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:thumbup:My journey with the band - On my way to the 2nd part of my life!

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I can cross my leggs!

Last night, I'm sitting on my couch, just relaxing. Without thinking I crossed my legg, after I did it, I realized, I can cross my leggs now, comfortablly! Wow!:clap2: Its another NSV for me. I hadn't tried in so long to cross them, or I could cross them and it cut the breath out of me. But now, I feel so feminane when I can cross my leggs. I just had to journal this down.
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9/13/08

Went shopping today (spent way too much money) but it sure felt good to pull a size 10 and 12 off the rack and they fit.   I bought me two new pairs of jeans, very cool jeans I might add, at a hip store in the mall. I felt like a million dollars when I was able to wear a pair. I loved buying them and walking out of the store with a bag in my hand. In makes me feell like I've finally made it. Even though I'm not were I want to be, I'm moving closer and closer every day.   I am sooooo close to getting out of the 170's, I just cannot wait!   Anyhow, gotta run.   Wt this morning 172.7:thumbup:
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Happy 10 month Band Anniversary to me

Okay, my weightloss has really slowed down, I weighed 167 this morning. I've only lost 3 lbs this past month, but thats okay, I lost right? I didnt gain. And 3 lbs is making a BIG difference in my size. Peaple are noticing every pound I lose now. Before it took 50 lbs before people started noticing. Inches are falling off quicker than the weight. I'm okay with that too.   Here is how my weight has gone: Highest weight - 248 1 mo post op - 206.8 2 mo post op - 198 3 mo post op - 193 4 mo post op - 184.2 5 mo post op - 178 6 mo post op - 174 7 mo post op - 178 8 mo post op - 174 9 mo post op - 170 10 mo post op- 167
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Day 3 post op

Today makes the 3rd day after my surgery. My soreness is still there and I notice it, however, it has gotten better. I was able to get off the couch by myself this morning.   My vision is the only thing really worrying me right now, it is all blurred. I am cutting out the demoral pain meds to see if that will help. I'm supposed to go have a lasik consultation on my eyes in a couple of days, and my vision being so blurred, not sure If I can do it.   I would say my pain level is around a 4 right now, and I notice when I take deep breaths I can feel the air going down, it hurts a bit, but not too bad.   My eating has been minimal. I can only sip a little on the broth, and I'm pretty much living off of sugar free popcicles right now to keep my hydrated. I'm also sipping on my water all thru out the day.   I weighed this morning just for the heck of it, but no more after this morning. My DH & daughter are going to hide the scales from me until 6 weeks is up. Anyhow, my weight this morning was 222.8. So, I'm glad I'm finally losing the surgery weight, I was 3 pounds over when I cam home from the hospital.   Well, I'm off to walk down my hallway to get me a little exercise.
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Day 1 of the 5 day pouch test!

Anyone reading this and interested in it, check out www.5daypouchtest.com. You then click on Plan. This site has some good info, even tho she had RNY, a pouch is a pouch.   I've started the 5 day pouch test today, so for the next few days, its liquids/cream soups/protein drinks.   I figured today was a good day to start since I had a fill. Doc is going to go slower now that I've had problems with my last 2 fills. He filled me up to 3.5cc's. I am hoping I have some restriction for awhile, but not sure, right now I do, but the last time I had good restriction I was at 3.8cc's. But as far as today, I've got restriction.   Menu today   bfast/Protein drink   Lunch - creamed broccoli soup   Dinner - protein drink/SF jello   I know its not much to eat, but I'm following the plan.   I do plan on exercising tonight, but will not enter it until I do it.   I will post my fill history later.
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11/19/07 - Happy Monday

Happy Monday, and I'm glad I have short week at work this week. I'm off on Thursday & Friday, and only work 1/2 day on Wednesday.   Well, this morning my boss made a homemade itallian cream cake (one of my favorites), so, I had a small piece of it. I wanted more, but I wouldn't let myself indulge any more. I really want to reach my doc's goal weight for me by my 1 year anniversary - so I need to eat right! I need to lose 12 more pounds in the next 2 months in order to reach it. It will be hard, because I only lost 3 lbs this month. But, I'm hoping to be able to start exercising pretty soon and that will help.   Today's menu   Bfast 1 cup coffee with s/f carmel cream 1 2x2" cake - BAD   Lunch 3/4 cup of turkey salad   Dinner Baked turkey broccoli   Suppliments - Quickslim30, 2 chewable flinstones   Exercise - 20 min on recumbant bike, 3 sets of squats against the stability ball/wall (my Physical therapy session) total gym.
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5/6/08

