Well I guess I am the first one here! I just got my surgery date and it is set for June 2nd at OHSU in Portland Oregon. I am so excited! It has been a long journey to get to this point and I am so glad to have a date even if it is almost 3 months out. Anyone else out there get a June 09 surgery date?

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Congratulations kdee. You look great!

Joan

Kdee, Awesome! Congrats on your anniversary and the 88 lbs! You look great! :devil_smile: I'm so glad you posted pics! Willowcat

Kdee inspired me to post B&A pics (plus I finally got my husband to take a current photo of me)! My anniversary was June 4th and I'm down 100+ lbs. This has truly been a life-saving, life-changing year for me. Blessing sent out for my gp doctor who continued to bring up wls to me! Willowcat

Ps. Next year's goal is "GOAL." :devil_smile:

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yesterday was my one yr bandiversary and all I can it is the best decision I've made yet!!! 83lbs lost.

Kdee inspired me to post B&A pics (plus I finally got my husband to take a current photo of me)! My anniversary was June 4th and I'm down 100+ lbs. This has truly been a life-saving, life-changing year for me. Blessing sent out for my gp doctor who continued to bring up wls to me! Willowcat

Ps. Next year's goal is "GOAL." :devil_smile:

Amazing pics ladies. Total transformation. Keep it up, keep it off.

Cheri

willowcat, you look amazing!!! Congrats to you as well.

Haven't seen any posts on this thread in a year! Now that we've celebrated our 2 year anniversary, how is everyone doing? I managed to loose another 10 lbs this year - down a total of a little over 60 lbs. Goal is 80 lbs. Still a way to go, but very happy with the results.

Its been a constant struggle with the band, and I have had difficulty with solid food for months. But recently I couldn't even handle soft foods. I had been hesitating on going to the doctor, as I don't have medical insurance, but when it became a problem to even keep liquids down, I knew I had now choice. I was happy to learn an esophagram was only $175. It showed that the band had slipped slighly, but the NP said by removing 2 cm's it should correct itself. It is so great to be able to eat solid food again. I am afraid I have been going a bit wold all week - cheeseburgers and chips 4 days in a row. Have to get serious again, before I start putting on weight again.

Hope you are all having success with your band.

i am glad to hear everyone is doing so good but unfortnately I have regained 25 of the 65 lbs that I lost. Now I am 4 weeks from my 25th high school reunion and I feel like a completel loser !! While I was losing I couldn't stop posting and boasting now I suck. I still work out but my eating got out of control after I have to have 2 unfills and I have been back to my M.D. since last year I am too embarrassed to return. Please can someone give me some advise or some words of encouragement.

i am glad to hear everyone is doing so good but unfortnately I have regained 25 of the 65 lbs that I lost. Now I am 4 weeks from my 25th high school reunion and I feel like a completel loser !! While I was losing I couldn't stop posting and boasting now I suck. I still work out but my eating got out of control after I have to have 2 unfills and I have been back to my M.D. since last year I am too embarrassed to return. Please can someone give me some advise or some words of encouragement.

Don't give up, and please don't let embarassment keep you from going to your doctor. A fill might be just what you need.

Good luck

i am glad to hear everyone is doing so good but unfortnately I have regained 25 of the 65 lbs that I lost. Now I am 4 weeks from my 25th high school reunion and I feel like a completel loser !! While I was losing I couldn't stop posting and boasting now I suck. I still work out but my eating got out of control after I have to have 2 unfills and I have been back to my M.D. since last year I am too embarrassed to return. Please can someone give me some advise or some words of encouragement.

Maintaining is way harder than losing was! This last year, I had trouble with quite a bit of PBing and have had 2 partial unfills. I've also been less-than-ideal when it comes to exercising. I've gained 10 lbs from my lowest. I was getting all poopie about it, and my husband said that really now, given this current level of fill and current level of exercise that it only makes sense that my weight would go up. He made it sound like a simple math problem that was just a fact--and not a judgement of my character. Does that make sense?

You're down 40 lbs right now from your high. That's 40 lbs your feet and knees don't have to deal with anymore. Get some grocery bags and fill them up with heavy stuff until you've got 40 lbs total in them (that would be 8 of the 5lb. bags of sugar!). Walk around carrying those bags--especially up some stairs! Appreciate what you don't have anymore!

Go back to your lapband doctor--he's seen it all before--and if he's worth anything he knows it's not his job to judge you, but to help you. Hopefully, that's why he went into bariatric medicine. If he's nasty, that's says more about him than about you--time for a new doctor, too!

Numbers suck. Don't get caught up in them. When our self-worth is tied to our weight--or a number on the scale!--then we forget that we're beautiful and deserving. You deserve to get the help you need. Go see your doctor. Talk to yourself lovingly. Hang in there.

These are amazing stories and so lovely to hear of our successes, those little slips don't matter much in our grand scheme

These are amazing stories and so lovely to hear of our successes, those little slips don't matter much in our grand scheme

Hi Louise,

Good to see your post. How've you been?

I've had such problems with eating solids for over a year, terrified to go out to a restaurant for fear of not being able to make it to the restroom in time. I was resigned to eating soft foods and soups, but no regrets, as my quality of life is so much better. I could barely walk without pain before being banded, and got out of breath if I bent down to pick up someting. I love going out for walks now. I even took dance lessons.

