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Blog 79919
 

Appointment #5

So yesterday was appointment 5 with the dietician. My request was sent to the insurance company today!! Please send your good vibes my way! :confused:
kleinow01

kleinow01

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Blog 80125
 

6wks in

6wks in and down 31 pounds! I am so happy! I got my first fill today, THANK GOD! I can't wait to have some restriction again... :confused:
Theresa'sMom415

Theresa'sMom415

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Blog 80125
 

14wk wedding challenge

I am going to be in a wedding in 14 wks! PLEASE ALL WISH ME LUCK! I haven't worn a dress in years (and never one with my arms out) so I am very worried about how I am going to look. I am challenging myself to lose 29 pounds so that I will be under 200 (even if it is only by a pound) lol. Please all check in on me and my journey! And I promise to write in and to post lots of pics on the days of the wedding. PS CAN YOU SAY NERVOUS WRECK!!! LMAO
Theresa'sMom415

Theresa'sMom415

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Blog 1107
 

Day 2, Jan 19th, 2010

Today was a better day. I gave up on the Dr. Myers shakes and I moved to Muscle Milk Light. It has about the same nutrients, so I figure it is okay.   I had a shake when I got up, water in between, and another this afternoon, and then another this evening. Probably still not enough calories, but I feel satisfied. That is the hardest part-just feeling satisfied enough to not eat my hand off. :thumbup:   I put together the jogging stroller, so I am ready to walk when I get home. It is such a smooth ride! I am very pleased with it. :svengo:   On to day 3! I can do this!
excited2lose

excited2lose

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Brenda Bandster
 

January 19th-, 2010

Hello everyone my name is Brenda P. I am 20 yrs old and live in Dallas, Texas. I am trying to have the lap-band®® done. I have been researching and looking to do this since 2006. My parents, when I first approached them with the idea back then was very objective to the idea of me having the surgery at 16yrs old. Really it was only my Dad coming up with excuses why I am not overweight and how everyone has self-confident issues. So I left that at that and was determined to self finance it myself and disregard what he said. I mean he doesn't know what I go through everyday and my life in my shoes so how can he say it's okay for em to be fat? I mean seriously!! So that brings me to why I am writing this blog in August 2009 after I turned 20 I decided I am no longer my parents concern and a teenager I can make decisions without asking them first now. So I read into my insurance and whether or not they did cover the procedure. As it turned out they didn't. At the time I was on my father's insurance being a student and all so I then started to look into my mom's insurance at her work and if they covered the procedure. Luckily she just changed jobs and now works at a Bariatric Hospital. Lucky Me right! So I convince her to let me be on her insurance because my dad's insurance doesn't cover certain things. I didn't automatically tell her what for. So she was like yes u can open enrollment is coming up. So there starts the "Insurance Journey". I'm sure if you have been through the process and had the band you know all about that. I checked with the insurance company to see what doctor's were available to me and what were my choices as far as what I can have done and the fees and all that great stuff. Turn out I could only have it done at that hospital Dallas Renaissance Hospital and Dr. Michael Green Jr. was the only surgeon choice I had. So now that my Doctor was narrowed down to one I scheduled an appointment to check him out more like a group session meeting first then an appointment. He talked very well and although young he has a wide base knowledge of what he is doing and is very confident in his work. He has done the surgery over 100 times and from what I hear from the patients of his at the hospital he does a wonderful job. So I was sold to him be my Surgeon. After the appointment with him I had to schedule my first appointment of what would be 6 dietitian appointments. I had labs and chest x-rays done the following week after the initial appoint. and then was the dietitian appoint. I was kind of knowing what to expect when I went there because I had researched this thing for 3yrs and knew all complications, risk, habits that need to be changed, etc. So I weighed in first it was 260lbs first weigh in. I went over my eating habits and what I need to do to fix them. I had to end up taking supplements because I was iron, vitamin D, and slightly calcium dificient. So after 5 months of that I find out my Insurance is going to be changing at the end of Janauary. Well my last Diet Appointment is the 12th of January so I have from then until the end of January to get approved becuase my insurance the company is switching to does cover Bariatric Surgery!!! Isn't that just perfect timing. Well afterwards they spoke to the HR department and had them call the insurance directly to see if there was anything they can do about getting the approval process going and expedited to have a verdict by the end of the week for me. Well they didn't have one by the end of the week so I had to wait until this week to see if something would happen. Well I had called them to see if they heard anything yesterday and they said no but they sent an e-mail about getting an update and if I can go ahead and come in Tuesday morning to get the surgery scheduled in case my insurance is approved that way it is done the same month before my insurance ends so it can cover the surgery . So I went in today and spoke to the doctor about what to expect after the surgery, my past 6 months of diet visits, and just talking about general surgery stuff and I signed a consent for the surgery. So he said they were going to go ahead and plan the surgery for Monday the 25th of January and if we hear from the Insurance Company we will call you and let you know if your approved or not. Well of course me being ancy and not being able to wait for them to do it I asked them for a name and number and I called them to see what my status was the first time they transferred me to the lady I got a voice-mail and the second time I called someone answered and they said they would see where she was and then they told me well they just finished the meeting about your case and it looks like everything is good. Meaning I'm APPROVED!!!! YAY!!! I called my doctor and told the lady what they told me and they should be receiving a paper saying Ye or Ne and to let me know. SO like 5 min. afterward they call me an say yes I am having the surgery and it is going to be MONDAY!!!. I don't know what time yet I have to go in tomorrow and do pre-registration and all that good paperwork and get a time but it is Monday the 25th.!!! I will update tomorrow........:confused::thumbup::thumbup::wink2::thumbup::thumbup:
brenpren07

