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Ok, so this is my blog. I'm a newbie, don't really know what to talk about :confused: except that I am really excited to change my life. I got my band on 1/12/2010. :thumbup: I will try to post as often as

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Date Change, UGH!!!

Hi! and first of all I really need to say I am really slacking in my blogging latley... ! When I got my surgery date I was on my way out of town for a week and then Thanksgiving and Now Christmas seems to be getting in the way! Where does the time go??? Anyway I have been thinking alot latley about writing a blog and just haven't gotten to it. SO that said, here I am to "Vent" a little.   I got a phone call yesterday, actually a message left on my maching at home, from the Surgeons scheduler. Stating that after January 1st they are only doing surgeries on Tuesdays... UGH! Talk about throwing a wrench into my not telling my boss at work and only taking a Long weekend to have it done!!! Now I have to take almost a full week and they have bumped the date up to the 12th instead of the 15th of January.   I've been feeling a little nervous and anxious lately, and I'm not exactly sure why... I really do not want to tell anyone about this. At least not right away... not until I know that I am a success and I'm feeling alot like a failure right now... Other life hassels that always come into play around the holidays are getting to me and then I think a plan is coming together and ... well, somthing messes up my plan!!!   I'm so sorry! I don't like discussing weight issues with anyone, mine OR theirs! It's just a topic that is plain uncomfortable for me. My husband is behind me with my decision to have the band completely and knows that I want no one to know. I have 3 friends that know... I know that they will not tell anyone. One has had the RNY proceedure and is as secretive about it as I want to be, One is in North Carolina and is a friend from College and doesn't really know or correspond with anyone up here, AND the other is contemplating the band herself and doesn't want to tell anyone either. MY 2 BFF's aren't in the state any longer so I WILL NOT tell them, I want to surprise them with the "final product" or at least a partially finished new me, when I see them again... I have told people that I am going to do the normal New Year Resolution to lose weight this year and have asked them if they want to join me and do a challenge between ourselves! Of course my friend who is 5'4" and maybe weighs a whole 125 lbs., laughed and said she'd support me! LOL.   I just got the call back from the scheduler... the 12th is going to be my definite day now, Afternoon, probably about 2:30 she says... Now tonight/tomorrow/this weekend, I need to figure out how to take the time off work and not tell the boss what I am taking it off for!!! UGH
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Nervous about the first fill!!!

Hi All,   I have to ask some questions... I am scheduled for my first fill on 2/22. My band is 4 weeks old now and I know I need this fill more than anything right now. Even tho I am not able to eat as much as I did before surgery I still know in my heart that I am able to eat way more than I should right now! I want my fill but am so very nervous about it! I hear that some get numbing medication for their fills and some do not. At this point I really don't even know if my surgeon does or does not offer anything to numb. My port is right above my belly button. Anyone else got that? I also, am getting nervous about having the gas pains after eating again. I seem to have developed a major burping and farting syndrome since getting my band.   Ok youcan tell me to shut the heck up... just get the fill and don't worry so much. But could you please tell me some of your experiences too! Do you or don't you get numb? Help?! I'm starting to worry
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Frustrations

yeah I feel very frustrated today! When I sopke to the office about when I might be able to get banded, and asked if October was a reasonable guess they said yes... by all means if there are no complications and we do not forsee any. So I was really really hoping to get banded by this week. And All I can say is I'm still waiting for approval! It's been 2 weeks tht the insurance company has had all my appropriate test results, letters, paperwork of all kinds and still not answer. So, I guess, since I have some things going on in early November, and then there is Christmas, I probably will be a 2010 bander. Damn! Just when I really thought things were going my way for a change!
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17 days old

Yes, My Band is 17 days old today! I need to tellyou that I will be posting strictly LB stuff on here because of my decision to keep my band a secret from like everyone in the world! But once I get the hang of it there will be more posts on my other new blog: visit me there at: http://2010snewlife4me.blogspot.com/ Now, yesterday I had my first post op appointment with my surgeon... I thought he was going to kiss me! He is so happy with my progress and 26 pound loss that he said ok... Lets give it a few more weeks and then we will start your fills. Yahoo! This is a man of very few words. and yesterday I think he said more to me than he has said in 6 months of consultations. My DH said it was because he wasn't there! Yeah ok, you keep thinking that DH!!! I think this is a good thing that I will be starting my fills on 2/22/10, because I feel like I have been eating more the last 2 days than I should... Altho, today I had very little for lunch and I am very very full. I cannot stress how glad I am that I made this decision and stuck with it. I know I will be a better person in no time.
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No Fill for me today... UGH!

