mona-camille

I'm curious too!

WELCOME!! And don't worry about the poopytalk, we seem to do that a lot here.

Welcome!! And good luck with your surgery. It will be fun going to the OCC, and you will be fine! Come visit more often.

18's now????? I'm JEALOUS!

Oh my Gosh, you look fantastic!!!!!!!! What a huge difference from your first pictures. You should be very proud of yourself, you are an inspiration to all!

Come say hello Merideth! Let everyone know you aren't as anal and pessimistic as I am! Then they'll be happy to meet you, LOL!!!! Plus, SHE HAS CLOTHES!!!

Yeah, I kind of thought a lot of us were getting pedometers and using them. COME ON GUYS, POST!! Even if it isn't a lot of steps, do it anyway. Posting it will give you incentive to do more the next day!

I imagine it is like when you have to go for a colonoscopy and they give you that yuck stuff to drink to clear yourself out. I had one of those and although the prep is yucky, the afterwards when you are totally cleaned out is a great feeling. But, I have to admit, nothing like those pictures came out of me! ~~SHIVER~~

Kimmy is right, walking is a great stress reliever, especially if you walk alone. Plus it really brightens your mood and makes you feel better all over!

No no, I am not sure if shemissed it, just wondered! I thought she might have missed it because of the way it went, but I posted later and said I had soup and my meds and filled up fast. I think it is fine now. I just thought it odd that she didn't pull it out first and just added. I had remembered your post about your experience and how much everyone else liked her too, which is why I was surprised that she was so rushed. I didn't mean to badmouth her. I just think she rushed me. I only saw her for 10 minutes at the most. I was hoping for more so I could ask about food and eating but she ushered me out too fast. Her daughter and husband were there so maybe she was trying to go to lunch or something. Her husband kept trying to get me to buy that liquid vitamin stuff. But at $95.00 per month supply, I can't do it. About the appointment, I am very 'up in the air' about it. I do feel like I want to give her a second chance and I liked the lidocaine part of it, since she had to dig. But the biggest thing is that my mom wants to go back down in August to do Gettysburg along with my sister and neice, and I will be right there. Yes, I have an appointment with my sisters doctor up here and wanted to get in with a local doctor. That is why I am conflicted. (I always have a hard time making a decision). It's like, if I am going back down there anyway, I ought to see her. Right? But, then what about the doctor up here? I could always change that appointment for September? She also said that people with the bigger VG get more fills and the next few will only be 1/2 cc per time. Plus, I am so big in the abdomen, that any doctor will have a hard time feeling for the port, but she knows Dr. Ortiz's style, my sisters doctor doesn't. GRRRR see, how conflicted I am? I'm whacked!!!!!

Thank you, great advice! You might want to also mention that private e-mails should also be ignored. Just a thought that might also be helpful.

Wow, very informative and very good, thanks!!! This is a saver.

Too late Cathy! Julie already claimed them. Sorry! But I may have mroe when I get together with my sister. If so, I'll post them on the clothing exchange. I'm trying to get her to join up here and she has lots of stuff that doesn't fit anymore.

LISA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW I looked!!!!!!!!!! I shouldn't have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh No, what happened to your dad??? Did I miss something?

Glad it went well for you!!!!!! I really wish I could afford to keep going back there. Isn't Dr So a cutie?

EEEWWWWW so sorry that happened to you! I haven't had the pleasure yet. I am trying so hard not too. Got the golf ball feeling but didn't pb yet. Hope you feel better soon!!!

I am in lust with Sawyer and Desmond, MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM And I have a relative who lives in Hawaii where it is filmed and if I had a little more guts to fly that far, I could have a front row viewing to the production set! Anyone remember the actor Danny Roebuck? He played the science teacher who blew himself up. He comes from my town and still visits often. He is friends with a friend of mine so I got to meet him and got some autographed pictures. COOL!

Damn, we ARE crapsisters aren't we? I said practically the same words, LOL!!

Don't worry about it Julie, he really doesn't bother me. I feel sorry for him to tell the truth. He must lead such a sad pitiful life to act like this, so he should be pitied. Thanks though. Hey, where's your address for those pants????? And, weren't you going back to the OCC today for your fill? I thought you would be gone by now and on your way?

