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Debating referral
ginganinja14 replied to ginganinja14's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
I did speak to the nurse in my PCP office and asked that they start the referral process... been a week and haven't heard anything yet. Not 100% sure on the surgery yet, but I definitely want the nutritionist and such... Sent from my SM-G920V using the BariatricPal App -
I am finally back to my 40 lbs even today...Now that the weekend is over with its time to get back on track...I wanted to be at about 250 by christmas but it doesnt appear that its going to happen that way...I will take whatever comes my way and learn to deal with it...I am scheduled for my 3rd fill on the 17th of next month and have big plans for that fill...I want to be at about 200 or less by June (my 1 year anniversary of getting the band)...I dont plan on getting anymore fills after that point due to that is when the insurance stops covering the cost of them...So if I lose or not I will keep scheduling my fills about every 1 1/2-2 months from no on to try to keep on track...I still love the band and without it I wouldnt be at a 40 lb loss right now and anything is an improvement...The band is really kind of fickled...I took leftovers from dinner last night for lunch today at work..Last night it went down great and caused me to get sick at lunch today...But after a couple bites and having something get stuck then lunch was over for me which I guess was a good thing cuz I ate less and expect a little bit of a loss by tomorrow...I was planning on getting back on track with my workouts today since my medical problems have really been keeping me from doing anything strenuous for now...But I came home and mowed the front and backyard today so that counts as my workout for today..This in itself was great cuz in the past I had to mow the front yard one day and the back another just to make it thru it and now I can actually do both...:clap2:...Yipee for me!! As far as the medical stuff, its still going on and heavier than last week, but I have my follow up with my ob on friday and hopefully she will have some good news for me and help me get it under control...I think that I have rambled on enough for today, but more rambles to come in the near future...The band is good, the band is wise!!:hail: I bow to the band!!
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If you plan to stay in Oregon, you might be better off to wait the 3 months until you move. I know that seems odd but it's often hard to find surgeons who will take on other's patients. Having said that, prices vary by what insurance negotiates, and don't always relate to what people pay who are "self pay". However, 1k per fill is exorbitant in my opinion. My doc charges 400 and they ARE covered by my insurance.
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From the album: Disney Apr 2010
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I never double guessed my decision. I know the lapband has risks but I also know there are rare slippage and erosion. I am so happy with my lapband. Dr. Ortiz has a wonderful program. I would go for it. The facility is suppose to be really nice and he is a wonderful doctor. Don't second guess yourself. You can do this. The band is wonderful. Keep in mind the people who have only lost 20 lbs might not be working with the band properly. You have to get fills for restriction and you have to watch your portion control along with exercise. That being said, I am considered a slow loser at 1 lb a week. I have lost 39 lbs since June. I love my band. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Go for it. Its wonderful.
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Anyone Had Staples On Incision Sites?
Liberated Sleeve replied to Kandi24z's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Mine came out on day 3 and that surgical tape stuff put on over the incisions. -
depression pre surgery.... and it remains.
Maple31 posted a topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm 8 weeks post surgery. I had my surgery locally where I live but fibbed my way though the process. Sadly I can now say I wish I had not. I am still severally depressed and unhappy. I started this journal to once again be the person I felt best at, prior to three kids. I'm miserable. Every time I eat I get heartburn. And I lack the motivation to drink gallons of water. I suck. Am I alone? -
I had similar surgery 10 years ago for gall bladder and those scars are barely noticable. They are perfectly flat and look like lines of skin a little lighter than the skin around them. You wouldn't notice unless you looked. I put vitamin E oil (from inside a vitamin E capsule) a couple of times a week.
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Thought I was totally better, but tonight I've been aching around my port site (next to my belly button) and under my left rib where I had a lot of gas pains the first week... Is this normal? I'm a little weirded out that it hurts all of a sudden...
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I Forgot - I Think .. Now What Do I Do?
CoolBreeze replied to CoolBreeze's topic in Food and Nutrition
Have you tried putting a paket of splenda in it - I did because it was the only way I could get it down. On the other note: give yourself time, it's only been a week. You'll get thru it. If you can drink milk, try muscle milk lite - chocolate, vanilla, strawberry flavors, not sure of other flavors. Or you could try whey Protein isolate, it comes in a few more flavors than just choco,van, strawberry. -
Three Weeks Out And Hurts Like Hell To Swallow
lisa2job replied to chum's topic in Post-op Diets and Questions
it could be a number of things or nothing at all, I would call my doctor and get in to see her better safe than sorry...... for me it hurts when I take too big of a bite of anything and try to swallow it regarless of how much I chew it and I am 3 months out. I eat with a baby spoon most of the times still and it keeps me on track for small bites. -
EEEEKS! Giving a go at pre-op diet..
