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new avatar - Hmm! Not all that good! Need to work on this! But realised that my old avatar really is a bit old! My hair is a lot longer! May get DH to do some photos - I can never get the ...

Gastric bands and chemotherapy - I heard yesterday from a friend whose sister has a band. This is unusual over here in the UK - in the US people talk of people they work with or family members who have wls, but ...

Pain is not normal - I don't post much these days but after reading posts over the last few days, I felt I wanted to say this. Pain, except for immediately post-op, is not normal. I am not talking ...

Cross! Ridiculous book - I don't read many chick lit books but got caught bookless and picked up a book by Jane Green. Not too bad as far as style and story go except for the basic ridiculous weightest ima...

Recipe for loss. Not recommended! - Try a good old fashioned tummy bug. Don't even have to get the runs or vomit! Just cramps and total loss of appetite. 5lbs down in two days! And I am not even trying to lose ...

I'm here! - A few days ago, I lost patience and deactivated! Then I got an e mail from oh member who knows my e mail address. And i changed my mind. So I asked oh if they would reactivate me ...

Excellent news for British bandsters - Many Brits are, like me, self pay. Our national health service only offers fully paid for was for the very, very high BMI people or those with serious co-morbidities. My (privat...

My new ipad2 doesn't work on OH! Does yours?? - Is it just me and my ipad? I can open OH, move around the site, open reply/new topic boxes but then - stop. When you touch on a box to complete, the onscreen keyboard should pop ...

OH and ipad2 - error?? - Is it just me and my ipad? I can open OH, move around the site, open reply/new topic boxes but then - stop. When you touch on a box to complete, the onscreen keyboard should pop ...

XPost - 5th anniversary - The 23rd May is my 5th anniversary. I am currently 154lbs which is 15lbs heavier than the 139 I was at about 18 months post-op but that is a good thing. I never dreamed when I go...

Coming up to 5 years with my band. - The 23rd May is my 5th anniversary. I am currently 154lbs which is 15lbs heavier than the 139 I was at about 18 months post-op but that is a good thing. I never dreamed when I got ...

Off to the Middle East! What timing!!! - So far the Middle East  issues have affected Tunisia, Egypt, the Yemen, Syria and, most extreme of all, Libya. Lebanon is bit dodgy and they are a bit unhappy in Kuwait and Oman....

OT CRAZY CRAZY weather - Late April in the UK is often really nice! But since about the 25th March this year, we  have been having  crazy weather (with a few cooler, duller days in the middle). Yesterday...

Band Grads group - A few years ago, bandsters lobbied OH for a private board. It took a lot of hard work (not by me, I think a lot of it was by ChelleB, SharonT and NancyB) before they agreed. We...

So - EAT! (JeanM - do you want to join in?) - This was sparked by a reply JeanM made earlier today. Now those of you who know JeanM and I from on here will know we work our bands in very different ways. We have in the pas...

I used to dread summer! - Couldn't hide behind my big baggy winter shirts Sweat collecting in all those folds of fat Over-heated from all that blubber. Well here in the UK we are having a ridic...

What to expect with the band. - Kate's view!! And mine only! Doesn't have to be yours! We all hear the words "the band is just a tool" but we make this major decision to have life changing surgery and we ten...

I have a drug problem!! - I use Pepcid Complete fairly regularly and the UK ones taste really nasty. When I was in the US I got the "new"  mint tasting ones and they were actually nice! So I bought lots...

interesting advantage of the band..... - http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/4366051/At-what-point-would-you-get-a-revision-knowing-you-will/

Thanks, friends! - I'm not a sloppy sentimental sort of person - more of a get-on-with-it, stiff upper lip Brit type! But I just wanted to say how much I appreciate you guys! Some of you I have bee...

Support is.... - (This post does not refer to information given to pre-ops; it refers to answers given to people who have already had wls, whichever surgery they might have chosen.) Support i...

OT a bit of fun! A company I'd buy from!! - A Dutch company with a  great sense of humour. Put the your sound on before clicking on the link. Then don't do anything, just wait. The info is in Dutch anyway so you probably c...