Elizabeth Bonin

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I got a .5cc fill today. I hope this will bring me to the level I need to be to start losing weight. But I know it will take more than a good fill, I need to start working out. I will get on the treadmill in a few mins and build my stamina back each day. My goal is to jog/run 1 mile.  My weight today was 189.  I will not set a goal other than to say that in the next year I would like to 50 lbs. Each day I will work towards that.

It has been over a year since I have blogged and I have so much to catch up on. Unfortunetly, that does not include weight loss :( Last year I got to my lowest weight of 174lbs. After getting back on the Depo shot I was having a lot of restriction because I was spotting everyday for 3 months. Life was miserable I was throwing up all the time, suffering from acid reflux and almost choked several times in my sleep but dehydration was the worst. I no longer had insurance and could not afford a doctor visit for an unfill. Once I was able to afford an unfill I was so miserable I begged the doctor to take out 3.5 cc out of 5 cc, and he did. I felt great!!! But ate everything I had been craving and stopped working out! :( I had on fill last fall, 1cc,  very conservative because I feared being over restricted again. I was able to lose 8 lbs but then have been stable. I would say my fill level is perfect for when I am at goal. I go tomorrow to get another fill and will ask for 1cc. My goal is to start back working out atleast 3x a week and work my way back to 5x a week. I know I can do this,  I am already: at my halfway point, under 200lbs, fit in a regular bath towel, healthy by all measures, have no pain in my feet anymore and wear size 12/14. :) But tomorrow will be the first day of the second half of my journey. My goal is to lose another 50-60 lbs.

I was so glade to see 190.3 this morning on the scale........... so close to saying good bye to the 190's forever!

January 1, 2010 I weighed in at 210 lbs. My first goal was to be under 200 lbs. At the end of January I finally made it to 198 lbs!!!  I kept getting on the scale just waiting to see it go back over 200 but it has not. It is now the first week of February and I am down to 196 lbs.  Oh and I fit into a pair of dress pants from Macy's size 14! But comfortably I am a 16, better than the 22/24  I started at! My shirt I got from the teen section at Walmart was a large 12/14 and big!

This morning I went to the ER because I was dehydrated  and having severe right kidney pain.  I recieved a 1 cc unfill to make a total of 4 cc in my 10 cc band. I can eat and drink now!!!!  But I feel much better after IV therapy and antibiotics by IV.  Will keep everyone posted.

Yesterday, October 1st, 2009.
Went to see Dr. Pina and got my second fill of 2cc to make a total of 5.5 ccc out of my 10 cc band. I left and threw up water for about an hour and then went back to him for an unfill. He removed .5 cc. I thought it was ok until today I am having the feeling of acid reflex! I know he said there would be swelling so I am trying to hang in there for the weekend and then see how I feel on Monday. I keep everyone posted. But he was proud to see I went from 240 to 228 lbs in a month. His goal was for me to get down to 234 and I bet that by 6 lbs!

Sorry I haven't written in a while but life has been busy.  I am down a total of 19 lbs and that includes my pre-op loss.  I got my first fill this past Tues.  I recieved 3.5cc out of my 10 cc band.  It has been an adjustment since I could previously eat what ever I wanted but I am getting used to it.  My short term goal is to be under 200 by the New Year so 35 lbs to go.

I had my surgery on Thurs. and on Sat. afternoon I had to go to the ER and was admitted for dehydration and UTI. I was released from the hospital on Tues.  Yesterday was the first day that I felt good and was not uncomfortable walking and taking care of my kiddos; unless I bend down to pick something up that is still uncomforable. My incisions are healing and I do not have any drainage. I am happy to report that I am down 13 lbs from my pre-op diet weigh (253.8) and 4 lbs since surgery.

Height: 5'0
Pre-op Weight: 253.8
Surgery Weight: 244.8
1 wk Post-op: 240.8

Ok so I woke up this morning and took my nephew to school to take a test. Came home and showered, and blowed dry my hair. I then woke up my daughters (grandma stayed with them when I left earlier) and got them ready for Vacation Bible School. Their MiMi is going to take them home and keep them for me.  I then went to Walgreens and came home and took my toe nail polish off.  Then my family and I left for the hospital.

I arrived and checked in that the registration and received my name band and then walked three flights of stair with my mom to the 3rd floor because she has a phobia of elevators. I checked in at the outpatient surgery and hung out with my family  and friends until they called me back. I used the restroom then when to my room, room 3. They had me sign consent forms and then I changed into my gown. Then they gave me a shot of heparin in my stomach; it had an after sting but went away after a while. They the started and IV and the anestesiologist came and spoke to me. She said it is the hospital policy not to give any of the medication until the patient is in the OR and is monitored on my monitors.

I arrived in the OR and they had me move to the OR bed. I talked for a few minutes and then I remember waking up in the recovery room. I was in SOOOOOOOOOO much main and nasueated. I even asked my self out loud "what the hell did I do" LOL. They gave me several nausea medications and morphine and it eased the pain but I was still hurting BAD!

I was moved to radiology and had to stand and walk I was hurting. I only had to swallow a tiny bit of the medication and I was actually loving it because it was my first drink in over 15 hours. I was taken back up stairs but the outpatient rooms. My family was able to come see me. By this time the pain was better. After the nurse confirm my lap band placement was good she gave me liquid pain medicine to drink and I was able to sip on 30 cc of water every 15 mins. Once I was able to go to the bathroom I was ready to go. Well they said I could go home but at that point I wanted to pay a $100 co-pay and stay the night LOL.

Left the hospital and my mom drove threw Sonic to get a bag of Sonic ice. Then dropped off my prescription and Walgrens. Once home I layed down on the couch and took a nap. I am feeling soooo much better. I do have pain at the opening under my breast because I have huge breast and weigh a lot and are sticking to my skin from the iodine. Plus the weight is pushing on my opening. I put on a sports bra to left them but the weight still hurts. The only other area that hurts in the tube that was placed in my left side to administer pain medication to the direct area. After 2 days it comes out.  Although it is uncomfortable I can handle it. I questioned myself in recovery but know I am doing so much better that I know it is all worth it.

To my suprise I do not have 8 incisions only 5. One on my right side, one in the center under my breast and the other three on my left. Not bad since I got the gall bladder taken out at the same time.

I will keep walking and keep posting. Thanks for all the prayers.

Ok so today I had to be on clear liquids and for most of the day I was ok. But by dinner time I was hungry and craving everything in sight. I have managed to make it through the day and only have two more hours of drinking water before I have to withhold all fluids for surgery tomorrow at 12:30. I am excited it almost doesn't seem like this is going to really happen, I have waited so long for this. The reality that I will get thinner and not just maybe one day is so exciting. 

I have had surgeries in the past and know that I will be ok with this one. But this is the first surgery as a mother. Part of me is a little scared going into this because I worry about what will happen to my girls and if they would know how much I loved them since they are so young ( 3 and 1 years old). I will continue to pray through the night and and all day tomorrow.

I am also concerned how much pain I will be in and how my recovery may be different than other since I am having the lap band and the gall bladder removed.

One last concern is that I am on my period and have not lost a much as weight as I wanted.  I hope my surgeon does not turn me away tomorrow.

I will pray over my surgery and all of my concerns. And post back tomorrow!