spoiltmom

Approximately how many inches did it take off your waist line?

I was banded in August and I've lost all my weight since then so 9/10 months approximately.

I think I'm going to pay for part of mine in cash and use CareCredit for the rest. I do hate to pay interest but I've lived with all this weight and extra skin for so long. I'm ready to complete the new me and I don't mind paying a monthly payment to do that. How will or how did you pay for yours?

Oh wow! Way to go!

Last summer before surgery, I bought some new Asics in a size 11. They fit awesome. Now they fit big and floppy, like clown shoes. LOL I need to buy some smaller ones.

I started this process out in a size 18/20! I can't believe it:) My band is still being really finicky. I haven't had any restriction at all for the past 2 weeks. I can even eat bread again. My weight is staying the same though so I'm okay with it, for now. I'm going to see about getting another fill in a couple of weeks though. My next goal is to wear a size 8. I can't believe I'm so close to single digits!!

I started the new meds and so far, I don't know. I was on Wellbutrin and Prozac. The doc had me stop the Wellbutrin and start taking Seroquel XR. I wasn't going to try it. I was going to wait until my Psych eval but I was researching it and kept reading how it has a dramatic effect on both bipolar and depression and I'm so unhappy that I decided I had to try it. So far I'm sleeping better at night but that's the only thing I've noticed. We don't have ANY psychiatrists at all where I live. You have to drive 85-100 miles to the closest one and even then they are few and far between and most don't accept insurance. The psych I'm going to see does have me on a cancellation list but I just have to wait it out now.

I've suffered with anxiety and depression for years now and I've tried a lot of different meds and I still don't have a lot of relief from them. Yesterday my family doc said she thinks I have a very mild form of bipolar disorder. She got me a psych appointment but it's not until August. In the meantime the only other med she feels comfortable trying lists weight gain, increased appetite and slower metabolism as side effects. It will most likely make me gain, stall or have a much harder time losing the rest of my weight. But if it works I could be feeling better in as little as one week. Do I try it and risk the weight gain or wait until I see the psych doc? There are meds available that won't cause weight gain but my family doc isn't comfortable prescribing them without the psych doc seeing me first. I want to feel better but I think gaining weight back might make me feel worse:(

I've lost about 6 pounds is all since my last fill. That shouldn't be enough to make a difference right?

I'm almost positive my doc doesn't do fills under fluro. Should I just make an appointment and seewhat he says?

About a month ago I got a fill that brought me too 6.7 cc's. For 3-4 days afterwards I was fine. I felt no difference at all. Then I had 11 days where I was so super tight so I went back to my doctor. He said I had reached my max fill level and wouldn't need anymore for a while. He told me to eat slower and chew more. Okay then BAM for the past 10 days I've been able to eat ANYTHING! I'm hungry all the time and I can even eat bread again. I haven't been able to eat bread since November. I would like another fill but then again if I wait and do nothing then it may tighten up again on its own right? What should I do?

Thanks! I was given Certain Dri the problem is most of my sweating is my Face, Scalp and the back of my neck. Since I also have sensitive skin I can't use the Certain Dri on those areas. I hope to see a derm about it soon and hopefully try something else.

I had that happen when I had my gallbladder removed but my body rejected the stitches completely and popped them out. I'd call your surgeon tomorrow and see what they say. I was given a prescription steroid cream to use on mine.

What are you guys doing on loose days? It seems on those days I'm absolutely starving and I have a hard time staying below my daily calorie goal.

I occasionally eat it. I only eat one slice and I make sure to chew it really good and it slowly.

That sounds good! We don't have one where I live but there's one in the next town over. I'll have to try it out!

((HUGS)) Take a deep breath and relax a bit. You need to make a list of the things you have to do and then prioritize that list. Then if you need to drop something start at the bottom of that list and move up. I'm at the very end of a highly stressful class and semester. I turned in my last project yesterday and I swear to you I am now completely relaxed. The stress is completely gone. I hope you finish soon and do really well! Have you checked to see if your school offers free tutors? Mine does and I took advantage of that. I only have classes 2 days a week but lately I've been spending 4 days a week at school just getting extra help on that one darn class I had.

Since my last fill I have days where I'm either so tight that I can't keep food down at all or I'm so loose that I can eat anything and everything and I'm starving all day. Today I've been able to eat things that I haven't been able to eat in months with no problem whatsoever. Why can't I find a middle/perfect ground with my band?

I love pickles also and I can eat them just fine. I can still eat raw cucumbers too. You know what's good? Peel a cucumber and cut it into sticks by cutting out the middle. Then pickle the sticks. That's my favorite:)

Congratulations!!

Yay! Just keep moving and those pains will get better and better.

Good Luck and Congrats on the loss! I plan on having this done also.

((HUGS)) Monica. I had a hysterectomy in September and it was the best thing I've ever had done aside from my Lap Band. I had mine done vaginally though. I was back to normal within 2 days.

Wow! That's amazing! I wish I could get your motivation on the working out part.

I'm with you on that. It's hard to keep up with. I never know how my band will be from one day to the next.