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I too am a Bandido now!

Ok, well let's see, Arrived at hospital at 5:00 A.M.. on the morning of Tuesday June 19th, Surgery started around 7:15. Promptly on time.....Today is Thursday the 21st of June. And all I have to say is, OMG!!!!! Honestly never dreamed it would be this painful...(Not to scare anyone away from having this dont) But just be prepared. It honestly hurts to even "BREATHE"!!!! Getting in & out of the bed is extremely major work. :think Oh, and also check this out, I weighed the morning of surgery, weighing in at an astounding 236.5...So, ok, yesterday afternoon, when I arrived home, I (for no good reason) decided to get on the scale.........Remember, no food or drink since 5:00 Monday afternoon.... Well, guess what the scaled said, 242.5:angryWhat the heck was that about. I hope it was just from all the fluids they put in me. But holy crap, I hope you can feel my pain. Anywho, weighed again this morning & it said 237, so maybe it will get better now. I sure hope it does. Well, getting back to the surgery, did I mention the pain?????LOL! oh well, I'm sure this too will pass. Speaking of passing..be prepared for lots & lots of air in your stomach that needs to be let out (ANY WAY POSSIBLE) This gas/air is very very bad. I feel as though maybe they dropped me on my left shoulder during surgery, I will have to investigate this.....:biggrin1: Anywho, I just had a very water protein shake & maybe I'll feel better soon. but for now, I'm thinking I will start sleepin in my recliner & maybe it won't be quite so painful as the bed is. ok, talk more soon..:sick
Tgirl

Tgirl

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1 lb lost for a whole month! WTF????

Oh my heavens, went to the Dr. today for my 3rd fill. And I lost an amazing 1 freakin pound!!!! That SUCKS!!!! But I just don't feel like I have any restriction what so ever and I just stay so freaking hungry:hungry: WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME????? And to make matters worse, after sticking me with that #2 Pencil sized needle, he only inserted .2 of saline:think So much pain for so little liquid! Then, his little SKINNY MINNY nurse walks in looks at my chart and says, "You been snacking?" And I'm like, "Oh no she didn't?" It didn't take a genius to figure that one out. She's a stupid Columbo wannabe! Ok, now having said that, I am really hungry, but nothing but clear liquids for today, so I had better get over being hungry. Ok, what else, well the Dr. said that this .2 should make a difference. This .2 puts me at 1.2 CC's it just don't seem like much to me. Oh well, time will tell. So, my next appt. is October 11th, I sure hope I have a better dr. visit than I did today, & maybe that little skinny observant blonde will have that day off, lol. Well, til next time, bye Things will get better, right? Tammie:faint:
Tgirl

Tgirl

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Black Cloud looming above me

June 23, 2007, I awaken with the same horrible taste in my mouth that I went to bed with. Only now, it's worse, my tongue is swollen & has white junk stuck all over it. It feels like it should be a very cold & rainy day out. And possibly a raven knock knock knocking outside my chamber door.....( I also feel alot like Wednesday Adams of the "Adam's Family" writing this down). :heh: However, it's a beautiful, extremely hot Sunday. Go Figure!!!!! I believe I have what they call "Thrush" I called the Dr. & he called in some kind of medicine for me. My stepmom picks it up & delivers it to me. Upon her immediate departure, I read the instructions of this medicine & quickly put it in my mouth, swish it around & YES, swallow. Seconds later, stepmom calls to inform me that she has spoken with the pharmacy & they say "Do Not Swallow" Just swish!!!! Holy Crap,:omg: too late!!! Well, anywho, the stuff was hideous so I will gladly not swallow anymore of it. So, how's the pain in my shoulder you ask???? Well, let me tell you, it is still there! I walk & walk & so far nothing. Enough bout that. I could not deal with any broth today, I am very bad. So, I made instant mashed potatoes (very soupy) and had a little of that. They would have been ok, if not for this icky taste in my mouth that will not leave me for even a second. What, oh what, have I done to myself????? :faint:So, ok, I think what i shall go & do now, is to find some very pretty skinny girl catalogs & look at them & continue believing that I too shall be ordering from these catalogs someday. And that hopefully will cheer me up. ok, well, ttfn;)
Tgirl

Tgirl

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2nd Fill

So, yesterday I had my 2nd fill. And it was, of course, as painful as the 1st fill. He gave me another 1/2 a cc. for a total of 1 cc in my band. But I'm really confused because he said that we were almost half way there? At 1 cc???? I don't really understand how that can be possible. I mean it would be great and all, But does that mean that he expects me to lose the weight with only like 3 cc? Is that normal? I just don't know!!! He said I have the 10 band, but how much does the 10 band hold? Oh well, time will tell. I just want this fat to come off like yesterday, and I know that's not gonna be the case. But anywho, I think I can feel a little restriction today. I think.... :help: I hope....:nervous TTYL Tammie
Tgirl

