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My name is Dena, I've been reading the posts here for a few weeks and thought I'd say hi. I'm pre-op VSG, a little over four months into a six month program. So far so good, and hoping for surgery in October/November, fingers crossed. I'm excited, and happy to be a part of this community. After watching so many people track their journey on You Tube, I decided I would like to try that too. I thought it would help me both with motivation and staying accountable. You can find me as GrandmaDena VSG if you want to check it out. I'm really out of my comfort zone getting in front of a camera, but I'm pushing myself to try new things. Take care everyone, I look forward to getting to know all of you better! Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App
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2Nd Fill, Still Not Feeling Restriction...is This Normal?
honk replied to tokiesgirl6's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
The band won't help you feel full until you've had enough fills. If it's been more than 3 weeks since your last fill I would get another. I did not get restiction until 10.6 CC's -
I'm told three days by my surgeon because the stomach is being messed with (tightened), going on full liquids allows the stomach to adjust and heal. Every doctor is different. By the third day in afternoon I'm ready for a nice thick bowl of soup:)
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You are doing great! Yes, it is a long road to goal, but you are well on your way! Goal just seems so far away so I have tried to set little mini-goals along the way. One of the things that has helped me the most is setting out the next item of clothing I will be able to wear. I have saved clothing over the years in hopes I would take off weight and get back into the stuff. I went through my closet and tried to organize it by size. I sometimes try things on to see if they fit. I will bring to the front of the closet the pair of jeans or whatever that is just a little too tight to zip comfortably or too tight to wear in public. I try them on about once a week and before I know it, they fit! It is just so much better than looking ahead to that final goal weight.
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Thanks Deb, Julie, and momab50 for your responses. I am so happy to be joining the "banded club" and am hoping I can do as well as the three of you have done! Your weigh losses are encouraging! I'm still nauseous today and am taking the medication for it, which helps a lot. Overall, though, I am feeling good, in fact better than I had anticipated, with only a little soreness in my stomach area and a scratchy throat. I've been drinking Isopure, which requires a lot of effort because it tastes terrible to me right now! But I will get through it because it seems to be the easiest way to get my protein in. My cat is clearly miffed at me because I won't allow him in the room with me. I decided I can't risk him leaping onto my stomach, and he just doesn't get it. Normally, he rules the place. Stay cool, Julie. I saw on the weather this morning that it's scorching in AZ.
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5 Weeks Post Op
yankee girl replied to Michele1975's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm 5 weeks out as well and I'm at 27 ur doing great and right where u should b my doc said 1-3 a week. Keep it up -
Hi guys, Just wanted to check-in. I'm 5- weeks post op and down 20lbs. I haven't had a fill yet. The scale has been stuck for about 1.5 weeks, so that's a little frustrating. I get hungry but wouldn't call this phase "hell". I stay at about 1000 calories a day and do my best to get my Protein in. Wish I was losing more....sometimes I forget I even have the band. If I eat too fast I do get stuck, but that's probably the only change I've noticed. Other than getting full on a lot less! I hope the scale starts moving again....on Monday I'm part of a fitness challenge at work, so i expect that will help. I want to get below 200 so we can start trying for baby #2. That's 65 pounds away......seems too far!!! I guess I'm feeling a little down even though I know that without the band, there is no way I'd be down 20 lbs......the plateau really sucks and comparing myself to some of the amazing success stories is defeating as well. Wah, Wah, Wah---right? :-)
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Surgery on 9/16. Anybody with Bipolar to ease my mind?
ShoppGirl replied to lovetaralyn's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Yea I went through a week or two where I felt very low energy but I think that was typical for just about everyone. I would still give your psychiatrist the heads up that you may be needing adjustments especially if you have needed them for weight fluctuations In the past but like I said so far so good. Fingers crossed. -
had my first fill today and was able to eat lunch just fine with smaller portions. When it came to dinner it was different story. Three bites in and I was sliming. It was not fun. guess tonight is just liquids. hopefully I will be able to eat tomorrow if not I have to go back to the doctor to have half a cc taken out.
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Well here I am on day three post op. I said I would keep everyone posted on my progress. It hasnt been bad at all. I am sleepy a lot but that is probably the meds and no food. Yesterday I could barely get 2 bottles of water down. Today I get to start full liquids but only 2 oz, at a time. I woke up this morning and the minute I stood up I thought I was gonna throw up. I just kept swallowing and it passed. I gotthe nausea meds immediately. I have had the feeling about 4 times this morning. So that is about the worst that has happened so far. Gas hasnt been bad at all, but I have been walking a lot and my hubby has been tapping my back and that seems to help a lot. So my journey is starting out on the plus side. I will keep everyone informed on my journey. Good Luck to all future and existing bandsters.
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As a fill on Feb 27th, pretty tight. Super slow eating and can't eat a lot of foods I could once! Been experiencing heart burn since last Thurs, not too bad but noticeable! No burping or stuff coming out, just feel it in my chest! Does this happen! I was fine until last week, could it be due to band being tight! This was the tighest I ever felt it!!! I dd liquids n mushers for almost 2 weeks.
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I had surgery just 3 days after you on 8/20/10 and I have had several days in a row now where I feel the same as you. I am getting a solid 8-9 hours a night yet all I want to do is sleep.Yesterday and today I have forced myself not to take any naps, and forced myself to do housework and run some errands. It is like pushing a truck uphill to even get up the oomphf to cook my family some dinner. I am no where near the same calorie intake as you though so part of my desire for nothing but sleep might be the low calorie part. I am also at the "dreaded stall" as well. I think my body is finally catching up to what I did to it 3 weeks ago and is rebelling. It will work itself out eventually, I just want it to be sooner rather than later.
