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Any Upstater's (central NY)?

peggy1011

By peggy1011, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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KristiC    0

KristiC
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Hi, Im from Canandaigua, NY. six months post op.

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sdh5463    0

sdh5463
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I'm in Elmira too!!! I was banded on 1/12/10... I'm not regretting my decision at all. anyone (MedRN Cathy?? Healthy Grandma?? Karen S?) want to chat, send me a note!!! I love hearing others experiences, and am always willing to share mine! Hope to hear from you!!!

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DenMar    1

DenMar
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I'm from Oneonta and still in the process of getting banded. Waiting for ins. approval. Lost my 5% weight had all tests etc. but can't find support group schedule. Any help out there?

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DenMar    1

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I'm from Oneonta and still in the process of getting banded. Waiting for ins. approval. Lost my 5% weight had all tests etc. but can't find support group schedule. Any help out there?

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CharmaneFischer    4

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I live in Schenectady. :lol:

I live in Hudson Falls, we are going to the seminar at Ellis tomorrow night and I can't wait to start our journey. When I say our I am talking about my DH. (dear hubby)

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TanyainNY    4

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Near Utica here. Banded in Cooperstown in 2009. Feel free to email me @ nursemidwife86@frontiernet.net if you'd like!

Tanya in NY

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mosterhoudt    0

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Near Utica here. Banded in Cooperstown in 2009. Feel free to email me @ nursemidwife86@frontiernet.net if you'd like!

Tanya in NY

Hi Tanya, I'm from Oneonta. I go in for my first info meeting in Cooperstown on Tuesday. I'm nervous, anxious, excited. I would live to hear about your experience!

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mosterhoudt    0

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I'm from Oneonta and still in the process of getting banded. Waiting for ins. approval. Lost my 5% weight had all tests etc. but can't find support group schedule. Any help out there?

I'm from Oneonta too! I go to my info meeting (first step) on Tuesday. How do you like the lap band?

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TanyainNY    4

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I've found the lapband to be a fabulous tool that's led me on a successful path. That being said, there's three parts to success...

1. The band as a tool

2. Reframing my mindset

3. Exercise....yes...it's a must!

I won't be able to make the next meeting as I'm committed to teaching a Zumba class that night, but hopefully next month I'll be there.

Tanya

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TanyainNY    4

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And feel free to email me if you have any specific questions. Always willing to answer and support as best I can. Email is nursemidwife86@frontiernet.net

Tanya

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pjenkinson1970    20

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I'm as "Upstate" as you can get. I'm having my surgery Aug 28th at Adirondack Medical Center with Dr. Michael Hill. Starting my liquid diet on the 19th. I woul appreciate any advice you can give.

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sommers4977    58

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Im from hudson falls ny. I had my band surgery oct 3 2012 at ellis hospital in schenectady

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CharmaneFischer    4

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Hello Sommer, I'm in Hudson falls also. I also had mine at Ellis. My Dr was Ingram.

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sommers4977    58

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Hello Sommer' date=' I'm in Hudson falls also. I also had mine at Ellis. My Dr was Ingram.[/quote']

Dr ingram was my dr also :)

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CharmaneFischer    4

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Here's my e-mail if you ever want to chat. char3862@gmail.com & my name is Charmane.

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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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        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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