Vana62286

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So I am 6 months out. Seems like all this time has passed so freakin' fast! I am officially 66 LBS lighter! I am at 182 LBS!!! I haven't been under 200 lbs in probably 8 years! I am so greatful for this miracle in my life. :)

OK so I went to the doctors yesterday to get checked out cuz i havent been there since June 21st. and i have lost 24 LBS since June 21st making my grand total 58 LBS in 5 months. I am happy about it but I also had to get all the fluid out of my band to have it reset because I havent been able to eat without getting sick since June. So he took out all 7 cc's that I had in it and is going to refill it on the 14th if august. It is only a week but I am so afraid that I will gain weight!

So I have been doing ok. A little discouraged but ok I guess. I have lost 20 lbs to date but I want more . I have yet to get a fill they keep postponing it and I have no clue why. But I am supposed to go back in 2 weeks to get my first fill and I can't wait.

Ok so I noticed on Tuesday that my main incision was a bit sore and little bit red but I thought maybe my shirt or bra just irritated it a little. Then Wednesday morning i noticed it was oozing, then when i pushed around it it just like exploded with ooze. Which is just disgusting, so I called my surgeon and he told me to come in on Thursday. It turns out that I am doing something called "spitting the sutures" which means my body had a negative reaction to the glue stuff they put in to close the incision and my body is pushing it out, therefore causing my incision to open a bit and maybe become infected. So now I am on antibiotics to prevent an infection and I have to dress my incision with saline and gauze twice a day. I hate it, it hurts so bad. It is so discouraging because I can’t get a fill until it is all cleared up, and I already had an appointment for my first fill and now I can’t get it because if I did have an infection and they filled the band it would spread the infection to the band and they would have to pull the whole damn thing out! I am so sad about it.  What else is going to go wrong with this?

So I had my surgery last Tuesday March 4th. Since then I have been good. I am still sore but not too bad. I am still ok with my soup diet but cant wait until tomorrow, I can finally have yogurt! According to my home scale I have lost 11 LBS already but I have an appoint with Dr. Schwartz on Friday so we will see then!

So today I went to see my PCP finally, and she is writing me a letter of recommendation for the surgery.  Now the only thing standing in my way is insurance. I pick up my medical records and letter monday the it is off for approval! GAH!!!!!!