knoebelcamper

It has been so slow for me that I feel I'm losing hope. I have been losing only 2 to 3 pounds per month. I don't think I've lost anything this month. Supposedly I am filled 5cc's. I feel hungry all of the time. I am eating good food, but I guess I'm eating too much. I am struggling and I feel like this surgery was a waste because struggling was all I did before the surgery. Feeling blue! Im the one where the surgeon told me he didn't want me exercising and said that "Exercise doesn't constitute weight loss". I am so confused.

I am losing but I am losing very, very slowly! I was banded Nov. 4th of 2010 and I have lost only 27 lbs. When I go on this site I just get more depressed because I see everyone losing so much more weight in less the time I am. I feel very down and want to give up. My surgeon actually told me not to exercise. He said, "Exercise doesn't constitute weight loss". However, everyone on this site is exercising in one way or another. People have said that my surgeon does not like to do the band surgery, he likes doing the gastric bypass instead and he wants the lapbanders to fail. He won't be honest when he tells me how much he puts in. I think he takes out more than he puts back in. I am depressed and I have no one to go to. I went to my medical doctor and she got upset with me because she said she would never send me to someone who wasn't qualified, and won't believe anything I say about him or what I have heard from many. I feel like I should just give up because my surgeon really isn't doing anything but charging me every time I go. My insurance doesn't pick up all of the cost and I have to pay $109 every time I go. He told me I have 5 cc's, but I can't trust him. I am at my wits end and just feel like crying all of the time. I wish for you to start losing. My surgeon also told me that I am only to eat Breakfast, lunch and dinner and NOTHING in between. I guess that is one good thing. Even though it is so hard to do,, he is right.. I read one bandster lost 90 lbs. in 9 months. That is 10 lbs. per month. I am lucky if I lose 3 lbs. per month.

Sounds like you are very busy! I lost my job and am having trouble finding another one. On April 4, I turned 57 and even though I don't think that is old, the employers do. I have lost 27 pounds since October when I started the liquid diet and then Nov. 4 when I was banded. I feel like I could have lost more if my surgeon would listen to me. He did give me 1 full cc on Monday and I was very thankful for that. I am torn about him telling me not to exercise. I feel like I should be. Everyone else is. He said that exercising doesn't constitute weight loss. I am confused. I am losing but only 2 to 3 pounds per month. Isn't it supposed to be 2 to 3 pounds per week? I am feeling blue over not having a job. I do get unemployment, but it runs out in June. I am worried. I am trying to just enjoy my grandchildren. I spend time with them and consider myself very fortunate that I have this oportunity to do so. They make my life so worthwhile. I am praying that something good will happen job wise. Anyway, you sound so busy. Don't forget to take time to smell the roses! Best wishes!

Last week was my first stuck episode. I am so glad I was home. I threw up as well, but as soon as I was done, I felt much better. I ate chicken too fast and it got stuck. I am not happy that happened, but I know now what it feels like if I am out in public. Which if I am in public, I am going to make sure I eat slowly. It really is awlful. Take carel!

I am amazed and happy for you. I was banded on Nov. 5th and have only lost 24 pounds. I am so upset and sad that I cant seem to lose much of any weight at all. Plus most of that weight was lost before the surgery on the liquid diet. I am doing everything right and I still cant seem to lose. I am so sad. I am happy for you though. 75 pounds is a lot of weight to lose in a short time. Best wishes to you for continued success.

Everyone is saying that to change doctors now would be very difficult. I don't know what to do. I go back on April 4th for another fill. I am going to beg to get a good fill for once. I have a deductible of $4000 and it costs over $100 every time I go. I am depressed over this and really dont know what to do anymore. I see everyone else getting good fills and loosing so much weight and I am not losing any. I have heard that my surgeon hates to do band surgeries because he is a gastric bypass surgeon and he wants the bandsters to fail. I didn't believe that at first, but since he has told me NOT to exercise and doesn't fill me or he takes it back out and doesn't put any back in, I am believing it more and more that he does want the bandsters to fail. What doctor tells you NOT to exercise? I am so upset and I have NO ONE to help me out. My medical doctor got angry at me when I told her I think the surgeon is not being truthful with me and he won't tell me how much he fills me. He always says when I ask him how much are you filling me with and he says, How much do you want? And then I ask him again and he won't tell me. What kind of doctor does this? I have every right to know how much he is putting in. I am at my wits end and I feel like giving up because it is such a struggle because he acutally is making me fail. The purpose of this surgery is to get fills so one won't be hungry and he won't fill me. I am sick, I am sad, and I am so very depressed over this and have NO idea what to do anymore. I have NO ONE to go to. I have tried and tried to solve this problem and with the doctors fighting me, I have no recourse but to give up.

Everyone is saying that to change doctors now would be very difficult. I don't know what to do. I go back on April 4th for another fill. I am going to beg to get a good fill for once. I have a deductible of $4000 and it costs over $100 every time I go. I am depressed over this and really dont know what to do anymore. I see everyone else getting good fills and loosing so much weight and I am not losing any. I have heard that my surgeon hates to do band surgeries because he is a gastric bypass surgeon and he wants the bandsters to fail. I didn't believe that at first, but since he has told me NOT to exercise and doesn't fill me or he takes it back out and doesn't put any back in, I am believing it more and more that he does want the bandsters to fail. What doctor tells you NOT to exercise? I am so upset and I have NO ONE to help me out. My medical doctor got angry at me when I told her I think the surgeon is not being truthful with me and he won't tell me how much he fills me. He always says when I ask him how much are you filling me with and he says, How much do you want? And then I ask him again and he won't tell me. What kind of doctor does this? I have every right to know how much he is putting in. I am at my wits end and I feel like giving up because it is such a struggle because he acutally is making me fail. The purpose of this surgery is to get fills so one won't be hungry and he won't fill me. I am sick, I am sad, and I am so very depressed over this and have NO idea what to do anymore. I have NO ONE to go to. I have tried and tried to solve this problem and with the doctors fighting me, I have no recourse but to give up.

I cant seem to loose any weight either. Ive lost 24 pounds and most of that was before surgery on the liquid diet. I was told by my surgeon not to exercise. His exact words, "Exercise doesn't constitute weight loss". Well, that's a bunch of crap!!!! I go back for a fill on April 4th, my birthday and I am hoping he gives me a good fill for my birthday gift, one in which I will be full with just a couple of bites. I am praying that I start loosing weight soon since I hear so many people losing a lot of weight even before their first fill.

WoW!!! What a story! I am sure it all hit you at once. It sounds though that you have a lot to look forward to. Take it slowly and enjoy every minute. It sounds like you deserve some happiness and lots of good stuff to look forward to. I too lost my job and can't find another one. I am so afraid we will lose our house when my unemployment runs out. I have applied for jobs, but to no avail. I really am going to keep praying. Reading your story, helps me to have hope. I was banded Nov. 5th of 2010, only about 4 months in. Anyway, take care and I really enjoyed reading your story!

Congratulations on your success! Sounds like you are starting out really well! Best wishes to you.