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I was banded 10 days ago. I see the weight coming off but if I do too much out and about,I feel weak. Also, starting yesterday, I've had the worst hunger pangs I have experienced. Anyone else?

Just wanted to pop and say "Hi" and introduce myself. I am 41 year old female. I have been married to a wonderful man for 23 years. We have 7 children-5 boys and 2 girls. Their ages are 21, 19, 17, 15, 11, and 5 year old twin boys. Yes, I am very busy, but not busy enough to be thin! LOL. My BMI is 43, weight 276. I am through all of the tests and evaluations and am now waiting anxiously for insurance approval. I hope to really get to know all of you. I have been active on a "twins" site for a couple of years and have gained some really great friends. Hoping to add some more from here.

Awwwwwwwwww thanks guys sorry bout my screen name its the first thing that popped in my head lol Thanks for the advice aswell , i think im more nervous than she is its on 10 days until banding day for her and i have the butterflies in my tummy lol . Ive been reading most of the posts in the forum its so informative and ive taken notes . thanks once again !!!!

I truely feel for you as I recently went through that as well. I was starving by about three days postop. (My surgery was Nov. 19, 2009) During the 2 weeks on the liquid stage after surgery it was pretty tough as I felt so hungry constantly. My stomach was so loud with all the grumbling!! When the pureed stage came the hunger wasn't quite as bad and then was even better when I could eat solids. My surgeon does not put in any fill whatsoever when the band is put in so there is no restriction. I didn't get my first fill until about 6 weeks later. Hang in there. Thankfully it's a "not forever situation" and it will get better. You will feel it was so worth it once you get through this time in your journey and the pounds start coming off.

Hi, I am having my EGD on 10/5/10. I should then get my surgery date. Any fellow Tennesseans out there about to have the surgery that can over any support?:smile:

When I had my first son at 19, my Dr. told me to wear a bra at all times, even while sleeping, as long as I was nursing. He said this would help to keep my breasts from sagging to my belly button by the age of 22. I have worn an underwire bra ever since. I even wore an underwire coming home after surgery. So I am 30 now and have nursed 3 babies. My breasts still feel and look great, IMHO lol. I am a D cup (DD before surgery) so I am not HUGE but I am not tiny either. My question, do you think the same principle would work for the belly? During the day I have been wearing Control Top pantyhose in order to smooth out some bumps and rolls. I am wondering if maybe I would wear them constantly it would help with some sagging issues. Anybody heard of this?

I found out today that it will be a week or two before I get my results from the first round of Cushing's testing. I can't help but pitch a big hissy fit at the thought of waiting two whole weeks for my test results. Dr. E will be out of town until next Monday, and I'll be back in Idaho by then. It just feels so far away, not only in time but space as well. I see a new PCP tomorrow, my doc has moved to Everette, and that is just too far to go. I've been with her about 10 years, but I was thinking it was time to move on to a different doctor, since she wasn't really taking me seriously anymore. I mean, I had sleep apenea and serous sleep problems and I basically had to twist her arm to get it taken care of. She wanted to blame most of my issues on "needs therapy" as opposed to really wanting to find the cause. I am just feeling so sorry for myself lately. Monday I ended up in the ER with another bout of celulitus. And my headache has gotten worse. Probably from all the stress from the Cushing's and decideing to quit school for now. Pain makes things worse. It just does. I feel anxious and stressed. I'm out of the lexapro, so I guess I need to get that refilled. Duh. I miss my pilaties ball. How funny is that? I started to use a new drawing book, "drawing on the Right side of the brain." it's pretty interesting. A very different way of looking at things, much more an adult program than the Mark Kistler books.

Tonight on oprah focuses on teens that had weight loss surgery and a look inside a 340-pound boy who will have gastric bypass. Also itt features Cassie, a former patient from Mexicos Dr. Ortiz. I live in Ny so the channel over here wud be (WLNY 10) Tonight at 7pm. Check your listings.

