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after my band revision in march because of a slip, things seemed to be going well and I got back on a good path and had started losing weight again. In august we moved to El paso and I started not feeling well again, alot of heart burn and no apetite and a little vomiting, I just figured my band was a wee bit to tight so I stuck with liquids and kept taking anti inflammatories hoping that eventually it would subside......boy was I wrong. I ended up in the ER when my husband came home and found me doubled over on the floor unable to move because I was in so much pain. After doing a barium swallow it was determined that my band had slipped yet again. Only this time when the surgeons got in there I already had some ischemia going on in my stomach and they had to completely remove my band. These doctors said that there is no way that they would even consider putting a band back in me because of my history of 2 slips.......I tried to go it on my own and I have gained back 30 lbs since august. I am now facing a huge decisions. They think that the VSG is a great choice for me and offers me the restriction I need without the fear of complications that I would face having another band put back in......I am having a real hard time deciding what to do............

Well I had to go in to have my band readjusted because of a slip but once they got in there things were worse than anticipated so I basically had to have the same procedure over again. It really sucks.......I do not remember being this sore last time and I am bruised really bad all over my belly....I remember a little bruising but not like this. All in all if I had todo over again even with the complications and the slip I would do it all over again. I just cannot wait to get recovered so that I can LOVE my band once again.......

so things have been going on pretty well for the last almost year I am down 95 lbs and have had a few minor set backs but nothing overwhelming until now......I was having a serious issue with reflux and vomiting so I went in to the doctor and he removed 1 cc from my band, but a few days later it got worse and then I developed a diffuse pain in my belly so I went back in. They did a GI scan and found that my band had slipped, so now I have to go in on Friday and have surgery again, to top it all off my husband is deployed so I am doing this pretty much by myself, I swear if it werent for bad luck I would have none at all........

well I have been seriously lacking when it comes to keeping up on OH but things have been pretty good. Despite a few set backs that I have had I have lost a total of 90 lbs and am currently in a size 12.....Things have been good in that area, I feel good and healthy.

I am feeling a bit down, a while back I had to have 2 CC's taken out of my band, it has totally thrown off my weight loss mojo. I had been losing an average of 11-14lbsa month and now I have actually gained a lb back. The doc put 1 CC in last time and I have an appt for him to put more in next week but it is still just so depressing. It is so aggravating........

Okay so I have been really bad about posting and keeping up on my blog but life has been chaotic with my 4 kids and a deployed husband, then to top things off I had my sister in law and her 3 kids living with me for a few months but that is another story for another day. Sooooo to the update, I finally made it to onederland, as of my last doctors appt I was down to 198, I also was able to go shopping at Victoria secret and fit into their beautiful bras, ( I have to say I am now a huge huge fan of their biofit bras). I also went shopping at American Eagle and fit into their size 14 pants, I was so ecstatic, their jeans made my ass look really good. Now for the not so good. about 10 days ago I got a piece of steak stuck in my band and spent the next 7 days vomiting to the point I could not even keep water down, decided to go into the doc the following morning but over the course of the night and that morning started vomiting what looked like coffee grounds (which doctor informed me was blood) I didnt have to go into hospital, he took 2 cc's out of band which gave me immediate relief and then he said if I didnt have immediate improvement I was going to have to go in for more tests and such so I am glad that removing the fluid did the trick, I just hope I dont gain any weight in the mean time. Moral of the story......do not wait through 7 days of vomiting before calling your doctor.

So I went in for another check up and I am down another 6 lbs, I was hoping to be a bit more but I hit 220 I havent seen 220lbs since before I was pregnant with my last child. So in just 4 and a half months I have lost 56 lbs and gone from a size 24 to a size 16, I LOVE MY BAND. So far I have done very little exercise and I know I need to get my butt to the gym and I bet I would lose it a bit faster and start toning up some so that is my  next goal to start going to the gym at least 3 times a week. We will see how that all goes because already I am finding myself a bit overextended. I have agreed to be co leader for both my daughters Girl scout troops so now I am a brownie leader and a junior leader. I am also on the committee for my sons boy scout troop as well as the troops Popcorn Kernel, and I am also starting back to college full time in September so I hope through all of this I will maintain my sanity.

I am officially down my first 50 lbs, I am so ecstatic. In the last not quite 4 months I have lost 50 lbs and gone from a size 22-24 to a size 16-18. I am so thrilled with my band, and so happy I made the decision to do this!!!!!!!

Okay so since my last post I had my third fill and yet another doctors appt where we decided I was probably where I should be. I had lost 12 lbs in 3 weeks so that is good, although I have had several stuck episodes and some vomiting after eating both of which have been very unpleasant. Also in that time we were on vacation so it is a miracle I didnt gain weight with all the eating out and such. My husband left today for a year long deployment so that really stinks but I am hoping that when he comes home I will be half the person I was. So far I am down a total of 41 lbs in 3 months so I really cannot complain too much, I havent really been working out at all and need to get my butt in gear with a workout routine.

Well I went in tuesday for my 2nd fill,  Dr Monash added 1 more cc to my band.I had been a little bummed about my weight loss but he was enthusiastic, he said 8 lbs in 3 weeks was great. I hope that I do at least that well here in the next 3 weeks. I have decided to back away from the scale for a while, I think that is why I am driving myself so crazy, I don't know if my scale is Wonky or if I am gaining water weight or what but my scale can show fluctuation of as much as 8lbs over the course of one day. Anyway I really need to get my butt to the gym but we have been oh so lazy here since school let out. I have no excuses I really need to Just do it!!!