6 months out and 169lbs.

Dec 19, 2008

Well I hit the six months this week,  I totally forgot that it was 6 months but I received an e-mail from obesityhelp reminding me  it was 6 months. I now have 6.7cc in my band.  I had another fill about three weeks ago. It has been going great. I am officially down 40 lbs. I thought I would never get into the 160's but I now  weigh 169.
I love my band and am so glad I did it. My goal  is to lose 80lbs and I am half way there.
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Time for a fill?

Nov 18, 2008

Well I don't know. It has been 5 months since my surgery and i am down about 35 lbs, somedays more than that. I have good days for the most part. I can eat well and other I can't eat anything all day. My band is Bipolar I think. I feel like I should be losing more but there are times when I eat stuff like chips or potatoes because that is what I  can only get in. I slime with some meats and that is why I feel that I don't need a fill, but that other times I can eat a lot and feel that I need to have a fill. I am very confused.
The scale jsut makes me so mad....


I guess I should put more pictures up huh.

I have 6.5cc in my band

Sep 25, 2008

and I really don"t like this much in it. I have real restriction and it takes getting used too. I have to chew up my food really well, if not it will get stuck. I can no longer eat some breads or no tortillas at all. I know this is a good thing. I wasn't eating tortillas everyday , it would just be when I went to my mom's. They tasted so good that I started eating it so fast that it got stuck and I threw up for an hour after that. It was not fun. I better start losing wiehgt now. I am currently (home scale) at 178-179 so it's about 30-31 lbs lost in 3 months. I had to go buy new scrubs, the XL scrubs were falling off of me. I know thirty lbs. is good but I can't wait till I am in the 160's because I haven't been that low in about 10+ years.

I HAD .5 CC PUT BACK

Aug 16, 2008

I WENT TO THE DOCTOR THIS PAST TUESDAY AND I HAD GAINED BACK A POUND AND A HALF. SHE SAID IT WAS WATER WEIGHT, I WAS LIKE YEAH RIGHT. THE DOCTOR DID AGREE TO PUT 1/2CC BACK IN AND I WILL GO BACK IN TWO WEEKS TO SEE HOW MY CHEST FEELS. IT HAS BEEN OK SO FAR. THE ONLY TIME I FEEL CHEST PAIN IS IF I EAT TO MANY STARCHY FOODS OR JUST EAT TOO MUCH.  I AM DOWN TO 184 SO THAT IS 25 LBS IN ALMOST 8 WEEKS.  I NEED TO POST KNEW PICTURES.
I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS NOT AS BAD AS I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE. I PRETTY MUCH EAT WHAT I WANT( WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BREADS AND SODA.)I JUST EAT VERY LITTLE OF IT. SO I NEVER FEEL DEPRIVED. I NO LONGER SNACK AT NIGHT. AND I USUALLY ONLY EAT THREE TIMES A DAY.
I HOPE I KEEP LOSING AND KEEP GETTING SMALLER.


OK I NEED MY FILL BACK

Aug 11, 2008

THEY ONLY TOOK OUT ONE CC AND IT FEELS LIKE I CAN PRETTY MUCH EAT ANYTHING I WANT. THE CHEST PAIN DID COMPLETELY GO AWAY. SOMETIMES MY BACK TINGLES BUT I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON THERE LIKE  A PINCHED NERVE OR SOMETHING, IT HAS ONLY TINGLED PROBABLY 3 TIMES SINCE MY UNFILL.
I AM KINDA DEPRESSED BECAUSE I DON'T THINK HE IS GOING TO PUT THAT FILL BACK TOMMORROW, WE'LL SEE. I AM GOING TO DO SOME BEGGING THOUGH. 
I HAVE BEEN EXCERSING, I HAVE A RECUMBENT BIKE THAT I GET ON 3-4X A WEEK. I DO BURN A COUPLE HUNDRED CALORIES BUT LIKE I SAID I HAVE BEEN EATING MORE THAN USUSAL. 

 


7 weeks out

Aug 05, 2008

Well I am seen weeks out and am down 23 lbs. I guess this is good. I went back to the doctor today and they did an unfill. I now have 5cc in my band instead of 6. She wanted to take out more but I convinced her to just take out one. I have been having chest pain and back pain for the past few weeks, it has gotten worse since my last fill, which was 2 weeks ago. I do have to go back next week and we'll see if the pain has gotten better. I am hoping it will because I do not want to be completely unfilled.

It is so funny, I have lost 23 lbs and I can't tell when I look in the mirror.  I can now fit into my 16's, kinda tight but I can fit into them. I am still wearing my 20's even though they are falling off of me, I feel like I am to big to be wearing my 18's. Is that weird or what?
All my scrubs are now getting way too big, I keep having to roll them at the waist.

I eat pretty good, way less that before, it's funny how when you think back to what you used to eat, as of now if I buy a 3 piece tender from work it takes me two meals to finish them. I used be able to eat those with a large fries and soda along with a dessert at one sitting. I am getting hungier more often though, it used to be six hours before I was hungry right after my fill, now it is more like 4 hours. That scares me a little.