Eddie Giddens (MsDad) replied to VSG4aHealthierMe's topic in Pre-op Diets and Questions
My surgery date is 9/6 so I technically don't have to start my pre-op diet until the 23rd of this month. However, I was hoping for an earlier date so I went ahead and started it. With the exception of two "cheat" meals when I found out my surgery date was so far off, I've been keeping my carbs below 15-20 grams per day. I've lost 18.6 pounds so far (in three weeks). It can get boring, but make friends with eggs and microwave bacon (drains most of the fat) for breakfast, tuna packed in Water with sparing amounts of regular (not low fat, has extra carbs) mayo, salad with cheese and carb free meats, boiled eggs and cucumbers (no carrots or tomatoes, again, carbs) and lean meats and fish. If you need something to eat your tuna "salad" on/with, get some pork rinds. ZERO carbs. Be sparing with even green veggies (green Beans, asparagus, etc) - just because they're not starchy veggies, everyone thinks they're low carb. They are lowER carb, but just watch them closely. One that snuck up on me was Brussels sprouts - 1 gram of carbs per sprout! My favorite veggie off the list for now. Like salmon? I have a recipe for a teriyaki glaze that's almost completely carb-free. PM me and I'll give it to you. It would be great on pork or chicken too! Is pre-op easy? No. Is it fun? No Is it boring? Can be unless you get creative and think out of the box. The most important thing is to get those carbs out of your system and drop some weight to shrink your liver to make for a smoother surgery. -
Hi all. I'm not sure if I'm panicking over nothing, but I thought I'd ask.... I'm 16 days out of surgery and I've lost about 30 lbs since I started my pre-op diet. However, I stopped losing weight 6 days ago--I haven't lost a single pound since Friday. I haven't been doing anything differently. I'm still on full liquids and I haven't introduced anything new into my diet. I've just been drinking Water, Protein shakes, and some low-sodium liquidy Soups. Is this something I should be concerned about? Is this normal? Shouldn't it be a steady, progressive weight loss? Or are all bets off for the first couple months?
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First solid meal was not a good experience
Libbyjane1976 replied to FailureIsntAnOption's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Try soft vegetables and chicken. If that doesn't work then I would wait another week or so before trying them again. Good luck! -
I had my surgery almost 2 years ago and I have been at the same weight since May 2011. Since then I vomit atleast 2 or 3 days a week with no rhyme or reason. I have a hard time eating meats, rice, breads, some times lettuce, spagetti, just to name a few. I have went back to my dr. and he removed my fill and it still didn't help. When I talked to my dr. he looks at me like I am crazy, but I am not. My husband and I feel that this isn't normal. Sometimes all I can do is to drink coffee or hot tea which seems to make me feel better. Please help....
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I seem to be hungry every 4 hours or so. It's like I can eat 3 oz of cream soup but hungry again I'm a few hours. Do you get satisfied on the liquid diet?? ( 10 dpo.) Sent from my LG-H740 using BariatricPal mobile app
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Thank you. Actually, I recovered faster from the bypass than the band. I felt it took longer on the recovery with the band. I am tired, but then I have a dog that will start getting me up early in the mornings like 5 AM, an I am a night owl, still up till about 3 AM (I work nights). So the interrupted sleep doesn't help. So far I am finding more energy than I had before this surgery. I do take four Bariatric fusion complete Vitamin and mineral supplements per day. But if I don't get enough Protein my energy level goes down and I do notice it. I will sleep longer on one of my days off, but then I also work a 10 hour shift the day before and only get, at the most, 5 hours of sleep before I have to go back into work that day. So overall, any tiredness isn't actually caused by the bypass but from my life style. For my age, which is only a number, I feel I'm doing quite well. Time will tell though. Recently had complete set of labs and nothing was said except for my blood sugars (I'm a diabetic) and they had come down but the surgeon would rather see them normal with no insulin. So he only wants me to have protein, nothing else . So to answer your question I would have to say "no" but I only had bypass 2 1/2 months ago, it could happen later. I'm actually more fearful of the lack of Iron from this procedure than anything else. I have read where people have to take iron supplements either orally, injection, and some even infusion (which is painful and long). But I wouldn't change anything, I had researched this procedure out and not sorry abit that I made this decision.