I was supposed to get my first fill today however it didn't happen... I posted the whole story on my blog at http://2010snewlife4me.blogspot.com/ Please go check it out and follow me for future escapades on my new life!!!
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Frustrated but dealing with it

I called my Surgeons office, left a message to have them call me back if there was anything that I needed to do to get things moving a little faster... No call back so assuming that they had done everything that needed to be done I called the insurance company... OMG... I wanted to tell that lady right where to go... I kept getting "ma'am we do NOT have any thing in process, or even on file for you" . AND, to make matters worse I have to call from work because they aren't ever available when I would be home so trying to get time, and quiet, and NO body around because I am not telling anyone at the office about this was even more frustrating for me. Anyway, I finally hang up with the insurance and call the surgeons office again. I have to leave a message for the girl who does the insurance stuff because she is on the phone with insurance companies all day long so she returns calls after 5 pm... I can accept that, she has her job to do too and if it were me and had to deal with those insurance companies all day, I'd be bald from pulling my hair out! So, it's really ok. Last night at 6:15 she calls me! :-) however, she says... "I sent your paperwork in today, so you should see an answer in a week or 2 at the most" I wanted to cry :thumbup: at that point. :eek:... ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? :wink2: I was under the assumption it had been submitted 2 weeks ago and that it was the insurance company that was holding things up right now. :thumbup: Last night I was so bummed it wasn't funny. But have dealt with it and decided that I will make this my last holiday without the band, the new year will bring the "Normal" resolution that I have always made (to lose weight) only this time it will work. And it will be easier for me to not tell the people that I don't want to tell!!!   Right now you are probably saying (or going to say) why not have it done before the holidays... And I was thinking that too, but I have a trip scheduled in November and then another in December to visit family out of town. and I really don't want to cancel either trip or be recovering from surgery during either trip! So, right now I am just waiting for the approval and then ready to schedule a January, 2010 surgery date... New Year, New Me!!! It's all good! :thumbup:
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I'm Banded

Yes, I am banded folks. I am officially one step closer to a healthier and happier me!:ohmy: It has not been bad, so far at least. I am on day 2 of the clear liquids - post op and have not had to much pain, or to much gas. I haven't really been all that hungry yet. I can't believe that it has been this "easy". :sad: I must repeat to anyone that is getting banded soon, or even just getting on the schedule... Remember immediatley post op... walk, waLK, WALK and sip, siP, SIP!!! This advise was given to me and it has been the best advise I could have received to make this time easier for me... (Thanks so much "BG") :cursing:   I really just wanted to say hi to my band land friends out there and let you know I am doing well... Pre-op diet took me to a total of 21 lbs lost since the beginning... :laugh:I just have 70 to goal now! And I cannot wait for my friends and family to see the new, happy & healthy me!
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Day 3 post op!

I am officially on Day 3 of my clear liquids post op. I really have not been hungry. I have wanted in my head to be able to chew on something but have resisted. I have drank more water than I thought possible and P'ing??? Hello... I feel like every 5 minutes I have to go. Honestly FOR ME... it is NOT AS BAD as people on here talked about. I almost backed out because of the stories I read. I am so very glad I did not. I am excited to move on to the next phase and get a fill, which won't be for at least a few weeks, but I can "feel" the weight coming off now, already. My rings are getting looser and when I put on a pair of jeans tomorrow I can not wait to see how differently they fit/feel...
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Day 6 Post Op

Hey folks, Happy MLK Day to those of you who may have had a long weekend as I did! Actually I have been off work since last Tuesday when I was banded but today was a freebie day off.   I got on our scale here this morning and I find it so hard to believe that it read 31 lbs lower than when I stepped on it 5 months ago. I am really, really excited to go to my nutritionist app't on Thursday and see if it really is true! Is it really possible to drop this much so quickly?   I started eating mush today... yogurt for breakfast, mashed taters and gravy for lunch and will probably have pudding or jello for dinner. I've been very, very "full" all afternoon so I may not eat dinner at all if the full feeling doesn't go away?   Tomorrow I head back to work... I am planning my meals now to see what/how I can do this till I get back on regular foods!
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I'm a Happy Girl!

