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My Band Life!

A blog by sdh5463 in General

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About this blog

Ok, so this is my blog. I'm a newbie, don't really know what to talk about :confused: except that I am really excited to change my life. I got my band on 1/12/2010. :thumbup: I will try to post as often as

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Updates to the Blog

Yes I have been blogging again... 2 new Posts...   4/3/2010 - Turning a Corner http://2010snewlife4me.blogspot.com/2010/04/turning-corner.html   3/31/2010 Just Not Sure http://2010snewlife4me.blogspot.com/2010/03/just-not-sure-im-afraid.html   Thanks for checking them out and (If you are) following!!!:thumbup:

New posts

I have officially named my band and posted it along with the crappy weekend and reason for an unfill needed today.   Read them both here: 2010's New Life 4 Me!!!   Don't forget to comment & follow me! :thumbup: THNX!

2-26-10

Posted a new blog today! It's got some questions I'd like everyone to answer so if your interested, you can find it here: :smile:   My blog link: 2010's New Life 4 Me!!!

Trying again

I can't seem to get back into my draft of a blog update that I posted...or thought I posted earlier, So I am RE-posting it here!   New blog posted about today's first fill "redone" if you will... Read it here: http://2010snewlife4me.blogspot.com/2010/02/finally-my-1st-fill.html   And if that don't work you should be able to get it here: My blog link: 2010's New Life 4 Me!!!

First fill "again"!

Sorry guys for the incorrect link to my "blogspot" blog. The real link for it is below. Thanks to BG. Please forgive me I'm as technically challenged as a 2 year old sometimes. :rolleyes2:   I am scheduled for my first fill tomorrow at 10:30am. I will be blogging to tell all about it as soon as I get home... so look for me (and please follow. And if you have a blog let me know the link. I will return the following of course) Thanks!   Here's my real blog link: 2010's New Life 4 Me!!!

Nervous about the first fill!!!

Hi All,   I have to ask some questions... I am scheduled for my first fill on 2/22. My band is 4 weeks old now and I know I need this fill more than anything right now. Even tho I am not able to eat as much as I did before surgery I still know in my heart that I am able to eat way more than I should right now! I want my fill but am so very nervous about it! I hear that some get numbing medication for their fills and some do not. At this point I really don't even know if my surgeon does or do

17 days old

Yes, My Band is 17 days old today! I need to tellyou that I will be posting strictly LB stuff on here because of my decision to keep my band a secret from like everyone in the world! But once I get the hang of it there will be more posts on my other new blog: visit me there at: http://2010snewlife4me.blogspot.com/ Now, yesterday I had my first post op appointment with my surgeon... I thought he was going to kiss me! He is so happy with my progress and 26 pound loss that he said ok... Lets g

Be the First to Follow???

In what seems like Bander fashion... I have created a blog that is separate from the blog on here... I have far from finished the creation... however, for now am going to call it my work in progress just like my newly banded body! Join me. oh wait it's called "follow", so Follow me on my new blog at:   http://2010snewlife4me.blogspot.com/

Day 6 Post Op

Hey folks, Happy MLK Day to those of you who may have had a long weekend as I did! Actually I have been off work since last Tuesday when I was banded but today was a freebie day off.   I got on our scale here this morning and I find it so hard to believe that it read 31 lbs lower than when I stepped on it 5 months ago. I am really, really excited to go to my nutritionist app't on Thursday and see if it really is true! Is it really possible to drop this much so quickly?   I started eating m

Day 4 Post Op

Today is Day 4... I didn't try on my jeans because I am still a little bloated from the actual surgery. Today was a busy day and I probably did more than I should have only being 4 days out but my surgeon said, "get up, get out, activities as tolerated". That's the tricky part AS TOLERATED.   What you may not know is I sing... I sing alot! I am in a competition barbershop chorus and also a competition barbershop quartet within that chorus. I am also in another concert chorus, and do solos for

Day 3 post op!

