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COCO s Journal

A blog by Chrissi in General

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Why did I get this lap-band?????

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Hello all, it has been 2 yrs. post lap-band.....

July 25, 2009   I am still at my office job and am now starting to feel comfortable wearing lower cut tops. It has taken me about 2 years to get to this point. I am not talking sleaze, just some cleavage. I am feeling better and am thinking I am actually "proud" I still have boobs after all this weight loss! I think I am finally getting that confidence I was lacking for so long! :thumbup:   I know I am not that obese 243 lb person anymore. I am for sure not fantastic, but am satisfied if I n

More thoughts...

So, the conservative people at my work think I am way too conservative with my dress. I think, this coming from male and females, jeesh, am I a freak or what? I'm wondering what I can wear that doesn't make me look sleazy. I'd prefer people not to just look at my boobs, I have a mind too! Jeesh! Rant, I know.   I do have some low cut tops, not work attire in my opinion.   I'm really upset that I can't go to any support group meetings in my area. I am absolutely devastated. I now go to a do

It's been a while since I posted

Have had a very rough winter. I'm trying to eat better and of course am better mood wise with the spring.   I have not lost any weight in a year. I'm around 173, sometimes 5 pounds less. I have this "wonderful" office job that doesn't allow me exercise like I would like. Life has gotten in the way of my band. It is a priority, but I think it has lots of problems.   I've forced myself to get out more. This is incredibly hard for me. I still feel obese. How do I get over that feeling???? I pr

My band DID SLIP!

wELL, I got my slipped band repositioned a few months ago. I had severe reflux and difficulty more with water than food, before my repair. The recovery for the band slip was very easy.   Now, I would like to lose some more weight, but since I now have no difficulty eating, like I did when my band was slipped, I'm having trouble staying away from food!   I have to make better food choices. I have lost over 75 pounds. So, how can I not be grateful for this band. Even though it is costin

Feeling better about my choice....

Even though I am unfilled I am still maintaining my weight. I have some pretty bad reflux and some vomiting.   I'm trying to not overeat but some days when I don't have the reflux it is so hard. I'd like to gnaw off my leg my hunger is that bad some days.   What I like about this band is the adjustability of it all. I just wish I could get mine adjusted without even worse reflux happening.   I know this band has a lot of problems, but I'd rather have something adjustable then get th

Hello band it was nice when I didn't know you...

I used to think this band would cure my obesity. Um, yeah. I used to think it was "better" than the gastric bypass, um, yeah, right. I used to think the complications were less with the band and I chose the "safer surgery" uh, yeah, right. I vomit quite a bit. I vomit liquid, I projectile vomit. Some days I actually don't vomit. Yup, no fill in band, still vomit. God help me! I call the office, they say "do what I can" to eat and get liquids in. yeah, right.   This sucks. I have com

I'm so out of control....

I'm still unfilled. Wow, I can't believe what a difference my appetite is between having some saline in my band and having NO saline in my band. My eating...God help me....I am really having a hard time. I'm eating too much.       I wish I could just have gotten the band, gotten a couple - a few fills and went on with my life. I mean, that is how I thought it would be. Well, I am very discouraged with my choice of weight loss surgery. Sometimes I think I should have just stayed morbid

Completely unfilled...January 2008...

When I first got this band, I was so positive and so just hopeful. Now, I'm like, great, another diet, I just have the band now. Now, all I do is worry about slips, erosions, etc. Not so much erosions, I worry about slips.   I'm so happy for the people this lap-band works for. I want it to work for everyone. I don't want anyone to have problems with it. It's just with me an adequate fill = reflux, as in carry a double bagged grocery bag with me reflux. Sigh. I'm not eating too much, when I ha

IF I knew it was going to be so hard why did I get this???

How many of you out there really thought it would be this hard??? Huh? I mean really, it just seems like a large percentage of us banders have a hard time getting restriction, when we get it hello reflux! Sucks. Dang it, I think about the malabsorption of the RNy almost every freakin day. I know, I am trying to be positive. I just somehow thought weight loss surgery meant, actual WEIGHT LOSS. I'm completely unfilled, due to reflux. Yeah, that's the story for now. I've lost some weigh

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