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My Journey, Carol Barnett
 

10 weeks and counting!

:phanvan I had 1 fill at 5 weeks post-op and I go back to the Dr. on June 13th. I think I've lost about 24 pounds but my scale is friendlier than the Dr. I have noticed the last couple of weeks that I have felt hungrier and I haven't noticed restriction as much. Then all of a sudden I trouble getting anything down. I noticed I'm not eating as slow as I did at first and I'm not chewing as long, laying down my fork etc. It makes me so mad when I finally remember everything I'm doing wrong. I've been being too adventurous with what I am eating too. Well, I haven't gained any weight back but it sure is slow to come off. Go turtles! I really "enjoy" having my band. I know that sounds odd. It is like a security blanket. __________________
Carol Conley

Carol Conley

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lins12's Journal
 

JUNE 8

184--back to ground zero :clap2:     BREAKFAST: VERY TIGHT AGAIN 130C Cottage Double 11P   LUNCH: STILL TIGHT 200C baked beans 200C potatoe salad 200C meat   SNACK: 50C 1 teenie weenie snickers 50C popcorn 100C Watermelon TOTAL: 930   DINNER: 210C Smartone 100C watermelon   C1240   **decided to start no sugar tomorrow so I binged.
lins12

lins12

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pbrown's Journal
 

Waiting for Response from Aetna

Well,today, June 8th was the day that I was scheduled to have the banding done. After a call two days ago to my surgeon's office they informed me that Aetna hasn't even looked at my records yet so we willl have to postpone the surgery until we hear from them. She said it could be a couple of weeks yet. She had just sent in my records to the insurance last week.     I really wondered if this was going to happen as quickly as we had planned, after reading other people's stories about having to keep bugging their insurance for an answer.   I hope that they won't wait too long to decide. I will continue to keep with the high protien diet, but know it won't be easy , not knowing when the surgery will be done. The 700 calorie a day diet is pretty limiting.
pbrown

pbrown

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Love, Family, Weight, Hip Hop & Vegetarianism
 

June Gone For Good Club Scorecard I will be Updating

Points earned for Rule 1 For each day that you drink a minimum of 64oz of water, you earn 1 point. You may earn a bonus of 5 points for a perfect week.   5-31_____6-01_____6-02_____6-03_____6-04_____6-05_____6-06_____6-07_____ Bonus____Week's Total__0___ 6-08___1__6-09_____6-10_____6-11_____6-12_____6-13_____6-14_____ Bonus____Week's Total__1___ 6-15_____6-16_____6-17_____6-18_____6-19_____6-20_____6-21_____ Bonus____Week's Total_____ 6-22_____6-23_____6-24_____6-25_____6-26_____6-27_____6-28_____ Bonus____Week's Total_____ Grand Total_______   Points earned for Rule 2 For each day that you exercise for a minimum of 30 minutes, you earn 2 points. You may earn a bonus of 5 points for a perfect week.   5-31_____6-01_____6-02_____6-03_____6-04_____6-05_____6-06_____6-07_2____ Bonus____Week's Total_____ 6-08_____6-09_____6-10_____6-11_____6-12_____6-13_____6-14_____ Bonus____Week's Total_____ 6-15_____6-16_____6-17_____6-18_____6-19_____6-20_____6-21_____ Bonus____Week's Total_____ 6-22_____6-23_____6-24_____6-25_____6-26_____6-27_____6-28_____ Bonus____Week's Total_____ Grand Total_______   Points earned for Rule 3 For each day that you do not eat foods that contain flour or sugar, you earn 3 points. (sugar substitutes are allowed) You may earn a bonus of 5 points for a perfect week.   5-31_____6-01_____6-02_____6-03_____6-04_____6-05_____6-06_____6-07_____ Bonus____Week's Total__1___ 6-08__1___6-09_____6-10_____6-11_____6-12_____6-13_____6-14_____ Bonus____Week's Total_____ 6-15_____6-16_____6-17_____6-18_____6-19_____6-20_____6-21_____ Bonus____Week's Total_____ 6-22_____6-23_____6-24_____6-25_____6-26_____6-27_____6-28_____ Bonus____Week's Total_____ Grand Total_______   Points earned for Weight loss   For each pound that you lose during the challenge, you earn 1 point   Beginning weight 5-31: Weigh-in weight 6-7: 3lbs Weigh-in weight 6-14: Weigh-in weight 6-21: Weigh-in weight 6-28: Total lost during challenge:   Total points earned for Rule 1: Total points earned for Rule 2: Total points earned for Rule 3: Total points earned for weight loss:   Total Challenge points earned:
BeacheeGirl