First I had to go into see my surgen because she thinks I pulled a stitch! I was having port pain. After a few days it felt like how it felt right after sugery (that bad)/ So, had a CT scan done. Apparently, a scan doesn't show if you pulled a stitch. She just wanted to make sure everything was "working still going through right ect. She thinks I did pull a stitch & is hoping it will heal itself. So, it's been about 10 days & my belly is feeling better. NOW, I'm having back issues!!!! :mad: It first felt like Siatica pain. It's horrible!! I can't bend iver pick up my kids do house work excerise ANYTHING!! I'm really bumbed out! I have been eating all the wrong foods! I was doing so well too. :frown:

May I join you??? I still want to lose maybe 15 more and it is getting very, very, very slow. Really, I don't care how much I weigh; I want to be able to wear a 10 in jeans. I'm buying a pair for inspiration! I'm going scaleless, too!!!

Hello! I'm 52 years old and after being overweight all my adult life, I've decided to finally do something that I hope will provide a permanent solution. :cursing: I live with my twelve ( and a half year old son) and I am the only breadwinner so... it's very important that I get insurance approval. I have United Health care with a very high deductable... thanks to changes my company of 25 years sees as progress. :cursing: :cursing: :cursing: I've attended two lap band seminars and have seen my PCP to get his input. He says he will help me get approved by providing the documentation. I have my first appointment on May 30th with the surgeon. I hope to get things moving. I'm told by the insurance that it will take several weeks to get an answer after the documention is provided. I am so committed. Whatever the ins. company says I need to do.. I will do .. so my journey has started and I will post my progress as I wade through the sea of rules and paperwork to get to the beach I long for. :cursing: One of my top 10 on my bucket list is to wear a one piece swin suit on the beach without a coverup and feel good. :mad2: I want to be able to sleep without sitting up. Have sex without feeling like I'm going to have a heart attack or smother to death. I hope to get off high blood pressure medicine and be able to have more energy so I can spend more time with my son. I hope this will help my asthma. I would like to let myself be photographed (full length). I've read several other posts which have been very helpful. I, too, look around the room to find I am the largest person in the room. I feel guilty eating in front of people. I can so relate to this group.. I long for the day when I can post my progress.. There are so many little things things I want to do. The rest of my bucket list will follow.. :rolleyes2: :rose:I'm ready to get started on this journey!! Nechole

HI all..........I had my surgery on the 31st of may. I stayed in Tacoma for a week because we live so far away. Week check up was great lost 9 lbs. so that is 18 lbs. in 18 days. (had to do 10 days of clear liquid before surgery and now 3 weeks of clear liquids) Feeling great and just taking it easy to recover from the surgery. Nice to be home...Tacoma is great but too many trees I am used to open spaces.

I started mine 10 days early the day after my surgery! So strange that several have as well...

I only work out for 10-20 mins 5x a week. I eat 1000 or so cal a day at 6 months out. Still slowly losing. i only eat about 50-60 g carbs a day. 60g protein and I try for more. Over 50% of what I eat is fat. And steadily losing, no stalls longer than a week except one time around month 3.

It must just be your plan. I have BCBS Blue Options (NC) and they cover it all. I just got my approval today and am scheduled for 12/19/12. Keep trying, you can fight it. If they still won't cover, think about personal financing. From all the research I've done, it's definitely worth it! Good luck!

Hi Stacie. Welcome to the forum. I live in San Jose and going to Kaiser S San Francisco too! I wish they had a bariatric center in San Jose! I've gone to all the classes and appointments, but still have 10 pounds to reach my goal weight before I can get the surgery. I am trying really hard though, so hopefully soon. You're doing great, 61 pounds! How do you like the care at Kaiser so far? Take care

@@Ryan TN Let me tell you a story. My husband has almost the EXACT same stats as you. He had RNY (bypass) almost 10 years ago, but he started at 300 pounds. Fast forward to a year or so after surgery, he was down to 170. He started getting the "you're too skinny!" comments, too. When he mentioned this at his year appointment, this is what his surgeon said: "There are so many overweight/obese people these days, nobody even knows what a "normal" weight looks like anymore".

