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Username: ms_survior
Location: Greensboro, NC, USA
Member Since: 6/24/2007
BMI: 41.7
Surgery date scheduled
Surgery Type: Lap Band (10/01/08)
Surgeon: Kristen Hardcastle M.D., F.A.C.S.

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Comment by melissajason on 9/22/08 9:00 pm

First of all it seems that God is # 1 in your life and that plays a huge roll in mine as well. I had lapband surgery on 9-10-08 and feel great! The first few days OUCH! but walking helped so much! I wish you the best and will keep you in my thoughts and prayers!

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11/19/08
3 days ago

I had my first fill today. It was a piece of cake. Doc only had to stick once. I took two gulps of water. Nothing happen. I took a bigger one and started burping like I was full. I'm glad I had a good breakfast and Lunch. I was starving when I got to my appointment at 4:30. It is 11:30pm and I am just sipping on chicken broth. I have to be on clear liquids for 3 days. I sure hope this fill keeps be out of bandster hell.

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11/12/08
on November 12, 2008 7:47 pm

I'm at 200 tonight. I have been eating good this week except I can't get my protein shakes in. I only need one shake a day and then meats only. I get my water in every day. Monday morning I had 2 scrambled eggs with cheese for the first time and it was delicious. I don't know why I never put cheese in my scramble eggs but I will from now on. I'm stewing chicken and sometimes roasting beef in my crock pot. The beef is going down well. I get the boneless chuck roast. I have been eating out. I get salmon and shrimp or sometimes baby back ribs. I just eat as much meat as I can. That is what my nut told me to do. I'm walking 3-5 miles a day. I really feel great with lots of energy. I take a centrum chewable vitamin and 2 tums every day. My clothes are falling off. I have been altering them. I'm so proud of myself. My confidence is really building up. I'm so glad I made the decision for the lapband.

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11/6/08
on November 6, 2008 7:38 pm

I gained another 1.5 pounds this week (203). What is going on. I'm still eating meats only. I did cheat during Halloween. Mini butterfingers. Couldn't stop myself. Anyway, I'm still walking at least 3 miles a day and drinking my water. I think my doctors appointment is the 19th. I can't talk about them right now. I'll get too mad. I have no restriction. I don't really get hungry during the day, but at night I'm always starving. I start arobics this weekend.

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10/29/08
on October 29, 2008 6:43 pm

I gained .5 this week. I am at 201.5 tonight. I have been trying to eat only meats. I get so hungry sometimes. Mostly at night. It is that TOM. I couldn't help myself this evening. I ate a peppermint patty, a small bag of M&M with almonds and 3 carmels pieces. Then when I got home from school, I ate 1 can of vienna sausage and about 10 tollhouse butter cookies. I am ashamed of my self. One thing for sure is I don't have any restriction. I am just glad I didn't gain more. Today was a complete melt down. I sure wish I could at least have veggies. I guess I need a fill. I will be one month out on Saturday. I was hoping to be in onderland by then. I will try to get back on track tomorrow.

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10/22/08
on October 22, 2008 7:30 pm

Oh noooo!!! I think I might be in bandster hell. I started my solid diet on last Wednesday. I can eat all the proteins I want until 11/17 and one shake a day. I lost two pounds since solids (201). Onderland here I come. I'm not eating much. I'm hungry a lot now. Here is a typical day of eating for me;

8am 1 scramble egg and 1 sauage patty
10am diet jello or diet yogart
12pm chicken soup or broiled fish and shrimp
3pm diet jello or diet yogart
6pm 3oz ground sauage and 1oz shredded cheeze

I'm drinking about 50oz of water a day. Still trying to get to 64oz. I can't tell if I have restriction. I'm just not eating a lot because I'm scared of getting too stuffed and being miserable. Lawd knows I don't want to get stuck.

Last Sunday I wanted a steak really bad. I went out and bought a thin ribeye and grilled it on george forman. Well I won't do that again. I had to chew forever. After a few bites, I decided to just chew and spit it out. That is how I finished the 4oz ribeye. LOL.... I cheated a couple of nights ago. I ate about 7 tollhouse cookies.

Oh yeah, this morning I was craving coffee. I brewed some decaff and added skim milk and french vanilla creamer. It was so good. I will have to take some sugar free creamer to work now that I am drinking coffee.

I am taking my chewable vitamin and chewable tums every morning. I also take my iron pill and sleeping pill at night without a problem.

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10/15/08
on October 15, 2008 4:30 pm

My weight loss is going great. I'm down to 203 tonight. That is on my scale. All my post are from my scale. The past few days have been very busy.

10/9/08 - I had my 1 week follow up. Doc said everything look good, took staples out and send me packing. Stay on Liquid diet.

