Lisa_butterfly

I went into the doctor yesterday and I had lost restriction about a week after my fill of 3.5 cc . He pulled out ..2 cc he gave me some theory that when I was done under fluroscopy that when the radilogist did not withdrawl the needle fast enought there for possibly leaked at that point.. I am thinking my port leaked anyone have any ideas or thought on losing a 1.5 cc .. is this normal? did i have a leak? current fill is 3.2 cc saline old fill was 3.5 cc fill under fluroscopy saline Thanks Lisa

Saw the doc yesterday and he gave psuedofed and zofron for nausea and said the vomiting will pass once the mucus goes away .. he put me on clear liquids for 3 days ugh ,,, has anyone gone threw this .. I had great restriction tell i got sick.. seems i cannot digest the mucus .. he gave me tell the end of weekendto see if the sweeling goes down before he does a unfill . anyone have this problem? How long did it take the swelling to go away? Thanks

I LOVE MY Band and to be honest at first I did not see quick result in fact the weight loss is very slow at first Today I am 199 and my diabetes is gone and it was a tool I needed to conquer hunger Day of surgery I was 250, today I am 199 Did I make the right chocie hell yes and all the problems with vomiting etc fills etc was no big deal ..not like u have the flu kinda vomiting more like a spit up Being morbid obese was the big deal I would never have lost the weight DIET control alone and with out the tool in place. I would still be obese, If u have a wonderful support group in place u will do fine but it is out nature to complain. Losing weight is not easy this is really a tool not a cure. I choose to live a better life w/o obesity and diabetes and thinking I can do weight watches and lose is only lying to my myself if that was the case I would not have been 263 lbs day of consult. hope for the best and good luck on your decision ALL OTHER DIETS FAILED ME THIS ONE WORKED!!! Lisa

Ok I was filled on tuesday and when I left the office I was able to drink a full glass of water before I left and next morning swelling set in and can only get in 3 oz of fluid a hour and today drank 4 oz protien shake in am and slowly increasing my fluids. Tonight I took in 6 oz broth in 30 mins so why was it so much eaiser to drink down hot fluids vs cold fluids?

I had to get 5 year history of being morbid obese which was merely going back to my old docs had that done in a week and then I went to 3 mos of doc follow ups and then they put my paper work in monday and was approved by thursday. I just had diabetes.. and BMI 40.1 compared to my hubby he had healthnet and took him 3 years to approved and he had like 8 co morbities. HMO not the way to go for WLS Lisa

Anyone intresting in a lap band support group where we can chat about it? I go to the chat room here but it is not the same mostly about newbies and fill questions. U can IM me at butterfly_lisa2001 Yahoo, I think daily checking in is the key to sucess during a platues. Lisa

on a stall now but i am not getting in enought of protien working on it now,,

I have no issues with popcorn I can eat cups of it and I have 3.9 cc fill GREAT ROUGHAGE I am 1 year post surgery Lisa

