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Blog 77597

A blog by girlcoulter in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by girlcoulter on BariatricPal. 17 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Going Down Down Down Down Down

Wow! I've never lost weight like this in my entire life. I stepped into my spinal specialists office March 1 and he put me on steroids for my excruiating back and hip pain and told me to stop working out. So paranoid me starts drinking lemon water because I knew it would flush out excess fluids and in my mind counteract the weight gain affects of steroids. I went back to my Dr. yesterday to get a steroid shot in my back. He said my face looked alot more relaxed, but I still had pain. Nothi

How Strange our Bodies Respond

I have been limping around since December from my hip and back. But I thought I had to keep working out. So I found two cardio machines that didn't put pressure on my back and hip, at least most of the time. And I have been going no less than 4 times a week since christmas at least 45 minutes, but mostly for an hour! But I was in a lot of pain. It took 3 months to finally get to a specialist. I saw him last week and had an MRI on my back, he put me on steroids and told me to stop working out, th

Broke through!

That's it! I finally broke through a plateau I was stuck in since Christmas! Been up and down the same 3 pounds, then got a ravenous appetite for a couple of days, cut back on my hour cardio workout and only did 30 minutes, but it was enough to lose 1.5 lbs and break through! Yippee!! My doctor suspected I wasn't eating enough to match my workouts, so I caved and ate some more calories, increased water by one water bottle and increased protein and calories. It worked! Dang never would have

New Phase

So I must be in a new phase of this journey. Phase one was the pre-op period, where I didn't know what to expect, was on pre-op diet, only told a handful of friends, was not really scared but excited. Phase two was the surgery and recovery. Day one in hospital was rough! They told me I had double surgery so I was lucky I stayed in hospital overnight and I agree! Then home to recover eating more jello and popcycles than in my whole life. Getting used to the restriction and remembering not to drin

Stuck stuck stuck

How do you get unstuck on the scales??? I workout 4-5 days a week, I got my fill 3 days ago, I'm getting my protein in, I don't snack, however I don't quite get all my water in. I talk soo much all day long at work, I constantly have something to drink in front of me but know I don't get enough. I've lost tons of inches, but the scale has been the same for 6 weeks, up and down the same 3 pounds but basically stuck. Has anyone one else had a scale plateau for 6 weeks? My surgery was 11/4/9,

Got Insurance Back!

Got back on insurance yesterday! Then called my Dr. and said, file that insurance and get me my refund! It took the day before filing for a court hearing to show I was serious about putting me back on insurance. So all he had to do was call and put me back on and I was back on as if I never lost the insurance! Now I can stopped being so stressed. The P.A. who did my fill said that stress was definitely a factor as to why I hadn't lost any weight and I had been working out so much! Plus he

Got my first fill!

Yay!!! Got it finally! After 3 months! I went from insured to self pay, but dang is it worth it! Now on clear liquids again for 2 days, then 2 days of mushies, then back to food again! But little bits. Looking forward to breaking through the plateau! And I was able to talk to a couple of other patients in the office who had gastric bypass. One guy looked great! I asked him if he can look in the mirror and see himself as he is today or as his old heavy self. He said, you know I was look

False alarm

Well, I was not put back on insurance after all. The soon to be ex send a false insurance card to keep him out of jail. Still no insurance but this time I did talk with a customer service rep for the 2nd time at the insurance company and she was very helpful. She told me since he has a court order he will have to put me back in then it retroactives back to the first of the year. And I can have my doctor's offices refile my appointments and then they will reimburse the doctor's office, then g

Back on Insurance!

Just got word Friday that I was put back on the health insurance my soon to be ex took me off of just to be mean. So now I can go back and get my fill without paying the full price for a fill, $200! Weight loss has been very very tough. I've been working out at gym 4 times a week and now up to an hour of cardio 3 days, 2 days of circuit training with 30 minutes of cardio one day a week. And the inches are just falling off, but the weight doesn't budge. Which I guess is good, but there is no

Not getting my first fill

OK, so I wasn't expecting this the day before my first fill. See I am going through a divorce and my soon to be ex was court ordered to provide me with health insurance until the divorce is final. But of course he didn't. He took me off affective the first of the year! My first fill was scheduled for January 6th and I called the insurance company just to make sure I still had coverage and was told he terminated me with the reason that I had other insurance. I was told there was nothing they

Broke through plateau!

Phew! Broke through it and during the holidays to boot! I was stuck at the same weight for a month, well up and down the same 3 pounds. 3 weeks ago I did something to my hip, well, I wore boots at a party and woke up the next morning and could barely walk. I limped along all day until I couldn't take it anymore. My left hip felt like the muscle had ripped! Or I tore something. I went to Doc in the Box because there was no way I was making it through the night without pain killers. They X

Starting to get momentum

All right! I am down 22 pounds and I am one day away from my one month! Woo-hoo! Already dropped a pant size and getting into some of my 16's again! Feeling better, like I am finally recovering from my surgery, popped port, stitches, etc. Brought my gym bag to the office finally! So now I hope to get serious about my walking. My gym just built a brand new, HUGE gym across the street from my office, now I have no excuse!! I am so encouraged by bandsters on this site and they keep me motiv

Diet Ticker

Just filled out this weight loss ticker online. Not sure how it will show up on here if at all or how to do it. But the url is http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wn2JIKJ/"> > I see it on other posts and the chart shows up but can't figure out how to do it. I am a chart person and get more excited with graphs and charts than numbers on a page. Go figure and I am a financial advisor. I haven't lost a pound in a week and I am 2 1/2 weeks post op. Not sure what is up with that

Chat Room

What's going on with the chat room on this thing? I haven't been able to log on for 3 days now! I need the interaction with other bandsters to help me!!! The support! It's just not the same......no wonder I see so many posts for people being depressed:sad:

Port trouble!

So I made it to the two week mark post surgery. Any weight loss I was experiencing has stalled. Not sure why. I stepped up the excercise, getting the two shakes and 45 g of protein, sticking to the mushies list.......then last night I do what I do every day when I get home. Reached in the back seat to get my purse and something in my stomach ripped or popped! I immediately thought it was my port incision and felt and it was fine. It was internal! My port felt like it popped out! I carefu

I'm home!

It's the sunday after my surgery (Wed Nov 4th was the surgery). I was in the hospital from 6am to 1pm the next day. Surgery must have been a breeze according to the dr. But my dad said the doc was very proud of himself for finding a hiatal hernia and 'fixing it'. Now I don't know too much about them but I do know that I have had many years of misery with my stomach! Was told I just had acid reflux. The gastro doc did every test imaginable and that was the diagnosis. Here take this pill, t

Surgery Countdown

It is Sunday, my surgery is Wednesday. This is the last Sunday I will be at this weight. My heaviest. I'm not nervous, I am excited. There are not many friends I have told about this surgery because when I was thinking about doing this, one friend put me down and begged me not to do it. Well, guess what? That friend is 8 years older than me and thin. She hasn't had this weight battle her entire adult life. I look back over the years at my pictures and I look good and back then I thought

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