lapbandliz

Hey Kris,

I just found out yesterday that I am pregnant too. Geez it is so werid to type that! I took four pregnancy tests and ALL were positive! It was a TOTAL surprise. We weren't trying at all, but we must have done something right! :thumbup: I noticed that you were banded within days of when I was banded... funny isn't it? People should be extra careful when they've been banded for about six months! LOL!

I have a lot of mixed emotions. Honestly, I'm not happy (yet) I hope to be soon. I just really wanted to loose this weight and you know during the first year is when you can really knock it out! It gave me hope to see that your doc said that you didn't have to have an unfill. I see my doc next week. Am I horrible for not being overjoyed and happy? I mean, sometimes I get excited and happy about it, but then I'm frustrated and scared! I'm on a total roller coaster ride! Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I'm here if you ever need to talk! Congrats to you! :tt2:

Hi everyone. My name is Kris and I just found out that I am pregnant.

I have been banded for a little more than 5 months when I got knocked up. I can't say that I was "trying" it was more like if it happens it happens. I only adopted that philosophy for the month before my husband deploys (he is Air Force and leaving on a six month deployment in a few days) because it was the only way we could insure that he could be here for the birth.

I honestly didn't think I would get pregnant so soon after going off the pill, and figured that if I did get pregnant without actively trying that it was meant to be.

I called my band doctor last week and he said he didn't see any reason for me to be unfilled unless I was having problems eating or throwing up, neither which I am having. I spoke to my OBGYN and he said he didn't see a problem with me continuing to lose weight through the pregnancy as long as the baby was doing fine and I wasn't losing loads.

I have an appointment next week with my band doc and will probably request that he remove some of my fill so I can eat a bit more... but not too sure about it.

I don't mind not losing for the next 8 months, I just would like to not gain too much either. But, in the end the goal is to have a healthy baby.

I look forward to learning more about your pregnancies too.

Kris

Hello Fellow September Samurai! :thumbup:

It is so funny that I would come across your post and you are a fellow S.S! I too, am having a hard time and feel myself backsliding as well. I actually went in for a fill today and talked with the nurse about this b/c I don't want to go down. I told her I feel like the "honeymoon" is over and she said it was and that the hard work now has to start. She told me today to think about why I had surgery in the first place. She told me to think about my goals (specific goals) and to think about it and not forget the reasons we had surgery. I know we can do it! We can! Hang in there! :biggrin:

I'm here to make myself accountable.

I've been struggling for a couple of weeks but just this past week I've actually gained 3lbs.

I'm 4 1/2 months out and have lost 48lbs so I am very happy with that.

However, I see a bad habit forming again and thought I would come here first to get accountable.

I also stopped by the Kroger this morning on my way in to work to buy the Special K Protein Water to help me with the hunger. I'm going to try to do liquids for a couple of days to detox from the sugar.

As for my fills. I've had 3. I have 7 cc's in my Realize band. I fill good restriction for about 2 weeks and then after that, not much. (I go back February 10th)

Thanks for listening.

Sandra

These are so true!! OMG!!!!! The two things I really WON'T miss will be

1. Sweating and feeling hot, when everyone else is shivering cold (yeah that one screams... "I have layers of fat on me and I'm burning up" Now you all know the real reason i moved from TN to CO!

2. Lane Bryant taking advantage of us fat chics b/c they have the only "cute" clothes... and jack their prices up! I'm NEVER shopping there again girls!!!! Can I hear an amen!! :smile2:

Hi....Im 2 months out from havin the band and have lost almost 30 lbs in these 8 weeks....With NO fill......is this normal? My Dr said they put a small amount in when its installed but man,Im surprising myself! She said she has a gentleman who has had his band for 1 year with no fill.....just kinda wonderin if this is the norm.........thank you

I've been losing weight as well without a fill in... I believe that the band still causes some restriction... I don't know about you, but I am still trying to eat a lot of protien, stay away from carbs and am exercising... I'm down about 30 lbs!! Woooohooo!! :smile2:

I mix my tubes with crystal light. For example I mix the grape tube with grape crystal light (actually I buy the Walmart or other store brand). It makes it taste a lot better!

