Heifzilla
Gastric Sleeve Patients
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The scale hasn’t moved since I came home. I was 231 when I came home from hospital, I’m 231 this morning. I am meeting my goals, but probably not moving as much as I should. But still, there should be some loss, you’d think?
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I’m two weeks post (9/24) and have had no losses since I came home from the hospital. Anyone else experience this? I’m rather frustrated.
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For those of you that have to take multiple pills at one time, how are you doing it? I need to take 4 pills at one time each night and I’m curious how to handle this once I’m sleeved. I usually throw them all back at once and swallow but I don’t think that’s going to work anymore. Are you just swallowing them one at a time every few minutes or so? So much to learn with this. Thanks.
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Oh yes, I’m medicated and have a special light I use. Much better than I used to be, but the seasonal eating has remained the same.
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I’m self-pay, so no issues with insurance due to weight gain, thankfully. It is the time of year, every year, when I start to eat uncontrollably and gain weight. I have SAD, and It happens EVERY year between late August and late September as the days start to get shorter. I’m already up 5#, and I Can’t Stop Eating. My surgery is September 24, and I’m just so irritated, even though this is Just what I do this time of year. Anyone else have this problem?
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I’m September 24th.
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I can’t have NSAIDs (my skin literally sloughs off), and Tramadol does nothing for me
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Toradol. It’s a non steroidal anti inflammatory. Like Advil. A pain killer.
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I have to do blood work, a class on what to expect after surgery and how to eat for the first few weeks, etc. (called a “binder class”), and there’s a three day clear liquids diet before the surgery. I’m about a 40.5 BMI, and I have slightly elevated BP and cholesterol.
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Mine is three days of clear liquids. What is the length and what type of nutrition does yours consist of?
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Has anyone had their band done by Dr. McClellan? She is the doctor I went to see yesterday and she said she has done less than 50 bands so I am curious if anyone on this board had theirs done with her? I'm interested in your experience. TIA!
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I think it was here that someone posted that there is a new band coming out? I can't find the post, does anyone have any info? TIA!
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Hello. I wanted to introduce myself. I am a 36 year old female, SAHM with two kids and I have decided I would like to get the Lap Band. Today was my first consultation with the surgeon I have chosen to do my Lap Band. It will be at least next June before I can be scheduled for my surgery, however, as my insurance (Humana Motorola PPO) has a 6 month physician supervised diet as one of the requirements. Though I have done WW and Medifast in the past few years, both times have not been under a doctor's care so they don't count towards the requirement. The other requirements are that I need to be 150% of my ideal body weight (I am) and that the surgery is medically required (my PCP says it is as I have terrible family history of heart issues in all of my relatives). I am scheduled for a psych eval and a nutritional eval on the 30th and then the clock starts ticking towards that 6 month requirement. I am sure that during this 6 month period I will lose some weight as I assume I will be on some sort of diet? Anyway, the process has been started :success1:
