhaler. I am going on with my life, exercising and working as normal. I just make sure to stay as clean as possible. If I see a client that is coughing and hacking I may chose not to see them, I guess it depends on several factors, because I am already compromised by this flu I already have. I am in Oregon and so far there are no confirmed cases here and I pray there wont be, but I would assume it will work its way here. I myself would not be traveling to Mexico because of my immune system being down at this point. But as I said, I think it is a personal decision. It is a tough one, we just need to hope and pray we dont get it. It sounds horrible. I sometimes think that someone started this bug, like a terrorist thing, does that sound crazy. I wouldnt put it past someone to plant a bug to hurt people. How awful. Sorry just me talking out loud. If you plan to travel, just be careful as always. I dont say that because we are freaking out, we say things like that because we care, that is all.

So I went to the first class and I can't believe how sore I am. My whole body hurts. My God, these women who do this, they are something else. My arms are so sore. I was scarred to throw myself around that pole, what if I fall down? I dont want to hurt myself. I could not help but laugh through the whole class, it was hilarious. It is was fun. The instructor is wonderful, she showed us our first move and I said, you dont really think I am going to do that, HA! It was called the fireman, HA !! You know they way they go down those fire man poles, but only with a twist. I was so scarred to take my feet of the ground but by the last 1/2 hour, I almost got it. Maybe next week, I will have the nerve. I am the biggest girl in the class and I even had a women come up to me and ask " Are you taking this class" Kinda a snop, I said heck ya I am. I told the instructor she kicked my butt!!

I know it sounds crazy but I wanted exersise that was fun and exciting plus different. I found this great pole dancing class. I am so excited. I can't wait to see how hard this is going to be. Just think those chicks that do that type of dancing they are always looking good, so I said why not me. I told the instructor, I am no thin chicky, she said "bring it on! We get all sizes" HA! I am down 5 more pounds so who knows, now if I can just get my lungs to hold up. We will see. My husband is very excited about it, even said he would install a pole in living room. HAHAHAHAHHAHAH I cracked up!!! He is so funny. This is what I found on you tube. Now I want her body, well get rid of the tatoo, I can live without that: . This woman has won awards for being one of the best. If I could get in shape, I would be so happy. Lets hope I dont fall on my head. HA. I did check, they are insured. HA! The place I am going is called Diva Den: http://pdxpoledivas.com/index.html. I hear they are a blast. I can't wait to find out.

When I went down to Dr Ortiz, I got excellent care. Did they do a good job as well with her being this was a major surgery issue? I am just courious. I was pretty impressed with his care but just wondering what she thought? How is she doing? Please send her my thoughts and wishes for a speedy recovery!!!

I just saw that on the news, how scary. They said it has spread here to California and Texas area.

So what is your plan? Usually they want you to wait a while before you get pregnant but oh well. Who did your surgery? I would make sure to let them know and if you have any fill get it taken out. I hear that some people are able to keep their band all through their pregnancy but that would be up to you and your dr. Is this your first baby?

When it happend to me, I felt like I was having a heart attack. My chest hurt and I was in so much pain. Then the pouring of spit came as if I had a river running in my mouth (slimeing) Oh the joy, I was at work and was trying to throw up in my garbage can, but no luck. I ended up going home and going to bed and laying there for about an hour and then it passed. Horrible. It has happened to me a couple of times but nothing that bad since. They are right about the tear off foods. That is the problem, if you are not using a fork or spoon, you have no idea how big it is. And Bread is dangerious too. I get my third fill next month and I am very nervous about being too tight. Right now, I know I am eating too much but do not get things stuck too often but after my third fill, I better watch out. Hopefully, you and I both will be able to remember, chew chew chew... Hey lisa, did I hear you say you have all your fill out?? Can I ask why?? What happened? Did I already know that??

I still go to the chiropractor since being banded and it has been fine. I just made sure to tell him where my port is and I think he adjusts me differently now. But so far I have not had any issues. I plan to keep going, he really helps me.

