I just want to thank you.

I've been reading all the forums on this site and have made some replies now and then; but I find this group to have a great sense of humor despite the hard lessons of life, and the ability to bounce back.  I  admire you all.

I got my lapband on 7/18. Went in for my first fill yesterday and my port is tilted and the area (not the band or stoma) is still very swollen.  So now I have to wait 2 weeks. I just started to get hungry, so now I have to use discipline to keep the weight I've taken off off.

A little about myself. I'm 55 years old.  I work in an IT dept in medical insurance company.  I was self pay for my lap band as they don't cover biariatric surgery for their employees.  No questions about med insurance, I work with computers   ;-)

I have 1 daughter who passed away 2 1/2 years ago of a brain aneurysm, leaving 2 beautiful grandchildren.  The son and daughter went to her first husband (felon, drug user etc). I fought for custody of the daughter because she isn't related to this man and her father has also passed.  Well, grandparents have no custody rights, and he was given custody.  She is now 13, and lovely young lady, but he is not providing any supervision and he refuses to talk to me.  I see them maybe every 8 weeks or more.  Whenever she can whine enough and he gets tired of it.  The boy is 10 years old and is pure boy.  They are my joy.

I have no significant other in my life but I do have 2 great friends who are my moral support and comic relief.  My mother is elderly and my aunt who was her caregiver passed away exactly 3 weeks after my daughter.  I had to reteach my mom to cook and shop for food.

Well thats enough of that.

Thank you for reading this.

HELLO AND WELCOME!!!!!!! congrats on your lapband surgery and sorry its messed up at the port site!!!! great bunch here to help you along and no question is a dumb question!!!! hope to see you posting here more so we can get to know each other!!!

hugs

ps love the avitar you have!!!!!

 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*  W E L C O M E .......... Yes, we do have a sense of humor...  what is life without a laugh or two... maybe three or more... lol  

Sorry to hear your lap band is giving you fits.... Hopefully this will be a short lived situation.   We are here for you to give encouragement, information and even a laugh or two......  I'm just down the road in Puyallup.    Just a rain storm away  LOL  sigh...  Millie

Thank you for your encouraging words.

Judy, I like the picture of the horse in your signature.  

Millie the way the weather has been, we are a thunder and lightening strike away! 

Hello, and welcome to OFF. We are a bunch of souls that just enjoy life and most of all each other. We are here for support and a laugh or two, a tissue to wipe a tear away and a never ending supply of cyber hugs when the need hits you and sometimes when the need hits us. We share each others lives because we feel so close to each other. I think of these folks as my family~and what is so great is they are family that I chose.

Please post often and let us get to know you and you can get to know us too. Please feel free to ask anything and we will work on getting answers to you. There is so much knowledge here I think you can ask just about anything and someone can answer it.

Hello and WELCOME TO OFF !!!!!!

You have found a great place to be. We all care about each other....the good...the bad...the ugly!!  Plenty of humor too!!

Hope you join in often...get to know us and us you.

Come in...put your feet up...lets chat!!

Hugs, connie d

Welcome...you have had some real tough blows with your grandchildren.....we are there for you.....stay with us and we will support you through thick and thin......Hugs, Marti

Hi,
I just can't imagine the pain of losing your dear daughter. Thank goodness that you still have some contact with her children. Welcome to our little group.
Julia