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A blog by girlinnyc in General

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OH OH-did i do something wrong?? wondering--4/16...

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started losing weight again

i used to keep up more...now that living with the band is becoming more "usual"--i have not put in too much.   there's not too much to say other than i think my band is REALLY tight and if i get stressed out or am in a situation that feels tense--then NOTHING goes down--not even ICE CREAM!   i didn't lose ANY WEIGHT AT ALL for 1 month--but all of a sudden, without doing anything special--i started losing again. the combination of the really tight band, not being able to eat under stressful c

no slip

the band is where it's supposed to be. i am pretty annoyed that i had to have another procedure, UNDER ANESTHESIA, b/c of dr's idiot staff.   end of story. no further surgery needed. thank god.

Esophogram not clear enough

Well--the esophogram was not clear enough to show if the band slipped. I have to have an endoscopy--though i'm not sure what it's going to show, exactly, from the inside of the stomach to know if the band is slipped or not.   but that's happening this thursday.   then--my dr. is on vacation until may 1--which is when i'll see him and find out what's what.   if the band is slipped-i'll have to have it repaired. another surgery. just what i'm looking forward to.   not.   :think :think

Did I slip my band??

just put in a call to the dr's office. god knows when they'll call back.   last week i was on a business trip to houston (from ny) and had lunch out with business associates. after only a few bites of food--small, tiny bites, chewed well--i had to excuse myself and go to restroom--to THROW UP. that happened twice.   then--this was the worst--on the way back to the office -- i KNEW that i was going to get sick--but we were in the STREET--what could i do??? i held it in and ALMOST made it to t

2nd Fill

Had it last week. Went much better this time--no chest pain afterwards (probably had a heart attack last time, incidental to the fill, but ignored by me, b/c now i feel fine).   but THEN--i WAS, and AM, REALLY restricted now. this is 2.2 cc's in a 4cc band. i am learning--the slow, hard, sliming, throwing up way--you CANNOT fight with the BAND and WIN!! the BAND wins!!!   if you keep eating after the VERY FIRST SIGNAL that you've had ENOUGH--you're in trouble. the very first signal can be a

First Fill

well, i had my first fill. the fill itself went fine. i think because i had OPEN gall bladder surgery 18 yrs ago (with horrible long incision)...i had no pain when the dr. stuck needle in to fill up the band. so that was the good part. didn't need any lidocaine or anything.   the bad part was, after making my appt for 1 month down the road, and going down 10 floors in the elevator, and getting in a taxi--only THEN did i start to get nasty little squeezing pains in my left chest....   i figur

time fixes all

i have been remiss in writing--oh well. i'm here to say that time fixes EVERYTHING--i feel like i NEVER HAD SURGERY AT ALL. unbelievable. no pains anywhere, scars disappearing, and appetite---well...ravenous.   first fill--manana.   just got back from a week in mexico. could have stayed forever. so nice, warm, relaxing...ahhhh. not to mention--all the good food and drink. NOT good for my lapband, i'm sure--but didn't overeat that much--just didn't undereat either. my scale says 3-4 lbs +, bu

pain

i find i still have some pain in my middle---especially when i get up from sitting down too long....and then at night--when i lay down--it's VERY sore. i have taken 1/2 a painkiller--and it soothes me enough to sleep.   i'm not THAT conscious of anything when i'm sitting and working--but if i've been sitting there a LONG time--then it's very sore when i stand up.   wondering if that's ok.   there's definitely NO restriction in me--or very little. i cannot eat AS MUCH as i used to *(good)*-

week 4

last week (end of last week)--pretty much a disaster. ate too much, ate too fast---no pb's--but a lot of discomfort--and not feeling good at all. ugh. was on a business trip--and it was VERY stressful.   also, i think, some of the dreaded GAS PAIN. either that--or heart attack symptoms. either way--very uncomfortable, very unhappy. probably had to do with erratic diet and not being AT ALL in control of what I had to eat--or when i got to eat it. it is MOST DIFFICULT being in situations like th

week 3

eating "mushy" food--haven't had a problem yet. not sure if i'm sticking exactly to the "letter of the law" as i haven't actually chopped anything up in a cuisinart or blender. have chosen soft foods, chewed them up well--and hoped for the best. so far, so good.   i'm sticking to soup at lunch. don't want to bring a PB (especially my first) on myself at work...still--i know myself, my old, old habits of eating REALLY FAST--have to be tamed and retrained. ugh. very hard to do. paying more atten

eyes definitely are now bigger than stomach

today i had soup--2x. once for lunch--only about 1/2 cup of soup. and that was fine.   but THEN....a few hours later (probably 4.5 hours), i had BIG plate of soup--probably 2 cups. TOO MUCH. ugh. it's about 7 hrs later and i have no desire to eat ANYTHING. i was wayyyy too full from that soup---and i could immediately feel the effects from the band or my stomach or WHATEVER--about 5 min after i downed that entire thing of soup.   ugh.   major mistake.   also, on friday--had esophogeal s

9 days after surgery

i went back to work yesterday. not too bad--because basically i sit at computer all day--can get up when i want to/have to--and i left not TOO long after 5 pm (6--only 1 hr...not too bad). i came home and IMMEDIATELY took painkiller--not that i was DYING or anything-- i just wanted to be more comfortable. i figure--i have painkiller--i may as well use it. :heh:   well, i was comfortable all right--fell during the first 10 min of American Idol (which i'm sure was no great loss)--and woke up fo

