Michele M.
I am a 40+ year old mother that has battled weight all my life. I have done the WW thing, the T.O.P.S. thing, the calorie count, and almost anything else you have tried. I did get great results from hypnosis but, I gained it back after a nervous breakdown and cannot seem to lose it again, not even doing the same thing I did during the "Spell".
4-13-06
well, I never made any other entries on here after my initial one. I have been approved by UHC and now I just need to lose this 18 pounds before we can schedule a true surgery date. We had sent in a dummy date to see if I was going to be approved because I am almost 2 hrs away from the Lahey Clinic and was not up to making all the required trips only to not be approved.
I know I need to really get going here and get on the ball with dropping the measley 18 pounds they want me to drop to shrink my liver. I know the importance of doing that yet, with al that is going on in my personal life right now, I cannot seem to drop it. My dummy date was originally April 20th. To think, if I had followed through with it all, I would be on the losing side next week. But, I do believe that everything does happen for a reason. It will not be long before I am there!
5-30-06
I got my date last week and I had to decide if I wanted to change it or not due to needing to get my daughter ready to go to Germany for the summer 5 days after my surgery,.
I have decided to keep the date. My mom will help me get things ready for her to be ready to leave. It is my mom that is taking her and I know that everything will be all set when she takes off on that plane!
I go to meet with my dietician and the P.A. from my surgeons office on 6/13. I also do all the pre op stuff that day and then just need to go get the actual surgery done.
I am starting to feel overwhelmed and hope I will know exactly what to get and what to bring to the hospital. I am more concrened with having the right stuff here when I get home.
8/4/06
Ok, so I am terrible at updates. I got my first fill today and while it took HOURS longer than expected, it was not uncomfortable at all. But here is the story.
I leave work today at noon to drive to MA. to get my first fill. I was so excited and so sure that this was what I needed to not be hungry. I get there at 1:15 for my 1:30 apt. I get taken in at 1:45 or so which I do not mind.
My NP gets things ready. tells me what she is going to do and we laugh and joke a little bit ( Keep in mind I adore this woman) . She puts the needle into me and is feeling for the membrane in the port She cannot find it. Meanwhile I am joking with the assistant and the med student we had in there with us.
Well, she is not able to find it. Of course I was worried that mabe I flipped my port. She assures me I did not and that she is just having a little trouble with it. Well, the trouble went on for about 35 minutes until I finally tell her that maybe we just need a little break. I tell her that I have nothing else to do all afternoon so why don't I go sit in the waiting room and she relax a little. Keep in mind that through all of this, we really are having a good time and laughing more than I have in weeks.
I go back into the room and for about another 40 minutes we play try to find the port. Finally, she asks one of the surgeons to come do it. He comes in about 20 minutes later and feels my belly, takes the sheath off the needle, sticks me and says "Pop!! we are done".
After he sid it in with no trouble my NP was calling him a few choice words in fun.
So, all in all, I left work at noon and got back home at 8:40 PM. It was one hell of a long day.
BUT..I DO have to say, there was no pain involved. If any newbies are reading this, please do not feel that this is the norm. It really is not. My port is to close to scar tissue and the surgeon went almost into the scar tissue where the NP was avoiding doing so.
I had a long day but I did enjoy it regardless. My only worry is that I may not feel restriction with this fill. I got 1.2 cc but was told I may not feel anything until my next one. If I do not feel any in two weeks when I see the NUT, I will get another fill then.
Oh the places we will go on this journey and the things we will experience!!
8/19/06
What a great morning!!! Got up at 3 A.M. and went to the Great Falls Balloon festival. I have such a love for hot air balloons and they are so amazing to watch go up. It is so neat how they are so big and they take off so gracefully.
Here is a picture of my daughter and I from today. I think I am getting a jaw again!!! 258 lbs
9/16/06
I know it has been a while since I have updated. I am SOOO bad at that. I aqm down about 44 pounds and have had 2 fills. I tend to get food stuck now and then. I am still learning what works and what does not. I am finding that one day something works and the next it does not. Does it get frustrating?YES! I sometimes hate my band and hate that I have to learn so much all over again. But I DO know that in the end it will all be worth it. And when I have a NSV like yesterday it makes me glad that I did it!
I went shopping for new jeans and I was able to wear an 18! I still do not see any change in the mirror but I do in the size tag at times. It is screwy how pne pr of 18 will fir and another in the same brand will not go up over my thighs. Do the numbers on the tags really mean anything anymore???
Here are a couple of pics of my new jeans lying onto of the jeans that were too tight the day of surgery.
Photos
 256 3 months ost op |  |  279 my sister and I the day before surgery |
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Surgeon: David M. Brams, M.D.
I love Dr Brams and his office staff. They are all very supportive and knowledgable. The aftercare is very good and while some people have told me that their doctor was not as strict as Dr Brams was, I would prefer the close supervision as opposed to a Dr. that was not as involved in his patients care. I felt very safe with him operating on me and would refer him in a heartbeat to anyone in the Boston area. Or out of the area for that matter. I drive almost 2 hrs to get to his office. He is very willing to answer any and al questions that you may have and I neve felt rushed at any of my appointments with him or his nurse practitioner or the dietician.
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