Goodbye band!

[Kristina J. 581]

Well, and if I have learned anything with my yo yo weight over the years I have learned that inches mean more than the scale sometimes. I would find myself stalling, but still dropping sizes sometimes. Especially with the high Protein intake, we can build muscle as we are dropping fat, so we can be dropping inches even though the scale stays the same! The scale will catch up

That sounds a lot like my band. I did start having problems with it last year, but like I said, it's been in since 2006. I initially lost maybe 40 with it in the first 6 months or so, but never was able to really keep it off and try as I might I couldn't get it back off. Last year it started dilating where my stomach was pulling up through my band creating an expanded pouch. To fix it they release all the Fluid, let it heal then slowly refill, but it happened twice. Each time it was unfilled for 3 months to heal and I would just gain again. Just so very frustrating. And I had to have a kind of sudden hysterectomy this year, which while unrelated, meant that I was for sure not having any more kids (part of my decision to get the band in the first place since I was only 18), so I decided to make the change. I have a 3 year old and 1 year old and they deserve a healthy mom!

My date is all set for May 11th. Since I wasn't really prepared to do all this just yet, I didn't have my passport in my married name lol so we have to stall a little to get that all in order before we head out. The waiting *might* just kill me, but it's worth it!

[janarae 93]

My mom made me measure and I'm glad she did also the yoga pants I wore the morning of surgery are falling off so that's a good thing.

Luckily when we finally had the $$ for the sleeve I only had to wait 13 days, so my flight was cheaper. It was the longest 13 days of my life. Now it's just getting back into the routine of life (I have 5 kids) and getting my Water and Protein in which is a full time job alone.

I'll be watching to see how your doing!

Revision 1/31/13 by Dr Cabrera and Venezuela in MX

[Kristina J. 581]

5? My goodness... I'm exhausted with two!! lol

Thank you! I'll have my eye on you too!