6 days after surgery

much less tired--though i think i've totally messed up my normal sleeping pattern---i'm up ALL NIGHT--and that's not going to work for my day job. MUST get back to sleep at a normal hour--TONIGHT.   i have virtually no pain--but i'm itching where the steri-strips are--and that's starting to drive me crazy.   also, i take quite a few medications--which i used to swallow in one big gulp. that now takes 30 min or more--one pill at a time--and the larger pills either are cut up (into 6 separate

Day 3 after surgery

and i'm feeling almost human--though somewhat dizzy. probably from lying down too much and not getting up a lot--so--fixing that today. am showered, dressed, shoes on--ready to walk a WHOLE BLOCK (a long one, an AVENUE block) to the nail salon. there's a treat. make my nails look better==-the a WHOLE BLOCK BACK--and collapse.   am still not really hungry--keeping very hydrated--must remember to sip, sip--not gulp, gulp.   am "burping" slightly--just a little--anyone have any ideas on that? i

Banded Yesterday!

came home today and SLEPT! didn't sleep so well in the hospital--some gas pain--which moved around--and now is gone! so, i was up at 2 am, commiserating with another guy who was banded right after me---then, when my iv pole started beeping away, because it was out of battery juice, i had to return to my room so it could be plugged in--but wasn't sleepy--so, read until 4 am--then fell asleep until 5:30 am--when they started coming around to take temperatures, and so on...so--really, not a lot of

Today's the day!

i check into the hospital at 11:30 am==it's now 9:30. i just took "the last bath"--and now i have to get my husband (a bad photographer) to take my "before" pix.   i got up before the crack of dawn--because i was anxious!   then i fell back asleep and missed my "want to by up by" time of 8 am.   i am HUNGRY (of course) because i can't eat anything now.   and THIRSTY--but i made sure to drink some water just before midnight.   will post back after it's ALL OVER!! EEEEK! :omg:

Time flies---even when you're not having fun

OK==day 11...2 MORE DAYS.   i'm not hungry.   i stopped eating huge portions of cooked broccoli or string beans--i don't even want them anymore.   i can't believe how NOT HUNGRY i am. it's weird.   and i can go a long time on the protein shakes. it's funny how they immediately give your brain whatever it needs to get moving (not to mention your body)....and i can definitely feel when they stop--at which point, so do i. and just in time for MORE SHAKES.   2 in the morning, 2 at night--f

Optifast Zombie

well, DAY 9 of pre-op diet--i'm just ADDICTED to optifast shakes now. plus i started putting 2 teaspoons of benefiber in it. i'm a little concerned that what's going in, is not moving along as it should be, on this liquid festival...   so--2 shakes for b-fast...then nothing until lunch...   lunch was onion soup--more salad things---2 diet ginger ales. boy i'm going to miss my diet ginger ale.   now i'm plenty full--and there's no more to eat until dinner--2 more optifast things.   and th

another day...another $$$$$$--they just started charging NYS TAX!!

at my corporate cafeteria!! bummer!!   soup, some salad, and 2 diet sodas--over $10.00!! sheesh!   well--day 8 of the disgusting 2 wk pre=op diet--and i'm back to being GOOD. 2 shakes in the morning--adding ICE, ICE, ICE--to make it as cold and frosty as possible--and 2 at night. the sugar-free chocolate pops are good. i feel like i've had dessert after 1 of those.   for lunch--vegetable soup--(clear soup with vegetables, no peas, corn, potatoes--3 cheers for me, i RESISTED the fabulous au

Happy new year

I really screwed up on pre-op diet tonight. i was doing ok--until this evening, when party food made its debut at my place.   disaster.   no alcohol tho.   tomorrow--back on strict pre-op diet.   hope i'm not doomed.   what does anyone else think?????   :cry :cry :cry

Day 5...caving in...

ok, i'm only drinking shakes and eating those cooked, unflavored vegetables (boy, salt is the only saving grace on those) and i feel SO energy-less, it's unbelievable. after i drink the shake--i have about 1 hr's worth of energy--during which i'm madly cleaning up my cluttered castle for a new year's eve party tomorrow (yes, i'm a masochist, too).   then i collapse, lie down on the bed for a "minute"--and all of a sudden, it's 3 hrs later.   now--this is FINE while i'm at home--but i go bac

Still starving--is this going to get better?

Day 3 of liquid pre-op diet.   Not REALLY hungry--but a little bit hungry. in fact i think i feel weaker--due to low-protein. yesterday i had a headache--definitely from low protein (not from caffeine deprivation--i am totally off caffeine, have been for a long time now--at least a year). have tried to keep the liquids up to feel full too, but am feeling quite sorry for myself today.   now--is DAY 4 supposed to be better? or AFTER day 4? i am doing what i've been told to do--for now--but i

I thought this would be....well...doable, but GOD it's HARD!!

i'm on day 2 of pre-op diet. TWO WEEKS are required. ugh.   i'm not really HUNGRY--but i wish i could BITE INTO something--and not just raw vegetables (of which i'm allowed 2 cups per day--raw or cooked, no peas, corn, potatoes).   i probably had 3 cups yesterday. i don't think that's the big problem here.   i'm DYING for a bagel with cream cheese. or toast. or an omelet, or...ANYTHING that tastes UNLIKE this revolting chocolate optifast thing.   i put a drop of vanilla in it--can't te

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