MistyArmenti

Your support mean so much to me. I knew you guys would understand what a mixed blessing this is. Misty

Well, it is over.. my fabolous journey with my lap band. On Saturday at 8:30 am, Dr. Pucci needed to remove my band due to my body rejecting it. I ended up in the hospital again, if anyone is counting that is 4 times in 2 months, and I was diagnosed with gastric parisis...AKA my stomach stopped working. So, They too out the band, and in recovery I was drinking, no throwing up and have alrady gotten back to solids. Very small amounts.. but, I feel so much better. I am a bit depressed, I truly loved my band... but I love my life more. I am very sore and just got home from the hospital... I will write more later. Misty

Well, it is over.. my fabolous journey with my lap band. On Saturday at 8:30 am, Dr. Pucci needed to remove my band due to my body rejecting it. I ended up in the hospital again, if anyone is counting that is 4 times in 2 months, and I was diagnosed with gastric parisis...AKA my stomach stopped working. So, They too out the band, and in recovery I was drinking, no throwing up and have alrady gotten back to solids. Very small amounts.. but, I feel so much better. I am a bit depressed, I truly loved my band... but I love my life more. I am very sore and just got home from the hospital... I will write more later. Misty

I am back, after another stint in the hospital. It seems as if my dr put a medium band in me, and it probably should have been a large. So, if I am not VERY careful, I start to throw up, and then my stomach swells, and I end up completely obstructed. What a mess, right? Well, not really, even with all this, I still think this is the best thing I have ever done for myself. I love my band.. eventhough it is a medium. What I am trying to do right now is just get thru the next 3 weeks of school, and then I will have my band taken out and replaced with a larger band. I have no saline in there now, and still have problems. It is tough. But, I am looking HOT!!! I am down 75 lbs!!! It amazes me. Of course I am on soft foods and will stay there for the remained of the semester. I am scared. If I have to get one more potassium drip, someone will die!!! ( maybe a nurse... but probably Dr. Pucci!):omg: Have a great day guys! Misty

Thanks Tweety.. How is everyone doing?

An obstruction is when NOTHING gets thru the band, it doen't have to be a thing, it could judt be sweelling or overfilled. We are pretty sure mine was swelling, but between the time that the last of the fluid was removed, and the endoscopy, something, maybe beef from easter may have fallen thru. Never know. I am happy to be on the road to recovery! Thanks for the well wished Vivki Misty

Well, Tuesday a.m I ended up in the E.R. I was throwing up constantly, and couldn't even get water down. While I was there I had a GI which showed I had a total obstruction. My Dr, Pucci was about to get out another 1/2 cc of fuild from my band, and with a little rest and lots of IV.. I am here today. Yesterday they sent me to get an endoscopy, and it was fine, they were able to get pass the band... which saved me form surgury today. They thought they might have to replace my band... Ugh.. imagine the terror. I was terrified not of the surgury, but what if they were unable to put a band back in. Yes, this banding has not been the easiest thing in the world, but it is very important to me and my health. It makes me feel like a "normal" person. So, I am back to step 2 liquids, and am damn happy doing it. The thing that I will never forget in my life again, and learned here first... is..ifI do throw up, go on liquids for 24 hours. Dr. Pucci said everyone is difffrent, but that is deffinatly the case with me. Anyway, Boys and girl.. I am home, I am happy.. and I am now probably over the 70 lb mark.. Yippie! Psst.. they asked if I would be a spokes man someday.. lol Love it Misty

I think I am going to try to get thru the night. I got a few sips of gatoraid down, and if it is not better in the am, I will call. Usually the am is better. I will stick to fluids tommorrow, and see where I end up. Crappy thing, is that I have a big test on Thursday, and I do not have time to feel this bad!!! It actually hurts! :cry But, damn I am looking good... lol My mother always used to say, "Beauty hurts!" UGH! Misty By the way, thanks for all your help, you guys are the greatest!

I am still having a rought time eating. What do you all do if you have a hard time getting anything to stay down? I am hungery and want to eat, but can't get it to stay. yesterday i threw up at least 4 times.... UGH! I have no saline in my band either. when I was in the hospital my dr removed it. i am now at -66 lbs.. but I sure didn't want it this way.. it isn't very healthy. I feel like a bulimic... HELP :help:

i am still having troublems getting down real food. When I do I end up throwing up, and the Dr removed all the fluid he could when I was in the hospital. It makes it rough. I try to remind myself this is temporary, but with weight loss like this I hate to complain... I ordered the complaint bands too.

Tweety, If I can throw my 2 cents in. I know when I was about 15, my mom was in a weight loss program, and was successfully losing weight. It really bothered me. I remember crying a lot, mostly because I knew at that age, that it meant that my mom was not happy with herself. The woman that I idolized was not happy with herself. It shook me to the core. I would not be surprised if our children feel that way. i do not discuss my band or weight loss with my kids. Probabaly because of what I went thru as a kid, now that I think about it. The mind is an amazing thing. Angela, Are you going to do a monthly update of all that are here from Nov bandings? I love reading those. By the way... Happy April! Misty

i have been having a few problems, latly. 2 weeks ago, I go the stomach flu that was going around, and I started to vomit.. ALOT! After a week of not even being able to hold down water, I finnally ended up in the hospital. It was scary. They thought I might have moved my band. Thank God, that was not the case. But they did remove all the saline from the band, and I was on IV for 3 days. It was rotten. It has been a week and a half, and I still am having troubles holding down anything substantial.. except.. cookies! What the hell is that? It is not a joke, I can hold down cookies, but I am struggling with the pastina I ate for dinner... Crazy stuff. So, if i may offer a bit of advice.. sanitize.. sanitize...sanitize... As banded people we are not as good at dealing with the stomach flu as others. Misty