BeacheeGirl

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Sandybells's Journal
 

rth fill since Feb. 23,2006

Fifth fill 2.6 or 2.7cc Last week I had a fill but I think and it seems true that she missed my port. I was supposed to have 2.4 but when she withdrew the fluid yesterday it was only 2.0 and then she refilled to 2.7. Today I feel quite a lot of difference. All last week after the 'fill' I felt I could eat anything and everything. I didn't but I could have. I hardly needed to chew. It was obvious to me that it just wasn't right. She did have trouble finding the port last week so that is the reason the problem occurred. Today, I feel quite a lot of restriction and it may even be too much but I will give it another few hours to see what it feels like. I don't think I ever have had restriction until yesterday. I feel a little bit 'burpy.' I will see if the rest of today seems too tight. Liquids today and through the weekend. My weight had gone up a tad too. 165 lbs I bought some smaller and sexy little lacy bras and tummy hold panties last week. I will never get to wear the lacy boy style legs that I see. Gosh, I love those!
Sandybells

Sandybells

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DonnaB's Lap-Band Journal
 

Record of first fill saga!

I decided I needed to make a record of my PB incident which was closely followed by my period and my first fill - bad idea!   Quote: Originally Posted by NurseMichelle Donna I am so sorry to see your fill is too tight. I am going to get mine at 11 weeks. I am eating way way too much. Snacking. My compulsive nature is coming back around. I am maintaining 22 pound loss, but I have to really work at not snacking at night. tell me about your experience with this fill. :phanvan     Well . . .   I was scheduled to have my first fill on May 22nd but that morning I had a terrible scrambled egg PB incident, which was my first PB. It went on for 6 hours! After about the 2nd hour, I cancelled my fill appointment and I called Dr. Rumbaut's patient advocate (or whatever her title is! lol) Cathy. She had Dr. Horatcio call me back and we talked about what was going on and discussed my eating plan for the next few days. I went on liquids for 3 days then moved to mushies and was just getting back to solids, when my period started on the 30th! Just after my PB, I started feeling some pressure and mild pain at my sternum area, front and back. It wasn't terrible so I just figured it was irritation from the PB and possibly my period, and that it would go away in time - it really wasn't that bad, just there.   I had rescheduled my first fill for the 31st and I really didn't want to cancel it again because I didn't want them to decide they didn't want me as a patient - I didn't have surgery with them so I thought this was a very real possibility - so I went ahead and kept the appointment. I told them about the PB, the period, and the chest pressure and they told me it wasn't anything to worry about and we proceeded with the fill. I told them I was worried about being filled too tight and that I wanted this to be a conservative fill. They gave me 1.4cc's in my 4cc band. I don't think that's very conservative myself, but I wasn't having any problems so I left it. The pressure/pain that I had been feeling since the PB was a little worse the next day, a little worse that night, and has been with me ever since.   I've been in touch with with Dr. Rumbaut's new assistant (her name is Misu Sanson and she's really nice) three times since then, and we decided this afternoon that I should go in and get a complete unfill. Booo. I'm tired of this pressure/pain and at this point I'd rather get the unfill than try to wait it out. Besides, I need to be reassured that this chest pressure isn't something serious.   When I had the fill it was with fluoroscopy and they said the band was in the correct position so I don't really think there's a real problem, but after all this time and pressure, I need some relief and reassurance - not to mention some solid food! lol The doctor I'm using for fills wants his patients to be on liquids for 7 days post fill! Can you believe that? I haven't heard of anyone going on liquids for that long after fills! Anyway, today was the first day I ate real food in forever and I didn't have a problem eating but the pressure/pain at the sternum - front and back - was worse again. Damn.   Dr. Sanson wants me to do a complete unfill and give it time to completely heal up. If the pain doesn't subside in fairly short order, I'm going to go have an endoscopy.   Now that I've completely freaked you out about getting a fill . . . LOL, let me reassure you - the fill was really, really not a big deal. I BARELY felt the sting of the Lydocaine which numbs the area, and I didn't feel the fill needle at all. It was in there and filled before I realized it, and then they were asking me to sip some barium. I swallowed and it kind of stopped like when you've swallowed too fast and I said it didn't feel good, she pulled some saline back out and it immediately felt better and my fill was over. They stuck a bandaid on my injection site and I was done. All told, it took less than 5 minutes and that includes the time I took to explain to them how nervous and freaked out I was! I was worked up for absolutely no reason. Don't let yourself get worried about the fill, it's not a big deal at all.   Sorry to write a book here, this is the first time I've put it all down in writing so I thought I'd go ahead and get it right! lol   Thanks for your concern - good luck with your first fill.
DonnaB

