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I am sorry you are having to go through this . You said NEW doctor. What about your OLD doc ? where are those records ? I would get those asap !! It sounds like that is what your doing now. If you KNOW you have been seen for those things in the past then i would not worry too much about it. She probably does not have those records yet ? But i would make damn sure they are in there. Have you ever had an RX's for those conditions ? call teh Pharmacies you got them filled at get copies of the meds ? Good luck you will be ok !! Mindy

I had my surgery on July 16 2007 and about the time i started getting up and around ( 2 weeks ) on my own really well BAM there is my period. didnt have one on my own w/ out provera in 16 yrs and there ya go !!! Now every month like clock work now . its the ONLY thing i could live w/ out w/ this surgery LOL Mindy

I have recently moved my blog "info" to My Weight Loss Journey It is a little bit easier to blog and manage comments , So feel free to join me over there and subscribe !! I LOVE hearing from everyone and their input . Love Mindy

I have recently moved my blog "info" to My Weight Loss Journey It is a little bit easier to blog and manage comments , So feel free to join me over there and subscribe !! I LOVE hearing from everyone and their input . Love Mindy

OH your too sweet , good luck you will do great ! Mindy

I dont get the "diet" w/ the band mentality . really i dont . The thought NEVER crossed my mind , in fact I thought " THANK GOD I'll never have to diet again !! " after i was banded. its pointless to me . diets do not work w/ out a band why the hell would I go on one W/ a band ? So welcome to no more diets LOL Mindy

I would say that would be a no then , no to refined carbs Mindy

I guess I should have been more clear in my poll. When i say carbs I mean "bad carbs" refined carbs. White bread, pasta, rice, sugars. I eat a TON of veggies, I dont track calories or carbs. But since my band dictates No bread , rice, pasta, i cant even do breaded fish or chicken anymore I was curious about that. GOOD Carbs im all about . "Bad"carbs i cant do , if that makes sense ? Mindy

OK OK So i'll admit before I post this that I am NOT taking my own advice today So Shoot me LOL Im really down today and have been for about a week . So dont say " take your own advice " cause I KNOW I need to but ... So here i am about 30 pds to goal . After my total unfill and my 10 pd GAIN I basically was set back 2 months . I had my fill about 2 weeks ago . My first fill since being totally unfilled. I do not think its given me any restriction . Which does not make a whole lot of sense to me since i had restriction w/ my FIRST fill ever w/ the band . But what ever . I guess it might be different after you have had the band for a while ? So Im going to wait another week or so and try to see what happens w/ this fill . Typically my fills have kicked in by now . By a week out they I either have it or I dont , and I always have it . I have never NOT had restriction from a fill . I feel like im eating all the time, I cant afford to gain anymore weight. For ONE If i go up a size I HAVE NO CLOTHES !! I give all my clothes away as soon as Im out of that size. Im a bit frustrated I wanted to be at goal by September . More frustrated that the weight is CREEPING OFF NOW more so than ever. I know i dont follow my own advice or im not feeling that way now . I feel like on the few message boards im on that i dont get a lot of support when it comes to NOT losing weight. I feel like people think " YEAH Shut up bitch and stop whining , what do you have to complain about you have already lost 100 pds in a yr " So I dont feel I get much understanding now that I am not losing . Its not different than anyone else that is not losing or losing slowly . I am so close to my goal. w/ my PCOS I almost wonder if my body wont say " SORRY This is enough " You dont get anymore " That's my pitty party for today . thanks for listening I had to get it out . !!

