NCsQueen
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I'm in the same boat ladies. I haven't lost anything for about a month and a half now. My scale is between 200-202. It sucks. I had to get a little unfilled last fill because I couldn't even eat a grape without it getting stuck. I can't seem to find my happy medium. We have to have faith though, I refuse to let this get me down. If it wasn't for my band I wouldn't have got as far as I did.
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Hello my fellow banders. So, I don't know if I should really count this as a complication but here's the story. Every time when I eat I get a really bad pain in my left shoulder. Its not like the gas pains I got when I first had the surgery this feels more like a really bad cramp, as if I slept on my shoulder wrong. So I tried to tough it out and mentioned it to my doctor my last fill. He then said to me that if I still have the pain to call him. So naturally I did and now that want to do an EGD. For those who don't know what that is, basically they're going to stick a tube down my throat to see what could be causing the problem. I'm a little scared and it sucks (1) I have to be on a liquid diet for 4 days prior and (2) I had to reschedule my 3rd fill for a week later. I know that doesn't really sound like a big deal but it is a little frustrating. I have no other problems really, I mean every now and then I do PB but its because I either ate too fast or didn't chew well other than that I eat just fine. I do hope they figure out what's wrong because that pain is really annoying and painful. Has anyone else had to do this or know anyone who has been through this? Thanks in advance!
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I also didn't' make my goal of 20 lbs... I kinda figured that I set it too high again. I did lose 11 pounds though!
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hey thank you! Trust me it was the best decision I have ever made! how much longer do you have on your 6 months?
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Hey Debbie! You should put down your start weight at the beginning of the challenge not your start weight from the beginning of your journey. Good luck!!
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I'm actually doing a little better, almost 40lbs down total. This last fill I think put me where I needed to be. I'm literally eating about 4oz each meal. While I'm at work I drink my protein. Also... my shoulder pain isn't so bad. I think that it was telling me that I needed to stop eating.
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Welcome Debbie!! Name...........Start Lbs......Current..........Goal.......To Go Laurr925..........240...............236...............220........16 luv2scuba........201...............201...............185........16 mynewlife09.....199...............199...............189........10 NcsQueen.........215...............207..............195........12 Serenity55 .......288 ............. 288 ............. 268 ..... 20
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Hey everyone! just updating my loss to date: Name...........Start Lbs......Current..........Goal.......To Go Laurr925..........240...............236...............220........16 luv2scuba........201...............201...............185........16 mynewlife09.....199...............199...............189........10 NcsQueen.........215...............210..............195........15
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Hey everyone! So I finally got my 3rd fill yesterday. They added 1.25 ccs so now I have a total of 6.25 ccs in my 10 cc band. I'm really feeling the restriction now! Water- I have to drink really slow or it comes up. I'm loving it! Also I've lost another 3lbs so that's always good! I'm excited again!
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Yea I just got back actually. They didn't find anything. They wanna do an mri on my shoulder and if they don't find anything that way they wanna do a scope through my navel. It sucks. The only positive was that I lost 3 more lbs!!
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Left Shoulder Pain... now I have to get an EGD
NCsQueen replied to NCsQueen's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Hey everyone, So I just got back from my EGD and they found nothing!!:redface: So the next step is the wanna do an MRI on my shoulder and if that doesn't show anything they want to do a scope through my navel to see the outside of the band. Sorry I don't have any good news to report :crying: -
Congrats Shelly I know you will make your goal by Wednesday!! I have my EGD tomorrow to find out why I still have left shoulder pain. Wish me luck! Also I weighed myself this morning and the scale finally moved down a little!! I really want to lose 20lbs by the 4th of July and I hope once they find out whats going on with my shoulder maybe I can get back on the horse again. I hope everyone is doing well.
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Anyone have the surgery not being 100 lbs overweight?
NCsQueen replied to sandy00's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I started out at 89 lbs overweight and my bmi was I think between 37-38 and I also was approved. -
I hope so, I've been between 215-217 for the last month now. I wanna see 199 already before the end of July.
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Fried Chicken dinner under 500 Calories!! Ask me how!
