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Dates of Events for Lap Band
Jan 01, 2009
Total weight loss as of today: 55 lbs.
Team: Surgeon, Dr. Edwards; Psych, Katie; Coordinator, Mary; Dietitian, Susan; Exercise, Amy; Fills, Wendy (always with a scope)
Seminar - 5-12-08
1st Consult - 6-03-08
Psych Eval - 6-03-08
Test results - 6-10-08
Exercise rehab - 6-12-08
Dietary Cons - 6-20-08
Behavioral Hlth - 6-23-08
2nd surgery consult - 7-10-08 with pre-admission to hospital
7-14-08 -pre-op diet started
Surgery - 7-28-08 lap band and gall bladder removal
Surgical recheck -8-05-08
2nd nutrition class - 8-25-08
Recheck and 1st fill - 9-10-08
2nd exercise class and 2nd fill - 9-23-08
3 mth recheck and 3rd fill - 10-28-08
4th fill - 12-30-08
Scheduled for 6mth recheck on 1-29-09
As you can see, this is an expensive and timely process. I was/am self-pay and have a 100 mile round trip to the facility. I can only pray this will be a motivating factor in keeping me on the program and help my new lifestyle to become a healthy habit. The holiday season was very hard and the best I could do was to maintain. Although I am disappointed I did not lose, I am resolved to begin afresh and have a good number for my 6 month recheck at the end of this month. I am feeling a lot more restriction with my 4th fill and hope my "sweet spot" will soon be reached. I also am resolved to do more exercise, but I still am not ready to make friends with that "dreadmill." I am keeping it around as a threat to myself if I do not step it up this month ;) Till later...
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Team: Surgeon, Dr. Edwards; Psych, Katie; Coordinator, Mary; Dietitian, Susan; Exercise, Amy; Fills, Wendy (always with a scope)
Seminar - 5-12-08
1st Consult - 6-03-08
Psych Eval - 6-03-08
Test results - 6-10-08
Exercise rehab - 6-12-08
Dietary Cons - 6-20-08
Behavioral Hlth - 6-23-08
2nd surgery consult - 7-10-08 with pre-admission to hospital
7-14-08 -pre-op diet started
Surgery - 7-28-08 lap band and gall bladder removal
Surgical recheck -8-05-08
2nd nutrition class - 8-25-08
Recheck and 1st fill - 9-10-08
2nd exercise class and 2nd fill - 9-23-08
3 mth recheck and 3rd fill - 10-28-08
4th fill - 12-30-08
Scheduled for 6mth recheck on 1-29-09
As you can see, this is an expensive and timely process. I was/am self-pay and have a 100 mile round trip to the facility. I can only pray this will be a motivating factor in keeping me on the program and help my new lifestyle to become a healthy habit. The holiday season was very hard and the best I could do was to maintain. Although I am disappointed I did not lose, I am resolved to begin afresh and have a good number for my 6 month recheck at the end of this month. I am feeling a lot more restriction with my 4th fill and hope my "sweet spot" will soon be reached. I also am resolved to do more exercise, but I still am not ready to make friends with that "dreadmill." I am keeping it around as a threat to myself if I do not step it up this month ;) Till later...
I am doing well...
Dec 06, 2008
My weight loss is slow but steady. I am happy I had this surgery. I have now lost a total of 55 lbs. and this is a lot better than having to worry about gaining during the holiday season and making a New Year resolution and breaking it the very next day! I have had three fills and do not think I need another for a while. I usually do not feel hungry and eat because of head hunger. I do PB if I eat too fast or do not chew well enough or do not stop when I feel the pressure start in my chest. This is not a pleasant experience and is really gross. I still mourn my old friend "food" and find going out to eat not all that pleasurable anymore. I have tried to replace my favorite past time with other things, some success and others not so. I find I truly enjoy polyvore.com, water colors, knitting and, of course, reading. I keep very busy doing the things I enjoy which include keeping up with the lives of my grandchildren. I look forward with great anticipation to taking several trips with family. One is a long weekend to Myrtle Beach in February and the other a cruise in June. I found I even enjoyed shopping in Atlanta over the Thanksgiving Holiday! I had almost gone entirely to internet shopping due to problems walking. Now, due to the weight loss, I can take long walks again. I am greatly blessed. Till later...
I Want to Eat!
Oct 03, 2008
I Believe in Faerie Tales
This is what I want to be doing today...taking a stroll on a beach somewhere exotic. I am having so much trouble eating since I had my second fill that I feel truly frustrated and want to eat nothing! (I know that is a real switch from the past where I wanted to eat everything!) The trouble is when I take a few bites of food I feel like I have swallowed a horse pill that had lodged in the middle of my chest. This causes coughing which eventually brings up that offending "horse pill." I am going to go on liquids for a few days then try soft foods before eating regular foods again. If this does not work then I will have to call my surgeon and I might have to have some of the fill removed. This seems so wrong. Most people have to have at least four fills before they have restriction, and I get it with two fills! The beach, that is where I want to be. Away from all talk of food, diets, weight loss, fills, eating and dr. offices!
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- Carl Jung: Who looks outside, dreams; Who looks inside, awakens.
