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puracriolla's Blog
 

From: Need A Lap Band Buddy For Support

I currently live in Juneau Alaska. I am from Honolulu. Thank you for replying!     Source: Need A Lap Band Buddy For Support     I lived in Wahiawa for 3 years, love it...Well first Mililani n then schofield Barracks, love the food n the people, not the traffic...
puracriolla

puracriolla

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vsglosingit's Blog
 

Choices

Okay, so its been a rough day. Of course the first thing I want to do is sit on the couch with a glass of wine and a ton of carbs. But no, Instead I am online and reading how other people make the choices everyday to live a healthy and active lifestyle...so I have a choice. I can sit here and feel sorry for my "bad" day or I can hit the gym.   I had my sleeve done on 2/17/12. So far I have lost 57.8 lbs. Of course I want it to be 75 lbs...but hey its going down and that is what matters.   Somehow I have to learn how to control using food as my "friend" when nobody else is around. So I just downloaded a few new songs to my ipod and headed to the gym at 845pm.   Wish me luck!! LOL
vsglosingit

vsglosingit

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lizzyshade's Blog
 

Pre-Op Surgery Class

Spent 2 hours at a Pre-Op surgery class today. A lot of information given regarding what to expect during surgery, hospital stay, and the post-op diet. It will be 2 weeks of liquids, 2 weeks of puree, and 2 weeks of soft food then I will progress to a normal high protein, veggie/fruit diet for life. Carbs and sugar foods will be a rare treat if I can even tolerate them at all. This two weeks on liquid only has made it very apparent that much of the time my husband and I spend together is spent out to eat or getting food to prepare and eating. There is a sadness to leave the old routine behind that is hard to explain. I know it will be worth it, but there is a sense of loss that not only I am dealing with, but also my husband. He's been very supportive, but has said he wishes I would wake up on surgery date and just change my mind not to go through with it. I need to do this for me, for so many reasons, and I hope one day my family will be happy that I did. 7 days to go!
lizzyshade

lizzyshade

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Taking Those First Steps
 

Ready!

I don't know that I've ever felt so prepared for anything in my life. Mentally, emotionally, even physically. My surgery is in 4 short days. I started the Pre-Op diet 6 days ago and have lost over 11 lbs so far. Seeing the way my body is responding is making me feel very positive! I know I will hit plateaus, but for now, I'm going to keep plugging along.   The past week I've started easing up on myself. I'm VERY Type A. My house is ALWAYS spotless, as is my car, husbands truck, my work desk, you get the idea. I decided that I needed to just stop. I needed to let myself sit still and relax and NOT eat while I tried. Before, if I was forced to sit still and say, watch a TV show with my husband, I would grab something to snack on so I could keep my hands busy. I've forced myself to change. I picked up my Kindle, downloaded some amazing books, and have spent hours upon hours reading. It's made the Pre-Op Diet go by so much better! I set aside a few hours Sunday morning to whip through the house and do a deep clean (thankfully, my husband is so good at keeping the house going during the week) and wash my car, but that was about it. Otherwise, I was playing with the dogs or just simply relaxing, something I haven't honestly done in a very long time.   Let me tell you, it was AMAZING. Mentally, I feel so much better! I know it sounds super corny, but I finally have this sense of inner calmness. I know that the house won't fall apart if I don't vacuum every day. I know that the world won't stop if I take time for myself. After trying it, and seeing it succeed, I feel SO much more prepared for surgery.
jen_1381

jen_1381

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dlee's Blog
 

Flipped Port

I had my lapband surgery April of 2011. The first fill I went in for did not go well. I think it was 4-6 weeks after I had the lapband surgery. I had formed fluid around the port and the dr drew that off and put me on an antibiotic for a week. I went back 2-4 weeks later and he still had trouble getting to my port. They sent me down to xray. My port had tilted. He was able to fill it then and1 or 2x after that at an angle. Then when I went back for a fill in August the port had completely flipped over. I had surgery in October to have the port redone. I went for a fill 4-6 weeks after that and it went well. My next fill was in Jan. and all went well at that appt. When I went back for a follow up visit in March my dr. did not give me a fill because I had lost 10+ lbs. since my last visit and did not think I needed a fill at the time. Today I went for a check up and when he was feeling my stomach he said this port feels like it is moving and should not be doing that. Then when he went to give me a fill he could not access the port again. I go Thursday for a xray but all indications from today's appt. points to me having a port that has flipped again. I am just wondering if any of you other banders have had any trouble with your ports??? I am so down tonight about it
dlee

