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DeeDee40    3

DeeDee40
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To btrieger

Whatever dude! I'm already hard enough on myself, I dont need your help!!!!!!! Why would you be so agressive and rude to my posts! You can keep that comment to yourself. I always think there is more I could be doing, thats what I meant from the 3 weeks comment and 15 pounds! I am VERY PROUD of myself. I just always take it to the extreme in everything I do! So forget you, I can deal with the arrogance if I need it bad enough other places, not on HERE! I thought this site was for motivation and help from others that were going through what I am going through. Maybe I was wrong. I will keep that in mind the next time I post!

Thank you

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btrieger    21

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Whatever dude! I'm already hard enough on myself, I dont need your help!!!!!!! Why would you be so agressive and rude to my posts! You can keep that comment to yourself. I always think there is more I could be doing, thats what I meant from the 3 weeks comment and 15 pounds! I am VERY PROUD of myself. I just always take it to the extreme in everything I do! So forget you, I can deal with the arrogance if I need it bad enough other places, not on HERE! I thought this site was for motivation and help from others that were going through what I am going through. Maybe I was wrong. I will keep that in mind the next time I post!

Thank you

I wasn't being hard on you. I was pointing out that you are setting your expectations way way too high. 15 pounds is spectacular!!!

And maybe you were wrong.

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elcee    3,340

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Since when was Bob being rude? I have just read his post and cannot see it. 15lb in 3 weeks is amazing. I cannot see how anyone could be anything other than ecstatic over that kind of result.

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DeeDee40    3

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Im gonna say it again. I AM HAPPY WITH ANY POUNDS LOST! I'm sorry if you felt I was being hard on your friend. But I feel how I feel. I hear what you and him are saying. Trust me I get both of you guys point. As I said before I'm harder on myself than anyone or you guys could ever be. I'm still new on here I will try to post my feelings and thoughts better. I'm learning quickly.

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btrieger    21

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Im gonna say it again. I AM HAPPY WITH ANY POUNDS LOST! I'm sorry if you felt I was being hard on your friend. But I feel how I feel. I hear what you and him are saying. Trust me I get both of you guys point. As I said before I'm harder on myself than anyone or you guys could ever be. I'm still new on here I will try to post my feelings and thoughts better. I'm learning quickly.

Things come across wrong sometimes online. Especially things I say. Sometimes, I think I'd rather have people taking it out on me instead of themselves. This is a support network and we all have our own way of saying things.

Everyone of us has beating ourselves up for years and that obviously doesn't work. One of the most important steps in the whole progress is getting rid of as much of the negativity we feel towards ourselves and turning it positive.

The reason your original post got me going is because others that may have lost less than you read them and sometimes think that if you may be upset over 15 pounds, they should be even more upset for losing even less.

You've taken an important step in getting your life back. and if you look closer, you'll see that the majority haven't come anywhere near 15 pounds in 3 weeks. Sure, some have lost 20 pounds or more but they are a small minority and most of it was probably Water weight or the food they gorged on right up until surgery day.

Once again, congrats on your progress!!

The next step is to not only be happy with the loss, but to be proud of it.

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DeeDee40    3

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Thank you for that! I needed that I'm sitting here going through the threads and your right, all the weights are SO different. Its amazing. I'm doing better now, I realize its not a race but a battle we all are dealing with our weight. I see all the weight you have lost so Congratulations to you and Your recent surgery. I'm not trying to give you a hard time you just got in my feelings. I'm gonna learn to acknowledge all my acheivements even if I have no weight loss or vice versa. Everything I do with trying to get my life back I will be happy.thank you for letting me see that.This site has been an extreme help in my journey and I listen to ALL of you that have been banded for a while. So with that thank you! Everyone is such an inspiritation, especially to me, to let me know I'm not alone. Dee

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Hynita    113

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Surgery date 11/30/10 i weighed in that morning at 241 today im 235 so 6 pounds but in febuary i was 292 so im down 57

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hah131    7

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I was banded on 9/28/2010 and have lost 38 pounds since surgery...58 including my pre-op diet.

