Humming Bird

you might want to write the letter and hand carry it to the Doc. You know how sometimes you forget important points during conversations with a doc.?

what ever happened to the charts that used terms like big boned or small boned? You know, when you measure your wrist. I really think I am small boned and may need to have a goal at the lower end of the normal weight range. Though I can't even imagine keeping it off at this stage ................ maybe I will feel different 1-2 years from now.

I hope the mints are suger free !! I had to throw that one in ..... I look at teeth all day (dental)

wow sunshine, that is great weightloss! what size is your band? I only have 5.3cc in my 10cc band and am very tight. There are very few solids I can eat. If they put in more right now I don't think I could even get water through. I guess that just shows how different it works for everyone.

LMFAO ............ I know what you mean about forgetting what you were going to say. That pic kinda throws you off track. I usually just see myself somewhere in the middle in my dreams, but for a long time, I had the same dream over and over and over... I was riding in the back seat of a small car on a winding mountain road, much like the roads I drive every day. You know, the tiny back seats that no adult can really fit in well. I would start feeling very claustrophobic. I would start saying, "stop the car. I have to get out. Stop the car! Pull over! let me out! " I would wake up sweating and feeling so claustrophobic. It was hard to go back to sleep. I am happy to say that dream has not returned since being banded. I really do think I was having that dream because I was feeling so obese.

I chew sugar free extra gum all the time. No problems. Always sugar free .................... no tooth decay

yea, I hear ya. It's a real shame the DJ thinks that is the way to talk while on air. I think one of the best things we can do is talk with our kids and grandkids when they are around when something like this comes up. We all need to teach those we can from a very early age that this sort of thinking and talking is not ok.

oops .... make that 3 times ........... I had a little episode this morning. I ate something too solid when my band had that morning tightness. I should have known better.

On the wall at the office where I work, there is a hand written note in our Dr.'s hand writing. It says: People will not remember what you say and likely will not remember what you do, but they will remember how you make them feel. I work for a wise man. We try our best to not make people feel bad by treating adults like children. re: what you say .... like all the instructions you give ...

I think some people are more prone to hairloss. I have very fine, thin, straight hair. My hair started thinning a lot at about 3 1/2 months post op. I am almost 6 months post op now and not sure if the thinning is slowing or not. I know I do not have regrowth yet. I have been taking biotin and trying to keep my protein up for many months. It doesn't seem to help, so I have kicked it in high gear and started trying everything else I can think of. I use nioxin shampoo and conditioner, got some liquid silica from a heathfood/vitamin place that is for hair/skin/nails, started taking nioxin vitamins, got the equate brand/ Rogain, take multi-vits. ................ I don't know if any of it has helped. Maybe it has. Maybe the hairloss would be worse if I was not doing some of it. Who knows? I am glad to hear that it does get better at some point. I work with people, up close and personal, every day. Thank goodness It isn't noticable to other people, just me and my hair dresser.

welcome to "Banster Hell". Try not to over eat during this time. Stick with "diet food" and know that it will not last long after you start getting fills. You need healing time for your band to last longterm.

I was banded in July. I have thrown up twice. Both times it was after I was at my sweet spot and I ate greasy food. The first was 5 french fries. Both times I just threw up the little bit I had eaten and there was not much heaving involved like you get with the flu or something. I did not feel bad after I threw up. It sure was a lesson about what I can not eat.

If you stay or if you switch, I think you need to write a letter and include everything just like you did in this post. Make sure you don't say anything mean, just state the facts. That office needs to at least check themselves. They need to take a look at how they treat people. If nothing else, at least you will be helping the patients that come after you. I too work in healthcare and with many patients.

hey Stephanie, With the tight band are you having trouble getting in all the water they say we should drink? I know I am, but I'm not so sure I would even if my band wasn't tight. When I eat food my pouch is full for a long time. I drink 30 mins after I eat to quench my thirst, but it just seems like through the day I just have no room for the required ounces of water. On the days I work there is just no time for all that drinking. I am not in the position to have food or drink much except on my lunch break. I can't get it all in after work because I eat dinner and have a full pouch. Plus I don't want to get up several times in the night to go to the bathroom. I know that when I tried different diet centers over the years I could never drink all that water, so I'm not sure it has all that much to do with my tight band. Maybe it does make it a little worse.

will the insurance require proof that you have gone to the Dr. for these conditions over a period of time?

