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He wants to revise me in 2 surgeries. The first one will just remove the band and then after several weeks, we will do the sleeve. The in between time will be for my stomach to heal and strengthen from the stretch I have now. I am comfortable with that and would rather do what will be best for me with the lowest chance of complications. They are pretty positive that insurance will cover the removal and maybe even the sleeve. I was planning to self pay, but hey, if they'll pay, I'll take it. Hopefully the first surgery will be in the next week or so and then the other during my "winter" (Christmas) break from school.

What are your thoughts after the seminar? I really liked Dr. Nick. My mother went with me and he took time to explain to her what was going on and why we needed 2 procedures, etc. I was impressed.

Talk to you soon.

Hey Barbara - I just wanted to check in on you. How are you feeling? Have things starting moving yet? Sunday was the day I fianally felt I might survive and not regret my decision. Are you going back to work tomorrow or are you taking a few more days? Are you following the Forest Park diet or the one from Dr. Nick? I can't wait to move to soft foods on Tuesday! What day are you coming to get your drain out?

Drop me a line when you have a chance!

Anna

Hey Girl! Are you planning to attend this Wednesday? I think I will unless I'm just exhausted.

Anna

I plan to go on the 10th. I think mushies and soft food are the same. Got my iron form Bariatric Advantage and it's good. Still not on calcium. Do you remember how many we're supposed to do a day? I don't and I hate to bother Sandy or Sarah. Tonight I coughed and something popped or pulled on my left side. It wasn't even a big cough but it hurts like the dickens!! If it's not better Monday I guess I'll call Bea. Keep in touch and I'll talk to you soon!

Anna

Linda-

My name is Anna and we may have traded posts on a forum thread a while back. Anyway, I went to Dr. Nick's seminar on Wednesday night and really liked him. I had my consultation with him yesterday (Friday) and have decided to go with him as my surgeon. I am a revision patient and decided to use a surgeon close to home instead on Mexico. Part of my choice to even consider changing surgeons was your comments about your great experience with him. Thanks for sharing.

Anna

No dates yet. Surgery one, band removal, should be within the next 2 weeks, I hope. Surgery two, the sleeve, will hopefully be over my Christmas break so I can recover without having to miss work. I really liked that he wanted to do my revision in 2 procedures to lower my risk of leaks/complications. I'll post when I get my dates nailed down.

Anna

Your loss is GREAT! You should be very excited and pleased.

I'm doing ok. Still stalled in my loss, in fact I gained 1 pound. : ( I'm still trying not to stress because there is no reason for me to gain (probably water). I know what and how much I'm eating so it can't be that. I'm trying to "trust the process" but it's starting to get hard to do. I read on a forum where someone said to just relax and stop worrying about every little thing, so I had a jr breakfast burrito and small fries for supper. Maybe I just need to shake my intake up. I keep telling myself it will come cuz it has to! How can it not!

That's probably more than you wanted to hear, but I needed to vent a little. Thanks for listening!!

Are you home or still in the hospital? Did things go ok?

As you probably know by now, I didn't made it. I was just too tired and couldn't face the drive. Hope it was a good meeting! Talk to you soon.

Congratulations! It will be here before you know it! What is your doctor's name again? I think it may be the same one my friend is looking into.

Duh - Sorry - it's Knutson. Got the call from Bea and my time was changed from 11:00 to 2:00. Don't know if it's better or worse to go later. My sinuses/allergies have decided to act up, not too bad, but enough to be annoying. Hope you doing better today. I've been busy running around finishing up Christmas and getting ready to convalese (sp?). Talk to you soon.

Hey Barb - No date yet. We are still waiting to hear from insurance. I plan (hope) to have the same week as you if not the week before. I'm calling again tomorrow. I hope things went well for you today. Sorry I didn't see your message sooner.

Hey Barb- Trying my best to stay warm, but man is it cold outside! Glad you're feeling better. Normal will return. I have to keep telling myself, "Anna, you did just have MAJOR surgery 2 1/2 weeks ago. You're going to be tired." I weigh on Saturdays and this week I've GAINED 2 pounds. Not what I want. I'm blaming on my period, since I have been the best I've ever been about sticking to a diet/eating plan. I am a little worried that this may be my 3 week stall - Lord, I hope not. That would be cruel. I'm hovering right above 200 and can't wait to be on the other side. Even thought you feel like you're eating a lot, I bet it's nowhere close to what you ate before. I've been measuring my food and can usually eat between 1/4 to 1/2 cup and I'm stuffed!! Hang in there and stay warm yourself!

Hey Barb! I'm still in the mushier stage, too. It's easy to stick with for the most part. I've had eggs a couple of times and did fine and also have had shredded chicken (think chicken taco) and have done fine with that. That's the most solid things I've had. I think I'm at the stage I need to take calcium but can't remember how many of those little chews we're supposed to do a day. One or two? I got blood work back from my endocrinologist and I'm anemic! So I called Sandy McCoy and she told me what kind of iron to take. I've ordered it and hope I can tolerate the chewable. I hated their chewable vitamins but like the Viactiv chews. Hope you had a good first week back at work. I'm doing well except that I'm exhausted by the time Thursday/Friday gets here. Went to the support group Wed. and didn't get home til 10:00. Theresa and Matt made a quick trip to Disney before she goes back to work on Monday, so she didn't make it. Have a great 3 day weekend!! Anna

Hey Theresa! Have you heard from Barbannn? I know she met with Dr. Nick on Wednesday but I haven't heard from her since before her consult.

I hope to be there next week. It all depends if I have to train teachers for testing on Wednesday after school. I think Barb will be here next week, too. I go Friday for my 6 wk check up. I'll let you know about next week when I get it figured out.

I hope to see you there. I am planning to go for inspiration as well. I'm still exercising but have not been counting cals lately. Started back today. Scale is still not moving much.

I responded to her message but I haven't heard back from her. Glad you were able to change Disney. I'm excited for you and your sleeve date. Keep me posted.

I think I will be able to make it tonight. Wasn't sure for a while. See you then!

I tried to find you on fb too...talk to you again soon.

I was wondering...tried to find you on fb too

I'm doing great. Have no concerns about working tomorrow. We have a work day, too. Have you tried a "real" protein shake? The thick kind? I know that helped me feel a lot better as I was tired of Isopure and protein bullets by then. I'm sooo ready to crunch on something other than sf popsicles! Hope you have a good tomorrow. Don't overdo it. Remember you're not even a week out and not taking in many calories yet.

OMG-Tuesday is almost here! Since I am self-pay, my surgery will be at Forest Park Medical Center. It's at 75 and Forest Lane. I have no idea what time I might be released, but would love to see you, too. I will send you a message when I have a time, right now it is 11:00. Barb called today to check on me. You two are so sweet and I feel so blessed to have met the two of you. Here's my cell number 903-456-2487. Anna

So glad things went so well. Take it easy for a few days. You deserve it. Had my 6 week check up today and it was good. The PA said not to be worried about my stall and released me for all exercise/activity and food.

Sorry you won't be able to make it! I'll plan to see some over the summer!