trami3
Day before revision
May 12, 2010
Tomorrow is the day. It seems as if it were yesterday when I asked the surgeon (while in the room contemplating a fill) about a revision from the band to the vertical sleeve. He said that it sounded great and that I would not lose anymore weight with the band, it had done all that it could do.
So two months later everything has been put into action and I will get the revision from a lapband to the vertical sleeve. YAY!
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So two months later everything has been put into action and I will get the revision from a lapband to the vertical sleeve. YAY!
April 2010
Apr 12, 2010
It is April 12, 2010. I have been out of work since January 04, 2010 and am going crazy. I have been to the surgeon and we have discussed taking out the band and doing the Vertical Sleeve. This process started the early part of March and I am still waiting to see if the insurance and medical group will approve it. My progress with the band has totally stopped. I do not get full and am gaining weight little by little. I experience port pain and I am at the full capacity of this band.
As of date, I have lost about 50 pounds and gained about 4-5 pounds of that back.
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As of date, I have lost about 50 pounds and gained about 4-5 pounds of that back.
No weight loss
Dec 08, 2009
It has been a long time since I have been on here. I had an endoscopy yesterday because I have lost NO weight for a year. I thought that hte band had slipped or eroded into my stomach, but it didn't happen. I am so unhappy with this band, it is tight but I still feel hunger and do not get full with in the 20 minute time...I either end up vomiting because I ate too much or I have hunger pangs. I am beginning to think this band was a bad idea and should had went with the vertical sleeve.
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WoW
Apr 14, 2009
It has been a very long time since I've blogged on here. Nothing has changed and my weight is still the same...I am stuck in a circle of blahhhhh! I want out of this circle, can someone please stop and let me off this ride!!!!
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Update from the unwanted fill
Jan 21, 2009
So, I had the fill. It turned out that the fill was way too much and I have been living with that fill until the 7th of January, 2009, I had 7cc's in the band.
I asked the surgeon to take out .25cc's but she takes out .50cc's. Things are getting better with my food intake. I can eat protein, salad and a little bit of complex carbs. This is good, I'm not sliming or regurgitating every time I eat. I told my surgeon I wanted to get to my goal weight by August. I need to lose 35-40 more pounds and made a pact to her that I would try hard to lose 5 pounds a month.
So, I am now being held accountable. I have started jazzercise 3X a week and have been walking 1-2 miles daily. I hope and pray that I lose 5 pounds before the 9th of February, I surely want to succeed at this.
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I asked the surgeon to take out .25cc's but she takes out .50cc's. Things are getting better with my food intake. I can eat protein, salad and a little bit of complex carbs. This is good, I'm not sliming or regurgitating every time I eat. I told my surgeon I wanted to get to my goal weight by August. I need to lose 35-40 more pounds and made a pact to her that I would try hard to lose 5 pounds a month.
So, I am now being held accountable. I have started jazzercise 3X a week and have been walking 1-2 miles daily. I hope and pray that I lose 5 pounds before the 9th of February, I surely want to succeed at this.
The unwanted Un-fill
Oct 31, 2008
Eleven days ago I went in for a fill. I asked the doctor to aspirate the saline I have in my band to see how many CC's I have in the band. The doctor pulls out 7.5 CC's and then re-inserts it along with another 1CC, making 8.5 cc's in my band. When I walked out of that office, I felt no restriction. But! because of me, I feel no restriction right away, anyway. So Update...
11 days later I still feel no restriction. I go to see the surgeon and tell her, "I have NO restriction". She then notices that I gained 4 pounds and said that I am not a band "success" story.
She then proceeds to take out the saline I have in my band and ONLY pulls OUT 2.5 cc's!!!! Figure that!!! Shouldn't it had been 8.5 cc's???
She then continues to tell me that I may have a slow leak!!! A SLOW LEAK??? I doubt that, I think the crazy surgeon didn't insert the saline in the right place of the port, not allowing the band to fill up with the 8.5 cc's. Hence, in all actuality I didn't get a fill, 11 days ago..
UGH!!! I am so ticked... So I had no restriction, lost no weight, and had to pay ANOTHER co-pay to get filled. UGH!!!
So the doctor re-fills my band with 7cc's and...........Now.........that is what I call good restriction.
I tell ya!!!! What frustration!!!
11 days later I still feel no restriction. I go to see the surgeon and tell her, "I have NO restriction". She then notices that I gained 4 pounds and said that I am not a band "success" story.
She then proceeds to take out the saline I have in my band and ONLY pulls OUT 2.5 cc's!!!! Figure that!!! Shouldn't it had been 8.5 cc's???
She then continues to tell me that I may have a slow leak!!! A SLOW LEAK??? I doubt that, I think the crazy surgeon didn't insert the saline in the right place of the port, not allowing the band to fill up with the 8.5 cc's. Hence, in all actuality I didn't get a fill, 11 days ago..
UGH!!! I am so ticked... So I had no restriction, lost no weight, and had to pay ANOTHER co-pay to get filled. UGH!!!
So the doctor re-fills my band with 7cc's and...........Now.........that is what I call good restriction.
I tell ya!!!! What frustration!!!
The Job
Oct 30, 2008
After the hard work I had been doing, I was asked by the background investigator to sign off on the investigation and to re-continue it when I have lost 30 pounds and can get that 1-1/2 mile run down to at least 17 minutes. I am getting tired, have decided I will do this but am taking a break from it for a month.
The physical agility test
Oct 14, 2008
I ran the mile and a half. I was urged to run it in 15 minutes but ran it in 21 minutes. Did 6 full sit-ups (thought I couldn't even do 1) 3 push-ups and ran the 300 meter sprint in 1minute and 45 sec. One of the greatest things is that I DID NOT QUIT. This is a huge success for me...
Unfortunately, this is not good enough for my future employer and I was told to lose 30 more pounds and shave 5 minutes off my 1-1/2 mile run.
Unfortunately, this is not good enough for my future employer and I was told to lose 30 more pounds and shave 5 minutes off my 1-1/2 mile run.
3rd day of running
Oct 01, 2008
I am off to the gym again and dreading every minute of it!!! Some day I will learn to like this!!! I hate running. I have to do it though!!! I have noticed that running really shaves off the pounds. Saturday I have that physical agility test YIKES! I know this will all pay off.
1-1/2 mile run
Sep 29, 2008
Here I am... I ran 1-1/2 miles at the gym treadmill on Saturday; ran it in 21 minutes and 39 seconds. Today I went to the gym again and did a 1-1/2 mile run on the treadmill. I ran it in 20 minutes and 45 seconds. I'm shaving off time, little by little, almost a whole minute there. I am going to succeed at this physical agility test on Saturday and I will lose this weight and get this job!!!! I need positive reinforcement.
On another note, I am so ecstatic!!! not only because of the running, but was at my friends birthday party and met her sons father-in-law who is singel. My friend tells me that he asks about me and told her I was a cutie. It's been a very long time since I have ever heard anyone say that. It sure is hard to comprehend when it is said about me. I don't feel cute or like a "hottie".
On another note, I am so ecstatic!!! not only because of the running, but was at my friends birthday party and met her sons father-in-law who is singel. My friend tells me that he asks about me and told her I was a cutie. It's been a very long time since I have ever heard anyone say that. It sure is hard to comprehend when it is said about me. I don't feel cute or like a "hottie".
About Me
Palmdale, CA
Location
28.5
BMI
Surgery
05/13/2010
Surgery Date
Apr 23, 2007
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