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I Have My First Fill Tomorrow!

I am 6 weeks out of lap band surgery and have lost 27lbs and gone from 6 insulin shots a day to 2! I have noticed that I can eat more than I could 2 weeks ago, and the weight loss slowed after going back to regular food. That makes sense, but I am glad to be having my first fill tomorrow. I think the timing is perfect. I catch myself wanting to slip into old habits (unhealthy snacks, larger portions) I even missed 4 days of my Food Diary which I have been faithful with. I know I must be diligent

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• lgwallace
• January 7, 201214 yr

Read more about I want to live.

I want to live.

I am a 50 year old wife, mother of 3 beautiful adult daughters, and Grammy to 2 small children (a boy and a girl) all of whom I love dearly. All of whom will miss me if this surgery doesn't work, because I am dying. I am an insuln dependent diabetic with uncontrolled numbers for over 5 years now. I have severe COPD from 35 years of smoking (I have quit in the last year) I have high blood pressure, cholesterol, and Gastroparesis (paralasis of the stomach) from my diabetes. In Sept. 2010 I had a s

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• lgwallace
• October 4, 201114 yr