IndioGirl55

[ Indiogirl, you have just described me to a tee. I had already been thinking we have a lot in common. I do this every time I diet. It is like, I can't have the food so I eat and eat and eat, of course, thinking about it all the time. I am hoping the band puts a stop to this. We can struggle with this together. Sunny You have me cracking up .. Yea Alaska sound good about right now.. I guess we will be on the computer 24/7 just to keep from eating - but i also have a problem in the middle of the night... How about you ??

Bestyjane This is great to hear - I to am a binger and grazer (from head hunger) I am being banded 7/17.. and This is why I am being banded - if it will stop me from eating 1/2 of what i eat now - I will lose weight...

In my pre-op visit w/doctor today- he said we don't know what will happen in 20 yrs - the band is too new. and that's an actual quote. I am being banded 7/17 and the alternative is worst that the unknown. I will die if i don't get this weight off and keep it off. I will lose out on what years i have left (i'm 52 - so say i have 25 yrs left) I want to be able to do things, go place with out worrying about how much walking the trip will entail.. I want to see my grand kids get married and have kids. I want to look better and feel healthy... I am willling to take the risk - it can be fixed if it breaks... (hopefully:))

Lauren You can increase my weight to 250 - I have gained 6 lbs !!!! It's hell to give up smoking :angry

Ok gang I need some help on this issue - I think it will be a problem for me.. Since my 1st visit with the surgeon i have been EATING EATING EATING... Have gained 6 lbs since 5/31.. ate 4 cinimon rolls last night and a whole box of scalloped potatos. I have been thinking about my eating before i eat and while i am eating (hasn't stopped me but I have been thinking ) I keep eating even when i'm full just cuz it taste good. I know with the band i will feel full a lot faster and if i over eat i will get sick - which can lead to all kind of problems. How have you who are banded dealt with it??

Dynamomini for your ankle... That's the pits.. I know that when i get in the exercise mode and then something throws a wrench in it it totally screws me up - i can lose motovation.. Hope you heal ASAP..

Sunshine - I am just like you - a couple of friends have had the bypass but didnt want to go that drastic and up until just recently insurance wouldn't cover the band - just bypass. Well as they say the 50 is the new 30 so we are doing ok... Pretty soon we will look as good as oprah

LOL Sounds something i would do...

How much did you eat?? 2oz - half a cup - 1 whole cup.. or whole can I know that i am really going to have to work on the head hunger. I have gained 6 lbs since 5/31 -well did wear a silk dress that day and today had on jean capri's (love the excuses :heh:) it's cuz i have had last meal mentalllity and quit smoking (well almost - will have 2 every night) How about question for tommorrow - being "HOW TO DEAL WITH HEAD HUNGER"

Bobberts Mom - Sorrry to hear you are in pain... Were are you that's it's 110 - It's 118 here in the Desert (indio CA). I read somewhere that someone just kept walking around their house of just in place. Here's a hug for you - Didn't the doc give you liquid vicoden??

Hi Phyllser & Gang I just had FOURTEEN TUBES OF BLOOD taken today:eek:.. and still have to go back on7/16 to do pre-op... I had my pre-op visit w/the doctor today- went over pre-op diet - I don't hve to start until 7/8 - It's all liquid except for some protien bars for snack - I am lying - i get some oatmel for breakfast - but soup for dinner - no veggies etc.. Plus I have the colonscope on 7/13 so just clear liquids on 7/12 and again on 7/16 for 7/17 surgery - was told today that my time is 6:15 a.m.- not clear on if that's when i have to be at the hospital or if thats surgery. The pre-op visit was with doctor - Phyical Trainer - diet girl who was russian and went so fast that I just had too much info to think about - I have a binder full of info which i am going to read over the weekend - get my calendar and put all the info in it.. Then call the dr office with my questions. Also got all my scripts for antiboctics, pain med (liq vicoden) and something else but can't remember what. Screen Name - Indio (City I live in Near Palm Springs CA) I'm a GIRL - 55 is the year i was born. After reading someones post a few pages ago i should have use JJHollywood.. Jucie Janet (old boyfriends name for me) and Hollywood was what another friend guy friend called me - cuz i am a glam girl.. :kiss2: Does anyone know how long does it take to shrink the liver - I am going to have to google this.. Cuz originally they told me 2 weeks pre-op diet and its working out to be 9 days.. My son's B-day is th 15 and wanted to go out to dinner - but guess we will have to do it tomorrow a week early... Closet - Camp shirts on one side - dresses & skrits in the middle - other side winter close (118 degrees today) & stuff that doesn't fit but will get back into :phanvan. Won't buy clothes for awhile cuz I have some 14/16 stuff that's too tight that i will be able to soon... I am glad I am single - don't want the drama that men can create (unless you are one of those lucky ones and then i envy you). Sunshine - I think it was you who said that you have a friend who pretends to be behind you - but isn't really... I to have a VERY good gf who is the same. She is the one who is telling everyone what i am doing (i have told a few - but i'm not the kind of person to put all my business out there) BWTF who cares, she is just JEALOUS and worried that i will be thinner than her - she is a keep of with the jones kind of person. Well sorry this is so long but heck you aren't here every hour on the hour you get lost :eek:

