Stevee

i had my surgery oct 4 2007. i had horrible luck with it and was constantly sick. i finally had all the fluid taken out in dec of 2008. i think i'm ready to try this again. just curious if anyone has ever done this? gone a year with no fluid and then started over.....

thank you. :thumbup: i've printed out the 5 day pouch test! i will do that for sure!

thank you for your encouraging words. i'm going to try that. i owe my doc $130 right now and he wont see me til i pay him, which i can't do that til beginning of dec, so i gotta wait for now.

thanks tom. i appreciate the encouragement. i have to wait a little bit though. i currently owe my surgeon $130, and he won't see me til i pay him, so i'm going to have to wait it out. i'll be able to pay him off the beginning of dec.

Well well well... i dont know how many of the same folks are still here... but i'm back. :thumbup: its been sooooooooo long and i feel like a complete failure. so many of you helped me get my band and i've failed. i havent been to this site since march of 2008. i was banded in october of 2007. i think i made it to my 3rd fill before i ended up unable to drink or eat for almost 2 weeks. ended up total dehydrated and really sick. so i had all my fluid taken out and i waited about 6 months and tried again. well i got sick again. so i said screw it. in dec of 2008 i had all my fluid removed and havent went back. thru all of this i had some hoooooooooooorrrrible relationships which i think could have been causing my failure. i dont know. fast forward to current day. i am happier than i have ever been. i'm in the best relationship i've ever been in. we are engaged and things are amazing. however... my highest weight was 275, i was 263 on the day of surgery and i got down to 237 when i was sick. as of saturday i'm 263 again. i guess i could look at it as i havent gained more than i ever was. i dunno its hard to think positive though. but anyways i think i'm ready to try this again and start over. what do yall think? i think i'm going to go to the doc and get a fill. i feel like my g/f will support me and help me stay positive and that maybe this time i can do it. i'm sorry for disappearing everyone but i'm back in full affect......

just looking for others going thru what i'm going thru here in oklahoma??!?!?

thought i'd go a lil further w/ my update. i'm now down 30 lbs. the part i didnt go into in my last post.... well bout 2 months ago my g/f broke up with me. we were together 2 years. we still live together and are still friends. she however is now with my best friend. its hard and its a struggle everyday. i moved on... i have a wonderful g/f now, i've known her for a while... and we've just recently decided to be exclusive. so my life not only changed drastically w/ the band but then this. so its be a struggle. stress sometimes causes me issues when eating i've noticed. if i'm upset or stressed my food is more likely to get stuck. so i'm working on that. i hope everyone is doing very well!

hey everyone. long time no talk. only have a minute thought id give a brief update had my 2nd fill on 1-2-08. as of the 11th i've lost 5 lbs since the fill. im averaging 1.77 lbs since sept 24th!!!! total loss of 26 lbs feelin pretty good.

just thought i'd take a min for a quick update.... had my first fill this morning! it went great. didnt feel it at all! daddy went with me. he didnt want me to go alone. hehehe. so i had lost 20 lbs as of oct 23... well i have had no restriction since then... and as of today... i only gained 2 lbs back! so i'm still down 18! woo hoo. hopefully i'm on my way down now! hope everyone is doing well!

OMG OMG.. ITS STEVEE FREAKIN OUT AGAIN! i know i know ya'll are so used to this. i'm STARVING! i feel like i could eat a horse! i just know i've gained some weight back but i refuse to weigh until its time for a fill. i called this morning. i go on the 20th for my first fill! tell me i'm normal please...

i know i know ya'll told me! hehehe oops!

