ahb08
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You weren't even that big anyways before you had surgery girl! your gut is just a lil chunky mine is a disaster it looks like i have had atleast 3 kids and i haven't had any! But dang girl i thought i traveled alot but you really be up in tha air...lol im flying in to dayton on 17th but im driving to my inlaw's first in indiana, but ill be in the cincy area on 9/19 which is a saturday..
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yea i feel ya...i mean my clothes are getting loose so thats nice...but of course..they aint fallin off yet......how have you been doing with the good ol band??? Oh im coming back to the area mid september so you know we gotta holla at eachother!
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things are so so.....i mean i dont really have restriction to the max yet which is of course what i want....and i have been eating good if you know what i mean but im still loosing/maintaining weight for 4-7 days or i loose atleast 1-2 a week
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oh wow the time has really flown!!! congrats on finally getting banded....the recovery time for me was pretty quick....the only thing that kept lingering on was the pain at the port site and that was like a 3wks before the pain went away for me atleast...now im always feeling my belly to make sure its still in place b/c i dont feel it at all!!
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What does "stuck", "restriction", & "satiety" feel like?
ahb08 posted a topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
I wonder this because im getting a little frustrated with myself as to if the band is working atleast a little bit....i will admit i do feel a tad bit of pressure in my chest here and there but usually because i eat too fast or drink too fast...I dont have restriction but every time i think im doing wrong whether i eat to fast or too much i dont really get pain....ill try to take deep breaths as a test to see if i feel pain, but i haven't yet.... I'm still early in the band stage, but i can still eat more than 4oz of food. Im wondering if i would be able to feel things if they were to A. get stuck or B. not go through the band and just sit in the pouch. To get a better idea of what i can eat, I can still take a lean cuisine (8oz) sized meal (which after that i can still consume more on most days). And I have not yet had the urge to vomit, or pb/slime...so im guessing everything IS going through the band right??? Or could food be sitting in my pouch for days??? Im just confused on what im supposed to be feeling...and what exactly are symptoms of bad reactions with the band and good reactions with the band.... Any help would be greatly appreciated. -
congrats to you...now that you got that weight off your shoulder now you can focus on gettin the REAL WEIGHT off...!!! im only a month and half out from being banded and its a tough road but no big regrets about doing it soo far...i too have aetna pos II and i remember the days worrying that i would be denied....now im taking advantage of my insurance b/c i have met my out of pocket max for the year so until the last day of this year all my medical expenses that in aetna network are free, so you better believe im getting xray fills every month and and doing other medical maintainences....lol!!
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hey mama...im aight...hell i loose three lbs gain it back then maintian a weight for like 3-4 days....im getting my second fill on wednesday and im gonna tell them they need to gimmie like 1.5 cc atleast....cuz i dont want to still be thinking about food...lol how are u doing these days...u in them size 12's yet mama???
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u look amazing girl....what the heck did u do...what was ur exercise routine...ive only been banded since 6/19 and my weight is coming off slow ive lost 15-20lbs its bounces back and forth...but did it take u a few months before u really started to feel restriction and begin to really loose and feel it in ur clothes...or were u running and exercising like crazy??
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hmmm i never heard of gowear fit.....i guess i will start doing research on it...is it pretty pricey like the body bugg??
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What does "stuck", "restriction", & "satiety" feel like?
ahb08 replied to ahb08's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
thank you soooo much special k......u really broke it down for me in a way that makes sense!!!! -
im doing better....i was complaining about not having much restriction but today at work we had a party and i had a chicken breast and i started getting chest pains while eating it...girl i love a fried chicken breast but i couldnt finish it.....i quit and there was still alot of meat on there since it was fried i took all the fried part and just ate the white meat...but yea im realizing that its just gonna personally take me time to get to that restriction spot...but i feel it slowly but surely....oh and i did a kickboxing class yesterday for an hour...yea i almost died, but i made it all the way through so im gonna try to do that 1-2xs a week along with walk/jogging on the treadmill 3-4 days a week....i have soo much body fat so unfortunately just eating less aint gonna do it for me...im gonna have to move my body ALOT!!! im glad ur doing good and that ur fill went great...i already scheduled my second one on 8/5/09 hopefully i can get 1cc...ttyl
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hey missy!!!! how are u ......i hope ur doing great girl!!! ur already lookin slim ur recent pic!
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What does "stuck", "restriction", & "satiety" feel like?
ahb08 replied to ahb08's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
yes it does make sense.....thank you for ur advice.... -
What does "stuck", "restriction", & "satiety" feel like?
ahb08 replied to ahb08's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
oh thank you soo much enchanted!!! -
well i wish i had a good story like all of yall but i have been banded since 6/19 and was hungry 2 days after...ive only lost 7lbs since surgery and have been bouncing between 246-244...im totally pissed b/c it will be a month tomorrow and i havent lost nothing...im soo angry...i started exercising today..i got my first fill on 7/15 they put 3cc's b/c i had absolutely nothing in my band....my surgeon told me the reason why i was soo hungry so fast because i didnt have much fat around my stomach so the band was very loose......he sd he regrets not filling me the day of surgery...but oh well let by gones be by gones....hell im gonna admit i dont know what the hell full feels likes...and i usually eat about 8oz of food at a time..b/c i just dont get full after 4oz of food.....my tummy looks like it has swelled up since i had the sugery...my port pain disappeared after 2 wks post op but after my first fill im having continuous discomfort at my port site....i feel it more when i bend over......i just cant believe i had weight loss surgery and have only lost 7lbs in a month....hell when i did a weight loss regimen on my own....or weight watchers i lost atleat a full 10 the first month!!!! AAAARGGGHHHH ok i guess i got the venting out the way!!!!
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hi there. the insuranced approval is pretty much a piece a cake or was for me....basically as long as you have a doc office who does a good job of summarizing your monthly charts when u do your monthly visits..basically stating and convincing that you are moving in the right direction towards a healthier lifestyle...if you have all those things notated in an orderly fashion you will be approved....i was approved in less than 24 hours..so u will be fine just make sure ur doc office who will be coordinating ur monthly supervised visits does a good job with record keeping for the sake of your approval....common sense will tell them to be good at it so they can get paid in the long run!
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well atleast you have some restriction..i was hungry on day one!! but im glad you finally got this out the way.....so how long did u take off from work?? let me know if u wanna meet up for a 4oz meal when im down there july31-aug3 lol