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Blog 98337
 

I GOT A DATE!!!!!!!!!!

OMGOSHHHHHHHHH im sooo excited i FINALLY GOT A DATE.... APRIL 1, 2011 is the BIG DAY for me.... i get BANDED :Banane10: ,,,,, im soooo STOKED and EXCITED,,,, alot of different emotions .... but over all EXCITED... and TRUST me its been a LONG JOURNEY... now the NEW me will BEGIN... i have had alot of SUPPORT from my Husband and mother and Mother In Law.... ive been BLESSED... ive lost 50lbs on my own as me DIETING ..... will keep you POSTED.. thanks....   L@@KING for April BANDSTERS.....
shellydaisy86

shellydaisy86

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Fit Fat to Fit Thin
 

Here We Goooooo

I'm officially one week (and one day) post op and for some odd reason I feel the need to share this journey with the world lap band world. I'm having an extremely difficult time relating to people on lapbandtalk only because i can't seem to find many that are my age actively posting. I'm hiding this surgery from the big world for now for a few reasons: 1) I don't need unsolicited advice 2) if you don't want someone's opinion, don't ask..and i'm not! 3) I'm afraid it's not going to be well received in the fitness community.   Let me tell you about me: I'm 26 and I've been a Zumba instructor for 2.5 years. I've been a personal trainer for 3 years... yes, I could melt the weight off of clients, but not myself. I also work for a childhood obesity grant. hmmm what does a fat chick know about how to get skinny?! I'm recently married (November 2010) to a husband who must have cataracts because he always tells me he doesn't know when I gain weight.   The people that do know I've had this surgery don't know what to do with me! This week while in a long meeting I asked my boss if i needed to cancel my lunch plans because the meeting was going to run over. Her response was, "You can't go to lunch!! You can't eat yet!" I calmly told her i was going to meet some friends and drink my shake while they ate, lunch isn't always about chewing. My family cooks a big Sunday dinner and my husband and I usually join them after church.. last Sunday (3 days post op) we walked in to the smell of my favorite foods. I was informed to go get my shake and my husband could eat sigh   I'm also having trouble relating on the boards because.... I don't have any problems with my band yet. Immediately after I woke up from surgery I made the nurses get me up so I could walk, and i walked around the wing every hour there after. The pain pressure I felt in my abdomin felt like i had just completed P90X ab ripper x, so it wasn't unbearable and there was no way I was taking a narcotic pain reliever for something as miniscule as that. I didn't take any pain medicine after surgery, and I haven't taken any at all. My surgeon doesn't fill bands during surgery, so I'm able to: take pills, drink 4 oz water/15 minutes, eat pudding/jello/yogurt, and i've tried my luck with a few more substantial things with no problem. I've been able to sleep on my stomach, sides, and back since I came home the day after surgery and I only felt one instance of pain trying to stretch after Zumba. I'm also not hungry. I'm not sure if this is because my stomach is still swollen from the surgery creating restriction, or my band alone is enough restriction.   Why do so many people have so many problems and why don't I have those problems? So here I go into the weekend, -8lbs from surgery and -18 lbs from pre op diet, ready to live my life outdoors with my husband and dog enjoying our March heatwave.
agdunkle

agdunkle

3
Blog 76073
 

Still no date :(

So it's been a month since I have posted a blog here, and I'm very sad to say I still do not have a surgery date! BUT! I had a nutrition appointment yesterday and I lost another 2lbs and got nothing but positive feedback. Tomorrow will make THREE WEEKS since the surgeon's office submitted my case to the insurance company, and I have been very, very patient, but today I decided to call in and see what was going on. I was very nice and simply stated that I wanted to make sure they had everything they needed and wanted to know if there was anything I could do to help, or to make their decision easier. I was put on hold, and when the lady came back she told me that the procedure was approved as of March 7th, and that they had already sent the notice to the surgeon's office! AHHHHH! THE BEST phone call ever! I got off the phone and was literally screaming in my car. My chest hurt, I was so excited! Haha. I am hoping that my surgeon's office will receive the letter rather quickly and give me a call to set up a date! I'll need to do the 2 week liquid diet, but that's okay! I'm ready! When I spoke with the surgeon 3 weeks ago, he said that as soon as they get the approval they could have me in the OR within 2 weeks, and I'm hoping he's right!   I just can't believe this is actually going to happen and that, someday, I will be a much smaller size than I am now. There WILL be a day in my future where my knees don't ache, where I will be able to run for longer than 2 minutes - and not feel like I'm dying. There WILL be a day when I look in the mirror and actually smile and feel proud of myself. I just can't wait! I'm going to call the surgeon's office tomorrow just to check in and see what's going on.   I'm sure that the next time I post, I will have a surgery date! Let me re-phrase that.... I BETTER have a surgery date by the next time I post!    
PinkFish

PinkFish

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Blog 91651
 

I got a date!!!

