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tweetygirl92457    0

tweetygirl92457
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:nervousHi to everyone,

I was banded on April 11 by Dr. Barry Greene at Shady Grove Hospital. I had my first fill of 4cc about 2 and a half weeks ago. I have lost 27 pounds since my pre-op liquid diet started. It is going slow but it is going.

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conniesueb    1

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Hey tweetygirl--welcome to LBT. I think you will find this forum very helpful in your journey--I know I have. You are off to a great start! How are you feeling since your fill? Has it helped? Sometimes it takes more than one fill to get to the proper restriction. Just remember--you don't want to be filled to the point that you can't eat real food. You have to eat to lose weight, as odd as that sounds. But, on the other hand, if you feel like you are not tight enough--get back in there and get another fill. My doc is great about that--he never makes me feel like I shouldn't be asking for a fill--only you know if you are where you need to be. What state are you in? I am in Colorado, and the weather was excellent for this long weekend. Hope you are having a nice weekend.

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Forestcat5    1

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Good Morning! I am 52 years old and pre-op at St. Vincent Bariatric Center in Ohio. I'm 2 months into my 6 month required weight loss plan, and had my first appt with my surgeon last week.

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tweetygirl92457    0

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Hi Connie,

Thank you for your reply. I am having some restricition especially in the morning. I think I eat too fast sometimes and don't chew enough because I have had some vomiting after eating. Sometimes things get stuck and I burp alot and I have no other choice but to vomit to feel better. I don't think it is because I am too restricted because sometimes I have no problems eating. I am still hungry alot in the evenings too. I have another fill in about 2 weeks.

I live in Maryland and it has been a great weekend.

Linda

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tweetygirl92457    0

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Hang in there. It's too bad the insurance companies don't get if we could do this by ourselves we would already have done it. I didn't need the six months of documentation but I did give it one more try with diet and exercise before finally getting banded. I did loose around 50 pounds but I gained it back (Imagine that!). Your journey will be worth all you have to go through. I am just beginning but I already feel that way.

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

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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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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