Does anyone know of a good place to get cosmetic surgery for those terrible dark cirlces under the eye. I heard there is a new procedure to get rid of those. I was checking Cosmed but I dont see anything listed about it. I talked to my dr because I thought it was my diet but he said it is not. Any ideas you have would be great. I want them gone forever and those creams are not working. Thanks

I am eating ok. The only problem I have is with bread, but I knew that was coming. But I wonder if it is time for a fill. I am at 2.15 cc in a 4 cc band. Does anyone else have that much in their band? Are there any other people out there with 4cc band? Things are going well, no pain or anything like that, I am not losing anymore, I dont think. Maybe inches. My rings dont fit anymore. What a weird place to lose weight. I have a back injury so I have been afraid of sit ups but that is where I am carrying my fat. This is a little frustrating. My son is horseback riding and I am running behind that horse and I know I am getting exersise but it is not enough, obvously. Or not the right kind. You should hear me panting like a dog. It is so funny. I am checking into pole dancing, I hear that is a blast and this woman here does a class, but I have yet to find child care. Been searching for someone for a while. He is special needs child so finding care is hard. But I am not going to give up. I am excited about how much both hubby and I have lost and how good we feel. This has been a good experience and I hope to lose much more. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks

So it has been 5 months now since hubby and I got the band. He has lost a lot. I feel like I am at a stand still, so with that, I guess I have been off here a bit. Stepping back to look at the situation. I have determined I am under a huge amount of stress and I dont eat enough. My usual meals are a slim fast or a mocha or coffee in the morning. A salad for lunch or sometimes a sandwhich and sometimes I just have a slim fast for dinner or I have a lean cuisine. Obviouly this is not going to get me losing any weight. I am tracking my emotions during the month as well to see if the stress is causing me more anxiety. I am seeing over 20 people a day and I am attempting to learn spanish at the same time, trying to talk to people when I have no idea what I am saying, is stressing me out. Real Estate brokers, auto sales people, construction workers and bank personnel, all coming in to apply for benefits, is keeping me so busy I can't see straight. At the same time, it completely makes me upset that all this is happening and I am afraid for my job. They are talking about transferring me. I woke up one morning my band was so tight all I could eat was a slim fast, but it seemed to settle down after work. It has to be work. Oh a good note and of course more stress, I finally got the nerve to put my foot down and yanked my mom from my sister so she would quit living off her social security. Mom and I decided that she wanted to move into a retirement home with her soc sec benefits. She is thrilled. She loves it. 3 meals a day cooked for her, maid service, her own place and all the activities she could ask for. My sister had her sleeping on the floor. She is doing so good at the retirement home. I am so happy for her but she calls me 3 times a day to tell me the things she is doing. And getting her set up, I have to go there 3 or 4 times a week because she needs something. I know it will settle down, it is just very demanding on me. I'm sorry I am going on and on, I just wanted to check in and let people know I am still alive and the struggle continues. I still think getting the band was a good decision, I just wanted to have lost more weight then I have. Anyone who has any meal ideas, please send them to me. I have no idea what I could do to speed this up. Thanks

Pacific Surgical Weight Loss Center http://www.pacsurgical.com/contact.htm 200 Lilly Road NE Suite C-2 Olympia, WA 98506 They do it under flouro and I paid about $375.00. I just could not afford that anymore. If you dont go back in two weeks they continue to charge you that each time you come. If you go back in two weeks it is $150.00 but it was two weeks before I needed my next fill. I found a woman here in Portland who is very good. I also here there is a place in Hood River, but havent check that one out yet.

there is a place in olympia that is good but kinda expensive

I had a whiskey sour and I got a huge buzz off one and that has never happened to me, that was scarry. I dont think I will be much of a drinker anymore. That is probebly a good thing. But otherwise didn't have any issues with it. No stomach ache or anything

Wow this second fill got me. I got .55 of a fill and though that was next to nothing but I sure can feel it. I can not eat the way I was. Sometimes I feel things go down and it is painful. I really need to work on the chewing issue and not eating so fast. People at work say I am losing but the scale is not reflecting this. I am concerned that my stomach is not shrinking. I really am not sure I am losing. Maybe my scale is wrong. I dont know. I may have to get on my eliptical machine and really get this body moving. I have been under a huge amount of stress. I am working on getting mom into a retirement home. I have applied to be her payee on her soc sec check and my sister is very upset about this. My sister has been living off this money and I am taking mom and her money away from her and now she is going to lose everything. I feel bad, but it had to stop. I want mom to be happy and I found her a great place where she will make friends and have a good life. Unfortunately, that puts my sister in a really bad spot. She can't make any of her bills and is going to have her life very fastly fall apart. I hope she does not try to hurt herself or something, then I would really feel awful. All I can do is tell my sister to go get some type of help. She is really a mess right now. I dont want to feel this guilt. The stress is not helping my weight loss. I have to really watch myself cause this could cause me to back slide. I am so glad for this site, the information I receive daily has helped me to support my progress. I hope to continue support for other people while getting support for myself. I am going to work hard at this, I can't wait to be thin and healthy.