dlee

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dlee's Blog
 

Flipped Port

I had my lapband surgery April of 2011. The first fill I went in for did not go well. I think it was 4-6 weeks after I had the lapband surgery. I had formed fluid around the port and the dr drew that off and put me on an antibiotic for a week. I went back 2-4 weeks later and he still had trouble getting to my port. They sent me down to xray. My port had tilted. He was able to fill it then and1 or 2x after that at an angle. Then when I went back for a fill in August the port had completely flipped over. I had surgery in October to have the port redone. I went for a fill 4-6 weeks after that and it went well. My next fill was in Jan. and all went well at that appt. When I went back for a follow up visit in March my dr. did not give me a fill because I had lost 10+ lbs. since my last visit and did not think I needed a fill at the time. Today I went for a check up and when he was feeling my stomach he said this port feels like it is moving and should not be doing that. Then when he went to give me a fill he could not access the port again. I go Thursday for a xray but all indications from today's appt. points to me having a port that has flipped again. I am just wondering if any of you other banders have had any trouble with your ports??? I am so down tonight about it
dlee

dlee

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dlee's Blog
 

Flipped Port

I had my lapband surgery April of 2011. The first fill I went in for did not go well. I think it was 4-6 weeks after I had the lapband surgery. I had formed fluid around the port and the dr drew that off and put me on an antibiotic for a week. I went back 2-4 weeks later and he still had trouble getting to my port. They sent me down to xray. My port had tilted. He was able to fill it then and1 or 2x after that at an angle. Then when I went back for a fill in August the port had completely flipped over. I had surgery in October to have the port redone. I went for a fill 4-6 weeks after that and it went well. My next fill was in Jan. and all went well at that appt. When I went back for a follow up visit in March my dr. did not give me a fill because I had lost 10+ lbs. since my last visit and did not think I needed a fill at the time. Today I went for a check up and when he was feeling my stomach he said this port feels like it is moving and should not be doing that. Then when he went to give me a fill he could not access the port again. I go Thursday for a xray but all indications from today's appt. points to me having a port that has flipped again. I am just wondering if any of you other banders have had any trouble with your ports??? I am so down tonight about it
dlee

dlee

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A funny thing happend while I was loosing weight
 

I'm Really Boring

Hello everyone. I promise that I haven't forgotten about you. I sit at the computer everyday and begin typing but realize that I'm a REALLY boring person. Unless something really funny happens to me, I don't have much to report to you. So, for today you are just going to get my thoughts from the past few days.     Walking is wonderful. I really enjoy getting outside everyday and attempting to beat my previous time. Yesterday, I walked a 18min mile. That may not sound like much, but when I first started my mile was around 30mins. So, I am getting better, thinner, and faster and I love every second of it. Before long, I will running instead of walking....sorry, I was laughing so hard at that, I fell off the chair. I will only be running if someone or something bad is chasing me. And, lets be honest, the bad thing will more than likely get me. That reminds me, I need to check my will and make sure it's updated.   Mother's Day: I spent this day with my family. I do not have any children, but I enjoyed being with my mother and sister and all her children. The best was sitting down at a family dinner and being able to eat with them. The last time I attempted this was Easter, and I was on my per-surgery diet so I couldn't eat. I was in week 2 and I was soooo depressed. I burst into tear right before the meal was served. But, unlike my mental breakdown last time we were all together, I was able to have some hamburger, beans, corn, and a bite of mac and cheese. I know it sounds like a lot, but trust me, I only ate around 3onz. So, while everyone was digging in and loading up their plates, my sister and I sat there picking at our food and loading up on conversation and family time. My only issue since I've started real food is veggies, and the need to walk after every meal. I looked like a crazy person as everyone was sitting at the table talking and I was walking in circles in the back yard. But hey, I figured the walking burned off at least a bean or two.   Doctor's Apt: I am not sure if I have told you all that I am currently on disability I have a really bad back. One of the major reasons I had this surgery was so that I can get a new disc when I lose enough weight. With that said, Today I had to go see the SS doctor for him to check out my "ability". Well, in the exam, he started pushing on my stomach. I explained that it really hurt as I just had surgery and I was still healing. Then he made me lay down to do his pushing and said, "I need to see your scars". WHAT???? I never expected to hear that. Now, before I go off about this "independent doctor who is paid by the government" you need to know that the whole time I was in there he was rude, demeaning and he STUNK. At first I thought it was what he ate for lunch, but it wasn't. It was him. How do you tell a mean hateful doctor that he stinks? He also made me lay down and when he told me to get up, he grabbed my arm and PULLED me. Now, if any of you have back issues, you know the worst thing to do to a person with back issues to to "help" them get up. Lucky for me, my husband jumped up and told him not to do that. This doctor shouldn't have been allowed to evaluate monkeys at a zoo, let alone people. Now, speaking of the doctor's office, I was also shocked to listen to two patients in the waiting room. They were openly talking about their illegal drug use. Then to top it off, the woman said what a great daughter she had....the same daughter that was doing the drugs as well. It was crazy in there. I really felt out of place.   Food: I am doing well with my food. it's interesting to try regular food. I am scared most of the time but only a few times have I felt "uneasy". I haven't had any more slimming nor have I thrown up. Hope this stays this way. Also, my husband enjoys watching me enjoy new foods.   So, that's what's been going on with me. Like I told you, nothing exciting. We are pretty boring. I am sure I will have some interesting and funny stories soon.
tmorgan813

tmorgan813

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CrazyCatLady's Blog
 

Experimenting...at A Month Out.

Wednesday will be the one month anniversary of being sleeved....what a wild, crazy trip it's been! As of yesterday, I am 30lbs down from the weight I was on sleeve day, which is pretty damn good given the circumstances.   I still have abdominal edema from my portal vein clot, which is making clothing an interesting proposition. I can now barely button pants I wore pre-op, but the thighs and butt are loose...it's just that pesky abdomen full of fluid! I appear to have also lost some breast tissue, which is an annoyance. I have a job interview today and tried on my normal interview dress: almost too tight in the middle, hanging odd on the top ( I don't fill it out at well!). Makes me look like pregnant potato, but it will have to suffice.   Food has been a hot topic this week. For 8 days, I hung out between 269-270lbs on the scale. Then two nights ago, we were at the movies and I broke down and tried popcorn...and found that Cthulu Jr likes it....a lot! All told I had about 1/2 a cup over a period of 2 hours. But the odd part was, in the past I would not have been discerning. I would have eaten any old kernel that ended up my hand. This time, I found myself hunting through the bag for those perfect salty, buttery, seasoned, puffy pieces - and rejecting any other imperfect tidbits. Very satisfying. Next morning I get on the scale....and bam! 266. Excellent.   Today I had one thick, perfect piece of Boars Head Mesquite Turkey Breast lunch meat....delicious. CJ found this palatable as well. Yesterday I had a single saltine cracker with my chili at lunch, and it added that crunch that I had been craving. Not the best nutritionally, but it has forstalled my decent into total insanity for yet another week.   This time last week, I remarked to my dear husband that I was afraid to try new foods. I was pretty much stuck with tuna, chili (blended), mashed potato, and refried beans. But I finally realized that I can't live like that forever and I had to move past my fear.   Relearning how to eat has been scary. I don't want to be that woman who at 6 months post-op is back to eating a ton of junk. But I am one of those people who had this surgery not so I could live my life on terrible tasting synthetic protein foods...but so I could live as a 'normal' person. So I could eat sensibly 90% of the time, but still nibble on a sliver of cake at my best friend's wedding, or have the occasional bite of a Cinnabon. Today has been the first day since April 16th that I have not regretted this surgery.   I am hoping that the days that follow are much the same.
CrazyCatLady

CrazyCatLady

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Ginny33's Blog
 

Zzzzz

My sleep study is tonight and for some reason I am so nervous..it's making me feel ill. :/ This is make it or break it time..everything I've done for the last few months rests on the results of tonight..so nervous.
Ginny33

Ginny33

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Sabrina's Blog
 

Pre Op Diet Not Going Well

I cheated on my pre-op diet. I did not cheat badly but I am on a liquid diet and I had food. Is this bad? Will they cancel my surgery? I am scheduled for this Thursday at 10:30 am. I feel bad and support system has been doing it best to help me stay on track but most of all I have failed myself. Not happy and scared. What do I do.
Bremartus

Bremartus

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desertmom's Blog
 

Food

from tomorrow I am eating only food that come with a label to tell me the exact calories in it.That way I wll be sure that I dont overshoot on calories.100 ml milk only.No string cheese.   In all my life I have never felt as powerless as right now.I have always been abl to lose weight at a faster rate than now and no matter wha I do....it is just super slow.Up the cals down the cals,exercise, no exercise,more protein less protein....nothing helps.   I am feeling very frustrated about it and it is not even like a diet I can fall off of....lol
desertmom

desertmom

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CherylA's Blog
 

Kids Tell The Truth And It Hurts. Other Things That Happen To Be On My Mind.

As a parent we work so hard to teach our children not to be mean to other children. Don't say mean things you will hurt your friends feelings and so on.....What about your mom's feelings? My oldest daughter has told me several times that she thinks I am fat..I went and cried before coming back to explain to her that you don't talk to anyone like that.   Have you noticed that we are so much harder on ourselves? We do not hold other people to the high standards we hold for ourselves. Maybe if I were a little nicer to myself I would not be sitting in the boat I am in today. I vow to try not to kick myself so hard for mistakes I make. We all make them.   I am not a very patient person. I hate waiting to hear from the insurance company. I like to be able to control things and I hate not knowing. It is the not knowing that drives me insane. Ok if I have to wait 6 months let's get the appointments started. The faster I can get started the faster I will have it complete.   I am trying to up my water intake because for me I hate the lack of taste water has.fter I drink so much water I start feeling like I am gonna puke even with the thought of water. I have started using Milo as a flavor enhance to my water. If you only use a drop it gives the water a hint of flavor and that I can handle.
CherylA

CherylA

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smilinginside's Blog
 

100 Pounds Lost

well after 2 long years of struggling i am finnaly back on track and the weight is flying off, when i stepped on the scale today i am so happy to say i am 101 pounds down!!!! cant wait 20 more pounds and i will be in onderland!!!!!
smilinginside

smilinginside

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NeverGivinUpTeya's Blog
 

Vegas Meet And Greet, Weight Lost, Workouts

Anxious. Nervous. Excited. All these emotions mixed about the meet and greet.   Going to enjoy myself though.   Going in the 250s not very excited about that though. I have been working hard the past 2 wks of May and down 2.8 lbs. I will take it .The first week was menstrual week lost 0.6 oz. LOL. Still its a lost. It seems as though the 3rd and 4th wks of the month is always my biggest lost so I'm going to try my best. I'm going to decrease my workouts b/c of the amount of calories I'm intaking and see if that works. 800-1100 calories. 30 mins of workout/day except Tuesday will be 60 mins. of zumba. After this week I gotta get back on my thurmond plan b/c I do lose more that way.
NeverGivinUpTeya

NeverGivinUpTeya

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Lauracat's Blog
 

A Letter To Starbucks

Dear Starbucks,   I want to thank you for sending me the email reminding me that it is Frapconio sesison and that you have a new flavor cookies and cream and that your offering them half price in may. But I no longer need your Frapaconis to help me deal with my feeling I know longer am going to drink a venta one becuse i am sad upset lonely tired ECT. So i hope you do not mind but i have no choice this year but to get rid of your email. I am starting a new life and Starbucks Frapacoino are not in it even if you have a new cookies and cream flavor i must say no.     sincenerly   Laura
Lauracat

