Busybee424

I am only 7 weeks wow its early for me then, but i do know that i will have to have another one later on. I just hope i pass, i do not need the added MD visits. I had Dr. Krahn in SB as my surgeon.

Hey all I was banded about 13 months ago, now i am pregnant. I had gestational diabetes with my daughter 4 years ago so of course i am at risk this time around, however i am significantly lighter now so i am hoping i am in the clear. My question is has anyone had to have this test while banded? I am afraid of the slight carbonation the drink i have to drink for the test has. I am probably going to call the surgeons office but the test is tomorrow and basically there is no way out of it, i have to do it for the safety of myself and my baby. Just wondering if anyone has had it and how they were with it. :ohmy::confused:

So I had an appointment with the surgeon yesterday, along with getting another small fill he informed me that my scars have formed keloids. Very unusual for someone with as fair of a complexion as mine, he joked that I must be "black irish" :thumbup: So has anyone else developed keloids,and what if anything have you done to treat them. I am going to see if I can get in with a Derm maybe I can get some kenalog injections. But in case that doesn't fly with my MD what else can I do?

I had surgery on a Thursday I went back to work on Tuesday. I was supposed to go back on Monday but I wanted another day off. I was just a little sore, nothing unbearable. I too have a desk job so I definatley think that helped going back sooner.

Well I have pretty thick hair to begin with, and I am a blonde so I have always shed a lot of hair. BUT since my surgery in March my hair has seemed to thinned out a bit, nothing drastic. I mean I am not missing huge chunks of hair anywhere. But there has been a notice in the thickness of my ponytail and stuff. I eat plenty of protein, I drink protein bullets and focus strictly on my proteins. I take my vitamins most of the time as well. Some people say that its actually an effect from the anesthesia, rather than a vitamin or mineral deficiency. I don't know which to believe. I was told that whatever loss may happen, does grow back.

Since surgery on 3/19 I have lost a total of 27 lbs, but total since starting this journey in December its 48 lbs. I had my first fill on 4/28 and since then I have lost about 9 lbs. These past 2 weeks I have been staying pretty much within a 2-3 lb range going up and down. I am not liking that fact that I think I am plateauing so early on. I also do no thing I am eating enough protein, so I am trying to boost that up hoping that will make a difference in my losses. I really want/need to hit the 50 lbs mark to feel a sense of accomplishment.

As unbelievable as it sounds even to me I am down 23 lbs for "Cinco De Mayo" when I thought 15 was going to be hard to do. I am so happy. Of course I also just had a fill on Tuesday so my restriction is great.:ohmy: I hope this momentum stays with me :thumbup:

I think I need to just chalk it all up to the inflammation caused by the fill. I have been pretty much Ok since that first day of nausea.

Well I have been on liquids since my fill, today is the first day i can do mushies and its not lunch time yet. I am going to have some tuna for lunch so I guess that will be the test then. I have some compazine left from surgery I was thinking of using it just in case.

I had my first fill on 4/28 and the MD had to take out 1/2 cc so I could actually swallow the water. At that point he felt I had good restriction and I would actually feel full. So I had a total of 3 cc's in this fill and 2 were already in the band. Now my question is yesterday late afternoon I had a stomach ache and I felt like I had a huge gas bubble in the upper part of my back that wouldn't move. Eventually it went away and I also took Pepcid AC. Now this morning I am trying to drink my protein shake and its like its not agreeing with my stomach, it feels like its upsetting my stomach. Could this be just irritation from being filled? I wouldn't think it was too tight since I don't have problems swallowing. What does anyone think???

Hey I had my first fill yesterday boy that was a different type of experience :thumbup: I had 2 cc's in from surgery and they gave me another 3 cc's yesterday. I am on liquids right now but I really think this is going to do the trick for me for a while. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I may be lucky. :ohmy:

Ok so after being stuck for what seemed like forever :w00t:, 2 weeks actually I am finally down 1 more lb not a huge change but at least its in the right direction.

I am stuck, my weight is at a plateau and I don't feel good today. My head is pounding just on the right side, my stomach isn't feeling that great and I have no idea why. Tylenol isn't taking the headache away either. I just want to whine today :thumbup: Thats my complaint for the day :tounge_smile: I can't wait to go away to Vegas!!!!

I am stuck, my weight is at a plateau and I don't feel good today. My head is pounding just on the right side, my stomach isn't feeling that great and I have no idea why. Tylenol isn't taking the headache away either. I just want to whine today :thumbup: Thats my complaint for the day :thumbup: I can't wait to go away to Vegas!!!!:thumbdown:

I am not saying you can't vent here or don't vent here... but this is MY blog and I can write what I want, can't I? I didn't voice my opinoins on these peoples threads I voiced them in my own blog, where they'd have to go searching for in order to find them. Your either strong enough to work the band or your not, but blaming everyone under the sun rather than yourself is not going to help you achieve your weight loss goals. You can't be like: I eat because my mom didn't love me enough, I eat because my dad didn't love my mom enough, I didn't lose weight because my surgeon didn't tell me enough, I gained weight because my surgeon didn't do his job and so I had to go and eat a bacon double cheese burger large fries and a double chocolate piece of cake. It all boils down to accountability, you either have it or your don't. I didn't lose any weight in a week, you wanna know why? Yeah me too, but all I can figure is I didn't work out enough. Not my surgeon's fault, not my parent's fault, not even the strangers down the streets fault. MY OWN FAULT. And this is my blog, so I can say as I wish. I am polite and friendly on the boards, but I can feel as I want and write what I want in my blog.