Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

I created a weight loss ticker using tickerfactory.com. I am not sure how to access it when I want to reply or start a new topic. Could someone explain this step by step:blink:

So I was going back and forth with Aetna (well my surgeon’s office was) and finally got approved and my surgeons office gave me the date I wanted (December 20th)…HOORAY!! NOT so fast…Due to some family health issues and me having to be out of state to support my family, I had to ask for them to postpone my surgery…. L But it gets worse!! The earliest date they could give me was February 16th!! I first met with my surgeon on Feb 23rd so this would be almost a year from the time I originally started my process. Now for those who have read some of my posts you’ll know that I have been doing pretty good on my self-imposed pre-op diet and I’ve lost about 48lbs (I’ve bee…

Hello everyone I have Started my Journey to a better life I have my first appt to meet with the surgeon on Dec 15th 2010, I look forward to getting to know some of you along my journey

hi everyone im in process of going thur the steps of getting band. I had my visit with the doctor yesterday waiting on tricare to approve. I'm nervous i hope they approve me. any help thought suggest are greatly appreciated

Hi All, I haven't been here in a bit...I was just banded and am two weeks in. I have lost a total of 14 lbs since starting my journey and10 lbs since being banded. I am very excited and go back to work on Monday and am a bit nervous. I am also nervous about doing the food shopping and being careful not to lift heavy things...not something I am used to thinking about. I am also a bit nervous about beginning mushy food on Monday. Just wanted to jump on and say hi and give a backround a bit. Oh I started at 258 lbs and am down to 244 WOO HOO

Good Afternoon: I'm new to this group and looking forward to receiving support from those who have BTDT. I am doing my pre-op appts. at the moment and hoping to have the surgery sometime in January or early February the latest. I'm nervous and scared and every other emotion in between. I know this surgery is a tool for weight loss and the rest is up to me. I'm scared of failing and not achieving the goals that I have in mind. I felt so ready to do this until I started reading the negatives. I know there will always be a negative side to everything, but of course, I only want to hear the positives at this point. I am excited to learn that a fellow christian frie…

Had my sleeve done October 27th and for the past two weeks I have been stuck - even gained a few pounds back. I am feeling so frustrated! I had lost 41 lbs... I know some of it is being back to work, my cycle being off, and starting to reintroduce foods. Feel like I should go back to the liquid diet just to gain some control again. Just need to vent.

Hi, im new here. My name is Abbas. I live in Chicago. I can't wait to share on the forum! Peace.

Hello... I'm new to this website. : ) I was looking for forums that would tell me if anyone out there has the same problems I do with my Lap-Band. Seems like there are several out there who have gone through what I'm going through or have GREAT advice! My topic title pretty much explains it all... After being completely and utterly embarrassed to call my surgeon or the after-care center I finally did so today. I'm scheduled for X-Rays and most likely will have the Fluid taken out of my band. Then on 12/20 I'm going to have the EGD (Esophago Gastro Duodenoscopy) procedure. I am hoping to be able to get back on the program of losing weight and eating healthy (n…

Greetings! I was banded on 12/2/2010. I am so glad I found this forum! I am looking forward to meeting many new, supportive friends. Right now I am nervous, scared, and anxious. I am so excited to begin this next chapter of my life! My surgeon was Dr. Burry and he was incredible. I have my first fill appointment scheduled for 1/6/2011. My weight before surgery was 284 and I am now down to 272! I decided to have the lap-band to of course lose weight and have a healthier lifestyle. I also did this because I have a 3 yr. old daughter and want to be active with her. I look forward to meeting you all and sharing this journey together!

Hey there, I am so relieved to have found this site.... to be able to chat with other Banders I think will help my mental state during this process so much. I am currently scheduled for surgery Jan. 28th.... wanted to be completely done with the holidays before I had to start the liquid diet. Have some of the same concerns others on here have about possible failure but after reading some forums I feel a lot better.... I know I can do this and if I think negatively I am only going to sabotage myself. I am looking forward to making friends on here and being able to support others as well as myself.....Blair

Well we all have made the decision to loose weight and we have the means to do it so..... What is one of the things your are going to that you could not do before you lost weight or how will you reward yourself, you get the idea

Ok it's been two days and wow it's not as easy as everyone said!"" gas sucks just farted for the first time and boy did that feel good! Can't get my blood pressure down.

