okay...is it just me??

Is it just me - it seems like since the rant and rave board was created it seems like the lap band board is really dead.  So I thought maybe everyone went over there, but it doesn't seem that busy either.  Am I just sitting in front of the computer too much, or has it really slowed down?

Hee... I thought the same thing, so I guess its not just you.  I chalked it up to, I'd now been on this board long enough that it's not as exciting as it once was, the information isn't as new.  Maybe people just are taking a break after all the drama.   Dana

Well I wondered about that too - for the last 2 weeks I've been home and practically glued to the board, so I wasn't sure if I was just finally bored with it, or if it was slow.  I agree, maybe people are just taking a break from the drama.

I lurked on the board for about a month prior to surgery and took in all the new information.  I've been on and off the board the past six months but got a bit sick of it lately.  In fact, I haven't logged on but once or twice in the past three weeks as the drama was tiresome to me. I didn't realize there was a Rant and Rave board. 

I have to admit that I had gotten pretty bored with the board.  I got hooked into all the drama last weekend too, which I feel pretty silly about now.  I usually avoid the drama.  Anyhow, I think the new does wear off after a while.  When you are first banded, it is almost addicting.  I was on here constantly right after my surgery last summer.  I had to stop getting on here as much when school started again.  I only returned every once in a while to lurk, and seldom comment.  I had a snow day last Friday and checked in to see all the drama unfolding, so I have been getting on here more often this last week.  But it does seem pretty slow.  Maybe some left for some of the new boards without all the drama. 

Several new boards have opened, specifically for refugees from here. Ron has opened a brand new one  (post from him about a day ago), a lot of vets have moved to a different local OH forum and, of course, Bandbuds has a lot who used to come here. Kate

I'm not moving.  The drama taught me a lot about myself and other people and I am staying planted.  I don't have time to do a lot of different boards and I like the people I've come to know here.

As always, you and I are on the same page. I'm not going anywhere. It is here where I got all my support and here where I hope to "pay it forward". There aren't enough hours in the day to do justice to too many places so I'll be here with hoodoo :)

Krista, I am with you and HooDoo...I love this board and it's format.  I hope everyone sticks around, I would miss my band family if they all leave! 

After a while everybody gets sick of the drama.  There are several reasons things are quiet.  I think we all had our say and now we are getting to know each other and understand each other better.  Plus everyone from all the boards at OH is grieving the loss of a WLS pt. I like a lively active board and I feel most comfortable here.  Drama comes and goes and I don't let it get to me.   Hey I am sticking around too, although I need to spend more time on other things.