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The day after...

A blog by Cassy in General

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...my adventure in lapband land.:biggrin:

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I've been lazy...

I just realized I've gotten really lazy since it started getting hot. I've been blaming it on the heat and I'm really just being lame about it.   I hear others talking about being 5 pounds from goal and it makes me cringe. I'm at 9 months and barely at 65 pounds.   I better get on it!
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8 months out...

I think this last fill brought me to the sweet spot. I am now at 8.3 in a 10 cc band and I have been losing steadily for a month without any exersize. (Bad...I know). I have been working at last 14 hour days and I really haven't had a few minutes to even think about it...plus it's already almost 100 degrees every day here which isn't particularly motivating for a nice sweaty walk at lunch time.   I have been watching my carb intake and am making sure I'm getting my protein although I was de
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8 months out...

I think this last fill brought me to the sweet spot. I am now at 8.3 in a 10 cc band and I have been losing steadily for a month without any exersize. (Bad...I know). I have been working at last 14 hour days and I really haven't had a few minutes to even think about it...plus it's already almost 100 degrees every day here which isn't particularly motivating for a nice sweaty walk at lunch time.   I have been watching my carb intake and am making sure I'm getting my protein although I was de
  • Cassy

6 months after and counting

I am now past the 6 month mark and I'm down close to 60 pounds. (55 to be exact)   I am starting to get comments from people about looking like I've lost weight and I'm down to a size 16 on bottom and a 14 on top.   I tend to struggle the most with stopping when I'm starting to feel full and also not drinking calories...must remember to stay away from high calorie alcoholic beverages and to keep my Starbucks drinks to a minimal amount of calories.   I tried eating more protein as my doct
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3 months post-op and I learned...

I wish my doctors were able to tell me a little more about how hard it might be for you after the band in terms of knowing when you are filled correctly. They don't tell you that you really need to stay on top of them to get your fills to be effective.   I am still eating way more than I should and I can definitely eat more than a 1/4 cup of food at one time. Heck, I can still drink a Starbucks tall size (12 oz) latte without blinking. Yes, I've lost 40 pounds but a lot of that was lost befor
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Chapter 2 - New Aftercare Doctor

ok, so I had my surgery with Dr. Kirshenbaum in Denver because my insurance would not pay for the surgery and I had to pay cash. I wanted someone with experience but not someone who was out to rob me blind. So... Dr. K was both and about $15K cheaper than anyone else I could find with his experience.   One thing I found at my first fill was that he wasn't so good at after care. He didn't know how to tell me to know that I was filled correctly...so frustrated and water logged, I left with on
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6 weeks postop...

ok, so I went for my fill on the 31st and my doc kept telling me that I would feel pressure and would know that it was a good fill level. Well...I couldn't feel any pressure at all and after filling and unfilling about 5 times and drinking no less than 2 quarts of water I felt water logged and finally gave in and said I felt pressure. I think my real stomach was water logged because now I can eat like a horse...and I have been.   Anyway, last week I went to a weight loss doctor thinking I wo
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The month after...

ok, so I haven't lost a pound since day 3 after surgery but I did lose ten pounds in those first few days and they have stayed off so I guess I should be happy about that.   I think I must have lost water weight and it has not been replaced with loss of muscle or fat. I've lost a total of 8 inches since I came home from surgery which was already after the ten pounds was off so I think the water must have settled out with the muscle and fat.   I have been walking at least twice a week star
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Week 2

I think I"m going to start posting on a weekly basis just so I don't get repetitive. My weight loss has slowed now as I've figured out that I can eat real food and I've been eating anything I want (in small portions of course) out of need to eat something good. I did low carb for two weeks prior to the band and then the week after surgery I didn't eat or drink much so I guess I overdid it a bit.   I've tried everything I've felt like eating and now I need to go back to behaving myself.   Fr
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All in a few days work...

Thursday, 09.25.08   Thursday morning I got up and got ready to go into Dr. K's office for a checkup. Once there I ran into Tangeray who was having surgery the following Monday. She was surprised that I had jeans on but I guess I didn't think anything of it. It wasn't pushing up against anything so I was fine. Dr. checked in to see how I was and also gave me my lap band registration packet and all of his contact information as well as recommendations for the next fill and I was done. Natalie a
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The day after...

ok, so it's a few days after but today is the first day I've really had the energy to sit down and catch up.   My last post was on the 21st so I'll fill in what has happened since then...   Sunday, 09.21.08   The 21st was Sunday and I was eagerly awaiting surgery. I was also emailing some of the ladies that were having surgery during the week of the 23rd so that we could all meet up on Tuesday.   Monday, 09.22.08   I was a zombie at work today just waiting out the time to go to Denver
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Stircrazy!

I am getting all of my stuff together for my trip tomorrow night to Denver to see Dr. Kirshenbaum for my surgery on Wednesday te 24th of 2008.   I've lost almost 20 pounds in the last two months heading into surgery and I think that has all been stress except the last 8 pounds which probably had something to do with the low carb diet that Dr. K has us go on 10 days prior to surgery. It was harder than I thought to come up with $10,000 in cash for the surgery but I did it.   Funny...I've nev
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