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  • Humor - I love everyday ordinary humor as well as comedians. Gotta laugh...
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  • Parenting - Mom to 4 half-grown 'kids'. I miss my babies but not ready for grandkids yet.
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Hi!  I'm a typical 44 year old mom of 4, wife of 20+ years, working woman who is just as busy as everyone else these days.  I've started my lap band journey and am anxiously working towards insurance approval.  Hopefully it will take place this spring.

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The good, the baNd and the ugly.
on September 30, 2011 10:05 pm
I have a surgery date for my new band - November 1, 2011 at 7:30am.  I am very excited and also very apprehensive.  I don't want to have another band slip :( 
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August 24, 2011 Unbanded
on August 26, 2011 9:15 pm
Doing okay so far.  No pain.  Running errands, etc.  Decisions, decisions.  See the surgeon for a follow up in a week.  Will know more about what condition my stomach was in then.
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Very Long Story
on August 23, 2011 8:24 pm
It's a very long story but tomorrow, August 24, 2011, I will be having surgery to have a look at my band.  It will either be repositioned or removed.  The likelihood of it being repositioned are slim to none.   In the even that it's removed I will have the decision as to whether I want a new band or a sleeve in 2 months.  That decision could be influenced by the condition of my stomach after the band is removed.  I have been 6 months with no restriction and it's not pretty.  This is a result of a slipped band.  I suspect it occured on December 31 when I had the stomach flu and some intense vomiting.  This pretty much sucks but somehow I will make it work.  Things could be much, much worse in life.  It's only a lapband....
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Arm lift was February 10, 2011
on February 21, 2011 8:01 pm
I had my arm lift (brachioplasty) on Feb 10th.  It went very well and so far recupping has been okay too.  I got the drain out of my right arm today and am hoping for the one in the left arm to be out by the end of the week.  I will post comparison pictures in a few weeks.  My the largest part of my upper arm measured over 18 inches prior to surgery.  Today it measured about 14...and it's still a bit swollen.  I've been off since surgery day but go back to work tomorrow.  Wish me luck :)
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A year and a half...time for an arm lift
on January 30, 2011 4:28 pm
It's been 6 months since my last post.  Not a lot has changed weight-wise, although my size has gone down a bit more.  I have my brachioplasty surgery scheduled for February 10th at 1pm.  I am super nervous!! I don't like the idea of having a surgery and feel very foolish for having an elective surgery to solve a skin issue.  But..... I have my mind made up to go through with it.  As I have said before, my arms are exaggeratedly large.  I measured them today - keep in mind the actual arm/muscle portion is normal but has a huge amount of hanging skin/flesh - they measured 18 inches.  That is several inches larger than the men in the family, and they are fairly large guys.  As a visual, I can take a hair band (the kind the teenage girls wear to hold the stray hairs around the forehead/ears in place while play sports) and put it on my upper arm - it fits snuggly enough to hold in place.  I plan to document this portion of my journey so stay tuned....info and pictures to follow in the upcoming weeks. 
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I've been interested in Lap Band for several years but have just gotten serious about educating myself on details about it in the past 9 months.  I made a decision in September 08 to start the process.  I'm required by my insurance to complete 6 months of physician supervised dieting which I started in October 08.  During this 6 months I also am required to complete visits with a psychologist, dietitian and attend a support group.  I have chosen Dr. Hoehn at the Bariatric Center of Kansas City and so far have been pleased. I've been overweight since late high school and continued to gain throughout college but especially gained with each of my 4 pregnancies.  (Since my last child is 13 years old I think I need to stop thinking that those extra maternity pounds will just fall off soon!!)

I've never been depressed or stressed about my weight or appearance and have never let it keep me from swimming or doing other sunny day, outdoor kinds of things - but I can say that I don't like the number on the scale!!!!  I guess my own perception of how I think I look is better than the reality of the scale or when I see the reality in a photo?  I often wonder if I was harder on myself if I would actually embarrass myself into losing weight.  I am excited to see the psychologist because I hear so much talk about emotional eating.  I am curious if I have some emotional eating going on even if I have never thought I did - and if not, what's the deal?  I come from a big Italian family that likes to get together often - of course to cook and eat!- so that might be part of it. 

Anyway - I've come to the point, and age, that I realize the extra weight will only erode at my health and there are so many more opportunities/activities for me to take advantage of in life if 100 lbs was gone for good...it's a little hard to run around 3 bases right now and my tandem parasailing partner would have to be a toddler to meet the weight requirement!  I'd like to get on a plane and not worry about if I irritate the stranger next to me because I take up part of their space and I'd like to feel confident getting on a roller coaster without worrying if the lap bar will snap into place.  I'd like to breathe easier and cross my legs easily when sitting at a table. Oh, and I want to be able to shop for shoes in a size that is easily available at the mall!

So, while I wait for my big day I will continue to work as best I can at losing some weight on my own and learn a few things about myself in this process.