nayray13

thanks for the kind words, support, and prayers...it means so much

you guys are the most awesome group of people...it is time for me to hop in the shower and get ready...thank you for all the kind words, prayers, and support...i am finally getting to join the banded...as soon as i am able, i will let you all now how i am doing...love to each one of you, nay

i am sorry for what yall are having to go thru...will be praying for you and your family...

did any of you come home after surgery alone with nobody to help you? and if so was it that bad? i amy have to be by myself and just wanted to be sure i could do it...thanks...nay

thanks slim...i couldn't sleep all night where i have been working the last few nights, and i finally just gave up and got up this morning and i got on the scales...and for the first time ever...and that has been 9 years...i weigh less than my husband!!!...i have not changed my ticker because i know it will fluctuate, but weighed 230lbs and he was 232lbs...that plus reading your post helped to not worry about being embarrassed about my chicken broth...:regular_smile:

my wellbutrin is time released and i take it twice a day...surgery this thursday the 16th...when i called my pharmacy about interchanging my pills, that are all time released, with something crushable, he said none of mine were crushable... my primary doc said he called the pharmacy and they said i could crush them all... my surgeon says we can't take any pills for at least 2 months... but as for the taste...i have so many pills to crush, that i was wondering about mixing it in something like v8 juice that has a strong flavor...and space my shots of juice and meds out like 15 min apart...or even buttermilk, cause it is thick and strong flavor...i know most people hate buttermilk...but i would love to hear successful attempts before i try at mine thursday...

i know it's because i have pms, but my feeling got hurt at work last night...and i am so sorry this is so long...will try not to make so long in future... a lady i work with was making me feel very self conscious about my jug of chicken broth i have been taking to work...i think it was the pms, cause i don't think she was doing it to be mean...but i don't heat it up every time...and someone on the boards had said to squeeze lemon and lime in it and try it that way...that's how i like it, and it's not bad @ room temp, (to me.)but she just kept saying how gross it was with all the fat sticking to the sides...and i told her i spoon any fat off the top, i don't drink it...but she just kept on and on about how gross it was not drinking it hot or why not just drink the powdered kind...(i do drink powdered kind but on way to work easier to pour cans in a jug and go)...she said if she had to drink that stuff she would just stay fat the rest of her life, there was no way she would drink what i'm drinking...i had never thought about it before she said anything, just knew the more broth i drank the less food i would want...so then i got paranoid about everyone else thinking i am gross too...she was making fun of me because i said that i was sick of SF Jello,and she was saying you would rather drink that nasty stuff than eat jello? and i told her that the SF jello didn't make me feel satisfied but the broth did....did anyone say stuff to yall about your preop diet...better yet, am i being gross? i hate pms...and being emotional, cause on a good day i just like to laugh stuff off and not let anything bother me, but i am slap crazy right now...

hey yall!! it is technically the day before my surgery...even though it is just a little after midnight... Dal how are you since the fill? tamara when you said you gulped down your chix salad, did you feel yourself do it or was it just, you did it before you realized you did it? i ask because i have bought baby food spoons, but i still eat way too fast, and kept thinking "yeah, but when i have the band, it won't let me eat too fast"...was i pretty much fooling myself and it has to be a very conscious effort to sip or chew and take time??? deb have you made appt to get fill yet? slim how r u? thanx for sharing with me about krystals...i will be by for my share of kicks and hugs... niecey how's it going? yall my hormones are crazy, PMS'n so bad...my DH can't open his mouth w/o making me mad or making me cry...nerves about surgery, pms, and the anniversary of my little brother's death is the 21st...but i have the greatest DH in the world...he just gives me big old hugs...and let's me cry or fuss, whichever comes out. i start my preop clears and clearing out in morning...feels sorta surreal...

yall are the best:tt1:...i kinda feel like the man without a country,:crying: since i started off a september samurai for so long and then with my sugery rescheduled to october, but yall are just stuck with me. this is where i feel at home...:wub:thanks for being so supportive. i switched to night shift afer 4 years of days for a little stress relief on the job...so i have learned if i sleep all day i won't cheat on my diet or when i go to work cause everyone is watching me...i am sure that's going to turn into a pain the butt soon,:eek: but if it can get me to the surgery dae, yay! well i work tonight and tomorrow night and then i am off for 20 days:w00t:...surgery is thursday @ 11:00 a.m. they want me there at 08:00 a.m...so i will be updating yall. i know this part is long gone for you...so if there is any last minute advice...now is the time...i have been watching gg's vlog...later, nay