Yes I am embarrassed. I feel that people who don't know and love me look at me and say - Why have you done this to yourself - I really don't want to see people that I went to high school with (i was thin then). I am embarrassed. In fact someone i knew in high school and i have a mutal freind and he told her i was "Hot" in back then - I sure and the hell are hot now... So yes in some ways I am embarrassed.

Oh my gosh - you don't post here on an hourly basis you have to read 5 pages just to get caught up - and then if you are old like me (i know we do have some 50+ here ) you read all the post and then forget who wrote what - but can idenify with it all.. Well, I have had last meal mentality since 5/31 when i went to the doctors.. Have my pre-op visit 7/6 - so that means 7/7 pre-op diet to shrink my liver - don't know what it will consist of but hope to get at least 1 meal w/meat & veggie.. 7/13 have my colonoscopy so only Clear liquids 7/12 and the 7/16 same thing another colon cleanse :cool:. I had my sleep test 6/15 and got the cpap machine 6/26 and must admit that i feel alot more refreshed when i wake up in the morning - still having a hard time with the mask. Fill & Pedi here in the Desert $40 for both.. Do it every 3 week.. I too have a lot of confidence for a plus size women and know that i will think i am TOO HOT when the weight comes off (and i think a friend at work who will be jealous and secterly say i did it the easy way - she struggles with her weight too) Why am i fat - don't really know, except i know i make all the wrong choices when i eat - fat/sugar love veggies but drown them in butter, eat the fat on the steak - skin on the chicken - I LOVE all food. Eat when i am board - weigh at birth 3lbs (and lived which most likely back in 1955 was rare) & my Mom always said i made up for it. Maybe looking for comfort that I didn't get from my Mom (she had some mental health issues) was thin form 15 to 25 but didn't really relize how cute i was (thin body but still fat in my head - and now fat i don't always see myself that way in my minds eye) Never liked exercise - execpt dancing - I was a DISCO GIRL :whoo: I thinnk i just gave up.. It's too hard to diet when everyone else can eat and be thin.. and what's the use i lose it but it always comes back plus more. I need the help of the band to control my portions... Well the timer just went off - so gotta ck my ribs :hungry: Getting ready for my family to come over swim & eat. Hope everyone has happy 4th

Don't really know - I think it's from a long time ago - like a great aunt or something... If I ever get to retire - I am going to do that family tree thing - I have a cousin in Connenict who's hubby has done a big one on his family and on my paternial grandmothers side -

I'll be leaving on Monday to go to Memphis for the surgery, since I have to be at the hospital at 5:30 on Tuesday. It may be several days after my surgery before I'll be able to post again. I'm not sure where I'll be staying afterwards (one place has dial-up internet, the other doesn't have internet at all), so I may or may not be able to give an update on how everything went. Laurend Good Luck on your surgery 7/3.... My thoughts & prayers will be with you on Tuesday... Janet