Finally got my date for surgery. April 12th. So excited. I started the whole process last May. The last few weeks have been the hardest. I thought waiting for the final approval was going to drive me insane. I was told it would take 5 days, but it took 10 (business days) so I actually waited 2 weeks. Anyways....32 days to go. Start my 2 week diet on the 28th. My emotions are going nuts right now, and I am sure it will only get worse as I get closer to my date....Right now it is complete joy and excitement, earlier I was full of butterflies. We will see what tomorrow brings. Looking forward to beginning my new life!!!!!
minnie318

minnie318

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Blog 90135
 

Another trip to the doctor

I went to my doctor's office a couple of days ago and didn't receive a fill this time around. I have been seeing the nurse practitioner the past couple of times and she is just as nice and informative as the surgeon. She recommended I not get a fill this time and just focus on exercise for this month (which I have been very much slacking off on). She also gave me a list of recommended Lean Cuisine type dishes that they recommend for lunches. They all include chuncks of protein (which she tells me to have), under 300 calories, and over 15 grams of protein. I really like having that list because it wasn't what I was eating! So, hopefully I will lose more this month. I am almost to 7.5 cc's in a 10 cc band, but I finally have restriction, so that is a positive!
qtney1

qtney1

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PJbanster's Blog
 

Give and Take

I feel like the better looking I get in my clothes the worse I'm starting to look out of them! It's so funny that as I was gaining weight I kind of always had the mentality that well I'll just lose the weight eventually and BAM I'd have this smokin body. It never dawned on me the lasting affects and scars the many years of abuse would cause my body. I'm constantly looking at my body and going oooo I'm getting thinner here and here and longer here (sigh) wait LONGER? I find myself contemplating surgeries that were never an option in my mind. Boy how things change. I'm sure there is more than one person out there that can relate to this.
PJbanster

PJbanster

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Blog 49252
 

A New Life

Wow, has it really been eight months since I last posted here? So much has changed since then...   On December 12, 2010, my DH and I went to the storage shed out back and pulled out the holiday lights to decorate the house. Unknown to us, a certain mold entered my DH's lungs because he was a lifelong smoker. Aspergillosis has a 95% mortality rate. It took my poor darling until January 2, 2011 to die in ICU. Thanks to the outpouring of love and support from my family and friends, I was able to not only pay for his funeral but also live until I could find work.   In late January, I went to see my primary care doctor to ask for anti-depressants. Before my banding, I'd been on the same prescription, so I figured this would be a quick visit. It would not be. The physician's assistant asked me if I'd ever considered suicide. I answered yes, because before my banding I had. Then she asked if I knew what method I'd choose if I did. I answered yes again because I'm a writer, and we research everything. I didn't know it at that moment, but I'd sealed my fate. I found myself incarcerated in a mental ward for 72 hours observation. Here in Florida, it's called "being Baker Acted." Have you ever been locked up in a psych ward when you're not in need of it? By the end of the three days, you'll need to be there. They nearly broke me, and I don't mind admitting it. If it hadn't been for the visits of a dear family friend named David, it's quite possible they might have succeeded.   One of the reasons I'd been depressed was my difficulty in finding a job. I've been a housewife for a long time. Finally, I got the call. On what would have been our 30th anniversary, I entered training to become a customer service representative.   To celebrate my return to the work force, David asked to take me to a local Medieval Faire. I happily accepted. When I admired a pearl ring, he bought it and slipped it on my finger. He said, "I know it's rude, but I can't wait any longer. Lena, I've loved you from afar for twenty years, but I didn't want to disturb your happy marriage. I know it's too soon to answer, but will you consider marrying me in a year or two, when you're ready?"   I have agreed to think about it, and I'll give him an answer next New Year's Eve.
voiceomt2002

voiceomt2002

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Blog 93073
 

Workout

I trained so hard yesterday. I need a break today. Back on my work-out grind tomorrow. It's all worth it. Even though the scale doesn't show a vast weight loss, I can feel it in my clothes and tell I'm loosing a lot of inches. My anniversary date is 3/25/11. I'm not going to make my size 12 jeans marked. I can pull them up halfway past my backside but I can' pull them up all the way, I'm not discouraged because I know it's going to happen soon. It may happen quickly but it will happen. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE, OUR JOURNEY MAY NOT BE EASY BUT IT'S DEFINATELY WORTH IT!
blossoming

