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Chris1982

By Chris1982, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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*slim*    2

*slim*
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I'm so sorry Carrie. Either way it is awful. I hope you are able to get the unemployment.

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Carrie_C    9

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Thanks. I was upset at first, but I'm ok now. I am starting nursing school in a few weeks, so everything will work out.

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Dwayne Bordelon    0

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Thanks. I was upset at first, but I'm ok now. I am starting nursing school in a few weeks, so everything will work out.

Dang, I hate to hear that you lost your job. My wife is a nurse and she can work as much as she wants to - the program was tough at Dalton State, but she is well trained.

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Dwayne Bordelon    0

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I have an adjustment today. It is my fourth and I hope they get aggressive with this one. I am ready to lose some weight but I don't feel like the band is helping me enough yet.

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Corliss    0

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I have an adjustment today. It is my fourth and I hope they get aggressive with this one. I am ready to lose some weight but I don't feel like the band is helping me enough yet.

What??? :eek:You have lost 61 lbs and the band isn't helping you! Baby the band is just a tool, you still gotta do the work. It sounds as if you are doing great. Don't risk getting yourself too tight, that can actually slow you down and can lead to slippage.

Corliss:thumbup:

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Corliss    0

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Thanks. I was upset at first, but I'm ok now. I am starting nursing school in a few weeks, so everything will work out.

Sorry about the job loss, but you will probably be better off without the stress because nursing school is major stressful and you need to just get your breath and get ready to rumble!

Corliss:thumbup:

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Carrie_C    9

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Sorry about the job loss, but you will probably be better off without the stress because nursing school is major stressful and you need to just get your breath and get ready to rumble!

Corliss:thumbup:

SO true!!!!!

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Dwayne Bordelon    0

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What??? :eek:You have lost 61 lbs and the band isn't helping you! Baby the band is just a tool, you still gotta do the work. It sounds as if you are doing great. Don't risk getting yourself too tight, that can actually slow you down and can lead to slippage.

Corliss:thumbup:

I know it just a tool. I don't expect anything else. I just want the tool to be sharper:smile:. Most of my 61 lbs came with the pre op diet and the first month and a half after the surgery. Since that time it has been a struggle.

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Corliss    0

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I know it just a tool. I don't expect anything else. I just want the tool to be sharper:smile:. Most of my 61 lbs came with the pre op diet and the first month and a half after the surgery. Since that time it has been a struggle.

LOL!

How long since banding?

Corliss

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*slim*    2

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It gets better. I will admit that I have had 8 or 9 fills since September to get to the point where I am not startving all of the time, but I did get here. I just takes time (unfortunately). It just takes more fill for some people. One thing is for sure, they will let you come back for another fill as often as you need one you are past the 3 months after surgery. Give this new fill a week or so, if it isn't doing the job, get another one. Good luck!

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Carrie_C    9

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I had the exploratory surgery yesterday. I had endometriosis, a uterine fibroid, and 2 large cysts on my left ovary. The doctor said he took care of everything. I am in a lot of pain though.

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Corliss    0

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April 12th 2009

Well CMEX I don't have a clue how much you lost before but if you lost 20 before surgery then that would be 40 lbs in 3 months. That is terrific! Average is 1-2 lbs per week. I do know a fill will help but don't get too anxious. Your doing fine.

Corliss

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*slim*    2

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I had the exploratory surgery yesterday. I had endometriosis, a uterine fibroid, and 2 large cysts on my left ovary. The doctor said he took care of everything. I am in a lot of pain though.

I hope you feel better soon. Unfortunately, I figured the pain would be pretty bad. Make sure to stay on top of your pain medicine. It is easier to control the pain than it is to stop it once it has a hold on you. Keep us posted.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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