brenpren07

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I'm in control!
 

Day 2 Full Liquid

Yesterday was a little rough. I was hungry most of the afternoon. My stomach hurt and made those awful noises. I overloaded on the protein to see if that would help. Today was better so I think the extra protein helped yesterday.:confused:
weezie76

weezie76

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Blog 83496
 

Sara's Huge Jouney of Weight Loss!!!!!

Hi Everyone, My name is Sara I am 35 years old, I am in Pre Surgery Mode, I have started my pre weight loss back in December 2009 I started at 321lbs as of today 1/19/2010 I have lost 15 lbs on my own, it is difficult but wow worth every pound lost. :wink2: I have struggled with weight most of my life, I love food nd being married to a latino man and a huge family fixing awsome mexican food every day no wonder I am over weight. I want to let anyone know that I m here for anyone that wnt to become my new friend and want to join the jouney of weight loss with me. :confused:
Sara101

Sara101

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Blog 83203
 

12 Days Post Op and still starving!

I'm thinking this was a HUGE waste of money!!! HUGE!!!! I am starving to death, sick, tired constantly... to the point where i am afraid i could loose my job because i can not get motivated. I can't get full... I've been trying to follow all the diet rules and eat what I was told to eat, but I can not get full on 1/2 cup or even 2 cups of food... my stomache is growling constantly. I gave up today and ate about 10 mini twix bars... and am ready to have more... damn candy dish on my desk! I called my dr in mexico he says i need a fill... but i live in WA state and can't get one with NWfills until I am 6 weeks post op... i could gain a ton of weight in the next month... loose my job, become severly depressed and hide in a hole before then... which would do my 3 kids and i no good at all. I'm a single mom and thought this would help me, but it is not... it is just making life SUCK!!! worse than ever... guess i'd rather be fat than fat and starved and sick and tired all at the same time.
candeta

candeta

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Blog 58602
 

Band too tight??

its been 13 months since my surgery and I have been doing very well with the band. I am down 84 pounds and am the smallest I have ever been. I had a fill a few months ago and when I got home I knew that it was too much, I had constant heartburn and could barely get water down.. I had some taken out and it seemed like it was not tight enough so 2 weeks ago I had more put in (about half of what they took out) and it seemed fine but the past few nights I have been waking up coughing uncontrollably and major heartburn. It goes away after I sit up for 20 minutes or so but comes back when I lay back down. I also have been getting dizzy when I get uo after sitting down. I have an appointment tomorrow to get some more taken out but was curious as to why it took so long for the symptoms to show up? has anyone else had this happen??
DianaA