Serena I am not as lucky as you my family does have the heart & cancer problems - so this test worrys me a tad... Heck for years I have said i am pretty healthy for a fat person who smokes - I don't get sick or run to the doctors like my thin friends do... But truely, I think it was becuase i don't want to hear what they have to say - You need to loose weight and quit smoking.... oh yea - Its Official - the insurance called today to tell me that i will have acesss to a nurse (i guess all blue cross ca bariatric clients do) and she told me that I was approved yesterda YEA!!!!! Well still have tons of test to do... I am tried... Talk to you all later

It's taken me and hour just to catch up on the post... Welcome to an the newbies.....:clap2: I have OFFICIAL approval from BlueCross CA today :whoo: 5 days and no CIGGYS !!!! Doing ok - I am a bit edgy and sick of chewing nicorette gum... But it does help the cravings.. I get up at 5 a.m. and usually drink my 2 cups of coffee and a couple cigs before i get in the shower and this morning i got dresses and took my doggies for a walk instead almost a mile just a tad short. I can't remember my last update - but went to the pulmanarey dr on Tues.. Don't have lung cancer.. :eek: He has passed me for surgery. Then had to go pick up my cpap (sp) machine - I have slep:notagreet with it for 2 nights, I think i feel more rested. I have my nuclear stress test in the a.m. and can't have caffene 12 hrs before hand and guess what i just made Brownies.... All of a sudden it hit me Stupid you can't eat those tonite... Well lets see i have 45 mins before 8 pm but i don't think i will start cuz once i do that's it... I will wrap them up and give them to my Grandson to hide from me cuz I am not responsible for what i eat in the middle of the night.. :cry I am eating from now until 7/7 when i will have to start that pre-op... This next week will be my farewell to bad eating... :hungry: and since i can't smoke I do want to eat more and that's not good... I still have the colon doctor - mamogram - pap and blood work that all as to be done prior to 7/17... I I have my pre-op with my Dr on 7/6 and that's when i will get my 11 day preop diet. Breadlady you sound like you are doing great - you are even off on holiday (like that dini - i have a tad of your lingo - I have a cousin who lives in UK and my Family is from the UK - Ireland & France) Dini - Hope you are doing better.. I am single so I don't really have anyone to take care of me full time. Except my - My Daughter in Law who is a RN (i will have my own private nurse ) has taken the 17 & 18 off to take me & pick me up and my 16yr grandson lives with me so that should be enought.. i don't have a recliner and i have read where that's where most people sleep for the first few days. How long until you can drive?? Well this week has been VERY hectic with all the doctors work etc... I will be so glad when this is all over and i can start living my new life.

Dini - Sorry to hear that you are in pain - Hope it get's better soon.. Where were your nurses... There is no reason you should have fallen aren't they with you when you get out of bed?? Prayer and hugs to you.

Hi Gang.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> Thanks for all your wonderful insights & encouragement..<?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:formulas><v:path o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f"></v:path><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype><v:shape id=_x0000_i1025 style="WIDTH: 12pt; HEIGHT: 12pt" alt="0" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://www.lapbandtalk.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif" src="file:///C:DOCUME~1JPIMEN~1.DESLOCALS~1Tempmsohtml101clip_image001.gif"></v:imagedata></v:shape>. I don't have lung cancer <v:shape id=_x0000_i1026 style="WIDTH: 12pt; HEIGHT: 12pt" alt="0" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://www.lapbandtalk.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" src="file:///C:DOCUME~1JPIMEN~1.DESLOCALS~1Tempmsohtml101clip_image002.gif"></v:imagedata></v:shape> - My x-ray was clear - The Pulmonary Dr did say that these entire visits were to insure that there are no complications during surgery - Dr Bobbie doesn't want anyone dieing on him <v:shape id=_x0000_i1027 style="WIDTH: 12pt; HEIGHT: 12pt" alt="0" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://www.lapbandtalk.com/images/smilies/eek.gif" src="file:///C:DOCUME~1JPIMEN~1.DESLOCALS~1Tempmsohtml101clip_image003.gif"></v:imagedata></v:shape>. Got fitted for the cpac did the whole mask thing - cuz I wasn't sure if I breathe through my mouth or nose.. It was ok. I slept with it last night. I fiddled with it a few times that I remember - but it kept me in bed and I didn't get up to eat so that's a good thing. I am still very anxious this morning... Just seems like so much to do... Not enough hours.... I know that that I will be happy once this is all done... I am lucky I don't have to drive 2 hrs one way to get filled - I need to look at things differently - in a more positive light... I think the xanax I just took is kicking in... I think I just get too wound up… <o:p></o:p> I know all this is good for me… But I am an impatience person. The only time I have patience is Christmas – Tis the season to wait in lines… So I guess I will just have to apply this mind set now to get through all these doctors appts so I don’t go CRAZY… Again Ladies THANK YOU for all your support - I truly appreciate it..<o:p></o:p> Xoxox Janet :confused:<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>

Ok Gang - I need to vent.... I am about to cry, and start smoking again- I am SICK SICK of all these doctors appointments.... I work and trying to fit all these fricken docotrs in is a b... - I live about 20 miles from all these doctors execpt for the cardio. Have my pulomanry appt @ 1:30 - then just got a call from the sleep center - gotta go get fitted for a sleep machine (cap) FFFFFFFFFF. So that means i am gone for the rest of the afternoon - i think i need some xanxa valuium or something... i can't drink cuz then i willl want to smoke... i want to cry... I hate sitting in doctors offices and them telling me what i already know and what i am working on. I feell going to this pulumonary doct is a waste of time - the only thing he can tell me is if i have lung cancer and if i do - i won't be getting surgery. well gotta go.. need gas - there we go more $$$$ cuz now i am driving to palm springs 1 - 2 times a week - and @ $3+ it adds up. Talk to you all tonite... Wish me luck... oxoxox and thanks for letting me vemt....... i am supprise my keyboard still works as hard as i am hitting these keys..

Hi Gang I haven't posted in a while - been really busy - trying to get my desk cleaned up before 7/17.. Lets see did i tell you all that i had my shrink visit and it went find - she said she would say i was ok ... I think i told you guy this already - but you know we are on the 50+ board so I think ya'll will understand my repeating myself.. Ok i don't think in reported this... On Friday i had my stress test - do you wonder how i did... How do you think a fat morbity obesty 52 yr old couch potato who smokes did runing up hill on a treadmill... Well, the answer is - I didn't run long enought (to me it felt like 5 minutes but i bet it was only 1 minute) so now i have to go to a nucluar stress test on friday. I haven't smoked for 2 days - Sat midnight last cig.... It's 8 p.m. and i gotta go fix something to eat.... but wanted to ck in and say hi to everyone..

Hi everyone Dini - Good Luck on your Surgery tommorrow - will say a prayer for you tonite:girl_hug: I haven't been on the computer all weekend,(was in the er with my 36 yr old son on Friday and had a party on Sat - Vegged yesterday) and had ton's of work today. Gotta get my desk cleaned up before 7/17 - I have been reading all the post since i was last here - Congrats to all you have dates, I was updating the calendar, but see that chimboree has already made a new and improve one Well, failed my stress test now have to go have a nuclear one this coming friday - don't ask me how the expect a 52 yr old fat couch potato to run uphill for more than a minute ), Oh I havent have a cig for 2 days now... This is hard.... Gum isn't cutting it.. I don't know what's going to happen when i have my preop diet and can't smoke - i smoke when i am hungry.... well I have the pulmonary doctor visit tomorrow to tell me how i did on my breathing test, my chest xray and sleep test - hopefully my chest xray is clear That's my biggest concern - the tech who did my breathing test told me i was in the normal range for my height weight smoke etc. Welcome to all the newbie and hi to all the other.. I am still getting to know everyone since i am new here myself...

OH WOW - 7/17/07 !!!!!!!! I am so excited !!!!! Dr's Office called right now and wanted to know how i was on my appointments - Told them where i was at and she said all she needed was my shrink visit which is tomorrow and she would submit adn should have approval within a week (BC CA covers WLS as long as it's at a Bariatric Center of Excellent which Desert Regonial is) Tenative Date (Gotta pass the shrink exam tomorrow) But it's a date YEAH YEAH YEAH - :clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2:

Fan Frickin tastic:clap2: You are inspiration