I'll be eating and things seem to be going well and then all the sudden, I get this pain in my chest and then I dont feel well. I dont feel like I am going to PB, I just feel gross. Then it will go away for a minute and I will continue eating and then it comes back, that heavy feeling. And I haven't hardly eatten anything. It kinda worries me. How do I know if I am chewing enough? Maybe I am eating too fast. I am not drinking while I am eating, so that is good but this feeling that comes over me.Wow, am I tight or what. I got my second fill about a week ago and it has not let up. It is the same as it was. I thought it was losen up a little. But man if I dont figure out how to eat right, this is going to be painful. I had to take one of those emzime pills the other day. Maybe something was stuck. within seconds it was better. It has got to be the way I am eating. The next time I eat, I am going to check every bite. I can't have this keep happening, it is scarry.

I thank God that my husband decided to have the surgery with me. I think we would have had the same issues. He once told me that I was going to get thin and leave him. That was never my intention. Now that we are losing together, I think that we both are nervous about what is going to come. We are sharing our experience and I hope that it will make us stronger. He has never pointed out anything about me that he dont like. I have told him about his big belly which I now point out is getting smaller and I am jelious. but it was all in fun. He is just glowing, he is so excited about the weight loss. It is an incredible thing to see. I do worry at times about him leaving but I know now what he was talking about. I think that marriages if they are not solid, they have a risk of having these issues. No matter if there is weight loss or not. I am hoping this journey together will bring us to a point of understanding. We have had our troubles but I know we are strong today, tomorrow who knows. Every day is a new beginnning. I think the important part is to remember why we do this. It is not about them, it is about us. A choice to live, fat free, healthy. With or without them, that is the way it has to be. I choose life.

Wow that is Great! You look so good. I am just starting my journey. Thanks for keeping us up to date. I need the motivation!Sounds like a personal trainer is a good idea.

I just got my second fill and man the gas I have is terrible, I keep farting. I have no idea what it is. But I hope it goes away. Geesh.

Ok the slime happened. The bun got stuck and hamburgers are NO MORE!!! I have restriction and I thought I could get away with it, since it was just a small burger and I was going to chew real good. But it was NOT HAPPENING! Eventually I took the burger off and ate it alone with no bun and had no issue eating it. I guess you can't blame me for trying. I am going to miss having a hamburger once in a while. It was weird when I felt it in my chest. I am kinda glad it happened, I need to learn a lesson. And I learned big time.

5 days of liquid EEEK. I could not handle that. I had a little bite of chicken today, I know I shouldnt have but I was starving. I am still on liquids and I am drinking like crazy, I can't help it but I was hungry. I hope it dont hurt anything. I am going to have some soup later. I feel restriction and even the two bites of chicken I had made me full. I just needed to get that little hunger pain out of there. I think this fill was a good one. I can't wait to see how much I lose from this. This is really so exciting. I love my band!!

So I went to see Dr Fitspatrick, here in Oregon. She is very good. Had lots of information and hit the spot first time. The needle is very large. Scarry. But I think it went well. I got .55 of a cc, that does not seem like much and I am able to drink, so I guess things are good. My band is 4cc's so I guess I should not expect much more cc's then that. Not sure. I guess when I get back on food, we will see how it all works out. I am on clear liquids for 48 hours. I will be nervous when I start eating again. She really got on me about not eating 3 meals a day. I guess I better fix that. I would recommend her if anyone is in Oregon and needs a fill. She says I may be tighter in the morning. I am hungry right now and I have no idea why. I guess I better go have some broth.

I borrowed the money too but still have a receipt cause I am paying for it. So I talked to my tax guy and he said I could. I sure hope he knows what he is doing. I am pretty sure he does. With our income it probebly wont take too much off. Maybe about a $4,000 deduction. If that 7.5% is what I saw. I calculated last year. I need to check my airline tickets. Maybe it will be a little more. Every little bit counts. I would like something back this year, it would help out so much. I could pay off some bills!! Yahooo

Without Pm's how exactly would we do that? I dont know anyones email address. Maybe if there was somewhere we could put them, like on our profile. I have not checked to see if there is an option. I will check into that. Thanks

oh my God, he used flouro and it was only $150.00 yahoo!!!! Tell me more about the office. Is it a big place or small. Is the $150.00 with flouro or without. How did he do the procedure? Was his office hard to find. I dont know Hood River at all.