Sue Magoo

Elkhunter: I lost 38 pounds before banding, but there's a picture 3 days post surgery and after about a hundred pounds on page 76 of the before and afters thread. I see that you just got banded recently. Congratulations and best wishes. It gets alot easier after you get some restriction and can eat solids again. Sue

Dave01: Thanks. I'm going to save up and order by the end of April. I'll make sure I get a helmet too. Let me know how the calorie burning goes. Sue

Thanks for your help. Sue

Dave: I checked it out some more and I am very interested. However, I'm kind of clutzy. Is it difficult to learn how to ride? It looks like great fun. I'm thinking that I could buy it and ride it along the Cape Cod Canal this spring and summer. Please let me know if your average clutzy person would be able to learn to ride it? Thanks. Sue

It seems that the majority of us who have to lose 100+ will have alot of loose skin when we're done. I certainly can tell that I will. Take a look at some of the pictures on the before and after threads. If you can find a picture of jachut in her bathing suit, she looks great and I don't think she had any plastic surgery. Good luck. Sue

Dave: Looks cool! Can you tell me approximate cost to get one? Do you think someone riding one looks like they're DUI? Sue

Songinmysoul: I eat too fast too. I bought some one minute sand/hourglass type timers at unclesgames.com. They're only a few bucks. I got five of them because I need to have one wherever I eat. What I do is take a bite, flip the timer over, and wait until the sand's all at the bottom before I take another bite, then flip again..... Good luck. Sue

Kat: I had "sausage" fingers too. Funny how when the sausages empty out you get lines on your fingers and hands! Lines, not wrinkles .Oh well, still an improvement overall. Keep up the good work. Sue

Josephine: Have you thought to ask the Plastic surgeon where he placed the tubing? Someone once told me that any time you have surgery you should get a copy of the surgeon's written report of the surgery and keep it in your personal files. I just had an xray the other day and I saw where my tubing is. Try to get in to see your lap band doctor. I hope you feel better soon. Sue

Hi: My surgeon hardly even discusses foods. I'm sure that he does if someone's not losing, but he had us go to nutritional counseling before the band, and he also gave us a list of what we could or couldn't eat pre-band, and post-band (for the first six weeks or so). Now, he says everything in moderation, while trying to make good food choices. I recall after I was a few months in my surgeon had to ask that I was eating enough. So, if you're eating a good variety, and eating three small meals a day, and not more than two Snacks you're probably in good shape. After all, you lost 30 pounds in a month. That will probably slow down alot. Congratulations on those 30 pounds. Sue

4jin: NSV's are what keep me going from day to day. Here are a few I've had recently: I can wrap a normal bath towel around after a shower. My legs don't look like tree trunks anymore. My fingers look long instead of looking like overstuffed sausages. My favorite is that I have collar bones. They showed up about twenty pounds ago! I look forward to reading these posts. It feels good to read others NSV's.

Hi: This subject was brought up at my last lap band support group meeting. The surgeons in my group (two experienced surgeons) recently changed to only using the larger bands. They said that they used to use the smaller bands on most women, and always used the larger band on men. Then, there was a period of about three weeks that they had to switch bands for three people because the small band was too tight before they were even filled. I think they were following the inamed protocal and based on their experience have recently changed to using just the larger bands. They said the larger bands require alot more fills and adjustments for the patients to get restriction, but you can always make a band tighter, but an unfilled band cannot be made looser. I have the small band and I'm glad that I do. I think that if I'd had the ability to eat more I would have. Sue

Hi: I've been banded since July and have lost 114 pounds. I think a good part of my loss is attributable to all of the walking that I've done. Now that I'm getting down to fighting weight I am thinking I should make sure that I'm working hard enough when I walk. There was no question about that a hundred pounds ago. I bought one of those fitness watches with the heart rate monitor, pedometer, etc. What heart rate should I be shooting for? I'm 48 years old, current weight is 210, and I'm 5'7" tall. I'm going to be walking, not running (yuck!). Please let me know if you know the answer. Thanks.:tongue: Sue

Saphire: Congratulations. Relax, it's a pretty easy surgery. Take it easy afterwards though because you will be healing. It's all down hill from here, downhill on the scale that is! Take care. Sue

Karey: You and the "girls" look great. If I end up going the plastics route I'm gonna buy some boobs! Heal well, and rest up to make the healing quicker. Congratulations and take care. Sue

Congratulations Cindy - You're in onederland! Way to go. Sue

Jan 08: How are you feeling? Sue

Bridgett: coffee is my one vice that I wasn't willing to give up and have continued to drink three cups every day. Yummmmmmy! Sue

Hi: I pack a lunch for work every day. The things that are on my list that work well for me are: 1/2 Protein bar and 1/2 piece of fruit packet of instant oatmeal Cereal bar 1/2 cup of oat squares cereal 1/2 cup of life cereal ff yogurt 1 hard boiled egg and diced peaches I'm very fortunate because I'm not hungry at all, so eating is kind of a chore for me during the day. But, watch out at night. Thank goodness for sugar free popsicles. Oh yeah, I keep them at work too for an afternoon snack. I look forward to see what others say. Sue

Jan 08 If the food is still stuck call your doctor. If you cannot keep fluids down call your doctor. Being dehydrated can cause very serious problems. If you are able to get fluids down, stick with fluids for a couple of days, and then slowly introduce mushies for a couple of days, and then solids a few days after the mushies are going down without issues. One time when I had something stuck I bent over and reached as far as I could forward and it dislodged my food. I hope you feel better soon. Sue

Wow. That's the best NSV I've heard on this site. Congratulations! Sue

My quirk is that I can only eat one thing on the plate at a time. In other words, eat all my meat, then the potato, then the veggies. Now my quirk isn't showing as often because if I have meat I can't fit anything else in. I don't like my food to touch either! My other quirk is that I like to wear two pairs of socks at a time. One tight pair, and a cushiony pair over them. One of the pairs hugs my feet, and the other one cushions my walking. I'll stop at that list, but I'm sure that I have many more. This is very entertaining. Hey, you clown fearing people. The first, and only time my daughter went to circus was with my mother in law. My daughter peed all over her lap because the clowns scared her so bad. :thumbup: Thanks for the laughs.

coolcrystal: I cannot feel my band. However, I've always been able to feel my port. It feels like it's only about 1/4" inch below my skin on the top of my belly, just below my ribs. My band certainly lets me know it's there every time I eat too fast, too much, or too big of a piece. I asked my doctor to show me where my band is and he said it's up under my rib cage. That's right about where I get the golf ball when I don't eat right. I love my band. Sue

Big Unc: You might want to put this question on the cosmetic surgery tab because it seems like alot of them talk about this type of pain pump. Hope you feel well soon. Sue

Hi: Sorry to hear about all you've been through. Try using a heating pad, or taking very hot showers with the Water blasting onto your left shoulder. I've had issues with the left shoulder pain a few times since being banded and I know that it's awful. I hope you feel betters oon. Sue