glad to hear how everyone is doing... hey deb, happy late birthday.:thumbup:..glad all is well for you... niecy, glad you made it thru your lunch meeting...i am still waiting for october 16th for my rescheduled banding...and i think what you said is what i am dreading the most...the part about the head hunger...getting that under control is going to be difficult, but not impossible...i also wish i hadn't told the people that i work with about surgery, but i work at hospital and it would have leaked out eventually...now i am dreading the " how much have you lost" q and a session everyday...should make the weight loss process go by so much faster having everyone asking everytime they see you...cause most people can't realize the difference in the band and gastric bypass, they think you should be dropping weight left and right:tounge_smile: i did really good on my 1st round of liquid diet, but i have to admit i am not doing as well the 2nd time around guys, my head and heart was so in it the 1st time, ...i am so mad at myself for doing so good the last time and blowing it this time...but i am still working on it...no time for excuses:blushing: just have to do it

hey...i wish i would have found this thread earlier today...i feel so guilty and stupid because i ate bad from 3pm to midnight... this is my 2nd round of liquid diets:eek:. i was scheduled for surgery september 11, and i did my 10 day liquid diet and i was so pumped up for the diet, the surgery, all of it...i did really well the 1st time around...:thumbup:on september 10th my last day of the liquid diet, i found out i was pregnant after a miscarriage in 2001, and fertility drugs...super shocked, but very happy... so cancelled surgery...then we miscarried...:confused: rescheduled surgery for october 16th...it's been hard to get my head back in the game...but i keep thinking that this is a change of lifestyle and there will be bad things happen for the rest of my life, that doen't mean i can turn to food for comfort. so i thought i would be starting the diet on the 6th...well got a letter from doc saying to start on the 7th, i did...think i drank a gallon of chicken broth and swelled up like a tick...and then cheated today so bad. i am disgusted with myself, but my heart is not in it like it was the 1st time...but i know i have to be perfect the rest of the time, or my liver is gonna be huge...trying to get my heart back in the right mode... do you think that my liver will shrink from right now until the 16th @ 11:00 a.m. ? i am so nervous that it won't????? i know you all must think if i can't do a 10 day liquid diet then i couldn't possibly be ready for this surgery...but i saw the thread title and it gave me some hope...

cool...do any of you go to the support group meetings at the med center...? they are on the 7th floor every 3rd thursday night...it would be nice to meet everyone

thanks slim...seeing you are from chattanooga...i live in kingsport, work in johnson city...i have some friends that live in chattanooga, only have actually stopped to visit once, but i drive thru there when i go down to mississippi to see my family....waiting for the leaves to turn, love this time of year...

yall are doing great...:thumbup:the 1st 6 weeks is just a healing stage for your belly...lost weight is a good thing but it's a slow process...we all would like to wake up and see pounds shed every morning, but it's just not like that...my doctor says it is a marathon not a 100 yard dash...1 to 2 pounds a week is the expected weight loss. that sounds like so little, i know, but if you look at it in long term numbers there are 52 weeks in a year, so you are going to lose anywhere from 50 to 100 pounds, give or take, in a year...just remember it's baby steps, and i am going to expect someone to give me this pep talk, when i am bummed out about my slow weight loss:tongue2: hang in there...you are doing awesome:w00t:

hey everybody...been trying to stay caught up with you all...everyone is doing so well...i am so excited for yall. i am doing better and appreciate all the kind words....means alot... also means alot to stay a september samurai even though they changed my date...thanks for saying that... for those that don't know my situation, i will be brief...i had 6 months to prepare mentally for the surgery and did the 10 day liquid diet only to be told the day before surgery that i was pregnant (after 1 previous miscarriage in '02, and fertility treatments) shocked is an understatement... so they had to cancel surgery, then i miscarried...so i am rescheduled for october 16th.. start my liquid diet over on the 6th...i am having a hard time preparing mentally this time...but hopin' that it will come together... i am so glad you brought this up about port pain, because that is one of my worries...i keep reading about the really bad burning pain from the port...how long is it supposed to hurt? does it just hurt when you move a certain way or what? will be talking to you soon...hang in there guys, yall are doing great !!!

i understand about the free time...i am a nurse...

they have rescheduled my surgery from september 11th to october 16th

thank you all for the kind words....i am so excited for all of you and i will be checking in to see how yall are doin'...