Tgirl

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1st Post op Dr. visit

Today was my first dr. visit since being banded 10 days ago. According to his scales, I have lost 9 lbs since surgery day & a total of 13 lbs since my first visit with him. I hope I keep this off after moving on to solid foods. My next visit to see him is in 3 weeks & he told me that I should be on SOLIDS by then. YAAY, not a problem:hungry: I'm ready. Bummed about all the 4th of July foods I'll be missing but maybe by next years 4th of July celebration, I will not be ashamed to go to the beach & be seen in a bathing suit:whoo:. Well, tonight I will be going to my first Lap-Band support group meeting. :car: I hope it helps boost my spirits. TTFN, Tgirl
Tgirl

Tgirl

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It's Monday

Well, I'm enjoying the soft foods tremendously, I'm just scared that it may show up on the scales just how much I'm enjoying soft foods.:hungry: (not good)! But so far, the scale hasn't changed up or down. My next Dr. appt. is July 19th. I don't know if I'll get a fill or not (probably not) but I would gladly except it. Oh well, thinking about all the bar-b-que's on the Fourth of July, I plan to stay home & away from it all. I sure do love bar-b-que!!!! Oh well, it's all gonna pay off one day!:whoo:ONE FINE DAY!!!!:clap2:
Tgirl

Tgirl

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1 lb lost for 2 weeks!

Well, I went back for another fill yesterday, and I have lost a whopping 1 lb for the last two weeks. :girl_hug: And again, I only got a .2 injection of saline. That puts me at 1.6 cc. I sure wish he would be a little more generous with the saline.:phanvan Oh well, I go back to see him in 3 weeks so maybe I'll lose a couple more pounds by then. I guess I should be happy that at least I'm not gaining, right????:ranger: Oh well, other than that all is right with the world. Til next time, Tgirl
Tgirl

Tgirl

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Good Morning 2ya

Well, it sure is Monday!!!! But that's ok, all is good! Tomorrow will be 3 weeks post op for me, YAAY!!!!:clap2: So I think I will make Tuesday's my "Weigh Day" Hmmmmm, yeah that sounds good. I went out to an actual restaurant on Sat. night, and was somewhat nervous about it, but I done good, it was a Mexican restaurant & I ordered something called Plaza Chicken Salad, translated is lettuce, tomato, red onions & grilled chicken. I didn't eat it all & I had water with it. :spit: However, I sure wanted a Margarita. But anywho, all went well. The rest of the weekend was mainly and time spent with Clairice, my little Chihuahua.   Oh well, til tomorrow:wave: Tgirl   P.S. Last Friday I bought this wonderful book called "Fighting Weight" by Khaliah Ali, which is Mohamed Ali's daughter. It's all about her having lapband surgery 3 years ago. She weighed 325 & now is 150!:clap2: I read the whole book over the weekend & it is "AWESOME"! By all means everyone should check this book out!:whoo:
Tgirl

Tgirl

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3 weeks post op

Good morning, So, today makes 3 weeks post op. Weighed in this morning at 224.5 Lbs. That's only 12.5 lbs since surgery on 6-19-07, but I'll take it!!!!:whoo: That's much better than gaining 12.5 lbs right??? Oh well, 84.5 lbs to go, sheeewww, a long journey ahead!!!!:faint:Looking forward to 7-19-07, my next Dr. appt., hoping to get that first fill.
Tgirl

Tgirl

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Weigh Day

4 Weeks Post op today!!   Ok, what's the deal????? I only lost 1/2 a pound this week!! NOT A HAPPY FREAKIN CAMPER!!:scared:   Got a letter in the mail last Friday telling me they want to reschedule my Thursday the 19th appt. BUMMER! So, I called them and looks like I'm going in for my first fill on Monday, July 23rd, 2007 YAAY!!!:clap2: I sure need it. :faint: I know that I'm eating more food than I should be, however I have given up the following completely & this alone should cause me to be loosing......shouldn't it??:help: 1. Bread 2. Sweets 3. Carbonated Drinks 4. Caffeine Also drinking all of 64 oz of water!!!!   Oh well, will report back in next Tuesday.......:deadhorse:
Tgirl

Tgirl

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No Fill Monday

Well, shoot & dangit!!!! Sweet nibblets!!!! I went to the Dr. today, & I thought it was for my first fill. Well, news flash Tom Brokaw!!! It wasn't. I don't understand why I had to go today. They made another appointment for me for next week, August 2nd. This will be 6 weeks post op, so surely I will get a fill then, right??? Well, I had better get over this:mad: and start looking like this:). On the bright side, I have lost 5 pounds in the last 3 weeks!! Yaay me!!:whoo::clap2: Oh well, TTFN
Tgirl

Tgirl

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Hungry girl!!

