Medge

Banded today and I'm in so much freakin' pain. I've got teh liquid Lortab, the heating pad, and the awesoem family support but it just hurts so much worse than I expected. Dear Lord please help me and please pray for me guys (to whichever God you pray) I'm having a horrible time here.

Hehe, your comment about the sausage patty in the magic bullet made me giggle. I'm sure I'll be one of those people too...magic bullet anything and everything. I wonder how pizza will be? :-P I'll let you guys know in a few weeks. I'm bouncing off the walls here waiting for Friday...eeks. Dr. office gave me a heart attack yesterday when they AGAIN called and left a message at my house so I didn't get it till after 5:00 and they were closed. So I was worried all night something had messed up or they were rescheduling but no, when I called this morning they just wanted to let me know my chest xray was just fine....geez....they're going to give me an ulcer. So close...it's like waiting for Christmas when you're a kid.

AprilMarie, Cravings are one of my biggests issues too. I can think about a Meximelt from TacoBell and then suddenly I'm obsessing over getting one and can't think about anything else until I get it. When my life got taken over by my cravings, I talked with my doctor and she put me on an anti-depressant. I never considered myself depressed and I was surprised by her actions and a little offended but I went with it. It was amazing what a difference it made. I still have cravings at times, but I'm able to "talk myself down" from the ledge as I call it. I'm not sure I would be able to do that without the Welbutrin. Welbutrin is also given to smokers who are trying to quit. As a food addict, I think it is extremely helpful in controlling my addiction. I'm not under perfect control, but I'm not out of control either.

So I'm getting banded on Friday and I've just been thinking about random things constantly. One thing that's been on my mind is fills. I understand that saline is put into the "intertube" to constrict the stomach and create the pouch. What I don't understand is why you would need to continue getting fills. Does the saline evaporate (can't figure out where that would go) or leak out or does the stomach stretch and so more constriction is needed thus more saline. If the case is that there is a need for more saline, won't you eventually reach a point that your bands intertube just can't hold anymore? Just random thoughts while I wait for Friday to get here. :-)

Well, I'm very impatient and didn't want to worry about it all weekend so I went to the "Neighborhood Dr." who doesn't require appointments, just kind of a walk-in thing, and they tested and said I did have UI and so now I'm on antibiotics. Should be all cleared up by next Friday. :-)

Did all my pre-op testing and paperwork at hospital today and then Dr. office called this afternoon saying there was blood in my urine and wanted to know if I was close to my cycle (I'm not). I just got the message and now the Dr. office is closed for the weekend. I'm scheduled to have my surgery next Friday. Since this is probably just a UI, do you think they'll postpone me? :-(

So about these PB things...first thing I thought of was how horrible it would be to throw up at a table of friends/family after eating dinner. I have a very sensitive gag reflex and so now I'm worried I'll be making a mess if I do PB because it will immediately turn into an all out puke. How soon after you eat does it happen normally? Do you do it like immediately after eating too much or will I have a little time to maybe make it to a bathroom or something? Stupid question and stupid concern ...especially since there are so many other things I should be worried about.

I've never been cath'ed so I'm pretty nervous about that. If they do it, I really hope they do it while I'm knocked out. :-(

Was directed to this site by Hazel and am so glad I checked it out. Now that I'm caught up after 2 days of reading the 85 pages, I'll post about me. :welldoneclap: I'm "penciled" in for my surgery on March 30th. I have an appointment with surgeon Thursday for what...I'm not sure. I was just approved last week. I'm not sure what to expect from this first appointment and really hoping everything that he wants done can be done before the 30th so my surgery can happen then. I appreciate all the things you guys have been sharing and identify in some way with each of you. I was just telling my husband today that for some reason I have this underlying anger going on right now and I don't know why. After reading through the posts this morning I think you guys have helped me figure it out. I am a confessed food addict and so even though I am so glad I'm getting this opportunity and I've wanted it for awhile now, I'm still angry with the way it's going to affect my relationship with food. Like an addict about to be sent to rehab, I'm just mad in general. It's not at anyone specific or anything...just mad in general. Anyways, the husband has been warned and he's so sweet and supportive, he just gave me a hug when I was telling him all this earlier. He didn't try and say anything or try and "fix" it because it's not something that can be fixed. The way I see it, it's just part of the phase transition that is occuring in my life and "this too shall pass." Look forward to continuing to read and follow everyones progress. Medge