davis7182
How did i end up here again?
Oct 15, 2006
Well i never thought i would see the day that i would be 225 pounds again but some how it has found me. :-( This are wonderful with my husband and I and he is so supportive of whatever i need/want to do to make myself happy. I am researching DS now. I am planning to call the dr's office and see what the cost would be for a revision.
It all started when i was down to 160, i started having some problems with reflux. Now as i look back i am sure that it is mostly due to trying to eat too much at one time and pushing it with drinking with my meals. I think that i had gotten tired of being different and i just wanted to be 'normal' again. So i had my band deflated because i thought that with the help of my DH that i would be able to work out and keep the weight off. Well I gained about 25 pounds then i went back and got an adjustment and i kept having HORRIBLE reflux/heartburn. Well i just kept taking zantac and trying to ignore it. I think that the damage was done though. I was already used to eating without the band and i had made too many bad habits again. So I went back to dr lavin and got them to take the fluid out and they ordered an Upper GI to see if i had some slippage. The films came back that i had a *tiny* slip but nothing that was horrible. They said maybe i should give my band some rest time. Well i was 203 when i had my unfill, now i am 225. YUCK!
I talked to them at the time about a revision. I told them i am just tired of fighting it, i just want to be DONE and be thin and enjoy life. I hate feeling like it is something that i have to worry/stress about every day of my life. That's why i am looking into the Duodenal Switch. I think it gives the best opportunity at feeling 'normal'.... the thing about the band that got old with me was not being able to be normal, having to scope out the bathroom no matter where we were incase something got stuck and i was PBing... I don't want food to be an issue anymore. I dotn want to have to plan the strategy for the rest of my life of how i *might* lose weight and keep it off. I just dont think living in constant diet mode is how i want to live the rest of my life. I am terrified of gaining even more weight...
Of course we want to have a family some day. We had been trying to have a baby for a little over a year with alot of fertilitiy treatments which i am sure only added to the weight. We got pregnant a few months ago but we lost our baby not long after that. So i am starting to wonder if my weight is contributing to my fertility problem. I have PCOS and irregular periods. So neither are good for making babies. Also i would like to get my weight under control so it is something that my children never know. I would like weight/food to be something that they never deal with. I dont want them fighting the same battles i have.
Well i guess that's enough for my first post. LOL
More tomorrow...
It all started when i was down to 160, i started having some problems with reflux. Now as i look back i am sure that it is mostly due to trying to eat too much at one time and pushing it with drinking with my meals. I think that i had gotten tired of being different and i just wanted to be 'normal' again. So i had my band deflated because i thought that with the help of my DH that i would be able to work out and keep the weight off. Well I gained about 25 pounds then i went back and got an adjustment and i kept having HORRIBLE reflux/heartburn. Well i just kept taking zantac and trying to ignore it. I think that the damage was done though. I was already used to eating without the band and i had made too many bad habits again. So I went back to dr lavin and got them to take the fluid out and they ordered an Upper GI to see if i had some slippage. The films came back that i had a *tiny* slip but nothing that was horrible. They said maybe i should give my band some rest time. Well i was 203 when i had my unfill, now i am 225. YUCK!
I talked to them at the time about a revision. I told them i am just tired of fighting it, i just want to be DONE and be thin and enjoy life. I hate feeling like it is something that i have to worry/stress about every day of my life. That's why i am looking into the Duodenal Switch. I think it gives the best opportunity at feeling 'normal'.... the thing about the band that got old with me was not being able to be normal, having to scope out the bathroom no matter where we were incase something got stuck and i was PBing... I don't want food to be an issue anymore. I dotn want to have to plan the strategy for the rest of my life of how i *might* lose weight and keep it off. I just dont think living in constant diet mode is how i want to live the rest of my life. I am terrified of gaining even more weight...
Of course we want to have a family some day. We had been trying to have a baby for a little over a year with alot of fertilitiy treatments which i am sure only added to the weight. We got pregnant a few months ago but we lost our baby not long after that. So i am starting to wonder if my weight is contributing to my fertility problem. I have PCOS and irregular periods. So neither are good for making babies. Also i would like to get my weight under control so it is something that my children never know. I would like weight/food to be something that they never deal with. I dont want them fighting the same battles i have.
Well i guess that's enough for my first post. LOL
More tomorrow...