Well, one week from today, I will be receiving my first fill. And it can't get here fast enough!!! I'm just so darn hungry. I hope that the first fill will give me some restriction, although, from every thing I've read on here it probably will not. This past Monday I found out that I had a "10" band. But is that a good thing, or a bad thing???? Am I a good witch or a bad witch? Definitely not in Kansas anymore. Things that make ya go HMMMMM! Oh well, they say, good things come to those who wait, but really, who are "THEY"? TTYL, Tammie
Tgirl

Tgirl

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Starting to worry

WTF is wrong with me??? I am just eating all the time, because I'm hungry all the time. Should I have gotten Gastric Bypass instead of the band??? I am going for like my 10th fill on Thursday. I'm at 2.6cc in my band, and I just can't really tell I've even got a band. I'm seriously worried. I think when I go to the Dr. on Thursday, I'm gonna ask him for a diet pill perscription. Ain't that freakin stupid!!!! Just really bummed out. I have 2 bad hips and am supposed to be having surgery in the very near future on my left hip and maybe then I will be able to start some form of walking or excercising. My dr. only likes to give .2 cc's at a time, but it's just not working for me. I had such high hopes. And I hate it when people come up to me and ask, so how much weight have you lost? Im like, wtf???? It's like they are more dissapointed in me than I am. Will I eventually get to where I can't eat much? Or is this as good as it gets?:rolleyes So very sad, Tgirl:help:
Tgirl

Tgirl

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.4 cc this time

:tea:OK, so I went back to the Dr. on 11-15-07,and I had sadly lost another (1) pound. So this time, he gave me .4cc's to make a total of 2cc's. I hope this helps. I so so so wanted to be in onederland by Christmas and at this rate it's gonna be Christmas of 2010. (Sadly laughing) Anywho, all is good, college is going good too. Lot's going on in my life at the moment. Really looking forward to the holidays & the Christmas break from school. Well anywho, I go back to the Dr. on Nov. 29th, maybe the results will really start showing up by then. Hopefully! Oh well, have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone. ttfn, Tammie
Tgirl

Tgirl

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"SHOCKED"

Well, today I went to have another adjustment. As of 2 weeks ago, I had 2.6cc in my band. Well, I've been able to eat whatever I wanted and was not happy about this, so today I was going to share this with him. As I received his usual tiny bit of .2 cc's of saline, I asked him how much did I have in my band? Expecting him to say 2.8, you can imagine my sad surpirse to hear him say "1.5"! Holy crap!!! No wonder, I've been so hungry. When he withdrew the saline from my band, it only had 1cc in it. So he added a .5 to it. WHAT HAPPENED????????????? He said it may have a leak in it. :eek: YA THINK Sherlock???????? Love him, but not so happy right now. Has this happened to anyone else? :omg:
Tgirl

Tgirl

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1st Fill TODAY!!!

YAAY!!!!!:clap2: I'm so excited, today is the first day of the rest of my life!!!! I have to be at the dr.'s office at 9:20 for my first fill. Anticipation is killing me. How will it feel? Will I have any restriction at all? Or, will I be like most everyone else, & feel nothing from Fill #1? Only time will tell. I'll journal back in this afternoon. Wish me luck:whoo: Tammie:kiss2:
Tgirl

Tgirl

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3 MORE DAYS!!!!

Hello, my name is Tammie & Oh my gosh, I am so excited 3 days til I'm banded! Everyone on here has done so great, I hope to soon be doing great too.:clap2: I had hip surgery one month ago today & am not getting around nearly as good as I had hope to be, but hopefully will be getting around much better real soon. :crutch:
Tgirl

Tgirl

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Back from 1st Fill

I'm back from getting my 1st fill. Wow, what can one say? Oh, I know, I know what to say.. ... BIG FREAKIN NEEDLE!!!! WTF!!!:faint:OOOOUUUCCCCHHHHHHH!!!! And for only a 1/2 of a cc. :angry Man, it was a little more painful than I had expected it to be. But thankfully, he hit the port on the first stab I don't think I could have handled being stuck more than one time. So, I go back in 2 weeks and I sure hope he gives me more than a 1/2 a cc. For what it's worth, I did find out what kind of band I have. I have a 10 Inamed Band. So, anywho, that's my experience on the first fill. Oh, also, I am to be on clear liquids for today, soft foods for tomorrow & then back to regular foods on the third day. Man, I wish I would have ate something this morning before I went. But you know how it is when you know you're gonna get weighed it's hard to go ahead a pig out. The scale is bad enough on an empty stomach:p! TTYL Tammie:kiss2: Weight on Band Day: 237 Dr. Hannon Mobile, AL   Tammie   1st fill, 8-2-07---- .5 cc  
Tgirl

Tgirl

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1 Day left til Banding...

