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I have my revision surgery tomorrow, March 16th @ 10 a.m.  I thought this day would never come.
I am so ready that I am not at all nervous!  Here's hoping for a decent recovery.

Today, I found out the date for my revision surgery...March 16th!  I will be having my Lap-Band removed and have gastric bypass.  I am so excited!  After all I've been through...I need to pinch myself!  { I haven't recorded the fact that my husband's insurance policy had changed 6 days after my approval and bariatric surgery was no longer a benefit as of Jan. 1st...long story short, it was back in the policy as of Feb. 1st!}  My heart is pounding like this is too good to be true.  It seems so far away but, I know it will come fast.  I am soooooooo  grateful.

In November, I had to have all of the fluid removed from my band.  I had acid reflux so bad at night I was coughing, throwing up, and losing sleep!  I decided to try for revision surgery.  Initially, the band removal was approved, but the revision surgery was denied.  My doctor and I wrote letters of appeal.  I just found out Friday, Jan. 7th, I was approved for gastric bypass surgery.  Now...it's the final jumps through the hoops...waiting to be scheduled.  I feel like I have won the lottery for the second time!  Anxious for the next chapter...
(to be continued)

...What it feels like to have too much fill!  It felt to me like I was unable to function towards the end.  I honestly thought...if I have to go in to see the doctor now...I'm going to have to go in a wheelchair.  It all started out 4 days after a fill...(.4cc fill) added to the 4.0cc's that was already in there.  I started getting acid reflux @ night.  I would wake up coughing because of the reflux...eventually would be throwing it up!  I tried everything....1. I didn't eat so many hours before bed.  2.  I didn't drink within an hour before bed.  3.  I elevated my chest and head.  4.  I ate rolaids before bed.  5.  I tried sitting up while sleeping.  6.  Eventually, the doctor gave me a prescription for prilosec.  I thought that would take care of it...in fact, I had two good nights...then, it was back!  Soon I started throwing up during the day... I tried some more things...1. Pay attention to what I was eating  2.  Make sure to chew, chew, chew.  3. switch to purees.  4. Switch to liquid.  5.  Eventually, the only thing I could keep down was the protein drink...however, I couldn't take my medicine.  I found that I was getting pain in my chest and back that was probably a "7" on the pain scale.  The only thing that would relieve the pain was a bath.  After losing 4 pounds in a week...taking way too many baths, throwing up more times than I care to remember... I gave in and went in for a partial unfill.  Guess what, SMARTEST THING I EVER DID!!!  I was instantly back to normal!  I felt great, and appreciated that I was finally able to not only eat and drink again...but also, sleep in my bed laying down again!!!  I won't take those for granted for a while :)

Wow, how time flies when you are having fun!  I can't believe it has been six months already!  I am down 97#.  I started as a size 22/24 and now I wear a size 11/12 nearly ready to move down.  This was the first year in my adult life that a New Year has come and gone and I didn't have to make a resolution about my weight!  (Just like the Jenny Craig commercial)!  It is so nice to focus on everything else in my life rather than having food as the focus!  Here's to a lifetime of continued "firsts", "NSV's",  and health improvements! 
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SAY ALL OF THIS AND BELIEVE IT!