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Swallowed (my pride) & Went Back to My WLS and ....

RavenClaw779

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Had my quarterly follow up with my oncologist on Thursday and mentioned the 'Jill's Rules' as applies to eating. He urged me to go see my WLS and I did on Friday. I was ashamed that I'd gotten down to 216 and have been now hovering at 223 - 227 since July and have been blaming myself for not trying hard enough. When I laid this all out to my WLS, he assured me that it wasn't me, it was the band and told me I should've come in when this first started. He took all the fluid out of the band(4cc) and I'm to follow up with him on Monday. He's concerned that my stomach has mushroomed over the band and that due to the amount of time I waited before coming in, I may have scar tissue which would mean additional surgery. So far so good though - was able to eat an english muffin and a scrambled egg for breakfast yesterday in 20 minutes and actually got to go out to dinner with my husband, eat while sitting down and wearing a bra without having to run to the bathroom in agony. It felt so good to feel normal I almost cried!



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I am so glad you saw your wls and are feeling "normal". Remember to stay on track though. Someone I work with has a leak in his band so currently has no restriction. He was telling me about eating gyros, whoppers and gaining weight. SMH, as he is losing control of himself.

I am happy to hear you are doing well!

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Good for you going back to your wls. They are your support when needed and are there to help. I hope you get back to your old self real soon.

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