DianaA

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Blog 82362
 

Post Op Incision Pictures

Here are pictures of my incisions. The first one is one day after surgery 1/6/2010 and the second is from 2 weeks post op 1/19/2010.   Two weeks post op and they are healing nicely most of the scabs have fallen off. The redness around the incisions is from a reaction to the DermaBond but the incisions themselves look good.   They incisions sights are opposite in each picture because one was taken in a mirror and the other one not. Thats why it looks like my ports site is on the opposite side in them. haha I was a little confused when I first looked at them together.     1 Day Post Op     2 Weeks Post Op
Mary Ash

Mary Ash

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Blog 81497
 

Here I go

My surgery is scheduled for Feb 11. I am so excited and anxious and scared. Which after talking with folks sounds normal!!   I have lost 12 pounds of the 15 required before surgery. I joined 24 hour Fitness and love it. Go almost every day. Walk the treadmill, work free weights on my arms and then ride the stationary bike. I drink 2 Slim Fast a day, eat lots of sugar free jello and then a meal. Just learning how to fix that meal in a healthy way. My fiance is amazing and so supportive. I'm looking forward to being thinner for our wedding this summer.   This is a great forum to be involved in. I like listening to others successes, meeting new people and having a place to write my feelings.   Til next time Shannon:tongue2:
Shannon64

Shannon64

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How I lost 100lbs
 

Carb Coma...

So I had a battle with the box of vegetable thins and the box one... *sigh*   But I slept and SLEPT and SLEPT and could totally go back to sleep right now.. I think I'm in a carb coma.. I hadn't had simple carbs in SO long, it started with the bread on monday, then the bread on thursday, and now the crackers on monday/tuesday again. Every time I eat them I get SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sleepy. Guess that's a big hint to STOP eating them huh?   Must become productive....
Yvette1026

Yvette1026

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Blog 71190
 

Someone Noticed!

I had a great weekend in Las Vegas with my mother, sister, and all four of our kids. The first happy thing happened when Mom walked in to my hotel room and said, “You’ve lost a lot of weight!” Funny thing is, she saw me last week but she said that I was wearing more fitted clothes and now she could really tell. My Lap-Band®® is a secret, so I said I was eating more protein, less carbs, and walking on the treadmill. Not a lie, but I still feel guilt about it, especially when talking to my sister who shares my weight problems.   The next day I put on my new size 14 jeans and we headed out to the Hoover Dam to take a tour. I was on the escalader in front of Mom and Sister, and they commented that my butt was so much smaller! This is the best I’ve felt about my body in a very long time.   We met up with some old friends for dinner, and I wasn’t embarrassed to see them. Usually I would dread seeing old friends because I just knew they were thinking, “Wow, she got so fat!” They didn’t notice the weight loss because they hadn’t seen me at my highest; they had only seen our yearly Christmas photos which are strategically cropped every year.   After our dinner, Mom watched the kids while my sister and I went downstairs to the casino for drinks and gambling. I won about $250 and we headed home the next day. Truly the highlight of the trip was hearing the compliments after so long.   Yesterday I had the day off from work but braved a bad rainstorm to go to my 4 month post op appointment. Dr. Oliak charted my progress on a graph and it made me feel so much better about how I was struggling for the first three months. I’ve lost a total of 33 pounds now, and most people I read about of LBT have done much better than that. I was below the average curve for the first three months, but my last fill made the weight loss jump way over that line. We decided against another fill right now, and I’m going to go back to see him at my six month post op in March.   Next goal, get to Onederland!  
kcweir

kcweir

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Blog 83016
 

Post surgery journey

So it has now been 5 days since I have been banded and I actually feel like I have gained weight. I still have a lot of bloating and pain, I wonder if this is normal? I am going back to work on the 25th and I hope that I am feeling better by then.
lillady979

lillady979

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LoseIt!'s Blog
 

Day #7 - Liquid Diet

Although my CPAP is not yet completely effective (it will take another 20 pounds for that, I think), I'm feeling really great! Tomorrow morning is my one week weigh in and I know that I have done great, so far. I was thinking this morning that I wish this diet was only one week, but I know that if I can do one week...I can do two weeks!   I'm going to go have a popsicle. Have a great day everyone!   Oh - can anyone tell me how to make my ticker automatically insert itself when I post something? I'm not sure how to do that. Thanks!!  
LoseIt!

