Anyway - good idea Robin, we can set up our own thread and quit monopolizing my super size thread. But I can't post in here anymore 'cause I'm in MO.

Scheduled for another fill next Friday! I'm at 2 in a 4, so I'm going to see about 1/4 cc or so. I have restriction, just not enough... but don't want an overfill either.

Angela congratulations You can so do 3lbs. I am so proud of you.

Diane maybe you should call Billie and make sure your not to tight.

Hopefully after next Wednesday I'll start feeling like a banded person again and will be able to relate to all you guys are going through.

Cynthia - You are in my prayers girl. If there is anything I can do to help let me know. Are you going to have to spend the night. Who is watching your son? ....

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You guys are probably right but I hate to call Billie as I really don't want an unfill. I'm hoping the problems with the nightly acit reflux are due to my recent bad eating choices and the restriction is strange. I managed to eat nearly an entire frozen omelet this morning over approx 30-45 minute time frame but just 10 min before I ate the omelet I felt like I could have PB'd over 1-2 tablespoons worth of milk. It really annoys me that I'm so restricted with liquids but can still seem to get nearly 1 cup of food down at a sitting. On a more positive not my scale finally hit a new "low" showing 188 for the first time. That's 1 pound lost in 3+ weeks but it is still 1 pound.

Well, at last I have an appointment with my surgeon. This will have to be my last post on this thread though cause I'm seeing Dr. Hitchcock not Hoehn. You guys have all been an inspiration to me. I get excited at your losses and sad when you are down. See you at group. Katt

Hit 100 lbs this morning!

Way to go Angela!!!! Rock on babe! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

100 #'s in less than 6 months? Am I understanding this correctly? Thats AMAZING...

Congratulations Angela!! :clap2::clap2::high5::high5::whoo::whoo:

I found out not too long ago that the PS who did my mom's foot "specializes" (supposedly) in post-WLS PS. Or so I'm told. And he's supposedly very aggressive with insurance companies... is reputed to not take "no" for an answer.

If I end up needing PS, which is very probably judging by my frowny-faced bottomless belly button cavern, he is the surgeon I will go to. I talked with mom this weekend and asked her to ask him if he'd be interested in meeting a group of WLS patients considering PS (down the road) -- just to talk, answer questions, show pics, whatever. Don't have an answer yet, but anything you guys would be interested in? It's a little over an hour away from where we live (we're in between KCI & WoF), but we go there at least once a month & would be happy to give a ride.

(BTW, "mom's foot"... she had melanoma and had to have part of her foot removed, from the bottom of the ankle bone down to the edge of her foot, and from about 1" in front of the ankle bone back to the start of her heel. It doesn't look pretty by any means, but that wasn't the point in her case... and she was still extremely satisifed with him as a surgeon.)

dpingl - that's correct, but it's also approximate. I'll never truly know what I've lost. Here's the scoop...

I weighed the night before surgery on my home scale. A few months later I had to replace said home scale, and the new one (that I use now) weighed me about 7 or 8 lbs higher than old home scale. My weight on home scale number one, compared to weight on home scale #2, shows 100 lbs lost (actually about 102 now). I can guess that if I still had old scale it would show 109 lbs lost, but since the number truly doesn't matter that much I just go by whatever it reads... no adjustments or anything.

I got weighed on the scale at Dr. H's office at my consultation, but did not get weighed on the same scale before my surgery. If I remember correctly about 6 weeks elapsed between consultation and surgery, and I had a lot of "last suppers" during that time, so I know I only gained. But I don't know how much. Last time I was weighed on their scale it read about 5 lbs higher than my home scale #2, so it would probably read a loss of about 97 or 98 lbs lost.

So since it's all relative, I just go by whatever my home scale reads, which is possibly a handful of pounds lighter or heavier that what any other scale would read.

This is also why, "I don't really know, about X amount..." is the best I can do when I'm asked how much I've lost. :cool:

I do wish they'd weigh you the day of surgery on that scale. Now when I go in and the nurse says, "Oh you've lost X pounds..." that's never an accurate number, because they're only counting X from my consultation weight, and not factoring in whatever weight I gained between consultation and surgery that has also been lost.

And I truly hate weight as a measurement of fat loss any way. Weight does not equal fat, and scales will never tell you with any accuracy how much fat you've lost.

I understand, as far as time span between visit w/Hohen and surgery. I just went to Sabathay this morning. It looks like 3 more appointments to help me with behavior modification on my coffee and soda's...Its frustrating!!! Everything contiues to drag on..... and on.. maybe he thinks I am totally out of control. HA. ( I also have to keep a food log, which I KNOW I NEED, then we will review it.) Did you have to do all this?

One thought says, this is what you need, be patient, another part of me says you have good insurance, thats all this is about, another part says OH MY GOSH what NEXT???????????????????

Yeah I saw Sabapathy a number of times (6? hard to say, I don't remember). Had to bring in the food log at least 2-3 times. He wanted me eating 80% protein/20% carb before he approved me. I also had to give up diet coke (at least mostly... started limiting to 1 coke per day, then one of those tiny cokes (8 oz?) per day, then one of those every few days, til i could quit). but i didnt quit coffee.

hey ladies, long time no talk. i just posted this on another thread but figured it was a good "catch-up"...

I've been having a pretty rough month. I moved, am still looking for a job, my car/ipod/sunglasses were stolen, and my computer died. In the past five weeks, I've exercised maybe twice or three times. I started eating whatever I wanted for every meal, including lots of sushi (rice), burgers, potatoes, pizza, fried foods, chips, chocolate, fast food, whatever I wanted. My restriction isn't at the level where it can stop me, and I can eat what I would call normal sized portions (i.e. equal to someone of normal weight who isn't banded - not what i ate pre-band). I also have been in party mode and drinking 5 or so nights per week (which can be anywhere from 200-500 calories per night). Not the ideal bandster, I have to say...

So my lowest weight pre-craziness was 260. Weighed this morning, I'm at 263. In a month of doing all sorts of craziness, I have gained maybe 3 lbs (now I say maybe because my weight does fluctuate a lot, and 4 days ago I was at 260 still).

So I'm ready to jump-start my weight loss again. I've committed to at least a ten-day run of no drinking alcohol or high-calorie liquids, and no eating anything that I don't cook in my own kitchen or that's processed.

But still... 1+ month of no motivation to lose weight and bad choices... And I'm still within a 3-lb. range (normally my "hey wake up!" point is 5 lbs, due to fluctuation).

so that's where i am now. day 2! woohoo

Oh my gosh, what a very stressful time for you! If you like me these events all trigger binges! Recongize it and try to for go at lease some of the stress eating. I feel for ya! I am TRYING to get this lap band thing done, Changing jobs, worried about INSURANCE (paying COBRA just to make sure my band gets covered because I am already approved with UHC) BUT I have to admit you have MORE! Remind yourslef that your worth it and why you got banded to begin with.

Well, at last I have an appointment with my surgeon. This will have to be my last post on this thread though cause I'm seeing Dr. Hitchcock not Hoehn. You guys have all been an inspiration to me. I get excited at your losses and sad when you are down. See you at group. Katt

Katt,

Don't worry about which Dr. you are going to. Feel free to post on this thread with all your questions. Good luck with your band!!! :biggrin1:

I found out not too long ago that the PS who did my mom's foot "specializes" (supposedly) in post-WLS PS. Or so I'm told. And he's supposedly very aggressive with insurance companies... is reputed to not take "no" for an answer. quote]

Angela,

We definitely need to check into this. I would be very interested to see how he gets insurance approval. I have heard that a lot of PS's won't even consider it. Let me know what you find out.