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A weight loss surgery blog by shelley2b on BariatricPal. 2 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Read more about Went to see the nurse today...

Went to see the nurse today...

Went in to have a little fill today - she's put in quite a bit - 4cc's on the first fill, then another 1 or 1.5cc's today she put in 0.3cc's but it was so tight I couldn't swallow the water, so she took out 0.15 cc's immediately.. thank god. I'm in that situation where I'm really tight in the morning - but then I can eat anything I want at night... it's really discouraging and I'm not controlling myself as well as I think I should.   But get this! I lost about 5 lbs according to the doctors

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• shelley2b
• May 8, 200917 yr

Read more about Christmas Recovery

Christmas Recovery

I was banded on the 19th Dec 08 - and I've now been recovering for a week. At my highest, I was 243 lbs - wow! Even writing that scares me.... I don't know how I got up to that weight. It's not like I'm inactive, it's just that I can't control my eating. I'm the type of overweight person who can be healthy as anything for a few weeks - and then I fall off the wagon and start eating like a pig. What I figured out is that when you over-eat, it's really easy to eat 5000-6000 calories, but when

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• shelley2b
• December 25, 200817 yr