DebbieAnn
Ready for change!
Aug 05, 2008
Save the Earth...
it's the only planet with
chocolate!!!!
I’ve been thinking about getting help with my weight for so long. I have yo-yoed all my life. I had more fit times than unfit. I have been heavy this time for over 7 years and now that I’m a Grandmother I’m thinking… I’d like to see my grand-babies grow up and be able to spend quality time with them. So, this time I didn’t just ask for a diet plan and supervision, I asked for some help with my impulse to overeat, or eat the wrong things. I am scared sh**less about having this surgery and I go back and forth…. should I or shouldn’t I. I come back to… not wanting to yo-yo anymore and maybe getting off all or some of my medicine. So now I have come to the conclusion that this is the right thing to do.
I have gone to the seminar and my doctor to get a referral and I have met with Dr. Lara once. I finished all the blood test, chest x-ray, mammogram, psychiatric evaluation, and keeping a food journal, today 8/5/08 Trish at Las Palmas submitted my package for insurance approval so in the words of Ryan Seacrest “here we go”
Surgery date Sept 4th, 2008 Yee-Haw
Jan 22, 2012
Little disappointed in myself...got to get back to working out, have gained 10lbs...yikes! We'll keep you posted!!
May 13, 2011
The fill I had in Jan was a bit much and I had struggled with throwing up...at least once a day. (Not Good) So today I had .5 CC's removed. I now have 7CC's in my 10CC band. Fingers crossed.
Jan 21, 2011
Hidee ho everyone! 6th Fill notes..............
Have been feeling so much better since my gallbladder surgery, recovered, no complications. I did really well after getting my last fill in June...until I went to Vegas!!
I gained 3 lbs and when I got back, I took it easy through the holidays and gained 6 lbs more! Big surprise...not! I had forgot how excited I was to get approval for this and ultimately I am responsible for my success. I have to watch my portions and exercise. If I fail at this it is only because of my own actions. So, I ask myself why do I do this? Why (even with the band) do I try to overeat? Why can't I love myself enough to get this over with and go on with my life? I hated getting up every morning feeling defeated because of my weight...it truly ruled my life. So, I told Dr. Lara how I was feeling, I would get hungry about an hour after eating and he gave me 1cc in my band. I have made a promise to myself to truly follow the band rules I was so excited about...because right now I am a size 8-10 and I LOVE that. I wake up feeling I can do anything and I "DO NOT" want to be that woman who would wake up feeling like crap every morning. I feel, for the first time restriction and I am making sure I do not eat more than a cup of food during my meals. I exercise everyday, and I find something I love about myself everyday...I am worthy! I now have 7.5cc's in my 10cc lap band.....the story continues!! Lol
June 7th 2010
Notes on gallbladder surgery and my latest fill ! Woo hoo : )
Dr. Lara removed my gallbladder and I feel......LIKE A MILLION BUCKS!! What a difference a little organ removal makes, I feel so much better! I had a slight fill when I went back for him to check my incisions. My scars are healing (they were very little) and the .5 cc's has really made a difference so I'm going to stick with this through the summer.
I now have 6.5 cc's in my 10 cc band. Dr. Lara Rocks!!
Feb 26, 2010 (Friday) 2010
Well, didn't have another fill. I have been having problems with my gallbladder (my opinion) It started on Jan 4th, I had pain all night under my sternum. Then as the morning went on it became unbearable and I started feeling like I was going to throw up. I went to the emergency room (the first time in 32 yrs) the doc said since I have the band and had taken half a Motrin it's probably a band slip or an ulcer. They did an ultra sound and he said I had gall stones ... but every body has them. So, I went to a surgeon (who didn't even touch me) said he looked at my ultra sound and yes I have gall stones, but he wanted me to have an upper G-I. Had that done and the Tech & doctor said it looks like reflux---WTHeck. I went to my band doctor, with my story...how it felt...and ultra sound, cat-scan, upper G-I... he wants to remove my gallbladder. So....that's where I am today. Good news at my visit I had lost 14lbs since Nov 13th.
November 13th (Friday~~) 2009
4th fill notes
Haven't lost any weight since my March fill ; (
I had lost 10 lbs when I went in for surgery in July 09. The day I got home from the hospital I weighed and had gained 10 lbs. I had to take it easy for 2 1/2 months to recoup-and recoup 10 lbs is what I did! I am not going to let that do me in. I made an apt. with the doc and had my fill on "Friday the 13th". Fingers crossed that it's my sweet spot! Any other time in my life I would have gained 30 or 40 lbs 
, not the new me. I'm back on the losing train and headed toward "Healthy-ville" once again. Fill was over before I could swallow the panic I was feeling!! I now have 6cc's in my 10cc band.
March 09-Third fill notes- Went good, Dr. Lara now comes to Abq every other month and sees patients and does fills. He put in 1cc this time so I now have 5cc's in my 10cc band. We'll see if it gets me to my sweet spot!
12/03/08 Second fill notes...Second fill went ok, it burned and hurt just a little and I lived, but it was a surprise that I felt it. I think it might have been due to the fact that it was cold and I had been driving since 4am to get to my 8am appointment. This was the first Thanksgiving that I did not gain weight!! Yep-pee!! And it was just as good as any Thanksgiving I have had. I now have 4cc's in my 10cc band. Dr. Lara said I'm on track and to call and make another appt. if I am feeling that I need another fill, we will see.
10/27/08 First fill notes...I think like a lot of new bandsters after getting up the nerve to have Lap Band surgery that everything that went along with it would be a breeze. Of course after having the surgery and the deadly gas pains and heart palpitations I realized this is a little scary. So, when the time came to have my first fill I was filled with dread...oh no more pain. It was a little hard to see the needle, I asked the doctor was a horse in the room...he didn’t laugh. He showed me it only looked that big because it contained the saline for the band. I didn’t feel it going in only pressure and it was over soon I did realize I was still holding my breath and in a sit up position until he told me to relax. All the nights I had stressed about it, all the post I had read about everyone experience. Bottom line...it wasn’t so bad and I didn’t croak!! My next fill is set the day before Thanksgiving......
Oh Noooooo!!!
10/06/08 Well It's been a month since I had surgery. So far most of my bruises have faded, Im still alittle sore but I have been working out just about every day since I came back from El Paso. I go for my fist fill on the 24th of this month and I hope to feel the restriction everyone talks about. I felt it after surgery...probably because everything was swollen. Like alot of my fellow bandsters I get a little hungry about an hour after I eat but I have found that if I drink water or K2O it goes away fairly fast. I've lost weight and hope to lose the "rest of the story" the fat story that is : ) and I know it's going to take me giving more than just 100%.