I'm doing everything as the surgeon and dietician reccomends, I'm not getting as much water as I should, sometimes eating less calories than I should per day, I lost 5.5 kilos on my 10 days pre diet

Hello everyone!! I am just a month post-op now and have lost 34 pounds already, so I am thrilled with my progress so far. I know this was the right decision for me, and although I am only one month out, I am concerned about what my body will look like once I am down to the weight I want to be. I know I will have saggy skin/chest, and I knew that was a strong possibility before I decided to have the surgery. Its not something that would have ever changed my mind though. I have watched so many shows about people having skin revision surgeries, and they seem to be in so much pain!! I have had 10 surgeries in my life, so I am no stranger to pain, but, I just don't know if I want to put myself through it. Here are the surgeries I have had: 1) broke my leg in high school so had to have a rod put in my femur 2) had a bone infection for almost a year, so after my leg was healed, they took the rod out 3) c-section 4) c-section (and to add, my boobs are already saggy because of these 2 children, LOL!) 5) gallbladder removed 6) lumbar laminectomy with fusion 7) got infection from the back surgery, so they opened me up to clean it out 8) had to go back in again because of the infection 9) had cyst removed from my palm 10 gastric sleeve My back surgeries were by far the most painful surgeries I have ever been through, but skin revision surgery really scares me. I don't know what I will look like once I am done, but I can only imagine I will need a lot of work. If I do anything, it probably would only be my stomach and a breast lift. I would probably just live with my arms and legs. The gastric sleeve surgery was probably the easiest surgery I have ever had...that and the cyst removed from my palm. The only pain I really had from the sleeve was from lying on my back for the 2 days I was in the hospital. I cannot lie on my back anymore (comfortably) since I have had my back surgery, so that caused quite a bit of pain. The gastric sleeve itself was almost painless. Anyway, long story short, I was wanting to hear from people who have had skin/chest revision surgeries, and how the pain was for them. I know everyone is different, but I was just interested to hear some stories and if people would recommend it, or say it wasn't worth it. Thanks in advance to everyone!

Started out at 138 lost 10 lbs during preop phase. Weighed 227 day of surgery and now weigh 173 lbs. Lost 54 lBS since surgery on November 17th. My last progress pic was about 2 months ago so I'm a little smaller now. My kids are very proud of me and my daughter (15 yrs old) has been a little inspired and is also trying to eat healthier as she is like me with slower metabolism and gains weight easily, while my husband and son(18yrs old) can eat anything and remain skinny. My husband still buys me chocolates and my son throws them away and reminds him of how far I've come. They try to be as supportive as possible, I'm lucky in that aspect. My happiest moment was being in old navy with my son trying on a size 14 and after being an 18/20 and the 14 was too big so my son suggested a size 12. I was nervous and after trying them on and showing my son he asked me if I was crying. It was an emotional moment for me. My weight loss has been slow as I hit a stall for several weeks now but im trying not to lose moral and take it one day at a time and look at the positive rather than the negative. Any advice on this stall is so welcome

I was banded on 7/6 and quickly lost 15lbs in the first two weeks. Since then, I haven't lost any more weight and have been at the same weight for about 1 week! I'm eating right-what should I do?? Has anyone else experienced this and how did you get through it to start losing again? (my first fill will be on 8/19) Thanks in advance for the advice!

