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Andy's Articles
 

Goodbye Seven

A very difficult week end. As of Wednesday it was decided after discussing with my Vet that we should have my cat Seven put to sleep. She has 2 extra toes on each front paw, hence the name. Seven was never a lap cat but she always wanted to be near me, laying down next to me or above me on the back of the couch when she could still make it up there. When she would sit up on the couch she would tap my shoulder with her paw when she wanted to be petted. This past winter Seven starting missing jumps. She would miscalculate and did not have the strength to make them. I had to start picking her up. He hips became so painful that she could not step into the litter box. There was no fracture, no dislocation, just most likely severe arthritis. Combining this with several other health issues her quality of life became severely restricted. To watch your cat try and jump and fall became so sad. She was no longer the kitty that I had of even a year ago. So I tried to make her last few days as good as possible, picking her up and putting her in her favorite spots. Letting her eat as much soft food as she wanted, giving her, her favorite treats. I tried to use some of her favorite toys with her to play, but she did not play. That made me know that I made the right decision.   My partner and I were in the room with her. I was petting her when she took her last breath. We stayed with her for a few minutes afterwards. I am waiting to hear when her ashes are ready. I have spot picked out to bury her ashes in one of my flower gardens.   My younger cat Cooper is lost. He continues to look for her. He is sleeping in what was her favorite spot to sleep. I am trying to give him as much attention as he can tolerate. I am trying not to overwhelm him. I can tell he is in mourning for her. I know it is just a matter of time for us to get past this. I am hoping that burying her ashes will help.    
AMayo1

AMayo1

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Jenn1214's Blog
 

It's OK to be hungry

I think this is a lesson that I have needed to learn for a long time, and will probably always struggle with. I have such a fear of being hungry that as soon as my stomach growls even a little bit, I'm ready to run to the kitchen. Not to mention I get very hangry if my blood sugar drops too low. This has been a constant problem and a huge source of my past failures. My weight loss had stalled for a couple weeks because I was grazing almost constantly. I decided to try an experiment where I would force myself to ignore my growling stomach for a hour or two and see what happened. Lo and behold, I didn't die of starvation, the world didn't end, and I made it to my next meal unscathed. It's OK to be hungry! My band helps somewhat in this department but I realized all over again the necessity for some form of willpower. I was sick of being stuck at the same weight for weeks and starting to feel my old feelings of failure and the "Screw it, I'm going to eat a box of cookies since I'm not losing weight anyway" mentality. Then I went to the mirror, lifted my shirt, and looked at my surgical scar. I didn't go through all this pain, the post op diet from hell, and weeks of recovery to fail now. I knew I was in this for life when I had this surgery and there are going to be ups and downs in this journey, but so far I've been heading in the right direction. Happily, I broke my plateau this morning and I'm down three pounds! My new mantra: It's OK to be hungry!
Jenn1214

Jenn1214

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CAMMYD's Blog
 

VSG EVE

Well here I am the eve of my surgery and the question of the day has been are you nervous? Amazingly my answer is no, I just want to get it over with. I'll post some stats soon. I am heading off to bed remember me in your prayers g'nite!    
CAMMYD

CAMMYD

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lisaann72's Blog
 

redish lump in belly button

ok i was banded on june 10th 2011 and i have noticed i have a red knot on the inner left side of my belly button it is kinda soar i guess cause ive been messing with it can anyone help has anyone else had this
lisaann72

