BandedCandace

My doc told me to take tylenol and i too live in a small town so i have children tylenol as well..i have pain meds from surgery but i can't take them at work..Im home now and took some...feeling much better now...hate being a girl lol

I had surgery on 2/14/13. I guess I am one of the lucky ones (this far) because I have had zero nausea and no complications. I got a little dehydrated, but I pushed more water and fixed that. I have yet to be hungry. I eat at 8, 1pm, and 6, and then a snack if I can. I am on my mushie diet until next Thursday. I lost 15 lbs the first week and I am down 4 more lbs since last Thursday. I am so excited to be on the other side. I have my first fill one month from today. i am running out of ideas for Mushie food. I dont like tuna, but I choked some down last night..GROSS!!!!!! I am doing protein shakes to get my protein in, but was just wondering if anyone had any good mushie phase suggestions. Thanks ahead of time!

Went to the Dr yesterday and i have lost 15 lbs since surgery on Feb. 14th. I start mushies / blended today..any good meal ideas? I have what the nutritionist gave me just looking for personal preferences.

Im feeling ok. I get full but i get hungry within an hour unless i eat or drink something high in protein. I had a tough time getting all of my water in the first 4 days so i got dehydrated so Im battling that also but all in all i feel good...not much energy but good

Sitting at the hospital waiting. can't wait to be on the other side!

I have to be at the hospital at 7:30am in the morning for surgery. I was a bundle of nerves yesterday when I pre registered. I was nervous because I havent lost much on my pre op diet. I only have lost 7 lbs but 8 inches also. I spoke with my surgeon yesterday and he told me not to worry about it because I had done a 6 month diet that I lost 15 lbs on and have been doing weight watchers so I dont have any "water weight" to lose, so mine was just weight coming off. I am nervous because I dont know what the outcome will be after surgery. I feel like I am mentally prepared, but I just am nervous! I am ready to be on the other side! Bring it on!!

My surgery is scheduled for tomorrow as well. cant wait to be on the other side!

I am headed for lab work and ekg. all day of appointments. I'm sure everything will come out ok but it of course makes me nervous that it's something were wrong it would affect my surgery... surgery is scheduled for 1 week from today...fingers crossed

I started my pre op today..i ate at 6 am and still feel full as hell...high protein is the kicker I guess..anyway.can someone invite me to the Feb bandsters? when i click join it doesnt do anything...Feb 14th is my surgery date. 2 weeks!

Hey y'all!! I start my pre op diet on Thursday, It is a high protein (at least 80mg) a day diet. It's called Nutrimed. My doctor sells the product in his office. It's shakes, bars, pancakes, cereal, stuff like that. i also can eat sugar free jello, pudding and popsicles. looks like I am a lucky one that doesnt have to do liquid only pre op. Not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing since week 1 post op is liquid only. i am so very excited and I am counting down the days. i started my exercise routine yesterday and will keep it up through pre op and when i am able post op. I am being banded on Feb 14th. happy valentine's day to me!! I have my doctor on speed dial for post op questions. I love seeing the people that have been banded tell their stories, both good and bad, and i see a lot of "CALL YOUR DOCTOR" so..I am ready incase I need to!!! #17 days!!

Im scheduled for Feb 14th. Im excited but very nervous..i have been overweight my whole life and losing the weight and not getting it thru my brain is what worries me

So I went to the dr yesterday and my surgery is officially scheduled for 2/14/13. I have to have an upper GI done and they are supposed to call me to schedule that today. just to know that I actually have a scheduled date is a huge sigh of relief...4 weeks!!!!!!

I rememer that feeling all too well!!! It's great isnt it! I go to the dr today and will schedule my surgery date then...congrats!!!

My dr appt is tomorrow and we will schedule my surgery and all of my pre admission testing. It has been pure excitement up to this point, but now i am a bundle of nerves. i know everything will be fine and this is a great thing happening, but I am now nervous as hell...totally normal right?