Short weekend, busy weekend, but finally able to post to my blog.   Went to see Kenny Chesney, ate at Toby Keith's restraunt (I Love this Bar & Grill). I got the ribs & chicken, ate the ribs and 1 bite of chicken - full. I did have a drink, strawberry margrita - liquid calories, I know, but hey, I was having a good time :thumbdown:   Bought another drink at the concert - $12.00 for basically sugar. Won't ever do that again!   My daughter had a great time, it was her first concert.   The Friday night festivals threw me off the weekend, Didn't exercise at all all weekend! Sunday night my son was playing in a concert for family & friends, we had a cookout, I ate pretty healthy, made me chicken, but did have a little macaroni salad - yum.   Yesterday, my band was WIDE OPEN, I could eat anything and everything and basically did. Very hungry yesterday, not sure what the heck was going on.   This morning, back to restriction again. So glad of that :bored:   I am going to be so dead in a few hours, first of all, didn't get to bed until around 12:30 last night, got out of bed at 4:00 am this morning. My son had to be at the airport by 5:30 this morning. He is flying to Reno with his school. He won first place in the State competition on his Business Essay, now he is competing in the Nationals. He'll be gone for 6 whole days! I'm so proud of my boy! He's such a good kid, an all american boy. If I can just keep those darned girls away from him. lol.   Anyhow, didn't get much sleep, so I'm sure it will catch up with me soon!   Menu today   Bfast blueberry yogurt/granola   Lunch salad   Dinner roasted chicken   wt 180.7 - YUCK - TOM IS DUE   exercise -
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5/9/07

Exercise #1 - 25 min on treadmill (would have done 30 min or more, but the darn thing came unplugged and then couldn't get it to work again - so left)   Exercise #2 - LBWO   M1 - SF yogurt mixed with lf cottage cheese m2 - coffee & cream m 3 - 3 whole wheat crackers & 3 oz of pink salmon m 4 - grilled talapia and broccoli sald (the last of it - getting sick of it now - lol)   Notes - I've started tanning and I tried on a shirt I bought last year on clearance for $4.00, it was way too tight on me, but I tried it on, it fit! I'm wearing it today and I feel so good in it! I guess I feel so good becaue I remember how tight it was on me, and now it slips on with ease.
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8/27/08

I did not make it to the gym last week, bad me! I just had too much going on, however, I'm back at it this week.   Today's menu so far Bfast - iced mocha from mcD's with skim milk - bad, liquid calories. And 1 jal pepper baked with LF cream cheese - co-worker brought it to me this morning, very good.   Lunch - Logans Steak House - I had 8 oz steak - but only ate about 2 to 3 oz of it, grilled veggies and steamed mushrooms. Did pretty good, I did not eat the bread!   Dinner - 2 oz of ground lean beef, LC tortillia, salsa.   Exercise - 10:00 am - 16 min on elliptical 3:00 pm - 15 min on elliptical 9:00 pm - 40 min on elliptical   Total calories burned - approximately 550 to 600 - You would think those darned scales would move! Those bastards!   Wt - staying off the scales, tired of watching them not move. this is so hard for me! I weigh 2 to 3 times a day and it is so depressing to me when they go up and not down. I am either weighing once a week or I will weigh when I feel like I've lost. I have such a love/hate relationship with those darned scales.:party:
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5/9/08

51 more days until my cruise and a long way to go to get my body in shape :thumbdown:   I had such a good workout last night, I'm convinced that circuit training might be the way to go! I worked my upperbody so hard, I could not even hold my purse last night. I think I burned over 600 calories last night.   Woke up this morning, cramping, bloated and just felt like - crap. Weighed in, even though I didn't want too, felt too fat to even step on the scales....to my surprise, down another pound from last week, even with TOM! So, I was pleased, even though it was only a pound, I'll take it, yes I will, I will take every ounce I lose these days.   Wt - 177.3   Exercise Circuit training - lower body/elliptical
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I'm headed to ONERLAND

