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bandster_1007

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  1. i'm gonna be honest. i think i should have saved $10,000 and seriously just did a half a quarter diet until my stomach adjusted. now, i'm sure i'm allusioned because i do have the band but the last activity was 2 unfills about a year or so ago. and i had lost no weight until 2 months ago.

    i went from 230-190 in 2 months. and i did it because i don't crave ice cream, sweat tea, sweat treats, sweat anything anymore, and the only reason i don't is because my hormones are finally balanced.

    if you are a sweet eater at all (even sweet tea 2 x a day) the lap band may be slow for you.

    but good luck on the journey


  2. hey, i'm tabatha...mary melody knows me, or did.

    so i see mary that you had your surgery congratulations!!!! i'm so glad to see/hear that you are doing well.. let me know when you are ready to start walking i need to walk too.

    i finally started losing weight. so, after a year....and......um.....welll....almost 2 years. (oct 07) i have finally lost 46 lbs. so i know weigh 190 lbs. which is awesome for me. but i haven't been losing any weight until i was layed off from my job in january. it is still really slow and steady and i haven't had a fill in over a year....actually unfilled (twice)... really it's been more like 1 1/2 years.

    best luck to all and i hope you all lose weight better than i. i needed my hormones to be balanced....now they are, the acne is gone and i'm losing weight at a very good slow steady pace.

    but i will say that i have had SEVERAL doctors tell me that the lap band is the worse thing i could have done for myself.

    of course, don't take that the wrong way, i'm defensive too...but i was banded, got pregnant, miscarried, long 'natural' infectios miscarriage, had a surgery to fix the miscarriage, had another, and another, had a hysterectomy, lost my job from my health, have full blown fibromyalgia. NOW i'm losing weight...loll....


  3. i'm 26. i have only had actual sex 3 times since hysterectomy on 9/22....(i had severe complications)....however, when i am pleasuring myself **blush blush** it does take longer.

    i take the estrogen shot though, and i have absolutely no drive the first 2 weeks ...then the 3rd week..i'm dieing..i have it done every three weeks (i did not have a drive before either though).


  4. i went through the thousands of dollars in tests, and was put on antibiotics, that i had to take every time i wanted to have sex....

    the end result...i have an allergy to latex.

    once i figured this out i started using those polyurethane condoms (really expensive) or lamb skin. no uti's in over 2 years. i was getting them at least twice a month and had to keep cystex and azo in stock. when i have an exam i ask them not to use latex gloves.

    now the allergy is showing up if someone touches me with latex or if i use a latex bandaid. crazy thing..but if you are using condoms..it is a thought.


  5. i was actually told about that rumor by a lady at my doctor's office. she said she new it for a fact, because she works in the field, but would not tell me the name of the doctor. she said he has to do the surgeries in a "surgery center" because he is not allowed to work at several hospitals in the area.

    i found this out after a neighbor of a coworker died for no explained reason just a few months after is lap band.


  6. not 25...but 5...lol...

    5 lbs is a big deal for me. when i weighed before i had my hysterectomy i weighed 210...which was not right....i think i had Fluid or something..now i weigh 195. so....i'm losing, but i'm not filled...don't get filled until next week (well..i have a fill but i'm not tight by any means.


  7. ok..so i have a confession...i have never ever broken the rules before, but i had sex.....at 4 weeks.

    so, i watched the pavlik vs hopkins fight (i'm a boxing fan)..and my husband has a great body..for some reason though, i haven't had that feeling of "omg he's so hot" in years. well...i just got really turned on...by my husband and i didn't say no...the hormones got the best of me. let me just say that it was aaammmmmmaaaaaazzzzzziiiiinnnnnngggggg. i needed no lubricant and actually had an orgasm...actually 3 in about 5 minutes. i know that is a lot of information, but i never ever ever have those..it's always been too painful. there was no pain at all and it was wonderful.

    i haven't done it anymore though because i had a bloody discharge the next day...don't want to risk causing any problems.


  8. i'm so glad that everything went well for you. i had to spend 5 days in the hospital and i had to receive blood on the 3rd.

    my son is actually boxing with his dad now. my husband used to box and he trained really hard. he never ever ate fast food, drank eggs daily, and would run about 10 miles. he looked damn good too!!! he still does, but he's starting to lose his 6 pack a little.

    i can't do it. i don't like to be hit...my husband tries to get me to box with him but i haven't taken him up on it. i don't like everything jiggling around as i have to jump around..lol.

    well..that is probably one good way to get that last 25 off!!! can't wait to start working with you again. i'm supposed to get my fill on monday.

    you better take it easy. i was specifically told not to do dishes, cook, do laundry or anything. especially with the hematoma. i just cooked dinner and i'm hurting now. be careful!


