Mary Ash
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O my god so glad you said that. I am eating waaaay to much for at least the last week. I too have found all of the "bad" stuff that I am able to keep down
I am also getting really mad at myself because I know better but it is still so hard. I feel like I'm failing because I've only lost about 25 lbs and its been more then a month.That said I am going for another fill tomorrow at 7 am so hoping that will be a help...
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From the album: Post Op
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Thank you! It reall does make me feel good to hear that! April will be here before you know it dont worry. Keep in touch feel free to send me an email: ashmore.m@gmc.edu
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Wow march 4th that seems like so far away. Did you already have a fill or did he put some in during surgery? I know I couldn't have waited until then I already have one fill and feel like I might be needing another one soon! I would say if you start to notice you can eat more than you'd like call and talk to your surgeon about it!
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Its hard. And that is the biggest understatement every! I've been banded about a month and have cheated a few times especially with the drinking while eating thing. Sometimes I just cannot help myself. It really seems like your doing fine. You at least know what you did wrong but everyone has rough times. Try to think about how much you have gone through to get to this point. Also think ahead to how happy you will be as you start seeing the weight come off!
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I cannot believe that it has been a whole month since I had surgery. Crazy. Anyway... First Fill Februay 3, 2010 Well I had my first fill this past Wednesday and I wasn't really sure what to expect but I knew that I needed it. I could definitely feel that I was eating more than I should be able to before feeling full. I went in at 7 am (so early I know) and my surgeon took me back right away. They weighed me first and I am down down 22 lbs since December 28 so that is good. He asked me some questions made sure I was eating, swallowing, and keeping food down ok, which I was. Then comes the fun part he pulls out this extremely long needle and I then ask him if this is going to hurt of course. He replied no since it gets stuck right into the previous incision on top of my port and goes through scar tissue. Well that makes sense no nerves no pain. So then he sticks the needle in and I have to admit I did feel a little bit but it was just like a bee sting. I was told to sit up in almost a crunch like position so that he could reach the band easier. It seemed like he had to poke around for awhile until he got it in all the way, which he told me was normal for the first fill. He told me when it was in for sure and I was pretty positive it was in right at that point because I could feel slight pressure. It was a weird feeling, I could feel pressure and almost like my abdominal wall muscle was contracting. I feel like I could have possibly felt the saline flow through but I was probably just imagining that. After he filled it he pulled the saline in and out once more to show me that it had, in fact, gone into the band properly. I was told to drink down a whole glass of water and see if I could keep that down before I could leave. That took me about 5-10 minutes just because I am afraid to drink liquids too quickly now anyway in fear of throwing up. The water stayed down fine and that was it I was free to go after that! I was told to be careful eating that night and next day. I was extra careful to chew up all of my food good but I still must have taken one bit too many, and I'll tell you what I find that every single bite is mattering recently. So I was in pain for a few hours. It has been a few days and I have eaten a little to much a few times but overall I don't think I am too restricted. Now I have to concentrate on getting all of my protein in each day I am still struggling a bit with that mostly because I just don't like drinking protein shakes bleh.
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I cannot believe that it has been a whole month since I had surgery. Crazy. Anyway... First Fill Februay 3, 2010 Well I had my first fill this past Wednesday and I wasn't really sure what to expect but I knew that I needed it. I could definitely feel that I was eating more than I should be able to before feeling full. I went in at 7 am (so early I know) and my surgeon took me back right away. They weighed me first and I am down down 22 lbs since December 28 so that is good. He asked me some questions made sure I was eating, swallowing, and keeping food down ok, which I was. Then comes the fun part he pulls out this extremely long needle and I then ask him if this is going to hurt of course. He replied no since it gets stuck right into the previous incision on top of my port and goes through scar tissue. Well that makes sense no nerves no pain. So then he sticks the needle in and I have to admit I did feel a little bit but it was just like a bee sting. I was told to sit up in almost a crunch like position so that he could reach the band easier. It seemed like he had to poke around for awhile until he got it in all the way, which he told me was normal for the first fill. He told me when it was in for sure and I was pretty positive it was in right at that point because I could feel slight pressure. It was a weird feeling, I could feel pressure and almost like my abdominal wall muscle was contracting. I feel like I could have possibly felt the saline flow through but I was probably just imagining that. After he filled it he pulled the saline in and out once more to show me that it had, in fact, gone into the band properly. I was told to drink down a whole glass of water and see if I could keep that down before I could leave. That took me about 5-10 minutes just because I am afraid to drink liquids too quickly now anyway in fear of throwing up. The water stayed down fine and that was it I was free to go after that! I was told to be careful eating that night and next day. I was extra careful to chew up all of my food good but I still must have taken one bit too many, and I'll tell you what I find that every single bite is mattering recently. So I was in pain for a few hours. It has been a few days and I have eaten a little to much a few times but overall I don't think I am too restricted. Now I have to concentrate on getting all of my protein in each day I am still struggling a bit with that mostly because I just don't like drinking protein shakes bleh.
