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Down one year and 72lbs! :wink: 28 to go!!!

Six months out and 50lbs gone for good!!! 253 on surgery date and 197 now

I think I may be overfilled...I'm not going to complain. I have dropped a lot of weight since my appt last week. I now have 7.25cc's in a 100c band. Things have been going well. I have a Protein shake for Breakfast and 1/4 cup of cottage cheese for lunch. I have an afternoon snack of Protein Shake. For supper I have 1/2 cup of some type of protein. I have also been visiting the gym like it is my new best friend. So according to my scale I have lost 55lbs in almost 6 months. Just over halfway to goal! I go back to the doc in early March I hope I can hold out until then but I'm not so sure. I am starting to feel worn down and super tired...I hope to see if I feel better after the weekend...

So on Wednesday I went in for another fill. I now have 6cc's in a 10cc band. I officially feel restriction now! I was so excited to actually feel it! I had gone nearly 5 weeks without feeling anything...and my appetite was definitely in full force. I go back in three weeks to see how I'm doing. I was really disappointed to have only lost 1 lb in 5 weeks. So I am really hoping I am back on track now. I had wanted to hit the 50lb mark by Thanksgiving or Christmas. Hopefully I won't be too far off even with the 5 week set back.

I had my second fill, the PA only put in 1cc to a total of 4cc's . I have lost 7lbs in 2 weeks...which is awesome! I talked with him and said that I really wanted to have 2cc's put in. He said that he was happy with the weightloss but said I could come back in two weeks for another fill. Oh yeah, he got the port on the first stick this time!!! Here's to hoping I have a 7 lb weightloss again

Congrats!! I hope things continue to go well for you.

To be honest I don't notice a difference. Maybe a bit when I eat Breakfast...the rest of the day I don't feel anything. I'm wondering if they even got the port. I go back on Wednesday for another fill, so I guess I will find out. Did anyone else have bruising from the fill? I still have a bruise the size of a fifty cent piece above my port...

So yesterday I got my first fill. Really not that big of a deal...it didn't hurt all that bad I think it was more of the mental part of it. (I had no clue what to expect next time I know :biggrin:) So I had to be poked three times the surgeon couldn't get the needle into the port because it isn't sitting flat and because of scarring. I have a bit a bruise but I don't notice much. I was liquids yesterday and puree today and regular food starting tomorrow. The injected 3cc's and I go back in two weeks to have another 1-2cc's put in. I can't wait for this to all really start. I have only lost one more pound since my follow-up after surgery...I'm super disappointed with that fact considering I have not eaten anything bad since and I am eating a lot less.

I did a lot of walking but found that a heating pad worked wonders!!!

I had my surgery on August 5th and stayed overnight in the hospital. So here I am having gas pains but in my shoulders. It feels like a knife. I have walked so much that I would think that it would be gone. I don't have an urge or a feeling to burp, would this help me? I walked around my house last night for an hour moving my arms around in hopes that the gas would get out. I am at a loss and the pain is terrible, other then that my abdomen feels okay just stiff. I think I will try the warm jello tonight, Lord knows I have about 20 boxes of the stuff :tt2:

So as of yesterday I am officially a bandster. I am having a lot of back and shoulder pain (due to the gas used while preforming laproscopically,spelling?). I ended having to stay in the hospital because they had to do a major hietal hernia repair. Needless to say I am now starting to feel the pain. I look forward to the journey and the challenges I will face. But most of all I look forward to being healthy and enjoying life!!! I will admit that although I am excited, I am also wondering what the heck I was thinking. But hey this is where I am at and this is for me darn-it.

I am with you there!

I have BCBS of MN and after a year long diet I have finally been approved!!! I'm so excited! I meet with Dr. Eibes on June 26th to pick a surgery date (his nurse indicated that they are scheduling surgeries 3 1/2 weeks out). I have a two week vacation in July so I don't want to start the pre-surgery diet on vacation and I can't miss any more work in July so I'm hoping for an Aug 5th date :redface: I plan on posting when I get the date!!!