DonnaB

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My Journey, Carol Barnett
 

Back Home

March 30, 2006 PRE-OP PATIENTS DO NOT READ THIS! THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL EXPERIENCE, AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE ELSE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. MY OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS WERE NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, AND MY EXPERIENCE IS NOT WHAT ANYONE ELSE SHOULD EXPECT!!! Well, I had my Gallbladder out so I thought that this would be "just like" that surgery. I guess I'm a little older now and I have a few more other health problems. My Blood Pressure went very low during and after my surgery, so they told me. In recovery I kept telling the staff that I was in too much pain, and they told me they couldn't give me anymore pain meds until my BP went up. So by the time I got to my room I was in mega discomfort. I had read on one of the boards that it might feel like I had been stabbed and I just kept reminding myself that. Still, the same old thing low BP. At last they filled me with fluid my BP increased and I was allow to PUMP! My husband was there and made sure I pumped every time the machine would let me. Not a good idea! Poor thing, he thought he was helping! I was able to get up and walk to the bathroom and walk around a little, (someone on this board had said to do to get the gas to move around and out). Thank goodness for this board and the things I learned before my surgery. Once again my BP went really low, the nurses stayed in my room all night (no rest for them or me, but I didn't care by then), finally one of the aides said she bet I has had too much Morphine. So, I was cut off of the good stuff, and put on pills. By then the Lortab was enough to take the edge off. I was able to rest for a few hours and felt great when I woke up. I went home within 24 hours of my surgery. I was really impressed by the dedication of the nursing staff and I told the morning staff. They looked through my chart and said "well they should have been, Dr. Floyd sure would have been unhappy if they had let me die!" Wow, who knew! I didn't see the "WHITE LIGHT" of anything:) This was not written to scare anyone. My case was diffenently not normal and I would do it again. __________________
Carol Conley

Carol Conley

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luvlif's Journal
 

OH MY LOVE!

5/30 @ LISA'S FATHER'S FUNERAL "I NEED REASSURANCE OF YOUR LOVE FOR ME" 6/1 "SO BEAUTIFUL" @ RACE TRACK as we openly showed our mutual love w our eyes 6/15 FIRST I WENT & STOOD BEHIND HIM IN FULL VIEW OF THE MIRROR IN THE SECRETARIAL ROOM -WE DO LOOK GOOD TOGETHER! THEN WENT BACK TO MY RM & HE WAS TALKING TO SEAN. ME:"MY DARLING, I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART" LOOKED @ HIS LIPS THEN OUR EYES LOCKED IN A DEEP LONG LONGING STARE & I FELT THAT WAVE OF PASSION FROM HIM... HIS FACE CRUMBLED...(LIKE IT DID WHEN I TOLD HIM I CARED FOR HIM NOT HIS DUMB CO IN NOV) HIS WHOLE DEMEANOUR CHANGED & AGAIN HE IS MY LOVER TO BE! 6/25 I TOLD HIM ABOUT NANCY DILLON..."CHRIS LOVES LISA" HIS EYEBROWS SHOT UP & HE LOOKED @ ME AS IF TO SAY "ARE YOU OK W IT?" & I LOOKED GENTLY @ HIM ..."I TRUST YOU" (WILLO SAID THAT I SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF HIM W THAT COMMENT...LIKE IT DIDNT MATTER TO ME... SHE TOLD ME I WAS HIS FOUNDATION & THAT WE HAVE THE MOST UNBELIEVEABLE NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION GOING ON) 6/26 I LOOKED @ HIM @ MTG "I WANTED YOU" HE KNEW WHAT I MEANT. 6/29 WEHN I WENT TO HOLBROOK..PATTIE LOOKED SHEEPISH...HE PROBABLY WENT & YELLED @ HER 6/30 ARLENE TOLD ME "CHRIS LOVED SUZANNE" ...TRUE TO WHAT I EXPECTED FROM HER WHEN I LOOK GOOD.
luvlif

luvlif

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Barbara12375's Journal
 

The date is set

Well insurance let me down. I wasted 6 weeks but when I called the doctor's office they have had a cancellation this Friday, June 9th and I'm taking it! Yippee! I am so excited and scared at the same time. I can't think of anything else. David is being a poop about it........... it's all about the money, not my health or happiness. I won't let it get me down. I'm doing this for me and me alone.   I have to be there at 8 a.m. and it should be finished and out of there by noon. Wow! It's really going to happen. I have wished for this for years and now that it's here, I can't believe it.
Barbara12375

