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A weight loss surgery blog by czarina on BariatricPal. 7 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Read more about my doc shut my fill down

my doc shut my fill down

ok so yesterday i went in to get another fill. my last fill was 7 weeks ago and it was my first fill. i have a total of 3.5 ccs in my band now.. n e ways i wanted a new fill cuz i gained 3 pounds and the weight wasnt really comming off.. it felt like i needed the fill to start loosing again.. well i went in and my doctor shut me down.. basiclly he said that i was doing very good. he said i shud be happy wit my weight loss cuz i lost 50 pounds since my surgery which was 3 months ago.. i told him

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• czarina
• January 22, 201016 yr

Read more about I got my surgery date!!!!!

I got my surgery date!!!!!

ok so i finally got my surgery date.. it took me about 4 months to get my last appt to see my surgeon and as soon as i seen him it was a 30 min talk and BAM!! he asked me when i wanted to do the surgery and i said today so then he booked the next op-en day he had.. so on OCtober 28 i will be banded.. i am sooo excited... he didnt put me on any special diet or n e thing.. basiclly just come in the day before and run some tests then the next day i have the surgery...   Cant wait to get banded a

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• czarina
• October 13, 200916 yr

Read more about surgeon is deploying aaahhhhh

surgeon is deploying aaahhhhh

ok so i know this maybe selfish and yes i do love my freedom and safety of being an AMERICAN but this war is pissing me off!!! so i have done everything and we just need one more visit with the surgeon then BAM i can have the surgery... ohh but guess what my damn surgeon is deploying so who knows wen i will be able to do it now...   this damn war not only takes my husband every other nine months for nine months and make me live a life as a single parent but it wants to take my surgeon as well

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• czarina
• August 21, 200916 yr

Read more about psych eval

psych eval

ok so i went to my psych eval... i was a lil nervous and didnt know what to expect.. so when i finally got there and met the therapist she came out and said right from the start she has had the lap band done 3 years ago... soo the psych eval went great. we just basiclly hung out and talked about the lap band and she answered a lot of my questions. it went waay better than i expected. :thumbup:

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• czarina
• August 16, 200916 yr

Read more about trying everything in my power to speed up this process

trying everything in my power to speed up this process

okay so i met with the surgeons and they said that i need to get a psych eval and take a nutrition class then i can get a second appointment and set a surgery date.... sooo right after those words were said and i left the class i called to schedule appointments even before the doc placed the referrals in.... the psych eval is this thursday:thumbup: But wen i called to schedule the nutrition class they said all of the classes were full for the next month....:eek: HELL NOO!!! no nutrition class is

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• czarina
• August 12, 200916 yr

Read more about 1st appointment with surgeon

1st appointment with surgeon

I had my appointment to meet up with my surgeon on base. It was actually a class full of people sitting down at desks while 2 surgeons talked and explained everything. it was very informative and we filled out a booklet of questions.. which asked about previous diets and stuff like that...   N e ways the surgeons were really laid back and supportive towards everyone getting the surgery.. which was a surprise because military docs can be real stuck up a holes that judge... but these were unders

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• czarina
• August 11, 200916 yr

Read more about Poppin my Blog Cherry!!!

Poppin my Blog Cherry!!!

Ok so here it is my first blog ever... POP!! :w00t:that was my blog cherry. hehe.. ok so down to business. I am at the very begining of all of this. i have decided i want to get banded because I am fed up with being overweight... oh hold on i mean morbidly obese... aaaahhhh.... im 5'11 so i hide it pretty well but still the weight needs to go. Like everyone i have tried a lot of diets and i cant loose the weight and keep it off. I did a lot of research and read almost everything on this site as

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• czarina
• August 9, 200916 yr