Yes, I am a very Happy Girl today! You see I have been extremely sick for the last 4 days with a severe sinus infection. :thumbup: I finally was able to get myself to my regular Dr for diagnosis and meds. Anyway while there they asked how the Lap banding was going... and when I said it had not been done yet, they kinda looked at me funny. Well, anyway I went to the drug store and then came home and in my mailbox was a letter from the insurance company telling me that I was APPROVED!!!:tt2: I was so excited... can I just tell you that the first thing I did was call my surgeon and say "what do we do now". :huh2: And when they told me that all I needed to do was wait for the scheduling call! Well I got it last night at about 4:45. Due to my trips out of town that have been planned, one being next week... I could not take the first option of next Friday... 11/13/09 :eek: UGH! I was kinda happy that I couldn't do that on a Friday the 13th, I'm not superstitious but still... Then the second option was 12/15/2009. And again... Just as I figured :smile2: I will be out of town on the 18th - 27th for the holiday. UGH #2. HOWEVER, Option #3 was January 15th 2010. :thanks: BINGO!!! Scheduled... It is a Friday and it it 2 months away but I AM SCHEDULED!!!! Can I just say I am a happy, happy girl right now! My New Year's resolution to lose weight and live a healthy happy life as a smaller person will finally come true. Hooray for me!!! :cool:
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24 hours and counting

Tomorrow at this time I will be in surgery ............ Not sure how to feel right now!!! Happy, Scared, Anxious... All cover it but not completely... Am I really doing the right thing? Am I really ready for this? How long will I be afraid to eat anything? Anybody out there want to offer any advice today???
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First fill "again"!

Sorry guys for the incorrect link to my "blogspot" blog. The real link for it is below. Thanks to BG. Please forgive me I'm as technically challenged as a 2 year old sometimes. :rolleyes2:   I am scheduled for my first fill tomorrow at 10:30am. I will be blogging to tell all about it as soon as I get home... so look for me (and please follow. And if you have a blog let me know the link. I will return the following of course) Thanks!   Here's my real blog link: 2010's New Life 4 Me!!!
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Getting really nervous now

I just have to post and say that I am feeling a bit anxious today! I called the Insurance Co yesterday tosee where we were at and they said that things were moving right along... :rolleyes2:the Surgeon that I have chosen has been approved, (on 10/26) and they had a Reference number for the Hospital. Now it is thier partners job to approve the hospital and that shouldn't take to long. Just knowing that I am have way to being approved is making butterflies :thumbup: in my stomach!!! I just know that I will be getting banded in January and I can't wait. I realize that January is still 2 months away but wow... It's ONLY 2 months!!!:crying:
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Day 4 Post Op

Today is Day 4... I didn't try on my jeans because I am still a little bloated from the actual surgery. Today was a busy day and I probably did more than I should have only being 4 days out but my surgeon said, "get up, get out, activities as tolerated". That's the tricky part AS TOLERATED.   What you may not know is I sing... I sing alot! I am in a competition barbershop chorus and also a competition barbershop quartet within that chorus. I am also in another concert chorus, and do solos for them often! So drinking water is NOT a problem for me... Anyway today my quartet had a rehearsal, at 10. Dr G. told me to take it easy, no high notes or really low notes but the rest is "as tolerated". Now mind you, ONE of my quartet members knows that I had the surgery the 2 others do not. Rehearsal was ok... we kept the practice easy and shorter than normal because I had a hair and nail appointment. DH is having a blast driving me to practice and then on to the appt's. :thumbup: After the appointments, we went and did a little grocery shopping and then came home... I had had nothing to drink except my milk with all my meds this morning and then water from that point on. When we got home guess what? I was hungry... actually hungry, for the first time since I got banded. SSSOOO, Here is the mistake I made. Dr G. told me I could transition into mushy foods on days 4-5 and then transition into real foods again after my nutritionist appt. on 1/21. OK... Yahoo! Mushy food... I'm hungry and I can have something mushy... What do I want??? KFC mashed potatoes and gravy!!! no drinking for 30 min before we eat, right?... so when I dish out the 2 small teaspoons of potatoes and gravy I am really hungry. So much for making the meal LAST... in 10 minutes, tops, those potatoes were GONE! Then I realized what I had done so I quit! I got OUT of the kitchen, went and laid down and started watching TV. 30 minutes after the potatoes I was sipping my water again but it just wasn't cutting it.... I took a shower and made myself a huge mug of white tea.   Right now, I'm pooped. tea is gone and I feel so extreamly overfull I don't care if I eat at all tomorrow. I have one of those "gas" pains in my shoulder, so I know that I didn't tolerate things to much today. Thank God tomorrow is Sunday and the only thing I have to do is get up! I am off for the Holiday on Monday too, then back to work on Tuesday. That will be exactly one week post op. Lets pray that I tolerate work alot better than I did today!
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15 Days till Banding

