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MistyD65

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  2. Posted · Edited by MistyD65

    Wow, you are getting your first fill just 3 weeks after your surgery? That seems quick, but maybe he's changed things since I had my surgery. It's natural to be a little scared, especially if you don't know what to expect. But you'll be fine!

    First of all, you should not have anything to eat or drink for at least 8 hours prior to your fill. They told me to be NPO after midnight, but if you are getting your fill after lunch, that is kind of a long time to wait. At my fill appointment we talked about what I had been eating, including the amount of food I could eat at any one time. We also talked about how long it generally was before I felt hungry again, as well as any other issues or thoughts I had about my progress. The more self-aware you are about your eating habits and your hunger, the better.

    For the fill, I lay back on the exam table, he swabbed some kind of anesthetic around my port area, then he pressed on my abdomen to feel the port. I didn't even feel the needle go in.

    Unfortunately, my port is tilted so he had to do some probing around. I could feel it, but it did not hurt, if you know what I mean. Once he accessed the port, it took no time at all to add the saline. If my port had not been tilted, it would have been even quicker. He removed the needle, stuck a bandaid on me and I was up and out the door.

    For my second fill, which was about 6 months later (I didn't feel liked I needed one til then, but everyone is different) I don't recall him using the anesthetic, so I felt a slight sting when he inserted the needle, but it wasn't bad.

    And no, he doesn't use any kind of imaging (sonogram, fluoroscopy), he goes by feel. And it's worked well for me!

    You will be fine!

  3. Posted · Edited by MistyD65

    Great job last week Tutornmom! You too Heartfire!

    Even with going to a Greek Festival last night and eating some yummy stuff, I posted a loss this week!

    Last week: 221.2

    This week: 219.8 Finally out of the 220s!!!!

    Loss of 1.4 lbs.

    4.8 lost since beginning of challenge, 5.8 to go to challenge goal.

  4. Posted

    Way to go Heartfire! Keep it up!

    Hi everyone! I never got back with my results last week, but they were pretty bad. In fact, from the time I went out of town last week up til about Wednesday, I was a chow-hound. I think a lot of it was hormonal and I just didn't feel like fighting it. I also did not step foot into Curves all week - I feel like a slug. At one point I was actually up 4 pounds from my last weigh-in on the 11th, but I got on the scale today and had lost 3 of the 4. So, that puts me at 1 pound up from my last report on 9/11, which I'll take! (especially since it is TOM)

    In a nutshell:

    Last weigh-in 9/11 220.2

    Today 221.2

    Gain of 1 pound

    Next week will be MUCH better!

  5. Posted

    It's not unusual for the stoma to experience some swelling after a fill. Did you do liquids for a day or two after the fill to allow your stomach to recover? It's possible that if you were swollen, had a PB, then continued to PB, that the swelling has not been allowed to go down. If you haven't already done so, try a day or two of liquids to let your poor stomach rest and recover. If that doesn't help, or you have already tried that with no success, then definitely get back to your doctor. Pain with every meal is NOT normal.

  9. Posted

    Sorry I never got back with info. There was not a support group on Tuesday 9/8, but there is one scheduled for Wednesday 9/16 from 6:30-7:30pm at Dr. Bonnor's office. Here's the info for this one, and the schedule for the rest of the year:

    Texas Endosurgery Associates

    September Weight Loss Support Group

    Please join us for this month's support

    group meeting to be held on

    Wednesday, September 16th

    6:30pm-7:30pm

    at

    Texas Endosurgery Associates Conference Room

    21720 Kingsland Blvd., Suite 303A, Katy 77450

    (Facilitator: Beth Cisneros, MA Counseling)

    RSVP 281.579.5638

    This is a wonderful opportunity to collaborate with others who have been through or will be going through weight loss surgery.

    We would love for you to join us!

    (This is a free meeting for patients of Texas Endosurgery Associates.)

    Future Meeting Dates:

    Wednesday, October 14, 2009

    Wednesday, November 11, 2009

    Wednesday, December 16, 2009

    www.texasendosurg.com

  11. Posted

    Yay, finally a loss!