4-3: JenRN - 263/257/223/150 - 40 total 4-3: jenn28 - 282/265/229/165 - 53 total 4-3: Picardy3 - 298/300/257.5/150 - 42.5 total 4-3: tipper - 300/290/259/165 - 41 total 4-4: Sugar1 - 311/289/231/150 - 80 total 4-4: DeltaDawn - 358/184/179 - 174 total 4-4: Dak – 255/251/205/150 – 50 total 4-4: Angels - 264/255/235/? - 29 total 4-4: Harpseal Al - 327/295/220 - 34 total 4-5: Boo - 208/203/165/132 - 43 total 4-5: siestaqh - 180+/177/117/110 - 63 total--NO MORE BAND :-( 4-6: Disneynut - 290/287/260/125 - 27 total 4-7: Guysis - 234/170/134 - 64 total 4-10: JulieNYC - 358/186/179 - 172 total 4-11: Vickie1177 - 320/297/267/137 - 53 total 4-11: tellymelly - 240/235/143.5/140 - 96.5total 4-11: Fel0816 - 307/284/265/to get under 200 - 42 total 4-11: dsrjrr - 231/230/210/130 - 21 total 4-11: truckinmama - 262/234/160 - 28 total 4-11: waterlily1072 - 354/273/150 - 81 total 4-13: Nursekathy2u - 358/356/335/175 - 23 total 4-13: NJgirl - 248/230/188/140 - 60 total 4-13: Miper70 - 217.5/187/145 - 33 total 4-17: Amourette - 22.5 total 4-17: Jeepergurrl - 242/192/140 - 50 total 4-17: MelAnne - 245/207/150 - 38 total 4-18: KAYBEE-284/198/180 -86 total 4-18: Danaclark2 - 270/260.5/259/150 - 11 total 4 18: lisa_butterfly 295Hw /263pre op/250/205 -90 lbs 4-20: TrustUfirst - 210/205/177/135 - 32 total 4-20: Omamoon - 220/211.5/179/130 - 41 total 4-20: KimInMD - 288/288/228/156 - 60 total 4-21: Yoda - 273/257/198/150 - 75 total 4-21: kristielynn - 310/302/237/150 - 73 total 4-22: alisonb - 286/270/176 - 16 total 4-24: Eficka - 125/117/95/69 - 27 kgs/66 lbs total 4-24: Ceparano- 255/270.5/201/170 - 69.5 total 4-24: Kat - 289/281/203/165 - 86 total 4-24: hlj25950 - 262/257/200/160 - 62 total 4-25: momof2boys - 270/266/237/145 - 33 total 4-26: Bostongurl - 264/244/184/150 - 80 total 4-27: tinaj - 226/221/210/150 - 15 total 4-27: lookingout - 185/178/165/101 - 20 total 4-27: flowergoddesstn - 214/204/190/130 - 24 total 4-27: Dimples0323 - 284/284/241/145 - 43 total 4-28: Susan4794 - 283/228/150 - 55 total 4-28: bluehill - 333/228/150 - 105 total 4-28: Irish Girl - 225/214/150/135 - 75 total 4-29: Momofsixkids - 238/188/140 - 50 total

I had my surgery 1 year ago on 4 /18/ 07 started out at 263 and currently 205.. has been a slow journey was hoping to be 199 before my 1 year anniversary but that is not gonna happen unleds I chop a arm off LOL Question what is everyone eating? I am currently training for a marathon but had set back when I haD shoulder surgery a month ago but I got back to the gym even tho I have limited use still of my arm. I do high intensity training and that has helped me past my stalls.I hope to get back to gym 2 to 3 hours for training but what baffles me is one would think with the amount of exercise i do and a radical change in my diet I would have lost more than 47 pounds in a year, would love to hear from people who lost real fast how much protien u get a day .. and calories carbs thanks Lisa

I am so tired of this up down of weight loss .. I was 250 day of surgery April 07 and now and am 220 this am I was 218 on sept 29,07 and I had to have unfill due to excess vomiting and went up to 226 and now slowly losing the lbs I gained I exercise and I am now able to eat 900 to 1200 calories now:hungry: .. I have metablism that is slow as a slug .. Before my unfill I know I was on starvation mode and getting off it shot my weight way up. I am now able to exercise due to getting my energy back but has anyone had much luck getting their metabloism moving in the right direction .. I am soooooooooo discouraged:mad: .. on how slow my weight loss is going.Current fill 3.4 cc on 4cc band seems like I will never lose weight the rate I am going.. :help: need some encourgement here I just dont any weight weeks on end and if the scale does move it is always in the up direction Lisa

I am so tired of this up down of weight loss .. I was 250 day of surgery April 07 and now and am 220 this am I was 218 on sept 29,07 and I had to have unfill due to excess vomiting and went up to 226 and now slowly losing the lbs I gained I exercise and I am now able to eat 900 to 1200 calories now:hungry: .. I have metablism that is slow as a slug .. Before my unfill I know I was on starvation mode and getting off it shot my weight way up. I am now able to exercise due to getting my energy back but has anyone had much luck getting their metabloism moving in the right direction .. I am soooooooooo discouraged:mad: .. on how slow my weight loss is going.Current fill 3.4 cc on 4cc band seems like I will never lose weight the rate I am going.. :help: need some encourgement here I just dont any weight weeks on end and if the scale does move it is always in the up direction Lisa

I was banded April 18,07 and I been threw a rough timne with it .. fills un fills etc. would love to hear from my fellow bandsters on how their journey is going.Also had my hitial hernia repaired.