Okay - I admit it, I weighed this morning. Only because I felt skinnier, and my DH told me I looked skinnier. So I decided to "test" the scales. I was happy to see that they have dropped 5 lbs since last Monday. I weighed in at 210.8. I'm almost to the 40 lb mark! But, More exciting than that, I'm almost out of the 200's - I'm headed to onerland!   I'm feeling good these days, feeling more confident and still I have a lot of restriction.   Menu yesterday   Bfast - poached egg with grated cheese Lunch - 1/2 container of refried beans dinner - 1/2 container of refried beans late night snack - Inside of a crabcake
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6/11/09 - Day 4 of 84 day challenge

OMG, shoot me now and put me out of my pain!!!! That's exactly how I feel, my butt hurts so bad, it hurts to sit, it hurts to walk, I'm in so much pain.   Those lunges yesterday did me in for sure! I had such a great lower body workout yesterday, but I sure feel it today. Ouch, I'm hurting!   But, onward we go with the challenge, I will not quit, I will not stop, I'm going all the way to the end!   Today:   Menu Bfast - protein shake, added a TBSP of peanut butter to it   M2 - peach, string cheese   M3 - hummus, carrtos   M4 - salad, grilled chicken   M5 - turkey chilli,veggies   M6 - WW ice cream bar   Exercise - Cardio, HIIT,   Wt - didn't weigh   Notes - I'm sooooooooooo sore! :crying:
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12/27/07

I did pretty good with my food yesterday. I turned down some homemade peanut butter cookies, I felt so empowered when I did. It felt good just to say "no thank you". I walked away from the cookies with a huge smile on my face!   Todays focus - drink water, lots of it. I am not getting enough water in and I think that is causing some bloating problems. So, today, I will focus on WATER.   Menu today   Breakfast coffee w/cream   mid morning water at least 8 oz   15 minutes after my water yogurt w/granola (SF yogurt)   lunch salad w/cheese & chicken   Dinner grilled fish veggies   suppliments - quickslim 30, flinstones   Exercise -
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Will I ever be the same again?

Okay, since my accident, exercise has been pretty much slim pickens'. As I stated in my earlier post, my knee has really flared up again. So I go to my therapist today for my PT, and they took it easy on me because I had a lot of swelling. They ordered me off my knee all weekend.   I wish I could exercise. I'm ready to start another BFL challenge, I know I can do wonders with another challenge. I really miss exercise. I feel like my life is in limbo, I know I can shed these last 20 lbs if I could only kick some butt at the gym. Its just so frustrating. I keep having setbacks with this darn knee.   I'm wondering if this is going to be a life long challenge for me, will I ever be able exercise? Will I ever be the same again? I'm ready to do some dumbbell lunges, to work my booty, I'm ready to do some squats, some hard core cardio, I'm ready to sweat. I just feel so much better about myself when I have exercised.   Okay, just venting today. Sorry if anyone reads and It such a downer. I am just discouraged about my set back. grrrrr.   Okay, todays menu:   Bfast - had some iced coffee from McD's. Just wasn't hungry after drinking it.   Lunch - ate a breakfast burrito, without the flour tortia. Just the eggs out of it, good.   Dinner - grilled chicken (3 oz or less probably) and salad   Suppliments - Quickslim 30, 2 flinstones.   Exercise - not much, did only 10 min on recumbant bike. Taking it easy to help the knee heal.
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11/3/08

A new month, a new week, and new focus, new goals!   My husband wants to get back to the gym, so we are going tonight. I also went down to the gym today on break and did 20 min on the elliptical machine.   I'm going to focus on exercise this month! I know I say it all the time, but I really really am trying, I don't know why I do so good for a week then fall off the wagon. I think if my husband gets to the gym, that will help to have a buddy.   wt was up a bit this morning 170.6 grrrrrr   I brought my lunch today, I brought some roasted chicken, i'm headed down to the cafe to get a small tosses salad to go with my chicken.   I also scheduled yet another fill. grrrr. I'm sick of fills, but I'm not giving up until I have my sweet spot. My next fill is next week at 10:00 am. Yay. I can't wait to get a fill and hopefully have my sweet spot. This fill is pretty good, I just think I need a tad more.   Wt 170.6   Exercise - 10:00 am - 20 min on elliptical   3:00 pm - 30 min brisk walk around my building spines a few time.   8:30 pm - upper body workout 30 min on elliptical
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Day 1, post op

