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I was banded 11/4, had my first fill of 3.5cc on 12/17, then a second fill today up to 4.5cc. My doctor seems to be going at this pretty slowly. But like you, I have been bouncing up and down within a few pounds since the 10 pound drop the week after surgery. I'm ready to start losing again too! Granted, holiday times are tough, and I wasn't as strict as I should have been. Maybe the band prevented me from otherwise gaining, so that's a good way to look at it. I'm hoping now that with a second fill, and the holidays behind me, that the weight will start to come off again. The dietician today told me that many lapbanders don't lose much in the first stages until the band gets tightened sufficiently, and everyone's sweet spot is different. I actually could feel some pressure in the stomach area when he was filling me today, which was very weird. Not really unpleasant, but it certainly is odd to feel something moving in there, where I've never felt anything before. Sorry for rambling, just wanted to let you know there are others out there like you still waiting for the band to kick in and do its share.
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My Dr. Says first 4-6 weeks is for healing -don't let it get to u. Maybe just consider it healing instead of a plateau.
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HAVE ANY OF YOU BANDSTERS EVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH BLOOD CLOTS AFTER SURGERY?
blpchick replied to nessa2012's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Yep I got a clot in my leg. I later found out I have a clotting gene called factor 5 Leiden that means I clog easier though. My clot showed up a week after surgery. -
Well guys it's been the ride of my life since being banded 28th March! I started IVF the following week and was monitoring intake. First fill was a non-event and ended up having to be done by X-Ray, only got .5 fill which wasn't enough, by the time I got back in to see my surgeon to tell him that that .5 wasn't enough he realised the port had unhooked itself! so I would have needed to go back under the knife, only problem was .... we had a positive pregnancy result! so Ultrasound was my only option for a fill. But I would wait until the next scan to make sure, and as bad luck would have it the pregnancy wasn't looking good. So I waited for the next scan, and again not looking good so I put of the ultrasound for fill again. Sad to say that we lost the pregnancy and I'm now booked in for the readjustment next Friday for a repair to the port and hopefully a bloody good fill. The it's round two for IVF! Basically at this moment in time I can eat pretty much anything I want to, just not as much, but I feel very little restriction which bothers me NO END! So fingers crossed girls, fill and adjustment are successful, I lose a bit more weight, get back into exercise and IVF round 2 is a winner! hopefully we are back on track!
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Nov 17th- Am I ready?
ashleymor4 replied to time2loseit's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Well your story sounds alot like mine. I was 5foot6 225 pounds and I paid 4 my own surgery on 10/18. I am also an emotional eater but Im not about to throw away all the money I invested in myself. I didnt go on a liquid diet till the two days before my surgery because I didnt know I was substo. I didnt start reading this sight till about 1 week after my surgery and Im glad that I didnt read it before. I only focus on the negative and I overlook the positive messages on this sight. I havent throwen up at all and I followed the diet that they assigned me post surgery.(and it wasnt that hard) I had a very ruff 1st week, but after that it was great. Ive lost 20 pounds and Im feeling great. Im sure this will all change after my first fill but Im glad I did it and I dont regret it at all. Hope this helped, good luck!! -
I'm a lower BMI person and I don't relly believe that has everything to do with how you heal. I didn't have any complications from the surgery, just some of the uncomfortable stuff that follows surgery and I wasn't ready to go back to work for a week and a half. The anesthesia really knocked me out and I felt sleepy for a week, aside from the other stuff. Good luck to you!! Give yourself the time you need to heal!
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As I was reading your message Cleosan52, I was getting teary eyed, because I know what your feeling. I will be getting my date next week and I have butterflies as well. And the butterflies are not because of the surgery overall but just losing weight and having a different way of life then what it has been. Although I love me and who I am and the women and mother I've become, I know I need to lose the weight. But this has been a part of my whole life since birth as a 10lb baby girl, so it's all I know and I have adapted to who I am and love me exactly as I am. I don't know I keep wondering this daily---does having this surgery make everyone right that skinny is better and people who are skinny are better then me. sometimes I am not sold on the buy-in as far as skinny but have to keep telling myself it is about health, health, health and long life,,,RIGHT...Your in my prayers
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Anyone have regrets early post surgery?
