Sasha2013

my doc did a complete unfill, but only because they have had patients in the past where the band has slipped and they don't discover it till after the baby is born, because they don't do xrays on your tummy while your pregnant... its should be your decision though but thats what my doc told me, and that was good enough for me...and a complete unfill hasn't been as disasterous as i thought...i got unfilled at 5 weeks, and now at 11 weeks, i've lost 5 lbs since that unfill.

so i guess i should do a proper introduction...i'm 11 weeks pregnant! wow...still in shock. banded 7/28/08...and i'm just a slow loser with the band...and my last fill before i found out i was pregnant was just wayyyy to tight, and i stuck it out thinking it would help me lose weight faster (dumb) but just ended up eating all the easy crap like chips and milkshakes, just cause nothing i ate no matter how much i chewed would stay down, so i ended up gaining weight before i found out i was pregnant when i found out i was pregnant they had me get a complete unfill, i almost cried, i was like your taking ALL of it...apparently my doctor has had patients who have had their band slip during pregnancy and they dont discover it till the baby is born... so i cried later, and then had a sandwhich, WITH BREAD!!!!! lmao...bread never tasted so good. i thought having a complete unfill would be disasterous...suprisingly...i've lost 5-6 lbs i have morning sickness all day every day since about week 6, only vomited twice, the rest is just REALLY bad nausea ok thats me, thats where i'm at, and just wanted to say HI!

carson is REALLY cute! awwww i want my baby already! congrats!

wow guys thanks so much! i've already picked up two of your recommended books, and i'll be logging on to the suggested websites tonight.... thank you thank you!

ok so i found i was pregnant today (breathe!) dude my hpt showed up Sooooooooooooooo light, but doc confirmed, so yippie. i say yippie but i'm really thinking OH MY GAWD! i don't know anything about babies...i know they smell of poo and spit up alot. lol i was banded in july so i'm 7 months post op. i have so many questions not just about what going to happen with my band but pregnancy in general...i havent met with my OB yet, just my general doc. but do you guys have any suggestions for websites, forums, books etc for new moms-to-be my mind is racing, when do i tell my mom, i'm almost 30 and i feel like i'm 13 and trying to tell her i'm pregnant. how do you pick a daycare, do i talk/read to my unborn baby is there things i can do/teach my child early (0-4yrs) that will help them in school? i haven't even had my baby yet and i'm already thinking about school, and goodness gracious what happens when it turns into a teenager! do most people get a complete unfilled while their pregnant, well i guess like everything else probably depends on the doctor. ok i'll stop this rambling, can someone just send me in the right direction

i miss fast food a little, then i realize its about 90% of the reason i needed surgery in the first place...some days i'd go to mcdonalds and just ordered fries i loved them so much...yeah i haven't been able to eat fries for months now. oh Breakfast tacos...ANY taco! i recently moved to a new city, and over new years i was watching my niece she's 8, and she wanted mcdonalds...um yeah i needed the gps to find one cause i had no idea where it was...its like i don't even pay attention to fast food places any more...i'm sure thats a good thing...

so i'm down 40+ lbs since i started with pre op, which is about 30 since having the band.. seeing the scale say 240-anything...just blew me away, its been since early 2007 the last time i saw that number. now when i was going up i thought i was going to cry at 248....but gosh on the way back down 248 never looked so good! i tried over and over to lose weight (story of our lives) and a few times before i had lap band surgery i got to 250.0 and could never break into the 240's 249.8 was just the magic number for me, to let me know that my band is making a difference, and OH MY i did it, (ok me and the band did it) just had to share, i'm so excited!!! i feel like if i can get to the 240's (which i tried sooooooooooo hard to do this year and couldn't) then there is NO reason that i can't meet goal...i don't think i've been this excited since the day i scheduled my surgery! thanks for listening good luck to all!

ok i used care credit as well...and oh yeah it was short simple to the point your approved...and in 3- 4 weeks i had surgery!!!!!!! good luck...breath easy tonight, your having surgery!!!!!! yaaaay!

i feel the EXACT same way, i guess its easy for me to tell you, to hang in there the weight will come off, but its hard for me to take my own advice... i have accepted the fact that i'm not losing weight as fast as most, and some time for 2 weeks straight i don't lose anything, and some times i gain!!! but then i did the math today and since my surgery it looks like i've lost about 3 lbs a week...and thats not bad i too wanted to be closer to 200 by xmas, it is just very frustrating! i do exercise and i KNOW i eat waaay less than i use to, i guess i just have to learn to be patient so good luck to us both!

