Tracie515

Im so happy for you Good luck and let us know how it went when you are home :wink2:

SUre is a small world HAHA I started this whole process out in the apple valley office but my insurance said i had to have it done at a COE hospital. So the apple valley office has a file on me all the way up to surgery day I just cant afford to take a day off work everytime i need to drive down to marina del rey.

Dr Korman in Marina Del Rey and i think im gonna switch over to the dr in apple valley next to st mary's, to get my adjustments. Its just to far to drive. I was born and raised in Barstow and moved to Victorville a lil over a year ago, i know exactly where you are :thumbup: For a matter of fact i still work in Barstow.

So Cal support group here we are :thumbup: I am on facebook also, you can find me by searching Tracie515@hotmail.com How is everyone doing? I am at my 3 week mark and have adjusted to eating meats now but the weight loss has slowed down alot. Im hoping once i get my first adjustment things get going again :thumbup: With all of us being near by maybe sometime we can get together somewhere and talk :thumbup:

I live in victorville, where are you?

It sure is nice to hear about all the things you are going through and know that you are not alone. I keep gaining 3 lbs and taking a couple days to get that off and then losing 2 lbs and then the cycle starts all over. ITs probably normal but dang i cut my food back so far from normal im surprised im not malnutritioned HAHA Anyhow welcome to you all and looking forward to getting to know you all :party:

The chicken stage is where i am and honestly that is the best meal of the day.

I told my nurse i was starving and she suggest more protein drinks in between meals BLECH Seriously she could have said try having a piece of coconut creme pie in between meals LMAO This hunger wont be so bad after our 1st fill im sure

I started my whole process in July 2009 and it took a year before i got my sugery. I thought the whole time that something was bound to happen and i wasnt gonna get it!! The insurance wanted me to see a nutritionalist for 6 months, i did that. The insurance wanted me to have my gall bladder out, i did that. Then they said the hospital i had wasnt a COE so i had to change doctors UGH So needless to say 1 year and 2 weeks later i was banded The longest year of my life HAHA But well worth it!!

I have been taking my vitamins faithfully but still by 5 pm i wanna just go to bed, impooped! Im sure it will all come together soon for both of us :tongue2:

Im not in Colorado, sorry. But i was banded July 19th and am still so tired and have no energy. I wonder what we can do to fix that?? Are you taking your Vitamins?

I was banded July 19th and im hungry HAHA If we all keep the end result in our minds then we will make it with a breeze (easier said than done) Good luck to you all :tongue2:

Im two weeks out from surgery and am feeling completely normal. I can lift heavy things without pain and able to do anything i did before, so you should be ok at work after 2 weeks.

My name is Tracie and i am 35 years old. I was banded July 19th. I have lost 20 lbs in the last 2 weeks and although the loss is slowing now i still think its the best thing i ever did for myself. I just have to say, anyone who says getting surgery is the easy way out, is full of S**T!! The best thing i ever did for myself is also the hardest thing i have ever done Looking forward to meeting you all :tongue2:

Good luck girly :thumbup: