SageTracey

Could be that you are a quick healer post surgery. Regardless, please stick with your dietary guidelines and you will get the best outcomes from this surgery.

Could be that you are a quick healer post surgery. Regardless, please stick with your dietary guidelines and you will get the best outcomes from this surgery.

Could be that you are a quick healer post surgery. Regardless, please stick with your dietary guidelines and you will get the best outcomes from this surgery.

Congratulations on taking the first steps towards regaining your health.
The very first thing I'd do would be to find a counselor that specializes in addiction. It's great you stopped drinking a couple days ago, but you are going to need help if you're going remain sober without trading it in for another addiction. Or, perhaps a 12 step group if that would make you more comfortable. It's just really important you don't try to do all this alone.
Once you find a counselor/support group, I'd go see a nutritionist to let them help you establish food guidelines specific to you and your lifestyle.
I have a lot of respect for you. You can do this.

First of all, good luck and best wishes.
Secondly - I am not a doctor or anyway involved in the medical profession so my comments may be completely off track (even if well-intentioned). Have you or are you working on the underlying causes of your anxiety and alternate ways of dealing with stress rather than just treating the symptoms.

You could try changing things up a bit to try and break your plateau. For some people that means slightly increasing the number of calories, introducing a new exercise, do a little more or little less. The idea is to jolt your body out of its management of what you are currently doing.
Good luck.

Normal.
Yeah, probably not what you wanted to hear, but rest assured, this is normal.

Normal.
Yeah, probably not what you wanted to hear, but rest assured, this is normal.

My advice, just do it. Once you are there you will quickly realise that no one else cares about you or how quickly you are swimming. Be courteous and look for a slower lap lane, give way to faster swimmers at the ends of laps, but don't let anyone else steal your dreams!

I seem to remember being able to bend over and pick things up very early on, provided I used the other hand to sort of hold my stomach in place.
But then my situation is different to yours and I had my husband on hand to help out as needed.
Please accept as much help as you can get in the early days. It's much easier to say thanks, I'm feeling good enough to do this myself now, than to have to chase around for help when you are immediately post op.

I seem to remember being able to bend over and pick things up very early on, provided I used the other hand to sort of hold my stomach in place.
But then my situation is different to yours and I had my husband on hand to help out as needed.
Please accept as much help as you can get in the early days. It's much easier to say thanks, I'm feeling good enough to do this myself now, than to have to chase around for help when you are immediately post op.

Great NSV but next time wear proper footwear, please. The risk to your feet when mowing is really large and getting hurt would slow your brilliant progress right down. (Sorry, I work in OHS, couldn't help myself.)

Great NSV but next time wear proper footwear, please. The risk to your feet when mowing is really large and getting hurt would slow your brilliant progress right down. (Sorry, I work in OHS, couldn't help myself.)

Oh my goodness, I just saw this thread! I am so touched! :wub:
Yes, I was really sick. Truth is, I was in the ICU for 8 days dealing with severe blood clots. It was really scary and to be honest I'm really lucky to be alive. If you want to read about what happened, I made a blog entry here: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/blog/6349/entry-26062-a-warning-about-blood-clots-grahic-pic-beware/
I'm very sorry I couldn't pop on. When I originally posted that clot status, I didn't realize the severity of it all. Soon after I was airlifted to another hospital and spent the next 5 days totally immobilized on my back. Needless to say, anything internet wise was the last thing on my mind and totally impossible to even do.
And yes, my real name is Missy. PattyGirl626 on these forums does know how to reach me in real life so in the future if someone is worried, you can always PM her. She'll know for sure where I am and what's going on.
But I am home and doing well recovering. It's going to be a long road but I'm alive so I'm happy
Love you all!!!

Power surges!
49 and thought I was just about finished with menopause but in the past couple of weeks I've started with night flushes - already had to wake hubby so I could change the sheets one night.
It's just a fact of life in being a woman. Fortunately there are medical options out there to help us through it.

Power surges!
49 and thought I was just about finished with menopause but in the past couple of weeks I've started with night flushes - already had to wake hubby so I could change the sheets one night.
It's just a fact of life in being a woman. Fortunately there are medical options out there to help us through it.

At this stage you just have to hang tough. It usually takes several fills to reach your green zone. Remember, this is not a sprint, it's a marathon that is going to take the rest of your life - and your life will be longer, happier and healthier because of your commitment to this journey.

I mix my cardio up with walking, dancing, cycling and swimming so that I don't get bored and always have options, regardless of the season or weather.
Friday is typically my swimming day and I have built up to one and a half kilometres in about 50 minutes. Hoping to up it to a full two kilometres soon.
I find it best to put on my goggles and my underwater MP3 player and just let the music carry me.
Enjoy.

Sounds like you and your band have a really good relationship right now so I would be surprised if your medical team would even give you another fill at this stage. You are losing weight, feeling restriction and listening to your soft stop that tells you when you have eaten enough.
Adding more fill at this time would be counter-productive and lead to you being overfilled and then experiencing stuck episodes and having to get an unfill.
Congratulations and keep on working with your band.

Sounds like you and your band have a really good relationship right now so I would be surprised if your medical team would even give you another fill at this stage. You are losing weight, feeling restriction and listening to your soft stop that tells you when you have eaten enough.
Adding more fill at this time would be counter-productive and lead to you being overfilled and then experiencing stuck episodes and having to get an unfill.
Congratulations and keep on working with your band.

From the description of your symptoms, I would already be at the ER. Take care of yourself.

Sounds like you and your band have a really good relationship right now so I would be surprised if your medical team would even give you another fill at this stage. You are losing weight, feeling restriction and listening to your soft stop that tells you when you have eaten enough.
Adding more fill at this time would be counter-productive and lead to you being overfilled and then experiencing stuck episodes and having to get an unfill.
Congratulations and keep on working with your band.

And it depends on the type of work that you do. If you are a desk jockey and can take breaks as you need, then you might be ok to go back after three days.Personally I would not recommend it as it always takes me a week to recover from a general anesthetic.
Perhaps you could schedule your surgery adjacent to a weekend or public holiday to give yourself the longest break possible.

And it depends on the type of work that you do. If you are a desk jockey and can take breaks as you need, then you might be ok to go back after three days.Personally I would not recommend it as it always takes me a week to recover from a general anesthetic.
Perhaps you could schedule your surgery adjacent to a weekend or public holiday to give yourself the longest break possible.

The only reason you can't do this is if you stop trying. You've got a very busy life with four young kids but they should be even more motivation for you to make the time to put your health first so you can be there for them in the long time.
Commit to yourself, commit to your family. You can do this.