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Hello, I have not been on in a while. I have since retired from the military and I am down from 240lbs to 200 lbs. I just got a fill after over a year because I have started to gain back weight. Hat
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Hello, I have not been on in a while. I have since retired from the military and I am down from 240lbs to 200 lbs. I just got a fill after over a year because I have started to gain back weight. Hat
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Cheeseman park 12 12 2009 weight 275 before lap-band operation
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From the album: a new year a new me!!!
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i didnt cach anything just had dizzyness for two days lol ive been told im alergic to cigarrette smoke lol my mom use to smoke but she quit befor e my grandpa died, yeah smoking isnt fun lol and yup
it is, but even dieting alone, you should lost weight,k exercising makes it better so your skin isnt lose when you lose weight, and it makes weight loss easier and just so much better. i get the reconmended hours of sleep but i still feel wicked tired.
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it's going alright, wish it could go better for me, i had a rough begining, but i managed to lose around 40 pounds, i feel that i deffinately could have lost way more than that by now, i haven't had any fills yet and i've been banded for almost 7 months(wow i just realized it was almost that lol) it doesnt feel like it was that long ago. i haven't had any fills because i had severe nausea for a very long time and by time i was ready to get a fill my insurance ran out =/ but anywho i wish i had some fellow friends that are trying to lose weight cause i know it'll be easier and more fun to workout with a buddy (: how are you?
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i didnt get a surgery date yet
my next appointment was supposed to be the 9th but had to reschedual it because i didnt want to miss my finals. so my next appointment is july 8th i think im hoping ill get my date that day if i dont im gonna be dissapointed. i've been approved by my insurence company though. gahhhh! anyways, thats great! what is your surgery date? since youre not using a scale atleast you know youre losing weight by measuring yourself =D good luck ttyl (: -
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thats good, never give up just because something happened (: this year was a pretty rough year, but we all gotta do it. thanks, i hope it goes well too and i hope it helps with losing weight, would be awesome!!!!
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it was exciting and it doesnt feel like i graduated lol, i passed my road test yesturday!!! yay! all i got to do now is get my car on the road and stufff ahah
it does, it comes and goes but i had a couple of times where it was so bad, i ended up in the hospital. nervous to get it out but maybe its the answer to the pain ive been having since getting the surgery. well you were and you shouldnt let family get in your way of losing weight, you're trying to do the better for yourself. one girl on here/youtube, had to block everyone and everything out, you're supposed to focus on what you're eating, and controll your mind, she lost a lot of weight 125 with the band heres a link to her video
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i love tripp too. i have one corset that actually fits altogether i have 3, a dress i want to fit into, now the skirt, tripp street skinny and capris but i also want to and definitely need to lose more weight, nowhere near my mini goal at all. i have not bought anything from torrid but i always wanted to and thank you, goodluck to you too (:
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I decided to go vegetarian (again). 3 years ago before I gained almost 100lbs I was a vegetarian. I felt light, healthy and energized back then. I always wanted to go back to it but couldn't find the willpower. Thanks to having the VSG I've been without meat since surgery & feel amazing! Everyone's journey is their own & I'm certainly not encouraging or saying my way is the best way at all. However I would like to have support and wanted to share with my bariatricpal family ! If anyone else is looking to do the same (after much research) or already may be a veg please connect so we can share recipes and such. I'll keep you all posted on my journey. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
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I work as a nurse and my typical patient is usually elderly, a new post op patient, a recent moderate to severe stroke victim, a bariatric patient who had a bad outcome, an accident victim, and/or a person who has been debilitated for a long period of time. The typical patient is a one person hard tranfer or a two person mild transfer. They weight anywhere from 100lbs to 500lbs, with the average being around 200lbs. They need to be tranferred into and out of the bed/wheelchair/bathroom and lifted and repositioned often while in bed, I work three-12 hour night shifts in a row so lots of this. I am hoping to have my sleeve done during a two week planned vacation, and return back to work about 10 days post op. I will be able to avoid a lot of the lifting by saying that I have had stomach surgery, but there is always times when it is hard to do. For anyone out there that is in a job like mine with this type of lifting, what is the amount of time you took off. I want to let my body heal properly, but at the same time I hate to make my co-workers work a lot of extra days to cover my days if I am off, so I would like to be back as soon as possible. Worse case I can tell my boss that I had the surgery and will only work if there are always two other people there with me, sometime there is only me and another worker. I hate to take this road because there are to many things that can go wrong and it is a major hassle to always make sure everyone hasn't forgotten that I need these needs met. Plus I hate feeling like I am whining or not pulling my weigh, I went through a year and a half of many complications with my lap band so everyone knows I have had these type needs in the past, so I really hate to go down that road once again. Any advice would be welcomed.
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Hello my name is Lorrie and have just found out about the gastric sleeve Fri. by my Dr. so reading all I can about it before going to 1st meeting. My sister had a gastric bypass many years ago and after watching what she went through I never wanted any thing to do with weight loss surgery. I now am at a point in my life that I want be healthier to enjoy life!
