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Congratulations, my surgery is the same day as well. Tuesday, 12/3/13
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I TRIED THE SAMPLE PACKS ON UNJURY..THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD SO MY SIS ORDERED ME SOME WHEN I DO MY 2 WEEKS LIQUID DIET BEFORE SURGERY.THEY HAVE A WEBSITE
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Hi, I am a 34 year old breast cancer survivor from IL. I have fought my weight the majority of my adult life. In 2008 I was diagnosed with breast cancer, specifically medullary carcinoma of the breast. I had 2 lumpectomies, 1 lymphocentisis, 12 rounds of chemo, 33 radiation treatments, a complete hyaterectomy & oopherectomy, another biopsy, and 1 more lumpectomy on the other breast that came back with b9 results. Oh yeah and I have fibromyalga, All of this and I am fatter than ever!!! Maintaining a normal body weight will greatly reduce my risk of reoccurence but I can't seem to loose wt. on my own. I am having surgery on Weds. I am starving, weak, shaky, and achy from the liquid diet. How on earth am I going to make it 3 more days??? Any suggestions??
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You do feel like that? It's been a week and two days...and I just have like a lingering heavy feeling in my belly....went to the regular dr yesterday, not my band dr, he said it must be my band, cuz everything else seems fine? Who knows, but it hurts, so called where I got my band, and will probably end up going there this evening. Thanks for sharing, I'm ok w/ TMI, because it helps to know someone has the same thing as me! :eek:
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It will hurt for a week or two but if you stick to it then your body adapts and you won't hurt a bit. The key is to stick to it the first few weeks. You could also try a Gel Seat they sell in most bike stores or even Wal Mart has em for some extra help.
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Surgery date 3/3/14 .. and how it came about
ProudGrammy replied to Two.Penguins's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Two.Penguins insurance frequently takes forever to approve some people have gone through appeals et al - and are still denied then they must go the self pay route glad it worked out well for you my one BIG regret concerning my surgery was that i never kept a diary/blog of all the ins and outs prior to WLS - during - and then the forever after records its a great thing to do - you are off to win the pulitzer march 3 - monday - surgery!!!! OMG thats right around the corner good luck speedy recovery kathy -
Hi folks Found this site whilst browsing lap band procedures out of desperation. I'm Kim, 46, live in Southampton, and I've never had a weight problem until I had a number of gynae related problems then a partial hysterectomy in 2007 then the rest out in 2011. Been on HRT since then and by weight has balloned. I am only 5 feet 1 so every stone makes me look like a hippo. Seeing photographs of me recently has made be so depressed, no matter how little I eat nothing seems to make a difference. I have been on a low calorie liquid diet for a few weeks now and haven't lost a pound; I feel something is quite wrong with my metabolism but my GP says just eat less and move move more. The moving thing would be easy except I have a disability, chronic asthma and cannot walk very far without excrutiating pain in my feet. I suffer from calcified tendons which can happen at any time, at the moment I have calcific achilles tendons and can barely walk more than 5 paces without having to stop and also have calcific tendonitis in my shoulders which prevent me from swimming. A few years ago I could swim 100 lenghts of my local pool in 90 mins, today I would be lucky to manage one :-( I know that loosing weight would help my physical conditions and improve my general wellbeing but as I can't exercise I am on a road to nowhere. It seems a gastric band is my only hope to restrict my food intake to a bare minimum. What upsets me is that I am not a massive eater anyway, never eat bread, don't like sweets, rarely eat chocolate, and have cut my alcohol intake to a few social glasses of wine at the weekends. I don't know what has made me put on so much weight but it seems that nothing I do works to resolve the weight problems. I am going to look into going to Belgium for the surgery, there seems to be a lot of people that have chose this option. Can anyone point me in the right direction here ? I know there are many posts on this and the particular surgeon but to save me hours wading through them is there a quick bullet point list on how to contact said Surgeon, make the arrangements, what to expect etc ? Thanks for letting me having a rant....feel a bit better now :-) Have a great weekend K x
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Congratulations! You have taken the biggest step! Now, take care of yourself and be as patient as you can. The first six weeks are for healing!
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Hi I had my band removed in October due to severe GERD, just had the bypass on 11-10-14....they waited 6 weeks before doing my bypass for my stomach to heal. When they 1st took the band out, it felt great to eat whatever I wanted, at least temporarily, until bypass. No vomiting or reflux, now that I'm about 10 day after, it's definitely takes me back to 2011 when I 1st got my band and the stages. But I'm 15 lbs down so far and I think patients like you & I have the benefit of hindsight. We have been through the journey already so I don't think we will make the same mistakes twice! So good luck with everything !!
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Hello everyone, I have just received my surgery date of 3/14/07. March 5th I go in for my work up for surgery. I have been getting ready for this surgery for 6 months and have decided to go with the banding verses the bypass. I'm quite nervous which I'm sure everyone is and am doing every thing by the book. I'am having my surgery at Saint Raphael's in New Haven by Dr. Nadzam has any one ever had him as a doctor? And would like to know your experience.
