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Looking for March 2010 bandsters threads
Miss Sammy replied to Fern's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Sandi it's so fantastic that your going to have such great support their and everyone is flying to be there with you!! What made you decide to go to MX? What date is your surgery? -
How you feeling sweetie??? I'm glad you pulled through ok!! My op is next wednesday (your tuesday) i'm getting soooo nervous that my liver will be too heavy!! Hope to hear from you soon!! Love and wishes from sammy xx
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Oh SOY i am SOOOOO glad you pulled through ok! The tip about the ipod is a FANTASTIC idea.. if only i had my laptop back intime to add songs to my ipod that i find relaxing!! i have like five days left now i think.. wednesday for me! But you guys are behind in time so it'll be tuesday for ya's when i go in!! Best of luck!!
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Looking for March 2010 bandsters threads
Miss Sammy replied to Fern's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Congratulations Btieger i'm so glad everything went ok for you! Your hospital stay was very very quick!! Here in australia i will be in from 1-4 nights! Most likely 3 they said! Does anyone know how to edit your weightloss ticker? I went to the website to change mine and couldn't find anywhere to do it!! Any help would be appreciated as my op is in 5 days and i'd love to record my preop weightloss!! -
oh wow you only had to do it for a week?? When is your operation??? Clear fluids wow what can you actually count as clear fluid haha?? You have to do clear fluid before your op?
I'm nearly two weeks down on my preop diet.. and over 11.2 pounds down so far.. it's killing meeeee...
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Hey there SamC!! Thankyou for sending me a friend request! how are you going?? When are you being banded?? xx
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Hey Soy!! Haha i can assure you it won't be like having a baby!! I've been on preop liquid shakes (optifast) for the past 1 and a half weeks now.. its killing me.. how long did u have to do the preop for?? soooooo much luck for you hope your ok xxx
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Goodluck for your surgery Soy i know it is coming up close, i saw your name on the Poll and thought i would pop a good luck message and a hello in! I'm due to be banded on the 10th so we're not very far apart!! Would love to chat and see how you go!! xx
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Hey Kuj how are you going! Since you sent me that info i haven't cheated at all.. can't remember if it's day 3 or day four... butmy scales say i'm at least 4.4 pounds down since having started not cheated not sure though will play it by day... I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself in alot of pain atm, can't shake my migraines and starting to get a cold i think... i think i'm only going to get worse having not been on solid food but i am guessing there is nothing elsei can do... what do u think??
How are you doing? Time is fast approaching hey! Only 2 weeks two days till my op, seems like such a long time on shakes though = (
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Hey rod how are things going?? I finally have my date 10th of March and am on preop diet.. not enjoying it one bit heh... what have u been up to fellow aussie!
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Hey darl how are things going?? I'm starting to get sick not liking it at all.. migraines are starting to come everyday.. silly me got sunstroke yesterday plus a migraine then woke up this morning with my muscles aching so bad, a migraine and feeling like i'm catching the flu.. lol go figure.. 4th day of not cheating i have to admit my scales say i have lost atleast 4.4 pounds.. so that side is definitely good i just hope my body can physically last without solid fooooood..
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Looking for March 2010 bandsters threads
Miss Sammy replied to Fern's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Hey Matilda, I'm on a 4 week preop diet =( 4 weeks of shakes for every meal (optifast) and a very small plate of broccolli, cauliflower, cabbage, pumpkin and onion with my tea shake.. all water and sugar free drinks! My op is the 10th of March! -
Looking for March 2010 bandsters threads
Miss Sammy replied to Fern's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Hey Fern!! I too am a March Bandster!! 10th of March i'm looking for fellow bandsters to talk through the journey with too :thumbup: -
Due to be banded 10/03/10 would love some..
Miss Sammy posted a topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm Sammy 21 hence my profile says, i live in Australia and am due to be banded on the 10th of March 2010!! YAY a month tomorrow. Tomorrow i start my shake diet fulltime i'm so scared because they make me so sick but that is something that i'm going to have to deal with my surgeon has said. I don't have alot of friends around here especially that have had lapband or considering it... i really would love some people that are interested in chatting or emailing... Would love some input and friendly words throughout my journey.. i really hope i've come to the right place.. My email is missdillon@live.com.au or my msn is xox1misled_angelxox1@hotmail.com.. would really really appreciate hearing from anyone it doesn't matter where your from =D -
hey corrrrrr... i miss u so very very much i havent seen you around in so long.. i have my confirmed date finally .. how have you been i havent spoken to u in so so long! <3 you!
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Hey There Miss Milo!! I noticed you were a fellow aussie due for surgery around the same time as me, i thought it would be good to drop you a line and see how your pre-op diet is going? Where abouts in aus are you??
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I also heard from alot of my band mates, that theres something called the Pouch test which jump starts your band into losing weight again!! It's interesting read you can google it!!