NCsQueen posted a topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Hey Bandsters!! I'm so excited to tell you what happened to me last week. One of my friends hosted a dinner to show ways to prepare healthy and nutritious food. She said that she heard about it though someone else and went to a dinner just like it and immediately thought of me since I'm banded. The “chefs” made fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, peas, carrots, a salad and a cake. The whole dinner was under 500 calories!! How do you ask?? Well it was the cookware. I'm not sure if any of you have heard of Salad Master, but if you haven't, you're truly missing out. The main points I would like to point out about it is: · This cookware is top-of-the-line. · It helps people by saving time in preparation and saving money because there's less food wasted (due to their cooking process that doesn't "shrink" food but rather cooks it in its own juices.) · The food is also better for you because less of the nutrients are cooked out (compared to other cookware.) I was so intrigued by the whole thing that I decided that night to host a dinner just as my friend did. I hosted my first dinner last night with my husband's parents and a couple from my job. The dinner was such a success that I wanted to show more people. So if you live near the Fort Worth area and would like to have a free dinner so that I can show you this amazing cookware please let me know! -
Hey chica!! Congrats on your 5lbs!! That's so exciting! Yea I actually start my 4 day liquid diet for my EGD on Tuesday. I wish they would've given me another fill. I was supposed to have one on Monday but they moved it to the week after that now. The next 4 days are gonna be hard.
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girl you look great!! Gotta love these bathroom pics!!! -
Thank you Laura for doing this!! And of course I'm in, I gotta make up for the Shrinko De Mayo Challenge!!! I'm setting a goal of 20 lbs and I know that's probably high but I have my wii fit, my brand new salad master cookware, and I'm getting my EGD on the 19th so I feel I have a better chance at this now!! :thumbsup: Name...........Start Lbs......Current..........Goal.......To Go Laurr925..........240...............240...............220........20 luv2scuba........201...............201...............185........16 NcsQueen..........215...............215...............195.........20
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Hey LadyDiva, thank you and I've lost about 32lbs so far. I haven't expierenced any hair loss but I was told from my doctor that as long as you get your protein in then you should be fine. Trust me I make sure I get that in!! Good luck tomorrow with your doctor. I'll be honest, I have no regrets so far. The only small complication I'm having right now is left shoulder pain when I eat. Other than that, this was the best decision I ever made.
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"Shrinko De Mayo" Weight Loss Challenge
NCsQueen replied to coloradobanding's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I also failed my challenge but I did lose 6 lbs total. I think it has to do with not having a enough restriction and this constant shoulder pain I get. Hopefully on the 19th I'll find out what's going on. Congrats to everyone who made their goals and to the ones who did lose something. A loss is a loss and that's something to stay positive about! -
Congrats to you Shelly on your weight loss. I do hope your careful next time though, that could've been really bad. I'm glad your ok though! And Congrats to you Babe on your NSV!!!! I'm like you have been going between 214-219 lately. No losses, and I was scheduled for my 3rd fill on the 19th but it got pushed back a week because of the EGD if have to get for my shoulder pain. I'm kinda bummed that the weight was coming off so fast in the beginning and now its just stalling. I failed my Shrinko De Mayo challenge but I did lose 6 lbs total from it. I don't want it to get to me too bad, maybe I'll measure myself later. I hope you all are doing well and we must keep in touch. Later!
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Left Shoulder Pain... now I have to get an EGD
NCsQueen replied to NCsQueen's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Thank you everyone for responding to my post. I will keep everyone updated when it happens. -
Left Shoulder Pain... now I have to get an EGD
NCsQueen replied to NCsQueen's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Thank you Joanie and Tyman311, I will keep you both updated. -
Aw I'm so sorry to hear that. Yea I have to be honest, I thought this would make things a little easier and it doesn't seem so. I've noticed when I eat I've been getting these pains in my left shoulder. I mentioned it to my doctor during my last fill and now they want me to have and EGD on the 12th. I'm kinda nervous about it but its getting to the point of being really annoying. Also my weight loss has again stalled. I keep bouncing between 214-217 again. I got my wii fit and its fun. I'm trying to do that everyday but thats proving a lot harder with work and life getting in the way. Thanks for checking in with me. Don't worry we'll get through this. I'm still keeping faith that next year this time we'll look back at this u kno. Later chica!