Barbara12375

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avilla's Journal
 

The Beggining

I started out with a regular visit to my family dr on April 14th asking what she thought about the lapband...She was very excited that I was interested in the procedure...At this time she said that she would refer me due to me having a great insurance plan (UHC)...By the first week of May I had the referal letter from my dr and contact the surgeon that she had refered me to (Dr Cribbins)...I called the surgeons office to make and appt and was told that I would need to attend a seminar before an appt with him and they just happened to have one that next week...I was very excited to sit thru the seminar on May 12th and listen to all of the different types of weight loss surgery...I was in and talking with the surgeon by May 16th and was told that I would more than likely be approved by the insurance company...With UHC you are only required to have a 40 bmi or over to be approved with no medical history needed...Well at this same appt I was given the name of a psychologist which is required by this surgeon before surgery:help: ...Ok, so...I get home and am able to make an appt with the psychologist for May 26th and it consisted basically of about 100 true/false questions of how many times you have thought of killing yourself and who all you wanted to take with you when you went within the last month or so and a short visit with the dr herself....:cry So on June 5th I got my approval from the insurance company to have the lapband done and have my bloodwork, ekg and xrays on June 9th and my preop appt with Dr Cribbins on June 21st and then my surgery is scheduled on June 22nd at Frisco Baylor:clap2: ...I am way too excited about the entire thing and just waiting to see all the results of not doing this:hungry: ..haha....Now its just waiting and anticipating!!!
avilla

avilla

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wyldvelia's Journal
 

BANDED ON 3/23/2006, tired of counting the days!!

ok. so the 3rd fill was a little on the aggressive side. i could only take it for one week. ha. i did lose 4lbs that week though. im pretty sure one is not supposed to pb and slime every day, every meal, look longingly at food, and so on and so forth. i had .2 removed and as of today, im 20lbs down. i feel soooo good. last week i worked out 3 times at curves. this week only one so far and today is wednesday. i may have bitten off more than i can chew. damn hip pain. i hope it goes away. i'll take the excercise easy. today we had our staff meeting, i had a latte on the way there, and had a little bit of bacon, a bite or two of potatoes, sneaked in a bite of egg (the dreaded evil, comes from the devil eggs, formerly my most favorite food pre-band), couple bites of watermelon. ok. done. today, for the first time i cant believe i actually feel HUNGER. im thinking about lunch (well, it is lunchtime), but its funny cuz i actually ate breakfast and i normally dont. :cool:
wyldvelia

wyldvelia

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DonnaB's Lap-Band Journal
 

Record of progression

I'm running out of space on my signature line but I want to keep a record of the progression of my weight loss:   DonnaB   Banded March 7, 2006 Dr. Roberto Rumbaut, Monterrey, Mexico 282/274/242/150 (-40) 5' 9"   03/07/06 274 (-8) 03/14/06 267 (-7) 03/21/06 265 (-2) 04/03/06 263 (-2) 04/08/06 261 (-2) 04/16/06 260 (-1) 04/19/06 257 (-3) 05/07/06 255 (-2) Horrible scrambled egg PB = 6 hours! 05/24/06 252 (-3) First Fill: 05/31/06 = 1.4cc 06/05/06 248 (-4) 06/07/06 246 (-2) Went for an UNfill 06/10/06 and the STUPID ASS SURGEON gave me a .5 fill - miserable all weekend, went back on Monday 06-12-06 unfill down to 1.2cc - still feel a little tight. 06/13/06 (-4) probably all water weight since I couldn't drink for 36 hours!       Does the lapband work?   Is it easier to pound in a nail with a hammer or with a rock?   With a hammer of course--but you STILL have to POUND!   So it is with a band. - DevilMayKare  
DonnaB

DonnaB

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lins12's Journal
 

WEDNESDAY - June 7

184.5 (where did that .5 come from???)   BREAKFAST: (REALLY TIGHT AGAIN) 130 C Cottage Double 11P 90C Mocha Frap 3.5P   LUNCH: Plate with 1/2 of it salad with avocado, oranges, 1/4 plate meat, 1/4 plate baked beans. Had second helping of baked beans.   DESSERT:eek: :cool: :) ice cream, fudge whipped cream, pecans, SO BAD!!! WHY WHY WHY WHY   SNACK: some potatoe salad   SNACK2: couple of soy crips   DINNER: smartone and 2 pieces watermelon   This was an unhealthy hard day. Once I started at lunch I did NOT want to stop. I dont know why. It so impulsive.
lins12

lins12

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Teresita's Journal
 

June Walking 22 miles

1 2 3 3.5 Track 2 Tucker Rd 4 3 HP 5 TTC and 2 parking lot 6 7sweating cleaning a freinds house 8eating pork chops (pop) 9 I will exercise tonight:D 10 nope 11 walked at track 2 miles (then picnic):cool: 12 2.5 miles at TTC:clap2: 13 14 15 16 17 HP 3 miles 18 Watkins Park 3.4 19 TTC 20 21 22 1 1/2 hrs pool 23 30 min pool 24 2 miles STrack 25 2 hrs pool 26 TTC   25 miles of walking for the month of June....that is pitifull.
Teresita

