Vicki0618

Hi All....

I have been gone for awhile, had to change insurance and now I get to start over again. I was hoping to get back to see the doctor that previously did my band (which has since been removed) however, I just found out yesterday and I can't see him. So I have to see Dr. Patching in Sacramento. Anybody have any experience with him?? I was really hoping to see the surgeon I already knew, but I guess that's not an option.

Any insite would be appreciated.

Thanks

Vicki

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do some serious research on the lapband. There are soooo many problems and many people end up revising to the Sleeve or RNY anyway. I had the lapband for 2 years until it slipped and I had to have it removed. So now after I have regained all my weight I am trying to get revised to a sleeve. I wish I would have read more before I decided on the lapband....and not just believed all the hype! Good Luck with whatever you decide!

LOL...My husband sorta laughs at me because as I go through this supervised diet to get to surgery about every other week I say "You know, maybe I won't have surgery. I'm doing ok...I can do this" But reality is it's not about the losing, it's about keeping it off. I'm so tired of the constant yo yo...the up and down...I have done it all my adult life, and OBVIOUSLY it's not working. So I know it's time to do something permanent. Now, to be honest, next week...I'll probably think I don't need it again...LOL

Hi There!!! I'm from the Sacramento Area a well. I'll hopefully be getting sleeved after i lose another 8 pounds!!! Also by Dr Fisher. Maybe we'll end up being sleeve sisters! Nice to meetcha!!! I'm Vicki

Yah!!!! That's awesome!!!

OK...so in spite of the fact that my surgeon was less that energetic about my weight loss (Only 9# to go before he will schedule surgery) I must be doing something right. He actually sent the request over to Radiology for me have have the Upper GI to double check any scarring done by my band. I'm taking this as a good sign that I'm actually moving towards my sleeve!!

Special Shout out to the Fabulous MissDiva for talking me off the edge of the cliff yesterday!!! You Rock!!!

Weighed at the Dr. this morning and the scale finally moved!!! Yeah me! I'm down 16# of the 25# I need to lose....Only 9 more pounds!!! Still wish the Dr. had another way of measuring success than just the scale...but at least I'm encouraged!

I don't know how ABSOLUTE he is....but he basically said that since I regained all my weight after having the band removed I was a bad risk for surgery. But If I lost 25# it would prove that I have made changes and have a better chance of being successful this time.

My body is just fighting me every step of the way!!!!

I really wish that the surgeon could come up with a different way of measuring success!! I have to lose 25# before he will schedule surgery. I lost 12 and although I have been eating correctly, and exercising more the scale is not moving...and it hasn't in almost 3 weeks! Well it did go up 4# and back down but that's it!!!

I know...I know...it will happened. I FEEL better, I look better and those things count but I really really wish the surgeon would count those things too and not just a number. I'm starting to feel defeated!

Can you have Soups? ? You could easily spice up some sort of beef or chicken broth...but your sleeve may not like the spicy stuff. I don't know since I'm not sleeved yet! But from what I have read most people aren't on "just" shakes.< /p>

Yes, mine said after the band the risk of leaks is higher. However with the risk being so low to begin with, it's still a very small chance. At least that's what mine said. I'm hoping since I haven't had my band since 12/10 my stomach has had a chance to completely heal and I won't have any problem.

Interesting...I'm currently talking to a surgeon about a sleeve after my band (2008 - removed 2010). And he said bypass is NOT an option and he recommended the Sleeve! Odd how doctors have totally opposite opinions!

SkinnyCow...that's what I'm hoping for!! But when I see things like PreciousCargo's post it makes me concerned. When I got the band in 2008 it was supposed to be the "go-to" WLS....most of the posts I saw were glowing recommendations. And we know how that turned out. So it makes me worry that the sleeve is just another fad.

To be honest I have done alot more research on the Sleeve than I did on the Band (I took things as face value) and I see way less people with complications and problems. Maybe the complications were there with the band but I was too excited about the posibility to see them...

Anyway...thanks for the input!

But, back to the subject...things I don't miss about the band. The uncertainty...one day I could eat "normally" and the next I couldn't. Never seemed to be any rhyme or reason to it..the band had a mind of it's own!

Sounds like me with the sleeve.

Seriously?? I thought the sleeve was supposed to be all the band promised to be. You have the same issues WITH the sleeve????

"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got"

Doing a Happy Dance for you!!!! I've always said if I could get back under 200# it would be cause for a PARTY!! So have your own party...and be proud of yourself!!

WOW!! You look incredible. You almost look like a whole different person!! Just out of curiousity how tall are you???

I think that is UBER cool...not nerdy at all!!! And even if it is...who the heck cares!!! You are a powerful, warrior woman!!!

YAY!!! Doing a happy dance for you! I know I'll be doing a happy dance around my bedroom when I can fit into a 14.

Definitely interesting! And totally explains why after they removed my band I just couldn't seem to eat enough and the weight just piled right back on!

Miss Diva...That is AWESOME!!! My husband is always telling me Faith NOT Fear!! And you just did that, scared or not, you stepped out in FAITH and God will reward you!

Cherry, Thank you so much!!

Hey Cherry, do you know where I'd find the science behind what you said...

"If you have a body that genetically wants to be fat, it's a scientific fact that it will fight you every day of your life to regain that fat."

That totally makes sense and it how I've always felt. I completely take after my father's side of the family...Very strong Norweign stock...lol. Most of them were morbidly obese, fighting diabetes etc. And I've always felt like my body fights me when it comes to losing weight. It really really likes to be fat!!

Rootman...I totally agree with what you said, I know WHY I got here. I just keep thinking..."maybe THIS time it will work" I know, I know, I'm probably beating my head against a brick wall.

Yeah, Caradina..the regain scares the **** out of me!! I've lost various amounts of weight before but always regained it. Just another part of the puzzle....sigh!

AWESOME...coming from the mom of teenage boys!! If it's not food or directly related to THEM they don't notice. So if he noticed, you are definitely doing something right!! Congrats!