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kimmizing    0

kimmizing
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747362.jpg HAHA!! dance.gif I DID IT!!! I DID IT!! I DID IT!!! clap.gif I GOT BANDED TODAY!!! I was so nervous!!

AND FOR NOTHING!! Ortiz's staff was completely professional and efficient and so very kind!! We've had quite a few laughs here too!! LOL cool2.gif

I'm currently writing you from my hospital bed. They have wifi and a flatscreen TV with sattellite in each of its private room!!

The only discomfort is UPPER ABS (LIKE AFTER A GOOD WORKOUT or AFTER YOU'VE BEEN SICK WITH A COUGH FOR A WHILE AND THOSE MUSCLES ARE SORE) and where my port was placed. It's still swollen there, but I've been assured it will go down soon. I can feel the outline of the port.. Docs told me that since my BMI was on the low side, my port might stand out more. HE SAID IN 6 MONTHS THEY WILL MOVE IT `FOR FREE `IF ITS AN ISSSUE!! thumbsup.gif

Earlier this evening, I woke up from a nap with cottonmouth..... So without thinking, I took a couple of big gulps from my melted ice. eek.gif OUCH! Felt pain similar to having a huge glob of peanutbutter stuck there!!! Walked around quite a bit after. That helps. I guess that's a common early side effect of band. There's also a cute little gizmo that you inhale deeply into 10 x's and that helps move around the air in ur lungs. Watever it is, it really helps! (bring GAS EX strips with you! A total must!!)

A couple of the patients had issues with throwing up afterwards.... Poor dears..... But they still trooped a long as the 4 of us walked around the clinic dragging along our IV poles in our hospital gowns and paper underwear!! SEXY!! sexy.gif HAHAHA!

BTW, there was NO CATHATER needed or used, nor were any of us intubated for the general!!!! Those wew 2 things I was pretty nervous about..... angst.gif

Well, I was just given a pill to help me sleep and it's kicken in!!! bed.gif I hope everything I've said makes sense!! I've taken tons of fotos, so as soon a i get a journal started, I'll upload those.....

Big hugs to all of yoy, and thank you so much for your prayers!!!!!angel.gif

Kimmie sleeping.gif

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cyndilou29    0

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Congratulations! I'm so glad you are doing well. I hope you continue to feel well in the coming days. Keep us updated on your progress

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wendy645    1

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Awesome smiley use, btw! Congratulations on a smooth surgery! I'm excited for you!!

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Thanks so much for sharing. I am scheduled w/ Dr. Ortiz on 08/31 and am pretty nervous. Did you lose all the required weight for the surgery? I am having such a hard time w/ the preop diet as I'm just feeling so HUNGRY....

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kimmizing    0

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Thanks so much for sharing. I am scheduled w/ Dr. Ortiz on 08/31 and am pretty nervous. Did you lose all the required weight for the surgery? I am having such a hard time w/ the preop diet as I'm just feeling so HUNGRY....

Hi there!!

It's so normal to get nervous before the surgery. But honestly, they are all so kind and gentle and professional there! Once you're there you'll totally relax!!:clap2:

No, I didn't lose all the required weight before. Had a VERY hard time... Especially at night (my weakest time!!):confused:. But my BMI was on the lower side, so I guess I was lucky that they didn't turn me away on the day of surgery.

I kept searching every lap band web site I could trying to find someone who was as bad as me on the pre op diet. Wasn't sucessful. Kept getting sweet replies that said "you can do it!!", "You want this more than food!" and "you are in control of the food, it doesn't control you!!".... Sadly, although all of that was true, it didn't get rid of the demons in my head that said I was starving!!!!!:think So, I'm NOT a good one to ask about the pre op diet. Sorry.

It's now the second night after my LB, it's late at night, and I was having those strong MENTAL hunger pangs. :hungry: I'm still at the hotel and I did great eating chicken broth and Jello today, but after midnight... well... I broke down and ordered a quesadilla and proceeded to chew it up and spit it out!!:omg: Now that's SICK!! :faint:

I took pictures of the disgusting plate full of chewed food for my journal to remind me of what an idiot I was!! I'm sooooooo happy that that mound of food wasn't in my stomach, but it was soooo stupid of me, and I DO NOT want to risk any LB complications!! I was a self pay, and the thought of wasting all that money just kills me.

If anyhting, I hope you can learn from my mistakes and not screw up like I just did. :( I didn't swallow any of the food, but I'm angry at myself for my lack of self control. My hunger wasn't real!! It was just the strong almost uncontrollable need to munch on something.

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    • Alisa_S

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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. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      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

        summerseeker

        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.

    • CaseyP1011

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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