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Hi everyone. It's been a long time since I've posted and thought I'd just check in. Sounds like you folks are doing great! Things are going ok for me. I hit my first big goal on September 26th. I had wanted to be down 50 lbs by my friends wedding and I made it. :scared2: However, since then I have only lost 2 lbs and am so frustrated because I can't seem to keep them off- the scale keeps bouncing up and down by 2. It's kinda like I hit that goal and got stuck. I really need to step it up in the exercise department but am struggling. I guess I need to find something to inspire me again, kinda lost my "get up and go". What do u guys do to stay motivated? How is everyone else doing?
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My hubby and I were scheduled for fills at noon on the 11th but are going to have to cancel because his work schedule changed. It's a very long drive from Sask. to not even see a doctor and to just get a nurse to do the fill. We are thinking of trying the nurse in Regina. Has anyone gone to her before? Has anyone talked to the docs about how they feel about getting fills done elsewhere? It sucks because we will have to pay but we are spending that much driving to Winnipeg anyway.
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also forgot - have you guys ever considered contacting the nurse in Regina that does fills? (Joel had posted about it awhile back) - i was not going to consider it until after the year of free fills was up in winnipeg, but if they're booking up so fast, it almost makes me wonder if I should consider looking at the nurse in Regina... what's your thoughts on that?
Let me know how you guys have been doing!! (Besides being nice and relaxed from being at the lake!)
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ugh i just left a msg for you on MY visitor msgs instead of yours LOL - I find this site so confusing for messaging - yikes! So i'll cut n' paste!
Hey Lisa! Super jealous about spending time at the lake - that would be so great now that we FINALLY have decent weather!
Haven't gone for a fill yet, my husband is now trying to decide whether he wants the surgery, so I'm waiting on him a bit so I can try to schedule a fill around when he'd do a consult (if possible). we leave for holidays to toronto on friday, so want to have an idea by then when i'll be going again! i have lost some weight, but I was really sick for about a week and barely ate, so i think that's where the bulk of it went lol
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Hi! I haven't been on here for so long because we've been at the lake so much-kinda miss the support. Did you go for a fill yet? I talked to Jen to schedule one for Blake and I when he is 6 weeks post-up and she said she would get back to me cause she is overbooked now and may not be able to fit us in. Crap! Hope you are doing well. Have you lost since your last fill?
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hey!
did you guys ever hear from Jen? I haven't ... think I'm going to give her a call today and check about an appointment - or maybe tomorrow but SOON lol (time seems to keep slipping away, I was going to try and call last week, and here I am still!
Hope you guys are doing well!
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Hi Kyla,
Things are going ok for both of us, thanks for asking! I still have some restriction in the am but goes away later on. Pretty frustrated that I haven't lost anything for 3 weeks now. Need another fill I guess! I don't have a date yet. Blake has to go at 6 weeks so planning for around then. Jen was taking some holidays so don't panick that she hasn't called yet-she said she would call us too when she got back. Hopefully we can do the same day and go for coffee or something
Glad things are going well for you! Talk to u soon.
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ps - i didn't intentionally not ask about how your husband is doing, but apparently there's a character limitation in these messages so i had to edit tons of things out! Hope he's doing well and that the shoulder pain has eased up a bit for him!!
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Just checking in on how things are going with you guys! I haven't had much of a chance again to pop back here.
How have you been doing since your fill? I am feeling more restriction, but certainly not as much as I would like. I'm eating less, but still more then what I'll hopefully be at in another fill or two!
Have you got an appointment for your next fill yet? When we were there that Saturday, they told me Jen would call to set up an appointment, but I haven't heard from her yet. There was a big mix up with my first fill (she had me scheduled for an appointment I didn't know anything about..) and so now I'm a little nervous thinking it will happen again! I'm thinking if I don't hear from her tomorrow, I'll maybe call Monday. I'd love to get in for another one before the end of July (fingers crossed!)
At any rate - I hope you guys are doing good and able to enjoy some of the nicer weather we're having the passed few days!