FINALLY, huh? First food day is so cool! I had some fish, flounder to be exact. Dr. O wanted me to have that as my first meal and it was fine. Just do small bites and eat slow and stop as soon as you feel full. You will likely have some restriction even without a fill. Good luck and happy eating!

No, not Fill Centers USA, just a regular internal med doctor who was banded in Mexico and does fills from her office once a week. I am sure if something is wrong, she will re-do it. I'm probably just paranoid, as usual.

Actually, I asked her about extracting the saline first and she said she doesn't do that, she just inserts more. That is what kind of had me weirded out. But, I can't tell yet anyway, because I am still on liquids. She has you like that for 3 days, then mushy foods 3 days then regular food. So, I guess I'll know in a few more days. Maybe it's just my pessimistic attitude that our dear friend Cedar has pointed out. But, I thought it was all kind of weird.

And I think she might have missed my port. I'm not sure yet because she wants me on liquids for 3 days which I find odd, because Dr. O only requires that on your first fill. This is my third. Anyway, I now have a total of 7 cc in my 10 cc band. She had a horrible time finding my port and thankfully she gave me lidocaine or I would have been upset because she stabbed and dug several times. Anyway, she is like a whole inch away from my other two needle marks that still show on my skin from my last 2 fills. Plus, when she injected it, I didn't feel a thing. Both previous fills I felt it in my band. It was hot, like burning, but not pain (Not trying to scare the newbies here, it doesn't hurt, but you can feel it) and I didn't feel it at all this time. And today, no matter how much I drink, I am still hungry. I just have this sneaky suspiscion that she missed my port entirely. Of course it wasn't under fluro and that might be the problem because my stomach is soooo big. I have heard nothing but great things about her, so I was a little disappointed when I got there. It seemed like she couldn't get me in and out fast enough. She was nice but rushed. She did explain something REALLY neat to me about fat versus muscle....... She said, that it wasn't quite accurate to say that muscle weighs more than fat, it doesn't. A pound of fat is the same as a pound of muscle. She said that it is more dense and it builds up. She said the heavier you get, the more bone and muscle your body produces. Your body needs more bone and muscle to support your larger frame. And, as you lose weight, you do not lose that bone and muscle you gained. That is why most people who are big for a long time will never get back down to their ideal skinny weight. An example she gave was that when she first weighed 185 she fit in a size 18. Then ballooned up for a while. Then when she was banded and got back down to 185 again, she fit into a size 14. Thats becaue her bones grew when she gained weight but didn't lose bone mass when she lost. The only reason this kind of makes sense to me is that back in February when I was on this bariatric scale, it measured my bone and flesh - everything but the actual fat, and said I was 147. And that since everyone needs a little fat in their body, my ideal weight to get back down to will be 150. Now 150 doesn't sounds all that small when you realize that I am only 5'3". I would have thought I should be 120 or so, but she said no, my bones will have grown too big for that and that would make me emaciated. Isn't that interesting? Just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on that. Something good for us all to dicuss. Also, stopped at this WAY COOL zoo on the way home - right near her office. At first I thought it was one of those rinky dink dumpy zoos that would enrage me at how tiny the cages were, but I was hugely and pleasantly surprised. It is actually a very nice and big zoo. But, the MOST AWESOME part was the safari ride. You go into this huge truck that looks just like a regular safari truck and as you go into each different animal area, YOU SHOULD SEE ALL THE CRITTERS come running to meet us at the truck. I mean, you should see them all! From all sides, from behind all the trees and rocks and brush they come chasing the truck. So, we stop, they giver us popcorn and we can hand feed all those critters! Oh my God, it was freaking CUTE to see all them animals running to greet us. I so wish I would have had my camera! So, I got to hand feed bison, a camel, llamas, a zebra, ostriche's, rhea's, donkey's, yaks, and a whole host of other animals I didn't know the name of. THey stuck their little heads (or big heads) right into the truck for food and let us pet them and love on them. And there was a llama named Lilly who wouldn't leave my side. I fell in love! I have a cat at home named Lilly (go see the off topic forum for a pic). Anyway, that was heaven for me! I am most definitely going back!!!! I had the best time. Kimmie in MD I go back the 13th of August at 10:30. We are going to take an overnight and do some of Gettysburg an the zoo again if you are interested in joining up.

Wow, you look fantastic!!! And my middle name is camille!!!!