My doc gave me a card stating that i have a lap band and the size it is and the serial # . I just flew to Florida recently and it did not go off. I would ask the doc for the card again HTH Mindy

Milk shakes and ice cream are "easy" they require less work . You should try some things like Morning Star veggie Burgers, I know they sound nasty but they really are good. you need to find some "easy" Protein friendly recipes that can take the place of the shakes. what your doing is called eating around the band. Or at least its what I CALL eating around the band. And eventually can lead to gaining weight. what kind of things Can you eat ? lets start there ? Mindy

YOU KNOW WHAT THANK YOU !!! I had totally not thought about that !! In my moment of panic I totally had not thought about that . And that is something i TOTALLY would have told someone else But I have been so upset and frustrated I had not even thought about that !!! I think i probably started to in a small way sabotage myself. eating things i shouldnt . thinking " OH what the hell " I need to stop that. I normally do not even have CRAP in my house and since the total unfill i went on a "vacation " from my normal banded food and bought that. I am going to stop that SO THANK YOU for your help it DID HELP !! Mindy

if you go to this area it will give you some good ideas for different stages Just FYI I would not buy TOO many things of each item. Your tastes can change after surgery , and if you stock up on certain items you might find they taste like CRAP after surgery LOL I had a SHELF of Jello and I almost threw up when i ate it after surgery , same w/ popsicles. Everyone told me " your taste buds change after surgery" But i did not realize RIGHT after . So buy a few things to get you buy then send someone back to the store as you realize you can tolerate them . Here is the link for some ideas Cooking, Baking and recipes - Lap Band Surgery and Lap Band Discussion Forum HHT Mindy

I do not eat carbs hardly at all my band does not allow it . Im curious if this is possibly the reason why i have lost the way i have ? So since everyone on here has PCOS A poll is a good way to take get a feel . Anxious to see what others say . Mindy

Welcome. Jump right in ask any questions you might have. We are here for ya Mindy

PCOS Is still a very widely unrecognized condition in the medical field . With Male docs in particular. I had a male doc tell me once " Who told you you had PCOS " I said "MY OB WHY " he Laughed and rolled his eyes " I looked at him and said " WHO TOLD YOU I was going to pay you " I Laughed rolled my eyes and got up and walked out . Its A LOT better now than it was 10 yrs ago . But its still a "iffy" condition that docs do not recognize. Mindy

LOL Marie your too funny !! My PCOS bought has been tough . Some "normal" treatments for it like the pill and metformin didnt work for me . They give me migraines. So I could not take any of them . You can do it too so can everyone. IF I CAN YOU CAN !!

I was not speaking about YOUR Post ,, did i say YOUR post ? I said SOME of these posts sound that way . I do get tired of the mine is better than yours crap that goes on in the WLS "world" . I was not speaking of any post in particular !! I am not mad about anything . :tt2: Mindy

I have not been over weight my whole life. In high school i was 110 pounds . As a young adult i was 130-150 pds . My weight issues started about 10 yrs ago when I got married , became a stay at home mom and got pregnant the same YEAR !! Not a real good combo for someone's weight. When i got married in 2000 i was about 140-150 pds. More than I had ever weight in my life. In 2001 i became pregnant w/ my second son and my weight just came on and on and on ( I GOT HUGE ) . After I had him , the weight did not come off. Would not come off. I'll be honest though I did not and have not tried every diet under the sun. I tried Atkins , I tried weight watchers , working out a curves and eating better over the last 7 or so yrs. So did i try EVERYTHING ? Probably not . I also have PCOS I was diagnosed about 15 yrs ago But im sure I have had it a lot longer than that . It became very obvious to me that my weight was not going to come off. Over about 7 yrs I lost 25 pds and that was IT !! So I gave up . I wont lie I did ! A few yrs ago WLS started to be in the press more and more , people were talking about it ect. Gastric Bypass came up , I knew that was not for me , just did not feel i need anything that drastic ... OH Yeah BTW I was 250 PLUS pounds by now !! So i waited . Then Lap Band Surgery started to come to light . I checked into it and thought " humm" this might be for me " Being self employed at this time I knew we could not afford it at that point. So I researched more, spent lots of time on message boards and realized THIS WAS FOR ME . Talked to my hubby about it and he agreed to the surgery . I had my surgery on July 16 2007 and I am down 100pds ( it was 105 but I gained some weight from a recent total unfill and vacation ) I dont knwo what i woudl have done w/ out my band. I would have continued down a dark spiral of depression and i would have been miserable ! I feel like every day my doc saved my life. My husband tells me now he has his wife back . My kids like having me around more ( I think ) The band is a tool that works for those who have PCOS !!! Love Mindy

