i used to keep up more...now that living with the band is becoming more "usual"--i have not put in too much.

there's not too much to say other than i think my band is REALLY tight and if i get stressed out or am in a situation that feels tense--then NOTHING goes down--not even ICE CREAM!

i didn't lose ANY WEIGHT AT ALL for 1 month--but all of a sudden, without doing anything special--i started losing again. the combination of the really tight band, not being...

the band is where it's supposed to be. i am pretty annoyed that i had to have another procedure, UNDER ANESTHESIA, b/c of dr's idiot staff.

end of story. no further surgery needed. thank god.

i guess it showed a slip of some kind. guess i'm headed back to surgery. will know more when i speak to surgeon on may 1. am very depressed. :think :think :think

Well--the esophogram was not clear enough to show if the band slipped. I have to have an endoscopy--though i'm not sure what it's going to show, exactly, from the inside of the stomach to know if the band is slipped or not.

but that's happening this thursday.

then--my dr. is on vacation until may 1--which is when i'll see him and find out what's what.

if the band is slipped-i'll have to have it repaired. another surgery. just what i'm looking forward to....

just put in a call to the dr's office. god knows when they'll call back.

last week i was on a business trip to houston (from ny) and had lunch out with business associates. after only a few bites of food--small, tiny bites, chewed well--i had to excuse myself and go to restroom--to THROW UP. that happened twice.

then--this was the worst--on the way back to the office -- i KNEW that i was going to get sick--but we were in the STREET--what could i do??? i held it in and...