Calling all October bandsters...

I just wanted to start a thread where everyone can post their surgery dates and we can compare notes.

I am scheduled for 10/18. I have ALL my pre-op stuff done as of last week. I start Protein shake diet on 10/4.

How is everyone else doing getting their pre-op stuff scheduled?

I'm good with at least 4 hours a week. I think we should start the week of January 5th. That way it is at the beginning of the week instead of the middle. How about we end it on Feb 15th, that gives us 6 weeks.

sounds good to me, Jan 5th - Feb 15th it is then.

and 4 hrs sounds good for me also. now we just need to get some more people to join us. come on everyone, lets have some fun.

wish i could... 34 weeks pregnant and on bedrest...

wish you could join us to losinjusme, sorry to here about you having to be on bed rest but congratulations on the baby, not to much longer now. how long have you been on bed rest? i had to do it a month before my son was born and at times it seemed to go by quick and others it dragged. but the end result was so good.

I started our challenge yesterday but i wasn't able to post so here goes

1-5-09 walked 30 min. and stretched 10 min.

1-6-09 gazelle 60 min. and stretched 10 min.

so i have 1.5 hrs. down and 2.5 to go. Hope to have others join, this will help me and hopefully others to get and stay motivated.

great job!!

I was a October Bandster October 31st. I lost quite a bit of weight by myself before I got the band. "I have a 4cc Band that blew with a 0.5 cc fill bringing me up to 2 cc's."

Lost my insurance because we lost our jobs here in Michigan. I had one visit left to see my surgeon, and he was so disappointed that he had his student escort me out with the attitude of "come back when you can show us that you can loose weight, and you will get your fill..." Boy was I pissed off ! Especially after telling them that this was the only ins. that I had. To bad was the response... So now I have ins. and I am going to see a different surgeon up here in Northern, Michigan. I will see if they can help. If not ! Then it's back to Henry Fords, and this so called professional. I hope it's up here with Hurly Medical Center. I have regained all my weight. "basically water" but,, I have to start all over again.

Just thought I would touch basis with someone.

Shirley.

I was a October Bandster October 31st. I lost quite a bit of weight by myself before I got the band. "I have a 4cc Band that blew with a 0.5 cc fill bringing me up to 2 cc's."

Lost my insurance because we lost our jobs here in Michigan. I had one visit left to see my surgeon, and he was so disappointed that he had his student escort me out with the attitude of "come back when you can show us that you can loose weight, and you will get your fill..." Boy was I pissed off ! Especially after telling them that this was the only ins. that I had. To bad was the response... So now I have ins. and I am going to see a different surgeon up here in Northern, Michigan. I will see if they can help. If not ! Then it's back to Henry Fords, and this so called professional. I hope it's up here with Hurly Medical Center. I have regained all my weight. "basically water" but,, I have to start all over again.

Just thought I would touch basis with someone.

Shirley.

Shirley,

Do not feel bad. I have an amazing dr B U T i have developed a horrible back issue. which has lead to back surgery now that i was getting back up and walking eating B E T T E R etc... I was in a car accident and back to square one~ although i am eating healthy i can't be on the move too much b/c i'm in pain. but just wanted to let you know i was @ 287 surgery date & I am 307 2day. so do no feel bad.

Shirley,

Do not feel bad. I have an amazing dr B U T i have developed a horrible back issue. which has lead to back surgery now that i was getting back up and walking eating B E T T E R etc... I was in a car accident and back to square one~ although i am eating healthy i can't be on the move too much b/c i'm in pain. but just wanted to let you know i was @ 287 surgery date & I am 307 2day. so do no feel bad.

Wow ! sorry to hear about all that. I am back on track with a new surgeon trained by my old one. The new one told me that Dr. Genaw has a bad attitude, and so does his chief nurse.

But he doesn't work that way. So I was glad to hear that. So I moved up into Northern,Michigan, and he is over 100 mile drive, but he's worth it.

I am sorry to hear about the car accident, and pain. I know how it feels to blow up again after doing so good. (I MEAN HOW COULD ANY ONE FORGET !) So trust me when I say my Heart goes out.

Wat about any other October Bansters. Do they get in touch with anyone?

I would like to make contact, What about you?

You can catch me on the post op site usually. Or mail me if you want to talk.

I hope your feeling better.

Keep in touch, Shirley.

Hi there.

It's been a long time since I have been here. I actually had to start a new login. Seems they won't let me back in under my other name.

I'm reaching out to you guys with a problem that I have encountered. I was banded in Oct. of 06. I did wonderful. It wasn't a very fast loss but I was losing. And I was so proud of my self. I was actually 3 pounds shy of losing 200 pounds when my husband and I went on vacation. We were going to L.A. for a wedding. It had been 25 years since I had been home. And I gave myself the go ahead to splurge while I was there. There were places that I hadn't eaten at since I had lived there. Ididn't really over do it, but I wasn't the best bandster.

But I need to back up a little bit. In January of "10", I had developed realy bad reflux while I slept. I went to see my band Doc and after some test it showed I needed to have surgery to repair a very bad hiatal hernia. It was right at the band site. So I was facing surgery but before I got to schedule it, I found out that I needed emergency surgery. During my weight loss journey I did a lot of walking. But over a few months time I was starting to have trouble walking. I finally went to the Doctors and he orderd an MRI. It showed I had cycst growing on my spinal cord and that I needed to be in surgery as fast as I could. So I had the surgery in June and came out a champ. Doc put me on a walking schedule and I followed it to the "T". We left for vacation August 25 and got back home Sept. 19th. I went right back to walking. Then on Oct. 13th. I entered my first 5K. It hurt like hell but I finished and was so proud of myself. But I had to get back to the fact that I had another surgey facing me. So the Thursday before Thanksgiving, I had Hiatal Hernia surgery. It seemed that was where I lost my weight fight. I was gaining but at a very slow rate. Then it happened again. Back into surgey to have my gallbladder removed. Then I noticed like I had simply given up loosing. I was feeling sorry for myself that I had to have 3 surgeries in a row. I've tried several times to get back on track but it just seems like I just can't find that person I was before the surgeries started. I'm good for about 5 days and then I fall back into my bad habbits. Then you know what? Yup, back in for more surgery. Jan. 4th. I went in for a laminectomy. I had severly herniated disc. L3 and L4. So I went in and they cleaned up the fragments and got me out of pain. So I think you can now see that I kind of have a reason for feeling sorry for myself. Some how I need to find the gumption I had and get myself back to getting this weight off. I need to get the weight off that I have regained and then some.

While I was in having this last surgery, the Doctor came in to talk to me about my weight and that he felt that the band had failed me and that I should look into having a sleeve done. I told my husband after the Doc left that I will not do the surgery. My band has not failed me, I have failed my band. I need to start getting back in for fills. First thing I will have to tackle is the fact that I have let my Band Doc down. I need to stop beating myself up about the gain. I need to take the weight that I haven't gained back and add to it. I need to get back to walking and back to that girl that was so excited about getting the band. And I hope that is soon.

Sorry for dumping this on you guys, I was just hoping I could find an understanding friend.

Ok, I am now able to log in with my old account. But I will keep the other incase this happens again.

Sorry that my post was long but I actually left out a lot of stuff that has happened. Just wanted to give you guys a somewhat of what has been happening to me.

Suzanne

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HI #2188 Suziecat I remember you. I hope all is better with you, I havent been on here in years which along with being a bad bandster has caused me to gain 25lbs back:(