OMG 15 days... :eek: Not so long ago it was not even a date but just a waiting game and going thru the process. :tt2: You wanna talk butterflies... UGH!!! I have a tickle in my tummy, I've been P'ing alot more today than normal, having a hard time concentrating... You name it I've got it today. all of a sudden, I have had heartburn so bad today. I think, and I repeat, I THINK because I am so nervous... My husband said to me this morning... I have been thinking about your surgery and I just don't want anything to go wrong! I don't want anything to happen to you! "I will be fine" I said "and after wards I will be better than fine!" :wink: He is a bit of a nervous nellie and I really think his being nervous is rubbing off on me today! January 12th is the day and I called my surgeons office today to see about my presurgery diet and pre-op testing etc. that I am supposed to be having done within the next 2 weeks. "Your paperwork's going out in the mail today":ohmy: . Is that unusual? shouldn't they have GONE out in the mail? Oh well... breathe... deep... 15 days and all will be well!!! :w00t:
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Be the First to Follow???

In what seems like Bander fashion... I have created a blog that is separate from the blog on here... I have far from finished the creation... however, for now am going to call it my work in progress just like my newly banded body! Join me. oh wait it's called "follow", so Follow me on my new blog at:   http://2010snewlife4me.blogspot.com/
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Today is THE Day

Yes!!! today is my day!!! As I sit here listening to my DH getting HIS breakfast... I'm thinking to myself... I really am NOT hungry! I thought I would be but I am not!:w00t:   We had a rather disturbing/tiring day yesterday. My dad needed a heart catheterization and had it, while in there the found that he was 80% blocked so they did the angioplasty, he came thru will but last night ended up in ICU for observation. I'm a little nervous about going into my own surgery today while he is down stairs in ICU. But I will push thru it!:sad: No one in my family knows that I am doing this but I may end up telling my brother today!   I am on schedule so far... 9 am arrival at the hospital for an 11 am surgery... Next time you hear from me, I will officially be a Bander!!! WHOO HOO
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Finally... I got my fill

New blog posted about today's first fill "redone" if you will... Read it here::cursing:   2010's New Life 4 Me!!!: Finally... My 1st Fill   And if that don't work you should be able to get it here: :rolleyes2:   My blog link: 2010's New Life 4 Me!!!
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Trying again

I can't seem to get back into my draft of a blog update that I posted...or thought I posted earlier, So I am RE-posting it here!   New blog posted about today's first fill "redone" if you will... Read it here: http://2010snewlife4me.blogspot.com/2010/02/finally-my-1st-fill.html   And if that don't work you should be able to get it here: My blog link: 2010's New Life 4 Me!!!
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2-26-10

Posted a new blog today! It's got some questions I'd like everyone to answer so if your interested, you can find it here: :smile:   My blog link: 2010's New Life 4 Me!!!
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2nd Fill

Posted a new blog about my second fill :thumbup:experience!   View it here: 2010's New Life 4 Me!!!
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New posts

I have officially named my band and posted it along with the crappy weekend and reason for an unfill needed today.   Read them both here: 2010's New Life 4 Me!!!   Don't forget to comment & follow me! :thumbup: THNX!
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Updates to the Blog

Yes I have been blogging again... 2 new Posts...   4/3/2010 - Turning a Corner http://2010snewlife4me.blogspot.com/2010/04/turning-corner.html   3/31/2010 Just Not Sure http://2010snewlife4me.blogspot.com/2010/03/just-not-sure-im-afraid.html   Thanks for checking them out and (If you are) following!!!:thumbup:
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Easter Updates

Two Easter Updates posted today... Read them both here: 2010's New Life 4 Me!!!   Thanks for reading, and BTW... I love comments! :thumbup:
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