- Edith Wharton: There are two ways of spreading light -- to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
- Emily Dickinson: The soul should always stand ajar. Ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
- Marie Ebner-Eschenbach: They understand but little who understand only what can be explained.
- Richard Wagner: Joy is not in things, it is in us.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
A stroll on the beach...polyvore.comThis is what I want to be doing today...taking a stroll on a beach somewhere exotic. I am having so much trouble eating since I had my second fill that I feel truly frustrated and want to eat nothing! (I know that is a real switch from the past where I wanted to eat everything!) The trouble is when I take a few bites of food I feel like I have swallowed a horse pill that had lodged in the middle of my chest. This causes coughing which eventually brings up that offending "horse pill." I am going to go on liquids for a few days then try soft foods before eating regular foods again. If this does not work then I will have to call my surgeon and I might have to have some of the fill removed. This seems so wrong. Most people have to have at least four fills before they have restriction, and I get it with two fills! The beach, that is where I want to be. Away from all talk of food, diets, weight loss, fills, eating and dr. offices!
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Second Fill
Sep 24, 2008
Yeah! My second fill was yesterday and I had lost 6 lbs from two weeks ago when I had my first fill. I am right on track for weight loss and the date of my cruise. I want to be able to go to the White House|Black Market and buy something special for formal night on the cruise without looking ridiculous in it. Also, I had an appt with my exercise therapist and she was so pleased that I had already lost 4% body fat at this early stage in the plan. She said that was very unusual and congratulated me. She seemed to be surprised at the speed at which I walked the track and asked if I always walked this fast. I told her my spouse was 6'2" and if you didn't want to be left behind you learned to keep up. (lol) So, I had a really good day and thank God for this wonderful tool that is saving my life. I do not have to go back for a month since I have fairly good restriction and continue to lose weight. My health continues to improve and I feel so blessed! 
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Nice Ride
Sep 11, 2008
What a nice ride this lap band journey has been so far. I had my first fill today and it was painless. The room was new, very sterile, and clean. It was done under fluroscopy which was fascinating to me. I watched the screen as she inserted the needle and put 3cc in my 10cc band. She said all looked fine and scheduled me to come back in two weeks. I was told my weight loss is excellent given my age and that I am basically still losing it all on my own as I do not have restriction yet. Yeah me! I am so looking forward to that cruise. 
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Stuck...
Aug 18, 2008
Good news! I have now lost 34 lbs. Yeah me!
I got stuck on whole wheat toast Sat. afternoon. I had a bite in my mouth (too big) when the phone rang. I hurriedly swallowed so I could answer the phone when it happened. My chest hurt like I was having a heart attack.
I was running around in circles beating on my chest and raising my arms up and down and the d..... phone kept ringing and ringing. My DH ran in and didn't have a clue except to think I had lost my mind. Finally I started coughing and gathered myself to the nearest disposal. Up it came and most of the pressure was relieved, but I won't be eating toast for a long while. 
Lesson learned. Till later...Me -- beverlydiane-beverlydiane.blogspot.com
"REAL" Food
Aug 10, 2008
Tomorrow I move on to real food! I will take it slow and easy. I would panic if I became stuck, especially with DH out of state, traveling for business. I am most excited about beginning my water aerobics class again. Who knew I would miss it so much! Along with photography, it is one of my new passions. It is so nice to have a few other interests to consume my mind other than food. It is nice to keep that ravenous wolf at bay. I am down another pound today, for a total of 33 lbs lost. Yeah me! Till later...
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1st post-op visit
Aug 05, 2008
Yeah me! Today is my 36th wedding anniversary and at my appt. today I recevied the best present. I am now on mushies! Who knew I would be so proud of that gift. I have lost, according to the dr's ofc, 20 lbs since my last visit of July 10, another major hurdle. I feel so much healthier. The PA told me I was cleared to start "real food" next week and start my water aerobics again. I am scheduled to have my first fill on Sept. 10. I feel so blessed.
New Beginning - Day 4
Aug 01, 2008
I am doing well today. My stomach is very sore and there is some pain in the middle of my sternum, but I feel I am progressing nicely. I see my surgeon on Tuesday and hope I can progress from full liquids. Tuesday is also my 36th wedding anniversary! Goodness, time does go by quickly now. I am doing well on my weight loss, but I am obsessed with weighing everyday (which hasn't changed since before banding!)
Oh well, I could have worse habits. Till later...
Oh well, I could have worse habits. Till later...
New Beginning - Day 3
Jul 31, 2008
I really cannot keep all the balls in the air! Right now I cannot drink enough, eat enough, and space out my multi-vitamin and calcium. It seems like I spend all day trying to work it all in. I do not know how people who work outside the home do it. Kudo's to them for all the planning they must have to do. 
I AM getting better each day and perhaps a little hungrier. Like everyone else, I fear that raveneous wolf that lives inside me. I am so afraid he will come out to play and devour all before me, thus I will gain back all I have lost. Such night terrors! I hope my friend, band buddy, keeps him at bay. Till later...
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Surgery
07/28/2008
Surgery Date
Apr 25, 2008
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