Teresita

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lins12's Journal
 

TUESDAY - JUNE 6

184 (YEAH! maybe this weekend was not detrimental)   BREAKFAST: (REALLY TIGHT):heh: 130C Cottage Double 11P   LUNCH: :cool: 150C Cup of tortilla soup 7P 100C salad-greens, totmatos, crouton crips 200C ranch dressing   SNACK: 40C tomato 100C popcorn   DINNER: PB'ed ? 3 piece of margarita pizza   *REALLY wanted a snack after dinner--mind thing--thanks to God I didn't. He blocked me at every try. I really ate dinnere becuase I felt like I had to eat. I pb'ed but still tried because of fear of being hungry. It is dinner. How will I get that emotional fill. I am not exactly sure how to fix this.   TOTAL: 720
lins12

lins12

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shackdog's Journal
 

Mission on crusie

Houston:   Here is 3x, just on crusie control, have not seen lapband beast for awile, however I did experience its control over me. It was not a very good feeling either. Got space sickness but this was due to the mission issued food I think, just ate to big of bites, the tubes are not easy to adjust. This needs to be re-thunk.   Have noticed that when the lapband beast is not on my mind, then I seem to not loose weight, this is not a good thing as being to heavy is dangerous to me and those I love. So I need to step back on the right path find the beast and make it my companion.   With this in mind, I know that I will once again be on the road to great discoveries.   signed 3x:faint:
shackdog

shackdog

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Ali's Musings and Meanderings...
 

More of my waffle...

Yesterday and today I feel generally tired but am doing my best to keep up with the GFG challenge...what have they done to me?:cool: Usually when I feel like this I would curl up on the sofa all day and sleep :notagree Now I'm planning how to walk and what I'm eating and sleep doesn't figure in my day at all?!!?!?!?! "If" tomorrow morning (weigh in day) my weight says what it did the other day I'll be more than pleased...I'll be in shock!:omg: But then we all know what fickle creatures scales can be now don't we? Apart from that not much to report...my PC connection that's DSL and should be steady, keeps dropping for a couple of mins and is driving me insane! :angry There I am, chatting happily with friends and next thing you know I'm gone...pooooof! Hubby is the technical one around here and so he'll decide what we're gonna do about it all. That's all...happy reading :biggrin1: Later!
A1ikou

A1ikou

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TrishS's Journal
 

June 5, 2006

:cool: I am going crazy! I still have a lot of pus coming out my wound, I really thought I was getting better. Maybe I still am getting better but with the wound pussing like it is, I am sure it slows down the healing time. But I really dont know. I go in to the Wound Specialist on Thursday so maybe she will see if there is anything that I should be doing diffrently. All this scares me, because I need to get a job. I am worried about being around 100 or more people in the same building with a wound like mine. But then it so hard with some of the money problems we are having. Then over all once I do heal, I want to have surgery again.. and that time I will need off to recover. Will a new job even let me take time off like that. There is so much to think about I am going crazy! or just feel like I am, everything is so over whelming. I did take up Knitting Oh what a wonderful thing to do to get my mind off of things. It is so relaxing. All I can do is make scarfs for now but hopefully I will be able to make a lot more then just that. But for now I am really enjoying myself. So between my ceramics and now my knitting, it is helping me keep my mind off of all the bad things in my life. To bad I cant knit my problems away as fast as the yarn goes down. I have not weighed myself, because one day I was so excited I saw 283 and then I was back up to 287.. Hmmmmm I guess I will just have to wait and see what happens when I get my new band. I still have my hopes up about getting my new band. I cant wait!!!!
TrishS

TrishS

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lins12's Journal
 

June 5

186 (paid for this weekend) I have two days to drop at least 2 pounds so I won't have gained this week.   Breakfast: :notagree 180C Starbucks (mocha) 7P 130C Cottage Double 11P   Lunch: (having a hard time eating anything) 210C Smart one 17P   SNACK: :cool: (always seem to slip up during afternoon. I wonder what I can do to remedy this.) 280C 96% fat free yogurt 8P TOPPING -180   TOTAL: 980 plus   almonds   DINNER: 1 pc pizza 1/2 michelada couple of soy crips
lins12

lins12

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