The Journey Begins

[gotta be me 0]

Hello fellow bandees. I was banded July 6 and am praying this works where all else has failed. :faint: It’s working at this point cause I sure don’t want to eat. My fear of vomiting has kept me from eating (should I say drinking ?) hardly enough to keep an ant alive. I really hate feeling icky all the time, but not as much as I hate not being able to control my weight gain. I truly believe my body has no set point and would just continue to grow and grow. It wasn’t always like this, but years of yo yo dieting, fasting and over eating has just confused the heck out of my system leaving me with several co-morbidities to go along with the fat body. This is my last ditch effort. I also want to thank everyone who’s posted on here with all your helpful ideas and supportive messages. I don’t feel so alone in this journey— just wished some of you lived near me so we could met and help each other find a life style befitting of the new us—I have to find something besides tv and snacking to entertain me. :rolleyes Walking is a problem for me because in addition to the weight I also have suffered from heal spurs for over 3 years-ouch. Nothing has worked on them-not shots, leg stretching exercises, pain pills, night splints; I really hope taking off weight will relieve some of the pain. Anyway, just want to say HI! :high5:

[TexasTerry 0]

Welcome, I'm a new bandster too. Yes, there are lots of supportive people here. You have come to the right place!

Terry:)

[ericsmom 2]

I'll be the first to welcome you, gotta be me! I was banded July 5th, just one day before you. Your story sounds a lot like mine. Only a cortozone shot into my heel for my plantar's facitis worked really well. I have bilateral degenerative osteoarthritis in both knees - the right one is bone on bone and needs to be replaced and the left one sometimes hurts worse than the right, but isn't bone on bone yet. I'm only 39, so hopefully by losing weight it will relieve the pressure on my knees and I may not need one quite so soon.

I'll be using a recumbant bike for exercise because of my knees and not being able to walk long distances. I wish you all the best. Make sure and make your way over to the July 2006 thread. You'll find a lot of people going through exactly what you are right now.

Good luck!

[juliegeraci 7]

Ladies, congrats on entering bandland. Make sure you follow the doctors recommended diet and don't move to mushies or solid until he says so. You will do great! Congrats again.

[tann 2]

:welcomeB:

[nancyem 0]

how long is one usually off work?thanks, i an just getting to this. i have made my mind up it's the right thing for me to do. major scared, but....... thanks, nancy

[tztmama 0]

I had surgery on a wed. and was back at work the following Monday. It was a pretty painless surgery and I only had pain pills for maybe a week.