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tammyj

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  2. Posted

    There are so many of you who are banded now that it's hard to keep up. For the most part, it seems like everyone is doing well.

    Char, I hope you are feeling better now. It sounds like you may have after surgery nausea that I have heard about. I think they may be able to give you something to help with that. Please let us know how you are doing.

    Congratulations to all those newly banded. One more week for me!!! :clap2:

  4. Posted

    Hello everyone! I am suppose to be banded on the 12th but now they may have to move it to the 19th. Anyway with this delay I may have to start back to work 1 week post op rather than 2 weeks. I am a pre-school teacher two days a week and I'm worried that one week might not be enough with the kind of work i do. THere's alot of getting up and down, walking, jumping, dancing, basically if a 4 year old can do it I'm right there with them. Should I ask for the two weeks off? I will not be paid if i am off. I normally have a big pain tollerance but I'm worried I will be feeling weak from only being on liquids. Do you think it will be o.k?

    Congratulations and Welcome!!! I will add you to our list!

    I'm not sure about feeling weak from only being on liquids. I have been on all liquids for about a week now and I have plenty of energy, but of course I am still pre-op. After surgery maybe a different story. I would try to get the 2 weeks off if I were you since your job requires alot of moving around. Good Luck to You!!!

  9. Posted

    Thank you so much - I am so glad I did this - I now can't wait to get in the gym so I can really see a different. I know We've all started the diet and lost weight and was working out and really saw a difference. Well now I can change my thoughts. I am not on a diet - I am changing my eating habits. My kids want Cookies, fine - we will go out get a cookie or two and come home - that way the cookies are not in the home - I'm really thinking this stuff through this time - I refuse to be the devils template!!!

    Absolutely!!! Working out, keeping bad foods out the house...sounds like you definitely have a plan and you are going to do great! I can't wait to see your results!

  10. Posted

    Hello March Bandsters:

    I was banded on March 1st. I am still on my liquid stage. I find that doing a lot of walking helps with the gas. My mom was down for the weekend, and I had to take my oldest daughter shopping. I walked so much. I didn't have to take but 2 gas x pills yesterday. I'm still struggling to get all my liquids in. My doctor request we drink 1-2 slimfast and drink 64 oz. of Water. I'm not hungry.

    I'm considered to be a low BMI'er. I only have about 75 pounds to loose. Glad I can share my journey with other March bandsters.

    :welcomeB: bikergirl360 and Congratulations on being banded!!!!!!!

  11. Posted

    I am on day 5 of my pre-op diet and I'm doing OK. Had to battle some food urges this weekend, but I made it through. For awhile I was adding a teaspoon of instant coffee and a pack of splenda to my morning shake and a tube of sugar free orange sunrise mix to my afternoon shake. Both shakes were delicious, but after drinking them everyday for almost 2 weeks I was getting sick of them (that's what I get for starting early). Anywho, last night I blended my shake with a frozen banana and YUMMMMM, I have found something else I like. I also bought a bag of frozen strawberries to try. I bought some Muscle Milk chocolate (pre-mixed) for when I'm on the go and I didn't care for it at all...YUCK!!! I wonder if the powder tastes any better. I am also allowed to have thinned grits, oatmeal, or cream of wheat, cream Soups, unsweetened applesauce, sugar free pudding, and

    2-3oz of lean meat a day (which is not much so I just add a half a can of tuna or chicken breast to one of my soups for the day). Overall, it's not too bad, but it can get a little boring. :bored

    Today is going to be a loooooooong day! I have to be at the hospital at 6am tomorrow morning for a sleep Study. They were completely booked and this was the only time they had open before my surgery which means I'll be sitting up most of the

    night. :)

  12. Posted

    I woke up today feeling lousy and by the afternoon, I had about 102 fever...I called the surgeon and he told me he could not operate on me tomorrow, because it would be too dangerous. He said that the surgical site would get infected. So I must call in the morning and get a new date. I really hope it can be soon, since I have really worked hard to clear my calendar to get this done.