just thought i'd take a min to throw in an update. went to my 1st post op appt today and he said that i'm doing fine. i'm down to 255, which is a told of 19lbs lost. he said that its normal that i havent lost any in a week and a half and to calm down. he wont give me a fill for another 4 weeks and he said that i probably won't lose any more weight til the fill so i should just relax. he said my game hasn't even started until i get that first fill. so now i'm ecstatic!!!!!! and so relieved to know that i've not messed the whole thing up :mad: hehehe. hope everyone is doing well... i'm pretty ok i suppose... not likin my job so much but ya know what can ya do. can't wait for the weekend. i'm off fri sat sun me and my g/f and 2 other couples and 2 single folks are going to a haunted house. this ought to be interesting since all of us are terrified! hmmmmmmmmm.... whose gonna protect us. afterwards we are going to the club. i have decided that i LOVE not drinking. i have so much more fun at the club w/out alcohol! not that i was a big drinker but ya know. i love watchin all the drunk idiots make a fool of themselves!

no problem. i got love and respect for you juli. just know that. by the way i dont own a scale....which is probably a good thing. i weigh at my moms 1 time a week. i got so frustrated cuz i this weekend i got dressed to go out and my clothes didnt seem to fit much different after losing 16 lbs. i was like what the eff! but today... i just put the same jeans on and they feel different!!!!!!! wooooo hoooooo feeling good today! wha wha!

ok ok ok ok.... i'll stop being a brat too. folds arms and pouts one last time. hehehe i'm not down 16 in two weeks. that would be amazing. i'm down 16 since my pre op. i'm only down 7 lbs in 2 weeks. but thats fine with me. as i posted yesterday i looked at ya'lls tickers and realized i'm pretty much on schedule. so i calmed down. my g/f helped me w/ that as she said she is proud of me and said that i need to just calm down and it will come in time that my body is just not ready yet. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that was my sigh of relief yesterday i was just uptight and bitchy! like you ms dad i FUCKIN HATE MY JOB that i used to LOVE. and it blows to hate your job it really fucks up everything in life cuz we spend so much time at our jobs. so my plan.... stay there till i know i dont need the fills paid by insurance anymore i guess then keep it movin and find a new one. dont know how long this will be but jesus i hope it comes soon. if i get cussed out by one more AARP member i'm gonna go postal. lol not really i think its quite funny actually. so off the subject how sad was Ellen's plea about the puppy!!! i hate to see funny people cry it tears my heart up!!!!!! i think the owner of the shelter is a beotch! shes lovin the publicity i'm sure... the death threats not so much. lol anyways... thats enough for me...back to sleep love you all for the continued support and ass kickin when needed!

sorry for not keeping up on the updating...but I'M STUCK!!! down 16 lbs since last wednesday and not a lb since!!!! every diet i've ever tried i'm able to lose 17 lbs never more... so here we go again. i just dont get it! i'm getting very frustrated. plus. i know i'm only 2 weeks out and i already feel like i need a fill. my food just isn't keeping me full for very long at all. FRUSTRATED SEEKING ENCOURAGEMENT OR SOMETHING.

Howdy my fellow family! whats up? here's my status. sorry i dont post more but work is kickin my butt so i barely have time to post my lil quickies. i weighed last night... i'm down to 259. day before surgery i was at 266... when i started my pre op i was at 275. so i've lost 1 lb a day since surgery and a grand total of 16 lbs ! woooo hooo gone forever! :Banane30: hope all is going well! i miss talking to you all.

im not hurting bad enough to need to take them. just knowing they are here is enough for me. they make me so groggy and tired... i just dont like feeling like that. i talked to the nurse this morning and found out my port is right above my belly button. i'm on clear liquids all of today... which i've not felt hungry yet then tomorrow i start to introduce mushys

