leepizz
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Your the best! You will be fine next week with your fill. How much do you already have in your band and how big is your band? Do you feel any restriction yet? What band do you have? I have the AP LAP-BAND? and it is a 10CC band right now I have 4cc in me. Lauren has a 14cc band and now has 5.5cc in her after today. So far she is doing well with the fill. keep your fingers cross that tomorrow when she start muchies it still will be fine. Who is doing your fill?
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I am glad that you connected with Lauren. She needs some one like you motivated/young to help her. She is not having great success with this especially her first year in college-Making wrong food choices.She had to get unfilled on xmas eve and spent that night in the ER after too much fill the day before. Being in the ER we found out that her port is on its side and that is why they have a hard time with fills. She is going again tomorrow for another fill. She is trying to be good with her choices but who knows what is going to happen when she is back in school this Sat.You're doing such a great job on your new journey and look fantastic. Please try to be her mentor and help her get her journey started again. Maybe you can check up on her while she is away. She hates going on the scale and will only go on it at the dr. office. Maybe you can get her to go on the scale once a week. Also, please don't tell her I am asking you to help her. Thanks Amanda for being a friend to Lauren!
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I had a slight unfill of .5cc on 12/23 due to acid reflux nightly. On 1/2, I ended up in the ER due to the same problem and I couldn't even drink water and was getting dehydrated. They did a barium swallow and I was swollen but the band was fine. I was upset about the unfill. I just got 3cc put back in on 1/13. I am not at the level where I was before which was 5cc. During the 2 weeks with the unfill I felt better but I did put on 4 lbs since the ER visit! UGH!!!. I am hopefully getting back on track. I worked to hard for the weight to creep back on.
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Hi I haven't been on this site for a while since school started. I am glad you are able to have your surgery before all the holiday rush! My daughter name is Lauren Pizzolla she is at SUNY Cortland as a freshman. She is very happy there. She will be home on 10/15 and has a dr. appt. on 10/16. I hope she has lost weight! Please extend your support to her and she will hopefully do the same. Thanks. I am also here for you if you need me!
Lisa
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Gurgling, bubbling noises when eating? Could it be...
leepizz replied to health4life's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I have been banded for 11 months. My last fill was in Sep. I felt all the symptoms of being tight. I didn't know better. I thought that PBing was normal once in a while. In Jan. I had .5 cc taken out of my 5.25cc that were in my 10cc band. I felt so much better. This past week I have been so tight that last Friday I was going to go to the emergency room since all day I couldn't hold anything down even liquid. After 2 days of liquids and soft foods I felt better. Well this week I didn't get a full night sleep. As soon as I went into a deep sleep I had to throw up or was coughing for over 1 hour. I was not able to drink the amount of liquids that I should be taking in on a daily basis. I was miserable. Well after having lunch today I really felt like I had enough....chicken and mashed potatoes, that didn't even stay down. I call my dr. since I didn't want to have another night of no sleeping. He had me come right in to the office. I was telling him all the problems I was having this past week and he took out all of my fill and I had to have a chest x-ray done to make sure I didn't slip. I felt so much better immediately. I am now not allow to get a re-fill for another month. I am so scared after being restricted for 10 months and not feeling hungry. I worked so hard to lose this 75 lbs. I don't want to gain it back:scared2:Sorry to vent, and thanks for any advise! -
Hi, I was banded by Dr. Cerabona on 6/3/08. I want to tell you that you are going to the best. Please feel free to PM me . I would be more than willing to help you in any way. I have lost 73lbs as of today and have 10 more to reach my goal! My daughter (17)was also banded by Dr. C on 7/6/08. She is down about 30 lbs since surgery. I love my band and I love Westchester Medical Center and the Practice that gave me a new life!
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I have had hypothyroid for the past 20 plus yrs. The April before my surgery (6/3/08)I found out that I need to go on a higher dose of synthyroid 1.75. Of course I was waiting for my PCD to tell me not the dr. who my surgeon sent me to for clearance. I followed up after my surgery with my PCD and he up my dose and it has been fine. I lost 70 from the day of my surgery I have more energy and have been walking/jogging 1 1/2 miles a day. I am so glad I have this wondeful tool. I have to say I love my band!!!!!
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Can I sleep on my stomach with Lap band??
leepizz replied to bellatrickz's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
i was concern about this also. I am a stomach sleeper. Since being banded in June 08 I have been on my stomach sleeping with no problem. I don't feel the port at all. I can't remember when I was able to go on my stomach after surgery but I am sure it was within a few weeks. -
From the album: my journey from 6/08
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From the album: my journey from 6/08
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From the album: my journey from 6/08
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From the album: my journey from 6/08
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hi, I have lost 60lbs in 7 mos. You are doing much better than me in the 6 weeks! Congrats on your 30 lb lost!!!! I think I also lost alot of inches. I should have taken measurements before but that is okay I have old pants to see! Good Luck on your journey! Keep up the great work
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From the album: my journey from 6/08
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thanks, I didn't know I put my pics on for the whole world to see. But it gave me a reality check!
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From the album: my journey from 6/08
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From the album: my journey from 6/08
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From the album: my journey from 6/08
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I am interested in it please let me know if it is still for sale. Thanks, Let me know how to get intouch with you! Lisa
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Mother and Daughter Duo
leepizz replied to himynameisbob77's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
My self and my daughter were also banded 4 weeks apart. I went in June 08 and she in July 08. She was 16 1/2 yrs old at the time. I did alot of research before our surgeries. I have lost 60 lbs since June! I am very glad I did this and was very psych to start this journey. I have another 20 to reach my goal. However, My daughter is losing much slower, She has lost a total of 20 lbs since July. I am very happy for her since she coulod be going the other way on the scale like she has been doing for the past 5 yrs. We have done everything to get this weight off of her...Fat camp 3x during the summers and lost alot of weight but to only come home and put it on and some. the money I spent at camp I couod have paid for her surgery back than. Thank Godness my insurance paid for both of us. They only problem I find is that there is no support for the teenagers in my dr.'s office. We were going to the support groups but she wasn't getting anything out of it. She felt that everyone could be her mother or grandmother in the group. I am trying to get her to find someone that she can connect with for support. None of her friends know she did this, and again it is none of anyone's business. I try telling her to go on this site for support which I found to be addictive to. I love this site for all the inspiration and support it gives me on a daily basis. Where do you live? Hopefully they can connect. -
Hey Lisa, Just got your responds today...a week later! Weird. I am glad to have met you at the meeting. Don't ask me about eating. Since I have 6 cc in my band I am pretty restricted. For example today I had for: B Protein Shake S Half of nut cluster peanut bar L 1/2 cup of soup Bean S 2 cracker barrel snack stix with 2 ritz crackers oh a a scoop of cchip cookie dough UGH! D 1/2 fish and 2 bits of acorn squash I am so full right now. I would say go for the veggies for now since Iam having a very hard time with that and fruit. Some days I can and others I can't I am sort of worry about tomorrow since I get nervous around family. But I am starting to get over that feeling. I just don't want to get to stuff and have to get rid of it. Have a happy Thanksgiving and lets keep in touch. E-mail me if you would like