    So bummer for me, I am no longer a March 5th bander.

    Mags

    Mags, I am so sorry to hear that. I hope you are feeling better and can get another surgery date scheduled soon. :hug:

  14. Posted

    I am glad to hear that those newly banded are doing well. It really does help to put our mind at ease. Keep posting!!!

    To those in the pre-op diet phase. Hang in there!!! We don't have much longer! :clap2:

    Good Luck to everyone being banded tomorrow. I'll be thinking about ya!!! :myscared:

  16. Posted

    tammyj,

    Please add me to the list, I am scheduled to be banded 3/21 at 1 pm in

    Atlantic City, New Jersey. Good luck to the six who will be banded on

    Monday 3/5. Sharon I feel for ya, I am certainly not looking forward

    starting mine.:Banane32: I read on another thread to put up post it notes and

    tear one down, rip it up, stomp on it whatever it takes just to help you get thru the pre-op diet days.:myscared:

    :welcome2: Famos!!!! I will add you to our list. Good Luck!!!

  19. Posted

    To everyone who was banded today / will be banded tomorrow ... good luck and congratulations and I'm thinking of you, and all that.

    I'm am SO unprepared. Tomorrow morning I need to go into work and somehow get everything ready to be gone for the next week. Then I'm hoping to leave work by noon at the latest, at which point I need to drive approximately 3 hours to the Phoenix area, get to my boyfriend's house and pick up my dog's crate and some other stuff. Then I have to drive another hour (that's 1 hour if there's no traffic) to my sister's house to drop off my dog and spend a little time with her. I'll then get a ride to the airport around 1am ... my flight leaves at 2:50 am. I have something like a three-hour layover in Houston before I continue my flight to Monterrey. I'll have surgery the same day I get to Mexico (Saturday).

    1 - I'm just not prepared to leave work. I suppose I'll never really feel ready to leave work for a week, but I'm really not prepared.

    2 - I haven't packed anything yet. I took all the food and what not that I'll need to my bf's last weekend, and he bought more for me today, but I have no laundry done and no clothes packed.

    3 - I just realized I haven't printed my flight info or my prep list or my instructions or anything else yet.

    4 - I don't have a clue what I'm going to wear ... I have no bra that will work for this, I don't believe.

    5 - My house is a mess

    I should be doing any number of things right now, but I'm exhausted and I've been sick all week and I'm refusing to accept that it's really here so I'm not dealing with it (very mature of me, huh?) Instead I'm sitting on my couch, reading this site and watching Jeopardy.

    I feel naseous and I'm literally shaking (though I think that most of the shaking is because it's FREEZING in my little house).

    To think logically ... there's nothing I can do about work right now. And they'll survive without me. I'm not the only capable person in the building.

    I can take my clothes as they are - my dear lovely bf will launder them for me over the weekend while I'm gone. And I can run by Walmart in the morning or hit Target in Phoenix to get something.

    I can print all the pertinent data tomorrow morning as soon as I get in. And even if I were to forget to print it, I'll always have my computer with me, and it's all stored on my harddrive.

    I can take out the trash in the morning, besides that, the house can wait. I'm staying with my bf for a week after the surgery so I won't have to deal with it immediately.

    And besides all this, I don't actually fly out until almost 3 am, so even if I leave home later than I want to, there's really no chance of missing my flight.

    I really just want this to be done and over with. Anticipation has never sat well with me.

    Oh girl, throw those dirty clothes in a bag and get going. You are Ready!!!! :)

  20. Posted

    I like the unjury. I also have the slimfast low carb so I have ready stuff in the cans as well.