I am officially on Day 3 of my clear liquids post op. I really have not been hungry. I have wanted in my head to be able to chew on something but have resisted. I have drank more water than I thought possible and P'ing??? Hello... I feel like every 5 minutes I have to go. Honestly FOR ME... it is NOT AS BAD as people on here talked about. I almost backed out because of the stories I read. I am so very glad I did not. I am excited to move on to the next phase and get a fill, which won't be for

I'm Banded

Yes, I am banded folks. I am officially one step closer to a healthier and happier me!:ohmy: It has not been bad, so far at least. I am on day 2 of the clear liquids - post op and have not had to much pain, or to much gas. I haven't really been all that hungry yet. I can't believe that it has been this "easy". :sad: I must repeat to anyone that is getting banded soon, or even just getting on the schedule... Remember immediatley post op... walk, waLK, WALK and sip, siP, SIP!!! This advise was gi

Today is THE Day

Yes!!! today is my day!!! As I sit here listening to my DH getting HIS breakfast... I'm thinking to myself... I really am NOT hungry! I thought I would be but I am not!:w00t:   We had a rather disturbing/tiring day yesterday. My dad needed a heart catheterization and had it, while in there the found that he was 80% blocked so they did the angioplasty, he came thru will but last night ended up in ICU for observation. I'm a little nervous about going into my own surgery today while he is down st

24 hours and counting

Tomorrow at this time I will be in surgery ............ Not sure how to feel right now!!! Happy, Scared, Anxious... All cover it but not completely... Am I really doing the right thing? Am I really ready for this? How long will I be afraid to eat anything? Anybody out there want to offer any advice today???

15 Days till Banding

OMG 15 days... :eek: Not so long ago it was not even a date but just a waiting game and going thru the process. :tt2: You wanna talk butterflies... UGH!!! I have a tickle in my tummy, I've been P'ing alot more today than normal, having a hard time concentrating... You name it I've got it today. all of a sudden, I have had heartburn so bad today. I think, and I repeat, I THINK because I am so nervous... My husband said to me this morning... I have been thinking about your surgery and I just don

Date Change, UGH!!!

Hi! and first of all I really need to say I am really slacking in my blogging latley... ! When I got my surgery date I was on my way out of town for a week and then Thanksgiving and Now Christmas seems to be getting in the way! Where does the time go??? Anyway I have been thinking alot latley about writing a blog and just haven't gotten to it. SO that said, here I am to "Vent" a little.   I got a phone call yesterday, actually a message left on my maching at home, from the Surgeons scheduler.

I'm a Happy Girl!

Yes, I am a very Happy Girl today! You see I have been extremely sick for the last 4 days with a severe sinus infection. :thumbup: I finally was able to get myself to my regular Dr for diagnosis and meds. Anyway while there they asked how the Lap banding was going... and when I said it had not been done yet, they kinda looked at me funny. Well, anyway I went to the drug store and then came home and in my mailbox was a letter from the insurance company telling me that I was APPROVED!!!:tt2: I w

Getting really nervous now

I just have to post and say that I am feeling a bit anxious today! I called the Insurance Co yesterday tosee where we were at and they said that things were moving right along... :rolleyes2:the Surgeon that I have chosen has been approved, (on 10/26) and they had a Reference number for the Hospital. Now it is thier partners job to approve the hospital and that shouldn't take to long. Just knowing that I am have way to being approved is making butterflies :thumbup: in my stomach!!! I just know th

Frustrated but dealing with it

I called my Surgeons office, left a message to have them call me back if there was anything that I needed to do to get things moving a little faster... No call back so assuming that they had done everything that needed to be done I called the insurance company... OMG... I wanted to tell that lady right where to go... I kept getting "ma'am we do NOT have any thing in process, or even on file for you" . AND, to make matters worse I have to call from work because they aren't ever available when I w

Frustrations

yeah I feel very frustrated today! When I sopke to the office about when I might be able to get banded, and asked if October was a reasonable guess they said yes... by all means if there are no complications and we do not forsee any. So I was really really hoping to get banded by this week. And All I can say is I'm still waiting for approval! It's been 2 weeks tht the insurance company has had all my appropriate test results, letters, paperwork of all kinds and still not answer. So, I guess, sin

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