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Talk about regrets! I'm so hungry (banded 9/23) and am having a bad day here at work. So what did I do? I ate seven Starburst Fruit Chews. I chewed them until they were pretty much disolved, so I hope that I didn't damage my new hardware. Now I feel GUILT. Why did I do that?!

I'm sick to death of this liquid diet. I feel weak and tired and I want it to stop! I get hungry, but not crazy hungry so that's a plus. I can't wait until my Monday nutritian class, hopefully I can start on mushies then. The thing that's frustrating me is that my weight has barely changed in three days. I can't understand how I can drink slimfast three times a day and not see a difference on the scale every morning. Meanwhile, my "weigh less than hubby" goal got stolen away when he didn't eat much for the past two days and dropped FIVE POUNDS. How wrong is that?! I've been looking through success stories on this site and trying to picture the long term benefits, not just this last few days. I'm still frustrated, and just overall feeling yucky. :thumbup:

I'm sick to death of this liquid diet. I feel weak and tired and I want it to stop! I get hungry, but not crazy hungry so that's a plus. I can't wait until my Monday nutritian class, hopefully I can start on mushies then. The thing that's frustrating me is that my weight has barely changed in three days. I can't understand how I can drink slimfast three times a day and not see a difference on the scale every morning. Meanwhile, my "weigh less than hubby" goal got stolen away when he didn't eat much for the past two days and dropped FIVE POUNDS. How wrong is that?! I've been looking through success stories on this site and trying to picture the long term benefits, not just this last few days. I'm still frustrated, and just overall feeling yucky.

Two weeks seems like a long time to me, but everyone is different and it also depends on the job you have. I was banded 9/23/09 and was back to work on 9/25/09, but I basically just have to sit on my butt in front of the computer all day.

This morning I weighed 224.6 and DH weighed 226.4, I am officially lighter than my man! Of course, he did eat nearly an entire pizza by himself last night, but I'm still counting it. Maybe he did that to help me out with Goal #1, if so, what a sweetie. Next goal is to be under 200 pounds. When I get there, I'm going to reward myself with a spa day. Manicure, pedicure, one hour massage. I can't wait!

This morning I weighed 224.6 and DH weighed 226.4, I am officially lighter than my man! Of course, he did eat nearly an entire pizza by himself last night, but I'm still counting it. Maybe he did that to help me out with Goal #1, if so, what a sweetie. Next goal is to be under 200 pounds. When I get there, I'm going to reward myself with a spa day. Manicure, pedicure, one hour massage. I can't wait!

Friday I left work at 10:30 with a 101 degree fever. I called the surgeon's office and they told me to see my GP. He said I have broncitis and prescribed some magical antibiotics and cough syrup so I don't hurt the new hardware that was installed. Now it's Sunday and I've feeling pretty much back to normal, but I still tire easily. I still haven't really felt hungry yet, but I have had the urge to eat a couple of times. I'm scared of the band, so I didn't dare try anything. Next Monday I have an appt for a transition to mushy and normal foods at my surgeon's office. Today I weighed 226.6, down about 15 pounds from my all time high. Shouldn't be long before I reach my first goal...weigh less than my 6 foot 2 inch tall husband.

Friday I left work at 10:30 with a 101 degree fever. I called the surgeon's office and they told me to see my GP. He said I have broncitis and prescribed some magical antibiotics and cough syrup so I don't hurt the new hardware that was installed. Now it's Sunday and I've feeling pretty much back to normal, but I still tire easily. I still haven't really felt hungry yet, but I have had the urge to eat a couple of times. I'm scared of the band, so I didn't dare try anything. Next Monday I have an appt for a transition to mushy and normal foods at my surgeon's office. Today I weighed 226.6, down about 15 pounds from my all time high. Shouldn't be long before I reach my first goal...weigh less than my 6 foot 2 inch tall husband.

Nobody knows I was banded except DH, my boss thought I had a D&C to remove uterine polyps, because I had that a couple of years ago and though he'd buy that I had to have it done again. Looking back, I should have said it was hernia surgery, which isn't a lie and longer to recover from.

