ShellieBell
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Has anyone used Dr Voellinger from Charlotte NC?
ShellieBell posted a topic in Weight Loss Surgeons & Hospitals
Has anyone used Dr Voellinger from Charlotte NC? I am attending a seminar with him on the 22nd of February. If you have seen him or used him for your lap band procedure...I would love to hear about your experience with him(good or bad) went. Did you get the lap band ap or did you get the realize band?....he offers both. Thanks for any info :scared2: -
Was anyone else told they were vitamin D dificient when they got their blood work results back? I just received mine and I know a few other people who received the same results? Did this cause anyone any problems when it came down to being approved for surgery?
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Thanks you soooo much for your support. I will keep everyone posted on how things are going. I have to agree with you..... this forum is giving such a great opportunity to learn from one another......how cool is that? Have a great day!
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Good for you girl.....recognizing and accepting that we need to do things differently(ask me how I know...heehee) is a HUGE thing. I wish nothing but success for you and your "GPS".
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I went for my 2nd medically supervised diet appointment yesterday….and it was very educating. I was up a pound…which was probably due to the whole stopped smoking thing. I am pretty satisfied…I mean it could have been worse. I also found out that I am vitamin D deficient. I was told they have really only been doing research on this for the past few yrs but it looks like vitamin D deficiency is apparently an epidemic. I was also told that I have underactive thyroid. I don’t know a whole lot about this subject just yet…..but I plan on doing some major research. When I was handed an actual prescription for medication to treat this thyroid thing….I was really concerned. Not sure how everything is going to work out…..but I do know….IT WILL WORK OUT. I have an appointment to go to my bariatric office tomorrow for more of my pre-op stuff….chest x-rays and upper GI scan. I am feeling a little anxious but I am still positive that all things happen for a reason. Sooooo without sounding to cliché…my journey continues…one step at a time.
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Second thing down....still a whole bunch more....
ShellieBell commented on jennay5180's blog entry in Blog 84015
Hey Jen, I go for my chest exrays and upper GI scan tomorrow...so it looks like we are moving right along. Let us know how the nutrition appt goes. I have mine on May 5th...yay!! -
How exciting!!!!
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Ahhhhh...Diet coke...especially over ice....Will I miss the taste or the fizz?
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Directions: One foot in front of the other....repeat
ShellieBell commented on ShellieBell's blog entry in Blog 85396
I went for my 2nd medically supervised diet appointment yesterday….and it was very educating. I was up a pound…which was probably due to the whole stopped smoking thing. I am pretty satisfied…I mean it could have been worse. I also found out that I am vitamin D deficient. I was told they have really only been doing research on this for the past few yrs but it looks like vitamin D deficiency is apparently an epidemic. I was also told that I have underactive thyroid. I don’t know a whole lot about this subject just yet…..but I plan on doing some major research. When I was handed an actual prescription for medication to treat this thyroid thing….I was really concerned. Not sure how everything is going to work out…..but I do know….IT WILL WORK OUT. I have an appointment to go to my bariatric office tomorrow for more of my pre-op stuff….chest x-rays and upper GI scan. I am feeling a little anxious but I am still positive that all things happen for a reason. Sooooo without sounding to cliché…my journey continues…one step at a time. -
Ok...so that last time I posted...I took ownership of my smoking habit and finally faced the fact that if I was going to pursue this lap band procedure any longer, I was going to have to let them go for good. Besides having my surgeon flat out refuse to perform the surgery on me if I smoked, deep down I just really wanted to not be a smoker. So one day I let it go. I refused to be a prisoner any longer to nicotine. Trust me though....nicotine fought a good fight. I went through a whole week of being irritated at EVERYTHING and EVERYONE:cursing:. I couldn't sleep very well and I ate like nobodies business:eek:. It was a scary week...but I made it through it. I wouldn’t change it for anything. I am so excited that I am no longer being held hostage by a cigarette....sure, I still have the normal cravings but I like to call them "Head cravings". I am really beginning to like the fact that I no longer run to have a smoke when times get tough and I am trying a different and healthier approached when face with anxiety.
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My inner thoughts, I don't share.
ShellieBell commented on HoneyBrown's blog entry in Share my world....
Girl.... I know all about those things way way too well. I am miserable on a plane and I also "don't" like rollar coasters for the same reason. I havent had the surgery yet...i am still jumping thru all of the hoops with the insurance company.... but this site is great...there are a whole lot of people with so much positive energy and positive words. I have learned so much from here and I have been so empowered by the fact that here...you will never be judged...cause we are all fighting the same fight. Good luck to you girly. -
Vitamin D deficient?
ShellieBell replied to ShellieBell's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
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Hey.....so weird...but i just got my results back from my blood work....looks like I am lacking in Vit. D too... GNC...here I come.
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Congrats on getting closer to your one yr mark of being a "quitter"...may all your "head cravings" take a hike somewhere...heehee!!
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Thanks for the friends request. I totally love this site too.... I mean seriously how genius was it to think of something like this. Cause I don't know about you but being fat can be lonely at times. I love the fact that EVERYONE here understands that and that they don't judge you as being a weak person because of it. Please keep in touch with me and let me know how things are going for you. I will keep an eye out for you blog entries.
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I try to have a good attitude....of course I struggle some days more than others...and I am ok with that. I know that it is only through my struggles that I can grow and become who I am meant to be. This site helps me so much...there are times that I am so lonely and feel isolated due to my obesity and interacting with with others who can "feel my pain" makes it not so hard to dust myself off after a fall...whether it be because I tripped or because someone pushed me down.
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I really enjoyed looking at your before and after pics. I am in the pre-op process of approval....some in sense my journey has only begun. I read that your procedure was in 2008. I struggle with being comfortable in my own skin....please tell me it gets easier...heehee!!
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Just reading about your Krispy Kreme dream.....makes my mouth water....ugh...heehee!!!
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Hey...thanks soooo much for the encouragment....it really helps!! I love reading about your journey it has really been inspiring.....and everywhere I turn on this forum I see you giving such real advice...thanks for that! Shellie
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Thanks for all of your updates. I love to read your stories of struggle and success. It has been very inspiring to me...Thanks
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Ok...so that last time I posted...I took ownership of my smoking habit and finally faced the fact that if I was going to pursue this lap band procedure any longer, I was going to have to let them go for good. Besides having my surgeon flat out refuse to perform the surgery on me if I smoked, deep down I just really wanted to not be a smoker. So one day I let it go. I refused to be a prisoner any longer to nicotine. Trust me though....nicotine fought a good fight. I went through a whole week of being irritated at EVERYTHING and EVERYONE:cursing:. I couldn't sleep very well and I ate like nobodies business:eek:. It was a scary week...but I made it through it. I wouldn’t change it for anything. I am so excited that I am no longer being held hostage by a cigarette....sure, I still have the normal cravings but I like to call them "Head cravings". I am really beginning to like the fact that I no longer run to have a smoke when times get tough and I am trying a different and healthier approached when face with anxiety. :tongue:
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Thats great. I am in the process of getting approved....so I can only imagine the joy and excitement and nervousness you felt when you got your date. Best of luck on your journey. I know I am really looking forward to when I receive that same news that I have been assigned a date.