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Hey everyone... My surgery is set for end of january very early febuary. I see the surgeon on the 15th january and by then he said i need to of shrunk my liver and lost some weight. I was meant to be doing Optifast from november through till when i saw him but the doctor has taken me off optifast as i was getting very sick on them.. i have since found i have the same reaction on all the shakes i have possibly tried. My dietician and surgeon both said i would have to try and extremely low cal (300 calories a day) diet which i am beyond struggling to stick to. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas and ways in which i could shrink my liver in time. I am scared as he has said if i go under and my liver isn't shrunk i will come out of the surgery without having had the band done and that is going to be seriously horrible. As far as doctors and dietician is concerned the only way to shrink it in time is to stick to a 300 a day calourie diet which means avoiding almost all forms of carbs.. so not even beetroom, potatoe, peas, corn, carrot, or anything like that.... but im struggling to stick to a Water based Soup for most of my meals. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as i really need this surgery both for my health and emotional state. Please please help, atm i am feeling so helpless and i don't know what to do.. Love Sammy
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Liver Shrinking Prior to Surger
Miss Sammy replied to Miss Sammy's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Wow everyone! Thankyou so much for the replies!! It is honestly really helpful to me emotionally tpo also hear from people suffering similar conditions and would love to chat more to you guys its great! Because i couldn't go on shakes i was recommended low carb low calorie but dietician said 300cal a day until my surgery to ensure i lose enough weight. I see the surgeon in 3 weeks so i can find out exactly what the go is then. But from when i see him to surgery date i will Strictly adhere to no carb low sugar diet at 300cal. For now i am just keeping as low carb as i can and eating as little but frequently etc. I have been a bit naughty due to my depression lately but i have also been exercising by going to the beach everyday. I really hope it will be ok. Due to living in geraldton, i don't have the option of going to perth because i couldn't afford the trips there to get my fills and i don't want to be driving back from perth after surgery and not have my fmaily there so i figured this was the better option. He has done over 30 bands just in geraldton alone, and my best mates mom was one of them and she said she's doing good. So im trusting that!! -
Liver Shrinking Prior to Surger
Miss Sammy replied to Miss Sammy's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
YMjackson, i never once questioned having to lose weight prior to my surgery nor about shrinking my liver. I am helping myself hence why i have been following as closely to the 300cal diet as i could for the last few months and and becoming stricter the closer i am to surgery date and also why i am on here for support and to get advice from other bandsters. I've been light headed and fainting frequently lately so i am seeking another option of attack. My surgery means everything to me, so i am continuing to do the best i can to ensure everything goes safely and well. If i had my choice id be on shakes and losing the weight because i know i lost it on them, but i can't due to the sickness i get from them. I want as little risk as possible when i go on that table as i am more than frightened about going under the knife again surgery scares the living death out of me. Love Sammy.. -
Liver Shrinking Prior to Surger
Miss Sammy replied to Miss Sammy's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
That sounds quite good! My so called diet im trying instead of 300 cal is two scrambled eggs or baked beans on One peice of toast for brekky.. lunch is usually meat and salad on a plate and dinner is usually meat and vegies or salad, sometimes pasta or rice but i know i need to cut them out completely. I figured this diet would have to atleast shrink my liver a bit surely..? -
Liver Shrinking Prior to Surger
Miss Sammy replied to Miss Sammy's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Banded girl, may i ask what you did for preop diet? and did ur surgeon require u to lose weight before surgery? I know some things are diff in australia so i wasnt too sure -
Liver Shrinking Prior to Surger
Miss Sammy replied to Miss Sammy's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hey everyone, I probably should have given you all a little more background information. I see a dietician and have done since i was 9 i am now 21. I suffer from Polycystic Ovarian Disease and Insulin Resistance (just to name a few) and because of this my body doesn't lose weight as easily as most people. I have been big since i was 4 and tried everything under the sun except surgery. Previously i had been on Optifast and lost 15kgs or 33pounds. That had been the only weightloss diet or program that had me lose ANY weight. Being as no other diet works my dietician and surgeon have both said i need to lose 10kgs before my surgery and either i do the shakes (which the doctors have taken me off) or stick to a diet that is equal to being on the shakes which works out to be 300cal a day! I currently weigh 134kgs or 295.5 pounds. Im huge, and it's a danger me going under the knife. Being at this weight means my liver is quite enlarged etc. So i really need to lose the weight to a) lesson the surgery risks and shrink my liver so he can "lift" it during the laproscopic surgery because apparently if it's too heavy they can't lift it and you can tear the liver etc. I live in a small town and he is our only surgeon but apparently he is quite good. I know two people who have had it done by him and they don't seem to mind him. I am just a little stuck atm, as there is no way i can live on this everyday: one peice of toast and one egg for brekkky a sml bowl of Water based soup (consisting of only like cabbage, spinach, broccolli, cauliflower, celery, onion and garlic) for lunch (bland and not overly enjoyable) and either the soup for dinner or a small peice of meat and the rest vegies! That is roughly 300 cal... it doesn't sound that bad but to stick to its impossible. But the dietician and surgeon said that if i want the surgery i have to deal with it, because the surgeon said if i couldn't do shakes he wouldn't do the surgery and when i said well can't i try and alternate diet etc.. he considered it and said that yeah a 300 calorie a day diet May shrink it.... Just really confused and scared right now as ive waited 7months for this surgery because my waiting period on my health insurance wasn't up but now is and i can't wait any longer than febuary. Please Please help..... -
Hey my Beautiful.. Im around i just come on and nobody was on like you or wynn so i'd leave..
Aww what was making you so depressed?
I hope your doing ok.. did u get my email a few weeks ago???
Loves Sammy