JennEdge replied to momnear40's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I definitely had this feeling my first week out from surgery. I was a self-pay patient so I was sitting there asking myself why on Earth I would PAY for someone to do this to me! It does get better though. I just yesterday got permission to go back to eating - UNRESTRICTED. Everything up until now has been full liquid or mushy. I'm able to eat bread - in small amounts, and I'm able to have oatmeal and stuff. I feel much better about my decision now that the hard part is over with. It's a scary process, but my mother just keep telling me to remember the big picture. It will get better. -
Anyone have regrets early post surgery?
Jack replied to momnear40's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
That anxiety peaked in me about 1-2 weeks post op.....had the avatar of Homer burying his face in his palms.....the "what ifs" got me for a couple days. The GOOD news is....each day gets better and better. We are fully capable of finding new ways to convert social meal time to an event that DOESN'T mean an excuse to show how much we can eat!!!! And we all eventually find that being the largest person in the room will mean new ways to act and treat ourselves. It all comes a day at a time. cheers in your journey -
Anyone have regrets early post surgery?
momnear40 posted a topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I had my surgery a week ago tomorrow and I can't keep from getting panic attacks. I am almost panicky because I am not allowed to eat and am afraid I will never be able to go out again and eat at all! I am wondering what I did to myself! Were any of you scared when you weren't allowed to eat anything? -
I've been stalled a month! Please help.
Inner Surfer Girl replied to DrewzWife's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
It is entirely possible that you may not be eating enough, especially if you are exercising regularly. 800 calories seems really low this far after surgery. What does your NUT advise? Embrace the Stall! http://BariatricPal.com/index.php?/topic/351046-Embrace-the-Stall -
I would bet trapped gas as well. I had the same thing a couple of weeks ago. I thought it was my appendix, But the next morning I woke up (I slept on that side that night and gas rises so it moved to the upper side which made it the left side):thumbup:and the pain was on the opposite side, knew it was gas then. I paid for it. I chose to eat a "dove" chocoloate that day and the rest is history, not doing that again. Not sure why the chocolate had that affect. don't want it again any time soon. could have been the sugar that caused the gas.
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Estrogen released from fat cells...who knew?
Carol Watts replied to Holly5.3's topic in The Gals' Room
I had to give up my hormone shots. I have took one since surgery it caused a huge stall in weight loss. I had hysterectomy in 1997 never took hormones until almost 2 years ago. I am now pre hysterectomy weight. -
i had BM! of just over 31, bad joints, replacements, and i had lap band done three months ago. Now im down to 29 BMI... pain nearly completely gone from joints etc. all up if i remember correctly i had aboutr 75 pounds to lose. Ive lost 30 already. the quality of life now is way beyond what i would have expected from the surgery... already im benefiting in more ways than i realised i would.
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Bill, that is great – keep it up. I hit my weight goal a few weeks ago (101 lb loss from 285 to 184). I was wearing XXXL Shirts and 44 pants. Now I’m in M shirts and 32-34 pants. My new goal has shifted from weight to Body Fat. The work in the gym is really starting to pay off in that regard. I started out about 3 months ago at 22% and am now under 17%. I feel like I am only a week or two away from my Body Fat goal of 15%. I know that I will need to find another goal at that point because scratching off goals seems to be my major motivating factor. I am thinking about dropping my Body Fat to 13% as a tough goal to shoot for.
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BMI of 27.5 / with Type II...Does lap band work to control diabetes
Akire20 commented on sandyguy's blog entry in Blog 75964
Hi, My doc told me a year ago i got diabetes type II and High blood presure at that time when he discovered my sugar was at 185, since that moment i was suppose to take some medication metformin 550mg and fosinopril for the High blood presure i never learn how to used the machine but everytime i went to the hosp i check it up. After 6 months since the doc discovered these things I start a strict diet and a workout program exercise in 4 months I lost 48 lbs and my sugar and the High blood pres was getting pretty good, then i decided to get the lap band and i lost another 31 lbs. Last week i went to see my doc and he told me i not longer need to take any of these medications both of them i'm not diabetic or have High Blood press anymore. I'm 5 weeks post surgery and i havent had any fill in my band yet. So do it you wont regret it, it helps a lot. -
Hi ! Thanks for the message! I have been waiting for my Doctor (PCP) to give me a fill, she will start doing them any week now (she's been trying to get the insurance and other stuff ready). I really believe I need one. She trained with the Doctor who performed my surgery so I'm excited about that, I'm just losing patience (instead of weight!). At any rate, I hope to have a fill within the next couple of weeks.
