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  • Comment by Shell Marr on 8/22/07 8:30 am
    YEAH...how exciting TUESDAY was YOUR day!! Hubby and I will be thinking about you....See you on the losers bench!! :) Shell Marr (banded 6/21/07)
  • Comment by BabsLISW on 8/19/07 1:56 pm
    It's almost here! I hope your surgery goes perfectly and your recovery uneventful.
  • Comment by treiser on 8/19/07 6:11 am
    Your big day is almost here - congratulations! You will be in my thoughts and prayers - Tanya
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I had my lap band on Aug 21st.

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March 1, 08
on February 29, 2008 6:03 pm
It's been hard to not have any weightloss for months now. I haven't gained but no losses either. I'm trying my best to eat the right foods,and drink only after hrs of eating. BUT..I now know what the problem has been! First off my bloodpressure has been high. I just couldn't figure out what was going on, but I started thinking about the past and why my blood pressure was rasied back then.  NAIDS!  Anti-inflamation drugs that I've used over the years to help with my OA. Well, I've been taking celebrex again since Dr. woodruff put me on them. Water retension and then of course water gain! I took myself off of the celebrex and lo and behold my weight dropped! Everyday more drops off.  Four days ago is when I went off of them and I've dropped 5lbs! Now I need to tell my doc cause he didn't seemed very pleased with me the last time I went in for a fill. I guess he thought I wasn't going by the rules...I didn't understand it myself so why should he? I hope and pray this is what is going to get me back in the game again. As far as my OA....alot of pain. Of course worse than before but I need to stay off of the anti-inflamatories. Not even asperin... I'm going to my daughters destination wedding in Mexico and I want to be thinner to wear a bathing suit, but I need to feel better too. Guess you have to give alot to have a little. My heart has felt lighter,and my mood has changed if not drastically then at least some.
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Dec.11,07 3 1/2 months after surgery.
on December 11, 2007 5:39 pm

I'm starting to be afraid....after two adjustments I still don't have restriction and I'm able to eat more than I should. The scale tells it all, I had gone down to 223lbs from 262lbs. Now I've been edging up to 226 and the only explaination is my food addiction! Why can't I do this the right way? I feel I've been eating more at night before bed. Guess I'll try to go to bed earlier than i'm used to. Can anyone relate to  this? I have screwed up my life with this addiction and I guess I still have alot to learn. I need to pray and  ask God to help me thru this. With so many people needing help  far worse  than me....  I need to start again and work harder with more reslove to kick this into action again. Only I can turn this around, and only with God's help.  

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November 5,2007
on November 5, 2007 7:58 pm
I haven't written for a while,so a update is needed. It's been 2 and one half months since surgery. I've had one ajustment done and I don't have the restriction I need. But I've managed to lose 36lbs since starting this journey.Starting at 262 and now at 227! Wow what a great thing this band is. My next fill is for Nov. 28th, right after Thanksgiving....I surely hope I'll have some restrition after that. 

I just need to say how much better I feel now. I can walk better,and I can see a prettier person looking back at me in the mirror. Maybe that is due to my outlook now,being more positive and finding hope again.I need to thank God and my angel's who watch over me. This OH site has been very helpful to me over these last months, and I thank all of the bandsters who lend advice and help each other. Life is good and I appreicate everything given to me.
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almost 2 weeks out...Sept. 2nd, 07
on September 2, 2007 7:27 pm
My surgery went well except for a infection in my port. Since I was released from St joseph's hospital my port was red and ozing a green pus like liquid. My surgeon had me come in and said it was infected and he cleaned it up then actually took a couple staples out! Lordy, I didn't know it had staples in it! He changed my antiboitics and it's a lot better. I am surprised at how much confidance I have in Dr. Woodruff. He's a good surgeon and I'm lucky  I found him. 

I seemed  to have a relatively easy recouperation. The hardest thing was not to lift anything more than 5 lbs. EVERYTHING IS MORE THAN 5 LBS! lol. I'm lucky that my sister was staying with me and she reminded me when to get up and walk.  That's a very impotant rule...blood clots scare me and I do not  want to have any complications. 

It's been very hard not to eat real food...clear liquids first then full liquids 2nd. I will not bend to my growling stomach...and I surely am hungery. I need to always look toward the future with better health and less pain in all my joints. I only wish this could have been available to me 15 yrs ago! 
 
I want to thank my Lord, my God for bringing me safely out of surgery and home with my family. I hope he continue's to watch over me and you.

hugs and love,  Judy
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One week till surgery.
on August 13, 2007 7:43 pm
Yes! Only one week to go! I should be getting nervous but I'm not yet. I'm NOT looking forward to the nasty stuff I'll be drinking to clean my colon out. No matter what flavor they have I'm sure it won't taste good. YUCK!

I need to get out and buy some new things to recover in,like a new summer robe and maybe a few nightie's. Seems like that's the only time I buy those types of things like when I have surgery! Last surgery was over 3 years ago and I had back surgery. That really kicked my behind and took me a long time to recover. That's one of the reason's I want this lap band surgery. I'll need more fusions and stenosis surgerys if I don't lose the weight. So many reasons though....LOTS. 

Wondering what I'll need at home for my liquid phase then my mushy stage. No doubt I'll be freaking out the closer I come. But...Im looking forward to my new life.
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I had the psyc visit and It seemed to go ok.  I won't know untill the WLS center calls to tell me I suppose. A little surprising was the amount I had to pay. I was expecting $150.00 for the Doc to write the report on me, but instead I paid $320.00. It seems I hadn't met my yearly deduction yet and had to pay more because of that. Well, I knew coming into this that there would be fee's and bills that would come out of pocket. Plus with my insurance, it's 80/20. What ever this cost will be well worth it in the end.

 

Since I'm leaning towards having the lap-band procedure, I'm sure it's going to take longer to lose the weight. When you look at all the before and afters picture's on here, It seems like the gastric by pass is mostly used.

I had my appt. with my family doctor today. Gave him the referal paper to sign and tried to tell him what I needed In letter form to Medical Mutual of Ohio. I have no Idea if he heard all of it as I tend to get nervous and "run at the mouth" while trying to tell him what was needed. Well, He's had some other patients of his have wls and hopefully he'll write a good letter. If not....I'll have to re-submit another letter of neccessity at a later time(if I'm turned down). I try to get everything out of my mouth before he leaves and I tend to not make sense. LOL.. I just wants things to go smoothly and fast. I shouldn't expect "fast" since we all have some wait with this journey, but a girl can hope...right? Now that I've decided to do this...I feel excited and can't think about anything else. I love this web site, It's given  me hope and confidance that it can work and will work for me! I'll write more later....judy

 


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