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The triumph of optimism over experience! - People who don't succeed after wls and assume a second surgery, or even a third will magically solve their problems. NOT, NOT talking about those who have physical problems ...

Fed up with OH/ipad problems - I know if isn't just me as others have told me they have the same problem. I have told the OH Tech people but nothing has changed.  It is only, for me, an ipad issue as if I use...

Alternative therapies anyone? - I do actually believe both acupuncture and hypnotherapy can work. But wonder if anyone has personal experience.   I am really struggling to get back on track. My band is...

OH staff - One thing which seems to be happening is paragraphing is disappearing. Several times I have submitted a post and find that it appears just as one long, so hard to read paragraph...

The effect of food! - Once again, as I commit to trying to lose seasonal weight gain, the effect of good choices has just hit me. It is  not vague and possible, it is real and always happens to me.  ...

Calorie creep and maintenance - I am currently fighting a regain. Not devastating, my US size 10 skirts still fit but don't look good! And starting to look carefully at what I eat has made me so aware of how e...

Fructose - Sure most of you have seen this, and if you haven't you probably still know the basics! But here is a scientific explanation of why a calorie is NOT a calorie!  just realise...

Board glitches - Can people open their PMs? I can't! 

The sheer stupidity of numbers!! - Well, not numbers, the effect they have on me. My scales are fairly old. They used to match those at the doctor's surgery exactly so I trusted them. Both my scales and my wa...

Vitamins, calcium etc. Any advice? - As a banded person, I am only required to take one multi vit a day. But as a post-menopausal female  I also take a calcium + D. Up till now I have taken these, plus a chondrioti...

OT Urgent advice needed for a Brit in the US, - Enormous filling has just fallen out of son's tooth, his travel insurance does not cover dental care. He is in Oregon, cycling, about a 100 miles from California. Any advice...

Oops. Forgot 7th anniversary. -   Just over 7 years. All fine! Not as slim as I was 4 years ago but my US size 10 skirts etc still fit. At 5' 4" and aged 62, I am happy with that. Spent this morning pl...

Privacy warning -   I have today received a request through the Business/Professional network site Linkedin telling me that a person had asked my permission to add me to her conta...

Privacy alert -   I have today received a request through the Business/Professional network site Linkedin telling me that a person had asked my permission to add me to her contact list. ...

If anyone wants me.... - I am on the members list, just PM me. This isn't a farewell cruel board post, it's just that there is no point coming here any more. Very few posters asking for support of a...

Seven year band check. -   And everything exactly as it should be.  Waiting for my barium swallow and met a lady just going in for her 8 year check. Everything also excellent for her. And no-one loo...

Appalled by misinformation -   Is it just me? I know this board can be too pessimistic sometimes but I have looked in on another well known board whose initials are LBT. There is blatant misinformation ...

You inspire many! Me included! Were there many being banded...

Can't decide how I feel! - In terms of numbers of bands inserted we are way behind the US, although, unlike what I am told by people on this board is happening in America,  the number of band ops is incre...

Peculiar British approach! - When I was banded in 2006, I had no pre-op diet. On this board there is a range of pre-op diets, low cal, shakes and one meal, liquids only. But I now find that the majority of ...

A plea to posters -   Many now use tablets or phones to access the internet. Small handwriting type script may look pretty but it is almost impossible to read. If you keep it small, a magnifyin...

15 year study of banding - Ann Surg. 2013 Jan;257(1):87-94.  Long-term outcomes after bariatric surgery: fifteen-year follow-up of adjustable gastric banding and a systematic review of the bariatric ...

Basic decency and humanity, not to mention kindnes -   My band has worked for me so I can't truly appreciate the physical and emotional trauma to those who have had serious problems. I do fully understand the need to share you...

From my doctor - My surgeon is a gastro-intestinal consultant, working both for the non-profit making nationall health service and also for a private hospital group. He also teaches in local uni...