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Marsha - I doubt you have done anything to your band. It sounds as though you are one of those people who has a very sensitive and finicky stomach, and you are going to have to be very, very, very careful after your adjustments to give your stomach time to settle down. Sounds like it just took some time for your stomach to get over the trauma of being squeezed. In addition to the initial tightness caused by the trauma of a fill, the restriction we feel will vary from day to day. It is never good to take the band for granted because it hasn't given us any problems - whenever I do that, I am reminded in a hurry that YES, I am banded, YES, I have restriction, and YES, I ALWAYS have to chew well and eat slowly!! When you go for your next fill, be sure to stay on liquids for a week - the tighter you go, the more likely your stomach will react poorly (like with your first fill), and take things super slow.
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Hi Masha, I experienced the same as you did.I was super restricted and then alsomst overnight it's gone.This has been going on over a week and now i schedualed another fill.23-06-04 When he did the last one he put in 2 then took . something out,i took another sip and he wanted to take more and i insisted that he didn't. C
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I have 2 1/2 days till my surgery ( april 4th) and i am very excited LOL... I am at work and i have pretty much done everything my house is fully tidy and i am busting to go... I think i need to breathe and perhaps do some more exersice to use up my energy i seem to have at the moment .. wait i think i am more excited to be having 3 weeks off work. there is no point to this topic just to say i am excited ...
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This is a generality, but usually people who can't lose weight are eating lots of things that are not restricted by the band. I can eat no end of chocolate, ice cream, pudding, creamy Soups, Peanut Butter, baked potatoes . . . I'm getting hungry just making the list! However, I can about 1/4 of a meat serving compared to presurgery; I can't eat bread and enjoy it, and many Snacks have to be eaten slowly or else I will get sick. The other problem area with "eating around the band" is snacking and grazing constantly. If you eat a little bit, then a little bit again, then again, and again and again . . . well, you get the picture. If you follow the rules of eating a regular solid meal three times a day, with your Protein first, then veggies, and finally starches (which I usually just leave out, except on special occasions) then you will find your food intake drastically reduced. Finally, get your fills when you need them! If you don't get your band adjusted properly, it isn't going to work like it is supposed to.
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I got a 2.4cc fill today, just two weeks after a 2.5cc fill. The barium passed through the banded area lickity-split like there wasn't anything there when two weeks previously I'd seen it curl backwards as it hit the banded area. The radiologist couldn't offer an explaination... he just fills them. I'm worried about loosing restriction... but hopeful this fill will do the trick.
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I really have the same pattern. I must swell after fills, I come home from each fill and within a day or two I'm thinking "this is the one" and I lose a kilogram or two within that first week. After that, the restriction reduces very significantly and I can eat virtually normally (with restriction on certain items and pain on eating too fast) for the rest of the month and dont lose anymore. So the last four months has been one to two kilograms a month off and thats it. In between I feel I have ever so slightly more restriction than I had last month so I am inching v-e-r-y slowly towards perfect restriction. My surgeon says one to two kilograms a month is great, very healthy weight loss, but its frustratingly slow, I'm so close to goal weight and it'll take over a year to get there at this point. I dont want to lose 8kg in a month, just perhaps 3 per month! I think though that despite naturally getting impatient its important to just inch your way there gradually, you will get there eventually.
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It is so bizarre that there are so many different pre op and post op procedures out there. Surely after all this time they have worked out what the best possible procedure is. I can understand maybe the pre op diet stuff might depend on how much you weigh etc but the post op surely should be similar. I have heard some people have been on liquids for as little as 4 days or as much as 4 weeks. This just seems really bizarre to me. I'm on liquids for 2 weeks then pureed, then mushed etc building up to solids over 6 -8 weeks. I also don't get my first fill for 6 weeks but that is probably more to do with my surgeon being on holidays.
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Surgery on 9/16. Anybody with Bipolar to ease my mind?
breezey50 replied to lovetaralyn's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Hi. I was just sleeved on Nov 3 and I have bipolar disorder also. I know there will be ups and downs but for the last 6 weeks, I have felt pretty good. Having the diet and Protein to plan for and consider gives me focus and allows my anxiety levels to focus on that. It really has helped. I have lost almost 30 lbs. and have been wondering about meds also. I started meditation about 9 monthes ago and find that it really helps to calm me down and center myself (if I had said this a year ago, I would be hysterically laughing, but a friend dared me to do it and I became hooked. So far my moods have been fairly stable. I hope this helped a bit. -
You are not a whiny baby at all! You're 4 days out! I felt like complete crap for about 3 weeks. The people I had surgery with felt fine by day 3. Not me. Not everyone has an easy recovery. It will pass. I hope you feel better soon!
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Nope, you are not the only one who didn't breeze through. You aren't a whiny baby, you just had major surgery and at 4 days out, it's pretty normal to feel bad. I felt drained for the first six weeks. I can remember needing to rest after a shower, and thinking I might not make it through! Take it easy, get lots of rest, and work on getting those fluids in! Hope you feel better. Oh, and take your pain meds if you need them.
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Is my NUT nuts?
Wannabeskinnie replied to Mike4132's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I was told similar stuff also...in fact, I can't even try veggies until 7 weeks out. And they want me to never have starches ever again...protein always first and always the main bulk of the meal...chew chew chew up to 20-30 times and make meals last 20-30 minutes. It's gonna be tough just thinking about this! 8 days to go, no preop diet except one day. -
After a week I started calling! If they have everything they need it shouldn't take a month. They have up until a month to process. I called on my own and found out before my surgeon called to set up the surgery date lol [emoji23] talk about antsy! [emoji16]
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Im not sure about your personal insurance. Ive seen some in a day and some take a month. My paperwork got submitted to insurance today, so im just as anxious as you are. The secretary told me about 2 or 3 weeks.
