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A blog by tifftiff515 in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by tifftiff515 on BariatricPal. 3 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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topamax & migraines

So my neurologist put me on topomax (or is it topamax?) for my migraines and last night was my first dose (before bedtime). He forewarned me that the most common side effect was appetite loss, and i just shrugged it off because big deal, right? Well no. Being banded for me means I do not get hungry. I have to remind myself to eat, so a drug that surpresses my already non-existent appetite is no biggie, or so I thought. I realized a half hour ago that today I had 2 cappacinos (yes, I know we aren

Just another day, another day, another day

Today was a little off. I feel crappy, crappier than I have in months. The day started with me ignoring the alarm clock that was set wrong and sleepin in until 655a. I was supposed to be up at 615a because I had a neurology appt at 745a and wasn't exactly sure where it was. So I had to fore-go my much coveted morning shower in order to dress the kids and myself and get in the car. Hubby had to take me bc I still can't drive and he screamed and moaned worse than the children that he was hungry. S

It is SO not a competition!

UGH! Being 7.5mths post op (banded 5/19/08), I feel that I have reached that point that so many people reach---frustration. Its as if I can't be happy with the fifty lbs I've lost, OH NO!, I feel that I should have lost all of the weight by now. WTH? I know better. I know its 1 to 1.5lbs a week, I never ONCE thought that after surgery I would magically lose every lb of excess weight and suddenly be wearing a sz 4. I'm realistic. When I went for my pre-op psych eval I even told the psychiatrist t

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