RandaPanda

I have a blog elsewhere that I have had for literally YEARS of my life. I'm not even kidding you when I tell you that I've consistantly blogged (at another site) for longer than I've been married (7.5 years). I have some amazing friends there, but I fear that they may be getting tired of hearing of my surgery. I can't blame them, I've never been one to talk about one thing repeatedly (except maybe my child or my husband). But anyway, here I am blogging here to keep my other blog friends from being annoyed. lol A bit about me: I'm 29 years old. I have been married since June 2002 to an AMAZING man, David. He's in the Army and very soon heading out on his 4th deployment (but first time to the big A). We have a 4 year old son, David Paul. He's vivacious and fun and gorgeous and the love of my life. He never fails to make me smile. We also have a 4 year old boxer named Horatio who stinks. lol. I'm originally from Georgia (GO DAWGS!) and my husband is from Virginia (GO CAVALIERS!). However, we currently live in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Hoping to be here for about another 2 years then head off somewhere new, not sure where though. Weight stuff. I've been overweight my entire life, but never horribly overweight, until after I had my son. When I was pregnant, I ate and ate and ate and ate and ate and hardly gained weight. I remember once, I sat down because I was STARVING and ate 3 big macs and 2 large order of fries. It was SAD. lol. After my son was born, a healthy 7 lbs, 12 oz...I lost most of my 27 lbs that I gained during the pregnancy. But I didn't stop eating the way I did when I was pregnant. I still ate like crap. Add on the fact that my husband was deployed, I just didn't care. I ate what I wanted, when I wanted. I gained all the baby weight back..plus 16 extra pounds. At the date of surgery, Dec 1st, 2009 (1 day after my 29th birthday) I weighed 216. Today, a week and 4 days later...I am 199! Yay. I love my band! I'm still sometimes sore with my incisions...and last night I had those awful terrible gas pains (in my shoulder). But mostly I'm just fine. And lovin' life right now! -Miranda

CONGRATS!!!:w00t: Glad everything went well, and hope the recovery process is a fast one for ya!

Congratulations! Although TriCare can be a pain in the bum, I have to say my experience has been so wonderful. I'm having my surgery done at a MTF, though, so I guess the process was a bit easier. The only downfall...my surgeon got deployed right in the middle of the process so I was waiting for him to get home from Afghanistan! lol. Very excited for you guys and for myself as well! :thumbup:

My husband actually laughed at me today as I was scarfing down some lasagna. He says that I'm celebrating each bite that I take like it's the last thing I'll ever eat! :thumbup: My surgery is Dec 1st, and we're going to eat at Applebees one Saturday night...one last "normal" time.

I hope to lose about 90 pounds! I know it won't be easy, but man I can't wait to start! :biggrin:

Hi Everyone! Just wanted to introduce myself, since I'm being banded in December as well. December 1st, the day after my 29th birthday. I'm nervous, for sure, but SO excited. No pre-op diet as of yet, but I have pre-admission on the 23rd. I'm so glad that I found this site, since it'll be nice to have (and give) support to people in the same situation. With my surgery I'm required to go to monthly support group meetings for 12 months afterwards, but it's a bit more informal when it's just folks you met on the 'net! Good luck to all of us! -Miranda :biggrin: