Jammin & Losin

Kathy you are in my thoughts and prayers right now!!!! Good luck and I hope you get some answers soon!!!!! (((((Hugs going with you)))))))))))

Trish this excitment and this scared feeling is so normal!! You are feeling what every single banded person has felt like before surgery. This is a life changing decision and you have every right to have these feelings. Keep posting those nervous jitters away..... I'll be here to listen!!!!!

Good luck and keep us posted on when you will ahve your ps and let us know how you are Good luck!!!!

Paula I know you love your mother and being there for her is the best gift you could ever give her. I hope what ever she decides that you and her both will regain your health and have lots of happy years together.

Kathy I am so hopeing things will get better for you!!!! Gosh you have had a really rough time with all of this. Please try to take care and keep us posted on how you are!!!!! Sending((((HUGS))))) your way.

Paula thats right but I think my thread was more like 18 Days till I get my band!!!!! LOL!!!!! Not just 12 ..... talk about nervous!!!!! Anyway it has been one great ride so far!!!! Trish you will be banded and getting that first fill before you know it!!!! ..... Then you will be "A BIG LOSER" like the rest of us!!!! LOL!!!!!!

Hey Kathy I think you are the "not so great and I'm the great"!!!! LOL!!!! I haven't pb'd once and I'm definatly not having problems throwing up. I did get that stuck feeling once but made it okay after a couple minutes! I'm sure you have had it rough!!!! What are we going to do about Trish???? She's a nervous wreck!!!! Trish it will be okay you will do fine and me and Kathy will be right here rutting you on!!!! Trish is getting her band Trish is getting her Band!!!!! YIPPPI!!!! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!! I'm so excirted for you Trish !!!!!

Marie Happy Birthday!!!!! Hope it was a great day for you!!!

BURRRRRP.......scuse me.........................FFRRRRRT.........FRT!!!!!! I'm so sorry I'm a new bandster!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!! I definatly have more of both of these problems sice banding but I still love my band. A new air freshener for your car and blaming your husband when you fart will help witth all those stinky problems!!!!!!! Just say IT WASN'T Me!!!!!

Lauren I'm sorry you are having problems with your fill. I wish I had good advice to give but I don't go for my first fill till next week. I hope you are able to hold something down soon!!!

Dell I'm so sorry you didn't get approved and I know you must be so upset right now. please stay around and keep in touch maybe some day you will be able to get that band but in the mean time we all have been glad you are here!!!! Good luck to you and way to go on starting that excercise. Please just continue to be positive and eventually it will pay off for you!!!!

I just had to pipe in and say that I'm keeping a list of all the suggestions for future problems my self and ..........I HOPE EVERYTHING WORKS OUT!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!

The feelings you have are all normal. I remember those few days and sleepless nights before surgery and it is a tough time. Hang in there this is a life changing decision and you have every right to be nervous and excited all at the same time. Just tell your self Things will be okay and you will be in band land before you know it!!! This is just the begining of a whole new chapter in life for you and starting this journey is a wonderful thing. you will gain so much health from this and feel so much better just keep reminding your self of all the things you will get to do with all the new found energy once the weight is gone. Good positive thoughts will help you through this rough time and on to a better you.Good luck with your upcoming surgery and I hope you are able to sleep well tonight!!!

So happy for you Patti You have done so good with your band !!! Congratulations on a new journey to a healthy you!!!!

Sounds like to me your friend isn't being very suportive and you should tell her that the band will help you get healthier and that matters to you more than what your legs look like. You have to make this decision for your self and you shouldn't let anyone say something that will change your mind. This is something you will be dealing with the rest of your life at that means you will need to do alot of reasearch and alot of soul searching to be sure this is what YOU want not what others want!!!!

Babs I'm so glad that something is starting to get better with all of this. I sure hope you will be able to get all that you are trying to get approved for!!! GOOD LUCK!!!!

Donali~ Thanks for the advice and I will try to not get impatient. I just want to make sure I'm doing all I can to lose weight and I guess you can get really stuck on counting calories instead of paying more attention to eating the right things. This is the begining of my 4th week and so I should be proud that I've lost 11 pounds and I know it will keep coming off and at what pace doesn't really matter as long as it is still dropping!!!! Thanks Donali!!!

Well it has been 2 weeks since I got banded and am feeling good! I'm down 10 pounds since surgery and I had lost 13 before surgery so I'm down 23 pounds in all!!! But have not lost any more in the last few days. I am starting to wonder if I'm eating enough I am trying to count my calories and I 'm only getting around 700 -800 a day! At this point how many calories should I be getting??I think I am not getting enough and my body is hanging on to every bite! Also I eat and get full pretty quick but I feel like I can eat a little more than 4 oz and then only a couple hours later I'm hungry again. I 'm sure that once I get a fill I will stay full longer. I go to Dr. on April 25th for check up and possible fill.So far I've had no problems with any food I've tried but I did get that stuck feeling on a piece of shaved turkey yesterday and it really hurt for a few minutes. It just didn't go down all the way. I took a deep breath and it felt like it went down after that,but I stoped eating and waited a while to be sure that stuck feeling was gone.I am being more careful and making sure that everything is mushy and not taking any more chances on getting that awful feeling again!! Also I'm getting in alot of water and eating at least 40-50 grams of protein each day! I feel like I'm on the right track but was wanting some suggestions on how much intake of calories is idea for me in the mushy stage???

