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Oh my goodness I drink way more then 60oz a day. You know those mugs they give you at the hospital? I will fill that SEVERAL times a day along with a large tea in the morning on my way to school and then 2 bottles of water while Im at school (4 hours) So its not the water, I eat salads, not everyday but almost..... Mom is doing GREAT! Kaplan asked her if she thought she could have done it as outpatient and they both agreed she could have. She is getting plenty of fluids. I keep getting onto her though because she hasnt had a BM since before her surgery and she has that barium in her. She has a bum left shoulder so it is REALLY bothering her now since the surgery but that is really the only pain she complains about, shoulder,arm and neck. I think she will be eating before 2 weeks.

Ok this is a kind of personal question for all you who have already been banded.. What do you do to keep regulated???????? I have NEVER had this trouble before, I use to be able to go at least 6 times a day now Im not even going once a day. I started Miralax Thursdaybut have not seen any results yet. Im even taking that Miralax with Apple Cider. LOL, I have already drank a 1/2 gallon of cider in a week and NOTHING.. What is it about the band that does this to ya?? Thanks Elizabeth

Froggi, if I could think I would give you the number, but I cant think of it. Usually once it is scheduled, they are good at calling but since you are on a time limit, Monday after your appointment, give his nurse time to officially schedule it and then call the hospital to set everything up :rolleyes2:

Just wanted to let you all know that I am home from the hospital. They took mom to the Holding Area at 7:30 and back to surgery at 8:03, she didnt get out of surgery until 12:40. At one point I called over to Brenda and asked her when is it time to start to worry. About that time Kaplan walked out and talked to my dad and me. I got onto him for taking so long lol.. He said she did GREAT. She had a hernia that needed repaired and he ran into problems with instruments and that is what held it up. She is doing great. She is already drinking more then 30cc an hour. Thanks for the prayers.. I will keep you posted. She is now one of us :rolleyes2:

Froggi please listen to us DR KAPLAN, HIS NURSE OR JEANNIE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PAT. They dont schedule it, they dont call them, NOTHING.. His nurse will tell you the exact same thing we are telling you. YOU have to do it. Once your surgery is scheduled, THE HOSPITAL usually calls you to schedule it OR you can call scheduling yourself to schedule it. Kaplan has NOTHING to do with it.. Trust me, my mom use to be the manager over Same Day Care and the PAT people.

HUH????:smile2:

No, he has nothing to do with it... Call Scheduling at CCMH, I forget the number and they can work it out with you. I forget the number, the hospital number is 424-2111 then you can just asked for centralized Scheduling

That lapwork is different. All surgeries require labwork to be done no more then 2 weeks prior to surgery. They just make sure everything is ok, no infection, blood counts are fine and you're not prego. You will also have a chest Xray that day

You dont see one of his nurses. When you see him ,his nurse will come in the room to schedule your surgery, but from the way you talk, your surgery is already scheduled.. Once scheduled the hospital will call you to set up an appointment for your PAT (pre op assessment) and you will see a nurse from Same DAy care that day and have blood work and all the good stuff.

I just thought of something.. This is one thing that Dr Dunn said was one of my big stresser... MONEY.. I think he may actually have been right about that one. lol

Im half tempted to drop my insurance, I pay $450 a month to keep it and then they dont pay out all that great. I have $1700 worth of medical bills right now. I thought about just dropping it and using the ER for my PCP then I can just go to financial aide office and say I cant pay(because I cant) and they write it off. It stinks that people cant get good coverage if they arent working and they are expected to pay all the bills. Its funny, I will call the offices asking if they had any finacial aide because I am a full time student with no job and they ask "can you pay $25 a month?" I want to say back "What part of NO JOB dont you understand?!" Only one of my doctors, my PCP gives me a break and has me down for Insurance only, I dont have to pay co-pays. I wish everyone else was that way. Heck I owe Kaplan $500, but I just found out that I only have to pay $5 a month so that isnt so bad I guess. $25 a month gets a little much when you have several different bills.... *Sigh* I just keep telling myself that this WILL pay itself off, its all worth it. Then I look at my bank account......It sucks that people who are actually trying to do good for themselves can not get any assistance yet if I want to go sit on my butt and pop a kid out ever 9 months, I would get all the help I need... Whats wrong with that picture????

Ive never seen them turn down a surgery for a cavity. I know someone who has rotten teeth and they still did surgery on her. In all the surgeries I have had in the past couple years, I have NEVER been asked about my teeth other then if any are chipped or broken or have a bridge stuff like that. It is possible to break teeth when they intubate and extubate (put the tube in your throat, take it out) I have witnessed that happen before but not often does that happen. Like I said, as long as there is no infection, then you should have nothing to worry about. Did Jeannie say something about it? I noticed you said she looked at them.

That was wierd, I just tried to reply with a quote and there was no submit button everywhere. So Kyla, I was going to quote what you said but here is what I said instead lol I dont have co-pays. Well I take that back, it cost $20 for a PCP visit and $50 for an ER visit all the rest is a percentage that I have to pay. So do I still have to pay the percentage?

There should be no reason whatsoever that that would cancel your surgery. They dont even ask if you have any. I have cavities. Unless they are infected, infection could cancel but thats it.