I can't believe I only have one day left!!! My Dr. didn't put me on any kind of liquid preop diet (for some reason) but I'm thinking that from now til Tuesday morning, I shall just do liquids. I'm way excited Yet oddly very sleepy:notagree. Starting to think I have that Narcolepsy disease, LOL. Whenever I get really anxious about something I seem to want to sleep. Oh well, guess I'll get back to housework, trying to get everything caught up around here so I want have much to do this week. :washing:I live with a Chihuahua & she doesn't seem to help much with the chores.:dog:. I had a husband once, been divorced for 17 years now, the divorce was my fault however, I just couldn't seem to except his girlfriend into our marriage. LOL:D oh well, goodbye Tammie:kiss2:
Tgirl

Tgirl

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15 1/2 Hours left

I can't believe it, I'm scheduled to be at the hospital for banding in 15 1/2 hours. OMG!!!! This time tomorrow it will be done. I am to be at the hospital at 5:00 am & surgery at 7:15. Me A bandster!! Things that make you go "HMMMMMM!":clap2: Eating very light today, grits for breakfast, soup for lunch, yogurt for snack & probably soup for supper. Ok, that's bout all I have to say for now. The next time I speak on here it will all be over!!! How kool is that:cool:! TTFN
Tgirl

Tgirl

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Made it through the holiday

Well, Thanksgiving was wonderful. All the family was there & everyone was doing great. Food was awesome! Actually ate more than I should have, (No Doubt) but still managed to lose a couple pounds over the last week. I've never been able to say those words during the holiday's. So, Yaay me:clap2:!!!! I am really starting to tell some differences now. The other night, shortly after eating, I decided to have a big drink of water, well, that was a mistake. It simply wouldn't go down. I actually had to spit the water out, go figure!:omg: That was just crazy. I go back to the Dr. on Thursday morning. Looking forward to that. I would so love to see onederland by Christmas. Can it happen?:guess Well we will see. Ttys, Tammie D.:kiss2:
Tgirl

Tgirl

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Well, 3 DAYS POST OP

So, here it is Friday morning June 22. I am 3 days post op now, and am ready to either find a bullet to bite on, or find a bullet then possibly a gun to put it in & shoot myself with LOL:biggrin1: But I know it's gonna get better right????? It is gonna get better rrriiiiigggghhhhhttttt????? So, must start walking more, got to get this air out of my body.I sorta look like a big old hot air balloon.:hurt Ok, so enough about my pain.......I am about to call my Dr. to see how long the bandages are to stay on. And if anyone read this, & can honestly say things are gonna get way way better, please let me know. I'm sure , in my mind anyway, that things will start to get better soon, but it's just kinda nice to hear it from others who have went throught this already.   OK, well have a happy day, Tammie, alias Tgirl:)
Tgirl

Tgirl

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5 Days Out !

Well, today was my 5th day post op. Thrush seems much better today. Tomorrow will be my first day back at work, gonna try it for a 1/2 day. Lucky for me, I have a desk job, but then again, if it were not for that DESK job, maybe I wouldn't have needed this lapband surgery in the first place! Anywho, will try it & see how it goes. Today's menu was: Soupy mashed potatoes, sugar free popsicles, protein shake. Doesn't that sound yummy:rolleyes:??? Oh well, on a brighter note, the scales are down 5 whole lbs since last Tuesday :clap2:. Only 91 lbs to go (shouldn't have threw that in, that was kinda depressing)!
Tgirl

Tgirl

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6 days post of

So, ok, today is my first day back on the job:phanvan. But it is only a half a day, so thats good. Well, this morning I strained a can of Chicken Noodleo's & a few of the noodleo's accidentally fell into the juice. WHOOPS!!!! So, I chewed & chewed & chewed & I hope I didn't mess anything up. But they were wonderful. Hey, if I was great at starving myself, then I wouldn't have had to have this surgey in the first place. :faint:I will not let this happen again!!!! TTFN, Tgirl
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