blossoming

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Blog 98380
 

sick of throwing up

Well, after 3 full days of throwing up every 20 minutes, no food and no water I demanded to be seen by my doc today. He took all the fluid out of my band and put most of it back in. Ahhhhhh! I was finally able to eat some soup and drink water. All of this from ONE small bit of a cheeseburger ( no bun). Sure, I lost 6 lbs in the past few days but I would rather have a slow and steady weight loss than to have to go through that again. Soooo tired of throwing up my own saliva all the time.
kelly111

kelly111

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LittleDee's Blog
 

My first blog.....

I am new at this Blog thing but looking forward to meeting friends that have gone thru the lap band surgery and how they are handling it. i am only 1 month after surgery and lost 21.5 lbs. Very happy about that but so afriad of eating the wrong foods. Please let me know what the rest of you are eating especially for dinner. I am still doing the soup thing....Boring......
LittleDee

LittleDee

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TracyKwe's Blog
 

Almost two weeks now...

12 days and I'm rollin' right along. Still got hard esophigeal cramps when I forget my meds, but I'm on my way to that sweet time. Feeling good about my choices and got lots of good thoughts about where I'm goin'.Didn't like the upper G.I. I had this morning but really looking forward to my Dr.s appointment tomorrow.Gonna get weighed and 'm happy to do it. Huh,very different for me. Hope anyone and everyone that comes here has a great day and a happy time on the weight loss trail.
TracyKwe

TracyKwe

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LisaS' Blog
 

I Have a question???

I just had my endoscopy done today and the Dr found i have a moderate hiatus Hernia and mildly severe esophagitis...to which i had no symptoms. I'm afriad that i will not be able to have my sleeve surgery, scheduled for 3/22..Does anyone out there have a similar situation???    
LisaS

LisaS

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shifflett00's Blog
 

How do you know??

I have so many How do you know questions. I was banded 1-11-11. I lost 11 lbs in 4 days manly because I was to tight. I couldn't get much down without pain. Went to the doctor and had all fluid taken out of band. I had my first fill on 2-23-2011 4cc in a 10cc band. At first I could eat anything and no problem now a few weeks out I've had quite a few episodes with food getting stuck and have thrown up 2 times.   MOST times I can eat alot more than 1/2 a cup.. Do I need a FILL??   How do you know if you have the right restrictions? When food gets hung?   I'm still hungry after most meals but get uncomfortable while eating at times.   When you get the hiccups is that a sign of full even though I'm not?   I'm down about 19 lbs in less than 2 months which I think is good BUT most of that was the first 4 days.. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
shifflett00

shifflett00

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Day Dreamer's Blog
 

Questions.. so many questions

So I am doing my research and bouncing back-forth between the Band and the Sleeve. I have some questions and would appreciate any feedback possible!!   - How does the Dr remove the CO2 after the surgery? - What do you if you have "trapped" CO2 post surgery? - Do they test you for leaks before you leave the hospital? (US Dr and COE Hospital) - Are there post op leak test? - How will I know if I have a possible leak? - Do you leave the hospital with antibiotics? Pain meds? Can you even swallow meds that early post op? - Do the staples stay in for life? Do they dissolve over time? Need removal? - How do you get adequate hydration with only small sips of water and having to wait so long after eating? (This is going to be hard for me, as I am a gulper!!)   Thanks in advance!!
Day Dreamer

Day Dreamer

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Blog 98337
 

FINALLY APPROVED!!

OMGOSHHHHHHHHHHHH   i cant stop thinking about it... i recvd the call yesterday and they told me i was APPROVED for my surgery im soooo STOKED and sooo EXCITED.... i cant believe how time just flew by... 6mos ago i was anxious, nervious and scared and i was like 6mos is a long time... but it was all WORTH it.. this has been a WONDERFUL journey so far.. TODAY is the START and NEW and FRESH ~ MICHELLE...   ON another NOTE,,,,, my ADVOCATE told me to get on a two week liquid DIET... okay she forgot to tell me what i can drink... so you PROFESSIONALS out there,... PLEASE give me some Advise to what i can drink... this morning i bought some Atkins Advantage drinks.... is that okay... or shall i get the slim fast... PLEASE HELP.. thanks...   Much luv~ MICHELLE
shellydaisy86