Yesterday, I looked in the mirror, and I saw it.. me 53 lbs thinner. It honestly scared the hell out of me. My first thought was how many people end up divorced after weight loss surgury, and my second thought was "Will my hubby still love me if I am thinner?" Sounds crazy, but I was terrified. I went to find him, and he reasure me that he loves me and always will no matter what I look like. Funny, I never felt insecure at 350.. pretty much knew my man loved me and at 6'1" tall, I knew I was overweight, but I saw myself more a "force to be recconed" with than a "fat slob" Now that I am getting there.. I am bouncing between 264-267 lbs, I see it... I see the old Misty emerging. My hubby Ben, never knew me thin, and I was insecure about it. Has anyone else gone thru this? Do I need to go back to the therepist?? He did make me feel better. He kindly pointed out that he thought it might be better when I was thinner, not harder. I think he is right. The mind is a crazy place.. Misty

Tom, Now that you have your ticker up there, your progress hit my eye. You are doing awesome. Congratulations!!! We are all doing great. I just can't say enough about the wonders of the band! Misty

Thanks... What kind of dogs, Tom? As far as alcohol... bacardi silver label is really low is calories, and sugar. If you want a drink, I would go for that or a simple glass of red wine... But... from experence... it takes a lot less to feel the effects of alcohol, and if you are also in the proximity of food, the wrong choices are easliy made. Yesterday I went to a baby shower.. not only was I with a bunch of people that didn't know, and I didn't want to know that I had the band, but it was a 5 course meal. My plan was to have a bite or two from each entree, but after a glass of red wine, I ended up eating to much in the beginning and suffered thru the rest of the meal. It was tough. I threw up 2 times. it sucked. Today I am reading the You on a diet between classes. And I am going to walk for 30 minutes... :clap2:

Tom, I saw that too. He is amazing, isn't he. As a anatomy and physiology student, I find him awesome! He is honest, smart and tells it like it is. Isn't that what we need? I believe him, you know how long it has been since I have been able to say that about anyone peddling a "cure" Glad you are all doing well... and Tom, if you run out of rug to vaccuum... I have some here in Rockaway Nj for you... lol

As far as planning food... How does everyone do it? I am trying to figure it out in the morning, and write it down then, and stick to it. But then I never change my journal when I go off. I want to keep a journal, I believe it is SO important! But I am having a hard time with it... So, I guess there is 2 questions: Do you journal??? How do you plan your food??? Can't wait for your input. Is there an updat coming with all the names listed with progress, or has that stopped? Have a great banded day! Misty

The weirdest thing is happing inmy tummey and I guess head right now. I want to eat, you know, fantasies of huge burger and fries... but instead am just eating to fuel my body. I do not think I have been in this mental state since i was a kid. =Just eating to fill my needs and not for anyother reason. Before I leave for school I grab what I need for the day.. it is not a hassle, just whatever is there and will get me to my protien goal and fill me up. I am loving the hard boiled eggs right now.. one does the trick, and great protien.. and easy in the backpack! In the cafeteria I get a mayo packet and squish it all up.. voila.. egg salad! And I am down 6 more lbs.. I love my band! (today) lol

At the end of May I am going to Italy to visit with my hubby family. My daughter, 6, hubby and father in law are going. It should be great... and I shopuld look FAB-O by then!!! :biggrin1:

I really love salad and fruit too, but most of the time after i eat the protien, I don't get to it... But, in reality.. if I ate more fruits and veggies, I would never have been 300 lbs! lol Funny, my tastes seem to have changed in the last 3 months

The nutritionist did give me another bit of advice.. it was how much protien I need. It is around 110 grams a day. She said to figure it out, mulitply .8 times your weight in kilograms. so 280lbs/2.2=127kg 127kgx.8= 101 This basically means that, at this point, I still need to have my protien shakes at 10 and 3. So here is my plan.. which she said was awesome... This is what I try to eat, but it doesn't all so down, sometimes...thought I would share: b- 1/4 c cottage cheese with cinnamon and 2 walnut halves crushed up and 1/2 peach 10 acheive one (protin shake) 12- salad... 1 c spinach and salad mix 1/4 c cannelli beans 1/2 T sunflower seeds 1 oz chicken 1/2 oz reduced fat cheese 1 T vinagrette 2 melba toast 3- protien shake New whey 6 Pasta Primavera 1/2 c pasta 1/4 c broccoli 1/4 c cauliflower 1 oz mozzarella 1/4 c spaghelli sauce 1 t parmesan 1/2 c salad 1 T vinagrette As I said, this is the plan.. what happens is sometimes diffrent. it doesn't all go down, but I always go for the protien first, and hope for the best. Have a great day... and I am glad your bras are fitt'n better.... Misty

By the way.. thanks for all the Cheers.. I appriecate it!

I went to see the nutritionist yesterday. She said that 40lbs was great, and as far as my food, my planning is good. Just try to stick to it. I still have a tendicy to binge. Enventhough it is 20 dortoes. 2 pieces of fudge and 1/4 c sunflour seeds... it is a sign of bad things to some. So I need to watch it. I hope you all are well. Misty

This is the most thrilling non-scale victory I have had in ages!!!! I CAN CROSS MY LEGS!!! I am so happy!!!! LIFE IS GOOD!!!