    Last week 224.8

    This week 222.2

    A loss of 2.6 pounds, but since I put on .2 last week, it's actually 2.4 towards my goal of a loss of 10.6. 8.2 to go!

    I'm not sure what the difference was this week, but I'll bet it was the yard work I did, in addition to my Curves workouts. I was also able to cut my evening nibbling waaaay back. I can do this!!

  14. Posted

    Definitely make sure you already have a local or nearby doctor who will take over your aftercare. That is vital. Don't wait to get home after your surgery and hope you can find someone who will accept you. The band isn't a "fix it and forget it" plan. The aftercare is what helps your success. Some people require a number of fills and even unfills before they find the right amount of restriction to make the band work the way it is intended. If you have trouble getting to a doctor for these, or are reluctant to go due to price or some other obstacle, your experience is going to be frustrating and you may have trouble being successful. You should also look into support groups in your area. Those can be so helpful, especially early in your journey.

  16. Posted

    I love the South Beach Living High Protein Cereal Bars in Cinnamon Raisin. They have 140 calories, 10 g of Protein and 3 g of Fiber.< /p>

    I haven't really tried frozen/prepared meals. They have ungodly amounts of sodium in them.

    I'm don't generally have to eat on the run, but I am prone to making poor choices if I'm hungry and there is nothing quick to eat. One thing I do is prepare things ahead of time and portion them up. A recipe that has gotten passed around here a lot, that I love, is chicken or tuna salad made with the Tostitos Spinach Dip. To a 13 oz can of chicken I add 3 or 4 tbsp of the dip (depending on how moist you like it), and Splenda-sweetened sweet pickle relish to taste. I get 4 1/2 cup servings from this. I go ahead and portion it out into the little 1/2 cup storage containers. That way I just have to grab one and some crackers (also already portioned out into snack-size bags) and I'm ready to eat.

  18. Posted

    Hang in there gals! I was up .2 today, but it's TOM, so I'm not stressing over it too much. I'm really thinking I need to step up my exercise. I was going to Curves 5 times a week, but have slid back to 4 and sometimes only 3 times a week. That's about 1000 calories a week I'm not burning. I also think I should add something new - a Pilates class or something. I'd really like to focus on my core.

    So, that's my plan for the immediate future. Keep up the great work everyone! We WILL reach our goals!:w00t:

  20. Posted

    That's a great idea! It worked fine for me. I think you just have to have a Google account to be able to access it.

    So for each week we enter the loss for that week? I wonder if it should have dates rather than week numbers? For those of us who start now, it's 10 weeks til Halloween.

    Come on everyone, join us! If you can't access the spreadsheet, post your info here and we'll add it. Or maybe we should post in both places. I'm easy ;-)

  22. Posted

    Anyone up for the first challenge of our 2nd year? I thought about Christmas, but decided shorter challenges work better for me - with a long one I'm more apt to put off really getting down to business! So, how about Halloween? That's 10 weeks from today, or 2 full months if you wait til the end of the month to start.

    Just post your starting weight and your goal for Halloween. If you'd rather wait til the end of this month to start, that's ok too, especially since some of you still haven't finished the Anniversary Challenge. Doesn't really matter when you begin, since we aren't competing against each other, just against ourselves.:thumbup:

    Then pop back in this thread each week on your weigh-in day (Fridays for me, generally) and post your progress. Maybe we can Celebrate by posting pics of ourselves in sexy Halloween costumes - or not! lol :)

  25. Posted

    misty there are 2 important "take home" messages:

    1. Do your research before you decide which WLS, if any, is right for you, because all have their pros and cons and

    2. Never ever agree to a "secret" cabo weekend with Headhunter, unless you want to end up in a hot tub in Tucson with Richard Simmons and a monkey (VERY important lesson here)

    1) I think that's an important point right there. There are some who, while they desire WLS, aren't really ready to make the changes that are required to make it work.

    2) Eeeek:yikes:

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