big tom

I cant take any more of my doctor:cursing:..

I went in for a fill today (the one week she is in town out of the last 4 months!) My last feel was in feb and i only lost 32lbs since then but hey its gone for good. I was told to take in a food list of everything i ate for 3 days prior to today and bring it in. I set in my waiting room for 1 1/2 hrs waiting for her then when she does come in she sculding me as she opens the door! Telling me she cant help me if i wont try and so on. My food looked like this.

MON

1 egg, 1/2 piece of sasuage link, and 1 toast.

4 spoons of pb

3 pices baked chicken, yellow squash, mash potatos.

Water, milk

TUES

1/2 of a frozen Pasta meal lean quasine)

taco salad

milk oj unsweet tea

WED

4 spoons of pb

2 eggs, 1 biscuit, friedpotatos

water, milk

I know that the potatos wasent the best choice but a small amount I mean come on! She would only give me 0.5 cc (i had 8cc in a 14cc band) and told me She will only see me agian if I only eat 1 time a day between 12 and 5 pm and I can ONLY have frest fruit and veggies and NOTHING else.

I just dont feel like i get my hundred dollers worth when i go see her! In fact I dont thing i want to see her again. Does any one else have a doc like this? P.S she gave me the most he** over the 1 glass of OJ.

if im not getting the food i need why aint i loosing weigtht?

I had my last fill last feb for a total of 7.5 cc ml in a 14 cc band. Ive lost maybe 10 lbs sence then but get stuck EVERY time i eat even when chewing till there is nothing left to chew. I would say that I pb at least half the food i try to eat then afte eating i still have the stuck felling for hours untill it fades away. Could i have a serrious problem with my band? it hasent been just this fill ive been like this sence the first one. I cant talk to my surgen about it because she moved out of state..

NO no no no no no no no NO a million times NO!!! only 17 lbs down in nearly 2 years!! whats up with that??? If i had to do it over agian I would have went with a differant surgery in a heart beat!

how do you get unstuck???

you barf.. I know it happens to me 8 or 10 times a meal..lol

Im almost 2 yrs post op and right with ya at about 370.. was 465 before starting pre op diet and 387 day of surgery. So 17 lbs down in the last 2 years woohoo! NOT!! :thumbup: doc tryed to get me to go with the bypass.. should of listend :crying:

Hello everyone, I havent been around in a while, this march will make 2 years sence i had the Ap large band put in. My weight on the first day i went to my surgeons office was 465 lbs. My weight on band day was 387 lbs. weight when discharged from hospital was 402 lbs.made it back up to 422 lbs by 1st fill. Weight today is 375 lbs. I havent seen my dr in almost a year (she moved out of state) Im suposed to have 7.5cc in the band but i think she missed the port on the last fill of 1cc. Now for the question How can I PB sevrel times at each meal and still not be loosing like i should be? by the time i get done filling my Walmart bag up it looks like its just as much as the 4qt bowl i put in.

My question is..... Where does someone get the money/time off to take a month long vacation?? I would love to know your secret..

dr velcu should know that im commetid to it. I lost 79lbs from my first pre op oppenment till my band was put in. (end of nov to march 11th) then as soon as it was in its been a battle. like i said I gained 15lbs while in the hospital just from iv fluids.. I called the only other doc in my area and they wont take another docs patiants. I wish they would because ive seen them fetured on the show (big medicine). O well I guess its chicken breast and Beans for 2 weeks then ill beg my doc for a bigger fill then she has been giving.

sorry to give some of you the wrong ideal on the 5lbs of food part. a better example would have been "a full dinner plate" as for sweets and ice cream, they dont come in the house. my son's 1st b-day party last saterday was prolly the 2nd time ive had cake sence march. most of what i eat comes from a can or a box out of the freezer section, we just dont take time to make meals. I do like the jenny O turkey roast but they have to cook almost 3 hrs. I am thinking about seeing another doc and asking for a 3cc fill for a total of 9cc but the next closest one is a 4hr round trip and theres no garentee he will give it to me.

they did a baruim swallow the day after I got my band and all was well. maybe it moved? I go see her agian in 2 weeks and ill mention it to her. No i dident lose in the begining, as a matter of fact i gaind 15 lbs the 2 days i was on the iv in the hospital that never came off (i guess i was dehydrated). maybe 6cc in a 14cc band isent enough to experance restriction?

I havent posted here in a long time, so here is whats going on. I had a 14cc ap band put in on march 11th. sence then i have gaind 33lbs. I do not nor have i ever had restriction. i have had 3 fills a total on 6ml or cc. the last one was yesterday it was 1cc. I can eat as much now as i could befor sugery with the exception of bread (it maked me pb) my doc really dosent seem to belive me about not haveing restriction. I know im not eating all the right foods but if I had restriction i should still be loosing. she said she wants me to loose 20lbs befor i have another fill. I thing that might be hard to do if i dont have restriction to began with. the only thing is it takes me a little longer to eat (takes 10-15mins to eat 5lbs of food instead on 5 mins)..... well just though some one might have some uplifting words for me... tommy

you should feel lucky that you get to eat at all My band date is the 28th and im on NOTHING but Water and chicken broth for 2 weeks.. right now i would be in heaven if i could eat 1200 cals... best of luck.

Hi my name is thomas, I am palning on getting my band in late jan but the doc wants me to lose 65 lbs befor then or it will be put off untill i lose it. right now i weigh 465 with a bmi of 59. pleas give mt help/advise on how i can get this weight off in 2 or 3 months... what should i eat and how much is what i really need to know. I try to walk about a mile a day if i can... thanks

thanks for the replys guys.. Ive been trying to do some reserch on my doc but cant find much. Maybe you all can have better luck then me. Her name is laura velcu and she is a sergen at three rivers medical center in louisa ky.. thanks you guys

If the table is only certified for 420lbs and you are over that, the hospital won't permit her to do your surgery there.

Look at it this way, the larger you are the more potential complications. You have to do a liver shrinking diet anyway and the larger you are the faster you lose. So maybe consider low carb, low fat, adequate Protein. That won't leave you starving, you'll lose weight well and it will do wonders for your liver.[/quote

Thats what im saying. the table can hold 420lbs so why wont she do surgery on me untill im under 400 instead of 420. She should at least put me on my liquid pre op diet at 420 because she requires almost 3 weeks on that and i know ill lose loads of weight on it..

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I went to see my surgen about 3 weeks ago and was weighed 465. She told me that there operating tables had a 420 pound weight limet but she wouldent do surgery on me untill i was under 400. Thats over 65 lbs.. Have any of you had to lose this much weight befor the doc would do your band? I dont understand why she wants me under 400 befor surgery. I am 6ft2 and my bmi was 59 at 465 so i was under the 60 bmi limet.. well i have lost about 15-20 lbs so far and hope to be banded in jan or feb. Still in the process of all my pre band test..

hey guys this is my first post, I am thinking about getting the lap band done but i have a silly queastion about water.. I love Water and when i let my self get thirsty Its no big deal for me to put down a half gallon of it without even stoping to breath.. can you do this after the sugery? does it run through the pouch fast enough or not? thaks..