lisaann72

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LovetheNewMe's Blog
 

Panties and other things

I will apologize to the guys for this topic up front.   Now I am going to warn all of you male bloggers I am going to discuss a rather x-rated topic. My panties! lol Well yesterday I finally broke down and bought my self some new underware. I know your all asking how in the world was she still waring the same panties she wore 68 lbs ago. They were a little baggy in the seat but they were dear old friends and I just wasn't ready to go to the expense of purchasing new ones. I have had to purchase new bras, on two separate occasions but the panties worked so I left them alone. Well for two weeks I have been saying to my husband, "Honey I gotta buy new panties, one day I am going to be walking down the hall at work and they are going to fall right off." It had got to the point when I wore my tee shirt spanks that my underware gave me a wedgy. TMI right but you have to fully appreciate how much our bodies change and all of the things we go through when losing weight. Well I bought two pair of really cute hipster style panties at Target. They were so cute, "Not granny panties at all" They were a soft gray pattern with this cute little bow on the front and flat ecru colored lace on the legs. And guess what they are a size "7" and they look so cute. Ok, so they are only underware and I know I am the only one that is going to see them but they make me feel thinner. I know that may sound ridiculous but they do. I have not bought underware that was not of the granny pantie style for years, I got satin ones, lacy ones, etc.   Tomorrow, Monday June 27th I start my exercise at Curves®. I have to be there at 7am, so excited. Spent the weekend working in the yard and swimming in the pool. Also bought some delicious protein bars at CVS for buy two get one free. Had a yummy pretzel peanut butter one yesterday for lunch and a chocolate Carmel crunch one today. 200 cal 15 gm protein and low carbs. I like these on the weekend for when I am busy outside and use as one meal replacement.   Hope everyone is doing great this weekend. I will keep you posted this week on my exercise, oh and I guess I get to wear my new panties to work and won't get a wedgy!
♥LovetheNewMe♥

♥LovetheNewMe♥

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Debora Anne's Blog
 

So far so Good but concerned.........

It's been awhile since I posted - although I check the posts all the time. Everyone is so helpful and I have learned a ton of do's and don'ts Well I am 3 weeks post op and have lost 25lbs :bananajump: :lost2.5lbs: I am amazed at how easy this whole process has been so far - I hope it continues. I am really watching my portion control - take 25 minutes to eat and CHEW CHEW CHEW - I am trying to stay away from slider type food and focus on protein. I am a little concerned I am only eating between 500 and 600 calories a day :confused_smile: is this enough? I feel satisfied and stick to the 1/2 cup of food only - sometimes I leave food on the plate because I am satisfied or my 25 minutes is up.... I also excercise every day (every other day add strength excercises to cardio) I am loving my BAND :thumbup: But have concerns that I am not eating enough .. I do take multivitamin and calcium with D daily .....Any helpful information or advice would be appreciated :thankyou:
Debora Anne

Debora Anne

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Kris' VSG Blog
 

Mad @ Myself & Doing Something About It

Excuse my bad language, but I had a total craptastic week on the weight loss front. I am only down .2 lbs. since last Sunday (172.0 today) -- awful. But even worse, this time I can't blame my bad week on my body holding on to weight -- this week it's my own fault I haven't lost weight. My eating this week has been the worst ever since getting sleeved. I've partaken of donuts, cupcakes, crackers, and rice chips -- all that junk food, ugh. I have been frustrated with not losing weight so I have fallen into my very bad pattern of dealing with frustration by eating junk.   However, I will say, I am owning my bad behavior, and this morning I did something about it. I got up out of bed, got on my walking shoes, and did a killer one hour walk on a trail near my house (which has a monster hill that goes a mile and several hundred feet in elevation). Yah, baby! THAT'S the way to deal with frustration -- not putting crap food into my mouth, but doing something healthy and (dare I say) fun.   I was SO proud of myself doing this walk today. I had walked on that trail a few times before surgery (when I was 220 lbs.+) and it darn near killed me. On the hill part, I would have to take it in sections, like walk 100 yards, suck wind really hard until I felt like my heart wasn't going to explode out of my chest, and then walk another 100 yards, until I got up that hill. Today was the first time I have walked that trail since surgery, and man what a difference losing 60 lbs. makes. The hill starts out gradually, then gets really steep for a while. Once I got to the steep part, I could feel my heart get going faster, and I was thinking, "Oh boy, I am going to have to stop soon," but I decided to just keep going until I couldn't take it anymore ... and lo and behold, I never had to stop ... it did get tough at some points, but I just kept walking. To me this is a MAJOR NSV because I can do something now with relative ease that I would have keeled over dead trying to do pre-surgery. Another thing that was really cool was that my husband did the same walk as me, but he used the reverse course, so we passed each other halfway. He made it home before me (he is not fat) but when I walked in the front door his first words to me were, "You're home already! I am really impressed! I just got home a few minutes ago myself!" Yay!!!! And you know, right now, as I am writing this, I am eating a lovely breakfast of cold watermelon and feeling darn good. My energy level is really good. My legs are a little sore from walking but nothing major -- it's a good kind of sore that tells me I challenged myself and did good.   So anyway, some key lessons learned this week are that I still obviously emotional eating issues; but I can do something about it and deal with my emotions in a healthier way.   My 4th of July goal was to get to 169 and I am 3 lbs. away from that goal. I am going to do that hill walk every day this week, by gum, and see if I can get to that goal. I was doing so great earlier in the month and thought I had that goal in the bag ... but now I am really going to have to fight for it. And I AM going to fight for it!
Kris

Kris

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Angela's Blog
 

Back again...