Hi Everybody, It's official-I'm getting sleeved Dec. 20th. Earlier I posted about being stuck between band and sleeve, and thanks to your feedback I've decided to get sleeved. My diabetes is a bit out of control levels over 300. I'm on day 3 of the pre-op liquid diet and have been able to get it down to 150. Insulin shots tonight for the first time ever to make sure I'm good to go for surgery. I feel confident that i will resolve that issue as soon as I get sleeved-thanks for everything you all shared on that topic. Looks like I have gall stones and that's coming out too-2 birds with one stone-Wouldn't have been able to do that with the band After some serious t…

I was thinking about getting adjustable lap band surgery but, after watching the procedure online i am not so sure now . . . . . . . . . .

Hello everyone...my name is yvonne and I'm new to the site. I'm half way through the process of my 6 month diet plan that is required by my insurance company. I'm so excited and nervous about my new journey!

I had my lap band surgery 4 years ago. I've had one fill. I have decided that since I spent so much money on this procedure that I need to get back on track. I need support and motivation from anyone/everyone. What works for you might work for me. I have about 50 lbs to lose.

Hi Everyone I was banded back in September 2010, 27lbs have gone so far, everything is going peachy! I have my 3rd post op appt on Monday for a possible 3rd fill, but i think i dont need one, as i have reached the loss per week the doc wanted. I had a terrible PB the other day, so my tummy is still recovering from that, just taking it easy. my band is half full... So i just thought i would pop in and say hi!

Hi all, My name is Jill and I was banded on November 24th by Dr. Harris Dabideen in Flint, Michigan. I was lucky because insurance approval process was not difficult at all. I was seen by the doctor on September 23 and was scheduled for surgery on 11/24. I was very nervous before the surgery and the 10 day pre op diet was difficult, but I made it through. Surgery went very well and I was lucky to have no nausea at all. Weight before pre-op diet was 238, day of surgery 226 and at my 2 week check up today I was 216. Total of 22!!! I feel really great about my progress. Just found out today after talking with the doctor what type of band that was used and it w…

Well, here I am......making the leap to healthiness. I upgraded my insurance to United PPO plan that covers lap band however I am unsure of the exact specifics of coverage since the plan is not yet effective. I sit here and read the posts of people having difficulty getting approved with United heathcare even though they are meeting the criteria. I feel I meet their criteria.....BMI 41.8 with family hx of diabetes, Hypertension and cardiac issues with current borderline risk factors. I have been overweight most of my life not terribly but always curvy. However in the last 7 years I have been right around 38-39 BMI with drops only lasting short times with the failed diets…

Hi! I'm Lyndsay and I was banded on November 19th. I'm in the Austin, TX area and my surgeon was Dr. Ganta. Surgery went well, though I was only supposed to have one belly button incision and woke up with 3 Apparently there was some bleeding to stop and it was an emergency. I'm a little sad because I had hoped to hide my scars and now that won't be possible. I started my year long insurance approval process at 5'3" and 235 pounds. If I had lost any, insurance likely would not have approved me. Once I got my approval I started my preop diet and exercise and lost 16 pounds. The day of surgery I weighed 219. The morning after at home I kind of wondered wth I ha…

Hello out there, my names Angela. I will be banded some time in March, date to come soon. I am a former competitive swimmer, firefighter, nursing student now turned professional mom. I was in 2 auto accidents that have caused me to become disabled and because of that the lbs have really come on. Right now I'm at 345lbs. I have just had my second and last child in Aug. My goal weight is 170lbs, about 10lbs heavier then I was in high school. I hope to have a good time here and learn from everyone who is already banded the do's, don'ts and don't even think abouts. I have been an athlete most all my life so to go from being very active to walking around with a limp and a cane…

Hello all, I just joined this online forum today because I've been having a bit of a problem with my band and was wondering if others out there were experiencing the same thing... I was banded about 4 years ago in June of 2006. At first everything was easy, eat until your full and still some how loose a bunch of weight. I found a good fill spot that allowed me to restrict my food intake but was still able to eat without having anything get stuck. I hadn't had any need to go into my LB doctor for well over a year when all the sudden my band tighten up on its own, so much so I couldn't drink Water even. Needless to say I went into the doctor and he took pretty much…

I have loss 26 lbs. under the care of Dr. Salmartari in southern california. He is a very caring surgern. I have had 2 fills and seem to loose weight first week and a half, and then level off, or gain a pound, after that, to the next fill. I am eating less right after fills and then as time goes on seem to be able to eat more. So any one out there seem to have the same response? All in all I am very happy i have had it done.

So its been 15days now since i got banded. I have lost 15 the first week and 4lbs since then. I been eating protein drink cottage cheese or egg for BF. Protein Shake and salad with chicken for lunch and dinner. I do treadmill 45mins in the morning and 45mins at night. I do get hungry most of the time and able to eat anything if i want to. My question is if any of you guys have the same problem with the scale stuck and you doin everything right. I HATE IT!!!!

