Laura G.

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Great googly moogly time flies when your band slips and you have surgery and things aren't getting paid and you stress..................

Well, after my slip diagnosis in March 2007 (a year ago!) the unfill worked for a little while.  I got two fills and the band slipped again.  Surgery on the horizon.  For some reason, a mix up at the doctor's office, no one being in a hurry but me, and various other issues caused me to not have surgery until July 2007.  By that time, being unfilled, I had put on about 15 pounds and on surgery #2 day, weighed 246 pounds.

This surgery knocked me for a loop - a "sizeable" hiatal hernia repair plus removing the old band and replacing it with a new one - I was in real pain for a looooong time.  At about six weeks out, I finally felt human again.  Had super duper restriction from the swelling and lost about 13 pounds pretty quickly.  Then the insurance issues began and while I was busy fighting and appealing I was afraid to go in for a fill lest my bill get even bigger.

Things finally sorted themselves out little by little and I got my first fill in November 2007 realizing sadly that I had gained back the 13 pounds PLUS some of their evil friends, too!  I got another fill in December, January, February and March.  Usually my surgeon's partner is there to do fills but this month it was my surgeon and he told me that I had needed a fill.  REALLY?  I had only lost maybe 3 pounds since my surgery and could eat most anything not nailed down.  Ahhhh, but this fill - we are actually getting somewhere now.  This one is closing in on that beautiful sweet spot.

It had gotten so bad I started thinking I needed to have some other kind of surgery.  I figured that I would never get restriction and this band thing was all played out.  But I am back to being a band believer, eating right and exercising, too.  Funny how all three things together work.  I do have to admit my eating was crappy, my attitude was crappier.

So today's weight - 237.4.  Thank you, thank you, please sit down. :)

So, I found out Thursday my band has slipped.  Probably should have gotten in to see the doc sooner than I did but it is what it is and no crying over spilt lap band, right?  So, all 6 ccs of my fluid is gone and all is quiet on the banded front.

Why did it happen?  Who knows?  Had a little vomiting, not excessive.  Wasn't too tight.  Hadn't had a fill since September.  But the reflux.  Oh the reflux.  Made sleeping so hard when you wake up choking on acid.  So now what, you ask?  Three weeks of pureed food.  Mmmmmm mmmmmm goood.  Not.  And if this doesn't work to settle my little band back in place, surgery to reposition is next.

I am mad, sad, scared.  Been on the puree for three days and have gained 2 pounds.  What is up with that?  Terribly annoyed because I had goals, you know?  Real goals that needed nice restriction and now that is out the window.  I am in the land of the blip.  This is a blip on my banded journey.  I want to kick the blip's butt.

One good thing, no acid reflux at night.  I'm sleeping like a baby....who has an empty band.  Grrrrrrrr.

I will find out April 12th if this band that I am praying fervently over has decided to go home and play nice.  It better be real scared of me.  Seriously.

Things are still chugging along and since I have been charting my daily weight I can see the "hormonal flux" weight gain trend from last month is hitting in the same exact spot this month.

Granted, it doesn't keep me from wigging out about my overwhelming desire to graze all day and all night BUT I know if I hold fast, things will eventually even out.

Still feeling pretty good restriction but wonder if I need a little tweakage.  Don't ever want to be too tight.  No way, no how.  So I will just hang where I am until something new develops.

Weight today 246.6 - Total loss = 62.8 lbs.  Yippee Skippy!

1/27/07

I didn't realize how interesting I would find my own updates but it is eye opening to go back and see where I have been.  That said, I am about four months late on updating myself...

Haven't had a fill since September as I have been losing steadily since then.  Certainly don't want to get too tight plus I worry about eating too much as it is.  

In the last four months, I have started thinking about making wiser food choices and structuring my eating a little better.  I have started counting calories or Weight Watcher points because I realized that I was eating smaller portions but the calories were still quite high.  I know a lot of people say you need to get out of the diet mentality and I agree to an extent but I also think that whatever makes me a better user of my band and a healthier eater is a good thing too.

January has been a great loss month for me up until this week!  I think I am just in a hormonal flux.  I know I do this every month but it seems to really have a hold this month.  So I am up almost 2 pounds from my lowest weight which bites.  

Current stats - 252.4 for a total loss of 57 pounds since pre-op diet.  I have no complaints!