It has been awhile since I have been on here. My weightloss has slowed considerably. I am now down 115 lbs in 13 months. I have been struggling with getting stuck or really constricted when eating but I am supposing that it is mainly stress related. I am working on that. I don't give up and go back to mushies. I keep trying different foods to find what works. Things that worked before I have issues with now.   The key is to eat slowly which I will admit I don't do. Sometimes I wait too long to eat and then I end up eating too fast and well it gets ugly from there. Other times I eat slow but because my kids are bickering at the table I get stuck and it might be something as simple as green beans.   I am sitting here today re-evaluating what I am eating and how I am eating. I started a new job so I need to work that into the equation. My former boss ( I got a new job 3 weeks ago) and I used to eat lunch together a lot because I sat right next to her and we ate at our desks while chatting or working. The problem is I eat lunch out 4 days a week now. I don't eat bad foods persay just homemade you can control the food such as sodium and fat. Although I don't eat fat free I know that my home-made food is lesser in fat than the restaurants.   I have a few new recipes on my blog: http://thelapbandexperience.blogspot.com/ and updates on what has or has not been going on lately.   Advice, it is perfectly natural to have times where you seriously wonder if the band was the right choice. To this day, I still have those moments when food gets stuck over and over. I get so frustrated (which only adds to the stress factor) and even depressed about it if it happens for several days continuously. I am 13 months post op and still deal with those feelings. It's normal. I truly don't regret it at all. I mean who would REALLY regret losing 115 lbs in 13 months? I would have never done that without the band. I am human though and at times I get so tired of fighting myself because of the band. I make it harder than it needs to be.   So back to re-evaluting...My former boss and I still eat out. Well, we run out and grab food and bring it back to work. I go my way and she goes hers and we eat separately now. Weird, I know. I need to break that cycle. Monday is the only day that I eat my lunch brought from home. I need to start bringing it more often and just tell her no. I feel so bad though because she is struggling now that I am gone to my new job. She uses the drive to get food as her time to vent to me over her struggles. I know she needs to do that otherwise she will crack under the pressure. I have always been her sounding board. We worked together for 10 years. I will need to think on how to handle this delicate situation.   I enjoy shopping now for clothes. I can buy off the rach at most any store. I still buy some larger sizes. I wear an 18 in pants. I wear an XL or XXL in shirts. The normal XXL not the plus size 2X. There is a difference. I have a lot of loose skin around my belly and my upper arms so that is the only reason why. I see plastic surgery in my future but not for a very long time.   Well, check out my blog site. I have lots of more indepth info and recipes. As I have said before, I don't eat fat free. I usually try low fat or if it is high protein then I am not so picky. I have been successful so far so something is working for me.   Best wishes everyone and if anyone needs to chat or talk about things then give me a holler.
anglov

anglov

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KathyD49's Blog
 

Day EIGHT!

Well, I KNOW that I wrote an entry yesterday and hit the button that said to "Publish Now". But it disappeared, and it never showed up on my blog space, so being technologically ignorant, I don't know WHAT happened to it. Oh well, not going to worry over it. It's post op Day 8 for me, and I am loving being able to advance my diet!   For those of you who have been reading about my journey (I'm not really sure anyone is reading this but me), I went to the doctor again yesterday for my persistant low grade fever of unknown origin. He decided that I had a mild urinary tract infection, and put me on antibiotics. And guess what? As of this morning, after only TWO antibiotic tablets, I have been fever free for almost 12 hours!!!! I am so happy, I am dancing in the aisles (figuratively anyway). I was beginning to get worried, and I feel like the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders! Happy Dance!!!   Last night my husband got the idea to take Ella (6 year old grand daughter) to the neighboring town to see the Cars 2 movie. It was fun, she loved it, and in the darkened theater, I sucked on and dissolved three of her chocolate M&Ms until they disappeared! I am bad! But oh were they good!   And today I got up, and I lost two pounds! I am down 31 pounds now. When I stumbled into the bathroom, I looked in the mirror and thought "there is that FAT girl in the mirror again!" I didn't look like I had ever lost an ounce. BUT after washing, brushing, flossing, etc, I stepped on the scale, and low and behold, down 31 whole pounds! My first thought was "I gotta adjust my weight loss ticker!" Even if it doesn't show yet, the scale rewards me with positive reinforcement, just by moving down a notch or two. Talk about a RUSH!   I will be flying back to California a week from today to return to work. So one of my projects this week is boxing up my "too small clothes" and mailing them to myself in California. I mentioned a couple of days ago, here I have lost 30 pounds, and none of my clothes seem even a little bit loose on me yet. But I am confindent that EVENTUALLY some of my stuff is going to start to look big. Hopefull ALL of my stuff with start to look big on me, and I will NEED to move to my smaller size clothes.   Also got to box up my scarpbooking stuff and mail it to myself, so I can work on some of my scrapbook projects on my time off. And today I am going to attack my house and clean. I may not get the whole house done, BUT I AM GOING TO MAKE A DENT IN THE MESS AROUND HERE!!! I am sick and tired of living in a mess, and am going to do something about it today. I did something about the mess my body was in 8 days ago, and today I start doing something about the mess my body is living in.   To any and all of you VGSers, Have a Great Sunday! I'm heading down to the treadmill.
KathyD49

KathyD49

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tiamg2007's Blog
 

5 Days post op

Alrighty today is day 5 going on day 6 post op and I am feeling great I have lost a toatl of 20 pounds since I started my clear liquid diet pre op, 263 looks amazing I am so motivated! My mom who wasnt to supportive of the whole LaBand has even made some good remarks about how you can see the weight loss. I still get up shower and go run errands but i dont feel like doing my hair and make up just yet. Today I also got my 1 year old back and wow she is more of a handful then I remember!!! The weather here sucks it is getting up to 114 and i cant go outside without feeling horrible!!! I have been eating soups not the super healthy ones, but potato and brocli w cheese soup and I take maybe 5 bites at the most and im full! I also eat tons of sugar free popsicles just for the flavor! I can feel my food going through my port and sometimes if i swallow to fast or drink to fast I have a small sharp pain in my chest but it only takes a few seconds to go away. i have also had a couple of crackers i chewed chewed chewed and they went down fine, all the soups and water have my stomache on edge and I just needed something heavier to help me feel better.<- there I go making an excuse as to why I ate something bad! Anyways As for soreness I am a little tender ive been lifting my baby and chasing her with no problem. Like I said before I have a goal in mind and no pain will stop me!!!!
tiamg2007

tiamg2007

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My Life As Liz
 

Wii

I finally got to use my Wii Fit today! And I love it!!   I love it so much I cried while playing it.   I don't know if Kaiser's scales are the same as the Wii Fit's, but according to the WF I'm down 2.4lbs! I'm so glad b/c I was scared I would gain b/c I feel like I've been eating kinda badly. But that just proves how much I've changed. My eating badly now is nothing like my eating badly before I really took this seriously. It's crazy.   I was wearing less clothing than at my official weigh-in, so that is probably like a 10oz difference. I should just STFU! Any loss is good. We just don't want the scale going up.
My Life as Liz

My Life as Liz

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jennifer1's Blog
 

Where did that 5 pounds go? Second fill!!!!!YES!!!!

Ok so today I went for my second fill. I had one last Friday and I felt NOTHING! I was able to eat whatever and was always hungry like 2 hours later. Well I went in for my fill today. My doctor ran an hour late for my appointment, but Jesus himself would have had to drag me out of that office without getting my fill! LOL   I went through the usual routine of getting weighed. I LOST 5 POUNDS SINCE THE FIRST FILL LAST FRIDAY! I was totally shocked! What a wonderful surprize! I am now down 33 pounds from my heaviest weight of 258 and 17 down from when i started my pre-op diet. When i drank the barium(yum yum right) this time it felt different. I felt it stop in the middle of my chest, pause for a little then disapate! HOW I'VE LONGED FOR THIS FEELING! I told my doctor this feels different this time. I now have 7.5 cc's in my band, still dont know what size band I have. I actually dont even care about how much is in it as long as i get restriction and stay full longer. I cant wait to try some real food(on liquids for 2 days, even though he didnt technically say that, i'm sure it's the same from the first fill.) I went to the gym again to work out some frustration from a comment from my mom that really hurt. I'm focused and ready to kick this into full gear!!!!! SIZE 12 HERE I COME!!!
jennifer1

jennifer1

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Blog-Bloggy-Bloggier-Bloggiest
 

