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Soon to be banded. 11/23 AAAHHHHHH Nerves

TrailAngel

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TrailAngel    0

TrailAngel
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Hello Everyone,

I am a newbie getting banded 11/23/10. YUP... 2 days before Thanksgiving. I was originally set for 12/30 but moved it up. I would rather lose weight this holiday season than to put more on. I am a huge ball of emotions right now. Not sure what to do with it all. I am paying out of pocket because insurance says I am not fat enough or sick enough. URGH!!! So I am going to "invest" in myself. I am sick of this weight dragging me down. I weigh about 222. Haven't weighed lately so not real sure, but around there. I am only 5'4" so it is a lot for me. A BMI of about 38. I am so nervouse if this thing will work for me. I hear such good news from so many people, but will it work for me?????? Did any of you feel that way????? Another question I have is how do so many people lose so much the first month with no saline in the band? My doctor said no fills for first 3-4 weeks until insides heal. Yet still peole lose. Is that really true? COuld I really lose weight before Christmas after banded 11/22? Please help!

Sandi

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Hello Everyone,

I am a newbie getting banded 11/23/10. YUP... 2 days before Thanksgiving. I was originally set for 12/30 but moved it up. I would rather lose weight this holiday season than to put more on. I am a huge ball of emotions right now. Not sure what to do with it all. I am paying out of pocket because insurance says I am not fat enough or sick enough. URGH!!! So I am going to "invest" in myself. I am sick of this weight dragging me down. I weigh about 222. Haven't weighed lately so not real sure, but around there. I am only 5'4" so it is a lot for me. A BMI of about 38. I am so nervouse if this thing will work for me. I hear such good news from so many people, but will it work for me?????? Did any of you feel that way????? Another question I have is how do so many people lose so much the first month with no saline in the band? My doctor said no fills for first 3-4 weeks until insides heal. Yet still peole lose. Is that really true? COuld I really lose weight before Christmas after banded 11/22? Please help!

Sandi

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I am 5' tall and was 234. I call myself the weeble wobble. I had no comorbidity, in other words I have no illnesses. I didn't have high BP my cholesterol was only up 2 points and down 2 points for good cholesterol. I had no signs of diabetes but I have Hypothyroidism which causes weight gain and then PCOS which causes weight gain. So with the odds stacked against me and wanting to be proactive I was blessed that the insurance approved me.

As far as the first few weeks, they are tough, liquid diet to mushy to solids. Definately research recipes ahead of time, it will make your life so much easier to have several ideas for mushy foods. I made thick chili with bison meat. 4oz or half a cup was 23g of Protein.

The pain wasn't that bad, as long as you don't lay around. You have to get up and walk and it is uncomfy, but it is much more uncomfortable to have gas trapped in your body.

Once on solids before a fill, you are going to be hungry at times, Water, Water, water, fluids, fluids, fluds.

Stay away from sugar and carbs and you should loose weight fine. I wish you the best of luck.

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Hello Everyone,

I am a newbie getting banded 11/23/10. YUP... 2 days before Thanksgiving. I was originally set for 12/30 but moved it up. I would rather lose weight this holiday season than to put more on. I am a huge ball of emotions right now. Not sure what to do with it all. I am paying out of pocket because insurance says I am not fat enough or sick enough. URGH!!! So I am going to "invest" in myself. I am sick of this weight dragging me down. I weigh about 222. Haven't weighed lately so not real sure, but around there. I am only 5'4" so it is a lot for me. A BMI of about 38. I am so nervouse if this thing will work for me. I hear such good news from so many people, but will it work for me?????? Did any of you feel that way????? Another question I have is how do so many people lose so much the first month with no saline in the band? My doctor said no fills for first 3-4 weeks until insides heal. Yet still peole lose. Is that really true? COuld I really lose weight before Christmas after banded 11/22? Please help!

Sandi

I had my surgery on November 3rd, so I am 3 weeks post op, and have been able to eat food since Friday the 19th. Yes people really do lose weight, I have lost 14 Lbs since my surgery 3 weeks ago. I think it really depends on what you eat, how much you eat, and if you do some type of excerise. DON'T just sit around! I was up and out of the house walking 3 days after my surgery. Not walking fast, but just walked around the block. I think it made all the differance in my Pain, and how much weight I have lost. Good luck!

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How did it go today Trail Angel? Hope you're feeling okay!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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