4x4 Moma

Hey lady, I am moving along very slow, but I am not complaining --- I am moving. I am down 35lbs. as of today.

I am very excited to hear from you. How are your babies? And How are you doing getting back on track after childbirth? Can't wait to see you post pics of you at goal.

Wow you look great - What an inspiration. I needed to see your pics to help get me motivated again. Thanks and Best of luck to you!

Hey girl friend, I just wanted to check on you and your Babies. I sure hope all is well. I am sure Piper is ready to be big sister. I think about you often.

You look great season4change!! I am very proud of you. I have not been keeping up with this site much. My lapband story is not very successful. I actually weigh the same thing I weighed the day I had my surgery. I not discouraged yet, Reading stories like your help to keep me focused. Keep up the great work - for both of us.

Send some of your snow to Ga. LOL

Hey, My friend. I am so excited that you are on here now. I am also so proud of you and your accomplishments. You are doing a great job.:thumbup:

I was banded on Nov. 9th. This has been a slow process for me. I will not get my first fill until January 8th. The holiday season cause me to be delayed. Thats OK. I am excited about getting a fill. Right now I can eat ANYTHING I want and that is not good. Sometimes I forget I even have the band.

Thanks for the sweet complement. I can not wait until I can do a full body shot on my profile.

You look wonderful and you seem to be so outgoing and happy now. I am happy for you keep up the great work.

Hey lady, I just found where you posted asking me about Dr. Duncan. Have you already gotten your band?

If not I highly recommend Dr. Duncan. You do have to be patient with his office, because they stay very busy. But it is sooo worth the wait. I was banded 11/09/09 with him and it was a wonderful experience.

Slow but steady. Due to the holidays I have to wait 2 months to get my first fill. Ugh!

If I can just maintain during Christmas I will be happy.

Yeah! I am glad everything went well for you. The gas pains can be a bugger, mine only lasted a few days, so hopefully you are already feeling better. My test result came back as inconclusive. WHATEVER!! I am not very happy about this. I will go back to Dr. Duncan on Thursday and hopefully he will be able to tell me a plan to put this issue in the past. I will keep you updated. I also want you to keep me updated on how you are doing. What is you post-diet and how was your Thankgiving?

I will be praying for you on the 25th. You will do great. It will be here and over with before you know. Smilin'

Thanks for checking on me. Post-op from my band and going smooth. I made it to full liquids. YEAH!

I am having some issues with my thyroids. The doc had me get an ultra sound done and he found two large mass. So last Friday I had to go have the biopsied. That was ALOT of pain. Still weighting on the result. How are you? What is it like at the two month mark? Can't wait to hear from you.

Thanks for the encouraging words and prayers. I am so proud of you for handling this pregnancy like a pro. Really no weight gain. That is wonderful. I like your name for a boy. Piper and Peyton sound good together. I will send you my e-mail on a private message. Thanks for sending me your diets. You are a wonderful friend. Hugs and Kisses. :)Amanda

What a great story. Honestly, when I first saw your pics I thought you were playing a joke. You look wonderful. Thank you for posting and inspiring those of us new at this process. I am one week post-op and already worried about how I will handle this when the NEW wears off. Reading stories like your encourages me to only think positive. Please keep posting any tips or stories you have.

Hey Girlie,

I just read your blog. I really like it. I am still trying to get me one started. Not really computer savy LOL. I seen you are from Ga. and wanted to shout to my neighbor. Best of luck and keep in touch. 4x4 Moma

I will not know anything back from them for a few more day.

My tummy is fine from the band, but my neck hurts soooo bad. I would not wish that on my worst enemy.

Well sorry to be complaining so much. Guess my good news is my band is great. I got to move to full liquids today. What was your post-op diet?

How are you and your little ones? Hope all is well. <3 ya, Amanda

Hey Girlfriend,

I am in the club now. Everything went great getting my band. Dr. Duncan and his team are absolutely the best.

However, on my initial visit with Dr. Duncan he kept looking at my throat when I was talking. Before I left his office he felt of my neck and asked my to go get an ultra sound of my thyroids done. I actually did this on the Wednesday before my surgery on Monday. Anyway, after my surgery he said he wanted me to go and have a FNA ultrasound done because he found 2 large mass on my thyroids. Lucky me!! This was the worst thing I have every been through. They put me on a table with my head tilted back as far as it would go and stuck 9 needles in my neck. 2 of the needles was lidacaine, but that only numbed the skin area. The doctor (it was not Dr. Duncan) sucked out some of the cells in the needles and sent them down to pathology for testing.

I am very excited. I am doing well on the pre-op diet so far, not so sure about the last two days of liquid only. But I aint scared. I do have a question, a lady at the doctors office was telling me about taking the gas-x strip before her surgery, have you ever heard of that? My other question is what Protein shake do/did you use? Thanks in Advace. Have you told the new big sister yet? That is a fun time with the second baby. My son prayed for about a year everynight for his little brother, so when I was far enough along to tell him he was too excited. I am so happy for you. Amanda -- 6 days to a new life.

6 days to go! I am so excited. I went today for pre-op, all of that went great. Tomorrow I will go for my EDG, I will be glad to get that over with. Then I will be smooth sailing. How about you? Have you done pre-op or the EDG yet, or do you have to? We are a 4x4 family. My husband, myself, and my 10 year old all have 4 wheelers. My 4 year old has a 50, but he prefers to just drive me around on mine 400. And then we also have a 1980 CJ7. So needless to say our idea of fun is lost in the deep woods somewhere. Guess that is why we want to move to Tenn. LOL. Well, guess I need to go eat some protein. Yummers.

Hey,

I seen we are going to be banded on the same day. I think a blog will be a great idea and I will do my best to get mine started soon. I am with you about the pre-op diet, however I started mine a week early and I have already lost 6lbs. That is motivation. Lets keep in touch. Amanda

Thanks for the "Hey" I am just started my pre-op today. Not too bad so far. Wow! It is scary to think you feel very hungry. Are you still happy that you decided to get banded? Please don't hold nothing back. I need to know what to expect. Amanda

You look great! Thanks for posting your pics. They help out newbies.

Hey photonut.

Why no pics on your profile?

Show off what you have accomplished. It helps newbes like me! Amanda

Hello, I enjoyed looking at your pics. Thank you for sharing. You have sure made some serious changes. As a newbe I have a few questions if you don't mind answering them. How long have you had your band? How much have you lost? and Most importantly if you had it to do over - Would you? Amanda

OK! I just though I would check in on you and read the "I"M PREGNANT" part. Congrats to you. I know you must be excited. I'm sure the initial shock was hard. Just remember, you know how to get any weight you might gain back off. You can do this.

Amanda

Hi. Just wondering if you have your date yet? Please keep me posted.