seemego2150
The good, the baNd and the ugly.
Sep 30, 2011
August 24, 2011 Unbanded
Aug 26, 2011
Very Long Story
Aug 23, 2011
Arm lift was February 10, 2011
Feb 21, 2011
A year and a half...time for an arm lift
Jan 30, 2011
~~~ONE YEAR~~~ 86+ pounds gone
Jul 16, 2010
The before/after pictures speak for themselves - check them out.
Unfill
Jun 27, 2010
86+ gone
Jun 21, 2010
I've made a decision for brachioplasty this fall and am considering a tummy tuck by next summer. Other areas could use some fixing up if I was in the 'getting awesome' business, but I am not. I just want to take off the exaggerated effects of trouble spots I've had for years. It's not that they are a little bulgy or rumplfy, its that they are massive and awkward. It makes it hard to buy clothes in the correct size, as the upper arms are usually too small for the rest of the shirt to fit or if the arms fit the shirt is huge. The same for pants - the legs are way too big if they fit through the tummy. I like to say that 4 c-sections is to blame for that but I think it's more hereditary.
Reflux continues, especially after last week's fill - refill actually, from when I got drained in prep for the minor surgery I had. Even though I am at 5.25cc instead of 5.5 as I was, I feel much more restriction. So - I am going to give it another week to even out and if it doesn't I am going in for an unfill. I don't like not being able to eat or drink after 6pm in order to avoid the reflux when I drift off to sleep.
Would I do it again? YES!!
Bumps
May 13, 2010
Have had a couple of bumps in the road but nothing I can't handle. After the unfill, which I previously mentioned, I did fine for a while. About 5 weeks ago it was necessary for me to have a gynocological procedure that required anesthesia, so I saw my band surgeon and he took out a lot of fluid in prep for surgery. He left me with 3.75cc. I went in 2 weeks later and had 1cc added taking me back up to 4.75cc. I don't have a lot of restriction but I still have a very mild case of reflux at night so I am not getting a fill. I can eat supper as early as 6pm and still burp the taste of what I last ate the next morning. I found if I take 3 Tums an hour before bed I am much better.
So - it's going to rely on me more than the band right now. I have only lost 5 pounds since my last update of having lost 75 pounds on March 10. Recently I hit 80 pounds. I have 30 more to go to get to my goal.
Sooooo wish me luck!! Hope you all are well.