dustbuster_00

Yes it is possible. I have been overweight since I was about 14. I struggled the same way you have. Have not been under 200 since Junior High school. Since being banded I have lost about 70 lbs. I am continuing to lose. I have gone from a XXXL shirt to a large and waist 46 to a 36. It is possible.

I have had the same thing happen to me after surgery. I have an appointment with my Physician this week to have a glucose tolerance test done. Being in the medical field as a Paramedic, I have done a bit of my own research. I believe what we might be experiencing is Reactive Hypoglycemia. Here a a link from Mayo Clinic explaining Reactive Hypoglycemia http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/reactive-hypoglycemia/AN00934 . I think that you should see your doctor to find out exactly is going on in your body. When you eat or drink something with sugar in it, lets say a protein drink with added sugar! This causes your body to release insulin to breakdown the sugar and use it for energy. Your body is use to releasing a lot of insulin from when we were indulging in sweets before the surgery. So, your body continues to release a lot of insulin. Once that little bit of sugar is consumed by the insulin and used as energy, the body continues to dump out insulin looking for sugar that you ate. However, there is no more sugar there. Your blood sugars begin to fall below normal limits, your pancreas creates glucogon and tells your liver to break down the glycogen which releases glucose into your blood stream. This will cause your blood sugars to begin to rise to a normal level. Your body then releases epinephrine (adrenalin) into your blood stream this is what makes you shaky. Most people would eat or drink sugar to make their blood sugar rise. This will only make it worse in someone with Reactive Hypoglycemia the cycle continues. It is recommended for persons with Reactive hypoglycemia, to eat small meals throughout the day including lean proteins and foods that are high in fiber. Make sure that you are limiting simple carbs and sugary substances. This will prevent your body from dumping too much insulin when you eat. If you are experiencing these symptoms make sure you see your doctor. I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on television. This is research I have done on my own that I am sharing with you. I have experienced many of these symptoms myself, and I have contacted my Physician for testing. Good luck, let me know what you find out!

My surgery was done on June 24th 2011 and so far I am down 22 lbs. I am scheduled for my first fill on August 5th. I am ready for a fill already. I have been eating food that are crumbly since a week after my surgery. My weight weight loss has come to a standstill. I have been able to eat more at one time before feeling full, but today I had my first real obstruction. I ate a few bites of some pork that was in bbq sauce. I thought that it was moist enough. I have had pork before since my band and it went down fine. This time I had bad pains for about a minute. I tried sipping on some water to help it go through, and it all came back up. It was a weird feeling. I am still learning how to live with my new tool.

I was Banded Friday the 24th, and I have not been hungry at all. I have been on the liquid diet and can barely drink enough to stay hydrated. I am still having a lot of pain from the surgical gas that they used. The pain from the gas makes me feel like I am full. I called the Surgeons office today, and they said that some people have a lot of problems with the gas, and some do not. I guess I do! I have been trying to walk a lot and get the gas moving out of there, but It wants to stick around and cause me pain. I am suppose to be able to switch to mushier foods Friday after my Post-Op appointment. Has anyone else felt this way after their surgery? What did you do to get in all the fluids you need? I mean I feel full, but i don't know if that feeling is gas pain or fullness.

I started my Pre-Op diet on June 11th my surgery is scheduled for June 24th 2011. The Pre-Op Diet my Surgeon recommends is the low carb diet similar to Atkins for 1-2 weeks. My Surgeon said that this diet will shrink the liver, because the body will burn up all of the fat that is stored in the liver when you don't give it carbs to burn first. My diet consists of something like. eggs and bacon for Breakfast, pork chop for lunch, hamburger patty for dinner. It is not a hard diet to follow. I know some patient's have had to go on a liquid diet Pre-OP. What Pre-Op diet did you have to do?

I will be Banded June 24th. I can't wait to get this over with and get started on my new life! Good luck June Bandsters!

Congrats to you as well. BCBS can be a pain in the rear. Good luck to you after surgery.

Found out today that my insurance finally approved my Lap Band! It was a fight to get them to approve it. We had to send a letter back to them the third time with directions on where they can locate what they wanted in my documentation. It was crazy like no one even looked at it in the first place at the insurance company. I will be banded June 24th 2011. I am really excited.

Thank you sooo much for that information. I guess we are not quite at the appeal state yet. My surgeons office say that they can do a peer to peer. The Insurance company medical director has to contact my surgeon and speak with each other. The medical director can overturn their decision. My surgeons office says that they have never sent that much diet information for one patient. They cannot believe that they are still trying to say there is not enough documentation. The insurance company will not come straight out and tell me what it is that is missing. They tell me that there is not enough documentation of a COMPREHENSIVE 6 month medically supervised diet and increased exercise. Although they have a 6 month daily food journal that includes exercise. Attached is a letter from my primary Physician stating that he advised me to go on Weight Watchers and personally saw me exercising. I don't know how they can deny it. If they are looking for medical records from the doctor seeing him monthly while on Weight Watchers, I don't know of anyone that sees their doctor every month while on Weight Watchers, nor does Weight Watchers recommend seeing your doctor every month.

Denied again! After sending BCBS IL 122 page daily food journal with weekly exercise at least 3 times a week, and weekly weight in, and a letter from my Primary Physician stating that he recommended Weight Watchers for the sixth month time period that I was on it. They are saying that is not enough proof of a comprehensive medically supervised diet and increased exercise. HOW MUCH MORE COULD THEY ASK FOR? They state in their medical policy for coverage that Weight Watchers is an approved commercial weight loss program. They have a copy of my Weight Watchers invoices from that time as well. This is really starting to irritate me. I feel like just giving up. Maybe this is not for me.This is the second time that they have denied me because of lack of documentation, but they will not tell me exactly what they are needing. Can anyone help me?