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Hey all, As the title says I am new to the site and just recently had the sleeve done. I think I'm doing fairly well I'm past my first two weeks of Fluid and am now starting pureed foods. On the date I started the presurgical diet I weighed 363 after surgery and two weeks I now weigh 337. Not too bad. Looking forward to being able to update as I've gained confidence reading all your stories. Oh and ya, split up with my bf a month before this...never a better time to start!
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Feels like I do not have a band fitted and my appetite is raging... I read that I can eat any foods now abeit in small amounts! :hungry: I could eat a horse ! I can gulp down pints of Water ! Is this normal ? :help:
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call your doc and ask if you can eat for peter's sake... my doc moved me on to normal foods after two weeks. i was able to drink all i wanted, and i would stop eating after twenty minutes of mushies, but i never got full, and still have not backed up. today, for lunch, i ate a grilled hamburger patty...probably 4 oz cooked, and a spoon full of turnip greens. The i ate some sugar free pudding, and still could have eaten more. I have absolutely NO NO NO restriction. Sounds like you may be in the same boat with me. I am 3 weeks post op now. my doc let me eat at two weeks, he just reminded me to CHEW chew CHEW and STOP when I start to feel fullness/tightness/backing up/etc...but i really have not had any of that(except for once when I ate too fast, dern that first bite). good luck!! (gosh, gotta love wheetsin, but man, i would love to hate her...50 lbs in a month? who does that!!!! {winks at wheetsin!! Congrats sister!})
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I got my transplant before the lap band. I don't have the lap band yet, 1 week from today.
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I had a colonoscopy a couple of years ago (I had IBS) before I turned 50. Everything came back fine. My wife just had one last week and I had forgotten how much of the prep liquid and water you have to drink (and the amount of time you have to drink it in). Has anyone had a colonoscopy after having RYN? Do they cut down on the amount of prep liquid that you have to drink? I have like 6 or 7 years left before I need to have it done again and I was just curious.
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I went from 240 to 128 I have minimal sagging in my legs and I mean a little bit and none in my arms. However I've had three children and 3 c sections my stomach looks like a war zone. I wear a size 3-4 in jeans but if I had a tuck it would probably be a 0-2 bc in the 3-4's their baggy in my legs. I'm also five years out. I moisturized my skin a lot also but every body is different. I was n wlsg with a girl who had a washboard stomach after her wls. So it all depends. Don't waste ur money on gimmicks though k.
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Twinsmommy-how long did it take u to acquire your habits and how long has it been using those habits to get u where u are now? Yeah me too!! Preop wasn't alot of fun but I kept to it and lost 10lbs. Got banded in august 2013. On liquid (clear) for 1 week ( swelling to go down ) then 2 weeks full liquid then 6 weeks soft foods which I'm still on. I'm having a few difficulties due to the fact I take 18 pills a day. But was on 33. But a few are weight gainers. I can eat some days other days it's hard. But that's me. I'm not starving. This morning had a wonderful omelet w/sausage Lt. An hour later took my 8 am pills with iced tea. I don't get hungry. food is Not the uppermost thought on my mind. I just finished 15 min of biking( stationary ). I haven't figured everything out and I'm sure it's a continual learning experience. So to answer your question your band is a tool only. You need the time and mindset to come to terms with the band. Remember its a journey not an overnight fix. Good luck. And by the way even tho I'm having troubles doesn't mean I made a mistake. I have to continually change my habits each day and someday I hope they become habit too. I would do it again. I've lost a little over 20lbs and haven't had my first fill yet. It'll come in time I have many years to work it out. Have a great journey.
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I am experiencing the same thing at the moment, I can't get any good food into me, I am going to get a very slight defill next week as I feel I am too tight. Tiny fills can make a huge difference, back in October I had a fill, couldn't swallow water a week later, got 0.25ml taken out and was suddenly able to eat too much. When you get to a certain point the tiniest fill can be too much. I'm going to ask to get 0.1ml taken back out.
