IndioGirl55

Breadlady there -but missed Dini I have fixed..

Don't mean to be an upstart :nervous I know that I just joined this thread today - but this calendar is eaiser to read Is it ok with my Lucky 7 Gang..... I don't mean to step on toes :omg: Just thought I would help too.. I want our Team to KICK BUTT.... T he Lucky 7 Gang is going to be the BIGGEST LOSERS YET :clap2: I so gun ho right now - remind me of this go gettum attidute on 7/18 Lets see if this works... My 1st attachment...

I'm not there:think - I'm a luck 7 too 7/17/07

Thanks Chimboree - I was lucky on my blood gas test - had a GREAT tech he found it poked me and it was done - hurt alittle after he took the needle out - I think from the pressure being applied.. Dancing2 - We have the same day and are in the same age bracket

I am so excited 7/17 is my tenantive date - Dr's office called right now - said all they needed was my shrink evaluation - which is tomorrow and she will submit. My insurance should be no problem BC CA covers as long as medically necessary and is preformed at a Bariatric Center of Excellance - Which Desert Hospital is - she should have approval in a week. Date could have been 7/10 but my mamo appt isn't until the 12th... I was figuring August is when i would get a date... I am so happy... I guess as long as my shrink - colon - mamo - stress test come out ok - I am a go for the 7/17 !!!!! I go for my pre-op dr visit 7/6 - my doctor said 2 week pre op diet - but this is only a week out so i guess that's all i will have to do which is just fine with me.... Just wanted to share my GREAT NEWS..... Janet

I am so excited 7/17 is my tenantive date - Dr's office called right now - said all they needed was my shrink evaluation - which is tomorrow and she will submit. My insurance should be no problem BC CA covers as long as medically necessary and is preformed at a Bariatric Center of Excellance - Which Desert Hospital is - she should have approval in a week. Date could have been 7/10 but my mamo appt isn't until the 12th... I was figuring August is when i would get a date... I am so happy... I guess as long as my shrink - colon - mamo - stress test come out ok - I am a go for the 7/17 !!!!! I go for my pre-op dr visit 7/6 - my doctor said 2 week pre op diet - but this is only a week out so i guess that's all i will have to do which is just fine with me.... Just wanted to share my GREAT NEWS..... Janet

Thanks Pam - Good luck on your visit too....:scalesno:

Congratulations on your date !!!!!

Hi Anni Welcome - this place is great for info... It's addicting :scales: The thread is called How is weight loss for people over 50? Here is the link- copy and past into your address bar and it should take you there (i always have a hard time finding it - but once you post to it - anytime anyone else post you will get an email notice and i just copy & paste into my address bar.) http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/how-weight-loss-people-over-50-a-21117-new Again Welcome... It's 8;30 here in California - and i have been on this computer all night - so talk to you later - and thanks for the blessings i need all i can get :scalesno:

Health - No more blood pressure meds Energy - Dance - I really miss dancing - I won't go w/my friend cuz they alway say come on and dance but heck i am sweating, weak legs and out of breath before the song is over... (am a good dancer and use to do it all the time) Not to be the Fat One in our group of friends Cute Clothes - I wear color, designs and dress quite well for a fat chick. (what not to wear fan/nut) but how cute cn you get is 18/20 or 22/24 depending on the item.. But would like to dress like a slim chick and buy clothes in regular dept. Boots... Live Any maybe - have someone flirt w/me... Being slim doesn't mean that you won't find the loser - I was slim once and had them then. Hope that i have enough knowledge now to make better dececisions. Live long enought to be a gread grandma and watch my grandkids get married to fit comfortably in a booth, plane etc. be able to throw on anything and go.. I think i want a short hairdo.. to be able to cut or paint my toe nails - will still get pedicure - but heck i want to be able to reach my feet with out have to be a contorshinist (sp).. Not to have to warn people when i take my bathing suit coverup off I am who i am - and I do still live my life as a fat person - i go on cruises, vactions etc. I just want to do it eaiser and longer... If anything requires too much physical stuff... I won't do it... I don't want to be limited to just riding the bus,. I want adventure...

Congratulations !!! That's great !!! I'm jealous - I am still a pre-bander - hopefully August.. Still doing all the doctor visits. If you are up and on the computer you are doing real well. My best to you on this great journey of ours...

I understand - my doctor has a LARGE program fee.... The problem is he is the only one in the area that does this and I don't want to go out of town for the surgery, fills etc. I guess you get his cell # for any emergerncies ... But I am lucky enought to have the $$ snd if i don't do something about my weight - I won't be here to enjoy it anyway... Diggity - good luck on your journey... This is a GREAT place for info...

