Hey everyone going through Kaiser Richmond!!

Where are you in the process?

Long time no see!! Have u gotten ur date yet?!?!?!

Hi Nicole! This is Donna (roseyyyd1) from the Sac Support. Thanks for your reply email, sounds like you are doing incredible! Thanks for posting Christine is out, and doing well, she has been in my thoughts this morn, also.

I knew this would be the place to find out about her, you all have such an incredible support group, this is my first time posting here (Christine said come on over).

I was just banded in Dec and 3rd fill will be this week!!! I am excited because, I just know that I am gonna have even more restriction, really felt a difference with this last one.

So glad to see Riley doing so well also, we met awhile back, think we have a fill the same day, so I will wave when I go by!! hehehe Have a blessed day yall!:eek:

Hi Donna!!!

So glad you are joining us! We also try to get together once a month for some sorta activity.. used to be lunch... that might be out for a month or two:)

I hope i can make it to the next sac meet up.. My problem is its the same day as my nieces birthday party:(

Hope to see you on here often:)

Nicole:thumbup:

Hi Nicole!

Thank you for the invite, was hoping to get one! :eek:

Such a great group, I even want to meet Liz someday, hehe.

I would enjoy meeting up with you all. I am planning on visiting Christine this week, hopefully!

Hope you can make this month's meeting, we are going to bring the Wii Fit and demonstrate! Have you tried it?

Going to email meandmyweightloss, Candi, she was at the last meeting, to make sure she comes over to this forum.

So you are just north of me, up 70. Isn't the weather great today?! Well, chat soon! Thanks again! Donna

Hi!

I own the wii fit.. my fav thing about it lol, is how i am 180 according to it! Lol.

I was addicted to it for about 2 weeks.. then it got boring to me..

I would go see her this week the problem is.. if someone came to see me last week i wouldn't have been very happy about it.. Not only could i not keep up with my house chores, i wasn't feeling so hot..

Gosh christines hubby said between 12 - 1 and i am getting so anxious... i just want to hear how shes doing lol..:eek:

Parent trap just came on tv, this is not a show u wanna watch post op lol too much giggling..

Talk to you soon.. im gonna twiddle my fingers till 1:30....

So how is Christine doing? Anyone heard anything since noon?? Will be anxious to hear how things worked out for her!! Especially since I am next.

I am starting to get nervous now. I hope this weeks goes by fast. Although I do want to get my house really clean and everything done this week so I can just relax next week after I get home................

Welcome to all the new members and May 1, 2009 sounds good. Hopefully I will be feeling ok by than................

I'VE GOT A BAND!!!!

Hey everyone! I'm home and resting. We're watching Saturday Night Live and I'm trying not to laugh, lol.

Everything went great, I have an APS band with 3 cc's in it! My liver didn't even have a single speck of fat on it and he was so proud that I was 13 lbs below goal. I was 257.5 and officially down 40 lbs! I was so glad.

I'm having LOTS of gas pain between my boobs and it's really hard to take a deep breath. My tummy was numbed so I can't feel that pain yet, but I'm sure it'll suck pretty soon.

I got home at about 3pm and have been resting. My folks will bring Sophie this evening in time to help put her to bed. I think I'm gonna go take a little nap. I'll write up my surgery story tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks for all the prayers and good thoughts, I really appreciate it. You're all the best. Donna, I'm so glad you're here! Pretty soon we'll be probably making this a post-op thread.

Ah great Christine!! Next week at this time..............

Please let me know how your doing throughout the week so I will know what to expect.

And you survived the ride home, morphine??

Any tips you can pass on for me?

Excited it all went well for you!!

Thanks Tina, actually I didn't get morphine for the way home but the ride was totally fine. Gail (my nurse) just gave me my first dose of lortab 15 min before leaving instead. I didn't want such a hard drug in me...I don't really like medicine so it's tough to even take this much. We even hit a few bumps that were unavoidable and it didn't hurt at all. There was no traffic and it took just about an hour, no biggie at all.