10/12/08 - Started hurting on my left side. Port is on my right side. Can't imagine what the problem is. I have been doing liquids and walking at least 2 miles a day. My enery level has really fallen down low.

10/13/08 - Went to see surgeon on call. Said everything look good, but order a ct-scan. He wrote me out of work until Thursday so I could get the scan. Side still hurting.

10/14/08 - Still on liquids and no enery. I'm forcing my self to walk. I am taking 2 flintstones, 2 tums and my iron pill every day. Found out today I won't be paid tomorrow because my disability paperwork has not been sent in by the surgeons office.

I'm mad as hell. I hang up on the nurse because she is giving me this song and dance about whatever. Need I remind you that I couldn't even get an appointment with the surgeon until I paid my out of pocket. The least they could do is fill out and return my disability paperwork.

10/15/08 - Had to drink so milky liquids for the
ct-scan. I laughed because they know my stomach will only hold about 4oz at a time. Well they did the scan with that and said results will be in tomorrow. I got a call from the nurse about 2pm said everything look fine and she was trying to get my disability paperworked faxed today. Said I should wait until Monday to return to work. Told her I would pick up my release in about an hour. 30 minutes later another girl from the surgeons office call to say everything looked good. They didn't see any problems.

Had a 4pm with my NUT. She said I can have solids now, but only protein.

The best news all year. Can't add veggies until the week before Thanksgiving.

Stopped in the surgeons office about 4:45pm to pick up my release paperwork. No one at the desk had it. Told me to have a seat. Well here comes the nurse who escorts me to a room. A surgeon comes in and explains he is not a lapband surgeon. He just wants me to know my test were clear, buttttttttttttt their is something in my right breast.

Told him I had a lumpectomy in 2005 and I will call my Oncologist tomorrow about what he saw. Then he said it was scar tissue from the surgery probably. I will call Dr. Ruben tomorrow.

Stopped by the coordinator's office. Told her Dr. Earl wouldn't even make an appointment or surgery date until I paid my out of pocket. The least they could do is get my disability paperwork faxed to H/R, and I walked out.

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10/7/08
on October 7, 2008 3:11 pm

Okay, I think my brain is shrinking. I drove all the way to my surgeons office today to get my staples out. My appointment is Thursday. I'm mixed up here. Anyway, I'm doing great. I have been walking about 2 miles a day. I really get worned out after one mile, so I do one in the morning and one in the evening. I need some more protein I guess. I take 2 flintstones vitamins and 2 tums a day. I'm still on clear liquids. Lawd knows I could eat me something bad right now. I just don't know what. I'm not hungry. It is just the old habits fighting to stay alive. I still don't sleep well. Its these darn staples. I love the way they healed my incisions back together, but they are a pain when you are laying down. Monday I crushed up one of my ambiens and took it. I might try that again tonight. I'm really shrinking yall. I am down to 206.5 today. I started this journey at my nut office on 9/15/08 weighing in at 234. I can fit so many of the clothes I couldn't wear last winter. I put on an outfit this morning and it was so cute. Here is a typical day of meals for me.

8:00 8oz water
9:00 1 protein shake 4-6oz
10:30 jello or popsicle
11:00 8oz water
12:00 strained cream of chicken soup
1:30 8oz water
3:00 1 protein shake 4-6oz
4:30 jello or popsicle
6:00 beef broth
7:30 8oz water
9:00 1 protein shake 4-6oz

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10/04/08
on October 4, 2008 6:38 am

Well, I'm 3 days out and I feel good. I'm drinking about 4oz of liquid about six times a day. That
includes water. I'm trying to increase today. My only complaint is the staples holding my incisions together. They make it hard to get comfortable laying down. I am doing so much walking. Maybe that is why I'm not having major gas issues. The gas that I have is coming out at both ends without a problem. Lets see, I was 234 when the nut weighted, 218 before surgery and 212 now.

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10/2/08
on October 2, 2008 10:17 am

I'm home. My doctor had me x-ray and released by 9:30. I had about 2ozs of shake before leaving the hospital. I feel so good, I can't believe it. I haven't had any pain medicine yet today , but I will be taking some here soon. The ride home was very smooth. We stopped at the bank. Then we stopped at Macy's so I could get the magic bullet that I should have already had. Then we picked up my precription and stopped at food lion. I got out each time. My band holes 10cc's and it has about 4 in it now. Well, I'm going to take my pain medicine and lay down for a while.

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10\01\08
on October 1, 2008 5:21 pm

Had surgery today. It lasted about 40 minutes. It is about 8:30 p.m and I am now taking my pain meds, no complaints. The pain isn't too bad. I am walking without a problem and urinating without any complications. Blood pressure a little low. I am only getting about 50cc of water every 4 hours, and nothing else until tomorrow morning.

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