Kyla, I have thought about doing the 5k, but probably not this year. After Zumba Monday, my knee hurt me so bad, I dont know whats going on with it. I constantly hear this awful ripping sound in it.. Oh well, once I get this weight off, hopefully it will get better. Maybe I will try it next year. I did the 2 mile fun run a couple years ago and I think I did it in 30 mins, I dont remember, I was a young teen back then. lol

I know several people who have had the ablation. They liked it. Some people though, still have bleeding and end up having a hysterectomy a couple years down the road. It probably just depends on what all the problems are. They actually talked about doing an ablation on me. But I said if I have to have ALL my chances of having a baby( I mean, I have a very low chance, but there is still that chance) then I would want a hysterectomy and get rid of everything. Right now I am talking double birth control pills continuously. Let me tell you, if I have already had kids and stuff, I would definetly go for the ablation. Its a way to keep your ovaries(hormones) and not have major surgery to decreas or get rid of your periods all together. For those of you who have BCBS If you have met your Yearly Out of pocket maxium, does that mean I dont have to pay anything anymore until next fiscle(spelling) year? This surgery and all the appointments leading up to it has brought me to my out of pocket maxium, so I was just wondering what that meant.

Well, I just talked to my mom and she weighed in this morning. She is down 12 1/2 pounds in the 2 week preop diet. Surgery is tomorrow at 9am! For those of you who pray, please keep her in your prayers.

Wow, they changed the layout of the site... Mom weighs in today and if she has lost 10 pounds, she will be getting her band tomorrow.

As far as I know I will be at Zumba tomorrow. I need to get exercising. Hi Pat!! You found us! I bet you are just so thrilled to be going back to work. .. YEAAA I have a walking buddy! Im so excited. Dad told me that he would walk with me if we just stay in the neiborhood. Yeah, just the circle is .8mile but it is nothing but HILLS. I guess that is why they call it South Hills. I will probably talk to you Thursday. Mom is having her surgery Thursday Morning so I will be there. Hey, at least your scales say you have lost, mine tells me I have gained. It is different everytime we get on it. Drives me nuts. I quit going by that and just stop by the office maybe once a week and weigh myself.

So Jeannie said she can tell who is cheating due to no waitloss?? I wonder if she thinks Im cheating? Im not but Im not loosing again for some reason. I think it is fluid. Last weigh in, I lost 8 pounds. According to my scales, I have gained a pound or 2. I just dont get it. Im doing everything.... Well, I need to be doing more exercise. I mean, since my last fill Im not eating nearly as much as I used to and Im actually having trouble with meats. You would think I would be loosing... NOOOO Im gaining. It doesnt make any since! I get soo tempted to start taking diet pills again. The only thing I am struggling with is the carbs. I mean Im not eating bread at all, I cant. But there are carbs in EVERYTHING. The only thing I can handle in the morning is cereal, I know that is carbs, but I have tried eggs and stuff like that and they just wont go down. I told my friend I wanted a walknig buddy and she told me that she will walk at her pace and not mine. So whats the point? She would be way ahead of me so it would just be like walking by myself. Anyway.. guess I needed to let off a little steam lol

yep, gotta do it. I tried a $50 container of it from GNC. I actually got it on sale. The guy told me it was top of the line stuff. Mom is regretting the fact that she threw it away about 2 months ago because no one was using it. I used about half the container. I think they are going by Jeannies scales since she goes back to Jeannies office Wed(the day before surgery) to get weighed in. I surprised DrKaplan doesnt get a new, upto date scale since he is now, and the group will all be doing the bands. You would think they would get a bigger scale. Oh well.. Have you tried Slim Fast for your protein? Mom and several other people have done/are doing the slim fast low carb drinks. With that, you dont have to add protein to it. Oh Im so glad I am past the liquid protein supplements. lol

gotta love the protein... What did you try? I did the Carnation instant breakfast(slimfast made me sick) with a scoop of protein. I was SO SICK of protein by week 2 after my surgery. Be sure to get it in though, you WILL loose your hair if you dont, trust me. My hair was coming out by the handfuls. Kaplans scales weigh heavy, so just a little warning. Last time I was there, they were about 4 pounds heavy. Good for you giving everything up early. I gave pop in n June, I dont even crave it anymore. The ONE pop I crave is Sprite but that is not very often but it isnt worth it trying it.

Try not to worry too much about it just keep on track. Excerise(yeah I know easier said then done) and try your hardest not to cheat and you should be fine. Dont try to get your "last meals" in now, that will not help in losing weight. Can you start on losing the 5 from now until then or does it have to be in that time frame?

That makes since.. kind of sucks but makes since. I only lost 10 pounds in my 6 month pre op. Have no clue if I lost anything in that 2 weeks or not. That is a way to make sure people dont cheat though. Ill admit, I cheated once or twice on that 2 week diet. It sucks when everyone around you is eating really good smelling stuff and you cant have it.. I guess that is where will power comes in pplace. Froggy, do you care if I ask how old you are?? Im 26. Im thinking for some reason you are around my age. I could be wrong though. Wont be the first time lol

btw ZUMBA MONDAY!!!!!