Hi Again   you have an excellant attitude   wish I could keep up like that...  sorry about your back hurting    and leaving work early   but  I hope you are keeping track of all this   my insurance had me write a letter stating the facts why I needed the surgery  and   leaving work early due to pain  would make an excellnt case for you.     Yes   I did start over  but then  my  dear sister had been to the county fair  and brought me  not one   not two  but three candy apples    and  I ate one and had my husband put the other two in the refig.  so  later today   it is now 3:10 am    I will be throwing them away   as bad as I hate to  do that  not just a waste of food  but  I  dearly LOVE  candy apples  so when I do this  it will be a major step for me  in the right direction.    I dont remeber  you are married right?  If so do you have any children?  I have two grown adults  now and 2 grandbabies.. my daughter Kim is or  on the 17th will be 37    probably older than you   and  a son  John  Aug he will be 36  wow  they are old arent they...   my two grandbabies  well  kids I guess   are soon to be 12  and soon to be 3   Sarica the grand daughter  is  head strong and has a weight problem all ready but her parent thinks it will  take care of its self...both her prents have serious weight issues   her mom  my daughter  is doing the 6 months ins. dr suppervised diet as well  and I think hers will be over in Aug as well    my son in law had the RYN about 4 yrs ago  he did really well for a time  but now he has gained it back  he is over 400 lbs.but in his defense he is well over 6 ft tall. He is a good example of not to drink while eating  which I am doing  or had been  I have a hyn hernia and I was told a long time ago not to eat unless I did drink some thing at the same time.  But  I am trying very slowly and carefu;lly  t  stop that    it does work  I mean  you get way full  faster and stay full longer when you dont. I would suggest you start doing that   that is a hard thing to get use to for some people  and  start drinking water water water or some liquid  other than soda... thats another biggie for others  my friend had  hard time giving up butter     me I was a pasta and sandwich eater so that  was hard for me  besides the drinking. so hat ever you think will be the hardest for you  start now and get yourself  use to it. Ok I am  ging to go now     if theres anything I can help you with  please let me know and  I will do anything to help out.   have a more pleasant day today than you had yesterday. {rayers willa

   Yes  that's me.   It would be interesting to have a group once in a while of more lapbanders  but any info is better than none.  That is the largest crowd I have seen since I have been going   almost a year now  except for te Chritsmas-to-do.  That is  a nice function they put on.        When do you expect to hear more on when yours is going to be?  I hated the not knowing     I guess I am impatient. Ok  hope you have a  GREAT DAY   prayers willa   ps I have been BAD BAD all day   breakfast was a good start then I got hungry at the VA w husband and have ate everything in sight since then.  But havent ate anything for about an hour so I guess this binge is over I have to get some safe foods in the truck so I dont do this.... as soon as I eat a carb  pow   it starts   but if I stay away from carbs I am ok   weird huh????  maybe just normal for people that has eating problems     prayers willa 

Crystal    I was there as well and I did say HI   I am the one that asked you your name on here.. I didnt talk much  I never do  but I truly enjoy all the questions and answers   I learn alot.  I wish I could be more vocal I have always envied peole that can.  ok  talk to you later    I think Mike has a good idea about buddying up for support   Prayers willa 

I have not had my surgery yet. I had my nutrition class today. Informative, yet scary because there is so much you have to change. If you go to youtube......in the search box type weight loss surgery vlog...this will give you some people to choose from....you can go to those people's subscribers and get plenty more to watch.....if you want to find mine I am gottaquilt....you can go to my subscriptions to find some of the people that I watch. I have seen some of the comics on there because I have two teenagers. I hope Dr. Shin can give you some support. My cousin had Dr. Shin as her surgeron and she sings his praises. Another person you can look for on here for some information is Eggface, she has a website that is great.

Fantastic Willa!!!!! It is stories like that that give me hope that someday I too will sit Indian style. It really is the little things that make such a difference. Crystal:)