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marmotsgrl

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  1. Im sore. I just had the port replaced yesterday. I am doing well so far! Yay

  2. I have not had the port replaced yet. I am supposed to go back to the surgeon next Wednesday. I also miss having the restriction. I am not sure what to do. I want to continue what I started with loosing weight, but I am afraid it will happen again. Also I haven't been feeling too good lately. Something just doesn't feel right on my stomach. Maybe it is just gas. :frown: I just don't know. Part of me says "get it out! your body doesn't want it in there" another part of me says " you need to loose weight look how well it worked just try it one more time" all I know is that I want to feel good again and I am not sure that the band is the answer. Thank you so much for updating me on how you are doing.
  3. Hi I am trying to find out if anyone else has had a port infection, had the port removed, and then had it replaced. I am trying to decide it it is worth getting it replaced. I would like to hear your story
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    port abscess anyone?

    I am not sure I even want the band anymore. After the crap that has happened so far. I must have been tired when I wrote that post.
  5. I have heard of it. I recently had a port site infection. It was an abscessed infection. I had been pulling weeds in the yard and I thought I was just sore because my abdomen kept hitting my upper thigh. But then I noticed I was getting really sore at the sight and I had a slight fever and I was so tired, So I made an appt. to see the surgeon and he immediately made me go the ER to get a CT of the abdomen. My surgeon showed up in the ER to see me he used a needle and syringe and drew out some brown fluid. It was yucky. He had me get an endoscopy to see if the band had erroded into the stomach. It didn't. I had the port removed and now deciding on if I should get it replaced or not. How are you doing now? I hope you are ok.
  6. Hopefully you aren't having this problem....I had a lot of pain in my left shoulder at about a month after surgery. One day it was so bad that I went home to bed and I finally went to the ER. I ended up getting the tube from the band to the port shortened because the tube was rubbing on my diaphragm causing "reffered" pain in my shoulder. So I would say if it doesn't go away and it is really painful you should bug your surgeon about it.
  7. give it the full 6 weeks I know it sucks but that really does seem to be the magic number. Hope you feel better. :smile2:
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    April 2010

    From the album: my progress pics

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    July 2010

    From the album: my progress pics

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    my progress pics

    LB on 5/7/10
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    June 2010

    From the album: my progress pics

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    you look amazing!! Congratulations!
  13. Hi there! I just wanted to say that I have finally been approved to have the surgery by my insurance company! woo hoo!!!

    I don't have a date yet. I will let you know. I can finally start to accept that this is going to happen.

  14. Hi Ariel! I just wanted to drop by and see how you are doing. I am almost there! I am just waiting for the insurance to authorize the surgery. (I hate this part) Hope you are doing GREAT!

    Cathy

  15. Hi again. I just realized that your surgeon was Dr. Snyder. That is who I am seeing. I am really excited now! :-)

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    100 pounds gone! Size 12! Almost 8 months post op

    Can I just say again how amazing you look. You look so much younger and healthier now.
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    Life is funny and I am too

    Well I am a little embarrassed to say this but I didn't realize that my first blog entry in December was public. I guess I was thinking that I would look at it again later and then publish or something. I am glad that it did end up that way because I need to read your comments. Thank you very much. :thumbup: I know now that I will be alble to eat like a normal person. I know that I will still be able to use the Kitchen Aid mixer. I think that my biggest worry now is waiting for my health insurance to say yes or no on covering the procedure. [/font
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    Life is funny and I am too

    Well I am a little embarrassed to say this but I didn't realize that my first blog entry in December was public. I guess I was thinking that I would look at it again later and then publish or something. I am glad that it did end up that way because I need to read your comments. Thank you very much. :wub: I know now that I will be alble to eat like a normal person. I know that I will still be able to use the Kitchen Aid mixer. I think that my biggest worry now is waiting for my health insurance to say yes or no on covering the procedure. [/font
  19. Wow I didn't even know that you are from Colorado. I have not been banded yet. I am waiting to hear from my insurance. I am nervous that they will not cover it. I have Blue Cross Blue Shield. They will cover it if I do the 6 months of medically supervised weight loss program. I didn't loose any weight. So it has been a long 6 months. I am ready to get this done. I need to loose about 100 lbs.

    How did you pay for your surgery? Did you have insurance to cover it?

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    100 pounds gone! Size 12! Almost 8 months post op

    you look fantastic!
  21. Hi I thought it might be nice to talk since I live in Thornton too. I am planning on getting banded in April 2010.

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    Thinking about major changes

    There are so many things that I am doing so wrong right now when it comes to the way I eat and the way I don't exercise. I know that in the very near future my life will change in many ways. I will no longer be able to be carefree and gluttonous when it comes to good food. I will have to eat certain things and not eat like everyone else does. This will result in my loosing lots of weight and I will be healthy. It is just that I got a really awesome Kitchen Aid stand mixer for Christmas and now I wont be able to use it. :cursing: OK I will be able to use it but I will not be able to lick the frosting from the bowl or eat the chocolate chip cookies that I just baked. Don't get me wrong this is a good thing because normally would eat the whole dozen chocolate chip cookies in one night. I love to cook. I don't know if it is because I like to eat what I cook or is it because it is artistic and I like pleasing other people. I think it is a little of both. So I cant eat the cookie dough when I am making the cookies any more. Maybe I should stuff tissues up my nose when I am making cookies for holidays :scared2: or not. Things will just have to change. I have to realize that this is not the end of the world. Food is not the most important thing in the world. I need to eat to live not live to eat.

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