    I am on day two of liquids. I am being such a bad patient! Ugh! I don't know what is wrong with me. I swear I pathological or something. Today started out much better. I woke up and had a slim fast. Then a little while later I was still hungry so I had a dannon smoothie thing. Then I was good. Then my GERD was acting up after a while so I took some zantac. After it quieted down I felt fine- not even hungry. But then just now I noticed my blood sugar was getting low (I'm hypoglycemic and the classic symptoms are things like cold, shaking hands, etc). So I had another slimfast figuring that should help. Nope. Thirty minutes later I'm just feeling worse. So I ate some maltesers I had. BAD IDEA. I should just have drunk some milk instead- milk works for me. But I ate the stupid malteases. And they tasted oh so good. So wonderful. So they I put a couple pieces of string cheese in a tortilla and heated it up. Again- so good. And then I had about one cup of ice cream. Then I came to my senses. If I don't stop this stuff I won't even make it to the surgery!

    I think I'm going to have my husband gather up all the really tempting food and hide it. And since everything is tempting I might write myself a note to stick on the fridge. I'm getting concerned now I won't be able to lose with the band if I'm like this now! Normally I can at least start a diet for a week or two.

    At the moment I am just feeling like a big fat failure. Ugh! I need to do this. Maybe if I increase my Water and noncalorie liquid intake it will help. I'm just so frustrated with myself. I also don't even want to do housework because I'm afraid of doing anything that will use any energy lest it make me hungrier. Which I know is unreasonable. At least my husband will be home before too long and I can make him take the bad stuff away.

    Oh Kyethra, you are definitely not a failure. You just need to find that motivation and stay focused. Think about the new YOU and how great you are going to look and feel. I know that's easier said than done right now, but it is a reality and it is right around the corner.

  21. Posted

    March Bandster Babes!

    This is the list that I will be keeping up to date for us.. PM me if you want to be added or just post a message on the end of this thread....

    HERE WE GO........... Current as of 03/10

    CarolynB - 03/01

    dec0578 - 03/01

    Pam~bander 2/22 - 03/01

    bikergirl360 - 03/01

    Tea Time - 03/02

    hlayne - 03/02

    Mommakitty3 - 03/02

    wilma - 03/02

    analee - 03/02

    laralynn86 - 03/03

    Sophie248 - 03/05

    GloGirl - 03/05 @ 9:00 a.m.

    Fur Ellie - 03/05

    Magnolia - 03/05

    ThickChickTexas - 03/05

    Band STAR - 03/05

    Char - 03/06

    HeatherPA - 03/07

    Sugarbear - 03/07

    gailannr - 03/07

    Sue in Russia - 03/07

    planoltxgirl - 03/08

    bronnie70 - 03/09

    Mommy202 - 03/12

    Sharon67 - 03/12

    Hazelbunny - 03/12

    Hotpink Bubbles 03/13

    Kyethra - 03/14

    Charlif761 - 03/14

    x-ray chic - 03/14

    demsvmejm - 03/14

    CuddleNymph - 03/14

    TammyJ - 03/15

    Scarlett - 03/15

    ohiobluegal - 03/15

    Rosi - 03/15

    Machele - 03/16

    RowdyReptile - 03/16

    countrygirl1404 - 03/16

    WendyJ - 03/19

    vcarozzolo - 03/19

    ebony868 - 03/19

    Janine - 03/19

    SueA - 03/19

    demmemoon - 03/19

    momlambert - 03/19

    ladybug390 - 03/19

    Theresa Ann - 03/19

    berry - 03/19

    deshar - 03/19

    kuebel j - 03/20

    TRANAM1955 - 03/20

    CrazyCran - 03/21

    Mrs Husker - 03/21

    lilnena - 03/21

    blondylocks - 03/21

    Famos - 03/21

    chatgirl6 - 03/22

    Desiree1970 - 03/23

    slikchik10 - 03/28

    my5grlz - 03/29

    SGDodge06 - 03/30

    Fenton - pending

    Good&Ready - pending

    tootsiepop - pending

    alaverde - pending

    ClickerSister - pending

    Reesh - pending for early March

    Sara Mos - Bumped to April 2nd

    ginabobeana - pending

    mdicurn - pending

    Laurend - pending

    SusaninKC - pending (tentative date 03/19)

    TracyinKS - Bumped to April 26, 2007 (insurance approved 1/30!)<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

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