blpchick
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My surgeon does the plication with all of his patients.
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Just wanted to let everyone know that a couple days ago I met my goal weight and I'm soooooo happy!! I'm down 152 pounds total and 138 pounds since surgery. I had my surgery 13 months ago. I now am down to 140 pounds and a size 8. Yay!! My husband also had the lap band done and I get to support him now. :-)
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Yes it is!! I still can't believe it!! I love the new me and I have absolutely no regrets with my band :-)
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Only problem is I've been in the mindset of losing for sooooo long I almost feel lost now knowing I just need to maintain instead of lose more.
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Thank you everyone I love the new me. The other day my mom told me " you got your happy back". I've been told I'm more outgoing now too. I started out as a size 28 in pants and I kept those pants so I have something to compare to.
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I didn't have any catheter with my surgery. I didn't know anyone did since its such a short procedure. I didn't have one with my gallbladder either.
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I determined mine by my "healthy" BMI weight
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The gummy probiotics I bought at Walgreens. I was also told to do miralax or stool softeners but even taking stool softeners everyday I wasn't going but like once a week and that was even hard to do. Once I switched to the probiotics I haven't had any problems with going and its not hard at all its like its supposed to be. There are also probiotic pills but I was unsure of how big the pills were so I went with gummies.
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Sorry didn't mean to put the pic of the prenatals just the one of the probiotics lol
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Yes I had problems with constipation until I found probiotic gummies and now I go every day with no problems.
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I had the lap band with plication and I absolutely love it. I have no regrets at all. It's been a year and 3 days that I've had my band And I've lost 130 in that amount of time. I'm only 8 pounds from my goal weight.
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I bet I get an unfill next week, grrr and I'm in the green zone.
blpchick replied to donna12's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I have had gallbladder surgery and an egd with no unfill. I didn't have a whole lot in my band at the time though. -
I chose it because its the least invasive of the surgeries.
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Big time constipation 3 weeks post surgery
blpchick replied to TomD's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I take fiber gummies and gummy probiotics now and i go everyday at least once a day. I also used to struggle with constipation. I used to take stool softeners everyday at first and they didn't work for me so I started the fiber and probiotics and man they work. -
First day off mushies
blpchick replied to crafty_lady1971's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I've never been told that lettuce is off limits once able to eat solid foods. -
My dr also told me flinstones are good.
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Gallbladder removed today
blpchick replied to buckeyegirl4's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
To me the band recovery was waaaaaay worse I couldn't hardly move for about 3 days after. My gallbladder removal recovery really wasn't bad at all. -
Any Oklahoma City banders out there?
blpchick replied to barepooh71's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm not in okc but I'm in Tulsa and I see dr Atkins ad he is awesome. -
I take melatonin it's over the counter and works very well for me.
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My dr requires a full liquid diet for 48hrs after a fill every doctor is different but most if not all require a liquid diet of some sort right after a fill
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My dr also recommended flinstones chewable
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My dr also recommended flinstones chewable
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I buy the little shreds of lettuce it works better for me.
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Are you always conscious of your band?
blpchick replied to Bandashoop's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
When I was first healing after surgery I felt it but now I'm a year you and I don't notice it at all until I'm eating.