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barblox

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    What kind of medication are you on for your low blood pressure? I have the same problem and depending on what your doctor prescribed you can kind of tell what he/she is thinking the cause. I was also anorexic and bulimic for over 10 years. If you are consuming less than 600-800 calories a day' date=' every day, and are obsessed with food and your body you may have a problem. It's a very involved illness that takes over your physical and mental well being. It's so important to be honest with yourself and the people trying to help! It's not more honorable to die from being to thin than it is from dying from being to heavy! Dead is dead! Isn't this journey suppose to be for better health? Or is it just about a Jean size or a number on the scale? Take a good look at the truth! No one, not even the best doctors or surgeons can help a person that isn't willing to receive the help! I hope you find the answers to your problems soon! Please keep us updated![/quote']

    They put me on the lowest dosage of midodrine hcl 2.5mg three times a day

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    No one here is qualified to diagnose what's going on with you' date=' so I'm glad you've got a team of doctors helping you. I just hope one of them is experienced in treating eating disorder and/or WLS patients.

    Now I'm going to tell you a story to prove to you that I know about anorexics' inability to see any problems with their eating behavior.

    I had an inguinal hernia repair in my late 20's. I had lost a lot of weight in the months preceding that surgery. the weight loss started with genuine upheaval over my divorce. One day I saw my soon-to-be-ex-husband, who took a look at me and said, "What's happened to you, Jean? Aren't you eating?"

    I got a lot of gratification from that comment. Way too much. Having the power to make Joe worry about my weight went right to my head. My divorce upheaval continued, with a new twist: I realized that I could, for once in my life, lose weight. In the morning I ate a carefully measured and cut piece of coffeecake (hey, I make no claims that this was a good nutritional plan). For lunch I ate 4 slices of raw green pepper. For dinner I ate 4 potato chips (see above remark). That's what I ate, day after day, and I did a 45-minute exercise class twice a day. I became obsessed with weighing less than 100 lbs.

    So after the hernia repair surgery, I woke up in the recovery room in a great deal of pain. I asked a nurse for pain medication, and overheard her conferring with someone else (a nurse? a doctor?) about the appropriate dose for someone my size. I was 5'3" tall. The nurses' conversation went like this:

    Nurse A: "How much does she weigh?"

    Nurse B: "I don't see it in her chart. What, maybe 110 lbs?"

    Nurse A: "Naw, not that much. More like 107?"

    I lost track of the conversation then because my mind was overcome with panic because they thought I weighed only 107 lbs. I felt as if I weighed 1000 lbs. They didn't understand how horribly fat I was, and how urgently I needed to weigh less than 100 lbs. My physical pain didn't matter in the least at that point, not compared to the pain of being as huge as I was.

    Or...as I thought I was.

    After my surgery, my weight loss stopped. My mom came to take care of me (and feed me), and my family doctor insisted that I come to his office twice a week to be weighed. I felt as if I was being tortured. I felt they were all cruel and insensitive...but if I hadn't had them to police my eating, I might very well be dead by now.[/quote']

    I'm trying to get the help I need for my health issues when I was at my cardiologist Wednesday he stated for me to gain some weight I literally flew off the handle! Do I consider myself being anorexic no but other's do, like family friends and, bariatric doctor! because I do calorie counting because i dont like going over 700, still weigh my food, go by pounds i've lost last Friday I went to him for a fill he said ABSOLUTELY NOT in stern voice and that I am getting too small! I wish I could see what everyone else sees of course they weighed me and he told me my last appointment not to lose anymore but when I saw that 7lb weight loss I was so happy but him and my mom weren't! Because that brought me down to 168 at 5'8 I told him 18 more pounds I need to lose he said no I think everyone thinks there isn't going to be a number I will be satisfied at! He said Barbara please stop losing your small enough! Me: just that 18 more! Him: No! Once my blood pressure is under control my plastic surgeons are able to do my surgery! But somebody please answer me this I beg of you! Different doctors still consider me as obese if I'm so small why am I still being labeled as being obese? And plus I still feel huge

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    If you don't eat healthy' date=' then yes, you can have major health issues due to weight loss. You see this often with Gastric Bypass patients because they don't absorb nutrients efficiently. But if you're healthy the speed you lose is irrelevant.

    I've lost almost 190 pounds in about 13 1/2 months. I eat according to my nutritionist guidelines, I walk for exercise, and I am healthier than I've ever been in my adult life.

    Speed of weight loss is irrelevant, how healthy you live and lose it is what matters.[/quote']

    All my Vitamins and nutrients levels are normal! My family and friends think I'm eating too much Protein I was eating 90-100grams and was only supposed to eat 50-70grams! Was doing the gym postponing on going back until bp stablizes

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    first my banster buddie may i ask a couple of questions before i give u some advise when was ur surgery and how much have u lost on averge how much do u loose a mth and how many fills have u had ? so i more or less know why this doc wont give u any more fills bc my doc great doc i lost 19 pounds one mth and still gave me a fill on my 8th fill but he gave me very lil that time just enough and i asked when do i have to stop coming he said when ever ur in the green zone past 10 cc if u still feel comfortable but i was still eating so i was still going till i had allergys mess with me then has some taken out so it also very much so depends on the doctor too but ive lost 85 pounds but i dont why he would say you needed to stop loosing weight unless u already met ur goal so just update us so we can help :) best of luck

    Only had two fills but immediately taking out because I was having eating issues so I'm only at 4ccs

  12. Posted

    first my banster buddie may i ask a couple of questions before i give u some advise when was ur surgery and how much have u lost on averge how much do u loose a mth and how many fills have u had ? so i more or less know why this doc wont give u any more fills bc my doc great doc i lost 19 pounds one mth and still gave me a fill on my 8th fill but he gave me very lil that time just enough and i asked when do i have to stop coming he said when ever ur in the green zone past 10 cc if u still feel comfortable but i was still eating so i was still going till i had allergys mess with me then has some taken out so it also very much so depends on the doctor too but ive lost 85 pounds but i dont why he would say you needed to stop loosing weight unless u already met ur goal so just update us so we can help :) best of luck

    I was 387 my surgery was 12/6/11 I now weigh 168 actively seeking Tummy Tuck his goal weight for me is 160 and once I have the tummy tuck I will be at his goal weight! Myself I want to be 150 and I'm at 5'8

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    Maybe your doctor is thinking like I have been taught and from personal experience...fills aren't the end all to everything meaning after you have been banded for a couple of years. I know I could lose more weight should I choose to by cutting back on the calories and exercising more. I am at maintenance but in all honesty I could lose another 10 to 20 pounds. Maybe you should point blank ask him why he doesn't want to give you a fill aside from the fact he thinks your weight is fine. You might find a surprising answer coming from him with all his experience with lapband patients. And if his answer isn't good enough then press him for a tiny fill.

    They are to the point of thinking I'm at the beginning stages of anorexia

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    I'm hoping that I get a fill tomorrow, because about a half hr after i'm done eating i'm hungry all over again! But I'm at 4ccs and every time I get some saline they always have to retake it out because I always have issues eating with pain has anyone else had this problem with little fills and I eat very slow and small bites

  25. Posted

    Went to my endocrinologist today about my bp being so low he gave me good news and bad good news my calorie intake has nothing to do with my bp and calorie intake! Bad news he said its possible that my blood vessels in my legs leading up to my heart may not be circulating right so I have to see a cardiologist I have an emergency appointment Wednesday will keep everyone posted and I thank everyone for your response

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