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Well nothing good to report. I hate the Lap Band for me. Going to look into revision. Oh and getting a divorce now lol. Yeah life has been difficult this past two years.

Well its been awhile since I have posted. Life has been busy. I went to a new doctor today, Dr. Chung. Love him! He got me in one stick! I had 1.8 in my 4.00 cc band and I have been too tight for WAY to long. He looked at my Upper Gi and said I was tight but that I didnt need to take it all out. He took me down to 1.3 so basically .5 out. I have to admit, I havent eaten since November without tea or coffee and I probably get solid foods in about 3 times a week so tonight I was bad. I had a Big Mac and fries. Oh my gosh did they taste good and they DIDNT STICK or SLIME or PB!! WOOHOOOOOOO. Yes I know, bad girl. But I dont care. Im not going to go hog wild but I cant even explain how good it feels to eat again. I will make better choices because I WILL finally lose this weight, but it felt so good. I wanted to cry. We will see how tomorrow goes. Im still having my protein shake in the am and will get something healthy for lunch. We have court tomorrow and it will be the first I eat at lunchtime since about 2 weeks ago when we had court I PB'ed 5 times. I had to leave court and thank goodness I was still training and someone covered for me. Otherwise, as a Minute Clerk you cant leave court. I swore never to eat lunch again when we have court. But now I can! I am so going to work this band. I have felt like a prisoner for 9 months now. Way to long. Now I am free!! never never go that long being too tight, but I had little choice since I had medical problems and then the move. My weight is at 264 according to the doc's office. I cant wait to weigh myself next week and see where its at. The one time I could eat for 2 weeks I lost 18lbs. I hope and pray its the same now. I am looking forward to this band which is saying alot! Wish me luck!

Post Date: 7/9/07 2:21 pm
HI guys and gals,

This might be long, dont know yet. I have some issues and concerns etc. Ok most of you know the story but heres a bullet point.
1. Lap Band placed May 25, 2006 (2 fills for a total of 2.0 now)
2. Flipped port-surgery Aug 06
3. Cyst-operation, lost an ovary and tube 1/07
4. Married, moved 6/ 07

through all of this, I have lost (I wont say ONLY Bette!) 60lbs. I have to get an upper GI before I go see a new doc here in LA. The problem is, I cant figure out if I am too tight or not. You would think this would be simple but its not. I have always had to drink hot tea with everything or nothing will go down. Most times I cant eat any foods for breakfast, I have a protein drink. I have lunch, sometimes half a sandwhich, sometimes a whole, sometimes nothing and PB and slime. Dinner is the same, hot tea, sometimes its goes down. I make sure and have the protein first, and have done pretty well avoiding carbs but not all together. I still get hungry and snack, I buy those 100 calorie snack packs and have one, or the Carb Control ice cream when hubby is having a drumstick. I average PB'ing twice a week I would say and slime about 4-5 times a week.

 In the last month I have lost 10lbs and put 2lbs back, lose it the next day. For the LIFE OF ME I cant figure if I am too tight. Man I have been on the boards forever and you would think I could figure this out, but I cant. I HAVE to drink tea to get anything down, somedays I PB, somedays I dont. What am I suppose to tell this doc when I do go see him? I have no idea if I need more or less. Any advice would be great!

Hugs
Bridget

Hi gals and guys,

Its me. For the newbies, I am an oldie, for the oldies, you better remember me! So here it is in a nutshell, I had that cyst surgery 1/30, almost made it back to work and had complications. It seems my body healed itself in the wrong places when I had that 21x29 cyst in there lol. So when I finally started walking around a bit to much I pulled scar tissue (which hurts like Holy Hell btw) and was on strict bedrest for 3 weeks. Whew. Let me tell you, bedrest sucks major!!! I watched every program on Animal Planet and Discovery possible. The good part was my fiance' came out for a week and we had a blast. Pain in the ass he is, but I love him all the same. SO I came back to work this Monday and so far so good! WOOHOOO! The bad part is? Because of all this drama and trauma, my 1 year anniversary is 5/25 and to date I have lost only about 55 lbs. Sucks again. But my doc said with all the problems I have had this year my body was out of whack and good reason not to have been losing. Still sucks. I had this cyst thing since 9/06 (didnt go to the doc right away). Anyway, I just really wish I was further along on this journey!! So I have to get back on track and stop eating carbs. I saw a lady who had the bypass the same time I had the band and of course she is about 150lbs now. Makes me so depressed. Plus I havent talked to or been to a support group in months now. Sigh. Ok enough feeling sorry. I have much to be thankful for and blessed with. 

So thanks for the emails my friends, I have missed you all and welcome to all the new people! Im going to try and get online more often now and check the boards as before. 

Hugs and Loves
Bridget

P.S. Heres a pic of my sweetie and my beautiful son. Or I will post it on my profile!