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I am 4 weeks tomorrow and starting eggs yesterday. I could only eat 1/2 egg
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Stalled..So frustrating
RXG replied to fortmac1982's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hang in there. I just broke my stall today. It will happen. -
I agree with Woodstock. Give it a few days and it may get better. You may need to be on liquids for a whole week, including protein drinks especially.:smile2:
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I too was banded in September 2008. I lost 16 pounds on my 3 week pre-op diet and have lost 55 pounds since my surgery. I've had to change the way I eat and the way I think about food, but I love my band!!! I've had no complications - just some adjusting to having real restriction. I feel sooooo good!! If you added up everyone's 2 cents that they give you about your decision, you might have enough to pay for the surgery. Seriously.... do your research - you know what is best for you. Good luck!!! Becky
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heniser2 The decision is yours to make - you don't need approval from anyone else. #1 What is her reason for her not wanting you to be banded. #2 10 pple she works with had it done and they haven't had much luck - it the hospitals fault??? Darling there is no luck involved in any weight lost surgery or diet period. No WLS is the magic cure all answer to our issues with food. It's all about the work of changing your eating habits and exercising - the Band or any WLS for that fact is just a tool - a little helper - to make you feel full on a smaller portion of food. It doesn't make your food choices for you - it doesn't exercise for you and it doesn't do a darn thing about our head hunger which manifest itself into what we think is true hunger - the majority of our eating issues are mental not physical - and too - Food is our drug of choice - we are food addicts. Losing weight is simple math - calories in vs calories burn - Eating healthy for the rest of your life - this is where the lifestyle change comes in - Our eating normal is what got us fat in the first place - we eat high fat - tons of sugar and starches... Eating healthy is low fat - low sugar - and limited carbs/starches It all depends on how you use your tool - it depends on how bad you want it and for some no matter how bad they want it - they can not overcome their addiction to food - so they blame the band for not working (goes to haven't had much luck with it) I was 52 when banded - I lost 105 lbs in 1 yr 1 week and now my body is at it's happy weight (total lost 112lbs) I will tell you this - luck wasn't involved - it was me losing that weight - I did 75% of the work by changing my eating habits and adding exercise into my life - the band did the other 25% by providing restriction. I was lucky to be at my sweet spot by my 2nd fill - For others it takes longer. But regardless, it just a tool - a little helper. I could eat around my band if I choose to - candy Cookies ice cream - the band doesn't do a darn thing about stopping you from eating those foods. But try to eat 8 oz of steak - a big mac and fires - Heck no - it will stop you.. Keep on researching - keep reading pples post - talk to your surgeon and other bander's and you will come to you own decision if this is the right surgery for you.. Good luck on your journey.... I wish you the best...
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I would say change up your diet and maybe your exercise. I haven't had surgery yet but I have been working out and eating healthier for a while. Whenever I felt stuck, I changed up my workouts and the food. Just a thought. I was doing chicken breast and green beans all the time so I added red meat once a week or so. It helped the scale move.
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Stalled..So frustrating
Dr-Patient replied to fortmac1982's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Be patient. I'm saying this to you, as I am to me right now. I wrote earlier today about my two stalls (in 7 weeks) and today my head wants a big meal. See my post "My head wants me to eat..." I didn't stall til my 4th week, but everyone is different. Make sure you're getting in your Protein as best you can. I told myself that my body is probably saying, "Hey, wait a minute, now! What has happened to our food!!!? You think you're going to lose weight? Oh no; no no. You know we're used to being fat and holding onto every calorie." So, the battle is on. But we will have the victory over the pounds. SO to me and you I say...be patient. It will happen. Look at others' before/after pics for encouragement. -
From the album: After
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OMG the 2 week wait is upon me
hopeliveshere posted a topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I went to the surgeon yesterday afternoon and they had all my paperwork. The coordinator said that they are ready to submit to the insurance and i should know my date of surgery within 2 weeks. I was floored when she said this. I am so excited and nervous. I have a million things running through my head. i think that i keep expecting something to stand in my way, so far everything has been smooth. Im usually a person that has the worst luck In the meantime they want me to start the preop diet right away. ill start either sunday or monday. The dr said i will def have a date sometime in October! eek! -
3.5 Weeks Out And Still Having Pain........ :0/
dsleon posted a topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
So I'm about 3.5weeks out. Wednesday makes 4 weeks and my largest incision still hurts. If I'm sitting it's fine, laying down is fine, but when I stand up sometimes it feels like I'm pulling something inside. If I push on it a little it hurts..... I know everyone is different and all will heal different but I'm getting nervous something might be wrong. I already called my doctor and left a message. :-/ -
Last week I started the process for the sleeve surgery! At first I wanted the lap band only knowing about that and the bi-pass and the doctor talked to me about the sleeve and she felt it would be the best choice for me! So things are moving pretty quick I had my psych eval on Thursday and that went great! Today I had an ultrasound on my gallbladder and Wednesday I have my nutrition eval and a consultation for an EGD I'm so excited to get this going!!
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started my process!
OneHawtGammy replied to pjknitts's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I attended the seminar a week ago and they said someone would be calling to set up an appointment with the surgeon in about two weeks. Guess what?! They called me today & my first appointment is next week! Whoo boo! I sure hope everything goes this fast. -
I'm having the same issue!! I thought I was getting a spider bite or something? I have a bout 4 small looking bites on my belly that itch & slightly hurt! Everything is going well 7 1/2 weeks out from surgery, strange!
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is it ok to start going to the gym 5 weeks post op
TKW replied to brooklynn2012's topic in Fitness & Exercise
they say 6 weeks to be able to do "anything" so at 5 weeks if you start out slow you should be fine. -
is it ok to start going to the gym 5 weeks post op
Thee-O replied to brooklynn2012's topic in Fitness & Exercise
I started going back to the gym 2 weeks after surgery which was last weekend. Been to the gym 4 times since, so far so good. Doing 30 min of cardio and 20-30 of weights. Feeling very good so far.