hey guys! i have been trying to read thru and catch up to see how everyone is doing...there's alot going on with everybody...figured i would catch you up on me since so many of you were praying for me...i ended up losing the baby. that is the 2nd miscarriage for us, we were devastated. everyone at work is pregnant, so i know it isn't going to be easy, but i am just trying to get back to normal. in the process, they have rescheduled my surgery for october 16th. so i won't be a september samurai anymore:sad_smile:...i have to restart my liquid diet. i made it thru it the last time, so hopefully i can make it thru again. good luck to you all, thank you for the prayers and good thoughts, and now, my prayers are with each of you...:confused:

not trying to be a board hog but i have a story to share.... do yall remember my rant on page 2 of this thread about the redneck:angry_smile: moment i was feeling with the radiologist on september 3rd? well, they rescheduled my chest x-ray for yesterday. i had a meeting to go to at the hospital i work at first. so i called the lab and asked them to do a pregnancy test so i could give that mean old radiology lady a definite NO, I AM NOT PREGNANT:thumbdown:...well, i peed in the cup, she set the timer for 3 minutes, after about 1 1/2 min. i said well can i tell her a definite no, so i won't have a 4 legged baby...? lab tech says yep u can tell her nope...so as i was walking down the hall i heard someone yell my name, i went back to the lab...and if u could have seen her, hilarious...she had this huge magnifying glass with a really bright light shining on my pregnancy test, and said i think it's +...i started laughing, cause i really couldn't barely see it...so she made me draw blood...it was +, so they did a quantitative to c what my hcg level is...was 39...very early pregnancy...the test from the 3rd that they done was negative, we looked it up...so i am in a state of shock really, because we have tried fertility treatments, and i thought the band would help me get pregnant...but i am trying not to be terrified, because we lost one in 2001 and have been trying ever since...a little cramping, no spotting...go to ob friday, for another lab to make sure my hcg level is going up...my last one didn't...nervous, happy, scared, excited...so needless to say i am not at hospital right now for my surgery...my husband was the last one to find out because everyone knew before i left the hospital...when perry came home...i was grinning ear to ear, so he knew something was up...so i said...i'm not having surgery in the morning....he was like why not? and i said...i think i am just gonna lay around here and get fat for about 9 months 1st...omg...he is so happy....he called everone telling them he was gonna be a daddy...please please pray for me....i have 2 years good on my 6 month pre-op adventure, so i will still be banded...and i will be a september samurai at heart no matter when i get banded...and i will still be checking in on you ladies....ty for all the support...nay

so good to hear from everyone...i agree about sticking to the pre-op diet...not only does it shrink your liver, but it does prepare you for the band...after a couple of days the hunger was gone...now if i was cooking supper for everyone, i got a little tempted to pick...so what i would do is get a can of chicken broth...squeeze some lemon and lime in it(i did not have the suggested crushed red pepper) sip on that and it helped...the weight loss is an extra added bonus, because usually your not geting enough calories to lose a lot...i did lose down to 240...very happy with that...good luck and you are in my prayers, all of you...

well, i think the name i picked for my band is a little corny, but since i am from Tennessee...i call her "Jo" ........Band-Jo....so i can say, i am going to go and get my "bandjo" adjusted....or tuned up...and if i eat too much or the wrong thing...i hit a sour note...oh well, hope everyone is good...later, nay:thumbup:

icjackson- my diet is kinda like yours except i can rotate between cottage cheese and yogurt...started mine on the 1st and as strange as this sounds...i am not even eating and drinking all that i can...i am just not hungry...i do drink a Protein bullet so i won't get so weak, and i need to drink more Water...but no hunger...i have been having the worst headaches that i have had in a long time.... debbie- hang in their girl...it seems people just don't realize what kind of stress this puts us under...my prayers are with you... ok, how is everybody else hanging in there? hope everyone is doing well...

i have not heard back from my doctor yet, so i called the pharmacy today...and it seems that none of the meds i currebtly take can be crushed because they are all time released...so i guess i will be calling my doctor Monday to get all new scripts...

missbs...are u only able to drink 2 protein shakes a day? or is that part of your pre-op diet? i was just trying to figure out why i am not losing on my liquid diet...i can have 2 shakes a day, but i can also have 1/2 cup cottage cheese 3 times a day, and all of the broth and SF popcicles an SF jello....but i am not losing any weigt...so i was wondering about your pre-op and weight loss....i understand i am just trying to shrink my liver..but if i am not losing now it discourages me about after the band....