Name: Cathy Page
Username: cmpage
Location: Langley, BC, Canada
Member Since: 5/19/2008
BMI: 46.1
Post Op
Surgery Type: Lap Band (06/20/08)
Surgeon: Wai Leung, M.D.

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Ride my bike to work

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Ride my bike to work, 4 miles

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Surgeon Testimonial

Wai Leung, M.D.
I really enjoyed my initial visit, the ladies are great and Dr. Leung has a great sense of humour. He's very thorough and doesn't mince words.

Member Interests

Books & Literature - I'm a true crime buff
Humor
Animal Rescue - I adopt senior strays
Computer Games - Hidden object games
Crossword & Word Games - Scrabulous on Facebook
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cmpage's Blog

4 weeks post op
on July 20, 2008 8:26 pm

I still haven't lost any more weight, I have however gone down 2 sizes in pants. I should take my measurements.
I'm on thick food, like cottage cheese, some chicken and fish if I chew it really good. I went back to the Dr on Friday cause we did some bloodwork last week and found that my potassium and magnesium are low so we're going to do more bloods this week. Dr also wants me to make sure that I'm getting some Vitamin K as I'm bruising pretty bad and they're hanging around for weeks. He just can't believe that my surgeon wanted me to stay on clear fliuds for six weeks. Maybe if I just stayed home the whole time but not when I'm trying to be active.

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3 weeks post op
on July 13, 2008 4:13 pm

So it's been 3 weeks now and I haven't lost anything in the last week dispite only taking in clear liquids. I'm not too worried about it, I think it's just my body adjusting to me taking in less than 100 calories a day.

I saw my GP on Friday and he was appalled that I was still on the clear diet. My blood pressure was up and I'm still having the light headedness. He took some bloodwork and told me to go on the full fluids. He want's me to try to get up to 1000 calories a day. I'm not sure how I'm going to do that but we'll see.

I'm really bad for not having planned meal times or even real meals. I just have my waters and then broth twice a day. I'm going to try to have planned 'meal' times and see if that helps.

I'm definatly losing inches though. Feels good!

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2 Weeks Post Op
on July 5, 2008 1:36 pm

Yesterday was my 2 week bandiversary and I've lost 21 lbs. Everything seems to be falling in place now. I'm very aware of what I can and can not put into my mouth. I think about the textures of food all the time. What I'll be able to eat when and the value the food is to my body. I don't miss food as much now, (for now) and I'm really seeing changes to my body and especially my face. Lots of people are complementing on how different I look already except for the few that are saying that I look drawn and tired. I'm finally getting some energy and actually rode my bike for 10 mins this morning. I know it's not much but it's something.

A couple of things that I'm glad I did pre op was to make up some soup and freeze the broth into icecubes. I then put the cubes into marked freezer bags. Each icecube is about 1 oz so I just grab a couple and throw them in the microwave for 1min. We even ordered chinese food as my last meal and I got to freeze the broth from the won ton soup, it's a really nice treat.

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