Friday 6/24/11

Hi - Hello - Hola - Howdy - Hallo - Konnichi wa - NuqneH? & Arrrrgh!   New to the whole idea of WLS, and especially VSG -- but after much research & upon the advice of my Doctor, believe whole-heartedly that this is the best option for me.   I was told 4 weeks ago that I needed total knee replacement surgery (we thought that I'd just been dealing with a knee injury that wasn't healing...!) -- and that my doctor wouldn't perform knee replacement until I'd lost a significant amount of weight. Knee doctor referred me to Dr. Ramiro "Sonny" Cavazos @ The Texas Center for Medical & Surgical Weight Loss. Had my first appointment with him + Nutritionist & Behavioral Health on 5/26/11 & am now doing 3 months of medically supervised weight loss as per my insurance company (already down 23 lbs!) & hoping to have a surgery date the end of August / beginning of September 2011.   Motivated & very excited!   Highest weight : 328 May 2011 Goal: 150-ish
Epiphany

Epiphany

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karey99's Blog
 

Surgery is 07/18/2011

Hi all. My surgery has been scheduled for 07/18/2011 and I am scared. I havent lost the weight my doctor wanted me to lose prior to surgery but he said he isnt concerned because I will lose it during the 2 weeks prior to surgery on my liquid diet. Im so scared I wont be able to not eat during this time, or the recovery from surgery is going to be bad, or Im going to starve to death prior to the first fill. Im freaking out.
karey99

karey99

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Blog 80929
 

need some positive encouragement..:-(

i look back on alot of other blogs and posts, and i see many people with ALOT of weight loss...i am not one of them...i was banded 1/10 and i have lost a ttl of 50lbs..although i am happy with loosing anything, i wish it had worked better for me... i did not have a good expierience with my surgeons follow up care...they were very reluctant to give fills...when i got to a 5cc fill, they would only give me a 1/4cc a month after... long story short...i did switch doctors, and i now feel like i have a good amount of restriction..7cc in a 12cc band. i think i want more though...not sure. i can eat more than i would like to, and there are days that i am SO hungry..other that i'm not. everyday after i wake up, i need to take whatever i'm eating or drinking extremely slow....the first tiny sip of water in the morning, and i get that "stuck" feeling...i continue to take more tiny sips until eventually it feels like ive "primed" the system, and then i can take normal sips, and eat a 1/2 hr later....anyone else having this problem? i see what some others eat/drink..and even with 7cc's i feel like i eat a regular sized meal...i stop because i know i should....not so much because i feel full...??? hmm
Mariamcky

Mariamcky

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Blog 94643
 

Almost there

I got my lapband 9/22/10. I am wondering if my scale is broken. I got my last fill on June 7, my doctor felt I didn't need a fill but I told him I was very hungry at night. So he gave me .2 cc's under flourscopy. I think I have a total of 5.0 in a 10 cc band. He gave me the right amount to put me at my sweet spot. I really have to make myself eat, I don't get as hungry as I used to. The reason why I think my scale is broken is because the first week after my fill i lost 3 lbs. I went to my primary dr. and he has not seen me since i got my clearance to have the surgery. He was very happy with my weight loss. He was not happy that I had stopped taking my high blood pressure medicine and my blood pressure was high 130/100, he told me to start taking my medicine again and don't stop taking them. So that was a downer. This morning I got on the scale (I don't know why) it's friday and i usually only get on the scale on Mondays. What a surprise I lost 7 lbs. 5 more pounds and I have lost 100 lbs. Never thought I could do it. I am so pround of myself. I just need to make myself exercise more to tone up the flab. I do walk a lot. I hurt my shoulder a few months ago so that has made me stop. I have to start going to therapy, but going on vacation so will start when I return. At this rate I may be at my goal weight or close to it by 9/22/11.
papoose

papoose

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Blog 80929
 

My (old) doctors billing department sux!!!! Long Island

Ok, I was banned back in 1/10. I just recieved a phone call from Dr. Holivers office out here on the island, that I still owe a "deductible"...and another amount of $278! Are they freaking serious!!!!!! It's been 2yrs people! Just another reason why I no longer get my follow-up care from them. They have not contacted me at all until today when I received a phone call... Now I need to do THEIR billing departments job, and back track 2 yrs ago to find out why I am now responsible for these charges. Best part... She wanted $578 in full over the phone. Will not accept a payment plan even though this was not my problem they overlooked it this long... Very frustrated!
Mariamcky