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christina353    1

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I was banded on October 21 Since then I have lost 30 pounds. I have not had a fill yet. for some reason I have restriction.

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roedayo    0

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I was banded on 7/8 and have lost 43 pounds total. Eight of those pounds were prior to surgery while on the pre-opt diet.

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Angera    2

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I was banded on 8-13-2010, since then I have lost 87lbs (which includes preop).

Yay lapband!

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JJLaw08    4

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I was banded on 2-8-10, and I have lost 73 pounds. I didn't have a pre-op diet so all that has come after surgery.

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chica125kml    0

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I was banded on 10/1/2010 and have lost 25.8 lbs.

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    • Aunty Mamo

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      Iʻm roughly 6 weeks post-op this morning and have begun to feel like a normal human, with a normal human body again. I started introducing solid foods and pill forms of medications/supplements a couple of weeks ago and it's really amazing to eat meals with my family again, despite the fact that my portions are so much smaller than theirs. 
      I live on the island of Oʻahu and spend a lot of time in the water- for exercise, for play,  and for spiritual & mental health. The day I had my month out appointment with my surgeon, I packed all my gear in my truck, anticipating his permission to get back in the ocean. The minute I walked out of that hospital I drove straight to the shore and got in that water. Hallelujah! My appointment was at 10 am. I didn't get home until after 5 pm. 
      I'm down 31 pounds since the day of surgery and 47 since my pre-op diet began, with that typical week long stall occurring at three weeks. I'm really starting to see some changes lately- some of my clothing is too big, some fits again. The most drastic changes I notice however are in my face. I've also noticed my endurance and flexibility increasing. I was really starting to be held up physically, and I'm so grateful that I'm seeing that turn around in such short order. 
      My general disposition lately is hopeful and motivated. The only thing that bugs me on a daily basis still is the way those supplements make my house smell. So stink! But I just bought a smell proof bag online that other people use to put their pot in. My house doesn't stink anymore. 
       
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
      Surgery was in August of 2023. A bill shows up for over $7,000 in January. WTF? I asks myself. I know that I jumped through all of the insurance hoops and verified this and triple checked that, as did the surgeon's office. All was set, and I paid all of the known costs before surgery.
      A looong story short, is that an assistant surgeon that was in the process of accepting money from my insurance company touched me while I was under anesthesia. That is what the bill was for. But hey, guess what? Some federal legislation was enacted last year to help patients out when they cannot consent to being touched by someone out of their insurance network. These types of bills fall under something called, "surprise billing," and you don't have to put up with it.
      https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises
      I had to make a lot of phone calls to both the surgeon's office and the insurance company and explain my rights and what the maximum out of pocket costs were that I could be liable for. Also had to remind them that it isn't my place to be taking care of all of this and that I was going to escalate things if they could not play nice with one another.
      Quick ending is that I don't have to pay that $7,000+. Advocate, advocate, advocate for yourself no matter how long it takes and learn more about this law if you are ever hit with a surprise bill.
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    • BeanitoDiego

      BeanitoDiego

      Some days I feel like an infiltrator... I'm participating in society as a "thin" person. They have no idea that I haven't always been one of them! 🤣
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    • ChunkCat

      ChunkCat

      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
      I haven't been able to advance my diet past purees. Everything I eat other than tofu makes me choke and feels like trying to swallow rocks. They warned me it would get worse before it gets better, so lets hope this is all normal. I have my follow up on Monday so we'll see. Living on shakes and soup again is not fun. I had enough of them the first time!! LOL 
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    • BeanitoDiego

      BeanitoDiego

      Still purging all of the larger clothing. This morning, a shirt that I ADORED wearing ended up on top. Hard to let it go, but it was also hard to let go of those habits that also no longer serve my highest good. Onward and upward!
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