Keep your head up! i had everything done in March or so I thought and then the insurance changed their mind on my weight watchers being acceptable and made me do 6 month dr supervised diet. To say i was pissed and my heart was broken is an understatement. i literally gave up..Decided to not let them beat me and did my 6 months..finished Nov. 29th and my surgery was approved 12/12/12. I go see my surgeon 1/16 and hope to set a date then..long story short..it flies by!..Jumping through the hurdles make the end result that much sweeter

I need knee surgery, but am having lap band surgery first. i have no cartilidge in my knee so when i walk it is simply bone on bone. i can walk, granted it hurts like hell to work out, but i do because i know the more weight I loss the better my knee will be..the more weight i get off the easier recovery from knee surgery will be. Crutches are no fun, but they are definitely horrible when you are over weight. Good luck in your decision!

Congrats girl! mine will be in Feb also! Hounding them always works

thats crazy that has already expired..doesnt seem right..Keep calling until you get an answer..it hasnt even been a month since it was submitted right?

I started calling 3 days after my paperwork was submitted..hound them and they might push harder.

Hey Everyone! My name is Candace and I am so excited to find this forum. I have learned so much in just a few days. now about me. I started this journey in March. I have been doing Weight Watchers for 2 years with little to no success..I lost about 30 lbs and its been up and down since. I also have PCOS which makes my life even more difficult. I had been doing research and thought about having Weight loss Surgery for a while, but my insurance never covered it. The insurance I have now does cover it so I thought this was my chance to finally get healthy. I called my insurance and was told I needed a psych eval, nutritonist eval, and 6 months of documented diet. I asked if weight watchers would suffice since it was documented by date and weight. I was told it would. So I gathered my information, had the psych eval and nutritionist eval in the same day. I met with my doctor's nurse to go over everything and looked like I was good to go. She set the case up with a caseworker on a Tuesday and called me at work and said the insurance told her that the diet had to be dr supervised and they would not approve it if she submitted it. I was heart broken. All that I had studied for, worked for, researched, i felt like was a waste. On top of being over 400 lbs, i have high blood pressure, high cholestoral, PCOS, knee problems *need surgery, too young for total knee replacement, but losing weight will help*, and diabetes runs in my family. I was very depressed and felt like giving up. I didnt mess with anything for a while, and finally decided to not give up. Everything worth having is worth fighting for. 6 months later I have my final appointment on Nov. 29th. It will be submitted to insurance at that time and hopefully schedule a time to meet with the surgeon. I am so worried that they will find something else wrong and fight me on it, just because they can. I have called my nurse (bless her heart) and bugged the crap out of here trying to make sure I am not missing anything. I can't have a heartbreaking answer like i did last time, it was very rough to hear. Anyways..Hopefully I will post my surgeon dr appt soon enough and then I will have a sigh of relief..Until then i will read posts and keep my fingers crossed

Got my approval! dr appointment will be Jan. 16..2 weeks. surgery probably first of Feb. one happy girl right here!

first let me give an update before I vent on my break down..My paperwork was submitted 12/5 and my approval arrived on 12/12 even though i didnt find out til the 17th. My doctor appointment is scheduled for 1/16/13 and surgery around 2/1. so that is where I am at! so last night I went to Weight Watchers, like I always do, and we were doing a year in review and then discussing what we will do differently in 2013. I am not hiding my surgery to anyone, I have just been afraid to tell them. They have been my support system for 2 years with weight watchers and I had a major fear of losing that. Well last night we were talking about the future. When it came my turn I was already emotional because it has been a constant roller coaster for me for weight loss. I talked about my struggles and then i just stopped..like a deer in headlights. i look at my mom and whisper i need to tell them and she said do whatever you feel like you need to do..i started to talk and then i just starting crying. i literally could not speak. My mom proceeded to tell them about my struggles and that i was going to have wls. They were very supportive and just said they didnt want me to stop coming to WW. My WW leader gave me a hug and I felt better. i am not a good liar..I couldnt sit in there and lose weight after surgery and pretend it was because of WW. anyway, my fear of being shunned from WW is gone and now I just wait. Thanks for "listening"