LoseIt!

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Blog 397
 

Waiting..

Sent some questions to coord. waiting for answers. Made another plane rsv (on hold) will make (pay) soon I hope.   The more I think about it the more sure I am. The picture of the healed sleeve pushed by quite futher along 99%.   still have to tell my sister....:thumbup:
Dee

Dee

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Blog 908
 

Five weeks and one day down....

...and I've decided that there is too much drama on OH, so I'm gonna have to bail from that forum for a while. Why all the venom when folks are just looking for a place to garner support for a healthier life? Crazy! Anyway......I'm down 38.5 pounds since December 1, including my 16 pounds from preop. I think I'll stop dividing the two weigh losses and just claim it all! I have my six week followup next week, and I just realized it is at the same time as I will generally have major PMS and weight gain...delightful! Things are going well, and I'm averaging about 650-800 calories daily, 25-45 carbs, and 65-100 grams of protein. I feel good about tracking and making healthy food choices. And, I'm getting in a two mile walk and a little on the elliptical each day. I hope to add some light weights next week to help with the flabby arms!   I'm a little annoyed with my clothing right now. As always, I'm losing all upstairs, so seven people could live in the top half of my shirts, but the bottoms are still fitting. I have a closet of either too big and sloppy or still too snug around the ol' hips and booty. Sigh.....
twobluecats

twobluecats

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Blog 49252
 

January 19, 2010 One Year Later

My bandiversary was January 2. One year, 75 lbs lighter. I'm no longer a size 26, but a svelte (for me) size 18. According to my doctor, I have another 50-70 lbs left to go. Is he insane? Okay, I'll play along. After all, he's not been wrong yet.   Funny thing is, I'm still a size 26 in my head. I still slink through the lingerie section, expecting to be chased out by the sales clerks and sent to Lane Bryant.   I'm still shocked when some man ignores my wedding ring and (gasp) flirts with me.   On the other hand, I'm doing things that just wouldn't have been possible a year ago. I exercise three times a week and think it's fun. I bowl with my family, and we're talking about hitting the beach when the weather warms.   My husband wants to go on a second honeymoon (technically it would be a first. We were too poor back then) and scuba in Bermuda, and I actually think that's a great idea. I proposed taking up water-skiing too.   I fix my hair and put on makeup, and I smile at the woman in the mirror, even if I hardly recognize her without the bags under her eyes from sleep apnea, the puffy cheeks, and triple chin. Who is that woman with high slashing cheekbones, full red lips and smoky eyes? Me? Are you sure? Where's the dumpy old broad who spent half her life in a wheelchair or leaning on a cane?   I'm learning to see myself as a thinner, healthier person. I guess it's just going to take more time. Funny thing is, I now have that time. :confused:
voiceomt2002

voiceomt2002

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Blog 81843
 

Today I pray for...