hey ya'll!!! thanks kimmie for posting an update. i love ya girl. i'm up and a lot more coherent now. hehehe Juli you had me laughin and it hurts to laugh!!!!!! everything went alright. it started at 730 and i was in recovery by 930. had to stay in there til about 1015 cuz my breathing was shallow. then i finally got to see my family i was released around 1130ish. they gave me prescription for pain meds but unless i feel like i really need them otherwise i wanna tough it out. i'm finally to the point that i'm able to carry on a conversation. after the anesthetic at 730 and the pain pill they gave me at 1045 i would be talking and all the sudden get sleepy and say "i dont remember what i was talking bout" then monique said i would be sleep. lol! and SNORING! whoa does my throat hurt like hell!!! i couldn't figure out why. haha i didnt know i had a tube stuck down it. lol. this was my first hospital vist, first IV, first surgery! they said i was a soldier. so my incisions... i've got 5. and none of them are bandaged. 2 are about a 1/2 inch, 1's 1inch, 1 is two inches and 1 is about 2 1/2 inches. i can't figure out which one is my port. hehehe. i know i'm a dork. well thats my update for now. my meds are kickin in again and have to go to sleep! thank you to all of you for your support! i wouldn't be here without you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i know i know i can't believe it either!!! its actually now in 15 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!! woooooooooooooo hooooooooooooo! i got my blood work done this morning. and weighed. and only lost 9 lbs on the pre op! which sucks but oh well every lil bit counts. i check in at 6 am... so ill get on here once i'm able to and give every one an update! thanks to everyone in this thread for all the support!!!!! ya'll are the best!

1st day of liquid diet! surgery in 3 days!!!! OMG its finally here! woo hoo!!

hello all!!!! well i've been on my pre op diet since thurs... doing pretty good.. from thurs to sat i lost 2 lbs. not too bad i guess. 10 days left and counting!!!!!!!!!!! if yall can't tell i'm EXCITED! i got my bill the other day for my upper gi and it said 603.75. whoa! i talked to my friend that works for the surgeon and she said wait til you get the statement from the insurance. so i just checked my benefits website and i only owe 260.87!!!! holy moly thats amazing!!!! so now i'll have more money left to apply to the surgeon fees and hospital fees! woo hoo! i'm ecstatic now!

so i went to the store last night and got everything i need for my pre op... here is what the next ten days of my life will look like..... 6am Carnation Instant Breakfast No Sugar Added w/ 1 cup 1% Milk 9am 4 oz 100% juice No Sugar Added Noon Protein shake made w/ 8 oz 1% milk and either 1/2 a sandwich - 1 slice whole wheat bread/1 slice fat free lunch meat/1 tsp mayo or 1 cup salad w/1 oz lunch meat and light dressing w/ 6 crackers 3pm 4 oz 100% Juice No Sugar Added 6pm 3 oz chicken, fish, pork, or beef 1 cup salad w/ light dressing all i want steamed veggies 9pm 1 cup 1% Milk In between all of these i'm too drink as much Water as possible w/out drinking 1 hour before and after eating. im actually excited about this.. crazy huh! lol

hello to all my family! hope everyone is doing well...today is my last day of eating REAL food. hehehe. i'm starting my pre op diet 4 days early to hopefully jump start the weight loss! here goes nothing! or everything right! i'm starting it in the morning!! wooooo hoo!!! surgery is on its way!

well... i've calmed down. hehehe i bought some protein powder for my shakes. and my vitamins. and am ready to start my pre op diet on the 20th. i'm doing it an extra 4 days to hopefully lose a lil extra hehehe. i had my upper GI today. it sucked. well i mean it was neat to see my insides but that barium stuff was soooooooo gross!!!!

ok... so i'm freaking out. i pulled out all of my paperwork about my pre and post op diet and i'm freakin!!!! its so complicated i don't get it. multivitamin now switch to a chewable but do do iron and calcium at the same time and something about carnation instant breakfasts and protein protein protein 100% juice water low carb diet slim fast is the shake i have to use (not happy about it) EXPENSIVE AS HELL! gah i'm freakin out that i'm not understanding want to do on my 10 day pre op diet! breathe stevee breathe! i think i'm hyperventilating! this is insane. why now why freak out now!? heee heee hooo heee heee hooo thats me breathing like i'm a freakin birthing class! SOMEONE PLEASE CALM ME DOWN!