Are you chewing and chewing some more ? Veggies can be a chore , Put olive oil on them . use Fresh veggies and cook them until they are almost mush. Veggie burgers are my favorite they are awesome !! I dont eat many fruits they are just not a priority to me . Carbs are EVIL and I wont touch them period ! do the bad things go down "easy " YES . Do you have to find GOOD healthy things to eat that are better for you than crap YES . Proteins have to be dipped in things like ranch dressing . I do NOT eat hardly and processed foods at all . things have to be cooked and cooked well . Here is my blog it has some ideas on it that might help . My Weight Loss Journey You said your losing slowly are you eating carbs ? Mindy

I thought and thought about weather to post anything on this thread .. I did not want to seem like "ha ha look what i did " But that's not what this post is about . When I started my surgery venture it was becuase of my PCOS . My doc finally told me "Mindy your NOT going to lose the weight on your own , the PCOS is going to make it nearly impossible " I said " Ok what about Lap band " she jumped on it. BUT she told me as im sure everyone else's did EXPECT to lose slowly . So I did . I followed my docs orders to a T I was 250 at pre op . at 1 yr out I am now 150 !!! (I just recently gained 10 pds from a total unfill) that's right 100 pds in a YR . NO ONE Could have been more shocked than ME! The point I would like to make , well a couple. 1. Go into this surgery if you have PCOS expecting to lose slowly . Do not compare yourself to ANYONE . Do not expect to lose like someone who was banded the same day , week or month as you . the PCOS makes that impossible to compare yourself to anyone else. If you expect NOTHING but to lose weight you wont be disappointed 2. Set some mini goals for yourself. Accomplish them for YOURSELF. 3. Take the weight loss 10 pds at a time. Its MUCH more doable than taking it 50, 60 100 pds at a time . 4. The weight did NOT COME ON over night its NOT gonna come off over night. 5. For those of you who THINK your losing slowly average your weight out to how many pds your losing a week . average wt lose for a banded pt is 1-2 pds a week . If your close to that your "Average' your not slow . THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I think that has attributed to my weight loss Is NO CARBS. my band dictated that . I do not eat carbs. No bread, rice, Pasta . So to those of ya'll who are losing slowly if your eating carbs I would stop for a while and see what happens. PCOS and carbs do NOT MIX at all !!! I believe if i had been eatings carbs all along I would not have lost as well. I had a toal unfill in July and gained 10 pds in 21 days , why ? I started eating carbs again !!! Anyway , My point mainly . Do not expect to lose this weight over night. TRY Not ,as hard as it is to be discouraged. It will come off. its takes time. im still not at goal yet these last 30 pds ARE coming off VERY VERY Slowly . Hang in there ladies !!! Love Mindy

seriously there is enough of " My surgery is better than your surgery nanny nanny boo boo " going on between Lap Band vs Gatric vs DS vs every other type of WlS out there , does there REALLY have to be ' MY band is better than YOUR band ? Give me a break !!! Some of these posts remind me of high school " your uglier than she is , your fat and im not , I know you are but what am I , I LOST MORE THAN YOU ha ha ha !! :tt2:" Come on , A band is a band is a band. We ALL got one to accomplish ONE thing to lose weight and stay around a little longer. Some people have a choice what they get some do not . IT DOES NOT MATTER !! Stop the NANNER NANNER I got a better one than you . Because got news for all your realize band patients and anyone else who has the "latest and greatest " your band wont be the latest and greatest for long. SOON there WILL Be another band come along ! SO Just let it be what it is ,A BAND !!! :tt2: