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Hi all. I am new here. I am going just for info. on the surgery tomorrow. My bmi is about 35 and I am 185 lbs at a height of 5 1. I think that this weight is causing serious health issues such as arthritis of the feet and ankles and lately I find myself waking up in the middle of the night gasping for breath and breathing very heavy. I have not told my primary about this, should I? My insurance is optima...I need to call to see if they cover and what the exceptions are. I read that it can be covered under a ryder...what is this? I am just scared because I know a bmi of 40 is usally required and I don't want to be laughed at. I have tried for years to get this weight off...this included, weight watchers (twice), hypnotism, la weight loss, and 3 gym memberships. I am currently going to the gym 4 times a week with no results. I am quite embarassed! Are therse things I should tell my physician? Am I even a canidate?
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I am looking for Protein shakes for my 2 week pre-op diet. I am thinking about the EAS Myoplex Lite. Does anyone else have any suggestions about what they like?
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Congratulations Brenda! :clap2: I had that feeling sometimes... like you forget to breath or it skips a beat. I spoke to the nurse at my surgery and she said that it was quite normal. Haven't noticed it happening in the last week. I suggest you call your doctor's office just to be sure.
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I had my first fill yesterday. I can eat and drink fine but the night after the fill I started having really bad pains in my left shoulder just like I did after my surgery. I am six weeks out and ven't had those pains for a while now. Has anyone else had the shouler pains after a fill?
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I just started my journey yesterday . Meet with the surgeon. I have to do a three month supervised diet. I start that on Monday, have a pyc evaluation Thursday, sleep study done next Friday night. - didn't want to do that lol, I never sleep. I work full time and go to school part time. Who has time to sleep? Then the wait is on. I have read horror stories on Cigna. I am ready and excited. However I am a chicken when it comes to pain, I have had a csection. How is the pain related to that? Thanks for any and all information.
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I Got My Surgery Date!
mom2han replied to Look@meitsEmily's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I got my date yesterday, October 5th! It depends on the facility. My surgeon works out of several facilities and they are booking 3-6 weeks out depending on where you go. I started this journey in January, the last 8 months have flown by and I'm sure the next 5 weeks will too. It is such a relief to finally be approved and have a date! Yay for us! -
I honestly don't know yet! I find out on the 11th. The. I started reading the forum on people who aren't happy with their decision to do the sleeve and wishing they didn't do it. Now I'm a whole new anxiety level. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Usually the regret is very short lived and is within the first week or two when hormones are raging and you're recovering from major surgery. Read all of the success stories!
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I had the surgery on 5/4 with Dr. Kurian at NYU. 5 women and 2 men had it also on that day. We all had a meeting the following morning with a nurse to go over all the rules. Everything went wonderfully. I have been feeling really well. I've never been in pain and at most I've been sore. Can't believe the hunger is gone and I'm eating so little. I also can't believe that my stomach is so big. I tried to put on the skirt I wore to the hospital and it just went over my hips. It's getting better but I still look like I swallowed a watermelon. Going to the Dr. Friday for a follow-up. I'm so happy to be on the other side of the operation.
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hey guys, my dm was doing well post op (when my intake was zilch)...but i've been having fasting levels around 140...and my weight loss has stalled...i'm calling my endocrinologist and bariatric dietician.... but wondering if anyone has experience with this phenomenon/// also i've got to ditch my glucophage...even cracked in to 4 pieces and with little restriction it gets painfully stuck....i'm gonna try januvia + glimiperide 2.0mg did today and felt a little shaky hypoglycemic at lunch....will keep you posted amanda
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Hey there. I was banded nov 3rd of last year and yes I have had complications but I am hoping that everything is worth it in the end. You are the only one who knows if it is the right thing to do for you. Unfortunately, it is not as cut and dry as we'd like it to be. My process has been slow but I do know other people that have had no complications what so ever and yes lap banding is SOOOOO much safer as opposed to gastric bypass. The thing that sold me on lap band is that fact that I am only 24 and want to have kids someday and w/ the band since it is adjustable my dr can remove saline from it so that myself and the baby are getting all the nutrients we need and then after the baby the band can be filled. The down fall w/ the band is you are going to be spending a lot of time at the drs. Every 6-8 weeks i have to go back in for a fill or to see where I am at. This is only for the first year though and then I make the call as to when I need a fill. I don't know if this has helped at all but let me know if you have ?'s I'll help the best I can. Good luck in whatever decision you make.
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I'm hopefully getting banded at NYU, where it can take four months from seminar till banding. So I might not get banded until late October/early November. I'm losing my mind a little trying to be patient and wait it out. :biggrin: It took me three years from when I thought of doing this to finally deciding. So why are four months such a big deal then? I guess that I finally have a vision of starting a new chapter of my life, and I'm anxious to get started already.
