krys1588
second chance - revision
Jun 25, 2013
I think everyone deserves a second chance. For me it's getting the revision surgery from the band to the bypass and living a healthy life. I was banded 4 years ago and only down 35 lbs cause I kept losing and gaining. I started the evaluation for the bypass surgery last week hoping they approve me! I was embarrassed at first to even mention it since I felt like I failed with the band. nobody likes to fail at anything personally I don't think the band is enough for someone who has a problem with food. I think it's very easy to eat around it and gain weight. I need a no going back clause which the band didn't provide. it's been 4 years since the band and I'm much more educated about the surgeries and what I have to do. I will keep you all updated on what's going on and any help from anyone who had the revision or bypass would be appreciated !
xoxo
hernia repair surgery
Jan 01, 2010
hey everyone so i found out what my pain was that i was having in my belly button .. It ended up being a umbilical hernia and i got it repaired with surgery this past thursday on new years eve. everything went great they pushed it back in and put a piece of mesh there to hold it from popping out again. Im still in alot of pain but im glad i got it fixed while it was still small!
i also wanted to know if anyone has ever had lesions on there spleen? apparently iv had them since last year but no one ever told me about it because they didnt grow so there was no neeed to tell me i guess. Which is very strange to me seeing that it got me scared to learn about them and wishi knew about them earlier. When they where doing my MRi for the hernia they came upon them accidently and checked them to an MRi i had last may and said they where fine since they didnt grow but from now on every 6 months get a MRi to make sure they dont get bigger!
So if anyone has any advice or suggestions would be great no one ever comments on my blogs but i hope someone does for this one just because the lesions made me nervous and i would like to see if anyone has had any experience with the same thing
thanks, krystle m
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i also wanted to know if anyone has ever had lesions on there spleen? apparently iv had them since last year but no one ever told me about it because they didnt grow so there was no neeed to tell me i guess. Which is very strange to me seeing that it got me scared to learn about them and wishi knew about them earlier. When they where doing my MRi for the hernia they came upon them accidently and checked them to an MRi i had last may and said they where fine since they didnt grow but from now on every 6 months get a MRi to make sure they dont get bigger!
So if anyone has any advice or suggestions would be great no one ever comments on my blogs but i hope someone does for this one just because the lesions made me nervous and i would like to see if anyone has had any experience with the same thing
thanks, krystle m
pain in and right above my belly button
Nov 12, 2009
Hey everyone i started having pain on and right above my belly button which is so random. It almost feels like a burning feeling. i actually started myself on a liquid diet because i thought it had something to do with the port or the band. I dont think so because i have also had problems going the bathroom sorry for being graphic =X. If anyone had experienced this problem let me know. I have never had this before so its making me nervous. I looked it up online which i should of never done because you always hear the worst. some people said hernias or apendacitis hopefully its none of those. Any suggestions would help out
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help!
Jul 18, 2009
its been a pretty good summer HOT but alright .. my eating has been slipping for some reason its getting so hard to stick on the diet. I think because iv been so bored not doing anything iv been eating which isnt good! =( i just need to get back on track thats all. And i work in a restaurant which doesnt help either! If anyone has any ideas to help me out that would be awesome. I think im going to go back to shakes fro a couple weeks and see how that works out for me. It was much easier having a shake 3 times a day and not having to worry about anything. hopefully that and going back to the gym i can start eating better cuz the last thing i want to do is make this surgery go to waste and go back to my old habits. I think im stressing to much about it. I think if i eat something bad im going to stretch out the band and gain my weight back i know thats not good. its just a fear i guess i hope im not the only 1 who thinks like this! any1 who has any advice let me know!
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Stage 5 diet =/
Jun 06, 2009
So i have been on stage 5 for about 2 months now. I was nervous in the beginning to start this stage because i thought i was going to get back into my old habits. I was was doing great and i didnt mind not eating any junk food or sweets. Recently i have been picking at different foods expecially since i work in a restaurant ughh its the worst. I feel like im starting to get out of control. The only thing i ate that i shouldnt of had was bread =/ .. but i can feel myself eating alot of good foods too. the other day i had salad and ate the whole thing! and it was way more then i should of ate. I dont know what to do! i was thinking of going back to stage 3 on the liquid diet and seeing if that helps me. If anyone has any advice let me know that would be great!
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follow up with my pcp
Jun 03, 2009
I went to my pcp today for a follow up since my gallbladder surgery i am down another 20 lbs since last month! Which i was very surprised about since i feel like i havent been eating that good or exercising that much. Its motivation though because if i can lose 20 lbs and i didnt exercise that much or eat good, just imagine if i put in 100%! Everything is looking good though, i do have build up of scar tissue under 1 of my incisions right above my belly button. I might hafta get it drained if the swelling doesnt go down =( i dont want to get cut open again .. but im so happpy things are finally turning around for me. Having ths surgery was the best thing i ever did!
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* cravings!
May 29, 2009
So its been about 3 months since my lapband surgery. The liquid diet was fine for me for a few weeks and even stage 4 with just eating soft foods was great for me. A month ago my nutritionist told me i was on stage 5 which is alot more choices for me! i kind of got scared because i could pretty much eat whatever i wanted. I got to be 350lbs by doing that so i was nervous to even goin on to this stage of the diet. I was doing fine for a few weeks but lately i just want to eat everything! Im so afraid im going to stretch my band open from eating things i shouldnt. I can tell im getting more hungry and i can eat more then i should and i just had a fill about 5 weeks ago. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great. I havent had any fast food or any junk foods like that. Iv been eating more of what i should be! but alot of anything isnt good. and also iv been having breads =X which is a no no. So i dont know what to do. Working in a restaurant isnt helping either its just making things worse.
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