That sounds like a great idea! I'm trying it! :regular_smile:

Thanks for sharing your story! I bet that it was hard growing up with such a skinny mom who didn't understand! :biggrin: Good luck with your surgery on Thursday! :thumbup:

yeah, you really feel like you are playing! I'm better at the Wii Sports than just "real" sports! It is really fun and it keeps track of your weight, bmi and your progress! I love it! SO FUN! :thumbup:

Anybody else have a Wii Fit? I love mine! I just got mine about 2 weeks ago... what are the other games you have that you recommend getting a good workout on it?

sounds yummy! thanks for sharing! :eek:

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. I am still in the hospital an d looks like I will be here for a few days . I am being treated for Mrsa. There is a chance I could lose my band if it does not resolve. This was a fear of mine but since I am an icu nurse I had a risk of infection. I am feeling better and hanging in there.

I am so sorry that you are having a hard time... and I was also wondering... is it strange or stressful to be stuck where you work? You are an icu nurse, and are staying at the hospital you work in? I'm crazy.. I think about things like that! :thumbup: I really hope you don't loose your band and that you start feeling better ASAP! We are all praying for you JWRN! Much love! :tt2:

You know I have OFTEN thought about this and I've actually made a huge list of everything I want to do and have done... So I'll copy/paste from my blog:(I know it is really long) :crying:

Goals I Have Accomplished

Move To Colorado, Work in a Veterinarian Clinic, See Scotland, Get Married and be crazy in love, See Delicate Arch (Arches National Park, Utah), See Yellowstone, Get My Bachelor's Degree, Practice Counseling, Play a Musical Instrument, Take Voice Lessons, Sing in Different Languages, Sing in a great choir, See New York City, See San Francisco, Go to Napa Valley and drink wine, See the West Coast, Ride scary roller coasters, Become CPR/First Aid Certified, Took Ballet, Learn to Drive (!), See Montana, Ride Horses, Gone Skinny Dipping, Learn Basic Spanish and French, Do mission work in other countries, To see Phantom of the Opera in NYC on Broadway, See Christmas lights in NYC, See the Empire State Building, See the CN Tower in Toranto, observed the Olympics, Travel on Route 66, Walked across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Milked a cow, rode an elephant and camel, Took a cruise to the Bahamas (twice), have multiple cats, get lap band surgery

Goals Still to Acomplish

Travel to the Following places: Italy, England, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Egypt, France (See Paris), Fiji, Swizerland, Austria, Greece, Israel, Alaska, Hawaii, India, Yosemite, Austrailia, New Zealand, Russia, Japan, Be a great example to younger people, lead people to Christ, grow in my faith, Go horseback riding on the beach, Do a cattledrive, Possibly, maybe have a baby, drive on the Audubon, Get my nose pierced, get a small tattoo, Buy a house, go skiing, get healthy, wear a size 8, fly a plane, be in a movie, pay off all debt, go whale watching , Hike to the Hollywood Sign, hire a housekeeper, Try Parasailing, learn to really paint, Try Surfing, See the Northern Lights, See the Kremlin and Red Square, Go to the Cherry Blossom Fesival in Japan, Stay in one of those bungalow huts over the ocean Water, See the Pyramids of Giza, See the Eiffel Tower, See the Grand Canyon, Think more before I speak, Take a course in Wine, Float on the Dead Sea and read a magazine, Visit where Anne Frank hid out, Have a small farm with ducks, chickens, horses, 1 cow, and 1 pig, lots of dogs and cats, own a rabbitt, own an African Gray parrott, grow my own herb and vegetable garden, Walk accross the zebra crossing at Abby Road, Walk in the steps of Jesus and the disciples in the Holy Land, Drive a snowmobile, ride an elephant in India, Ride a camel in Egypt, See the Taj Mahal, Learn Sign Language, Walk on a glacier, to not be scared of snakes and spiders, Ride in a hot air balloon, Take a cruise around the world, Go to Prince Edward Island, See Lucy Maud Montgomery's home, Take Ballet again, try Ballroom dancing,