Yesterday’s surgery went very well. I can’t say enough about Dr. Oliak, his PA Ally and the staff at Chapman Medcial Center. The whole thing really was a good experience, but didn’t go off without a hitch. As you may remember, this whole thing is a secret to everyone but DH, even the kids. My kids are only 5 and 7, so I didn’t think it would be too hard to keep them in the dark as long as I got home from the hospital before they came home from school. That didn’t happen so they ended up coming to pick me up with DH after 5pm. I told my son that I had a hernia repaired (not a lie), and that is was private and I didn’t want him talking about it to anyone. I think he’ll forget the whole thing in a couple of weeks. Anyway, back to the actual surgery. I got there at 7 for a 9:30 surgery. I had the beginning of a cold since Monday but I didn’t have a fever so they didn’t even notice. They gave me a breathing treatment for my asthma and took me in right on time. I was surprised to wake up at noon in recovery. They took extra time to fix my hiatal hernia, which I was sure that I had going in because it caused me pain every now and then. They even gave DH before and after pictures. Trippy! I willed myself to wake up quickly and was transferred to my room by 12:45. My nurse told me that DH left to get DD was school I knew that I wasn’t going to make my goal of getting out before school. My nurse was great, she herself had gastric bypass seven months ago and has lost 100 pounds so far! She didn’t think I looked like I needed surgery, probably because we weigh the same right now. Anyway, I had to walk, pee, drink from medicine cups, drink broth, drink shake, see the physical therapist and then go home. They really seemed like they wanted me to stay, and told me that I could stay for 23 hours as an out-patient. I just wanted out of there, besides, the whole family was downstairs waiting for me. I faded in and out all the way home and went to bed when we got there. That’s when the gas pain set in. HOLY MOLY, that hurts! It still does actually. I regretted leaving the hospital because I could have been pressing that pain med button instead of suffering all night. I did find that laying on the shoulder with the pain sent the pain up to the other shoulder. While this transfer was happening, I was able to catch a few winks. I bet that I got up to go to the bathroom 15 times over night. My mouth was so dry I kept sucking on ice chips all night long. This morning I called in sick. I supposed to be there tomorrow and I’m organizing the company BBQ on Saturday but now I find myself with a 101 degree fever. I called the PA Ally and she wants me to come see them tomorrow if I’m not better. I don’t feel too bad, just tired and wishing that the gas pain would be gone for good.

Yesterday’s surgery went very well. I can’t say enough about Dr. Oliak, his PA Ally and the staff at Chapman Medcial Center. The whole thing really was a good experience, but didn’t go off without a hitch. As you may remember, this whole thing is a secret to everyone but DH, even the kids. My kids are only 5 and 7, so I didn’t think it would be too hard to keep them in the dark as long as I got home from the hospital before they came home from school. That didn’t happen so they ended up coming to pick me up with DH after 5pm. I told my son that I had a hernia repaired (not a lie), and that is was private and I didn’t want him talking about it to anyone. I think he’ll forget the whole thing in a couple of weeks. Anyway, back to the actual surgery. I got there at 7 for a 9:30 surgery. I had the beginning of a cold since Monday but I didn’t have a fever so they didn’t even notice. They gave me a breathing treatment for my asthma and took me in right on time. I was surprised to wake up at noon in recovery. They took extra time to fix my hiatal hernia, which I was sure that I had going in because it caused me pain every now and then. They even gave DH before and after pictures. Trippy! I willed myself to wake up quickly and was transferred to my room by 12:45. My nurse told me that DH left to get DD was school I knew that I wasn’t going to make my goal of getting out before school. My nurse was great, she herself had gastric bypass seven months ago and has lost 100 pounds so far! She didn’t think I looked like I needed surgery, probably because we weigh the same right now. Anyway, I had to walk, pee, drink from medicine cups, drink broth, drink shake, see the physical therapist and then go home. They really seemed like they wanted me to stay, and told me that I could stay for 23 hours as an out-patient. I just wanted out of there, besides, the whole family was downstairs waiting for me. I faded in and out all the way home and went to bed when we got there. That’s when the gas pain set in. HOLY MOLY, that hurts! It still does actually. I regretted leaving the hospital because I could have been pressing that pain med button instead of suffering all night. I did find that laying on the shoulder with the pain sent the pain up to the other shoulder. While this transfer was happening, I was able to catch a few winks. I bet that I got up to go to the bathroom 15 times over night. My mouth was so dry I kept sucking on ice chips all night long. This morning I called in sick. I supposed to be there tomorrow and I’m organizing the company BBQ on Saturday but now I find myself with a 101 degree fever. I called the PA Ally and she wants me to come see them tomorrow if I’m not better. I don’t feel too bad, just tired and wishing that the gas pain would be gone for good.

I took Zicam all day yesterday like it was my religion. I still had some of the old nasal swabs from before they took it off the market. Love that stuff! I already feel better today, but my throat is a bit scratchy. I'll continue with the Zicam and get a good night's sleep, and I'm sure I will feel pretty good by tomorrow morning. One good thing about this cold, I haven't been hungry so it's been easy to stick to protein shakes. This weekend my sister was over and saw all my protein shakes and diet food. I told her I was going on a diet again, so it won't be a big surprise when I start to drop some weight. What will be a big surprise is that it won't come back! They still haven't called me to tell me what time to be at the hospital, but I was given a rough estimate of 9am. Less than 24 hours!

