JRT Mom

Thanks, Chardonnay40! Sometimes we need to be reminded that this whole journey just isn't about the pounds on the scale.

Thanks! I'll check it out. ps I went low-tech and printed a piece of graph paper. On the y axis I put my weight and on the x axis the date. It surely makes the weight loss look dramatic!

Where do you get that weight graph? That looks like a great way (weigh) to track your weight!

Even before my surgery I've had to cook two meals--I'm a vegetarian and hubby is a carnivore. I've gotten to be a very good short order cook! Now it's easier-anything I cook for myself can be divided and frozen into 4 or 5 meals so I just have to zap it while I cook for DH.

Yes, the bypass is much better for people who have GERD. I'm happy your niece has had such a great outcome with her RNY! You will do well with this too, especially since you have a family member who's been through it to help you. Keep us posted!

I was lucky that my surgeon will do the revision in one surgery. It was nice only having one hospitalization, recovery, etc. My lap band was over 10 years old so I'm not sure the age of the band is a factor as much as the scar tissue is and once it forms it might not get worse the longer it's there. Good luck, y'all! However you do it, it is TOTALLY worth getting that useless band and port out. I can lay on my stomach without the port sticking into me without pain now!

I'm so sorry you are getting zero support from your family, and truthfully, it's more sabotage than lack of support. You are really going to have to decide whether or not you are going to let them sabotage you like this. I hope you can stand up to them, this is YOUR life and health! Hopefully you will get over this unscathed and can use it as a valuable lesson. If you feel like you are in this alone come here often, you have lots of people here going through what you are and can help you through this!

I had a 10 year old band slip and it was miserable. I got a fear of eating since I didn't know if each meal was going to stay down or cause vomiting. My surgeon wouldn't even consider trying to fix the band, so it came out and I now have a RNY. Best thing I could have done after fighting that band for a year. I get what SpaceCowboy74 is saying about food. I don't think he's talking about eating a whole loaf of bread in one sitting--he'd just like to eat a small amount without it binding up in his band. With me it was eggs. Never could eat them with my band. Now that the band is gone, I can eat them again. Would I eat a dozen at once? No, but it's nice to be able to eat one without fear! I wouldn't stay with a surgeon that was trying to fix a lap band problem. Most surgeons today won't even place one. The 10 year failure rate is somewhere around 50%. You might want to look into a RNY--if you have GERD, or even if you don't, lots of people develop it after a sleeve, Good luck!

Mine is for two months. It's supposed to help keep acid down so your pouch and remnant can heal better. Ya know, whenever someone posts a question, everybody has different recommendations from their surgeons. Doesn't matter whether it's food, medicine, back to work, etc, the answers are ALWAYS all over the map. I mean we are all humans getting the same surgery, but the advice is soooo different. Seems they should have a conference and make up a handbook with consistent advice for us.

60 pounds? That's amazing! Glad your home in your comfy recliner.

Feliz Año Nuevo 2020 !! I'm glad you had a good time. Su novia es muy bonita!

Sorry I can't claim it--Slimming Down Steve quoted it first!

Refried beans! Ricotta cheese or cottage cheese drizzled with no sugar added spaghetti sauce. Hummus. When you scramble your egg pour a bit of pureed salsa on them. I can eat anything now but those are still my go-to foods because I'm a vegetarian.

Did he eat it with some fava beans and a nice chianti???

YAY!!! Good work!

No red jello? I thought that rule was only if you were getting a colonoscopy since the red dye could interfere with the visualization of the colon. I'm not sure why that would affect WLS.

You will love the bypass! With me, when I got full with my band the feeling as 'Yuck! I'm gonna hurl!" And half the time I did slime up some food consistently. Now that my band is out and I have a bypass (I was lucky and was able to get it done in one surgery) the feeling of fullness is the comfortable one I am used to prior to getting my band. I am also Medicare and I'm a bit nervous. The first bariatric office tried to tell me if you have had one weight loss surgery Medicare wouldn't pay for a second, even if they didn't pay for the first one! So I suffered with my band 6 months longer than I had to, and when I went to a different surgeon the new office said "That's crazy" and guaranteed Medicare would pay for the revision as long as you meet their criteria. I got the surgery 5 weeks ago, and I haven't called the hospital to see if Medicare picked up the tab yet...we'll see...

AAACK!!! The waiting must be killing you. Tell the nurse you're really scared and maybe they can give you some joy juice to kill the time...

When did Ed Sheeran make the Sexiest Men Alive list??

Being excited is good! It's a good positive emotion for what you're about to do, and is much more productive than trepidation! You got this--post often and let us know what's going on.

Slimming Down Steve- I see we share the same warped sense of humor. Any Silence of the Lambs references are welcome!! *It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again...*

HA!! Well put!! I read this post and thought, what is normal, anyway?? Your life WILL be different, but waaaay better!

If you don't have a lot to lose it won't come off as dramatically, but it sounds incredible to me--32 pounds!!

My only prescription was for Protonix, but only for two months after surgery. The rest is all OTC and is exactly what AZhiker said. My vitamin D is included in my calcium.

Talk about a Non-Scale Victory!?