I am the leader for South Puget Sound Support group and we do swaps a few times a year.

Our next meeting happens to be one where we will do one again.  3PM Feb 5th at the Auburn Library. 

It is a little North for you but may be worth the drive to be able to participate. 

Here is our OH event page where you can get more  info:
http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/SPS/events/action,event_detail/event_id,5045/

Hi Lisa,
how did it go for you in the holidays?  Was it uou that had parents you were helping get settled in?    I'm going to get my aunt to come with me.  I will keep you posted.  If not , I think my mom like to make a weekend of it.

Hope family and work are going well. 

Amy

Thank you for your help. Yes I now have a recumbent bike so I have the exercise thing going, but I guess my biggest problem is ME! I am working on getting my eating habits back to what they use to be. Eating less more often, low calorie foods, drink more water and up the proteins. And stop eating junk. It was to easy to slip back to eating the way I did that got me here in the first place. The tiny tiny pouch doesn't last forever. That why the talk about the honeymoon periods being over.

Hi Sandy,
I had my surgery at Madigan in July and have been very pleased with the process, surgery and aftercare.  I believe any surgeon from Madigan is going to be great.  I attend a support group at the Bremerton Naval Hospital and we all have had different surgeons and so far I have heard of no complaints from any.  You really don't have much choice to your surgeon.  When you get done with the pathway and call for your presurgery appt. they will give you a couple dates with different surgeons and that's how you get your surgeon.  I had Dr. Rush, who also happens to be the head of the bariatric department.  I really liked him and felt he was the right person from me.  I'm not sure what you mean by the wellness test.  Is this the psych eval?  I had a psych eval with an independent psychologist.  She talked to me for about an hour and then wrote up a report basically stating that I was a good fit for having the surgery.

Anyway, hope this helps.  Good luck and if you have any other questions, feel free to private message me.

Stop and take a breath.

If it were easy for us to diet and lose this weight with will power and discipline, then we wouldn't have needed surgery!

So GO to the next fill, and get to where the band is giving you adequate restriction, which is what you need for help. If you're going to just try and white knuckle it, you wouldn't have tried the band, so try to use it to the best of it's ability, and go through with the fill. Cut yourself some slack, and things should get easier when the band if filled to it's "sweet spot".