Hi all! I am new to this so here's some background... I have struggled with my weight all my life...I am an emotional eater and just LOVE food! I made the decisionto have gastric banding 2 years ago and finally had it done 25 November 2010 by Dr Ryan in Sydney at the Campbelltown Private Hospital...my lovely husband paid for it all! It was difficult not to eat the first few days but then I kind of got used to it...I had pain for couple of days but after that it was very manageable... I am now in the pureed/mashed food stage and I am starting to enjoy eating... The only problems I have are that I have some strange pains once in a while in the area of my left shoulder …

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So I have the date for my surgery!! I have to do the liquid diet first for two weeks, which starts on the ninth of this month! Surgery is scheduled for the 27th at 11:30. I am so so excited, but also very nervous! I've waited for more than 6 months for this to happen! (I had to do a 6 month supervised diet for the insurance company, it was a pain, but they are paining for 80% of it, and that's a pretty good chunk) Well I hope to talk to some of you soon, I'm new to this site, so if anyone wants to talk or whatever, I'm here! -Kelsey

I went through International Patient-Facilitators and the experience was very good. Banded 8 days ago and recovering well.

I had my surgery in June of 2009. I have only lost 55 lbs and I am very depressed behind it so I began eating whatever. Within this timeframe I was not able to get a fill for 5 months due to uncontrollable blood pressure, and this has me wanting to give up. I look at others who have had the surgery after me but have lost more weight and this makes me very upset. I guess I need to go back to the basic and see what happens. I use to be so motivated, now I don't exercise or anything. I also can't seem to keep my hair. Can anyone help me?

My name is Angela, I had surgery on November 15,2010. My start weight was 250, my goal weight is health weight. Ii have a young son that I had late in life, and he always ask who will take care of him. If something happen to me because of me being overweight. Thats when I knew I had to do something, I didn't wnat my child to worry about that. Plus I want to give him the same chance my older children have. I have total of 3 kids age 26,20 and 7. My hubsand is very supportive with my decsion at first he was upset or a little scare but, once he had all the information he was okay with me taking my step. This was a hard pill for me take, since I have always been skinny...t…

Hi everyone, My name is Denise I am 55 and I received my band last Thursday, December 2nd. I have been working towards this since June and was able to get all the requirements done quickly. I had my surgery thru the Obesity Treatment Center at Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, NH. I have the greatest surgeon, Robert Catania MD and wonderful support thru the OTC. I've had a few questions and they have all been quickly answered. Today is day 6 and today is the first time I actually do feel hungry. I hope to learn alot from all of you. Thank you for being here.

I am in the process of going through all of the testing and deciding about the surgery. I have so much weight to lose, I feel as if I am at the bottom of a giant mountain that I have to climb. I thought this was the right move for me but after the nutrician meeting I attended and reading some of these forums I am nervous. Do we really have to give up absolutely everything we enjoy? Is there really so many things that get stuck and do you really get sick so much? Then someone said they put weight on, how could that be when you eat as much as a shot glass. I am really worried about this surgery. Can anybody shed some positive light on this?

I have been wondering for awhile if my marriage would last thru everything. At first my hubby was on board, then off, then on... 2 days before surgery he tells me that he didn't know if he was going to be able to take me to the hospital the day of my surgery. I said that I would take myself. He figured things out and decided to drive me. I spent the next 2 days in the hospital by myself (except for friends) which I was fine with. I did what I needed to do that way( sleep, drink whatever) He picked me up the yesterday. It took a while to process my discharge. He spent the entire time texting someone or talking on his phone. When his family called he put on the darling hu…

I just followed up with my doctor for my one week followup and to remove my staples. During surgery they did a hiatal hernia repair and a liver biospy as he did not like how the liver look. Now I already knew that I had fatty liver disease so that was not a suprise for him to due. But today he told me that he always looks inside the stomach that he removes and he found multiple polyps. He did have a biospy done and they were all benigned. Has any one else found out that they had stomach polyps after the surgery? I did just a little research after coming home and polyps are common but some lead to gastric cancer which is hard to detect as it most people think it is ju…

Hi Everyone, I'm brand new to this site and brand new to the idea of getting banded. I'm pretty sure this is what I need to do as I need to lose about 100 pounds and nothing else has worked. I'm starting to get some serious health issues - I have pretty bad arthritis (everywhere) and my diabetes is starting to get out of control even after my Dr. has upped my meds. I don't want to go on insulin, so I need to lose weight! So what I want to ask you all is how to go about finding and deciding on a surgeon? A Dr. Brad Watkins from West Chester, OH was recommeded to me, but I think it would make more sense to use someone closer to my Pickerington, OH home. Or does that…

I have my first appointment to be assessed for the Lap band at Fort Gordon. Does any one know what should I expect? Tricare has approved the surgery.