Ok so this Vitamin supplement I found seems like it has everything but the kitchen sink. I know I have to do Calcium and probably Iron but this is looking good for a multi..what do you all think? It's a liquid so I don't have to swallow a bunch of stuff. I can post the link to it if anyone is interested. Supplement Facts Serving Size 1 Fluid Ounce (30 mL) Vitamin A (500% [5,000 IU] as retinol palmitate and 50% [5,000 IU] as beta carotene) 10,000 Vitamin C (as calcium ascorbate) 500 Vitamin D (as ergocalciferol) 400 Vitamin E (as d-alpha tocopheryl acetate) 200 IU Vitamin K (as phytonadione) 80 mcg 100% Thiamin (as thiamine mononitrate) 25 mg 1667% Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) 25 mg 1471% Niacin (as nicotinic acid/niacinamide) 20 mg 100% Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine HCl) 50 mg 2500% Folic Acid 400 mcg 100% Vitamin B12 (as cyanocobalamin) 200 mcg 3333% Biotin (as d-biotin) 300 mcg 100% Pantothenic Acid (as d-calcium pantothenate) 125 mg 1250% Calcium (as ascorbate/pantothenate) 100 mg 10% Iron 1 mg 5% Iodine (as potassium iodide) 150 mcg 100% Magnesium (as magnesium gluconate) 40 mg 10% Zinc (as zinc gluconate) 15 mg 100% Selenium (as L-selenomethione) 70 mcg 100% Copper (from sodium copper chlorophyllin) 2 mg 100% Manganese (as manganese sulfate) 4 mg 200% Chromium (as polynicotinate) 120 mcg 100% Molybdenum (as sodium molybdenate) 75 mcg 100% Sodium 15 mg <1% Potassium (as potassium gluconate) 50 Green Food/Spirulina Blend Spirulina (microalgae); Alfalfa (leaf, stem); Barley Grass (grass); Dandelion (leaf); Wheat Grass (grass); Melissa (leaf); Lemon Grass (grass); Nettle (leaf); Blessed Thistle (stem, leaf, flower); Chlorella (broken-cell microalgae); Plantain (leaf); Blue Green Algae (microalgae); Cilantro (leaf) 500 mg Amino Acids (from Spirulina, Chlorella, Blue Green Algae) Glutamine; Asparagine; Leucine: Alanine; Arginine; Lysine; Threonine; Valine; Glycine; Isoleucine: Serine; Proline; Phenylalanine; Tyrosine; Histidine; Methionine; Tryptophan; Cysteine 225 mg Garden Veggies™ juice powder Blend: Parsley; Kale; Spinach; Wheat Grass; Brussels Sprout; Asparagus; Broccoli; Cauliflower; Beet; Carrot; Cabbage; Garlic 100 mg Orchard Fruits™ Juice Powder Blend: Plum; Cranberry; Blueberry; Strawberry; Blackberry; Bilberry; Cherry; Apricot; Papaya; Orange; Grape; pineapple 100 mg Organic Mushroom Defense Blend: Contains all growth phases (mycelium, primordium, Sclerotium and fruit body) of Cordyceps; Reishi; Shiitake; Hiratake; Maitake; Yamabushitake; Himematsutake; Kawaratake; Chaga; Zhu Ling; Agarikon; Mesima 100 mg Omega 3/6/9 Fatty Acid Blend Flax Seed Powder (dry, cold-pressed); Sunflower Seed Powder (dry, cold-pressed); (providing Alpha-Linolenic Acid [ALA], Oleic Acid [OA] and Linoleic Acid [LA] 100 mg Citrus Bioflavonoid Complex (from lemon, orange and grapefruit) 60 mg Siberian Eleuthero (root) 50 mg Inositol 50 mg Choline (as choline bitartrate) 30 mg Hesperidin (from citrus bioflavonoid complex) 30 Betaine HCl 25 mg PABA (para aminobenzoic acid) 25 mg Rutin 25 mg RNA (from spirulina/chlorella) Directions: shake well. As a dietary supplement, take 2 tablespoons or 1 capful (about 30 mL or 1 ounce) daily. Best when taken with food or immediately after a meal. Can be consumed alone or mixed into beverages such as Water, orange juice or smoothies.

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I really in a funky mood today, was yesterday too. I've decide to not have any junk food for a whole month and see if that really helps. I have such a sweet tooth. I don't mind the chips and stuff, but I don't let anything sweet set in my house for more than a couple of minutes. I need to wien myself from all sweets. I don't care for ice cream either it more of the cookies, cakes and some candy. Chocolate candy is a big weakness. I will be keep my sugar free candies, they are the cinnimon disks. I have to stay strong. I have not lost any weight for the last month. I really thought maybe I had the way I have been running to the bathroom to void all the time the last couple of days. Maybe it will take the scales a couple of days to catch up. I have been wearing my pedometer the last few day to see how little I walk. I want to a weeks worth of stats and then do a average and see if I can increase my steps by one hundred step per day for the next week. I want to get alot more active. I really disappointed in my DH cause he told me when I start this journey that he would walk with me. It hasn't happen yet. Maybe when it gets cooler he will decide to walk with me. I'm trying real hard to have a really good week this week. I'm keeping track of my food intake and will excerise every day this week. My excerise is peddling on my peddle machine for at least 10 minutes a day. I know that doesn't sound like much, but with my bad knees and my inactivity it is a big thing for me. WILL DO GOOD THIS WEEK. NO JUNK FOOD AND WILL EXCERISE EVERYDAY. THURSDAY 4289 FRIDAY 2345 SATURADAY 2149 SUNDAY 2952