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I'll post a picture but wanted to post my stats too....:)

Date:  Weight:   BMI:    Neck:    Hips:   R.Arm:   R.Leg:   Abd:
4/16    321lbs    50.1    16.75"    60"      13.5"       27"     60+"
6/15    280lbs    43.9    15.75"    58"      13.25"     24"     60+"

Pretty good for 2 months...wouldn't you say?  I'm so happy!  And I get another fill next week!  :)

Love to all!!!
Apes

1st....when I'm driving, there use to be about 1/4" to 1/2" between my tummy and the steering wheel.......NOW THERE'S ABOUT 3 INCHES!!!!  :)

2nd...I went from a 5XL in scrub pants to now a 4XL scrub pants.  :)

Soon, like over this week-end, I'll be posting my "2 month" pictures and stats!!  

Love ya all and thanks for all the support!!!
Hugs!
April

Do we REALLY have to wait 1 month between fills?  Does anyone have the answer to that?  Patience is the key I guess...:)

Well, all the wondering is over.  I finally got my first fill.  What an experience.  First we couldn't find the port.  I was laughing.  Poor Dr. Tillquist...I know he felt bad but I just kept telling him "it's ok...it's ok...just do what you gotta do..."  I wasn't in any pain so I didn't care!  :)  So finally he hit it and gave me 2.5cc/ml.  It's amazing how fast you can feel even just a small fill.  My lunch passed at 35 minutes....I just ate dinner so we'll see how fast that passes.  But 35 minutes is better than 15 minutes like before!  So I lived!  :)  I guess it was just worry about the unknown.  I just didn't know what to expect.  Thankfully, Dr. Tillquist walked me through each step.  He so kind.  And as I was walking back to work I was wondering how do you say thank you to someone like him.  A doctor (like so many others) who give people their lives back.  Who help them on a journey to good health.  Is there anything you CAN say?  To me a simple Thank You just isn't enough...  I've concluded that there are just no words to ever thank these doctors enough for what they do for so many people.  For them, it must be exciting....seeing us shrink as we come and go from their offices.  Is that their "thanks"?  I sit and think again how lucky I am that I was able to have this surgery.  That I am able to take this journey.  What an absolutely true gift!  Again, I wish everyone who wanted it could have it.  Ya know?  Amazing!  I do not and will never take this surgery for granted.  It's a gift....and I will treat it as such. :)  Ok...enough mush!  But if anyone has thought of a wonderful way to say thank you...please share with me. :)
I'll catch ya later!  Have a save and wonderful week-end.

Hi all!  
Just wanted everyone who checks my site to know that I'm doing great!  I'm loosing about 1/2 pound a day.  I'm not complaining!  :)  I'm pretty sure that I'm ready for a fill already.  I can eat and within 15 minutes I can feel the food drop from my pouch into my stomach.  Weird....but I can feel it.  Kinda cool actually.  Burps are kinda cool now too.  (I know...I'm weird...bodily functions are always fun)  But when I burp and it comes from my pouch, it's painful.  But when I burp and it comes from my stomach, it feels weird.  I can't describe it but it's definately different!  :)  
My first fill is scheduled for May 25th.  Right now, I can get away with eating almost anything and not having it get stuck or "plugging me up".  Obviously I'm eating healthy stuff or I wouldn't be loosing the weight still but I'm just preparing myself for my first fill.  I know that once that happens, I won't be able to eat most of the stuff I eat now.  I bet it'll be like starting all over again...having to experiment with what will go through and what won't.  Never boring!  :)  
So....if anyone can relate or can give me a heads up on what to expect after my first fill (from a first hand point of view) I'd love to hear from ya! Thanks!!  :) 
Life is good....:)  I'm feeling great and loosing weight....can life get any sweeter?  
Hugs to all,
April

Everything is great....I've lost more than usual lap-banders at this point.  (and here I was thinking I was behind in the game)  But they said I was loosing at the rate of gastric bypass patients.  But....according to them, I'm doing everything I'm suppose to be doing...eating all the right stuff, etc etc.  So I'm happy.  And I have slowed down on my weight loss....which is ok by me.  I don't wanna loose it too fast.  I just feel so wonderful!  If I ever win the lottery, I'm gonna pay for any of my friends and family who want it done to get it done.  It's just all so undescribable.....yes?  :)
Hugs to all!
April 

I walked a whole mile with absolutely no pain what so ever!!!  No hip, knee, shin, calf, or foot pain.  WEIRD!!!  It took me a little less that 30 minutes but it felt good!  I'm amazed daily how my body is moving now with ease.  It's awesome.  There's still a lot I can't do....but so much more than before.  :)

You know what else is weird...going to the grocery story and buying things that you won't be able to eat.  For instance....my Mom is coming over for dinner so I ran and picked stuff up for a nice big salad.....  I love salads....but I'm not able to eat them yet.  It just felt weird.  

That's all for now, gearing up to start work next week.  I've been sorting out how I'm gonna do my lunches and getting my exercise in daily.  I'll work it out....where there's a will...there's a way!  :)

Love ya all!
Apes 

As soon as I went off the liquid diet...I quit loosing! Ugh! I know, there will be hills and valleys in my loosing but I'll talk to my doctor on Thursday at my post-op. I'm walking at least a mile a day with only minor hip pain. I do have wonderful news though....My knees? NO MORE PAIN!!! My feet? NO MORE PAIN. My back? DIFFERENT KINDA PAIN!! :) There are other changes in my body....I can feel them and I look forward to putting my work scrubs on again and seeing how loose they are even with just loosing 19 lbs so far. What a kick. I just think I need to kick my body back into ketosis to get to loosing again. :) But if ya'll have any suggestions...let me know! Thanks! But I feel great!!!! :)

I'm here, I'm alive, I'm sore, and guess what, I'm not hungry!  LOL  It's sore at first getting around....I'm hoping tomorrow will be better.  My Mom is gonna come spend some time with me tomorrow....nothing like your Mom taking care of you when you're sick.  It's like they always know what you want or need. :)    Ya know what's wild?  When you are full it hits you like a ton of bricks!  Amazing!!!  All of a sudden, it stops you dead in your tracks.  So cool!  :)
And by the way, I just have to say thank you to everyone who helped me in some way shape or form today.  Amazing!  Swedish Hospital and my family.....I couldn't have asked for better people!!!  Love you all!  And thank you!
Gonna go sleep now. :)
April

I cracked my eyes open and BAM!!!!  I was smiling.  I'm ready...lets do this....how lucky am I?  
I'm learning that there may be some people (like Jaime) who have already expressed the guilt their gonna feel about eating around me.  And maybe you won't verbally express it but I think it's important for anyone who is around a person having a Weight Loss Surgery to realize that this is that person's choice.  It is my choice to not eat what you eat, it is my choice to not eat as much as you might.  I went into this surgery well educated about it and knowing what will be expected of me afterwards.  I went into it knowing the sacrafices I'll have to be making.  But on the flip side of that?  I am awfully lucky to have this surgery available to me.  You can go back through my family and see where being over weight has been a factor in their health.  (mostly in the women.)  I wish I had taken after my grandpa's.  :)  So I'm lucky.  I won't ever have some of the health problems they have had.  Imagine me 20 yrs from now without the surgery.  Now imagine me 20 years from now with the surgery.  Tomorrow will take me down a completely different path....turn my life completely around.  To me...that's mind boggling....and it's completely by choice.  And I couldn't be happier.  So don't feel guilty....because it's a choice I've made.
Other than that, I'm ready.  I look forward to seeing you all on the other side.  
Hugs to all!!
April