Mariamcky

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tiamg2007's Blog
 

Surgery day and post op

Ok so heres an update on how my surgery and the few days post op have gone. I was beyond stocked when I got to the hospital Tuesday morning, I was the first patient there and I even beat the staff, I think the nerves didnt hit til they started wheeling me back and thats when panic mode set in I didnt know if this was truely what I wanted, did I really want to be banded for the rest of my life? I had an awesome nurse who was with me and told me she had the band and had lost 120 pounds so far and that it was the best decision she had ever made, she calmed me down, and I got wheeled into the OR and by the time I realized what happened I was in the rcovery room waking up, the only thing that I hated was I felt like I couldnt breathe I was smoothered kind of, but they put oxygen on me and it got better. I then when to my actual room where I still had the oxygen on and got to sleep. I slept for a few hours and decided to walk, since my nurse completely sucked at her job I took my monitors off myself and went for a walk, it wasnt to bad it was actually pretty nice, by the way I got up and down and all around by myself, after my walk was lunch and I ate chicken broth and some jello it didnt really sit well, so I just drank my water, the doctor came in and told me everything looked great and went awesome so he asked if id like to be discharged and we went from there. I got home took some pain meds and slept through the night. Wed I treid drinking the chicken broth and it didnt work to well so I have only been drinking my water. I have been up and running around since I got home and my advice is get your self determined! I have a goal in mind and no pain will let me slip away from my goal!
tiamg2007

tiamg2007

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nursedye's Blog
 

Upcoming Surgery

Well, Monday is the big day. I am starting to get a bit antsy but I am looking forward to getting the show on the road. My surgeon, Dr. Goodnight, requires that we go on a 1000 calorie Atkins diet with max of 40g carbs for 10 days prior to surgery to help shrink the liver and make it easier and safer to do the surgery. The first 3 days were horrible but I have adjusted. Starting to miss my carbs though. I am not much of a meat eater so I have eaten some meat and a lot of protein supplements. I thought I would really miss Coke, but surprisingly, I haven't missed it at all. I am a grazer normally but I have been making myself eat regular meals. Amazingly I haven't really been hungry. I elected to do the diet for a full 2 weeks and with only 3 days left, I have lost 13.2 pounds. That's a great feeling. All that protein makes me bloated and constipated, so I am worried about how I am going to manage that with all the protein supplements I will be using. I bought some benefiber and I will be trying that. Hopefully it will help. Cheers to all you sleevers, may we all be successful in this journey.
nursedye

nursedye

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LR6909's Blog
 

Set-back

I went for the EGD on yesterday and I have an ulcer and I have been placed on prev pac antibiotics. I have to go back in 6 weeks for a retest to see if everything is cleared up. My hopes for having a July surgery date was dashed to pieces. L I called today and made my follow-up appointments for weight management for August and September.    
LR6909