I don't have any tips YET cuz I still feel pretty shi*ty but I bet I will soon. Oh, I guess one would be to have someone to help you in and out of the bed and chairs. It's impossible to get up, at least today.

I went outside and walked with hubby for about 1/2 hour REALLY slowly, it felt good but it's still hurts to take a deep breath. Painful AND annoying.

I just took another dose of Lortab at 5:45 and let me tell you--KEEP ON TOP OF IT. I was so uncomfortable and really ready to take it even though it tastes like crap.

I've been peeing like a race horse too! I guess I'm getting all of those fluids out of me. And I'm naughty and curious and I weighed, lol. I was 257.5 this morning and 259.8 at about 5pm. Not as bad as I thought it would be...can it still go up? I wouldn't think it would, but...I'm totally gonna weigh everyday, I don't care that I still have gas and fluid in me, I'm too curious!

I'm definitely feeling better now that the meds have kicked in some. Thank god for codeine!

Congratulations Christine! Glad to hear Riley and Nicole are doing good too. Boy pretty soon everyone will be banded. I finally hit the 70 lbs lost last week (since orientation). Next month will be a year since I started this journey - wow where did time go? Let me know if you are going to meet.

70 pounds is a HUGE number. I hope to be there next year at this time.....................

Glad it will be an AP band and that there is already a fill!! I think that will make things easier.....................

Well I am on the countdown now............

YAAAYY Christine!!! CONGRATULATIONS. I hope all is well I can't wait to hear about your experience indetail uncut" lol. I know you are probably feeling Yacky! this is for sure exciting to see you all go throgh this. Next week is Tina. Well I wish you well and a speedy recovery. I wanna be like you and Nicole LOL. Look forward to seeing you again.

Christine! You have been in my thoughts oooo since about 4am:) Talk about no sleep! Then at 6 i was like ok shes on the way.. then 8 YAY SHES asleep.. then 9 Shes in recovery and now 10, and im waiting to hear from you!...

I hope the barium is easy for you! I know you gagged on MOM... so lemme know:)

I even had a dream at about 7:30 about you getting checked in to some other area and i was sitting in the main area, and then they brought like 50 patients into the preop and post op areas... (you know how crowded that would be) then i woke up lol...

Riley: Yesterday i could NOT eat dinner.. i dont know what it was, the thought of it made me feel pain.. I think what happened is, i had a tea and added some milk to make it more creamy (didnt work) well.. since i did that i felt a ball in my stomach.. Well this mornin i was starvin!!! Now im fine:) Did that ever happen to u??? I am soooo excited about mushies!! And I am sure ALL of us would LOVE some recipes:) I also asked liz if i could put off the clear to liquid stage.. but i ended up not..

Hey riley question did ur port incession ever spot bleed?? My nite shirt has spots on it, and now i a yellowish bruise.. I did sleep on my port side last night i wonder if thats why.....?

SO.. noone ever commented on my "lets get together and feed the ducks" date.. lol. We could always go shoppin but liz said not to buy clothes... I miss my girls! But i dont wanna do a food lunch date...most of us will be on liquids or mushies.. so Tina gets banded next week right??? Why dont we plan on May 1??? She should be feeling plenty fine by then!:beer_yum:

I am so proud of all of us!

Oh and I love my band i read the post op area and people say they regret it.. dude, in 6 days i am down 11 lbs!

LOL Nicole! yes the first sounds fine hopefully I will have a case manager appointment by then.

Welcome Donna!!! It;s nice to have you onboard , we are a pretty fun group here!

I'm feeling a teensy bit better today. The INSIDE of me hurts today, on the left side under my boob (where my stomach is). The gas is SO much better, i can actually take a deep breath now without feeling like dying.

I weighed yesterday cuz I was curious how much Fluid and gas was in me and was 259.8 and I weighed JUST now and was 256.6!!! My lowest weight yet! GAS SHMAS! I'm not having the 10+ gain that they told us we should expect. I'm not gonna argue with that! So since post-surgery yesterday I'm down 3.2 lbs (sure it's mostly gas and fluid but that's so cool!)

I'm feeling lots better today and I'm even due for meds in 1/2 an hour.