mercedes66693

Thank you all for the support and Yes girls we can do this! Can't believe it's almost here I hope this week goes by fast. I'm ready to be on the other side of this. MarinaCC I'm with you on the chips and Chocolate with my band chips were easy to keep down chicken and healthy stuff not so much. Debbie I hope everything goes well for all of us we deserve some smooth sailing right. Keep in touch everyone and best of luck to us all on the weight loss journey!

Hello Everyone, So my surgery date is March 25th, starting to feel some anxiety towards the whole thing! I'm a revision from lap band to RNY had the band 7 months it has slipped I've lost nothing on it followed the diet been getting sick having acid relux and feeling terrible. So I'm happy to get the band out I'm just so nervous I'm doing the pre op diet once again having a really hard time with it this time the first time not to bad but this time I'm having the 2 Protein drinks a day then eating the one small meal at night I'm starving all the time. And all I'm thinking about is food.. I hate this. I'm also reading all over these forums and getting myself all worked up that it's not going to work for me that I am going to fail yet another procedure (yes I feel I am the one who failed not the band). I'm afraid that I'm not informed enough that some how I will end up failing this procedure I'm trying to wrap my head around everything it's all just so overwhelming. I've done my research didn't have to go through the 6 month thing because of my band but I'm kind of freaking out a bit. I think I really feel like I'm failing on the pre op diet so I will fail on the post op it;'s so hard my band in unfilled and I'm so hungry but then I still get sick sometimes depending on what I eat! Any words of wisdom PLEASE

Hello, Yes I'm having acid reflux, vomiting just starting getting a little blood in my vomit yesterday pain in my abdomin and no weight loss. Have 9 cc in the band he wanted to take 2 units out today but I only let him take one. Yes I'm going to try for a second opinion just trying to find a surgeon in my error that is a lower cost hospital a pain in the ass I must say But I'm looking just so upsetting I hope it goes well for you Thank you for your support also

Hello everyone , I had the lapband 6 months ago went to see a new dr. today and he told me he doesn't do the band anymore because it doesn't work. He thinks I'd be a good candidate for the sleeve or gastric bypass. But he wants me to go through his program which is a six month program. I don't want to wait that long to get this done I waited years before I decided on my band it's not working for me I've done the nutrition program and the physc council. Has anyone else had this problem I'm from Mass and trying to find a good dr to do this for me sooner rather than later. I don't mind doing the program i just wish i could have the procedure done and go through the program all at once. Anyone else have this issue going from band to sleeve? Thanks I'm so depressed

Hey everyone, Just wondering if anyone has had BCBS of New England and gotten approved for the lapband revision to gastric sleeve. I've had my band for 6 months now I have lost no weight i've had fill after fill I feel terrible I'm getting acid reflux at night and I'm getting things stuck left and right. I go see a new surgeon on the 28th and I'm hoping he can help me out my old surgeon only did the band and he made me feel bad about myseflt the last time I saw him because I gained 5 lbs. I don't like the way the band makes me feel and I can feel the port all the time it really sucks. I wish I had know about the sleeve before the band because I would have gotten that instead. Keeping my fingers crossed that this new surgeon will be able to help me out thanks

Hello everyone, I've been banded for 6 months now I've had 10 fills I hate this thing inside of me. My port I can feel all the time Let's start from the beginning 230 at the beginning pre op diet i lost 13 lbs. I have not lost any more weight in the past 6 months even though I'm excersising and eating a lot less and throwing up and getting food stuck a lot. I can't eat chicken or scrambled eggs some veggeis , grapefruit gets stuck all the time. Even when i get up in the morning and take a drink sometimes I go running to the bathroom to throw up. I've gone back on the liquid diet a few times just to try and get my weight down but it won't budge. I hate this band. My surgeon the last time he saw me said well you must be eating to much and I felt he was discusted with me... So I'm changing surgeons and I want to try and get him to do the sleeve. I'm just wondering am I not giving my band enough time I really wish my surgeon had mentioned the sleeve to me before I did this band because I would have done that instead. Now I'm going to try and see if this doctor will do a revision and see if my insurance will cover it I have $1000 co pay before my insurance covered the lap band so that I'm paying for still and I feel it was a total waste of money. Just wondering what everyone thinks Thanks

I've been speaking with the nut and logging my food and everything like that. I don't feel like I'm giving up i'm upset that I haven't lost weight and I'm following their advice as much as possible. I'm not looking for anything easy I'm looking for something that will work and not make we sick all the time I wish to be able to eat and not through up or have acid reflux Just feel I made a mistake with the band

Hello Everyone I am new to this site I was banded August 9th of this year i'm getting very disouraged. On the liquid diet before the surgery I lost about 13 lbs since then I've had 3 fills going for another one on Thurday and I've only lost about 5 more lbs. I'm so discouraged at this point I'm not sure if this is a normal weight loss or not. I'm still hungry I've gone to eating more of an atkins type diet with more protein less carbs but I really don't know if this is helping or not I'm so tired all the time and frustrated that the scale has not moved. I'm looking for any advice is what's going on with me normal or not I feel I should be down more than I am now Please any input would be geatly appreciated Thanks mercedes

A typical day for me is to get up at 5:30 get ready for work and leave the house by 6:30 I usually have some greak yogurt and about 3 ounces of protein for breakfast my lunch usually consists of chicken salad about a cup to a cup and a half and dinner is usually some protein with a salad. I do not get much exercise by the time i get home get supper ready do the dishes and laundry I'm usually exhauseted I get home from work about 5 pm and then my family life begins. I'm just having a real hard time fitting exercise into my daily routine. My work is sitting at a computer all day very stressful ugh any help please