  9. i had my hysterectomy on 9/22. i had to stay in the hospital for 5 days. i developed a severe hemotamo. i lost 1/2 of my bodies blood and had to receive 2 days after surgery. i've been on pain medicine since August and just now went off of it this week. it was very very very rough. the physical withdrawals were horrible, but i knew it was time. there is only so long you can go with taking those things.

    anyways, now that i'm finally coming out of the detox from the pain medicine i can say that i feel better. of course i still hurt right now, but i think that is because when you have been on pain medicine you are hypersensitive. not only do i feel better, but guess what!!!!!!???? i'm losing weight. i've dropped 5 lbs this week and i'm unfilled. i'm not very hungry and haven't been having cravings, that could be from the detoxing though.

    other news...well...the doctor wasn't sure what he was going to find during my hysterectomy. he was amazed when he got in there. he said the my ovary had completely adhesed itself to my colon and underneath my uterus was tons of endometriosis. i was shocked at this because i had just had a laporoscopic surgery in june. turns out that they can't see under there during a lapor. and it doesn't show up on ultrasound or anything. anyways...the ovary had adhesed since june and he was surprised that i wasn't in more pain than i was. i mainly felt it in my back.

    i'm not supposed to be having sex yet...and i'm not. i know that i asked you guys about how that was affected. well, let me say this..i'm on the hormone shot..pure estrogen every 3 weeks. i'm finding myself very easily turned on....it kind of cracks me up. before i never had that happen. now i will find myself physically aroused very easily. so, i can't wait until my time period is up. i can't imagine actually doing anything right now though because my pelvis is still quite tender......i don't really know how people break that rule.


  10. my hair loss got real bad around the 4th or 5th month. then it just stopped. i have really long hair and had to get about 4 inches cut off to "lighten" it up. (i wanted to whack it off..hairdresser did not :wink2:). now i have all kinds of sprigglies all over my hair....lol..

    melody mary...how are you doing? i had a hysterectomy 9/22 and developed a severe complication, so i've been doped up on pain medicine since. i'm not anymore. finally starting to feel a little normal now, and i'm officially under 200 lbs. and i'm unfilled. i've lost 5 lbs in the last week!!!! the gynecologist said that my ovaries were the problem and i should see significant improvement without them. i believe him. i'm not craving food like i was, i'm really not even hungry.

    boy..anyone that lives near the air base today is getting an ear full?! i guess they are getting ready for the air show. i've been listening to the air planes practicing all day.


  11. guess what!!!! i'm sure that this could be from healing but my doctor told me that after i had my hysterectomy i should start to lose weight at a much better pace. i've lost 5 lbs. and i'm unfilled. i'm not hungry as much and i do not have all those crazy cravings. it is great!! (i hope it keeps up)....


  12. yes my ademyosis and endometriosis caused extreme lower back pain. that was my main complaint. it literally felt like my back was splitting in half.

    i'm not doing too well after my hysterectomy. i developed a hemotoma and lost 1/2 of my bodies blood to it. it was the size of a canteloupe and my doctor thought it would drain so he left it. i still have it. i had the hyst on 9/22. so, i go tomorrow to drain it with a physical drain. it is not as big, but it is still painful.


  13. i've been home now for 3 weeks (this is the 3rd?? i think...). i'm having my hysterectomy on 9/22. so it is exactly a week away. i'm a little frightened, but i'm ready. i'm in so much pain and sick and they just have to do something.

    he's doing an abdominal incision so he can "look around" and make sure i have nothing else in my abdomen like a cyst or something. i'm having a total hysterectomy, cervix and everythign will be gone. ovaries are my problem and i have cervical movement pain, so the only thing that is good is my uterus and it is not really good because my menses are just building up and my uterus is not shedding it's ligning like it is supposed to.

    i'm still at 195. not a loss not a gain. my ob doc says weight loss should be much easier once my ovaries are gone.

    thank you guys so much for being here for me. we'll have to be getting back on track together...for me it will start after surgery..i'm just too sick.

    you are doing great want...holding steady with no fill is nothing short of a great accomplishment..don't short change yourself on that.

    and wife mom..the most important thing for your son right now is you..if it weren't for my mom, i would be dead. (that is not an exaggeration).

    i'll try to check back more often over the next week.


  14. i've been sick, haven't gotten better...severe pain. not eating right. going back to the gyno tomorrow. he couldn't discuss operation until i'm not infected. now, i'm not infected, but in a lot of pain. unable to work, etc. i'll let you all know.

    i weigh 195 and holding steady. having big problems with sweets the last couple of days. been throwing up most anything with substance.

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