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Surgeon TestimonialRichard DiCicco, M.D.I had gone to Dr. Grossbards seminar as well as Dr. DiCicco's seminar and love them both. Dr. DiCicco is very nice, down to business and extremely busy. I felt confident that he takes his job very seriously and does not leave room for error. The one bad thing is he is only at his Tampa office on Mondays and his other office is in Zephyrhills which is quite a drive for me. I wish he had more days in the Tampa office but I will deal with it.rnrnEveryone in his office has been wonderful. Barbara put up with me and all my questions before hand and Erica puts up with all my questions now. The girls that answer the phones are always so pleasant. |
I am a 34 years old, married to my soul mate with a 3 year old son who is the love of my life. I could not ask for a better family. I have a great job in Advertising/Marketing in the music industry my only real major issue in life is my weight. I Am the 200 pound elephant in the room! 
I decided to joing OH.com to find friends who were going through the same things I am, to build friendships and hopefully be inspired and inspire others. I know I cannot do this alone and even though my family is so supportive, they really do not KNOW what we go through. I know after my surgery I will need friends to talk to who have been there, going to be there or are smack dab in the middle.
Cheers to everyone and hope we all have tremdous success!
Life is Crazy! on January 27, 2009 8:16 am
Ok so I have been MIA for quite some time now. Things are going great, just extremely busy. I am working two jobs and running my own business so my time is stretched thin these days. My weightloss was going very slow for a while but I have now kicked it into high gear and have made time for exercise. I am as of today under 150 pounds!!!!! I never thought I would say that! I cannot tell you the last time I saw 149 on a freakin' scale!
I am feeling great, I love to run and exercise, I am wearing a size 9 in juniors (I only buy juniors since I like the style and they are short enough for me). I never thought I would see the day where all my jeans are low rise and all my tops are tight because I want them to be!!!
My whole life has changed for the better, I feel good, I am healthy, I am exercising, I am way more active with my family, I feel sexy, I ACTUALLY FEEL BEAUTIFUL! I am meeting more friends just for the simple fact that I don't hide from people anymore.I can't believe I am only 19 pounds away from my doctors goal. He wants me at 130. My personal goal though is to be at 125 if I can.
I will have to update my pictures soon, I would LOVE to see the difference.
Anyway, just thought I would let everyone know I am still alive and kicking, I hope all of you are well on your way to the happiness you deserve. Love you all!
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Still Chipping Away At It on December 5, 2008 11:50 am
Things have been so crazy lately, I don't have time to go into it all right now but just wanted to stop by and check in. I am down 51 pounds as of this morning. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! My goal was to be at 50 pounds lost by Christmas and I have now passed that goal. I am so freaking excited!!!! I only have 24 more pounds to get to my goal, that seems so unreal to me. I need to start taking some pictures and post them.
I feel so healthy, confident, pretty and very proud of myself.
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It has been a while on November 22, 2008 4:56 am
Ugh, I am soooo exhausted. My DH is doing much better after a two week stay in hospital. We found out one of his medications was causing a reaction, the doctor said if he had taken one more dose it could have been fatal. Good Lord!!
I think finally I am getting the hang of eating with a band. the weight has been slow going but I am down to 156 so that is 49 pounds, I am only a few ounces away from 50 pounds lost! I want to at least do that by my birthday. I have a dr. appointment on Monday and I think I am going to tell him not to do any fills again (this will be the third month with no fills) I am at 3.6 or 4.2 or something like that, I can't remember but I think that is good enough. With all the stress I have been under eating sometimes has been a real struggle.
I finally admitted to myself I need to SLOW DOWN, pick off tiny pieces and chew chew chew and now things have been much better. It is just so hard to come to grips with that, you have to change your whole way of eating which is pounded into your head from birth.
I love how I feel now, even if something happened and I stopped loosing I would be okay with where I am, I feel healthy, pretty and full of life. Don't get me wrong, my heart is still set on getting to 130 or 125 and I am not going to stop chugging along but it is nice to like yourself again.
I will have to post pics soon, I know I keep saying that. We are going to get family pics for this xmas, the first ones ever!!! I was always too embarassed.
Well off to work, I am at my 2nd job. Working 2.5 jobs is killing me but we do what we have to do right?
Hope everyone is doing well
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Stress affects your band!!! on October 29, 2008 7:08 am
Wow, it has been a tough week. Last Thursday night we rushed my DH to the hospital he had tightness in his chest and was blacking out. His blood pressure at the ER was 80 over 45 the nurses freaked! They immediately admited him and he has been in there ever sinc. They have ruled out anything structurally in his heart and brain but did find that at some point he has had a small stroke. Mind you this is a guy who has never smoked, does not drink, eats healthy and exercises 2 hours a day. He is so upset over all of this. He is now being evaluated by a kidney specialist since apparently your kidneys can cause major problems with your blood pressure and heart rate.
So about stress and your band, since I have been super stressed out my band is soooo freaking tight! I almost called the doc to get some taken out but they told me to just start deep breathing before I eat and force myself to relax, I also have been drinking some hot tea a little before I eat and it has helped. Just amazing what a difference stress can make.
The good news is I am down a few pounds to 157!!! so I am officially just overweight!! Next stop NORMAL TOWN! I will check in soon, I am hoping they release my hubby today or tomorrow at the latest.
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In The 150's!!! on October 19, 2008 9:13 am
Whoo hoo! I finally made it to the 150's, how freakin' cool. Only one more pound and I am no longer obese! Although I don't know how long this will last, the last couple of days my band has been loose and I have eaten way more than I should. I can't remember the last time I weighed 159. Glad to be having a good day.
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My Story I have always been overweight since I can remember. I was average with a slight bit of pudge until I hit about 20 then the weight slowly started coming on. I bounced around diets and lost weight and gained weight just like everyone else. When I quit smoking I really packed the weight on, being married didn't help either. You get that comfortable feeling and seem to lose control of your body. I was doing really well with weight loss in 2004 then I found out I was pregnant. It was the best thing that ever happened to us as a family and to me emotional but it turned out to be one of the worst things to happen to me health wise. Over the period of 9 months of pregnancy I developed high blood pressure, gestational diabetes; pre-eclampsia then they noticed something was wrong with my heart. I was hospitalized a gazillion times and put on bed rest for 3 months (even though I still pulled about 60 to 70 hours a week at my job via laptop). During birth I basically had a heart attack. After my son was born we started extensive testing to find out what happed and is happening.
It was discovered I have a complete left bundle branch block which in basic terms means the left side of the electrical system in my heart no longer functions. It causes your right side to work a lot harder, can get your heart all out of rhythm and eventually I will need a pace maker to keep things right.
The problem is I am not allowed to get my heart rate up past a certain level and because I am overweight when I barely exercise it goes past that safe level. But I need to lose weight for my health so where do you go from there?
I am hoping to get a lap band to help me get the weight off, I can't seem to do it myself and every diet has failed. I have no will power and seem to be hungry 24/7 I never really feel full.
I want so bad to get this weight off, if I don't I will not be able to have another child and I may not be around long enough to watch my son grow up.
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