Has been a rough 6 weeks with a fill of 3.7 but I still continue to to lose 3 to 4 lbs a week I had a fill of 3.5 and did not lose a pound in 4 mos . I could eat anything, I first had a fill of 3.9 and was to tight so had unfill of .2cc and with the current 3.7 I can keep down liquids and take in protien but with the mushies i seem to vomit up I seem to have alot of mucus vomit been in a cycle vomit alittle swelling and back to full liquids tell the swelling goes down then i am able to eat fish and no doubt something will not agree and back to full liquids tell swelling is gone ... very fine line here. Was hoping some of the fat would come off around the band to help losen it up but that has not yetHappen any suggestions why I have alot of mucus on some days like i need to vomit it up in order to eat food.. anyone have the same problem i had my hitial hernia also worked on at the time of banding. Lisa

:mad:I had all my hopes up that this fat march reality TV show was gonna be more positive kinda like welcome home series positive rather than just showing whinning pathtic morbid obese people who r not active and only form of exercise they got was walking to the refrigerator. I was saying to my self I am obese but heck I work as a emt and I do more than walk to the refrigerator and eat and whine .. I am out there saving lives at 241 lbs and was doing that at 295 lbs in fact. I was so shocked that anyone could think a man that was 500 plus pounds could walk 575 miles let only 13 miles in 2 days? ends up getting stress fracture Was so sad.. and I cried .. I was so mad that accomindations were tents and sleeping on the ground? that is cruel .. I could not get up in am and rush off to work if I was sleeping on the cold hard ground .. but then I am 48 and I feel my age .. Proper rest is just important to weight loss along with a proper diet /exercise but heck what do I know I had to have weight loss surgery hence my lap band.. Anyone else have comments on the show? Lisa

I was banded on 4/18/07 and had 3 fills 3.5 lost a fill then 3.4 and now 3.9.. I am extremly tight but i don't dare go in because i don't want to lose a restriction I can barely eat but then I am ok with that as i am finally losing weight I had not been losing with 3.4 fill i did have horible heart burn and alot of pressure but i am kinda worried alittle i am not drinking much .. I have zero appititie and zero thirst I have to work at drinking fluids but I was gonna give my self a week more see if it gets better and just not swelling from the fill.. Lisa

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I feel my family is so small now LOL 17 kids that is amazing , I have given birth to 9 children but twins were called home on april 5,81 my children range 8 to 25 ....5 girls 4 boys all were loved and wanted and we can afford them .. but they do not help with the figure :faint:LOL hence the need for the lap band Lisa

Hi Everyone.. I feel like I have hit a darn wall.. I seem to go up down btw 241 and 246 like I gain relose over and over and over.. and aunt flow is the determining factor.. I am due for aunt flow soon and i get to 241 and poof Aunt flo shows up back to 246 ugh.... I been filled 3 times current fill is 3.4 cc Some days I feel I could eat a roast and feel no restriction and eat eat and eat and other days I can barely get water down? Over the weekend I went to yosemite and I got altitude sickness and I was vomiting and only could get down water by sunday I was able to get down oatmeal and monday when I was home I could not stop eating and I was eating breads like no tommorrow Not that I eat bread in fact if I eat bread I will vomit but daughter brought home some crazy bread and I ate it before it but some odd reason I was craving bread and I mean I ate like I was starving to death and could eat anything and OH man next morning oh MY I am soooooooooooo sore around my stomach port etc so yesterday I could only eat 1/2 cup of oat meal I was not able to even eat lunch and for dinner I had 3 oz of salmon and baked potato small and some veggies did not finish my potato or veggies .. what is going on? Could I have band slippage? due to vomiting? and now it went back .. in place? My weight loss is only 9 lbs in 15 weeks and I swear some days I could eat a whole cow .. LOL and next day I cannot eat anything.. and if I even dare eat anything wrong or do not chew right I will vomit. I am sooooooo sore in my band area today and am kinda worried as I was really vomiting alot over the weekend but pain did not start tell I had a eating binge and I am so upset with my self I even did that..I cannot beleive I did that but I was starving for not eating in days.. Any suggestions what is going on? I did hit my port with a case of water I am just sore.. today soreness comes and goes. I see my doc in 2 weeks Lisa

