gweniper

And, if you REALLY, REALLY want to get HEALTHY (and that should be your goal...) You should simply cut out the soda, period.

Just drink a lot more Water, and fruit and vegetable juices. Eventually, your taste for soda will go away.

veggie juices are good helps get your servings of veggies in, surgeon suggested this to my hubby and I but we were told absolutely no fruit juice like another poster said...eat the fruit get the fiber

Diane,

it sounds like a pituitary prolactanoma (sp) my husband has one. they did not find it until his mid 20's but it started growing at the start of puberty for him. he has to be injected with testosterone every other week ( they have tried different forms but he tends to be allergic to many of them) he also has to take bromocriptine (sp) daily for his prolactin levels which are high. right now he is on maintainence doses. the neurosurgeon 8 years ago did not recommend removal as it would cause him more trouble than the problems he already has, his new on says that things have changed enough over the years that it could be safely removed through the nose, but as she can no longer see it on the scans, she does not think we should mess with it.

good luck and my prayers are with you

by the way he has been banded and has lost 94 lbs can be a slower loss but still he is losing. the only thing that the surgeon wanted to make sure is that there was no cushings disease also.

Oh yummy! I love fish AND shrimp!! And lobster, and crab, and scallops...

I second that yummy

IMHO, it sounds like ketosis to me, I went through it and my husband did too in the weeks proceeding our surgeries (pre-op diet) and post surgery (post op diet) and yes breathe is horrid. we neither one wanted to be near the other as both of us had stinky bad breath brought on by the sudden diet change. mostly liquids in pre-op and liquids post op

good luck know that it does go away but you may want to see your pcp to rule out anything else.

Name: Frangipani

Weight loss from day of surgery: 91 lbs

Total weight loss: 97 lbs

Name: Candle

Weight loss from day of surgery: 87 lbs

Total weight loss: 101 lbs

Name: Salsa

Weight loss from day of surgery: 93.5 lbs

Total weight loss: 93.5 lbs

Name: Pammycakes

Weight loss from day of surgery: 88 lbs

Total weight loss: 90 lbs

Name: Ceradad

Weight loss from day of surgery: 85

Total weight loss: 105

Name: KarenG.

Weight loss from day of surgery: 79

Total weight loss: 79

Name: NanaRenan

Weight loss from day of surgery: 52

Total weight loss: 72

Name: TexasBecky

Weight loss from day of surgery: 96

Total weight loss: 106

Name: SPEBSQSAlady

Weight loss from day of surgery: 57.8

Total weight loss: 57.8

Name: Brandottie01

Weight loss from day of surgery: 23 lbs

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Name: Bergdorfblonde

Weight loss from day of surgery: 32 lbs

Total weight loss: 32 lbs

Name: Gometros

Weight loss from day of surgery: 52.9 lbs

Total weight loss: 74.9

Name: Pizzicato66

Weight loss from day of surgery: 66

Total weight loss: 78

Name: Valstar

Weight loss from day of surgery: 52 lbs

Total weight loss: 57 lbs

Name:Gweniper

weight loss from day of surgery: 50

total weight loss: 84

Name: purplegirl1818

weightloss from day of surgery: 73.5lbs

total weight loss: 90.5lbs

Name: LessNLess

weightloss from day of surgery: 51lbs

total weight loss: 57lbs

Name: JudiM

weightloss from day of surgery: 62lbs

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Name: hf2havefun

Weight loss from day of surgery: 35 lbs

Total weight loss: 50 lbs __________________

I agree I use the Altern when I use sweeteners which is not alot. I use it in recipes instead of sugar and it works fine for me.

yum.....spudnuts but not since way before banding afraid they will get stuck but also don't need the carbs..... but still yum

my question is why label the 21 month as overweight at 26 lbs? my daughter has always been at 50 percentile for her weight at check ups. she was under 20 lbs at one year, but was in the 95th percentile for her height. she had bad tonsils and continually had strep. by 17 months we were told 2 years or 25 lbs that was the magic number. we had to get pediasure to help her gain weight. IT took a while but by the time she was 19 months we barely had her at the 25 and got the ok for surgery. (very necessary as she was on antibiotics continually to get rid of the strep.) that was in 2004 she is now 5. she is in the 85th percentile for her height (45 inches) and 50th for her weight (41 lbs) making a combined of 20th percentile which we have been told is perfect, tall and slender. (but try finding clothes, it is hard pants always fall off)

so how is 26lbs at 21 months overweight?? makes no since to me. yet I can see concern for that child because the cycle the others are in 224lbs by 12 that is alarming. my thought was man she weighs more than I do at this point and that is not good.

Had to wait 6 weeks for the 1st, then 4 weeks, then 4 weeks again. Now if I need another it will be 4 weeks. Our clinic wants to see us every 4 weeks regardless. I think that's an excellent idea.

that is the schedule my husband and I have too. only difference is if we need a fill before that we can call and make an earlier appointment. the doc will see us and help us determine if a fill is needed. I.E. I had been losing weight steadily and only needed one fill, given at 6weeks post op, (I have APS 10CC band) I had 1.5cc in band, then two weeks after my appointment I was suddenly hungry all the time. called went in and he gave me a .5cc fill. he said that as I lose weight that it is coming off the stomach too and so all of a sudden the band loosened up on me. I have had a fill each visit since then and am up to 3.2cc in my band. weight loss has slowed way down though and that is discouraging. :angry_smile:

here are pics of me and then of my hubby

Name: Frangipani

Weight loss from day of surgery: 81 lbs

Total weight loss: 87 lbs

Name: Candle

Weight loss from day of surgery: 81 lbs

Total weight loss: 95 lbs

Name: Salsa

Weight loss from day of surgery: 81 lbs

Total weight loss: 81 lbs

Name: Pammycakes

Weight loss from day of surgery: 84 lbs

Total weight loss: 86 lbs

Name: Ceradad

Weight loss from day of surgery: 80.5

Total weight loss: 100.5

Name: KarenG.