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To tell or not to tell, that is the question...
Mary Ash replied to LeighaMason's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
I have told family and close friends. I have only been banded a month and there are already some people that I wish I had not told. I now realized that this is a huge decision to decide who you want to tell. Just remember you can never take back what you tell someone once you tell them. You can always tell them later on but you can never take it back. -
I take a laundry list of medicine each day so it was hard for me to accept that I would have to now crush all of my pills and take them every day. I tried this for a week or so after surgery but I had so many pills to take and some of them were capsules that just contained too much powder. I tried mixing them with pudding/applesauce/yogurt etc but I could still taste the extremely bad taste of the pills. Luckily a few of my meds are available in liquid form and I would suggest anyone to ask their pharmacy any of their meds are available in liquid form, I was surprised with which ones were available. So the question is now I have been taking mostly the liquid meds but the few smaller pills I have simply been taking. They are pretty small and I think they are probably fine but anyone else do this? Are they not going to get fully absorbed or something?
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From the album: Post Op
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Hey I'm doing overall pretty good. Last week I tried some fries also but ended up throwing them up... I was starting to eat more than I should have been able to fit and was getting hungry so I had my first fill (2cc) this past Wednesday. Don't worry there has been a few times I've had a thing or two that I shouldn't have but usually I end up in pain because of it so that is kind of keeping me good. It is still so tempting though!
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I CANNOT believe that it has been FOUR weeks since I have had surgery. The time has gone extremely quickly. I have been pretty busy so I'm guessing thats why it feels like such a short amount of time has passed. Everything has been working out well with my band so far. The past week or so I have been noticing that I can eat things, a little bit too much of things. My first fill is scheduled for two days from now Wednesday February 3. I am a little bit nervous. Hopefully its not way too tight, but I do know its not going to be perfect for a while. I'm going on a Service trip to Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico at the end of this month. I am VERY excited about this trip but also of course have a few concerns about eating of course. I'll have to speak with my trip advisor pretty soon since we are leaving soon. Which brings up another point Air Travel. UGH I just hate that I have to worry about everything that a normal person does and on top of that I have to worry about being overweight in every single situation. I have to worry if I am going to fit into the plane seat which I know that I will not be comfortable at all. Then I have to worry about people looking at me disgusted on said plane because of my size and glad they are not sitting next to me. Every experience that I come across, every opportunity that I am offered I have ever been offered I have always had to stop and think, "How will my weight be a factor in this experience? Will I be judged or will I be physically unable to do this?" THIS is the reason that I decided that I needed to get banded. Of course there was all of the health reasons but when it came down to it I am sick of missing out on LIFE. Just sick of letting opportunities pass me by simply because of my weight. I just was not being fair to myself by continuing to live my life as a morbidly obese person. I see now that I made the right choice in deciding to get banded. I did this completely for myself hope to have great success as I continue on this journey!
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Wow you got surgery 10 days after me and you already feel no restriction? I know 10 days ago I was still having trouble getting most foods down. Now though I am definitely getting hungry and am able to squeeze in too much.
I will definitely keep you posted and let you know how the first fill thing goes!
