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Blog 67810

A blog by kris c in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by kris c on BariatricPal. 12 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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30 Pounds later....

Hi all! Wanted to share some before and 3 months after pics with everybody. Take a look. This band journey is a strange thing.:cursing: One day I can eat and the next day 2 bites will do me at one sitting. Throwing up has been more of a common thing than I thought it would be. Still a little bruised feeling at the port site :eek: and have had more gas in the last 3 months than EVER before. :cursing: I go in next week for my 4th fill. And I am going to ask about these issues. Total wieght loss ha
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40 Days After Surgery and 2 days after 1st fill~   Posted 07-16-2009 at 10:52 PM by kris c Tags   Been awhile since I got on here. To catch up, I am down some 24 pds! I have had a couple of PB's. :cursing: On Tuesday I got my first fill. Not more than a poke; and it was done. Drank the barium and they were able to tell it all went down well and I was out of there after a glass of water. I felt the tightening as she injected the saline. I thought, oh GOOD, I will once again lose my

40 Days After Surgery and 2 days after 1st fill~

Been awhile since I got on here. To catch up, I am down some 24 pds! I have had a couple of PB's. :smile2: On Tuesday I got my first fill. Not more than a poke; and it was done. Drank the barium and they were able to tell it all went down well and I was out of there after a glass of water. I felt the tightening as she injected the saline. I thought, oh GOOD, I will once again lose my hunger like the first 3 weeks. HMMMM....but that didn't happen. Yes my food intake is somewhat controled, BUT I

Question about PBs

Please tell me what PB is? I've heard it used here, but nothing comes to mind. I know what slimming is and I know what throwing up is cause I have done both since the band. I learned that ALL BREAD -- Wheat or White, Rye or Pumpernickel must be out of my diet! It's just too painful! Way too hard to digest. I still find myself eating when I am not hungry. :crying: Even if it is Hummus. :eek: I think I am going to do the OA meetings online.:cool: The person to person meetings where I live is not

20 Days after Lap Band

Hi All,   Things here are going well!! :thumbup: It's 20 days later and so far I have been on vacation with my sisters for the last 10 days! I was able to keep up with them and feel no pain. What I did feel was upon taking that first bite of food a BIG air bubble. Somewhat uncomfortable and glad I was in a comfortable situation, not one with my in-laws!! I talked myself through it and after awhile it passed. What I can't get over is the gas (I don't mean burping!!) and the hiccups! What is th

10 days after LB

If anyone tells you this is an easy procedure; please keep reading. This has been the most difficult surgery I have had. Thus after 2 c-sections, ruptured oviarian cyst and galbladder removal. The first 5 days are HELL!!! I constantly felt like I was having a heart attack as there was sooo much pressure in my chest and pain in my shoulder. Now I did have a hernia repair. My surgeon found it upon opening me up the day of the LB procedure. That may have caused SOME of the pain. BUT here's my thin

5 Days after LB

This LB is just such a blessing! I got on the scale today and have lost 20pds.:frown::crying: I am going to focus on that for today and praise God for this miracle!! I could never of done this without the LB. I am not hungry at all....I love todays technology!! :tt2: I do pray that my stomach will settle down, it has been very gassssy with emergency runs to the bathroom.:ohmy: Thank God, I work from home! :thumbup:   But, that is small in comparison to what I have been through these last 5 d

Day 4 after surgery

Yesterdays activities set me back!! Oh boy! I feel like crap this morning. Yesterday during and after the graduation, then dinner I REALLY though I was going to fall out! At the ceremony getting into the stadium chair was a real hurdle. And I was shocked that I was not able to fit into the chair!! I was all crouched up. I had no idea my spread was that big!! People in front of me where looking at me. These weight issues are filled with all sorts of denial!! It's so embarrassing!!! I am so glad I

3rd Day after Lap Band

Hi, I want to thank you guys for your words of encouragement and sharing your experiences with me! I personally know no- one who has done this surgery so my reference points are all from text books. :sad: Today is my daughters graduation and family dinner party and I am very nervous about that. And for once in my life, it's not the eating part that's worrying me! :tongue2: It's actually being able to sit still for the grad ceremony and have the energy to make it all the way through dinner withou

2nd day after lapband surgery

Hi Again,   I Slept great last night. Sweated the fever out. Still feel like purging when I got up. Had my coffee this AM and had to rush to the bathroom. I have had 3/4 of a protien drink yesterday and nothing today but water and 1/2 cup of coffee. Not in the mood for anything. I would like the pain to go away. I am breathing better today and was able to get some stuff up when I coughed. Boy is deep coughing painful. I feel like I have more energy today. But again, this pain is just not wh

1st Day after Surgery

Hi   I am shuffling a little faster today. Pain in shoulder and below the breast are a bit better. Fever was on and off throughout the night. No fever this morning. As afternoon came around started feeling like I was going to throw up when i got to an upright position. Takes a few minutes to go away. Lots of uncomfortablility still. My body is so tense b/c of the pain. In and out of twilight sleep throughout most of the day. Fever came back at about 8pm. Still low grade of 100.3 so I have not

Day of Surgery 6-5-09

Hi All,   I got banded in Hurst, TX on Friday the 5th. I have over 100 pds. to lose. I was in and out of the surgical center within 4 hours. After the 45 min ride home I began to feel the pain in my left shoulder and breast. It was so painful! Plus the soreness of my surgery in my belly. It was difficult gettting comfy in any position. I got up every two hours to walk around the house and go to the bathroom. Started running low grade fever (100.3) around 7pm. I was taking my antibodic and pain

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