Well, I checked into the hospital yesterday at 11:00 am, They finally came to get me for surgery a little after 1:00 pm. But they didn't start on my until around 2.   My blood sugar was really low, and since I had my surgery late in the afternoon, they kept me at the hospital. I was finally realeased the next day at around 7:00 pm CST. I'm glad to be home, however, still haveing quite a bit of soreness. Hopefully this will go away soon.   I weighed the day of my surgery so I could track my weight after surgery. My weight going into surger was 226.0.
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Things to remember (got this from someone else's journal - thanx)

Fear of losing the weightloss battle - author unknown   You won't lose the battle if you are willing to work with the band and do your part. But I can almost guarantee:   You will have plateaus when you first switch to solids until your body gets used to being fed instead of starved (most likely one-two weeks but could be three like mine.)   During many plateaus you will lose inches not pounds and then finally a larger loss.   Your loss in the first 30-40 days is a "never to be repeated" experience so enjoy it. Then you begin the long slow journey downward.   You will learn the fine art of "PBs" and what causes them for you, it is swallowing air when you eat. Eating too fast....NOT chewing well or too big of a bite. Eating the wrong food for you...and not recognizing the "no longer hungry" after 1/2 cup (satiation) versus an "I WANT TO EAT MORE CAUSE I CAN or IT TASTES GOOD" or I crave it [head hunger].   You will watch your body shrink and will walk a bit taller-literally- and figuratively...start slipping into booths in restaurants. Sit in chairs with arms, stop worrying about how strong the chairs are, not having to ask for an extender belt on airlines. Finding it easier to, and you have more energy to walk/go up stairs. Clean house and do a million other day to day activities. Slip in and out of bath tubs where the water goes all the way around you instead of damming up and it doesn't kill you to stand up from sitting on the floor. Watch the years fall off your face and drivers license picture...got to a restaurant and order an appetizer and still end up with leftovers to take home.   Go through doubts and several fills/unfills until you hit the "sweet spot" fill level for you.   You will have to stop several times along the way to reassess your eating habits (I could eat certain foods and get away with some cheating a bit quantity wise at 359 and still lose...that had to go at 250).   I have also found that I have to keep reminding myself 1/2 cup of solids three times a day--only--and drink my water (1 hour after meals until the next meal but not with meals).   Eat protein first...fruit and veggies second, and non-complex carbs last. (Keep the fats, sugars, and non-complex carbs low...still have them but keep them low).   And believe it or NOT a plateau that indicates that you need a fill is:   1. No weight loss for four weeks.   2. You are following all the band rules (8 out of 10 of us want to be able to break the rules and still lose figuring if we get a fill it will miraculously start us losing without us having to do our parts).   3. You are hungry an hour after eating (really hungry not cravings) and the 1/2 cup doesn't stay in the band for 2 1/2 to 4 hours.   4. You are drinking 60+ ounces of water a day and not drinking with your meal or for at least an hour after.   5. Once you move from mushy to solids--as much as possible get your nourishment from food that is solid. If you have problems with it sticking in your stoma, try it again chewing it well. Cut it up finer or chew it with other foods to keep it from recombining in your pouch and forming a plug (i.e. potatoes).   6. Try to avoid soups and/or protein drinks if possible (if you are able to eat your protein you will be full longer--some people have tight bands in the morning and can't eat so have a protein drink).   7. Whenever you hit a plateau, keep a diary and log everything, including water, which goes in and measure your 1/2 cup of solids. (Mine grew twice from 1/2 a cup to almost a full cup without noticing).   8. Try weighing in once a week to begin with, not daily. Later move to once every two weeks or once a month. When you are losing slowly, weight fluctuates daily with hydration levels, etc. At least this way you normally will see a loss and not a fluctuation or gain. Yes the loss is smaller but they are down not up.   9. Measure yourself monthly, often you lose inches before you lose pounds.   10. Don't compare yourself to others. We all lose at different rates based on age/metabolism/food choices/activity level...but we can all
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6/25/07

Well, starting my 10th week of the BFL challenge. It seems the last few weeks I have not been doing very well, I've lost that drive, that MOJO.   So last night I had another talk with myself, and looked at myself naked in the mirror (its a mind game I play with myself at times - lol). I asked, is the way I want to look? Of course the answer is NO, so I got my butt to the gym and was there for 2 hours!   So, I'm back in the game now. The next 3 weeks I will be working my ass off - I'm going to give it 110%!   I am only 33 lbs from goal! I can't believe it, NOW is not the time to slack!
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12/17/08