Getting some fluid taken out recently has been wonderful. It cured the acid reflux, which was a result of a minor band slipage. I was constantly hungry for about 2 weeks, and ashamedly pigged out on all of the wrong foods - cheeseburgers, hot dogs and a can of Pringles a day. Fortunately, after 2 weeks, the band has kicked in again, and i am feeling full after normal post-surgery portions. I have even gone back to my food journal that I kept for about 8 months after surgery, and am once again making healthy fun meals.

One of the biggest helps I found was a 30 second eggtimer that my doctor's office sold. I always inhaled my food before, and eating slowly was the hardest thing to learn. The egg timer really helped.

Hope you're doing well.

Joan

Hello Padanelle,

Lovely to see you too

I am having shocking acid reflux and oesophagitis and having a right old time getting funding from the NHS to sort it out, I wasn't privately funded and my GP is doing all to get funding in place for a defill but it's hell living with it and just as bad is the lack of sleep. I really don't sleep sitting bolt upright at all. It will be sorted, I have no regrets with my band whatsoever, it has saved my life I am sure of it. If funding is not agreed, I will self fund for the deflate for sure and should know about that tonight, all exciting stuff indeed. I'll never get used to the band and I mourn for food sometimes but know it wouldn't go down anyway so don't bother buying it. Crisps, chips? and ice cream have been my villains but also my saviours when nothing else would go through. I actually crave sandwiches more than anything else, thick wholemeal bread, slathered with butter and piled with mayo and salad, cooked meats mmmmmmmmmmmmm in my dreamzzzzzzzzzzzz hehe!

Louise

Hi Louise,

Good to see your post. How've you been?

I've had such problems with eating solids for over a year, terrified to go out to a restaurant for fear of not being able to make it to the restroom in time. I was resigned to eating soft foods and soups, but no regrets, as my quality of life is so much better. I could barely walk without pain before being banded, and got out of breath if I bent down to pick up someting. I love going out for walks now. I even took dance lessons.

Getting some fluid taken out recently has been wonderful. It cured the acid reflux, which was a result of a minor band slipage. I was constantly hungry for about 2 weeks, and ashamedly pigged out on all of the wrong foods - cheeseburgers, hot dogs and a can of Pringles a day. Fortunately, after 2 weeks, the band has kicked in again, and i am feeling full after normal post-surgery portions. I have even gone back to my food journal that I kept for about 8 months after surgery, and am once again making healthy fun meals.

One of the biggest helps I found was a 30 second eggtimer that my doctor's office sold. I always inhaled my food before, and eating slowly was the hardest thing to learn. The egg timer really helped.

Hope you're doing well.

Joan

Well, two years later and I feel pretty great. I am down nearly 90 pounds and have been able to maintain it. I exercise regularly and just completed a hiking and biking trip of Alaska. 12 days of really hard stuff and loved every minute. Some things have been really hard. I divorced my partner of 15 years but am now in a really satisfying relationship. I want to get to my next level this year and feel in a good place to do that. Best of luck to all of you.

Hello Padanelle,

Lovely to see you too

I am having shocking acid reflux and oesophagitis and having a right old time getting funding from the NHS to sort it out, I wasn't privately funded and my GP is doing all to get funding in place for a defill but it's hell living with it and just as bad is the lack of sleep. I really don't sleep sitting bolt upright at all. It will be sorted, I have no regrets with my band whatsoever, it has saved my life I am sure of it. If funding is not agreed, I will self fund for the deflate for sure and should know about that tonight, all exciting stuff indeed. I'll never get used to the band and I mourn for food sometimes but know it wouldn't go down anyway so don't bother buying it. Crisps, chips? and ice cream have been my villains but also my saviours when nothing else would go through. I actually crave sandwiches more than anything else, thick wholemeal bread, slathered with butter and piled with mayo and salad, cooked meats mmmmmmmmmmmmm in my dreamzzzzzzzzzzzz hehe!

Louise,

Go for the unfill - even if its self pay. It was for me too. The dr visit & esophagram cost me $300 and worth every penny. The acid reflux instantly disappeared. I was like a zombie from lack of sleep. I knew I had to bite the bullet and see the doc when I couldn't even keep ice cream down.

It is so wonderful to sleep through the night again. For me, what I missed most was a crusty roll. I made scrambled egg sandwiches sandwiches, and had cheeseburgers on toasted rolls for days afterwards. Heaven.... After 2 weeks, I got most of my craving out of my system, but its soooo nice to know, I can eat solid food, breads and salads again.

Hope the funding works out, but if not, get thee to a doctor and enjoy!

Joan

Louise

Well, two years later and I feel pretty great. I am down nearly 90 pounds and have been able to maintain it. I exercise regularly and just completed a hiking and biking trip of Alaska. 12 days of really hard stuff and loved every minute. Some things have been really hard. I divorced my partner of 15 years but am now in a really satisfying relationship. I want to get to my next level this year and feel in a good place to do that. Best of luck to all of you.

Congratulations on the 90 lbs - and keeping it off! WOW!

Exercise is still an issue for me, though I walk a lot more than I used to. A long walk for me is 1.5 miles. But when you consider that just walking a half block was a major effort pre-surgery, that's a major accomplishment for me.

I bought a groupon for 1 month of unlimited dance lessons. I decides I would try all of the different dances the first week, then focus on the one(s) I liked best. So the first week I took 2 - 3 hours of lessons each day. Friday, my last lesson was a Zumba class. I was really looking forward to it. Even went out and bought special sneakers for it. It nearly killed me! Think it was too much to soon. They have free classes in Herald Sq on Thursday evenings, so I may try again.

Joan