terilynn112

I am finally normalizing. Much like you I lived on colace those first weeks. I'm 1 month and 3 days post op, and for almost a week now I've been regularly almost every day. No meds needed. Teri

Gosh that sounds so good, Im gonna go out and get some pumpkin stuff... :biggrin: The turkey I'm cooking smell so freaking good. I'm scared to death some how I'm not gonna tolerate it well. :biggrin: If I've been roasting a turkey for nearly 5 hours now, and can't enjoy it... I'm gonna be angry! I gotta get moving. Been sitting here, between turkey bastings for an hour and a half. OOPS. teri

Honestly if I go below 1000 (which I'm having trouble hitting) i gain. Teri

I have one that has a surface infection (just under the actual skin), and they've looked at it a couple times. It's draining now, and discusting. BUT it's healing inside out the dr said. So that's ok... maybe a worse scar, but hey they are my battle wounds. :tongue_smilie: I will win the war! Please do call your dr, and if you think they're infected, please make sure they look at them. teri

They do have a liquid colace too... and it's not bad tasting, but you have to get it at the pharmacy counter (no prescription required in NY anyway). I had the same issues, now one month post op, and I'm going nearly every other day on my own. I can't do MOM as my body becomes dependent on it to go. So I stayed with colace, and when I got REAL despirate, with my dr's ok I used miralax (a powder you add to liquids). It wasn't bad. Didn't change the taste of whatever I drank it with. But for me it has gone away. teri

OK from now on... when I get stuck at a weight, I'm posting here. I lost a pound a day since posting I was stuck. Nice. I don't know what I did differently. Let's see... we adopted two kittens yesterday 8 week olds. One boy, one girl... so we have 2 girl cats, and one boy. The adult one is fixed, the other two will be asap. I have to call around about that. I finally felt comfortable enough in my 16W's that I wore them out of the house. It felt so good. I felt so proud. I'm seriously getting hungry soon after eating, so I have officially lost all restriction. So I try to keep myself busy. Teri

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Oh and any ideas for solving, or fighting back with our struggling point. I hope this helps someone.... first off not feeling like a failure, when they read the struggles others are having, and second off, maybe a suggestion that works for one might help another. For me... I try to eat my meal just before Matthew's (didn't work out right last night), and then I can't munch on his leftovers. Somehow in spite of licking my fingers yesterday I lost a pound. teri

Think about it... I know what mine is... I'll be doing great eating properly each day, and then I'll sit down to feed Matthew (my disabled boy), and take a bite here and there. Sometimes it's not even healthy stuff, as they have him on high calorie, high carb foods. So that's not good. Last night I fed him a brownie. WIthout thinking, I licked my fingers. Gosh that tasted good. I almost had one too. But I don't think that's the type of food we're supposed to eat. Exercising is going well. I am even enjoying it most days. Teri

I'm anxiously awaiting my first fill. I should have gotten it next week, but now it's November 4th... so far away yet.

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Gosh I'm so sorry for all you're going thru. I had one appt they gave me a little attitude about bringing my 2 yr old twins to. I told the lady front up, I'm a single mom, and no one I can find will baby sit my twins, that I can afford. So they're part of my journey, like it or lump it. Lifting on the disabled one has slowed my healing, but we knew that would happen. SO we've accounted for it. I bring things to keep my boys busy to appts, but they're pretty well behaved. Sounds like Liam is too. Is there anyone else you can go to for fills? or another nutricianist? hugs teri

I'm thinking of you today, as you heal and start your journey. I feel bad I didn't do this yesterday, but we're all praying for you, thinking of you, and waiting to hear from you. We are proud of our fellow September Samurai. Hugs teri

I'm struggling to stay with it... but another pound down this morning. I'll take it. I did a ton of walking yesterday, so I guess it paid off. teri

I am a month post op tomorrow. I love my band. My only regret was not getting it sooner. teri

I went from being a full blown type two diabetic with two shots a day, to no shots. And in the last weeks, I've had several bouts of low blood sugar (tested and proven) and my dr's told me to drink about 4 ounces of apple juice. (i can't drink oj, makes my tummy yucky). That fixes it. Haven't needed it in about 10 days. So maybe I'm leveling out. I feel so much better now than just 1 month ago. I'm so glad I made the choices I have. Just wish I had done this in 2002 when I first looked into it. teri

I barely made it a week

I was glued too... teri

Just about a half an hour ago got my pc back. I'm ok, it was a pulled muscle. Told me to take my muscle relaxer, and rest for a couple days. If it improved to just continue resting (ya right) but if it didn't improve, to call them in two days. If at that point it continued or during that time got worse they'd put me in. Good news is it went away on it's own. teri

I'm struggling now with the I wanna munch syndrome. But fighting it. I have no chance of a fill before November 4th. That will be a horribly long day. But I'll make sure I'm there. Surgeon's office for a fill, then home to get my son from grammy's and then back to the surgeon's offices for support group. And I'm bringing the clothing exchange buckets. (i took over that in september, just before my surgery). teri

I'm finally back. Whooo hoo! I'm all on solids. I can't eat bread. It sticks in my chest. I can tell if I eat to fast, as it gets stuck for a moment or two. Then it slides down. I can actually feel it. I have absolutely no fill in my band... won't until November 4th. I can't eat lettuce either. That makes me PB. I guess it's just something I won't tolerate, at least for now. I don't mind the bread to much, as I know I have a serious addiction to that. I got to a point I'd eat a half a loaf in a day, pre op. My weight loss has stalled, but I've not gained a pound. That's good, considering if I don't watch what I eat, I'd gain a pound a week. I am exercising nearly every day, and for 20-30 minutes a day. I'm working on the gazelle. I enjoy it. I put on music, and go to town. Michael's surgery was postponed last minute, so now it'll be in November. Other than that, I feel pretty good. teri

I'm back... took so long because my PC died. His surgery was cancelled last minute. The dr is sick. Thanks for your kind words. Now it's planned for sometime in November. teri

I was home alone. I was fine. I did take more pain meds than I thought i'd need. teri

I won't even be able to view the thread later, at least at home. But I need some ideas. I can check in later on my cell, so I'll look in. I can't post from there. But I'm wondering if anyone else has a similar problem. I've had pressure on my right side, just under my rib cage, where the "trocor" was. (Not sure it's spelled right). If I moved right, it'd hurt. This morning I woke up with pain moving at 5 am. Have been up since. The area hurts when I breath, cough, pass gas, drink, and move. I have called my surgeon's office but no answer back yet (course it's been all of about 30 seconds). Probably a pulled muscle? Oh I have at least put off Michael's surgery until later today because of it. Maybe even a few days later. Teri

I was looking forward to a fill, truthfully this morning I woke with a horrible pain in my right side. Seriously hurts as bad as when I broke my rib on that side. It hurts to breath, move, and God help me when we leave for the babies surgery. I'm so dreading that. Sorry having a bad day. teri