Debbie3sons

O k I know about the different plastic surgery's but can you inform me what everybody that has some kind of plastic surgery what are drains and what do they do, please enlighten me so I know what to expect if I ever think about having it or if I will have to, thankyou and I am glad you are feeling like your new self, also happy for you that you could do this ,

I hope you either went to the ER or called your Doc and let them know so they can look at it so it doesn't get worse and so they can repair it , don't be a guy and say it's o k , you had major surgery to be healthy so why would you ignore it , please get help for the open wound.

You'r right just heal , how ever you can still focus on your banded life and health as you have the tool and know what to and what not we our suppose to do sometimes we fall off but we can also get back on and ride the band wagon through , so make sure and take care of you also.

I have posted before that I have a Aunt that is a retired R.N. and she has had her stomache stapled twice then had bypass surger and then she went for the lapband and then she had to have I forgot wich one , because when they got in there they found her liver was connected to her stomache , and my cousin went for the Ryn and she has lost so much weight she doesn't look healthy or like herself at all and she sort of looks likes a skeleton with skin ,and my friend that I work with either had it a yr. or 2 before me the lap band that is , so I watched them all with their complications or not and then I went to a seminar and did my research asked a lot of question about the difference in each one and then I decided since the band is reversible I chose I chose to do that and I am 94 lbs down since surgery 14 months ago it has been slow but it is working as I had to buy smaller clothes , I started at 320lbs got down to 276 pre op and starting losing weight a few weeks after surgery post op and still going , this is why I chose the band and like it, what you choose is up to you , but ask , do research and don't be afraid to ask ANY questions .

Done with what or did you make it to your goal if you did that is great , but all is welcome new or old as we bandsters like to read about others or our own experiences, so keep on a comin.

Wow look at you , have u seen your self from when you began this journey you have jumped on this wagon and are running along side it lol keep on running you look healthy, happy and having the time of your life , keep it up ,

You have learned through this journey of what to not and what to do I am sorry that your family is not doing well but remember you are finally taking care of you as we do forget to take time and care for ourselves cause we want to take care of everybody else first , , it is great to hear though that you did not turn to what we know is our real comfort (food) so it is good just keep yourself busy and you won't be thinking of food just make sure to get your drinks and Protein and do what is good for you, and your family.

I would call the doctor anyway to ake sure as I have had a bruise right under where they fill y port and it has lasted 2-3 months and I have one one my leg that sees to be getting bigger , but I had my doc look and y surgeon and pcp said they were both fine not anemic or any deficiency so I will be ok , sorry I don't know why there are lines thru this,

This sounds absoutley negligent of the Surgeon and his / her assistant as they are putting you at risk and as far as I know they have updated the bands in the last few yrs, and I made sure to ask my surgeon what size band he put in as I knew my stomache was lg, to begin with and if he put in the smaller band I would have had trouble , but this does not sound right at all as I have heard lately their are only 2 size bands the 10 cc & 14 cc so why would they give you 11 cc's in a smaller band or even in a larger one and you might want to ask another band surgeon about this as it took me and I am just saying this for me that it took me a yr to get to the green zone wich I am at 11cc's in a 14 cc band , so just for me I would ask what , why , and where I could find someone who knows what their doing and then sue this surgeon , was their mind not on the patient(you) at all , this is just crazy to me , I hope this gets and goes better for you now just focus on recovering from your ordeal and take it slow , and I am wishing you luck.

Now just follow the post op diet and docs instructions and you will do well as you have been talking to us banders , welcome to band land , and good luck , to the many changes you will see and go through.

Well I went back to my doc another barium swallow all is good , told him about the pinch and pain I had the one day and he did a flouro band is still laying flat but I did lose 6 more lbs, so we discussed a fill I said no and he said ya if it ain;t broke then why fix it lol so we didn't.

I posted the pics and now You can blog so let's get ourselves doing what we are doing best lol on this journey of ours.

I don't have night coughs , however I am a smoker so I wouldn't know the difference , I do not cough up a lung sort of speak tho , but I do in the morning after I light and smoke that first one , oh I have 11 cc's in a 14 cc band and have not had a fill in 3 months , but I am losing so I don't think I need one I am not at goal but will get there.

Post those pics of the before or after plastic surgery , I want to know how scary it really is , cause I want to be prepared in a yr, or 2 , we'll see if I even need it then lol.