That's a great thing to tell us :scalesno: now we know your pins Watch out you know that there is such a thing as transfer addiction ands maybe one of us is going to become a crook (just pulling your leg :scales: - couldn't help myself;))

Thanks Mary - so be careful about my Mother's mental health problems??:omg:

Thanks great and very encouraging - But us girls just hate it that men can loose it sooo much faster than us...

Of course !!!! I'm a proud 52'er too... Will be even prouder when i get this weight off so that I can be healthly and live again and where cuter clothes .. Not that I'm not living - but I want more energy - heck the 244 on my feet is killing me.. I still have doctors appts through the middle of july so I don't think i will get a date until sometime in August.. I want it now .. Go to the Shrink Thrusday... Any advice :rolleyes

Congratulation :clap2: You are an inspiration to us 50 yrs olds .... I want to be just like u when i get banded hopfully in August....

Welcome Jamila - My son's 1/2 sister's name is Jamila .. I am still a pre-bander - hopefully August I will get banded. This site is WONDERFUL.... You will get tons of support and info.

Welcome There is a thread : How is weight loss for people over 50? That's where the cool gang hangs ... I am in pre-band mode -doing all the doctor visits - i'm 52 244 5'3 -- Hope to be banded in August... The people here are really great giving you the info you need to make your decision. Pros & Cons... Read & Post and you will get answers. Good luck on your journey...

Nancy Thanks so very much That was very nice of you .. I have copied this and will research - I didn't like the mask - I felt like i was suffocating when i exhaled. I don't know if i will have to have one or not - the tech said i was a shallow breather in a deep sleep - he didn't say how low my oxegyne was... I am a side to stomach sleeper so that's great to know... THANKS SOOOO VERY MUCH FOR THE INFO:girl_hug:... Janet

Well had my test - wasn't that bad. I had what they call a split night - 1st half normal sleep - 2nd half with the cap machine - tech came in around 1 a.m. said that my oxgyen was low - put the machine on me - really didn't like it - he said i didn't stop breathing but that my breathing got really shallow when I was in a deep sleep. I didn't feel any diff in the morning (5 a.m.) when he woke me up to go home - will have the results in about 2 weeks...

I go for my sleep test tonite.... I can sleep the weekends away..... I am not depressed so that's not the cause. If i sit down to watch a movie - it's night night time and in fact at the movies i will fall asleep if it isn't fast pace - blood diamonds kept me awake - departed - nap a bit.. I am ok if i am out and about - but just sitting (like in a jury box) i will totally fall asleep... I wake up at least once a night... I have woken up with a headache, but i just always atributed it to sleeping wrong - it's not ever day but sometimes. I sleep on my tummy - is that going to be a problem?? i don't know how this sleep on demand is going to be??? I don't know how i am going to sleep without my 2 little babies (pom & toy poddle) ... Plus i am a night time eater - they did say i could bring a snack - well my snack and a normal persons snack are 2 different things ... Also, still smoke - so i got some nicorette gum - this will be my 1st attempt to quit - as i am going to have to by 7/1 - hope to have a surgery date in August - But i have to go to 10 million doctors UGH....

BudinIndy I will have to go on a 2 wk pre op diet to shrink the liver - Dr said it made his job eaiser.. (stomach sits behind the liver) As to Support group - I am lucky they are just starting one at my Dr's Office - Went last week 3 banded and 3 of us pre-banders. He (doctor) said that he had done about 30 so far - in the past he was totally by-pass as this is what insurance use to only cover and that up to just recently the data wasn't there for the lapband as far as success and now it is. The nutristionst said today that in the past is was all about bypass but now it's all about lapband. So I suggest that you talk to your doctor about starting a lap band support group - and I think this site is a great great help if you can't find one. but i understand - it's alot eaiser to talk than type :0)

Cj I too am doing all the pre-op doctor visits. I too smoke,,, My Dr said no smoking 6 weeks pre and i don't remember what after.. (i smoke about 1/2 a pack a day - more if i drink (rarely) or on the phone) I have here Chantix is really really good - haven't gotten it yet. I got some nocorette gum and will try that out on friday when i go for my sleep apnea (overnight) test. I go in at 8:15 p.m. and won't be able to smoke till i leave in the morning - I don't smoke in the house or car and i live in the desert (Indio near Palm Springs Palm Desert aka play ground of the President and it's too hot to go out and smoke - so i will have a hit or 2 and put it out. I still enjoy smoking - So will try quiting and see what happens - I won't be done with all my doctor visits until mid July - so hopefully if all these test comeout ok - I will get a date in August... I need to go to my pc doctor and get this Chantix - they say it's about $100 - but what the heck if it helps you quit - think of all the money we are going to save between food & cigs :0) Good Luck !!!!!