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Hope41

Pre Op
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About Hope41

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  • Birthday 08/28/1973

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  • Gender
    Female
  • City
    Calgary
  • State
    Canada
  1. Hope41

    Stomach pain ALL Day

    I have been feeling pain in my abdomen for a couple of months now, some days my clothing touching that area it hurts like hell. It lasts only for few days then comes back in a week or so. I mentioned this to my Dr that is doing fills and he did mentioned that it could be port because Smart Shape surgeons put their ports in the mid abdomen section He did tell me if this continues he will send me in for some scans/tests Banded a year ago
  2. Hope41

    Getting blocked or 'clogged up'?

    Congrats ruthann-roskiewich-bland on your weight loss and I wish you all the success in the world to teach your goal weight. Reading your story I see myself in your story. It's been a year since my band and took me that long to learn everything that I did about the band and living as a bandster. It would of been nice to learn all this sooner but I see it as a journey not a race Thank you for sharing your story ????
  3. Hi tootyoyo Right now I have 7.9cc in my band and not in the green zone yet and I was freaking out why so much fluid and feel no difference in the last 6 months. At the clinic where I get my fills they only do a very small fills every 6 weeks ( that's the minimum waiting time in between fills ), in the mornings I feel good, not hungry have my 8oz shake and satisfied till lunch. Lunch time small meal(sometimes only a small portion of protein is good for 2-3 hours)but when the afternoon rolls around I can eat anything and everything if I want to. This does not stop even having a snack and a supper in between, it lasts all evening and all night. I asked the Dr that is doing fills to take all of the fluid from my band to double check if I actually have 7.9cc in my band or did some of the fills ended up in the muscle instead of the port. He refused to do it for a reason that my band being settled right now after a year of surgery and if he takes all of the fluid out it migh reposition itself and cause issues later down the road. So I wait another 6 weeks for .1 or .2 fill and go from there. I gave up on getting frustrated for not losing 2lbs every week, yesterday was a year since my surgery not in the green zone yet, lost total of 57lbs since the preop diet and kept it off so I'm in the better place than I was a year ago so it's all good. Don't stress about the volume, I hope it doesn't put you in red zone. One of my coworkers told me in order to fully succeed we need to be s bit on a tight side, it's bad if we get acid refluxes at night but to be a bit tight for certain food we all need that. I know I do as that's the only thing that will help me to change my eating habits ????
  4. Contact Kim Midwinter out East ask her for the letter/receipt and she will get it done. She will contact the clinic you had your surgery at and get it done. Don't forget your family Dr's letter, that's one important document for CRA to accept the claim
  5. I had my accountant prepare my taxes and he warned me that more likely I would get audited. I got audit info end of the April to send all of the receipts, letter from my family dr why I needed the surgery, letter from a clinic that did the surgery just the info of my weight etc sent it all in mid of May and never heard from CRA until end of September when I got my notice of assessment with the refund
  6. They will select you for an audit but I had nothing to hide, it is what it is. Took since April for them to process everything but got my refund last month
  7. I did, wrote off all of it and CRA accepted everything. All depends of your yearly income how much you will get back but sure helped getting back few thousands ????
  8. Hi nurse_mom73 I had surgery in Calgary through SmartShape clinic
  9. Just curious where you got your surgery? I am in Maple Ridge and had my surgery January 2015 at False Creek, and your experience has been the same as mine. I think I have around 6.3cc filled, and losing weight very slowly. Almost nothing in the past few months. clinic seems reluctant about fills.
  10. Hope41

    So irritated from my last fill

    One question I would ask who ever is doing your fills is why are they doing such a big fills? If you done some research you would find that after 4.0cc the biggest fills they should be doing is 0.2cc Reason why people are having issues is getting overfilled. I'm on 7.6ccs in a 10cc band and never had any issues, my largest fill was 0.4cc the very first fill. After that was 0.2cc all the time
  11. That's exactly how I feel ????
  12. Hi everybody 24 days WFL and I lost 15 lbs after 7 months stall, yes wine was definitely the cause for not losing anything for that long. I knew that was the case but I wasn't ready to quit drinking wine or quit drinking period. Well I invested way too much money and my time to sabotage my success so I told my self this is it, get on with the program and figure it out what's the right path, drink wine and stay overweight or quit wine and get healthy. I chose to get healthy and only when we are ready to make that commitment things will work out for us. We made a commitment to get banded but we had no clue how difficult will be to adjust our lifestyle completely as bandsters. I love support we have on here and it can only get better from here Thank you everyone PS. Do you guys have Facebook page for Bandsters? Would love to join
  13. Hope41

    2 week post op weight loss stalled?

    What is the name of the page on Facebook? I would love to join
  14. Hope41

    Howdy GREEN ZONE!

    Banded October 2014. 9 fills 7.2cc in a 10.0cc band and still not in a green zone, haven't lost a single pound in 7 months but haven't gained any either. Only after last fill I can control hunger for about 3 hours but I can still eat bigger portion than I should. I asked the nurse to remove fluid and check the total amount that's in the band and my Dr refused to do that saying that the band is settled in the spot right now and if he removes the fluid potentially could slip so he told me not to worry I will get there. Patience with yourself is the key, okay I guess I will try to be patient and not to think how I paid 16G for this and wait for a year or so before starts working. I will be celebrating one I hit the Green Zone that's for sure
  15. Hope41

    Fill or Not?

    Hi there Why do you think being tight will damage your band? I heard from more than a dozen people for them the only way to be successful and to keep the weight off is by being a bit tight, not too tight to cause heartburns and coughs at night but to be tight that forces you to pay attention what to put in your mouth. I cannot wait to get there and if there is something that you know that could cause the band damage please share

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