Weight loss from day of surgery: 74

Total weight loss: 74

Name: NanaRenan

Weight loss from day of surgery: 45

Total weight loss: 65

Name: TexasBecky

Weight loss from day of surgery: 88

Total weight loss: 98

Name: SPEBSQSAlady

Weight loss from day of surgery: 55

Total weight loss: 55

Name: Brandottie01

Weight loss from day of surgery: 20 lbs

Total weight loss:

Name: Bergdorfblonde

Weight loss from day of surgery: 28.5 lbs

Total weight loss: 28.5 lbs

Name: Gometros

Weight loss from day of surgery: 52.9 lbs

Total weight loss: 74.9

Name: Pizzicato66

Weight loss from day of surgery: 74.5

Total weight loss: 76.5

Name: Valstar

Weight loss from day of surgery: 49 lbs

Total weight loss: 54 lbs

Name:Gweniper

weight loss from day of surgery: 48

total weight loss: 82

husband and I just signed the petition too

hopefully you get enough to fix this problem

thanks i have been looking for one of these to use

i just wanted to let everyone know that i'm negative.

so my body is totally whacked up. lol...

did I just read in another thread that you are pregnant

congrats

did they say how far along you are as you have thought of it for oven 6 weeks now?

I did what I was told I could; complain about MY experiances and hopefully find someone with similar feeling or complaints, yet I have been personally put down.

But you did it not in a thread of your own but in a thread that if you had read it was obviously one where we were discussing DieselAngel and her problems that were obviously untrue.

good luck to you and I am glad to see that you opened your own thread now maybe you will get the info you want.

several people have stated that if you have a 10 cc band that 3cc is not much. My first fill he put in 3cc and had to take out 1.5cc because it was too tight. I have had 3 more fills of .5 cc each taking me to 3.0cc. I have good restriction but when I saw the doc today because 2 hours after a Protein Drink (unable to eat in morning) I am hungry and craving sugar, he decided that I should get .2cc. Just because you have a 10 cc band does not mean you have to have it filled lots and aggressively to feel restriction. EVERYONE is different. I have to have smaller fills, I will live with that. My husband has to have larger fills he has like 7.5 in a 14cc band.

good luck

down to 215 did not make either

Gweniper 218/211 curr 215

I filled out your survey as for asparagus ans celery just havent tried it yet but love both

my port is on the right side and only one major incision. 4 small incisions.

I live in NY and my surgeon required me to lose 10 pounds. It seems kind of extreme to have to lose so much before the surgery. I think you should check around with other surgeons in your area and see what they have to say. It doesn't seem healthy to lose it that way.

the 2 main surgeons require it, they require 10% of weight to be lost. I was required to lose 25 and my husband 40. there is another surgeon that has started doing the surgery but know little about him he is not connected with the other 2.

I wonder if your age has to do with the mammogram and colonoscopy. I did not have them and know others that went to Anderson that did not have them.

with Cahn we had to have all required procedures done before we saw him. went to initial weigh in appointment, was given to diet that he follows the slim fast Protein shake and veggies. given the amount of weight to lose and to start the diet 3weeks before surgery. on the way out we scheduled surgery tentatively, until insurance approval.

no mention of extra tests.

that shows how each surgeon is different

good luck you will do fine

Want2beme 181/171 "I can do it!"

wombat712 148/138 "OMG haven't seen the 130's since 1990" curr 145

Gweniper 218/211 curr 216

mamato3 233.5/223.5 "10 pounds in 21 days. Am I nutts?"

MANDYJO 180/172 I HOPE IT DOESN'T COME OFF MY BOOBS

Biggestloser2be 202/195 "I can do this - I need the challenge!!!"

reif78 247 now/ 237 i think im crazy but i can do it!!! good luck all

kyteachjules 294/288 movin' movin' movin' movin' movin' on down!

mumof2boys 188/180 "If I do this, I will be 5 pounds away from 100 down" ---keeping my fingers crossed!

skins tend to get stuck on me so I avoid them

I am able to eat seeds and nuts

milk that is your preference it upsets my stomach so I use skim have for 13-14 years way before my band

the reason why is to shrink the liver for surgery

I was banded here in good ol Boise Idaho and yes they require 10% of body weight lost before surgery. My husbands surgery got rescheduled as he had not met the goal. I lost 20 of the 25 he wanted me to lose by day of surgery. (15 the day of pre op visit) he went ahead and did the surgery.

the diet I was on was 8oz ff milk with 2 scoops Protein Powder, 3 slim fasts a day, and all the veggies I wanted, no sauces. my surgeon used to use the cottage cheese and tuna diet but moved to the one I had a while back. three weeks of that is horrid but I did it. my husband did 6 weeks.

good luck and where are you located and who is doing the surgery?