I had no pre op testing. nothing. zero $$$$

Thanks...... Earlier today I was just thinking about looking it up to see if I'm still obese. yep, still obese. No longer Morbidly obese! On my way to being overweight! woo hoo !

Atkins has a couple, but I can only really stand to eat one kind. The others I have tried are too heavy/solid and taste bed to me. The one I eat sometimes is the Atkins Day Break Peanut Butter Fudge Crisp Bar. 10g protein, 1g sugar, 2 net carbs.

wow, that's too bad. I thought most insurance required a BMI of over 40 and only the comorbidities if you had a BMI between 35-40. Just one idea .... have you thought about self pay? My surgery was just under $10,000 (all included) Minium payments started out at $100 per month. I paid larger amounts, so now my minium monthly payments are much less.

I do not have acid reflux problems with the tight band either. My acid reflux problems were fixed with a hiatial hernia repair during my band surgery. Wooo Hooo!

I live with a tight band and do not have constipation problems or any other IBS type issues. About 10 years ago (way before the band) I had been misdiagnosed with IBS. I went back to my PCP many times over several years. I did not go #2 very often and sometimes had to use laxitives. I even brought it up when I had a pap. The Dr. told me my colon did not work properly. He said it was like a tube of tooth paste beeing squeezed from the middle instead of from the bottom. He said it was a form of IBS and I should eat Fiber. I complained during the pap as I felt discomfort during the part when they feel the ovaries. They even had me join in a clinical study of IBS patients. Many, many times I said that I could not go #2. Well, finally I went back to the PCP's office after work one day and said "somthing is very wrong and it is not IBS!" I started having pain with sex. He started feeling around my belly (I was not obese at that time). He had a student in the office with him and had her feel. They were working my stomach back and forth like they do when you have a baby in there. The student was asking some questions ...... the Dr. told me he wanted me to go get an MRI. I said, "ok." He said, "I mean go get one right now. We will call and tell them you are on your way." My right ovary was the size of a soccer ball and my left was the size of a grapefruit. My f.tubes were like big overgrown zucchini ! No wonder I couldn't take a poop! My intestines were being smashed! The surgery for that was VERY BAD!! The reason I tell you this story? Every time I hear someone say they have IBS, I cringe and think maybe it is being misdiagnosed. This was the second time that PCP screwed up with me. I never went back to his office again.

I did not see anything constructive in the original post. I directed the OP to a much more constructive thread. Even for those who did not see the original, look at the title. The poster has unexpected feelings toward fat people in their life. They were asking if anyone else has feelings like this. She used the wrong words in the post. I could see from the get go that she would get slammed for the words she chose.

2 weeks after surgery I was still feeling very weak. I went back to work after one weak. The hunger part wasn't bad at that point and I had no pain. I was still on pretty much full liquids and some very runny mushies.

It really sounds like you need a fill. I know for me, I would get that full feeling way before I had that many crackers with my soup.

It's a shame that the OP edited out a couple of the original posts because the parts that were repeated were picking out only the worst of them and missing the point totally. Go ahead, respond, defend yourselves, add fuel to that fire. Then what have you accomplished? 2 wrongs never make a right. Do you resemble the original remarks and make yourself feel better by slamming the OP? I know I do. I can tell you that 60 lbs ago I myself was having trouble wiping my ass properly. I'm not sure if it's all the vitamins/suppliments or what, but right now I am having my own issues with BO. Sometimes I do feel like a fat slob. That being said, blasting the OP about how they are feeling is not going to help. It takes a special kind of person to admit when they were wrong, used the wrong words to explain, or responded in the wrong way. Lets see if anyone is "big" enough to do that.