Hi

My name is Ellen and I live in Mt. Vernon. I have not had the sergery yeat still talking to Dr's and getting Info. Jest wandering if there is any one close by. I have lots of questions. I have a consoltaion visit with my Fanily dr on friday and am not shure what to ask.

Thanks

Ellen

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P.S. sarry about the spelling

Pinenut

Glad to hear from you. Sorry to hear that they such a hard time finding your port. I'll keep my fingers crossed for a one time deal today.

I know what you mean about being the "old" mommy. I have a three and a 4 1/2 year old. Emma - my 4.5 year old will be starting pre-school in September - just two days a week and I'm already a little nervous. I know she'll be fine, at it's at our church so that helps. I'm more worried about her brother. They've never really been apart so I'm not sure how he'll handle it. We'll have to set up some "special" mommy and son times while she's at school.

Hope everyones doing well. Looks like the sun might shine today - Yippee!!

I was wondering who you all go to for your fills. I just found out my DR in Tacoma is closing it's doors and now I need to find someone close and also reasonable in price.

I was wondering who you all go to for your fills. I just found out my DR in Tacoma is closing it's doors and now I need to find someone close and also reasonable in price.

This is where I've been going. Northwest Fill Management providing affordable lap-band fills for weight loss surgery patients.

Yippee! I hit the 50 pounds gone for good this morning!!!! It feels great!!! I am only 6 pounds from my first goal which was to hit the halfway mark and within 8 pounds of my second goal which was to weigh less then my husband. Setting small goals like this really keep you motivated cuz you can see the results.

I saw the orthopedic shoulder specialist today and he said I had two things going on that weren't good. First the tendonitis is still swollen and has caused my shoulder to freeze up. Second, I have a large Calcium deposit that they might have to remove and it will leave a large hole in my rotator cuff so they will have to repair that also. We are going to try some non-surgical things first to break up the calcium. So they shot my very sore arm with a very large needle of novicane, cortizone, and steroids. Then I went to Physical therapy and had electrical currents ran through the muscles. Is this sounding fun yet? I still can't lift it on my own but the pain is a lot less.

startin over - I get my fills in federal way with Dr. Oh and Hirai and they haven't missed once. They only do fills on Mondays though.

Dawneb and Pinenut - I was 38 1/2 when we adopted out twin girls so all the other moms look very young to me. I like being an older mom, I think I'm much wiser this time around and I am enjoying them much more, and less stressed.

Does Dr. Oh use fluoroscopy?

no, but he has done two fills on me and I have two friends that go to him and they have never had a miss by either Oh or Harai.

I live in Bonney Lake. (30 miles south of Seattle)

Dr Earl Fox did my band. I just got a letter that he is moving his practice to the Tri-Cities, BUT Dr. Ross (his dad) will be staying in the area, moving the Tacoma office to Auburn. Dr. Ross is so wonderful, he has been doing weight loss surgery for 35+ years.

The best thing is his charming warm personality. He has done 3 of my 4 fills with perfection and no pain or problems. Then makes me laugh.

Any how.... I have not been on for 7 or 8 months so it is very nice to read the posts and to keep in mind Iam not alone in my journey

It's back to school BBQ today at my girls school. I Wonder if people will say anything about my weight loss. It will be fun to share their reactions with you. You gotta notice 51 pounds right!

I WONT BE BANDED UNTIL OCT. can you tell me about meds. do i have to crush all of them forever? What is the best thing to mix them with? i usually take them with FOOD so i dont get stomac pain and some before bed. Im unsure how this is going to go. i got liquid and chewable vitimins will i need them forever too?

thanks WONDERING

Bandit - If the pills are small enough, like advil size, then you can still swallow them. I cut some of my bigger pills in half and then they go down just fine. Many meds come in chewable or capsules so just ask the pharmacy about it next time you get them refilled. It hasn't been as big as a deal as they made it out to be in the classes.

THNAKS. yea, they make it sound like they will always get stuck before they disolve. I take one that has a coating for stomach buffer. i hope by crushing it or splitting it doesnt cause the pain. the pharmacy wasnt much help on this either. do you ever put crushed pills in grape juice or apple sauce to buffer the bad taste?

Bandit...

I'm not sure what kind of meds you take, but many banders go off of a good deal of their pre-band meds. Meds for things like diabetes & high blood preasure often aren't needed after surgery. Chewable vitamins are in my opinion a must, we all need to make sure we're getting basic vitamins, and the chewables are easy, cheap and taste pretty good. I did mix a few meds into applesauce to swig down right after banding, but now my pills are eathier small or chewables. They suggest chewable Tylenol, but I just pop the capsules in half, like Wendy mentioned...no problem.

Glad to hear how it is going for you. I had my fill on August 16 and I'm feeling a little mixed on my results. The first couple of days, I was down 4 pounds and then everything stalled. My restriction really varies from day to day. Some days I can eat anything and don't feel full, then the next day, everything seems to get "stuck". I'm finally down about .5 but I'm thinking I need to go in for another fill. I've been exercising (not every day, unfortunately) but I'm not doing well getting all the water down. I really didn't expect to hit a mini-plateau so soon in the fill process. My son goes back to school next week (2nd grade) so maybe I can amp up the exercise then.

It still seems crazy that a significant reduction in calories still can't seem to peel the weight off of me. My metabolism must be broken!!