Kyla
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Hi everyone, especially those of you who are new. It's so nice to be able to meet all of you on here and it was great to get to meet some of you in person at Maples. Please do introduce yourselves if we all end up going for a fill on the same day again. My hubby and I would love to be able to get together with you if someone plans something but we live in Sk. so it would have to be scheduled for a day when we were coming for a fill/checkup for it to work for us. Things are going ok for me but I have to admit I'm a little frustrated right now that I haven't lost ANY weight since I had my fill and even before that. I have a lot of restriction in the morning so I have been waiting until closer to noon to eat. Then in the evenings that restriction is gone and I can eat pretty much anything that I want. I am hungry so I have been eating more than I normally would have that late in the day. I know it is so bad to eat before bed so I'm trying to avoid that. I guess I should be happy that I'm not gaining but it's driving me nuts that the scale hasn't gone down for three weeks in a row now and I've been way more active. I was reading some of the posts and have seen others struggling with this too. Any advice, anyone? Am I expecting too much too soon?
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Hi! Sorry it took so long to get back to you!
So glad to hear you have some restriction now. I do too and am finding that mornings aren't so great for getting anything but liquids down. It kinda sucks because I've always been a breakfast person and now it's noon before I even want to try to eat.
Blake is doing well but he had a rough time last night because of his arthritis meds bothering his stomach. He's gonna have to talk to the docs about this and may have to take something different now.
How was your visit with the in-laws? I was thinking about you as we were driving home. What a busy day you must've had!
I'm so glad we met on Saturday. Blake has to go back in six weeks for his first fill so I will let you know the exact date when we get one.
I am so terrible with remembering names and if you don't mind me asking what is yours? I can't remember if you said Kayla or Kyla. LOL. Did you happen to catch Moonbeams name?
Let's definately keep in touch!
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Hi everyone! I so much enjoyed talking with those of you who were at Maples on Saturday. Sorry I didn't get a chance to really visit with you, Moonbeam, as you went in right away to see the docs. I hope we run into each other again at our next fills. I thought that might have been you, Tammar, in the waiting room as we were leaving and now that I know it was I will look for you next time. The first fill was so much easier than I expected- I thought it would be so much more painful but it wasn't a big deal. I found out I had 2cc's in my band already and Dr. B. put in 1.5 so I'm now at 3.5. I am definately feeling some restriction now. Mornings are tough because I have trouble even getting liquids down- they go down but I can feel every little bit of it going and it's uncomfortable. I haven't tried anything solid first thing because of this and have just been doing the carnation breakfasts. By noon things are better and I haven't had any problems with eating then. I am being really careful to chew lots and to pick foods that I know go down ok but need to try more things in the fruits and veggie department. I find that I'm just getting Proteins in and then not eating veggies. How's everyone else doing in the protein/veggie department? My hubby is recovering well but had a really bad night last night. He has arthritis and the meds he takes are really hard on his stomach. He hadn't taken any since surgery but was in a lot of pain so thought he'd better take a pill. He was up all night with an upset stomach and he said he felt like he was having a heart attack from the chest pain. (He still is having gas pain from surgery as well) Does anyone else take arthrotec or any other meds? If so, how do you manage? I read on a thread some where that after having surgery a lot of people aren't able to take these types of meds because it damages your pouch. Has anyone else heard this?
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hey Lisa!
Just wanted to drop a quickie to say it was really nice to meet you yesterday in Winnipeg! (Man it seems like that was about a week ago already LOL)
I hope hubby is doing ok following his surgery - sounds like he's a trooper if he was getting himself off the table already in the OR so I'll cross my fingers for a quick recovery for him!
How are you doing with your fill? I'm actually feeling some resistance from mine, which makes me want to jump for joy! I will see how it is for the next few days, but I hope it's already doing something, cutting down on trips back to Winnipeg is ok by me!
Hope your trip back to Regina was good - let me know how things are going on your end if you have a chance, I'll try and pop back more often to check things out around here!
