Humming Bird

See, like I said, touchy subject................

OMG Deb! That is one of my worst fears. It sucks that they took stuff, but I'm glad it didn't turn into a much worse situation.

Yes, I really do think it's time for a fill for me. Right now the problem will be setting the appointment on a day off so I can drive to Denver. I normally have Fridays off, but this Friday I have a hair appointment and I am working an extra day next Friday. My hunger is back with a vengeance this week and I have gained some weight back. That does NOT feel good at all! I fear the scale in the morning. If I have to wait 3 weeks it may not be pretty. I guess I better call the surgeon's office and figure something out.

108 pounds lost is not a mini success That one goes in the huge success category!! You are doing great!

Success is in the eye of the beholder. The meaning of success is different for everyone. Some may consider getting off meds. for diabetes or high blood pressure the ultimate success. Some may consider being able to run a 5K or having 6-pack abs the ultimate success. Some may consider dropping 50 pounds a success while others would only say they are a success if they reach a BMI of 20. I consider myself a lapband success. I did not get banded to get healthy. If my overall health has improved, which I'm sure it has, it is just a nice bonus. I got banded to look better and feel better about myself emotionally. I dropped 100 pounds in the first year. I went from a size 24 to a size 10. I look better at a size 10 and I feel better about myself at a size 10. I no longer avoid social situations because of my morbid obesity. I consider this the easiest diet I've ever been on and have put in very little effort. I do consider the band to be 'magic'. Life is good.

For me there are 2 different kinds of burps. One is the kind from eating or drinking too fast. It's like I get some air in there with the food or drink. The other type is while the food moves through the stoma, or is done moving through, air from the lower stomach part can then come up and out. It's like I can feel it was trapped in the lower area and is finally getting the chance to come. Very strange at first, but now it seems pretty normal to me.

Did you call your surgeon and/or your dentist about your tooth? All the posters did bring up some good advise. I have been working in dental field for 13 years and can not tell you much without seeing an x-ray and the tooth. I hate to see anyone get a tooth extracted. If you were told the tooth needs root canal therapy, the tooth IS infected, even if you do not feel pain. One option you might want to ask your dentist and/or your surgeon about is taking some antibiotics to hold the dental infection at bay until the heparin is out of your system. My surgeon gave me 7 days of liquid antibiotics along with the pain meds after surgery to avoid any type of infection.

Wow Melody. You are much more "in tune" with your own body than the docs. I wish sometimes they would take 2 or 3 minutes to "listen". geez

I had no pre-op testing, nothing, no seminar and no psych eval. I had a long consult and spoke with the NUT, then had surgery 3 weeks later. I did an Atkins pre-op diet for 2 weeks. I have not really had problems and my surgery went well.

I didn't put anything in a food processor or puree anything that wasn't meant to be eaten that way. It was just way too gross. I found plenty of foods that were already mushy. Cottage cheese, yogurt, apple sauce, smoothies, oatmeal, soup ......

Checking in. I did quite a bit of spring cleaning over the weekend, so started off the week with some aches and pains. My housework is never done, ugh. I stepped on the scale today and was up a couple pounds....yikes! I have been hungrier lately. Now I'm tossing around the idea of getting a tiny fill. I looked back at my last fill date and realized it was in June 2010. That fill was one that took me back to my original sweet spot from Sept. 2009. Before I mess with my fill level I guess I should go look at the "what did you eat today" threads. Maybe I just need some variety and lower cal foods.

I need an email address to send it to. Sending through LBT doesn't let me attach.

I'm not sure about what you mean........ My band keeps me from eating too much. The pouch only holds a very small portion of food. I simply can not over eat.

hmmm...... not sure what you mean with this one, but it doesn't sound too productive

wow, 12 months? that's crazy. I was self pay, so didn't have to do any of that. It was only 3 weeks from my first consult to my surgery. I'm guessing it is the insurance that requires you to do this?

I agree with Elfie. In most cases the "tool" can not work properly without fills. After the swelling goes down the stoma is too large and the band is a useless piece of plastic around the stomach. After going to all the trouble of having weightloss surgery you should not have to diet like crazy. If it were me, I would demand a fill and continue to do so until I felt restriction. It really does not have to be so difficult.

I am so sorry to hear you are having trouble like this. The pain in your entire left side is worrisome. And the bloated feeling doesn't sound normal. None of this sounds normal after a simple fill. I'm not sure the ER will be very helpful unless they have a lapband person on call. I hope you do ok over the weekend until you get in to see your surgeon. Do you have a fever? There are quite a few people who have switched over to the sleeve who still check in here at LBT.

yes, there are leaves on 4 of the fabrics in that one. The pattern was easier than I thought it would be. It is one that is made out of long strips sewn together, then you cut the strips with a rotary cutter. Let me know if you want the pattern and I'll email it to you. The pattern uses 9 fabrics and I narrowed it down to 7.

For me, after being banded for a period of time, the band does take away my head hunger. Most of the time food just doesn't appeal to me anymore. The bad things, like fried food, I used to eat all the time before being banded just don't even sound good now.

This was the first quilt....hand quilted , machine pieced

My 2nd quilt.... all hand quilted. (machine pieced) Guess I should have tacked the bottom to the wall .... it really did turn out more square than the pic makes it look

From what I've heard, most lapband surgeons expect their patients to be at goal in 2 years, not 8 months. It sounds like your PCP doesn't know enough about it to make comments like that. I would just let it roll off you and keep plugging away with what you know.

Don't let yourself give up so soon. A couple of fills and you will be on the road to skinnyville

Speaking of quilting ......... I finished my 2nd quilt a few weeks ago. I just have not taken a pic yet. I'll have to post one. It turned out very nice. I gave the first one to my son, so this one is for me