LR6909

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KathyD49's Blog
 

Day SIX

Friday the 24th of June   Well, it is day six post op, and my ports are hardly sore at all anymore. I can get in and out of bed, a chair, etc without much discomfort at all. On the down side, I am still running a temp in the 99s. It is minor, but a temp really makes me feel crappy. I finished the antibiotic that my surgeon gave me last night, and I still have a temp this morning, so I called my primary care physician and got an appointment for 11:00 AM this morning. Hopefully all it will take is a couple of antibiotic pills, and the temp will vanish also. On the brighter side, I lost two pounds! I am now down 28 pounds from the date I started the pre-op diet. Of course, 20 of those pounds were lost with the pre-op diet, but weight loss is weight loss, isn't it? So far none of my clothing is lose or baggy on me. I must have been wearing my clothes REALLY tight, as you would think SOME of my clothes would be lose after almost 30 pounds gone!   I felt really sick last night at bedtime. I was getting worried. For starters, I was running a temp then too, of 99.4 (not much, but as I said I always feel really crappy when I have a temp.) And I started having these cramps. I wasn't sure if it was gas or what. I was sweaty, and hurt so bad, and didn't know what was going on. I have tried to comply exactly with the post op diet instructions, so I was pretty sure it wasn't a leak or something like that. I got up to walk around, cause I was panicky lying in bed, and just couldn't stay there anymore. Well, when I got up, I got rid of a huge amount of gas (rectally, TMI, I know). And then...... I had to poop! First time since before surgery! And I felt SO much better afterwards! The cramping stopped, the sweating stopped, the anxiety vanished, all that was left was fatigue, which I came by honestly since I had been to my grandson's baseball game. Words can't describe the relief I felt!!!   I am still thinking about food, and what I am giving up (ah, that should be HAVE GIVEN up) to lose weight. Every food ad that comes on TV, every time we pass a billboard advertising some food I like, everytime I go out someplace, I think "wow, I'd Really like to have some_____________ (you fill in the blank, it doesn't matter, I want anything that sounds good to eat!) After reading one of my blog posts, one of you wise people suggested that I am "mourning" the loss of food. I think that hits the nail right on the head! Last night after the ballgame, we went to my daughters house and she had made homemade strawberry shortcake. I almost cried, I wanted some that badly! But I pulled out my zip lock bag with my protein drink powder, mixed it up, and drank my protein drink. My son in law offered me a mixed drink, which I guess would have met the post op guidelines, it would be clear liquid, but I knew it had calories. So I just thanked him and drank my protein drink. I'm really thinking about this whole food thing and how it relates to my life.   I mean, when I have company, I always bake something wonderful. My girlfriend came to see me the other day, and even though I felt crappy, I got up and baked a scratch apple cake with carmel topping. YUM! Just the smell almost gives me an orgasm! Of course I couldn't eat any, didn't even taste it. And I sent the left overs hone with her, so neither hubbie or I would be tempted. But why would I get up from my "sick bed" to make something that is a fair amount of work, just because one of my best friends was coming over? She would understand if I didn't make anything! My attitudes with food and friendshipand social interactions are all mixed together and scrambled around. (Scrambled? Using food terms to describe feelings?) Enough about food!   So, today is Friday, the beginning of the weekend, tomorrow I can start on full liquids, a BIG step forward. Will make my diet SO much more interesting. Also I want to throw a big "THANK YOU" out to LilMisDiva for her tutorial on how to add a weight loss ticker to my posts! Although I am fairly computer literate, I could NOT figure out how to add the ticker. Her tutorial is GREAT! Thanks LMD!!!   Enough for today. All you VSGers have a GREAT DAY and GREAT weekend. Get out there an DO something, be active.  
KathyD49

KathyD49

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EastTnBarb's Blog
 

Feeling Unsure

July 24, 2011 for some reason today I am thinking I am not sure about this surgery. I don't even have a date yet or finished the 3 months more I have to do the medically supervised diet for the insurance and I am wondering - WHAT - WHY AM I DOING THIS!!!!! I have been reading the reasons I NEED to have this done but am I being totally honest in the reasons i WANT to have this life style change done. Will it be like somethings I have started in the past and not finished. There will be no going back once I have the surgery, no undoing or replacing the stomach back once removed. I know the LAP BAND is NOT for me at all but why now am I wondering what i am doing. I am already tired of watching everything I put in my mouth, writing it down, checking the calories, proteins, carbs and fibers for the pre-op weight loss. I have lost 40 pounds since I started this journey and feel better - not as many aches or pains - I move better, can stand longer and I am not hungery once...my blood sugar has been great. I am just feeling a little down today I suppose, perhaps not enough rest last night. I will get a pep talk from myself and start anew. This is important and I must not faulter or give in...I CAN DO THIS AND I AM WORTH THE EFFORT. Ramblings finished for the day. Toodles Barb
SmokyMtnGal2011

SmokyMtnGal2011

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exoticheart's Blog
 

Less then 12 hours to go

Well less then 12 hours to go and Im scared oughta my mind.The worst thing right now is I have been reading this site for 6 months and never recall reading anyones horror story of the 10 ounces of Magnesium you must ingest and then spend the next 6 hours in the restroom in agonizing pain............For anyone who hasnt had the treat of this liquid pipe cleaner , Im warning you now .
exoticheart

exoticheart

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