Just call me the New Girl on the Block...

[Michelle 0]

I was banded on March 26, 2004! I have to give a HUG to my Doctor.... Love you Dr. Jayseelan!!!

I am so thankful that I found this site! I have had so many questions and concerns and reading each topic has helped me alot! I feel like I am losing weight slower then everyone else though. Since my surgery I have lost about 14lbs. Am I doing something wrong? :straight Don't get me wrong... 14lbs has been wonderful...I had to get off and on the scale a few times to make sure it wasn't lying! I think I wish I could just lose faster.

I am so proud of each and every person in here though. It makes me feel better to know I am not alone. Maybe when I get my first fill I'll see better results.

Thanks for all the great advice!!

Michelle~

[donali 57]

14 pounds in a month is great. Please, please, please remember that the AVERAGE weightloss with the band is 1-2 pounds A WEEK - that's 8 pounds a month, average, at the high end. So you have lost almost TWICE the high average so far!

This is a lifelong journey. This is forever. Yes, we all want the weight off yesterday, but we have to learn to focus on living and being healthy - the weightloss will follow.

Welcome to bandland, and enjoy your trip!

[tosha 0]

I think 14lbs is a geat weight loss. Everyone loses weight at different rates and in different places so don't get down about it. Your doing a great job. Wait until you go a month without losing weight then you'll be glad for those 14lbs. I need to go see Dr.J soon!

[Alexandra 55]

Hi Michelle,

Nice to meet you, and welcome!!

Please remember that not only is 14 lbs in a month amazing, it's also PRE-FILL. You may very well see some of those pounds come back on before you get a fill, and that's perfectly normal and nothing to panic about.

Your journey is just beginning and this phase can be difficult, but know that you have already gotten a great jump on the process. You're doing great! :mad:

[not2big42long 0]

Hi Michelle,

We are almost banding buddies. I was banded on 3/24. 14 pounds is GREAT!! I think the only reason I have lost more is that I got sick for a week and couldn't eat much and then we went to Disneyland and I walked more than I have in my entire life. Like Alexandra said you get to where there is almost no restriction and some of the weight may come back. I think I am getting close to that. I can eat a lot more now as long as I eat slow. How about you? I get my first fill on 5/6 and I can't wait. Have you scheduled yours yet?

Welcome, let us know how it all goes!!

[Michelle 0]

I was supposed to get my fill June 7 but I think I whined my way to May 17! I'm SO excited! Ok and I didn't like whine to get my way but gosh... I have had soo much go wrong with me lately. :think

I got banded March 26, two weeks later, Easter weekend, I woke up and couldn't breathe with TERRRIBLE pains under my top incision..so I called Dr. J. He sent me to the ER and that same night he operated on me and took out my gall bladder!!! :phanvan AND THEN! :confused: my incisions got irritated by the butterfly strips AND THEN I just got some sort of allergic reaction to an allergy thing and I have never had any allergies in all my life! :mad:

So this allergic reaction made my whole mouth look like I just got implants in my lips!! Like 5 sizes bigger then normal! NOW I have to take steroids for I think 2 days more to make it all go away.

So my point to all that was my other doctor said the steriods would probably make me gain weight... just what I want! So that is why I cryed to my Dr. J so he would have pity on me... I think it worked. :confused: Oh but in all seriousness.... I feel like I have been tore up this past month.

My body is tired.. I don't want to smell another hospital in a LONG time!! :confused:

Any one else have so much trouble?? I got scared thinking maybe my body was reacting badly to the band or maybe my body didn't agree with anyone invading my body :think now I have lost my gall bladder and I have big lips... what can I do...

When I look all sleek and sexy..... ok...ok.... cute and adorable.... I will look back on ALL this and

Lova ya!

Michelle~

[not2big42long 0]

Oh my gosh Michelle, you have had your "fill" of the bad stuff. It really isn't uncommon for your gallbladder to go bad through all this. I eventually have to have mine out also. So far it has behaved. Do they know what you were allergic to? That was a pretty severe reaction. The steriods do tend to make you puffy and retain Fluid but as soon as you stop taking them it will go away. And like you said, "When I look all sleek and sexy..... ok...ok.... cute and adorable.... I will look back on ALL this and :p" and know it was all worth it. Your doctor sounds like a gem. Congrats on your upcoming fill. Amazing what tears will do. Maybe I'll try that also, my doctor thinks that I might have lost enough not to need a fill quite yet (I work with him) but I can eat so much more than I could before and I just am completely fearful that if I keep going all the weight is going to come right back on. Same old fears of the dieting yo-yo. He keeps reminding me that if that should happen, a fill is available to me at any time, he just doesn't want me to lose too quickly. Is that possible? Ha Ha! I know he's just looking out for me.

Take care of yourself and rest, your body has been through a lot and being tired is your body's way of telling you to slow down and let it recouperate. Let everyone else take care of you! Let us know how your doing and how your fill goes!!!

[nightingale2u 42]

Wow Michelle... I don't know ya but I'm sending you a hug never the less! I'm sure things will get better from here out! (crossing my fingers and my dogs paws and my husband's feet.)Crying is a most excellent tool gifted to women by God and it would be a sin not to use it...hehehehe. Keep us updated ....

Darcy

[Michelle 0]

:confused: :confused: :confused:

{{{as I look in the mirror watching my lips go down}}}

P.S. they still don't know what I touched or ate....

:straight :straight :straight :straight

{{{ wishing my tummy/weight would go down just as fast}}}

{{{ people probably think I'm crazy}}}

:banana :banana :banana :banana :banana

I am having WAY too much fun with all these faces here... I've got a story for all of them! LOL

:mad:

At work....about to go home... TOO much time on my hands :cross-eye :rolleyes

Michelle~