I love Olive garden , and see it says garden so I can have as much salad my band will allow me , how ever if I get the zuppa tuscano soup I am in trouble because of the potato's , and I love the bread sticks but I can only have 2 quarter size bites then I will give it to someone else as even if I dunk it in the soup I know I will be in big trouble so I do try to stay away from the bread but I make my healthy choices and ask questions to make sure I also look at the calorie info as many places in California have to let us know about the nutrion and calorie count, so I am the one who chooses what I should or not should have and of course I like all kinds of food , but that;s how I got so unhealthy , so I choose to be healthy now , so I am a Adult and know what's good or bad for me lol, .

I try to stay away fro sauces as it will make the food go down and sit there for a while also it is not good for the stuck episodes I just have to wait until it passes , I do know when I am stuck tho and it is not comfortable for me so I wait between 15- 30 min before I can even take a small sip of water , if the water stays down then I know I am o k otherwise I just have to wait till it hits below it does take some tie the first tie I thought I was stuck I just had productive burping , then a fewmonths later I knew what stuck was , cause I had some graphic stuff happening , don't be worried , just do what your doc tells you and you should be o k.

I also do popcorn, but I do the 100 calorie bag I also do the special k chips , only a few at a time I found out unfortunally I can no longer do cucumbers or pickles I don't know what happened but my band says no more , also I loved celery & peanutbutter but I can no longer do celery either , so I have to put peanutbutter on apple slices only a few tho and I have to peel the apple slices , it sounds funny but I like banana slices with peanutbutter also.

I can do some rice sometimes , mostly th I am not able to do rice as it does get me stuck or makes e swell real bad so I try to stay away from rice , it's funny I can eat the zataran's jambalya mix rice , but I can not do any other, so I choose to ask at resturaunts or even at friends , family or even my own house l choose to do more bean or veggies instead.

As I posted to Alex some of us don't have the support at home fro family and Friends so we come on this site and I know just for me I read good and bad as I want to be informed as much as possible and I always check with my doc , and I have got so much encouragement from people here and I do have the support from family & friends , however I did call a Doctors office ,that does a support group at a Hospital near me , but they said I had to be one of his patients , he lost out as having me for a client , cause he wanted the whole payment out front as the one who did my band put it through my ins. so I m glad that he did it and unfortunally he does not have support groups but will answer any questions no matter what , so this helps me.

When the site comes up and all is well are we going to be able to change our profile pics. if we want and will it be able to handle the gallery pics. or blogs also can we report or block people if we want and do we have to register to sign in again?

That is so Awsome I wish I had a before pic , but I hardly ever took pics , I love that we are getting down and myself &others can see you have lost by your pic that is great.

Just try to remember why YOU started this journey and where YOU want to be later My suggestion is just a suggestion is just try to jump back on the band wagon and start with the pre op diet then gradually go back to normal maybe this will help also while u are being upset and worrying remember ur band may get a bit tight , so while your taking care of everbody , remember to take time and care for your self , we do tend to forget to take care of us , but we are no good to any one if we don't , so try repeating that silently to your self and I hope things get better for your life , like I said just a suggestion good luck.

Just me here but I might get a bit graphic and it might be gross but I have had some pretty bad stuck episodes , I try not to get them but sometimes my band says ,you did not chew well enough or you took to big of a bite and I wait 15 in then I try to take a SIP of water , if it is really upset at me then I am over the sink or toilet for about 5-10 min. and everything happens the slime and I mean slime , mucus , teary eyes and runny nose happens so this is MY experience with stuck episodes and sometimes I get signals of when to stop eating but then there are ties I don't get any most of the tie I do though so I stop , like I have said this is just me talking about me , I don't know about you and others experience unless posted .

To me I think it takes about 2 weeks to feel normal again, that's just what I felt like but the swelling does go away , just try to be patient everything has to fall in place sort of speak , I usually just talk about my experience , every BODY is different some take no time at all and others take a few weeks , good luck.

Glad you made it through and are making it through , as y brother just pointed out to me that my arm skin is hanging more now that I am losing weight I had wings before now I can almost fly with them lol I am a bit scared that I might have to have p,s, surgery later but if it is or the better than I will, and someone else told me I need a push up bra so I guess all the weight I am losing there noticing , I guess that's their way of saying I am losing lol that's how I understand it in my head, I am happy for you now take care & rest& recover.