missgypsy

I will be soooo happy when I get my 2nd fill come Monday. lol I have never looked to forward to having a needle poked in my tummy. The past 3 wks have been so emotional and stressful for me after loosing my sister and I really tried to wait it out but the weight just isn't dropping and at a stand still. This week I have been getting hungry when I'm not supposed to. So Monday will be a new day and a new chapter and I am so looking forward to it. :party:

thank you. i hope the second fill works for you too!! :party:

i brought my own jammies to put on but didn't because the nurses weren't to crazy about that one. on the way home i just put on a tshirt and shorts, sans the bra. seemed like to put trouble to put it on and ride in the truck just to go home lol. trust me i didn't care at that point lol. if you are worried about showing off by walking they will give you another gown to put on backwards over it.

my hubby has supported me from the very beginning. when i mentioned lap-band he did his research and i did mine and we talked about it. he has went with me to all appts, testing and everything i have had to do. he even goes and works out with me. not saying it's all good but he does support me and will be the first person to take up for me with anyone that questions why i had the surgery. yes the first few wks after surgery we had a few arguments. and it was over food. it's funny now lol but it wasn't then. i just think it was very insensitive for me to fix dinner and he wated steak and here i was drinking broth. or the time they wanted bacon for dinner and i was on mushies. needless to say now if bacon needs to be cooked he offers to cook it. if we go out and eat everyone wants to know what i want since what i can have is so limited and they all want to make sure i'm not left eating nothing at all. i did this for MYSELF, my KIDS so i can see them grow up and for my HUBBY. i want to grow old with him. but mainly yes it was for myself. if mama's happy then everyone's happy. :rolleyes2:

i've been terribly stressed this last week since i lost my sister and let me tell you stress will do a number on you. when i eat and i feel things getting stuck i will just stick to the things i know i can eat without that happening. i had a prob the other night with pork chops so i just ate the pork n beans. i was happy lol. and another thing stress can make your weight loss stop or you can even gain. i've been battling that also. i've been so insistant on not cheating either. just kinda bummed me out the other day when it said i had only lost .2 lbs but in turn i lost 1 inch when i measured so i know i wasnt screwed or anything lol.

I'm in Lawton which is about an hour from the city. My doctor is in Wichita Falls, Tx- Dr Finnell. Sorry I'm not any other help...

thank you!!! yesterday was horrible...today is so much better. i picked my husband up about 10 last night so he is here with me now. i am being the strong one now, have broke down a few times but it's ok. we are celebrating her life and remembering the good and happy times. it makes us feel better!! i will start back to walking this next week. have to go monday and help my mom clean out her apt. i had my first stuck episode tonight and man oh man talk about hurt!!! i pb'ed and then slimmed. but was ok after i stopped panicing lol. but thank you all again!!

well usually when i am stressed i eat...not this time. i just feel sick to my stomach. i found out earlier today my twin sister passed away- we're 38. my heart is broke...and i don't feel like eating at all. i did manage to choke down some dinner for the kids sake. my hubby is military so i had to do the entire red cross thing so they could contact him and get him home. he will be home later tonight. this is all so new to me because usually i eat. it's crossed my mind but it just doesn't sound good at all to me. i just want to know how people deal with stress and the band. all new to me since i was banded may 20th. thank you, gypsy

thank you.

i was banded on may 20th and i've lost about 28 lbs. i have had one fill of 4 cc's on june 30th. i do watch what i eat and dont cheat. i do exercise but prob not as much as i should. you are doing good. just remember you may not be loosing as much weight as what you would like but you are probably loosing inches. so i think you are right on track. everyone looses at a diff pace, some faster, some slower. 1-2 lbs a week is normal. good luck and your dr shouldnt make you feel that way. maybe he was just having an off day or something. now when you go back and he acts like that again, ask him. he may not know he is acting like that.

I've read alot of posts on here about people saying that they have lost such and such pounds but does anyone ever measure themselves? the day before i went into have surgery i weighed and measured myself. i keep it in a notebook and once a week will weigh and measure myself and write it down. this way i can see the progress i am making. has anyone else does this? i know one week i just lost .5 lbs but on the flip side of it i lost 3 inches. muscle weighs more then fat and if you are exercising and working out then you are building muscle. lol hopefully so what does everone else do?

thank you for the responses. my scale isn't that old but i've been thinking about getting one that says my body fat and all the good stuff. i'd love love love to have one like they have in my drs office. it prints out this piece of paper and tells the bmi, weight, fat % and other stuff on it. super cool :tt1:.

after surgery my tummy was swollen. you need to remember it might actually be from the gas they put in you, water retention from the iv also. i'm sure your fine but if your worried go ahead and call your drs office and ask them just to be on the safe side. let us know. :tt1:

lol sorry about that. the initial poke of the needle yes but nothing else hurt. was uncomfortable but didn't hurt. it reminded me of giving blood...just in a semi crunch position lol.