I took Zicam all day yesterday like it was my religion. I still had some of the old nasal swabs from before they took it off the market. Love that stuff! I already feel better today, but my throat is a bit scratchy. I'll continue with the Zicam and get a good night's sleep, and I'm sure I will feel pretty good by tomorrow morning. One good thing about this cold, I haven't been hungry so it's been easy to stick to protein shakes. This weekend my sister was over and saw all my protein shakes and diet food. I told her I was going on a diet again, so it won't be a big surprise when I start to drop some weight. What will be a big surprise is that it won't come back! They still haven't called me to tell me what time to be at the hospital, but I was given a rough estimate of 9am. Less than 24 hours!

I was up a good part of the night obsessing about this tickle feeling in my throat. I know what it is but I'm going to just ignore it and hope it goes away. I really don't want to reschedule this, my husband took the day off work to transport me, my work is all caught up, and I'm ready to go! Wish me luck.

I was up a good part of the night obsessing about this tickle feeling in my throat. I know what it is but I'm going to just ignore it and hope it goes away. I really don't want to reschedule this, my husband took the day off work to transport me, my work is all caught up, and I'm ready to go! Wish me luck.

My doctor was not specific about the preop diet, he just told me to lose weight before the surgery. I was down 7 pounds and feeling great about it, but then the weekend came. Saturday we had a family BBQ during the day, and then my husband brought home ice cream sandwiches at night. I got back on the wagon in the morning and did pretty well, but then got so hungry by dinner that I ate a chicken nuggets meal from McDonalds! I'm dreading the scale in the morning! Now I've only got Monday and Tuesday to undo the damage, surgery is set for Wednesday. I can't wait to finally be free from incessant hunger.

My doctor was not specific about the preop diet, he just told me to lose weight before the surgery. I was down 7 pounds and feeling great about it, but then the weekend came. Saturday we had a family BBQ during the day, and then my husband brought home ice cream sandwiches at night. I got back on the wagon in the morning and did pretty well, but then got so hungry by dinner that I ate a chicken nuggets meal from McDonalds! I'm dreading the scale in the morning! Now I've only got Monday and Tuesday to undo the damage, surgery is set for Wednesday. I can't wait to finally be free from incessant hunger.

I'm having my surgery on the same day. My doctor was not terribly specific about the preop diet and I can safely say I failed this weekend. I can't wait to not be a slave to my hunger. Just a few more days!

Look at how tiny you are! I love your humor and the pictures too. I have done the same thing so many times, I have a shelf just for size 18s, one for 16s, one for 14s, and one for 12s. I resolve to believe in this band and myself by throwing away all the big sizes as I am able to fit in to the smaller ones. I don't even know why I keep the 14s and 12s around anymore, they are all hopelessly out of style!

I got approved right away, it took about a week after the paperwork was sent in. Everything has actually moved very fast for me, I hope the same thing happens for you.

I took the whole day off from work yesterday mainly because I needed to attend the "office day" which was about three hours long. I was the first one there, given MANY forms including a thirty question true/false quiz about the lap band. The class had six people and the PAs went over the same information we were given at the seminar. After that, the doctor came in and rehashed the same stuff again. Honestly, I think I could give the classed myself at this point. I can feel myself getting pretty anxious about all the things that could possibly go wrong. Blood clots, erosion, slippage, vomiting, YIKES! After class we headed down to the waiting room where we were seen individually to go over our labs and ask any more questions of the surgeon. I told him that I'm getting nervous about all the possible bad outcomes and he really made me feel better. He's never had any patient who had band erosion and he told me how that typically happens and how he avoids it. He uses a different technique to place the port that doesn't involve stitching it to muscle so he hasn't had any port problems in the last two years. He did tell me he had one patient die from a blood clot after bypass surgery. It happened three weeks after surgery and he had refused to move around much since the operation. His wife told the doctor that she was concerned about him getting a clot because he just sat in front of the tv all day, and sure enough a week later it happened. Dr. Oliak told me that I was a great candidate and he would be very surprised if I had any complications. I'm basically very healthy, just fat. He did tell me that I was pushing it to think I could go back to work the next day. I was able to get the second surgery of the day (9am), so that works out with DH getting me home and picking up the kids at school but I'll have to drive myself to the hospital at 7am. The next day we'll have to go back to pick up my car, so I've decided that I'm not going to try to go to work until Friday the 25th. The 26th is our annual company picnic, and that should be interesting. So...eight more days, but who's counting?!