oh WOW...hope everything turns out ok i had a new doc do my fill this last time, and she stuggle for a bit, and then finally did it under fluro to find it... oh gosh did you have to pay for that fill? thats VERY wrong.

thank you...i'm going to get on that ASAP

ok so she was one of my friends i kinda hinted to about the band...and then just told her i was thinking about it, and i was going to try one last diet. well now she and her sister are interested in the band, and are asking me for resources...ugh!! i don't want to give them this website! i think this website has been the MOST helpful, and i truly feel that if your getting a band you need to come here...well find a good surgeon, read up on it, and come here..., but i still want my secret!!! i feel bad, cause i've been lying to her, but if you knew this girl, you'd be appalled that i even called her friend...she is the friend that if some one said hey you look great (to me) she'd say "well thats only cause she had surgery" no i'm not thinking worse case scenario, i've been there with her, i got into a professional school program in another city, someone asked me why i didn't just go to the school in my hometown, she jumps in and said, "cause she's not smart enough to get into school here" um yeah, when i'm done with school people will call me doctor, doesn't matter to me that i had to drive 300 miles north, but she's got the need to never let me be in the spotlight, and doesn't want anyone to be happy for me. so thats to give you some background on why i hid the surgery from her ok so um yeah, i'm thinking MAYBE i can tell her about my surgery, if she actually goes thru with it, but um i think i'm going to give her the website...ugh, its the right thing to do...but i'm soooooooooooo disappearing off this thread, lol i'm changing my name, erasing my photo, and hopefully by the time she logs on for the first time, all the threads started by me will be so far at the end of the forum she'll never find them...i think whether i tell her or not, a random internet search on lapband will lead you to this forum. ok maybe this rant should have been a blog and not a post...but thanks for listening!

ok my 1st fill i was filled to 4.2 (10cc band) and i lost 13.5 lbs...ok 2nd fill to 5.2 and OMG i've gained 7 almost 8 lbs...WHAT HAPPENED, that fill was 3 weeks ago, (i go for fill number 3 thursday) i was fine, i wasn't feeling hungry, i could go from 6 am to 9 pm and never eat, ( i did eat!) but i never felt hungry, i had lost about 7 1/2 pounds, and now i've gained that back, so now i weigh more than i did then when i went for the fill!!! i'm so embarrassed, like i don't wanna go for my fill, its so frustrating, i mean i know where i messed up i guess...i was going to the gym 5-6 days a week, and i cut down to 3-4, and now this past week i've been REALLY hungry, i mean i try will power like i had done with past diets, but its crazy i'm really hungry... i'm trying to talk to myself...like its not going to get any better with out a fill, so i have to go, but dang! i'm so upset!!! anyone else going thru this? need some words of encouragement, cause all i wanna do is sit here and eat! and THAT is NOT the way to handle this

i'm like everyone else...dude i'm the diet champion, give me a diet, i'll follow it, i can lose weight, that was never a problem, can't say i tried a diet and didn't lose weight...lost weight every time! gained it back...and more EVERY TIME! i did every diet, sometimes very dedicated, some times not so dedicated, my whole life was a diet, i didn't like being fat, i was motivated as many days as i was unmotivated. i did not EVER think i would have surgery, puh-leeze thats for lazy people who don't wanna diet and exercise! i tried, i really freaking tried, this was a last resort, i didn't have it in me to try another diet, i'd been down that road hundreds of times before and it ended the same way, no matter how dedicated i was, no matter how many times i knew that THIS was the straw that broke the camels back, how many times i said i was doing this for me and no one else, it ended the same way, i gained it back and then some! yo-yo dieting is worse than just being fat, one more yo-yo diet and i was going to be over 300 lbs, and that scared me, i avoided hbp and diabetes while in the 200's but its only a matter of time before they caught up with me. the band is a tool, it tells your body your fuller sooner, instead of doing a 1200 calorie diet on your own and feeling hungry all the time, and just so many other benefits. i'm not at goal yet, and i have a long way to go...but i'm already feeling changes, i'm not thinking about food all day, i'm not hungry, it basically helps you stay on a "diet" i guess if thats what you wanna call it everyone is different do you reasearch and always do whats best for you