I watched the biggest loser show last night, all I can say is WOW. It was the finale, and I just can't believe how these people changed thier lives. They all looked sooooo good. It really inspires me.   After the show, I went to the gym and had a really good workout.   Tomorrow will mark 23 months since banding, and its getting so hard to lose a pound. It takes everything in me to lose a pound. One binge and I'm up 5 lbs. so frustrating. I need to stay focussed to lose the rest of my weight!   Plan today:   Bfast - just had some coffee   Lunch - chicken breast and small spinach salad   Dinner - chili - made with extra lean beef and Venison.   Exercise - 3:00 PM - 20 min on eliptical   9:00 pm - circuit training and working lower body with weights - 1 hour   Wt - 170.6 (down a pound from yesterday)
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11/12/07

Last night I had a small pig out, I was worried about the scales jumping way up.   I had ham, mashed potatoes, corn, dinner roll and dessert. I was so full I thought I would puke. Even the ham was only 3 oz, and everything I ate was smaller portions, I ate too much. Miserable feeling.   I was worred about stepping on the scales, pre band, I would have gained 3 or 5 pounds in one night, no kidding. But I was only up .3 ounces, scale read 168.1. I was so glad not to see the 170's.   I am hoping to be at 165 by my 10 month band birthday which is 11/18. My goal is to be at 160 by my 11 month band bday, and 155 at my 1 year - 155 is my doctors goal, 145 to 148 is my goal.   I just so happy that I am losing again.   Todays menu   Bfast - Weight smart oatmeal   Lunch - lean ground beef with diced tomatoes, onions.   Dinner - 3 oz of ham, salad   Supplements - 2 multi flinstones vitamins, 1 quickslim-30   Exercise - 2 session of 10 min on recumbant bike - still working on my knee, it really hurts lately.
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2/21/07 menu

Bfast - 3/4 container of SF Yogurt with some granola   snack - 15 almonds   Lunch - 4 wholewheat crackers and somewhere between 1/4 & 1/2 cup of hummus dip   Dinner   Exercise - 15 min on treadmill durring break 3.0 mph, 109 cal, 3% incline, .74 miles -   Water -   Supplements - 1 viactiv multi-Vitamin, 1 liquid B-12   Notes - I went to my regular physician today, I broke the news to her that I had the Lap-Band, I was happy she was supportive and she told me she is thinking about having it done. She looked at my chart and said we show you gained 11 lbs, but then she saw the date of my last visit (over a year ago), I explained to her that I always yo-yod and on my last visit to her I weighed 200 lbs, that was May of 2006, By November 2006 I was up to 248 lbs. Anyhow, I had the Prealbumin (Malabsorption test) done, I won't know the results until Friday, and I will pick them up to take them to my surgeon and discuss a fill on March 1st. I should not have the Malabsorption test since I did not have Bypass, however, my surgeon requires it with all his patients, even lap-band.   Sad note, my great aunt who is 87 years old is dying. She has never been married nor does she have any kids. Matter of fact, she has never even been on a date. So, needless to say, we are her kids/grandkids. So, we've been taking turns to be by her side during the time of passing. Hospice has been called in and they will stop giving her fluids beginning tomorrow, only pain meds under her tongue to help with the pain and keep her comfortable. Anyhow, I know there will be lots of food from the church, family & friends, so I'm trying to get prepared and not cave in to all the goodies. Stressful times and grief always makes me want to eat, I turn to food so I'm working on not turning to food during this time.
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3/1/07 menu

