7 Weeks later....and 2nd Fill

I forgot to post something last week at my 6 weeks mark. I've pretty much decided to at least sign on every two weeks to do a status.

Well, things have been going okay. My weight has fluxuated up/down about 1 1/2 lbs for the past week or so. I've not let it bother me too much, but I was happy to have met my goal (barely) for this past week. I have lost 30 lbs, since starting the pre-op diet and being banded on 09/08/10. I am wearing clothes that I haven't been able to fit into in a long time. Pretty cool to wear a pair of jeans that I haven't worn in like two years. Yay!

I am disappointed to find out that the way the charges put through to my insurance company, it looks like I'll have to pay over a $1000 to the surgery center for supplies, which I understand mostly means the actual band itself. I was not expecting that, but it's partly my fault. I should have paid more attention to the info in the insurance, but to my credit, nobody said anything about paying for the actual band. All I knew was that the procedure was approved. Also, don't like how much my co-pay is for going for the office visit & fill (which is being coded/submitted as a "surgery", because the skin is being punctured). What the heck!!? So, I've not been totally happy with the center/company that I went through for the procedure, but I am so happy I had it done.

I had my second fill this past week and it went better than the first. I'm lucky, because I've not had any problems with food or pain. There has been a couple of times where I've had little pains in my sides, but I can't definitively say that it's due to the port/band (I don't think it is).

More people are noticing that I'm losing weight, so that's been cool. ...and since I've chosen to only tell a few people about getting the band, everyone just thinks it's because I've been going to the gym every day. I also tell people that I've had to change how I eat, which is not a lie.

I was going to post some new pics, but I have to wait until I buy a new USB cord to upload from my camera (one of our puppies chewed the cord).

So, that's all for now. I hope to sign on next week or so. Bye!