shellydaisy86

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Blog 93073
 

Water weight

Thank goodness most of that weight was water weight. Back down to 182. Slowly getting there. Even though I had cake and icre-cream and whaterever else on my b-day, what I fogot to say I had it in moderation. For example I had a thick slice of strawberry short-cake but my kids ate half of it. I also had icre-cream, low sugar ice cream (5 gram of sugar, 90 cal per 1/2 cup). So in other words, I didn't splurges lke I used to do. Also if you are maintaining water, you want to ask your primary doc for a water prescript or riteaid sells them over the counter. I find that I can drink 32 ozs of fluids (the band doesn't allow me to drink the full gal along with eating) and at the end of the day may 1/2 cup comes out. My weight loss surgeon said sometimes women maintain a whole lot more fluid.
blossoming

blossoming

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raquel's Blog
 

VSG rescheduled for april 26th

Well, I ran into some financing issues but I have rescheduled my surgery for April 26h with Dr. Alvarez. I am SO excited that it is actually happening this time around. I sent out my deposit yesterday and I couldn't be more excited.
raquel

raquel

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Paul11011's Blog
 

Want to see my VSG from the inside?

As I began looking at the sleeve I found some videos on Youtube and found them fascinating. I asked my surgeon if he would be able to record my procedure and he was more than happy to. Here's a link to an edited down version of my surgery. Total run time was about 50 minutes and I've cut it down to about 12 minutes.  
Paul11011

Paul11011

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rachelkork's Blog
 

Post Op Day 8

Today I had my drains removed. That was quite the experience, not the most painful thing but the most uncomfortable thing ever. I thought the drain tube was only a few inches inside me, I was wrong. Those tubes are like 1.5 feet long with a thick plastic ending. My stomach area is pretty sore from the drain removal but other than that I'm doing great. I must say I feel like I could eat anything as long as I chew it enough. I had campbells chicken noodle soup today. Chewed the noodles/chicken many times before I swallowed and it went great, no indigestion or anything. Finally figured out how to make a good protein shake (thank you booster juice). I also had some nibbles of a cheese string and a few bites of scrambled egg whites. I know the stomach takes time to heal, but after that terrible 2 week pre op diet I couldn't wait anymore to chew something. Hopefully my eating doesn't cause any problems. In my defence the first week post op was water and juice only as I was still in the hospital with complications, not from my stomach but a nick in my cavity. In other news, I'm currently wearing a shirt that I haven't worn in 2 years due to my size.
rachelkork

rachelkork

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chriper's Blog
 

Updates

I'm sorry I haven't been on but it's a very busy time right now. I received .5CCs at my last appt and man what a difference that little bit makes. I think I'm at my sweet spot. I can't eat much without vomiting becuase I'm too full. I also can't eat too fast or I'll vomit. Its really making me slow down and pay attention to my chewing and what I'm eating.   My weight isn't going down as much as I thought it would, but I must be slimming/toning becuase I keep getting compliments and folks keep asking me how much I've lost. I think its a side effect of all the exercising I've been doing so I'll take it as a positive and keep moving. I am happy to know that I am a standard size 18. I can pick up an 18 in a dress, pants what ever and know it will fit. I can't wait until I can say that about a 16 and then 14th. I know its coming.   Hopefully I'll be out of this plateau soon and the weight loss will resume. My nutritionist told me she thought i'd be a stair stepper. Someone who hangs around a certain weight for a while then go down all of a sudden. I think she may be right.
chriper

chriper

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Blog 91651
 

FINALLY APPROVED!!

Ahhhh...finally got my approval for surgery today. While on the phone with the coordinator at the surgeons office trying to get my date she kept mentioning bypass. I informed her that I was having lap band and her reply was "Ooops, my fault. I submitted for bypass." It is an easy fix, but it just seems like it is always one thing or another. Nothing seems to be going smooth. Hopefully she is able to keep her word and she will call me back tomorrow so we can schedule. Scheduling in April so I am going to take the first date I can get. I guess the most important part is the fact that I got approved and there is light at the end of the tunnel.
minnie318

minnie318

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Blog 91651
 

FINALLY APPROVED!!

Ahhhh...finally got my approval for surgery today. While on the phone with the coordinator at the surgeons office trying to get my date she kept mentioning bypass. I informed her that I was having lap band and her reply was "Ooops, my fault. I submitted for bypass." It is an easy fix, but it just seems like it is always one thing or another. Nothing seems to be going smooth. Hopefully she is able to keep her word and she will call me back tomorrow so we can schedule. Scheduling in April so I am going to take the first date I can get. I guess the most important part is the fact that I got approved and there is light at the end of the tunnel.
minnie318

minnie318

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