Breakfast - 4 oz cottage cheese with 4 tblsp of lc yogurt mixed in (12 grams of protein)   Lunch - grilled chicken (left over from the salad yesterday) and 2 slices of avocado   Snack - string cheese   Dinner - 1 FRIED chicken breast (I took the skin & crust off)   TRUE CONFESSION TIME - I overdosed on girlscout cookies - I'm so mad at myself. I had 5 trefolds (150 calories - 20 g of carbs), and 3 thin mints - about (110 calores - 11 g of carbs), 1 cup of 2% milk - BAD BAD   Water - 50 oz - not enough   Supplements - 2 Therno Dynamx before breakfast, 1 multi vitamin, Liquid B-12   Exercise - NONE   Notes - What in the heck did I do to myself? I feel miserable, I ate way too much tonight, and the cookies did not help at all. Now I am in pain, my port area hurts. I know I have over ate and I WILL NOT do this again. I can't believe I did this to myself. I need a fill - BADLY. And I must deal with my emotions rather than turning to COOKIES (MY weakness is sweets). I'm glad today is over, tomorrow will be a better day!   On the bright side, I had my 6 week follow up appointment with my doctor. He said How well I've been doing on my weight loss, I explained to him, most of my weight loss came from my 1st two weeks, then he said "Oh, well, I guess your not doing too well after all" - He told me I need a fill - duh. So, I'm scheduled for my fill on Tuesday, March 6th at 12:30. I have to fast before my fill. It will be with the radiology dept at the hospital. It will be interesting what my first fill will do for me. I hope I can get back to losing weight. I don't want to gain - I need to lose. I think that is why I turned to cookies tonight. i was feeling so down - but I must learn to deal with my emotions. I have to change my behavior.
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Going strong so far

I didn't weigh this morning, I'm trying not to look at the scale except for 1 x per week. I also didn't get up to exercise, it was raining hard this morning and I just didn't feel like dealing with it.   Menu today   Breakfast weight control oatmeal coffee with cream   lunch taco soup   snack string cheese 1/2 piece of sausage link   dinner sf jello turkey breast
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12/21/07

Sometimes being a woman is just hard! I'm not sure what in the world is going on but 2 weeks ago on the 7th, I got my visit from TOM, which was 10 days early! Now, two weeks later, I get it a gain. This makes two visits in 1 month! I hate that. Heck, no wonder I can't lose weight. I keep having my monthly which bloats me up. No wonder my cravings are so intense. It all makes sense now.   Its frustrating but what can I do about it. I've got horrible cramps today too. No wonder I felt so wide open this past week. I think I might get on the b/c pill just to regulate me, but I sure don't want to gain weight with b/c pills.
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The Fill from Hell!

Okay, I got my fill, very tight. By wednesday night, I could not swallow my own saliva. I ended up sleeping sitting up Wednesday night, I thru up all night. Thursday came around and it only got worse, I was violently throwing up this time, I could not swallow my own saliva. I was trying to hold off going to the hospital until at least Friday morning, I really wanted to wait until Monday.   Well, by Thursday evening, I was so sick, I felt so bad, my head was hurting with the worse migrane I had ever had. I went to the ER, I was filling out the paperwork, and realized, I couldn't remember what month it was, I couldn't even remember my middle initial. I was seeing green spots and very dizzy. I knew something was wrong. They get me back to the ER room and tried to get some IV's started and my veins kepts blowing, they said they had to admit me because I was so dehydrated.   They finally were able to get an IV started and I spent the evening in the hospital throwing up all night. They finally gave me something that helped calm my stomach and gave me some demoral for my severe headache. This morning my doctor showed up and took some of my fill out. OMG, instant releif! I could feel the saliva go thru. He wanted to take my entire fill out, but I begged him to leave some in. He was going to bring me downto 2.0 cc's, but he went ahead and left me at 3.0 cc's. I was at 4.0.   He said he wants to give it a good 2 weeks before I get another fill to give my stomach time to heal. I've learned a valuable lesson, DON'T GET TOO TIGHT! Being too tight is miserable and can cause lots of damage. Fortunately, my band was not damaged, however, I am really swollen and have to stay on mushies for a day or two. Now, I have to try and get some restriction back.   I had pretty good restriction before I got this fill, but I figured since I didn't have to take small bites of food, maybe I needed a teeny bit more of a fill. Well, .2cc's pushed it way over the edge, I should have left well enough alone. But stupid me, had to see how much tighter I could stand it.   Anyhow, I am glad I went ahead and went to the hospital, they said there was no way I would have made it until Monday, and maybe not even until Friday, I was already having some bad signs of sever dehydration. I couldn't believe just after 1 day it could do so much damage to my body. My potassium was also dangerously low they said. So my IV's wer filled with potassium as well.   I'm so gald I'm home and feel so much better and now I can enjoy the rest of my weekend.   The good knews, I didn't pig out on Thanksgiving, lol.
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