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A blog by princesslaurie1 in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by princesslaurie1 on BariatricPal. 29 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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harder than i thought! **ONEderland*** finally!

I have to say i started this process thinking it was going to be easy. I guess i thought i would have surgery i would eat less and the weight would fall off. BOY WAS I WRONG!! I am glad i was wrong. I fell betterknowing how hard i work for my weight loss. The past month i have been at the gym 5 days a week for at least 2 hours. I have only lost 5 lbs this month! (witch puts me under 200lbs :smile2:) But i am sooo much more fit and active. I climbed a rock wall last week. this is some thing i tho

its been a while!

I'm down to 205. Life has really got in the way of my weight loss. This summer has been so busy. I cannot wait till things slow down. My husband and i took in a foster child. he is a family members child. So now i have My two boys 4 and 3 and a 15 month old. Needless to say i dont get to the gym nearly as often as i was. I do walk my oldest son to and from school witch gives me a good 20 walk but it does not seem to be enough. I have noticed lately that my band work wonderfully till about 2 then

2nd fill

today i had my 2nd fill. I have lost a total if 32 lbs. GGGOOOOO Me . Hopefully this fill will make the wight loss a little bit easier. I just hate that every time i go in for a fill it seem to be a holiday right after..... no fun! I will be in soft food for 4th of july.

13 weeks post op

I cannot believe how time flies! Since surgery i have lost 30 lbs. I am down to 213! I still think i eat alot on some days. I am kinda afraid to get another fill because some days i have good restriction. I have another doctor appointment on the 1st of july. Would like to know his opinion. I feel like i am getting my life back. My goal was to be at 200 before my vacation in july. I go to the gym 4 times a week on a good week. Hopefully that will be enough to get it done.

I was doing so well and.....

My son gets what think is a stomach flu. Yep you guessed whats next, i got it too! I have not vomited since i was pregnant with my 2 year old. I HATE to VOMIT!!! (T.M.I sorry) Vomiting after being banded is the worst feeling i have ever experienced. Nothing would come out my band seemed to block it from coming up.. I could only get a few tea spoons up at a time it was even trying to come out of my nose. It seemed like my body HAD to get it out but couldn't. I thought i was going to die because i

first fill

Yesterday i had my first fill. It was a lot easier that i thought it would be. The Doctor told me not to worry about the numbers that was his job, so i have no idea how much fluid i have in my band. It looked like i had 2cc from surgery and he put in 3cc. I am not sure it just looked like it 5cc when he pulled all the fluid out then pushed it back in. I am kind nervous about my fill. I was doing so good before. I could everything, pizza, rice, bread, just smaller amounts. My goal for this was t

???

I cannot believe i am almost 5 weeks post-op. I feel good! Better than i have in a long time. I do get this wired feeling of a lump in my throat from time to time. Its sometimes drives me crazy. It does not hurt its just annoying! If it wasn't for that everything would be perfect. I have asked about it before. I had one person say its restriction but it often happens with out having eaten. :smile2: I just sent my doctors office an email asking what it may be. My weight loss has really slowed d

more issues!

I am not sure whats going on but i have been getting dizzy/light headed ALOT! I thought maybe i was not getting enough calories but after tracking everything i eat i don't think thats is it. I have been taking my multi vitamin, calcium and doing at least two protein shakes a day......WHAT UP? I am starting to get worried!:tongue_smilie:

issues

I am having issues with the drinking while i eat thing. I didnt think it would be an issue at all. I HAVE TO DRINK WHILE I EAT. I have been taking little sips for now till i can break the habit but i am worried i wont be able to. :thumbup:

15 days post op

Today i start mushies! I feel so good! sometimes when i do to much i feel a little pain in my band area then i realize ohh-oh gotta take a brake. its tuff to "recover" with a 2 year old and a 4 year old taring apart my house. Laundry still needs to get done floor need to get moped..ect. I have not won the lottery yet so i have to do all that my self. I got on the scale this morning 223!!! (started at 245) I officially love my band. Hopefully i will love it even more when i can eat real food.

my surgery experance and more questons

I had to be at the hospital at 6:30am.I waited and waited till around 11:30 before they were finally ready for me. (i almost walk out at leat 5 times) finally they got me all ready with nice tight socks an iv and a really cool gown that kept me warm and i was off to wait some more. they had me in the pre surgical waiting room for like another hour and a half. I must have cried the hold time i was there. Then finally my doctor came in to see me. He calmed me down a bit then off i went. The help

tomorrow is the day!

Tomorrow is my surgery day! I am ready to just say lets forget the hole thing. I am so scared! I am mostly scared for my family. I laid in my bed with my oldest son last night and just looked and him and started balling! I want to watch him grow up.Then i think there is a better chance that i wont if i don't have surgery. Yesterday my om told me, " you know you still back out". Kinda made things worse. I want to hear "your going to fine". Encouraging words. Why is that so hard. My husband tol

Surgery in 2 days!!!!

So to day i started my Clear liquid diet. Its only 11 and i cheated already! I ate some of my 2 year old sons breakfast left overs. I did so well on my pre op shake diet. I lost 8 lbs. Whats wrong with me? This clear liquids thing should be a piece of cake!:eek: Well thanks for listening to my lap band confession. Surgery is in two days and i am starting to get really nervous. I know it sound dramatic but i don't want to die on the table! :mad:

Grrrrrrr........

My surgery is in 5 days and my body pick now to get sick! I hope its just allergies! I have a sore throat! My 2 year old is sick runny nose with the yucky green mocos. I panicked i call my doctor he kinda panicked too. I had to get antibiotics for my PCD ....Still have a sore throat! My doctor wants to see me tomorrow to see if i can still have surgery! If i can't i will so sad!:mad:

Feeling better!

Its been a week since i started my pro op diet and boy do i feel better!. I have lost 6lbs! I don't feel like a slug anymore. I don't feel tired all the time:tongue:. The food you chose to eat really does make a difference on how you feel. I have been kinda nervous since my surgery is next week but today has been a little different. Today i have not been nervous, i am excited about it. :thumbup:

pro op! wow

What a draining day yesterday! I had my pre op appointment. My appointment was at 1 but of coarse the dr didnt get to me till like 2:30. IN that time i met so many people in the waiting room. Frist there was girls that had had lap band and didnt lose anything! the both said they were not happy with the chose they made. So that made me question if i was doing the right thing. Then two more ladies came in both with lap bands an said they had no probles eating anything. Well come to find out the f

ten thousand questions????????????

I have so many questions? My biggest fear is that i am going to miss food. (thats crazy i know) Did any one have that same fear? What is it like to want pizza for dinner and not be able to have it? what does it feel like to get full so fast and still have food on your plate that you want to eat?   I have so many more but these are the big ones for today!?!:thumbup:

Day 1 of pre op diet!

So my surgery is two weeks fro today:ohmy::thumbup:! That means PRE OP DIET!!! I hate the protine shakes. I picked the ones i thought i would like and bought big containers of them! Bad idea! I should have got samples and tired them all first! I spent way to much money to not use them so i guess i will be gaging every shake for the next two weeks! Wish me luck!

pain?

So i have two weeks to dwell and that is what i am doing! I have a question for the women out there that have had children. Is the surgery pain any worse then a c-section? I have had two and just keep thinking to my self it cant be any worse than that right???? And how long to you feel like your self again?:tt1:

shakes!?!

So I Have been approved! I get my surgery date friday! My next question is what is the best shake out there? I have the mussle milk from costco.....YUCK i hate it! i know i will not last 14 days on that one. My Nutritionist mentioned unjury? Anyone have any opinions?:thumbup:

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