Lauracat

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PinkL8tyLori's Blog
 

My Journey From Band To Sleeve Revision - From Someone Who Works With Dr. O

I thought I had already posted a blog over here, but I can't find it so I thought I'd start again.   I had my band to sleeve revision on 4/16/12 after having the band since 6/2006 and I haven't regretted it for a minute! Just as a disclaimer - I do work with Dr. Ortiz from Obesity Control Center - he was my band surgeon back in 2006 and of course I wouldn't have chosen any other doctor to perform my surgery. I choose him as my surgeon before I started working with him. In fact I asked to join his team after my wonderful experience as a patient. My experience during my surgery is WHY I work for him... I've had several offers from other patient brokers to come to work for them, but I honestly believe I already work for the BEST - so why would I work for anywhere else? I believe in him!   Instead of starting from scratch here, I thought I would just link you to my blog that i've already started on the OCCForum. This is not a sales pitch, otherwise I would do like so many other Patient Coordinators/Facilitators out here and speak to you with a fake name... that isn't how I roll!   So here is my journey so far from band to sleeve revision! I update pretty regularly, so feel free to follow me! Good luck everybody!   http://www.occforum.com/index.php?app=blog&module=display&section=blog&blogid=332
PinkL8tyLori

PinkL8tyLori

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babydumplin1968's Blog
 

Day 5 Of Pre-Op Diet

Ok... day 5 of my pre-op diet... added salads yesterday... and I cheated on Mothers Day.. I had one shrimp.. my stomach is killing me... been taking lataid... not as hungry as last week but still a struggle... Down 7 lbs already... yippie...
babydumplin1968

babydumplin1968

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StrangelyNormal's Blog
 

Frustrated

I'm just frustrated. Seriously. It's so hard to choose the right surgeon. I don't have insurance that will cover VSG and I'm going to do self-pay in Mexico. But the more I investigate the more I get frustrated. I contacted "alighterme"and was contacted by one of their reps and she was so confusing BC she's referring to these people (who would be my driver, etc) and it didn't make sense.... Until I got info from "obesity solutions international" she works for both companies and got her employees mixed up. I guess for her it's a win/win situation. One is $500 higher than the other so if her client doesn't go with one company then they can go with the other. Whatever, it worries me BC if she can't keep her employees straight and which company she's representing straight, how is she going to keep my details straight? I checked out Mexicosurgerysolutions and I'm seriously considering them instead. They aren't as advertised but it seems even more legit. I'd be in a hospital. Not a clinic in a strip mall. I'd recover in a hospital, not a "recovery house" that is over-crowded with no emergency room in case something were to go wrong, and I'd see the surgery team for longer than 5 minutes prior to my surgery. But they are a little more expensive than some of the others. They do use the BajaMed group, but how good are those surgeons? I'm just overwhelmed and needed to vent
StrangelyNormal

StrangelyNormal

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lizzyshade's Blog
 

Sleeve Journey Begins

What a journey so far, started 01/09/12 with a sleep study and has progressed to today where I am on my 13th day of liquid only diet.To date I have had a sleep study, 1st medical consult, nutrition visit, physical therapy class, blood work, more blood work, psych personality profile (568 questionnaire), psychiatric consult with profile results, weekly personal therapy for food behavior modification and food as an addiction, 1st surgery consult, hematology consult, and an endoscopy 05/10. Tomorrow I have a pre-op class, then Tues. 05/15 my 2nd and hopefully final surgical consult. Surgery is scheduled for Tues. 05/22/12... only 8 days to go! I am supposed to lose 20lbs by the 22nd and so far I am down 10lbs. My only nutrition being fat free milk with protein powder and water. Today was the most challenging, being Mother's Day and the meals that usually involved. Substituted dinner out with Starbucks skinny decaf sugar-free iced late, so still felt like a treat, but not the same. Hope that gets easier. I'm have so many mixed emotions that seem to be on a roller coaster at any given time. I'm so excited, then have doubts, can't wait, then scared, picturing half of me, then worried I will go through this and fail...ect. Thankfully this forum has given me a place to read that other's are or have experienced this same thing, so I don't feel so alone. My family have all expressed their concerns and made sure to tell me I am and will be loved even if I don't' do this and lose weight. My husband has been my biggest champion even though he is nervous about it all. It's nice to know that even if I stayed the same he thinks I'm beautiful and loves me, for me. I'm so thankful to have such wonderful support. I'm also thankful to my forever friend Heather who has shared my weight struggle and beat hers with the sleeve a year and a half ago. What a great example and mentor during this process. When I have doubt's I think of her and know I am making the right choice. Welcome to my sleeve journey!
lizzyshade

lizzyshade

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