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...my last fill is too tight or if I am just still eating too fast or taking too big of bites, maybe not chewing enough...sigh. I had my 2nd fill the end of Oct and I went back to liquids and soft foods for first week, not an issue, except couldnt keep jello down, weird, but ok. So I start back on some regular foods and the foods get stuck, and it comes back up, then after a few minutes of PB'g I can eat...is this weird or what?
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Have you called your doctor's office and asked them about it? I am having the same symptoms as you are for the last three days. On Monday I am calling and asking is this the flu? Could it be serious? Let me know what happens with you, and I will try to do the same.
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hi all I was wondering if anyone thinks it would be a good idea to go to a rock concert 4 weeks after having lapband fitted? I was looking forward to going not sure now?:confused2: having op on 30 may concert is 26 june... any advice cheers Ann a big bon jovi fan.... soon will be a smalll bon jovi fan lol:lol:
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I had my second fill on Thursday, April 10th - made the two and a half hour drive across the desert to my doctor's office in Be'er Sheva. He was half an hour late, and although I had the first appointment at nine p.m., I didn't make it out of there and back to my car until nearly ten. The fill itself was nothing - lie down on the table, a swab of local anaesthetic, needle in the chest for a few seconds and button up my shirt on the way back out the door - but I had to stay and drink two glasses ofwater to make sure they went down. I made it home by 12:30 am. This was a 2cc fill, so I'm up to 5cc in a 10cc Swiss Johnson & Johnson band. It's very tight. I've slimed up saliva a few times, but it seems to be loosening up a bit even though I haven't even thought seriously about trying to eat. I've been on liquids since Thursday, which means I haven't had anything to eat in three days. Having been on liquids for a week after the surgery has become a point of strength I keep coming back to. So much of our eating is by choice, isn't it? Out of want, not need. When I think I want to eat, sometimes I remind myself that I made it a whole week on liquids and nothing happened to me - so do I really need whatever it is that I want? Now I'm back to liquids, and I know I'm not going to start eating again until I feel ready, until I can get thick liquids down without bringing them back up. It's amazing, meanwhile, how I'm nearly never hungry, and how much more clarity and presence of mind I have when I am not thinking about what I ate, what I'm going to eat, what I would eat if I could, etc. Go Nymphs! - Bandpal
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Dissapointment ... First Personal Training Session
mambomama replied to Greeneyedgirl's topic in Fitness & Exercise
You are right about the wacky trainer--run as fast as you can in the opposite direction! I have been working with a personal trainer now for more than 6 years. Initially I went to a gym and now I have a trainer in my home. Even when I had the trainer 3 hours a week, it never came close to 1000 dollars per month, not even half that! I delayed getting a new car and used the money from a car payment to cover the cost. So I was driving a 15 year old car (LOL) that was in good shape, and just 3 weeks ago got a new one. I never lost weight from the trainers though, although I became a lot more fit! I hope you can find someone you like. My trainer has learned a lot from me and has a different attitude now towards obesity than when she first got me. It has been good for both of us! I wish you the best on your journey! -
Should I have high expectations?
thinoneday replied to victorbeatles's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Victor, welcome. . first off let me congratulate you on your decision to have the VSG. . second off i'm glad you found us, we are always here for you if you need us. . . well victor, let me tell you. . in 7 short weeks after my surgery i have lost 53 lbs. . . so you see it is dueable. . however, you get what you put into it. . . as a medical person you understand that. . . the first week or so after surgery it's feels really weird, can't explain it, but it does . . . you will have to relearn to eat, and drink again. . . in the beginning i hated my sleeve but then got used to doing what i was supposed to do. . . the sleeve doesn't allow you to gulp fluids anymore, you will be full (turkey dinner full) after a few mouthfuls . . . for example here is what my day menu for today consists of. . . Breakfast Protein shake and a baby teaspoon of flaxseed sugar free, low fat Peanut Butter. (200 calories) Lunch: 3 slices of 98% fat free ham (60 calories) Dinner: 2 oz extra lean ground hamburger, made into tiny little meatballs soaked with teriyaki sauce 3 small brusselsprouts (165 calories) Evening Snack: 4 oz Dannon Light N Fit yogurt frozen (60 calories) Total calories for the day 485 . . . I drink alot of Water along with decaff coffee. . . I try to keep my calories anywhere from 500 - 600 per day no more. . . You will do great as long as you follow the doctor orders and ignore the head hunger. . . once you get over that you will just fly through the weight loss. . . they say it takes 30 days to change a habit. . . well this overeating thing has been a bad habit of ours for a long time, takes alot of work to change it. . . but it can be done.! Good luck:biggrin0: -
Should I have high expectations?