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1 year and two months post surgery how's everyone doing?
ssflbelle replied to BabyNewYear's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I had 3 surgeries on Jan 26 2016. The sleeve, gallbladder removal and hernia repair. I was doing great until Oct of last year. I am about 40 pounds from my goal weight and finding these last 40 to be very difficult to get off. Since Halloween I have been bouncing back and forth with the same 10 pounds. Can't seem to get out of the 200's. I still can't walk because of 4 herniated discs but I am riding my trike. Was suppose to have some skin removal surgery but that was canceled as they found some microcalcifications and now I am waiting for a biopsy. Once I get pass this situation I hope to be able to get below 200. -
12/5 was my surgery and I ve been on Protein and veggies only since then. I do get nuts but only because I asked. I get chili, too, again only because I asked. When I reasonably suggested that the sturgeon (sic) give me a ratio of fats/proteins/carbs because he cannot list all the foods I may or may not eat ("you are cleared to eat everything") he refused and says that people who question him and start looking for diet guidance elsewhere are not successful. He did say no liquid with calories, 64 g protein/day. N0 Fruit no chewing gum no going back to Ensure. He doesn't like nutritionists, he said he doesn't trust them. I'm down @52 # and the scale don't move. I work out 6 days a week...3 with personal trainer. 4in gym and 2 in pool. Walk the doggie at least once a day....I'm frequently hungry @ 20 minutes after I eat. This ain't normal and I don't like it. And yes, I drink @ 64 oz/day. Scheduled a nut visit mid march. Sigh
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I got my first fill today (after not needing one the last time!). Well all of a sudden last week I was starving, so I called and went and got my first fill today! It wasn't bad at all--I thought it just felt wierd having that needle go in your port. I got 3cc--my first fill for my 14cc band. :thumbup: I'm excited actually. I worried about having this for the first time, but it wasn't anything bad like I imagined. And I'd lost 5 more pounds! Whooo hooo! It sure feels good! This is the best I've felt in years and I'm so thankful I had the band done.
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The question of how many onunces we eat at mealtime comes up quite frequently. Like many others, I guess-ti-mate. Since there's a strong possibility that I'm guess-ti-mating wrong, I decided to find nesting measuring bowls (affordable) that I can use to measure the amount I'm eating each meal. I looked at the few options available that would suit my needs. One was very expensive the other perfect! I got a stainless steel mini 4 piece measuring bowl set from Amazon.com. ($13.99). The bowls sizes are 1 cup, 1/2 cup, 1/3 cup and 1/4 cup. This is just FYI for anyone else who might be looking for something similiar.
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birth control after
justdance replied to justdance's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Thanku for replying that does help a lot. I see the surgeon this week for the first time and I have so many questions.. where I went u have to go to the seminar first and then u can make an appointment. Wish me luck -
Thank you for your response! I am so new at this that I'm still figuring it out. I attended the general information meeting for the NEW system in Newport Beach and scheduled the sleeve surgery for November 18. They said I would only need a week off from work (management/desk type job). Did you need more than a week to recouperate enough to return to a desk job, if you had to?
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Four days post op, and I feel hungry...
Shanna213 replied to ThreeCrows's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Im just the opposite. Im 4 days post op and i dont want anything. Im struggling to get fluids - today only 30 oz. I feel full. Im supposed to drink 5 oz/hr but have only managed this once or twice... mostly I'm 3 or none. I dont want to stretch or damage my pouch but don't want to be dehydrated or sickly full feeling either. -
Im 5 weeks out of having my sleeve done and for several days ive been having cramping and bloatiness in my lower belly which i related to my cycle coming on...I normally cramp atleast a week prior to, so it didnt seem alarming...But today im having pains under my right rib also and its tender to the touch....Not sure if i need to get into the Dr asap cause maybe something is wrong or this is my cycle coming on or maybe even gas...Can any1 tell me what would be signs besides pain that ive done something inside that needs medical attention right away??? If any1 can guve advice id appreciate it...Tyia Sent from my SM-N910P using the BariatricPal App