I took the whole day off from work yesterday mainly because I needed to attend the "office day" which was about three hours long. I was the first one there, given MANY forms including a thirty question true/false quiz about the lap band. The class had six people and the PAs went over the same information we were given at the seminar. After that, the doctor came in and rehashed the same stuff again. Honestly, I think I could give the classed myself at this point. I can feel myself getting pretty anxious about all the things that could possibly go wrong. Blood clots, erosion, slippage, vomiting, YIKES! After class we headed down to the waiting room where we were seen individually to go over our labs and ask any more questions of the surgeon. I told him that I'm getting nervous about all the possible bad outcomes and he really made me feel better. He's never had any patient who had band erosion and he told me how that typically happens and how he avoids it. He uses a different technique to place the port that doesn't involve stitching it to muscle so he hasn't had any port problems in the last two years. He did tell me he had one patient die from a blood clot after bypass surgery. It happened three weeks after surgery and he had refused to move around much since the operation. His wife told the doctor that she was concerned about him getting a clot because he just sat in front of the tv all day, and sure enough a week later it happened. Dr. Oliak told me that I was a great candidate and he would be very surprised if I had any complications. I'm basically very healthy, just fat. He did tell me that I was pushing it to think I could go back to work the next day. I was able to get the second surgery of the day (9am), so that works out with DH getting me home and picking up the kids at school but I'll have to drive myself to the hospital at 7am. The next day we'll have to go back to pick up my car, so I've decided that I'm not going to try to go to work until Friday the 25th. The 26th is our annual company picnic, and that should be interesting. So...eight more days, but who's counting?!

I scheduled my surgery yesterday for 9/23/09. I'm very excited about it and hope to be one of those girls I see on this site who drops 100+ pounds and keeps it off. The key is really keeping it off, isn't it? I've lost lots of weight many times but have found that keeping it gone has been impossible for me. That's why I need this tool INSTALLED in me so I have no choice but to keep up the work. I had to go to have my blood drawn this morning after fasting and was told I need to drop 10lbs before surgery (in 12 days!) I decided I was going out with a bang. I took my kids out to dinner and had my all time favorite meal at TGI Fridays. Jack Daniels burger with fries, a side salad, two beers and Oreo madness for dessert. I ate so much I didn't really feel hungry again until lunch time today. After the blood draw, I'm sticking to protein shakes until my surgery date. This lap band procedure is a complete secret from everyone except DH. I'm not sure why I don't want anyone to know, it just seems like it's a private matter to me. I told my boss that I was going to have a D&C on that date because he knows I had to have that done about 18 months ago and didn't question that I was having the same problem again. I may be crazy but I'm hoping to go back to work the very next day. I have the most sedentary job in the world so I'm going to give it a try. This morning I weighed 241.4. I plan on weighing myself every day, because I’m weird like that. My first goal is to weigh less than DH (225), then less than 200, then less than my driver’s license states (170), then less than my wedding day (145) and finally to my ultimate goal of 130. It seems almost impossible to me right now, but I’ve seen other blogs here from people who have done it, and I’m determined to join them!

I scheduled my surgery yesterday for 9/23/09. I'm very excited about it and hope to be one of those girls I see on this site who drops 100+ pounds and keeps it off. The key is really keeping it off, isn't it? I've lost lots of weight many times but have found that keeping it gone has been impossible for me. That's why I need this tool INSTALLED in me so I have no choice but to keep up the work. I had to go to have my blood drawn this morning after fasting and was told I need to drop 10lbs before surgery (in 12 days!) I decided I was going out with a bang. I took my kids out to dinner and had my all time favorite meal at TGI Fridays. Jack Daniels burger with fries, a side salad, two beers and Oreo madness for dessert. I ate so much I didn't really feel hungry again until lunch time today. After the blood draw, I'm sticking to protein shakes until my surgery date. This lap band procedure is a complete secret from everyone except DH. I'm not sure why I don't want anyone to know, it just seems like it's a private matter to me. I told my boss that I was going to have a D&C on that date because he knows I had to have that done about 18 months ago and didn't question that I was having the same problem again. I may be crazy but I'm hoping to go back to work the very next day. I have the most sedentary job in the world so I'm going to give it a try. This morning I weighed 241.4. I plan on weighing myself every day, because I’m weird like that. My first goal is to weigh less than DH (225), then less than 200, then less than my driver’s license states (170), then less than my wedding day (145) and finally to my ultimate goal of 130. It seems almost impossible to me right now, but I’ve seen other blogs here from people who have done it, and I’m determined to join them!