well i had my first fill yest. was instersting lol. thank goodness i really didn't know exactly what he was going to do because i would have been a basket case lol. i have a dislike for needles. we talked and then he took us back to the fill room. i looked over and he had the needle and syringe and i told myself to look away and look away very fast!! gretchen (my nurse) told me to lay on the table with the pillow under my back. no biggy really. i had to do the crunch position. i had to laugh because he told me to cross my arms across my chest and start to do a crunch. nice...if i could really do a crunch would i be over weight??? lol but i did it. he did have a proble finding the port. i didn't watch him either. looked at the ceiling, at gretchen and then look at his face. he was looking off like he was deeeeep in thought. what i didn't realize till my hubby told me later is that he was taking the needle up and down. ok thats the part that makes me cringe :thumbup:. he did the 4 cc fill and i drank my water and was on my merry way. i got back in 6 wks to do another fill. and i have no earthly idea why i took it upon myself to go to youtube and look up lapband fills. holy cow batman!!!!! i could only watch 2 and that was more then plenty for me. usually stuff like that doesn't bother me one bit- it's not me lol. last night and today i am on liquids. i am sore and just feel blah. it's rained here off and on all day so maybe thats part of it. but i just keep chugging along doing my thing.

i'm so glad i dont have to deal with my period anymore. i had a hysto almost 5 yrs ago. but i have been dealing with the hormones since surgery. i had to switch from the pill to the patch. my pcm had me on the highest lost of pill and switched me to the lowest dose on the patch. heck i didn't know if i was coming or going lol. been just having surgery and then my hormones all amuck it's a wonder i didn't hurt someone lol. i did have to call her and have her up my doasge but she just up it just the next level. ugh i can't deal with hot flashes and night sweats anymore. i feel like i am physco woman half the time.

thank you for all the nice comments. i've decided that if they are going to act like that then so be it. maybe one day they will come around and if not then it wasn't for my lack of trying. my mother in law never liked me from day one so it's kinda normal. just wish she's keep her comments to herself. i've talked to her in the past but nothing works. i feel awesome about myself and thats all that matters :thumbup:.

ok i ask this question because it seems that people do treat me different. i wasn't terribly obese or anything before i was banded. i have struggled with my weight FOREVER and it just came to be a part of me. i started out being about 70-80 lbs overweight and i barely skimmed by on being approved for the surgery with my insurance but i was approved :scared2:. has anyone noticed friends or family treating you different now. such as not talking to you as much seeming really withdrawn from you? emails, phone calls, texts have basically stopped? not including you into things anymore? trying to push foods on to you? it seems i am dealing with this and it all started when i shared with them i was having the surgery. it's really hurtful...these are to be my friends and they aren't acting like my friends as all. one girlfriend had the bypass surgery about 12 yrs ago. she never got down to her goal weight and then ended up gaining alot of it back. now she has an ulcer on top of that. i've tried sharing with her recipes and stuff but she just doesn't seem to care one way or the other. why have the surgery if you aren't going to follow through with it all? she checked on me when i was in the hosp but nothing really since then. i also have 2 friends that now want to do the surgery because they think it's easy. lmao easy?!?!?!?!? oh heck no it's not easy!! was one of the hardest things i have ever made up my mind to do and follow through with it. it's been less then a month since i've been banded and it's been an emotional roller coaster on me and my family. so no easy does not fit into that catagory yet. so why do people treat you different? jealousy or what? i have my mother in law making comments to my kids and my husband about my 'eating' and why i did this and i will never be the same and i will never be able to eat again. ok i'm the same person inside just not so much on the outside anymore- i'm smaller now. she never has liked me but she doesn't need to be making snide comments about me either. i did this for MYSELF. i want to be healthier and happier. i want to live long enough to see my boys grow up, get married and have babies of there own. so why don't people get this? why do they treat us like we are taking the easy way out? if they are your friends to begin with then they should be your friends now. can someone enlighten me on this please :thumbup:

i love lane bryant bras. i always drive an hour to go buy bras. lol good excuse to shop. :thumbup:

i can relate to some of the things being said lol sad...the guys at my hubbys work have told him i'm going to get all skinny, go out all the time, wear a two piece swim suit and get me a new man. ummm don't think so! i have to much invested in him now lol. it's like i told him one reason i wanted to do this was to loose weight feel better about myself to where i'm not so bitchy. do things with the boys now without having to worry about if i look fat or sweating or my joints are hurting. plus if i loose weight and feel better about myself then our marriage will be better because we arent fighting because i'm bitching about something and in turn our sex life will start rocking again. just not to same old boring thing. lol

i seem to burp more also and my boys (15 and 12) tell me 'good one mom' lol. you gotta love kids lol. it's normal to burp.

i was scared before i got mine done but i went ahead with it. i talk to my hubby and my dr and he told me it's completely normal to be scared. it'll be ok. just think you've went this far so why back out now? i promise it will be ok. it's just your nerves getting the best of you. :thumbup:

i have the standard 10 cc band. havent had my first fill yet so not sure how the restriction will be. i still have some now and i am on mushys.

good question...i'm going to have to buy some new one's soon myself. the cups still fit it's the other part thats too big...