Hi everyone. My name is Shante. I am so happy to have found a site like this. I feel that finding this site and being able to communicate with all of you will make my weight Loss with the Lap Band Journey that much easier. A little about me. I am only 23 years old. I have been overweight all my life. I look back at pictures from when I was only 1 years old and I was even kind of chunky then. I have ALWAYS been the biggest person in class etc. As the years have went on, i have tried numerous diets, atkins,weight watchers, etc and joined many gyms..but still the weight keeps coming and coming. In 2006 i was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. and borderline Hypertension. just …

Hi, my name is Jess. I had my surgery a year ago tomorrow!!! I have done way more than I thought possible! However, on thursday I had my fill. I now have 5.5 ccs but am having a major problem! I can not seem to keep down any liquids or anything! I am also somewhat swollen slightly to the right of my band. The dr is closed until monday and I am totally scared of becoming dehydrated. suggestions please????

Howdy all! I was banded 3/08, so this March will be 3 years. I have lost a total of 50 lbs and kept off 35 of that - the gain had more to do with having to stop running - completely unrelated. I have an ultra sensitive band. In 3 years, I have never had more than 2cc in my band. And there has been drama finding that out. No hospitalizations, but one trip to the ER because what was we thought I had some sort of stomach flu and dehydrated, not realizing until I was pumped full of anti-nausea drugs that it was a band problem. Yesterday (after no fills for almost a year now), I went to see my surgeon because I had to have some taken out after two weeks of only bein…

Hello - Just found and joined the forum. I was banded in Cancun Mexico on Sept 24th. I am down a total of 34 pounds, including some weight lost pre op.

Just found site today. Trying to save money for lap band.Not sure if I want lapband or gastricsleeve. What do you think? I live in Waco Tx but could travel for surgery. I am 5 ft and 173 lbs . I have lost 10 lbs 6 times this year. That was with diet pills---Phentermine 37.5 mg twice a day which normally only taken once a day.So sick of being weak and gaining it back each time.

Hi Everyone! So...I'm done with all my pre op stuff. I weighed in 1 pound less than my doc wanted me to be, passed my eval, and turned in my tests. Now, my file was sent to my Doctor for review and then the scheduler will call me. SERIOUSLY? Is my life really about to change? Is evrything Ive been hoping for and working so hard for actually coming together??? Im scared/excited. Just had to get that out!

So I have 15 more mins tell I go in to surgery and forgot to being my hisband stuff to read! At least je has his ipone

GRRRR!!!!! Here I am, all ready to go to the hospital for my op tomorrow when I get a call to say it has been cancelled !!!!!!!!!! I’m having the op on the NHS here in the UK. There is a shortage of beds and my surgeon’s list has been cancelled for tomorrow as the op is non urgent. All I can do now is wait to get another appointment, not sure how long that will be. The hospital are saying a couple of weeks, the appointments centre say it could be the New Year. Hopefully I’ll still become a December sleeve sister to you all. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Best wishes A very fed up Angela ( UK member ) xx

I am new to the site. I was wondering where to find some meal plans or ideas for high Protein . I had surgery in june and have lost 30lbs. the problem is that I have lost that much pretty much since the second month and not much after that.I am at a standstill. any ideas

Hi! I was banded just over a month ago. I lost around 6 pounds the first week, but only 2 since then. My surgeon has a new doctor in his practice so I haven't seen my surgeon since my actual surgery. I really do not like this new Dr. He made me feel horrible about not losing more weight. I have been doing what I am supposed to but my losing really slow. He just made me feel like he didn't believe me and I was completely honest with him. Anyways, guess I am stuck with the practice for now but wish I had made another choice. I am really curious to know what guidelines other people's doctors have them following. For example, my doctor has me on Low Carb...only 30 carbs a …

Hi all, Just another person to add to your list. Firstly let me tell you about myself....... I am a fifty eight year old female, who has pretty much the same story as many of you guys, tried soooooo many diets and have just gotten no where. I have lost hundreds of kilos, but have put on hundreds more. I have now decided to take the plunge and get some real help. My banding date is 10th Febuary, excited , but also nerveous, my main problem was how am I going to handle this mentally.......what does anybody do when you get sugar cravings? and does this go away at all OR ever. My second question is ; has anybody ever heard of total restriction on banding? Any way g…

I just read a topic about someone slimeing with breakfast. Few responded that its because the band is tighter in the morning. Why is that so can anyone answer?

Tomorrow morning 8:30 am and I'm there!