Strength… I am in the beginning of this long journey. So easy is it to forget why I started this, and to fall off track. I get discouraged easily when I am not in fighting mode. I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason. I firmly believe that God controls what happens and we are his pawns. But I also believe that we have the ability of choice. We can chose the path laid out for us that looks difficult because it is uphill, or we can make our own path and it will be littered with thorns and rocks. On rare occasions the path is easier, but has consequences in the end! I’m tired so I am rambling. My point dear reader is that I am weak, I want so badly to walk into the Dr Office, and he say to me “your fat you need surgery to correct this…how is next weekend for you?” I am a jump in head first and get it over with or I am going to chicken out kinda of person. In this case I won’t chicken out but I will give up thinking once again I am doomed to be fat all my life. Patience… As I have explained in the first part, I would be much happier if this all happened in a few months time and fear that it will take Y-E-A-R-S to get accomplished. I used to have an abundance of patience; I was a Sunday school teacher and babysitter extraordinaire. That all faded in my early 20s with the ever present “hurry up and wait” generation we live in. I just started out this journey about a month ago, I mean I didn’t even call a Dr (my PCP) till last week to discuss it with him. And low and behold I have an assigned Dr and have a different Dr to deal with. I have the fear that this is not going to be an option that this new Dr wants for me. Well I see him in the 26th, id that soon enough…no, but I have more things than I can count to occupy my mind. Forgiveness... I am breaking a ton of promises to myself for this to happen. I looked at WLS as a way out, for so long I wouldn’t allow myself to consider it, like when my insurance did cover it, and when it was first brought up to me. I beat myself up saying “you failed yet another diet, why would having WLS help?” I also thought for the longest time that WLS wouldn’t help ME. I don’t over eat in fact my Drs have always said that I don’t eat enough. For 3-5 days a week I “starve” because of my schedule, or I forget to eat, or I’m just not hungry. Then the other 2-4 days I eat either normal meals or have the occasional munchies fest. (No real meal day just munching all day long.) this gets frustrating because I yo-yo “diet” weekly then. I go to the gym but I don’t lose! Just gain! More to come… I have to get kiddos off to school or daycare so I can sleep!
zimmersdreamer

zimmersdreamer

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Blog 3678
 

Starting Over-Day #15

Great day today. Feeling much better. Found out I may get to go to Haiti on a medical missions trip..so that has been a good distraction! I'm just not very hungry and starting to dwindle on getting all my calories in. Here is my food log for the day:   B: 1 cup cottage cheese (80 Cals / 8 Protein) L: Lean Cuisine, the chicken only (120 cals / 10 protein) D: Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup (heavy on the beef) (200 cals / 25 Protein) S: 1/2 cup pistachios(200 cals / 6 protein) S#2: Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup (heavy on the beef) (200 cals / 25 Protein) Totals for today are 800 calories and 74 gms protein. Surgery Date: 8/5/05 Starting Weight: 384 pounds Lowest Weight 1/2/07: 226 pounds Starting over Date: 1/4/09 at 320 pounds Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter
Rockin' Robyn

Rockin' Robyn

1
Blog 1107
 

Day 1, Jan 18th, 2010

Today I started my pre op diet. It was okay. I started off with one chocolate shake from Dr. Myers. No problem. I had some water and then another shake. This time I had vanilla. This one didn't go down so well. I think I took my time and it had thickened towards the end. It just had this odd texture. I dumped 10% of it out. For dinner, I had the Chicken with noodles soup also from Dr Myers. Yuck. I ate probably 75% of it. After dinner I had one more chocolate shake. That only brought me to 370 calories for the day.   I'm hungry. I'm tired. I hope tomorrow is a better day. I did my measurements earlier, but they are downstairs. I will post them tomorrow.
excited2lose

excited2lose

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Blog 75574
 

Walking Advertisement?

When we do well, we can help others! We are a walking advertisement for the LapBand. Had a great meeting today with the hospital Executive Assistant Director, My Doctor, the Allergan LapBand Representative, the OR Staff and the Staff of the Doctor. Learned so many things about the LapBand, and how I am going to be the chosen "Patient" to help further the progress of the LapBand and the future of its success in my area. Feeling very proud that I have done well. Found out that in America this year, the LapBand surgery surpassed the Gastric Bypass and is increasing in popularity! How wonderful to have this hidden tool to help us lose and keep the weight off that had caused us problems in the past associated with obesity. I love my BAND and I am so happy to be off diet pills that made my heart palpitate! I can sleep soundly at night, and get rested for my job the next day! My doctor is the best, really cares and great followup! It makes me want to turn back the hands of time, do it sooner, what I could have enjoyed that I have passed on. Oh well, look out world, I may be one of those sky divin grannies at 80!:confused:
janetsjourneytoslim

janetsjourneytoslim

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