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Journey in the Future

A blog by aklhoney in General

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About this blog

A blog chronicling Aklhoney's journey to a better and healthier future, with thanks to the Lap-Band®.

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October and all going well - half way to preliminary goal

Last Thursday I reported in to Emirates Hospital for a weigh in and can now officially claim to be -30 kg from my pre loss weight. I just feel so much better.   In the grander scheme I am now half way to my preliminary goal weight.   It is now 7.5 months since I was banded and this weekend I saw friends that I had not seen for about 4 months. It was just wonderful to be "oohed" and "ahhed" over as they marvelled at my weight loss. Did wonders for my self esteem!   All in all the journey

The agongy of Tuesday and the bliss of Wednesday evening

After suffering severe pain in the chest and ribs, and unable to keep anything down on Tuesday, I finally put in a call the my doctor on Wednesday when it looked at shaping up to similar to Tuesdays no liquid/no food outcome.   Living 1.5 hours away from the hospital (in Abu Dhabi), I really was looking on advice on how long should I "stick it out" to see if the fill (1.5cc) would settle down.   Wednesday had certainly been easier than the day before as I had successfuly got down a small bo

Mmm .. overfill?

Since last posting I have been back for a fill 6/6 1.5cc taking me to 4.5cc and for the last 2 weeks my weight has yet again plateaued with no change at all. Well not helped by being the end of the teaching year and a whole pile of functions to attend so I guess no gain was really good. My doctor however was not so happy with the last 2 weeks and yesterday (21 June) added another 1.5cc taking me to 6cc.   Water sipped in the surgery and then the mandatory 2 glasses of water within 30 mins .. n

7 weeks - First Fill

Over the first four weeks I managed to lose 10Kgs before plateauing for another 3 weeks.   At week 7 I initiated contact with the hospital and a few days later returned to Dubai for my first fill - albeit a little delayed due to international travel.   It is now 3 days post fill (3cc) and no problems. All in all this journey has been very straight forward so far. Quantities eaten are lower than previously but no real feeling of restriction as yet. One Uh-Oh incident with bread but relative

One month post surgery

It is now one month since I had my Lap Band inserted at Emirates Hospital in Dubai. One night in hospital was followed by 2 nights in a hotel in Duabi just so I could access the hospital should I need to do so. (My choice). An uncomfortable two days with my stomach feeling like a corset was tightly strung inhibiting movement. Then day 3 arrived and movement was significantly easier and life seemed much more positive.   A return to Abu Dhabi and a further three days off work meant I could

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