Tawnya777

I think that's wonderful that your doctor cares so much and is friendly. My doctor is a good doctor at what he does, but I don't like how he is always in a hurry and trying to rush out the door. If you don't mind me asking, how much weight have you lost so far?

I feel so much better after my fill. I'm down 2 pounds and I'm at 255. I feel full for the most part of the day, but the. In the evening I was hungry, but I just stuck with the shakes. I think my next fill will keep me pretty full all the time and my portions will be less. I need to grocery shop today so I think I will do shakes and then start back eating tomorrow. I think I will be able to eat less and feel full. I'm ready for the weight to start melting off again.

Thanks for the info. I think I will for sure pick some of that up today since I still have diarrhea. I'm glad sharing my fill experience helped you feel more relaxed. I hope your feel went great.

I'm getting my 64 oz of water in now, and I feel better. Wow you had to have surgery to remove them??? I had to just let it pass last time.

Yes I get dehydrated easily and I know it's all my fault. I get so busy doing things that I forget to drink water and even eat. I really need to work more on that. I have been carrying a water bottle around everywhere. I felt so sick when I went to the doctors that I didn't even really think about asking about kidney stones or infection. I think I might have passed a stone and drinking more water has made me feel better.

Aww thanks. I feel like I don't have enough time for anything anymore. I get 4-5 hours of sleep every night. I'm exhausted!!! Lately we have been out shopping for a second car which has taken all day and taken me away from other things I have to do. I'm not sure if buying a car here is better or waiting until we get to California. I don't want to have to drive two vehicles when we move, but I don't want to pay more for a car in California. Moving is stressful

It is nice to have family close, but also nice they are not too close. It just sucks to pay the gas to go see them. I really can't wait to spend more time with my nieces. We are stoping in Las Vegas for two days before we get to Fort Irwin, it was my youngest daughters birthday request. She wants to see the lights and go on the roller coasters. I have been to Las Vegas several times so it will be different this time going with my kids, husband, and my sister, nieces, and mom are suppose to meet us there. I can't wait to take my son to Disneyland like I took my girls, first I need to lose more weight. I miss the beach a lot. I'm so excited to go home. After 4 years I hope we can go back to Washington or maybe to Hawaii. I would really like to go to Germany or Italy, but my husband doesn't want to go out of the country.

Yeah that might be a good idea to ask your surgeon when you go to your first meeting.

I spoke with my dietician and I got ideas on what to eat: like for breakfast yogurt with fruit or high fiber no added sugar cereal, for lunch omelette with feta or low fat cheese or tuna mixed with veggies, for dinner 3oz or less any lean cut meat with veggies. I still need to finish making my two week meal list, but I will try to post every day on what I eat. I found out that I have a 10cc band. The whole thing went so smooth and easy. I wasn't nervous and it didn't even hurt. I was told to lay back tuck my shirt under my bra and then he felt around for the port and had me do a little sit i then laid back and he marked a spot with a marker after I was given a shot of lidocaine to numb the area, I felt that of course but it was not painful. Then he filled the needle up with fluid and stuck it into the spot he marked. He had trouble finding my port and kept moving the needle around while it was still stuck inside me, but I didn't feel a thing. After he hit the port he had me sit up and drink water as he filled the port with fluid. He told me to tell him when I can feel it stuck, which I didn't real feel stuck but felt some water come back up, only a little bit and I had to keep burping, the cup water was almost gone when I told him I felt a little water come back up. Then he released a little fluid and told me to tell him when I didn't feel stuck anymore. It only took a little bit of fluid and it was weird I could feel the water drop down into my stomach. The whole process was amazing. I feel really full off of just water. I'm so excited to have my feel and look forward to losing more weight. I had 3cc put in my band and he even said I can get another fill on July 11 before I move. I feel so good and not hungry. He told me nothing, but liquids the next 2 days since I still have swelling from the surgery and that's why it was harder to get to my port. I almost didn't get my fill today, because I had a headache and had to keep running to the bathroom, because I had diarrhea. He was telling me to come back next week, because he didn't want me to get more dehydrated. I promised him I will keep sipping water if he gives me my full today and he did...Yay!!! I'm so ready to start fresh and new with this fill.

I'm about to go talk to the dietician and get my first fill. I'm so excited!!!

I keep going up and down on my weight. I became dehydrated and ill. I'm not sure if I have a kidney infection or if I was just passing stones. It kinda felt like I was passing stones yesterday and the day before. I had kidney stones one other time and was in the hospital for a few days, I also have had a bad kidney infection that has landed me in the hospital. So I don't know what it is. I know that I should be drinking more water, but I get so busy and forget. I'm really paying for that now. I need to see the doctor, but right my husband is doing a military class and needs the car all day and we only have one car. We want to buy another car when we move, but that doesn't help now. I'm just trying to drink lots of water and I will ask my surgeon when I see him if he can check for a kidney infection. I felt so ill that I spent the last 2 days in the bath for a couple hours a day and my side was hurting. I also felt like I was running a fever, but don't know for sure, I gotta buy a new thermometer. I have gained weight from the excess water intake. I'm back to 257 Today I'm feeling a little better, but I don't feel like doing anything and when I move around to much it hurts. I have so much to do. I just want to feel better. I'm working on putting my meal plans together for 2 weeks so that I can show the dietician and she can help me fill in the blank spots where I don't know what I'm going to eat. I want to start fresh with this fill and hopefully have good results. I haven't got any working out in lately, but I plan to as soon as I feel better.

I'm trying to be more proactive in checking in. Last night I kept falling asleep after every post I would reply to and then I would wake up and reply to another one...lol...