Kidney Stones - This to will pass!

[DebbieGail 0]

What a way to Celebrate my 3 month anniversary of being banded! Tomorrow I go for outpatient surgery to get 2 large kidney stones blasted. Last week I doubled over in pain at work...I thought it had something to do with the lapband they called my husband and to the Emergency Room I went...past 3 hospitals on the way but I kept telling my husband to take me where I was banded...called my surgeon on the way and he said the ER....After the diagnosis of one BIG kidney stone stuck and 1 in the kidney, I had surgery to get the big one out...I woke up to find out they pushed it back into the kidney ...to big to get out. So tomorrow I get them blasted! Even though my lapband surgeon does not handle kidney stones he visited me in the hospital twice and sent his intern in twice just to see how I was doing. Has anyone had this done since banded...I'm nervous ....worried about it effecting my band. I have been so uncomfortable since leaving the hospital...pain pills, antibiotics, I feel like a walking pharmacy. Any encouraging words about the procedure?

Deb

Highest lifetime wt. 386

1st visit to dr. 376

Day of Surgery 345

Today 301.5

[Apples2 19]

Debbie...hang in there. It's good you made your LB surgeon know of what is going on with you. You should feel comfortable having the pounding knowing that he is aware.

I have not been pounded since having the band but have in the past. In fact, I am seeing a specialist soon to see about pounding again. (Have had chronic stones since 1994). It's a fairly easy procedure with little or no discomfort. I just felt like I had a backache for awhile.

Take care and let us know how things go.

[DebbieGail 0]

Apples2, Thanks - I can't wait to start feeling decent again. I had 1/22/09 a case of Whooping Cough/turn into Brochial Inflamation for 6 weeks....then this. The only thing all the doctors are saying it has nothing to do with the lapband...and me losing the weight has probably helped me recover faster. My LB surgeon just keeps telling me to relax...we have to take care of the primary causes and then we will work on the lapband...I am still following the rules and only eating my 1/2 cup mostly Protein and the weight keeps coming off... I have not been able to exercise at all...anytime I breathe a little more than normal I have a coughing fit! I can't believe I'm saying this but I can't wait until I can exercise again ...

By the way, Your weight lose is fantastic... Is your lifestyle change ... automatic now ... or do you still have to think about it?

Deb

[Apples2 19]

Apples2, Thanks - I can't wait to start feeling decent again. I had 1/22/09 a case of Whooping Cough/turn into Brochial Inflamation for 6 weeks....then this. The only thing all the doctors are saying it has nothing to do with the lapband...and me losing the weight has probably helped me recover faster. My LB surgeon just keeps telling me to relax...we have to take care of the primary causes and then we will work on the lapband...I am still following the rules and only eating my 1/2 cup mostly Protein and the weight keeps coming off... I have not been able to exercise at all...anytime I breathe a little more than normal I have a coughing fit! I can't believe I'm saying this but I can't wait until I can exercise again ...

By the way, Your weight lose is fantastic... Is your lifestyle change ... automatic now ... or do you still have to think about it?

Deb

Deb...congrats on being able to still lose weight with all you have been going through. Once your procedure is over, you will have some relief and be able to get back to your life as you know it. Stones can be so painful and can put your life on hold for awhile.

Regarding weight loss and getting to goal. I think it will always be something that is dealt with on a daily basis. I am very happy with my accomplishments and reaching goal but I need to remind myself daily to eat healthy and stick to the band rules. It is something each of us bansters will need to do for life. I find that the band is very good to me as far as telling me when I am full, etc. It is me that has to make good food choices and remind myself that the band is not going to do all the work for me. I find that if I plan meals, Snacks, etc. ahead of time, I do so much better. I always try to be prepared while traveling, etc. to have healthy Snacks and meals in mind.

I just feel so good about myself and feel so great physically that it all kind of keeps me on track.

Please let me know how you turned out. You can PM me or just post on this thread. I'll be thinking of you.

[Doxie 2]

hope your procedure went well and you are pain free very very soon.

[DebbieGail 0]

Feeling a little blue right now...The lithotripsy was okay I guess...but when the dr. came out and let me know that he only blasted the 8mm stone that was moving around ...the stint has to remain in and in about 3 weeks we do this all over again. Not what I really wanted to hear. Also, let me know my secondary problem ...yeast infection would probably continue because of the antibotics I will continue to take. Yuck!

I also have the task of drinking 16 oz of Water before going to bed...making sure I get up during the night to urinate and then drinking another 16 oz before going back to bed. Sip, sip, sip means I won't be getting much sleep.

My DH is usually very supportive but his teasingly telling me to quit whining isn't what I want. Tomorrow is a new day and I will get up, look in the mirror and tell myself all the things I have to be grateful for like a loss as of today of 75 lbs, 1 lbs to go to get of of the 300's, that's been at least 10 years ago that I saw that. That this is not fatal and it will pass ...just will take a little more time. Patience!!! And that I feel I have someone to talk to and that I can be honest with about my weight and journey. Since I started this I have made a promise to be honest with myself, DH, doctor and my new found friends here at LBT.

Gee, I guess I started tonight and mentally I am starting to have an attitude adjustment.

Apples2, Thanks for sharing your thoughts about how things are going that for out ... I've been following the LB rules but sometimes I get a little scared that I might fall back into old habits...I agree with you that the benefits I am starting to have high energy levels, more activity, and better health...well except for these temporary set backs is worth the effort of my new lifestyle.

Thanks, Doxie...I have pain pills right now helping me through the next couple of days ... and I keep telling myself as I strain my urine ...This to will pass. But it does feel good to know others are thinking of me.

DH said time for me to go to bed ....Thanks again. Deb

[DebbieGail 0]

Here's an update, my doctor's appointment a week after my lithotripsy was not good...the kidney stone did not break up so I still have two, the stint is still in place sent me home to wait another week because he thought he saw a small fragment in the tube.....today was my 2nd doctor's appointment ... still have 2 stones, one is getting close to opening...he gave me a choice --to go in and try to remove both stones or wait it out....I have been so miserable that I've decided to do the surgery and I hope he'll be able to get both of them out...won't know until Monday when ... have to be sure I have no infection..culture has to come back clean.

Monday is also my next LB appointment. 4 weeks ago my LBS and I decided not to do an adjustment with all the things going on but he did set up this appointment 2 weeks earlier.... for the past three weeks my body has been playing with my weight up acouple pounds then down. I've fluctuated around 6 pounds. I noticed when I started this thread I was 301.5 this morning I was 302. I don't know if it's my frame of mind or that I need my second adjustment but I am getting hungry and it's getting harder and harder to stay with my 1/2 cup meals. Sometimes I think it's just my habit of emotional eating causing this. Then at other times I have only been adjusted once and I might need to have another fill. But again until this kidney stone thing is done I am having to drink so much Water and that's so hard for me to do at the present time do I really want to deal with more restriction and my Water intake. I just don't know what my feelings are about it... I know no one can make up my mind but maybe some different thoughts might help me out of my funk! Any thoughts? Help?

Deb