Hi I have a question I thought when I had major oral surgery I would drop some weight .. Nope not a pound .. I am on liquids drinking no cal drinks and oatmeal and Beans not much but I can barely eat.. and I am soooooooo sick of protien shakes i cannot stomach another one.. I mean according to my scale I need to eat 2.500 calories to keep my current weight of 240 i am no where even close to consuming that about.. I have been exercising except for the last few days. My perios also started and hoping that is becasue i am retaining Water and I am very constipated from the oral pain medications I am on... I was reading about getting a metabolic test but i have no clue what that all is about can anyone give me any ideas why I cannot lose a pound? or about the metabolic test how it is done etc? I have 3.4 cc fill in 4cc band and I am not eating due to oral surgery I have 10 stiches in my mouth so eating is very painful .. Thanks for reading Lisa

I do go to a monthly meeting and I get mixed feeling most people in my group who had surgery around me have lost like 54 lbs and then i get the well everybody loses differently I don't think 9 to 10 lbs is something to brag about if I wanted this kinda weight loss I would have stuck with weight watchers.I hear so many people on weight watchers and other diets losr more than me .. talk about being embaressed .. I am very down and I try to keep my spirts up but if i hear one more person tell me to be patient or everyone loses differently I may go postal on them LOL:eek: I want answers why .. or of hope be wel all Lisa

I am looking to see if anyone is even remotely close to me (Bakersfield). I am a slow loser 10 lbs in 12 weeks going soooooooooo slow 3 rd fill of 3.4cc feel some restriction but feel I could have another fill .. I exercise 2 to 3 hours a day .. and about 1000 calories a day .. wish i could lose faster but I think because i am 48 it will be alot slower.. looking for a fellow lap bander for a friend be well Lisa

I was banded on 4/18 and I was 250 day of surgery first fill was june 4 at 3.5cc fill and lost my restriction a week later and lost 1.5 cc out of my band was also done under fluroscopy Second fill was to 3.2cc fill on july 21 done in the doc office Current weight is 242 as of today lost 4 lbs since second fill .. so 8 lbs in 2 mos is not impressive but I hope my fill is the trick be well all Lisa

Banded April 18 2007 and 250 day of surgery First fill june 3.5 cc fill weight 246 done under flouroscopy. 1 week later felt no restriction must be becasue I lost my fill key words here LOST June 21 2007 lost 1.5 cc of fill and was filled to 3.2 cc in docs office weight 246 notice I did not lose ANYTHING??? Not sure why I lost that much of my filll but seems I can lose more in fill then I can in weight :heh: NOW IF THAT DOESN'T SCREAM WINNER WORTHY OF SLOWEST LOSER TITLE NOTHING DOES LOL:rolleyes: Today weight is 242 June 24 2007 I am working with a personal trainer now and work out 6 days a week Doc suggest I work out 7 but I need a day of rest .. even the God rested on his 7 th day With this all said can I toss my Band into the ring and nominate myself for the slowest loser of the year so far??????? LOL Can anyone beat my slowest lost?????????? Only thing I can say is I Didn't lose my humor in all this but I really wish I would lose the weight NOT MY sanity SLOWEST USES UNITE !!!!!!!!!! I will be happy to hand my crown AKA band to anyone else who can beat me in not losing the weight .. LOL :clap2: trust me I am ready and willing to give up this title if i am so elected LOL Oh yeah side bar note I married to RNY and he had his surgery aug 29 2006 and he lost 100 lbs in 6 mos .. I know I cannot compare my loss with his but damn 6 lbs in 2 mos even people on weight watchers lose faster than me LOL just not fair LOL:eek: Be well All Lisa

:confused:I went in thursday and was told I have 2 lumps and cannot tell which one is my port and which one is my scar tissue or a fat tumor.. I have no restriction since the band they put on was very very lose..sma;;est band was placed on I am scheduled for a fill on monday with fluroscopy.. not sure what to expect.. do i stand up lay down or what? anyone else have this done I was told u get a better fill this way as they can see how much to give u rather than guess.. anyone have this done? ty for your input Lisa:help: