MaidMarion

I am now getting concerned that some health issues unrelated to my weight are going to push back my banding date. I have been without a sense of smell for just over 10 weeks. Because of this I can not taste anything. It started after I sprayed Round Up and then came down with a sinus infection. I went to my PCP and he was totally thrown. I have had two rounds of antibiotics and a round of steroids which I really hate because they make me cry....a lot. Now I have gone to an ear nose and throat specialist. He wants to do an MRI on my brain to just rule out a brain tumor. Now honestly I in no way think it is a tumor but he says he can't comfortably say that. So now on top of having some expensive spinal decompression done this month.....totally worth it as I am 100% better I now have to pay out of pocket for an MRI! :cursing: I am due to be banded July 14th. I liked the date as I think it should be lucky but I am beginning to wonder if higher powers are really against me having this done. Money is about to become a very big issue. On the plus side as of this morning I have lost 42 lbs since March 6 and most of that has come since Easter. If there is a possibility I will never taste again I don't really see any reason to be banded but I was so ready to have it done. Sadly though I have absolutely no urge to eat.....even while taking steroids. I actually find the act of eating horribly depressing. I am just at a loss right now and I needed to talk about it I suppose. Everyone around here just acts like I should be thrilled to be losing weight so easily but honestly I would so much rather be able to taste at least a single bite than not anything at all. I can not tell you how many times I have heard....oh I wish that would happen to me so I wouldn't want to eat.

Froggi I love your frogs. I have a pet frog and I get so excited when I see and hear frogs. We have had tons of rain this year so I have been seeing lots of the little guys!!

Thanks for your kind words everyone. I am just kinda in a holding pattern. I go for an MRI on Thursday unless miraculously my senses come back tomorrow or Wednesday. I do have high hopes of that exact thing happening in order to save me the $2000. Honestly today I could swear I smelled the smoke from a little bbq stand that sets up in front of my local grocery store. It may be wishful thinking. On the weight loss....yes I have officially this morning lost 45 lbs since March 6th although most of that has come since the first week in April. I have a lot to lose mind you but I have never had problems losing it just staying one step ahead of it so it doesn't find me again. It has come from two things. I started a very physical job in a school cafeteria....I know sounds like a crazy job for someone who loves to eat who is getting banded...I was up and lifting 40 lb boxes and generally working out for about 4 hours a day. Then I thought I was having allergy problems. My doctor thought the same. Then figured out it was a sinus infection along with 2 different antibiotics and only 3 days off work but I lost my sense of smell. food is now depressing. I so want to taste it but I can't. Everything has been about texture or temperature now. I swear the last two days I am getting hints of smells I think. The steroids are making me nuts though. No hyper angry woman oh no I am a bawling tired mess. I am feeling more positive tonight though. Maybe I could move my date back a bit. I just really liked the date I had.....seemed like a nice lucky date. Thanks again for the support. Nancy I do feel your pain. I have been going to the chiropractor for the last 10 days or so every day for spinal decompression. Mind you I thought I was the picture of health until April! Then found sinus infections, lack of senses, and two fractures in my lower spine!! I really need to stay away from doctors.....they do not seem to be good for my health right now.

LOL I wish my psych evaluation had been so funny. I really want to go to that guy. I have a mouth like a sailor myself and anytime I have been to a psych or therapist I always feel like I have to watch my mouth. Good luck to you. I would have died if my nutrition consult had been at Starbucks.....that is just crazy!

This reminds me of going to my doctor once when I had been having a period off and on for about 6 weeks. I got up on the table he is there and his nurse my feet are in up in the air and I sit bolt upright (yep in those days I could do that from that position) and said OMG I still have a tampon in to which he said no problem got a little spit bowl thingy and popped it right out. I could have died. Thank God it was a new fresh barely bloody thing. I swear I changed doctors about a year later. I could never get passed that.

congratulations! That is an awesome loss. Good luck and keep us posted!!

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I know the insurance at my work which I don't have and at this rate probably won't even though it kicks in with permanent part time employment 20 hours a week for all 12 months, won't cover it for at least 12 to 18 months because it is a pre-existing condition.....yeah really??? I would say you would have to see the policy to know for sure. Do you know anyone who works there?

My surgeon told me I would have to get over my love of sushi because rice is a problem food for most people forever. Now mind you sushi rice is sticky rice but my guess is you have a ball of rice down there. It will either break-up with the hot tea or it will come up. Mind you I am just speculating. Hope your tea is the cure-all for you.

I have not been banded yet and I luckily don't seem to suffer from depression but I am on Wellbutrin to control cravings! I don't smoke but they found that people who took Zyban which is wellbutrin lost weight as they quit smoking. I asked my surgeon to put me on Wellbutrin just to see what happened because I have had such a long wait to be banded and I have lost 40 lbs since March. It is interesting because I have to think to remember to eat.

all those are right. I am petitioning that we change productive burping to purping or something.....the pb is ruining peanut butter for me!

Wow my visit with the psychologist was really a visit with a social worker making sure I would have a good support base. She did ask why I wanted to be banded and what my expectations were and what I thought would be the most difficult about it but no big test certainly nothing with 500 questions. I did have to take a behavior modification class and we did some true false stuff there to find out about issues with boundries and stresses.

That's cool! well actually that's hot but that sounds like that damn Paris Hilton. My goal is to run in the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving. I have always thought it seemed like a wise way to start the day. Congratulations! Hopefully it will cool off pretty soon for you guys out east. I am sure that is miserable.

Kizzie try contacting some of these on the list Bariatric Surgeons in Florida performing any Bariatric Surgery Type A lot of doctors do not want to do fills on anyone who was not their surgery patient. That is why Fill Centers USA started.

Chinese restaurants have awesome soups that are broth based. By what I have been told strained egg drop and hot and sour soups are a nice change of pace.

Have you had a fill? That could be why you can drink carbonated drinks. I understand it is more an issue of discomfort once you heal but you are so new to your band I know my doctor said it could cause the band to slip or the stitch that holds it in place to tear. You are probably safer at this time to stop drinking sodas in any way. If you are dying for one pour it back and forth until it is flat.

These mushies remind me of a friend who had all his teeth pulled due to bad teeth and cancer....they thought it might help. He had to go through Thanksgiving without teeth. He had a turkey and gravy glass a mashed potatoes and gravy glass and a stuffing and you got it gravy glass although it looked horrible he said it tasted great. I would guess in general after you haven't "eaten" in a while food will taste good.

Sprite Zero is fine. The gas everyone complains about is not the kind in your guts but the gas they use to expand your belly so they can reach everything during surgery. It is trapped gas that travels up your body and causes the shoulder pains everyone seems to get a couple of days after surgery.

I worried so much about my meeting and it was so easy. She seemed to only ask about my job, my friends, my family, what I enjoyed doing, what I thought about myself. Totally nonjudgmental. She is the same woman who taught an all day behavior modification seminar my surgeon requires.

Nance I am really impressed. It is really hard to think clearly and say no to anything after a couple of white russians!

You know I thought the not taking Aleve was going to kill me since I take so much of it the doctor has already told me not more often than once a week! It hasn't been as bad because once I cut way back on carbs most of my pain seems to have diminished. very low carbs and high Protein really really helps keep you from having any true hunger pains. The hormones.......that is the first time I have read about anyone being taken off hormones but I am sure someone around here has been through the same. Wow I just rechecked your surgery date......your doctor is all about that pre-diet! Mine said two weeks I just started going low carb now because due to an illness I can't taste anyway.

LOL okay you guys......eating disorders, I thought what would erectile dysfunction have to do with getting banded. I am really in need of sleep!!

Maybe your surgeon meant the effects last 2 to 15 years? Some people start eating around their band almost from the start and since bands have only been around for about 15 years no way anyone could say they last longer. Mind you this is totally just a guess based on what the band is made of and how it works.

I have been on this journey since March 5th. I finally have a surgery date of July 14th. Okay that is all well and good but now here is my question. I had a really horrible sinus infection the first two weeks in April and lost my ability to taste. I still have no sense of taste AT ALL! I have lost 35 lbs since this all started without dieting.......if you can't taste you start to lose all interest. Part of me wants to save myself all that money and not have the surgery. I fear though that my taste will come back at some point. I hate to anger my surgeon by postponing. Has anyone lost their sense of taste for over 2 months? I have lost it for about 5 days but never like this. If you were in my shoes and paying out of pocket for the entire surgery what would you do at this point? Hold off until July to make any decisions? Get it done in the hopes it will come back? Postpone and see how much comes off out of boredom that everything tastes like....nothing!? I keep thinking of how many times I wished and prayed to lose weight and get healthy.......oh be careful what you wish for. On the bright side I won't be able to taste protein shakes.:thumbup: