Hi Vivian! I am sorry I did not get back to you..My computer has been on the fritz for almost a week now, just now getting kinks worked out. Glad you like the new picture. I am having those kidney stones removed on Wednesday. I am looking forward to getting it done and behind me. Have a blessed weekend!

 ot quite morning yet but hello there,

I am posting this early because I will be leaving in a few short hours to go to the New Orleans OH Conference and I won't have access to a computer there.     Hope everyone is having a great week.  This is a grateful post and I am SO grateful that the OH Conference is finally here.    A year is a long time to wait to see your good friends you have made on OH.    I am grateful for that.   I am grateful for my family, friends,  a great bariatric surgeon, my life and health.   I am grateful for my faith and answered prayers and insurance.    Grateful for my WLS and all the choices of WLS today.   Grateful for support groups and encouragement from others.    PLEASE it you will share with us what you are grateful for today.   Have a blessed weekend and I hope to meet you at the conference.

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

  Good Morning Everyone,

Hope it is a good one that it.   I have NO idea what I am doing up at this hour.    I have been up since 2 AM.    I guess excitement is taking over for the OH Conference in New Orleans that starts tomorrow.   I can't wait !!!   I am praying really hard for the hurricane to stay away from the New Orleans area this weekend so we who are at the conference can enjoy sight seeing ( well...maybe a little bit that is LOL ).   There are SO very many things in our lives to be grateful for.   It really gets me when I hear someone say that they have NOTHING to be grateful for.    We ALL have something.   If you are reading this....you can be grateful for your eyes and the fact that you can read.    The simplest things we seem to take for granted when in reality they could be taken from us in a second.  Today I am grateful for the OH Conference.   I am grateful that Obesity Help cares enough about us to put on some awesome conferences in different areas of the country so that so many of us can attend them.    Grateful for Obesity Help and all the wonderful people on here.   Grateful for my family, friends, life, health, support groups, my WLS and all the different WLS available for the choosing.    Grateful that my middle son is doing so well at his recovery program and has gained 32 lbs. in a month ( he was 119 @ 5'8" and is now 151.5.    I usually am not grateful for someone gaining weight but he was SO very thin and unhealthy but looks AMAZING now.    Grateful for my Faith and answered prayers.    Grateful for the honor of being a OH Support Group Leader and for the members that my group has.    PLEASE share with us if you will what you are grateful for today.   Have a blessed day and I hope to meet you tomorrow at the conference.

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

Wow. This is just so surprising to me.  Thanks for the info.  I will need to consider this very carefully.

Hello,

I posted on the lapband forum as well.   I think I'll make it really short here.  

I have a lapband, it has slipped in a non-emergency situation, and the doctor needs to do corrective surgery. :(

Have any of you changed from the lapband to the realize band?  If so, could you point out the pros and cons to me?  Thank you so much. :)