My lap band has been removed.

Apr 12, 2012

 It has been about 4 1/2yrs since I posted anything on this page. I had some success with the band but not even close to what I was expecting. I had my daughter in 2010 which is such a blessing and now I've had my band removed. I started getting really really sick in the middle of January, as soon as food hit my stomach I felt sick. I had my band completely emptied and went for an upper GI.... Everything looked normal. The next dayi ended up in the ER in extreme pain and severely dehydrated, they kept me over night. The following week went like this... Monday ultrasound, Tuesday hidascan, Wednesday back in the ER, Thursday endoscopy, Friday another trip to the ER for esophageal spasms. Outcome was severe gastritis in my pouch only! My band surgeon did not and would not accept that my gastritis and my band had to be related. Two weeks later I followed up with him still not being able to eat mind you. After a brief meeting with him while I was in tears he laughed in my face. I was done with him. I continued with my meds for gastritis hoping it would get better all the while researching where else to go to get this thing removed. I am self pay, my insurance refuses to have anything to do with weightloss surgery. I went about 1 month before I had another severe attack that ended me back in the ER, but this time I went to Swedish medical center... One of the best in Seattle. After an EKG and CT Scan the PA from the bariatric office met with me. She agreed the band had to come out ASAP. So here I am sitting here writing this exactly two weeks from that last ER visit without my band. It's been two days since surgery and I'm feeling pretty good. Dr. McMahon and his staff are amazing, I had no slippage or erosion but he said my band was so tight he had to cut it into 3 pieces to get it out!so glad its gone!!!
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13 Days Post Op

Nov 01, 2007

I can't believe tomorrow will be 2 weeks since I got my band. Now that I'm feeling better... geez how time flies. I went for my follow up appointment last tuesday and everything looked good. I did mention I was having a lot of tightness and pain in my chest when I would take deep breaths. My surgeon sent me straight to radiology for chest x-rays to rule out blood clots..... Good news got the results today..... NEGATIVE!!! must just be tight muscles which makes sense, but better to be safe then sorry. Everyday I am feeling better and my energy is starting to come back although I still get tired quickly. I'm on the pureed stage of my diet which is a lot better than liquids, but I can't wait to move onto soft foods on sunday. Anyways, that's all for now............

1 Week Post Op!

Oct 26, 2007

Today I am 1 week post op! I can't believe my band is already a week old... boy how time really does fly. I'm feeling great besides the hunger I've been feeling... 2 more days and I can move on to mushies..... I can't wait to have something with a little substance. I am happy to say that I've lost 11 lbs since surgery! I know that a lot of that is probably water weight and that I might gain once I can actually get to eat again, but at any rate it still feels pretty good. So since I started this whole process I've lost a total of 25lbs!

5 Days Post Op

Oct 24, 2007

I'm 5 days post op now and still can't believe how well I'm feeling. I do get tired quickly if I'm up and around too much. So far I'm so glad that I made the decision to do this. I got on the scale yesterday and I've lost 8lbs since surgery, so all in all I've lost a total of 22lbs including the pre op dieting I had to do. Its been years since I've done something and lost 22lbs..... I'm so excited!

1 day post op!

Oct 20, 2007

I got my band yesterday!! I still can't believe it. All and all I'm feeling pretty good. My stomach feels like I did 1,000 crunches and my chest is pretty tight from the gas , but I feel better than I thought I would. I'm just so excited... I can't believe I HAVE A BAND! I feel like yesterday was my new birthday and I can't wait to start my new life!!!!

the count down is on.... 2 more days!

Oct 17, 2007

So I was feeling pretty good today. Starting to get a little anxious, but I'm doing pretty good. A funny thing happened to me today..... A client of mine came in to see me today and brought her 3 yr old daughter with her. As I'm waxing my clients eyebrows I'm talking to the 3 yr old about how when she gets bigger she'll get her brows done too. She says "yeah, when I get big like you, but you have a big stomach". Ahhhh kids can be so brutally honest. My client (who knows about my surgery) almost died when she heard what her daughter said, and I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I did just laugh it off.... and took as a reconfirmation that I am in fact doing the right thing! hahaha

3 Days And Counting......

Oct 16, 2007

Oh I can't believe I'm 3 days away from surgery! Even though this process has been pretty quick (10 wks) for me I still can't believe its almost here.  I do have mixed emotions about everything.... I'm excited, I'm nervous, I'm anxious...... I just want to get on with it!

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10/19/2007
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Jul 27, 2007
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