Tiffykins replied to victorbeatles's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
I think my opinion about the sleeve is "anything is possible if you're willing to put in the work". Stalls are typically inevitable, but if you put your mind to it, you will succeed with the sleeve. Men typically lose a little faster than women. Exercising obviously helps by building lean muscle, you'll burn fat faster. Post-op, expect a few bumps here and there, because most people have them. liquid post-op diet for a couple of weeks, slowly progress to the next food stage. You'll get out of the sleeve, what you put into it. I always remind myself that "nothing tastes as good as being thin feels". I haven't been this weight since junior high school. Living life thin is fabulous, and eating with the sleeve after the post-op diet, healing time is pretty effortless. -
Hello everyone! I am 3.5 months post op, 6cc in my 10cc band and down 50#'s. I am so happy about the weight loss. I have committed to going to the gym 4x a week and have only had a few weeks where I have fallen short since the first of the year. I had a fill last week and was taking it really easy with solids and doing well, really feeling a restriction and thinking aaaah, the green zone. But 2 nights ago I came home from the gym starving and had a few bites of a roast I had in the crockpot and have been in misery ever since. I slept in the recliner the first night, it was after 11pm before I got it clear or so I thought. Ugh! I had an early dentist apt the next morning so didnt eat or drink until around 10am and ate a smallish bite of banana while making a protein shake. It stuck. I spent the rest of the day tossing it up. Tried some water at bedtime but it didnt feel right. This morning drove to work and sipped on water on the way and did ok, but it was not just zooming thru. Managed a protein shake this morning over a couple of hours and for some unknown reason, thought i could eat some pureed soup at lunch. 4 bites and here I sit 3.5 hours later in misery still. Finally, I decided to call my Dr for advice but I cannot leave work till tomro at 4pm. I imagine he will unfill me a bit when I finally can get in. Until then, they adviseI have lost 7# since last weeks fill but no way would I want to repeat the last few days. I am diappointed b/c I thought I had finally found a level of restriction where I could actually feel full and be unable to cheat. Here's hoping that I will get back to that sweet spot after I am over this current disaster. Thanks for listening
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DW and I were banded by Dr Marsden about 5 weeks apart. I'm used to buying here clothes in the 18W-22W range. Yesterday I decided to surprise her with a new outfit for all her hard work. I bought an outfit at Macy's with the top and bottom in size 14. I thought it might be incentive to work a bit harder. Low and behold, I brought it home and she tried it on and it FIT PERFECTLY. WOW I can't remember the last time she was able to wear that size. Way to go EgorsGirl!!! :rolleyes2::thumbup::biggrin: gk
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Sunshine: If it helps, try weighing yourself precisely on the same day every week at the same time in th same state of dress. Keep a record. Nothing wrong in weighing every day if you like, but that can be distressing to some and weight goes up and down all the time. Once your find your pattern of weight loss you will be more relaxed with gains. For instance, I start of real low at the lst of the month, and gain in the 3rd week then show my true weight at the end of the month. For fun and to keep me focused, I weigh in every few mornings to keep me on track but discount any weight gain. Others feel it better to throw away the scale and only weigh in at the doctors. Whatever suits you but remember you will show weight gains sometimes. Hope this helps
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So stressed! Need some guidance on 2 months post op exercise
GG'sArtsMom replied to Obeasta's topic in Fitness & Exercise
couch to 5k, you can find the program online and do it in your neighborhood. I started it last week to help give me some focus. -
I am with you on not getting a fill while hunger is MIA and you are loosing weight. We only have +-11cc to 'play' with I just cancelled my first fill appointment for 3/31. I lost 11lb in 4 weeks post opp (not counting 9lb I gained the day of the surgery and lost after the surgery :-) 2.75lb per week is not HUGE, but I like it Also like you I am not hungry - and absolutely lovin' it !!!!
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I went in today for what was supposed to be my first fill however, due to my weightloss and not really feeling hungry it didn't happen. My doctor stated as long as I'm not hungry and still losing weight he'd like to give it another 4-6 weeks to see how I do. I actually agreed with him since things seem to be going well I'd rather continue this way then get a fill and be too tight and experience that situation.
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My surgery is scheduled for 5/27 and knowing my luck I am sick! I have a horrible cold. Congestion, coughing, sore thoat. I went to the dr. yesterday and they put me on antibotics. My surgery is a week and 1 day away!!! I am sure I am praying that I will be well before then. How long does your Dr. require you to be better before surgery?