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Yes I've has I've had eggs before, I've even had few bites of cheese omelette and was fine, fills me up real quick. I've never felt sick from them before surgery: April 24th~~~current weight loss 27 pounds
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Saw my surgeon today for my first post op visit. Down 25 lbs since starting this whole thing in January. Sleeve surgery was done 5/12/14 & I weighted 284 on that day. I was told I could now have soft/pureed foods. I made the mistake of not THINNING my avocado. Wasn't a good thing. For the first time I felt really awful. I drank water to try & make the food go thru my stomach faster but I have no idea if this worked. I felt so awful that I took a nap & got up felling a lot better. Believe me, all foods will be thinned for a while. I have had very little in the way of nausea but this came close. Would I do this again? Absolutely. I'm very happy with my progress & so was my surgeon. Onward & downward.
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@@cadegirl get back to work and start losing weight "they" doc/ insurance too want to make sure you can comply with the rules of eating et al do as i say, not as i do!! i had a couple of food funerals pre-op gained 6 lbs!!! eeeeekkkkk everything turned out ok for me, but not good to gain weight you gained 3 lbs KNOCK IT OFF!!!! get back to work, do everything your doc tells you things you have already been instructed on you MUST follow all these "rules" for the rest of your healthier, happier, longer life hopefully (probably ) no problems with insurance but, get back on the wagon good luck with insurance getting a surgery date sooner than later kathy
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I went to my last Nurse practitioner visit today and I gained 3lbs will this stop the insurance from giving me an approval for the surgery?
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Who else's big day is jan 22? I'm so excited but so nervous. I have so many emotions. My b day is jan 17 and I feel like this is my year to get healthy and lose the weight. How are all of you feeling?
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I can see their concerns, a sleeve might cause your GERD to get WORSE as a LOT of sleevers have excessive acid at least for a while. The VSG DOES remove a good portion of the pump material but what pumps are left and the resultant smaller capacity can often lead to too much acid for the small area to hold and it spills over into the esophagus. I wonder too if they're worried about having enough material to possibly do a fundoplication ( https://secure.wikim..._fundoplication ) should one be necessary, the sleeve would eliminate a lot of the stomach material with which to do this. Stick with it, you'll know the answers soon enough and hopefully they include your WLS. I too had / have a have a hiatal hernia as well as a Schatzki ring ( https://secure.wikim...i/Schatzki_ring ). I was worried about getting the surgery. Fortunately neither proved serious enough to keep me from the VSG. The VSG even HELPED with the Shatzki ring in the fact that I now cannot eat enough to get hung up in the ring and therefore have not had ANY symptoms since the surgery and weight loss. We all wish you well and hope to hear a good report and news soon.
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Pre Op Testing Done Waiting For Insurance Approval
dustbuster_00 posted a topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
My first appointment with my Lap Band Surgeon was 1 month ago. Yesterday I knocked out all of my appointments and tests in one day. First was my appointment with the nutritionist. My insurance requires 6 months of diet prior to the surgery. I have receipts from Weight Watcher from the past year as well as Nutrisystem. So, I only had to see the nutritionist once. Of course the insurance requires it, but they do not cover it as a benefit. I had to pay for that 100% out of my pocket. Then I had my appointment with the Psychologist which was very easy. After that I had my blood work done an upper GI and an EKG. I had to pay my portion of all these tests as well. My surgeons office will be submitting to the insurance company this week. I hoping that the insurance company will approve the surgery the first request fingers crossed. Anyone else at this step in the Lap Band Journey? I would love to hear how the process is going. -
I have lost like 1000 lbs in the last 20 years. I am 53 and this battle has gone on forever. Since the lap-band was installed I am ready and willing to keep the weight loss going. I did take a holiday there for a year or so. Now I am ready to go forward. I have lost a normal size person, and I have another person to go, LOL:eek: . But, I am ready to do the work. I think it took that year off to get my head right, it ain't all in the eating. For some reason I was not ready to be a normal size, today I am. Well................... at least I think so.......LOL. Thanks for the thought, and it's nice to know that the end is in sight. Peace. Butch
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BAND EMPTIED, HOPING TO BE SLEEVED MAY 28TH
Pixie Dust replied to mcm1512's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hi mcm! I haven't been sleeved yet. I have my first appt with the surgeon next Friday & at that time he may possibly give me a surgery date. I'm hoping for summer. But I did want to wish you the best! I think just coming on this forum, you'll get so much positive feedback & encouragement that it's the best place to be if you're sitting on the proverbial fence! Don't let anyone discourage you or call you a failure! They are not friends & if family calls you a failure, then you need to find different relatives! I "divorced" my family & have "adopted" some wonderful friends as family. That was the first dead weight I lost & haven't felt better or looked back! I hope you find all that you're looking for & that all your dreams come true! -
BAND EMPTIED, HOPING TO BE SLEEVED MAY 28TH
magpie30 replied to mcm1512's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
It will change your life! And all for the better! I'm so excited for you and can't wait to hear about your progress! It's a tough journey but well worth it and i know you can do it! on a side note, just remember that you can gain weight back with it if you eat a lot of slider foods, it's a tool not a cure. i sometimes have to remind myself of that when i want pizza, or ice cream, or other not so good for you foods. Just keep that in mind and you will do great!! -
cant wait to see you in your healthy weight wish you all the best -
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