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amberakamom

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  1. amberakamom

    Another nsv!!!

    YAY! I'm having that "problem" now too!
  2. amberakamom

    Something inside me

    I could feel it the first week...
  3. amberakamom

    I'm so Disgusted!!!

    I can't remember exactly, but i think my surgeon got about $5,000, plus I had to pay a $1500 program fee. The hospital stay on the other hand, billed my insurance $77,000!!!!!!!!!! INSANE! I think they only got about $2,000 though.
  4. amberakamom

    Not losing

    How many calories are you eating? Maybe not enough? I lose best at around 1300-1400 calories.
  5. amberakamom

    day after complications

    I'm sorry, that doesn't sound fun! You really should've been given pain meds. Try a heating pad too.
  6. amberakamom

    Catheter?

    I had one. They put it in after I was asleep, and it stayed in until the next day before I left.
  7. amberakamom

    Discomfort

    I had one spot that was sore longer than the others. My surgeon said it was his "working incision." I'm pretty sure I was totally pain free after 2 weeks.
  8. I have a Realize band. I think it's just what my surgeon normally uses.
  9. amberakamom

    Sex

    I NEED that to happen! My poor deprived husband...
  10. Milk of Magnesia is amazing for BM's. Start with 1 tablespoon. I took 3 tbs and couldn't leave the house!
  11. Don't feel bad for us, feel bad for our spouses! lol I have lots of gas too. and its SUPER painful gas if I don't take tiny bites and eat tiny meals.
  12. what if you are never hungry? Just go by the clock?
  13. amberakamom

    embarassing question

    I had diarhea for the first couple weeks. Now its more of the opposite problem.
  14. I hate my calcium supplements. I am looking for a different kind, but in the meantime, I was wondering why we need them. Anyone want to buy a giant bottle of Bariatric Advantage wild cherry calcium lozenges? I also have a giant bag of chocolate bariatric advantage protein, that I will never use. And why does it have to be citrate?
  15. ok, so is calcium with Vit D, just as good as citrate?
  16. amberakamom

    First Fill....at Radiologist

    That sounds like a good plan! I haven't had my first fill yet, so I'm not sure how it works.
  17. amberakamom

    *~January 2011 Bandsters~*

    That sounds like a lot to me!
  18. amberakamom

    *~January 2011 Bandsters~*

    I don't exercise as much as I should. I do arms, while watching tv, every other day, and when I think about it I do an exercise show. If you have OnDemand, check out ExerciseTV. There are TONS to choose from. Anything you could ever want to do.
  19. amberakamom

    *~January 2011 Bandsters~*

    Once I started getting more calories in (like 1300-1500) I started losing more. You're not eating enough, even if you were losing.
  20. Ok, so I have been having these pains since Weds., about 6 days now. I've been hoping it's just gas or a new kind of period cramps or something, but 6 days of this seems like a long time. On a scale from 1-10, this is a 9 on the pain scale. It feels like realllly bad gas pains, almost like labor. I get it in the lower left, and right abdomen, and it's also vaginal and rectal. Weird, I know. It's like being stabbed! Also, it's never in more than one spot at a time. It isn't consistent. Sometimes it is there for a few hours, sometimes it's just one stabbing pain for 5 seconds. Has anyone experienced this? I am almost 4 weeks post-op. If it's still bothering me tomorrow, I'm going to go in to the doctor.
  21. amberakamom

    Any SoCal Banders?

    I'm in So-Cal but I am already post-op.
  22. amberakamom

    January 2011 Bandsters - Where are you?

    AHHHH I'm just now seeing this forum. I'm here now! lol
  23. amberakamom

    Help- really strange pains

    Also bowel movements have been difficult.
  24. amberakamom

    Help- really strange pains

    No, I'm not sure. I HOPE that's what it is, and that's why I haven't gone to the doc.

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