Donali I see what your saying it did kinda sound like I was saying a fill would help me eat less and I wasn't eating much already but I was still feeling hungry between meals and was keeping my self from eating for fear I was going to eat more than 4 oz at a time and it would come back up. So I would eat alittle bit but would be hungry for a while in between a meal. I wasn't able to eat alot at one time but I wasn't staying full very long there for I was hungry between meals and was paying so much attention to less calories that I think my body was in starvation mode. now that my stomach isn't swollen anymore I'm eating way more than I need to be eating and I'm just mantaining my lost weight right now. Does this make more since?? I think it was a matter I was scared to eat to much at one time. But I wasn't satisfied for very long and was entirely to hungry between meals. So now I'm up to more like 1200 calories which I hope is a better amount untill I get a fill.I feel more satisfied with this but I'm not losing weight I'm just stuck right now. I lost 10 pounds the first week and I've only lost 1 pound in the last 2 weeks. Thanks for being concerned !What should my calorie intact be at this time and also what will jump start weight lose if I'm aready eating less calories? i'm excsing about 3 days a week and I am going to start doing that everyday. I'm getting in my Protein and About 50 to 60 oz of water! Thanks for the help !Jamie

I must say this thread is helping me. Like Zoe said weeks 4 -6 are hard and that is also were I am right now. I feel bad that I can eat more than I should be able to and that 3 hours later I'm hunry again. I sure hope after a fill it gets better and I know this next couple of weeks I probably won't lose any thing but if I just mantain what I've lost till I get a fill I will be on to the next chapter of being banded! To all of you at this stage in banding lets hang in there these trials are all part of making the positive changes and how we learn to be a good bandster! We can do this.

Good luck to both of you girls. I'm sending speedy recovery wishes your way!!!! Congrats on getting your bands!!!

Sandie this sounds nothing like the seminar I went to at Dr. Woodmans office. he was at the seminar as well as Cyndi and also both were very helpful with all details. He explained the band and how it worked had a band there with him and passed it around for all to see. yes Cyndi did warn me that until she checked with my ins company to be sure for me not to be suprised if they would want at least a 6 month supervised diet which they did end up needing for my band to be covered. I can tell you that my seminar helped answer alot of my questions and I was also able to talk to Dr. Woodman for a few minutes after the seminar and he answered a few questions for me then. I have had nothing but a good experience with everyone in his office and I would recomend him to everyone asking for a Dr. in the Memphis area. Does he have a good since of humor NO but his he a good surgeon very much so. I could care less if he makes me laugh when I go to his office... I just want him to know what hes doing and that I feel he does. he is very straight forward and will set you straight on what your not doing right with your band in a heart beat but to me that means he cares. he wants his patience to succeed or he would just say do what you want and eat what you want and if you lose then okay you lose...no he says you messed up now stop messing up and get back on that band wagon. I for one need someone that will keep me straight and doing all the bandster rules so we will get along just fine. He has done 2 surgeries for me and I think he is an excellent but straight forward surgeon!

My Answers would be: #1 usually the first couple days after surgery is the worst.... each day gets better and better! I was really sore for several days but it really wasn't bad pain just really alot of sorness! Everyone is different and surgery effects them differently! #2 My Dr. gave me liquid Lortab. #3 I think that it depends on your Ins. Co. and there stipulations on Plastic surgery. Some Ins. co. will require it to be a medical necesity to get it paid for with Ins. ( rashes and other skin irritations under your stomach panel could be a good example of a medical condition that the extra skin is causing!) Showing this medical necessity might get a tummy tuck covered by ins. #4 Everyone heals at a different pace. I feel most people are okay to go back to work in just a few days depending on what type of job you do it could take a week or two to feel fully recovered. ( the first 2 or 3 days after surgery are the worst and you get better really quick after that.)You don't need to push your self to soon. taking a few extra days off work will help you rest up and heal quickier. Also remember it will be very hard going back to work while on liquids because everyone will be eating around you and that will make this phase harder to get through .( I stand on my feet alot and I took of 1 week and that was a good recovery period for me) Hope some of this helps answer your questions. Good luck with getting your band and remember we are always here to help. Jamie

OMG Penni I am so sorry this happened and to two people so young and full of life! I will remember all who loved those girls in my thoughts and prayers! This is a definate example of how precious life is and we should live each day like it is our last!!!! May God be with you all in this awful time of sorrow!!!

Good Luck Gypsy!!!! Hope you have a speedy recovery!!! Good luck to all you April Bandsters WOOOOHOOOO!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!