I never thought I would be so happy about losing weight, really I always thought I was ok with how big I was. My coworker said we make ourselves believe we are ok with how big we are and I guess that's true.


FIRST FILL

Jul 18, 2008

I HAD MY FIRST FILL TODAY, WENT WELL.  I FOUND OUT I ALREADY HAD 4CC IN MY BAND, WOW. SO SHE ADDED 2 MORE CC'S. IT WAS THE ODDEST FEELING WHEN SHE  ADDED THE FILL. I COULD FEEL IT GOING IN. I WAS A BLE TO DRINK WATER, SO I AM ON LIQUIDS TODAY AND THEN SOFT TOMMORROW, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. THE FILL PROCESS INVOLVING THE ACTUAL INJECTION WAS FINE, THE ONLY THING THAT STUNG WAS THE NEEDLE THAT HAD THE LIDOCAINE.


2 WEEKS POST OP

Jul 01, 2008

WELL IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE MY SURGERY. NO PAIN, HEALING WELL, JUST SHOULDER PAIN AND PAIN IN BETWEEN MY BREAST. DR SAID IT WAS FINE. 
I HAVE LOST 14 LBS. TOTAL (PREOP), I CAN NOW FIT INTO MY SIZE 18'S AND MY SIZE 20 FITS LOOSE. I WAS JUST MOVED UP TO A SOFT DIET, BUT EVERYTHING STILL TASTE THE SAME, BLAH. 
I AM WONDERING WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE TO BE ON REGULAR FOOD. I GET A LITTLE DPRESSED WONDERING WHAT I AM GOING TO BE ABLE TO EAT. I LIVE IN TEXAS AND I LOVE TACOS AND I'M WONDERING IF I WILL EVER EAT TORTILLAS AGAIN. I KNOW THEY ARE BAD BUT IT IS STILL DEPRESSING THINKING I WILL NEVER EAT THESE AGAIN. I WONDER WILL I EVER EAT NORMAL AGAIN, IF IT WILL BE JUST LESS. 
I GUESS WE'LL SEE WHEN I GET TO REGULAR FOOD. 
I GO BACK TO WORK NEXT WEEK AND AM WONDERING WHAT THAT IS GOING TO BE LIKE. I'M A NURSE AND I NEVER GET TO SIT DOWN AND EAT A REGULAR MEAL WITHIOUT BEING INTERRUPTED. I USUALLY SWALLOW MY FOOD WITHOUT CHEWING SO I CAN GET SOME FOOD IN BEFORE I HAVE TO GET BACK TO WORK. IT IS GOING TO BE HARD TO SIT DOWN AND JUST EAT SLOW. 
ONE OF MY CO-WORKERS HAD WLS THE RNY AND I GUESS WE'LL JUST EAT SLOW TOGETHER. 

HOPEFULLY I WILL LOSE PRETTY GOOD AND THIS PROCESS WILL BE GOOD.


4 days out

Jun 20, 2008

          The surgery went really good. There were no issues. my surgery was scheduled for 4 pm but I didn't go in till almost 6pm. The preop process was well except for the nurse that didn't prime all the iv tubing and by the time I noticed it was too late. I could just hear the air popping as it was going up my arm and up my chest, and then my chest was hurting. I was thinking she's going to kill me before I have the surgery. Now I'm a nurse so I know a little air won't hurt but I think there was more than a little air, anyway aside from that the surgery was good. 
            Though I did not think it would be that painful, but it was. I wanted demerol and phenergan instead of morphine and zofran but I would have slept too long, so they didn't give it too many because it was an outpatient procedure. 
            So I went home and took vicodin and phenergan ( did have a prescpription for it)  and slept for the next 2 days. My sister and my mom came and watched my boys while I slept. In between sleeping I did get up and do a little lap from the bedroom to the living room.
            My incision sites don't hurt anymore, except sometimes my port will pull and it is so painful, I wonder how long that is going to last? I am now just trying to take fluids. I am tired of clear liquids but I have to do them till sunday then I can start on mushies, not that it matters because I have no appettite and everything pretty much taste the same, and I was worried about these two weeks and about eating. My stomache was grumbling for a little while yestesrday but that has gone away. I now have diarrhea and started my period that I have not had in two months.
  
           I did have one moment while I was really nauseas and thought to myself why did I do this? I could have lost the weight on my own, but it was just for a moment.


Today is the day

Jun 16, 2008

I am not really nervous, I just wish it was over. My surgery is not till 4pm, it was pushed back till then because OR scheduling. I am hoping I will be able to go home today and not have to stay overnight. I am dreading doing the 2 week clear liquid diet though.  
As of now my boss only took me off for two weeks. I felt a lot of pressure and guilt from her about taking off at all, and  it makes me so mad that I felt like that. I don't know if I can go back to work in two weeks. If I can't I will take longer if needed. 

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San Antonio, TX
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06/16/2008
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Jan 06, 2008
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