I think many of us can relate to the pain that obesity has caused. For me, it made me self-conscious to the point that I alienated myself from friends, and soon, they just stopped inviting me places and I drifted deeper into my addiction with food. I'm ready to change all that.

I am 32 and my entire life sits before me and frankly, I'm beyond fed up with living vicariously through someone else's life. I'm sick and tired of hearing about someone's trip abroad or sky diving adventure. I want to be the one telling those stories, which brings me to the topic of this thread...

Here are some of mine. I'll continue adding as I think of them.

Jog with my 13 yr old son.

GO to disney world with my son.

Get certified and go scuba diving.

Tandem Sky diving.

Try out snowboarding.

Travel, travel, travel.

Run a marathon.

Sing kareoke in front of a crowd full of strangers.

Lay in a hammock under the tropical sun.

Run with the bulls in Spain.

What are your dreams?

Sounds like you are doing all you can... are you getting your sips of Water and protien in? You will feel better soon! Congrats on the surgery! :cool2:

any advice??? I feel ok, sore to get up and down.. starting to feel a little bloated and gassy...taking little walks, anything else help this?

It was always my dream to live in Colorado, so we (my hubby) and I made it happen!

Hi! I had my surgery the same day as you! I'm down 20lbs and I think that 17- 20 lbs is GREAT!! It sounds like you are doing everything that you should be! Keep up the good work... and remember, you could be loosing inches instead of weight... or maybe both!

Hey! help!

I had my surgery Sept 4th.. I have been walking, and recently joined a ladies gym doing Water arobics, treadmill, bike, I have only lost 17 pounds so far.. I haven't gotten a fill yet oct 13 for me.. I am getting hungry lately.. I have been eating good, and I can't eat very much, So whats up with me.

Slim in TN, I'm from Chattavegas! i've lived in CO for a year... what part of town do you live in..? I used to live in St. Elmo, near downtown... I miss the leaves turning this time of year... sigh... we would always go to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge to go see the leaves and the mountains! So pretty right now i bet!

Kiz,

you better be saying good bye "Forever" to those clothes, because this time next year, you will be a skinny lady!! Wooohoooo!!!

I wouldn't call being a "bitchy diva" a good thing... that should show you what kind of character you really are... I feel sorry for you... I'm not sure why I want to even justify myself, but my doc did in fact prescribe anti-nausea meds even before surgery... I had them, but it wasn't enough, so I had to call him... maybe you should get your WHOLE story straight instead of forming nasty little thoughts before you know what you thinking... And as far as never replying to your previous posts... why would I? What is the point? Even when I tried to "defend" myself with telling you to try calling him, you yourself said "why would you care enough to do it". So why would I care enough to waste my time on you... this is the last time I will be wasting on you... you are a poison... All you are is completely negative! Isn't there enough crap in the world? What is the point now? You are so narrow minded and rude that you have formed your own nasty opinions that are totally and utterly stupid. I have received emails from other users on this site that think you are a complete and utterly horrible person... they can't figure out why you are so "snobby" and that you are "vultures"... that should tell you a little something "sweetie". Like I said before, Grow up. Or maybe you are still in middle school...? Something bad must have happend to you and like I said. I feel very sorry for you and I hope that your life becomes a little bit more happier b/c obviously you have had problems to make you so negative towards complete strangers! wow...good luck with your life! :teeth_smile:

Colorado-

I think we have made it pretty clear that we don't care about your opinion...and obviously what you said did "offend" us or we would not be so antagonistic to you. Actually, it is probably the fact that until now, you have never replied to any of our posts or come back to defend yourself that has made us suspicious.

And FYI, any surgeon that knows his ass from a hole in the ground would have prescribed you something for nausea before you even left the hospital...DUH. That is a normal standard of care for a post op patient. Post op patients are usually nauseous from the anesthesia! So don't act like is was some huge deal that your surgeon was nice enough to call in something for you for nausea the night of your surgery because if he had covered his bases to begin with you wouldn't have even needed to call him.

And I talk to doctors all night while I am working in the ICU...I really don't need to call yours to "verify" that he can be reached 24/7. Why you think I would even care enough to do that is beyond me.

Best of luck to you.... Oh, and yes, I am not even a little bitchy this week- I am A LOT bitchy. Hasn't anyone ever told you that ICU nurses are a bunch of bitchy divas sweetie??

That chick Colorado Crazy was just in another post extolling the virtues of her surgeon and how wonderful he is. I pointed out to her that for all she rips on Dr.K, her surgeons program sounds exactly like his!! Hmmmm.....

And she also said that you can reach her surgeon ANYTIME via cell phone. Being a nurse, that one just made me laugh my arse off!! Good luck with that one honey!!!

(Ok, so I am being a little bitchy but come on, she had it coming...)

yeah, so my doc did give me his cell phone number... we actually had to call him the night of my surgery, b/c I was vomitting and he called something in to the pharmacy.... you think that is so funny and laughed your "arse" off...if you don't believe me... I'll give it to you and You can call him to see for yourself! Yeah... and you are a tad bit "bitchy"

Somebody told me that you all are still talking about me and I just had to see for myself! Are you freakin kidding me? That I work for Dr. Snyder?!! Wow! I really can't believe that you chicks are STILL jumping all over me about my "concerns" about Dr. K... that were written forever ago! Move on with your life! Everyone has an opinion and you know? I didn't say anything to "offend" you personally or offend Dr. K... It's wonderful that you are all doing great and that you obviously love your doc as much as I love mine... so what? Grow up girls! I wish you all the best of luck and I hope that you can put your energies into focusing on your weight loss success instead of letting me be the focus of your attention!

So glad to see that everyone is doing great! :thumbup: I know you folks that are about to get banded can't wait! Hang in there, it is almost there... we only have a few days left in the month! Can you guys believe that it is then end of Sept already??! Everyone take care and be healthy! :frown:

Okay, So I was browsing on youtube and I found something about this girl doing the "chew and spit". I'm not really craving "bad" food right now, but I know as I get further away from my surgery date, I could see myself do this... I'm not saying that I will do it, but I can see some bad and some good with this... of course it seems that it is a negative thing, that it is an eating disorder, but on the other hand if you did this every once in awhile, would it be horrible?? Anyway, I was just wondering what other people's thoughts were and if you do it yourself? Please give positive or negative feedback... Just curious about it! Thanks!

Wow! That doctor sounds like a scammer! I know you want to have your surgery done and over with, but I think you would be so much happier in the long run with another doctor! My surgeon provides support groups and access to the nutritionist/nurse and himself via cell phone ANYTIME free of charge! It's a part of the whole program... that doesn't cost "extra". Good luck! I hope you find a doctor that will really support you and not try to milk all of the money out of you! :smile2:

Hi LW5!

You are almost there! Just a few more days... I know that when it gets close to the day, you can't hardly wait! Welcome to the September Samurais!:girl_hug:

Good Luck!! I had to do the whole 6 month diet too, meet with the nutritionist, shrink, pulmonologist... etc... so much fun, but worth it that insurance paid 90% of my surgery! YAY!

Anyways, just wanted to let you know, that somebody else had to go through it too... it sucks that you have to start over!!

Take care! :thumbup:

Thinking about you today... Good luck with your surgery! I really hope you actually had it!! =)