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I CANNOT believe that it has been FOUR weeks since I have had surgery. The time has gone extremely quickly. I have been pretty busy so I'm guessing thats why it feels like such a short amount of time has passed. Everything has been working out well with my band so far. The past week or so I have been noticing that I can eat things, a little bit too much of things. My first fill is scheduled for two days from now Wednesday February 3. I am a little bit nervous. Hopefully its not way too tight, but I do know its not going to be perfect for a while. I'm going on a Service trip to Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico at the end of this month. I am VERY excited about this trip but also of course have a few concerns about eating of course. I'll have to speak with my trip advisor pretty soon since we are leaving soon. Which brings up another point Air Travel. UGH I just hate that I have to worry about everything that a normal person does and on top of that I have to worry about being overweight in every single situation. I have to worry if I am going to fit into the plane seat which I know that I will not be comfortable at all. Then I have to worry about people looking at me disgusted on said plane because of my size and glad they are not sitting next to me. Every experience that I come across, every opportunity that I am offered I have ever been offered I have always had to stop and think, "How will my weight be a factor in this experience? Will I be judged or will I be physically unable to do this?" THIS is the reason that I decided that I needed to get banded. Of course there was all of the health reasons but when it came down to it I am sick of missing out on LIFE. Just sick of letting opportunities pass me by simply because of my weight. I just was not being fair to myself by continuing to live my life as a morbidly obese person. I see now that I made the right choice in deciding to get banded. I did this completely for myself hope to have great success as I continue on this journey!
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From the album: Post Op
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Omg I know exactly how you feel I wore jeans last week because I didn't feel like doing my wash ( haha) it hurt so bad when I was sitting in class allllll day. I felt like I was going to throw up all day long. So I'm still wearing just sweatpants!
When can we actually start fully exercising I'm not even sure? I have been moving around A lot though because my classes are spread out all over campus this semester which was hard the first couple of days back.
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Well as I have personally never known anybody my age or in college who was banded I really didn't know how that would effect my overall banding experience. I feel like there has already been some challenges in the short time I have been back to school. I wish that I had informed the nurses at campus health previous to getting surgery because I spoke with them for the first time today and they were extremely helpful and supportive. The nurses on staff are helping me set up an appointment with themselves and the dining services nutritionist to make certain that the dining hall starts serving things that I specifically need to eat. I am SOOO grateful to them for this because I have been having a very difficult time the past week trying to eat anything that is offered in the cafeteria. I have been mostly buying my own food and preparing it which was a waste of the meal plan that I am being forced to keep paying $2000 a semester for. Now that this issue is being dealt with I am relieve beyond belief. I guess we will see how the situations pans out. It was also nice having the nursing staff on campus know about my band because they were extremely supportive and I find that nice to have support form a medical perspective while I am away at school. Both women were genuinely interested in the surgery and my personal experience, neither of them knowing exactly how the band works perviously. I was glad I went to visit them today and they encouraged me to stop by often and let them know my progress or just chat. So overall today was mostly good heres hoping tomorrow is even better.
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Hey just saw your about me I'm a sophomore Bio major in college and am still considering pre med or pre law also. I hope your doing well and have maybe decided that the band was a good decision for you. I definitely had my doubts right after surgery also so don't feel alone there! Keep in touch
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Well as I have personally never known anybody my age or in college who was banded I really didn't know how that would effect my overall banding experience. I feel like there has already been some challenges in the short time I have been back to school. I wish that I had informed the nurses at campus health previous to getting surgery because I spoke with them for the first time today and they were extremely helpful and supportive. The nurses on staff are helping me set up an appointment with themselves and the dining services nutritionist to make certain that the dining hall starts serving things that I specifically need to eat. I am SOOO grateful to them for this because I have been having a very difficult time the past week trying to eat anything that is offered in the cafeteria. I have been mostly buying my own food and preparing it which was a waste of the meal plan that I am being forced to keep paying $2000 a semester for. Now that this issue is being dealt with I am relieve beyond belief. I guess we will see how the situations pans out. It was also nice having the nursing staff on campus know about my band because they were extremely supportive and I find that nice to have support form a medical perspective while I am away at school. Both women were genuinely interested in the surgery and my personal experience, neither of them knowing exactly how the band works perviously. I was glad I went to visit them today and they encouraged me to stop by often and let them know my progress or just chat. So overall today was mostly good heres hoping tomorrow is even better.