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twistienicholl

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  1. I actually had my band put in September 2005... lost 50 pounds by April of the next year and then bang.. found out I was pregnant!!! Just had my baby 3 weeks ago... no complications with the pregnancy or the band during the entire pregnancy. I was filled at 2.1cc, but I did have an unfill in February 2006 because I got a nasty gastrointestinal bug that totally inflammed my stomach lining... it made eating and drinking impossible... but I had it refilled to 1.9cc in May (felt it was a little too loose cuz I was still hungry all the time, then I found out I was pregnant in May, so I figured that was why I was so hungry... I gained quite a bit during my pregnancy... 75 pounds... ugh... after all my work, but since the baby I have lost 45 pounds (in 3 weeks!!) I am sure that the rest of the weight will be slower but it was nice to know that I didn't have to re-lose all the weight I had already lost once.
  2. Hey Montana, I had my surgery same day as you and I am only down 22. I wouldn't worry about stalling for a few days. Wait til you get your fill. I have been stalled for 2 weeks now... but I am not worried... Iam still eating less than before, and that does mean that eventually I will lose.
  3. i HAVE GOTTEN HUNGRY... ABOUT 4 WEEKS FOR ME WHEN i GOT TO THAT POINT. i STILL EAT MUCH LESS THAN PRIOR, BUT I AM NOT LOSING ANY WEIGHT AT THIS POINT. BUT i GET A FILL IN 3 DAYS SO I AM TRYING TO BEPATIENT.
  4. Well, 1 month officially post surgery and I have lost 22 pounds... I am so happy. I haven't even gotten a fill yet so this is just amazing to me. I have never been "hungry" yet... Mental hunger yeah, but starving for lack of food? Nope. I still go out to all the places I used to go out to for dinner but I am eating about 1/2 of what I used to eat. After the fill I am sure it will be less than that... wow!!!! I have so much energy... I play tennis 3 hours at a time 2-3 times a week, I walk every night, and I went rock climbing yesterday!! 5 hours of climbing... and I just feel great!!!! I measured myself and wow since the week before surgery to now? Date....Weight....Neck...Arm...Forearm...Thigh...Calf....Waist.....Stomach 9/8.......285.........16.....16.75....11.5......32.5...18.75...46.75.......57.5 10/14....263.........15.......15.......11........29.......17.5.....40...........53
  5. My husband did stay in the room with me... he didn't want to "disturb" the nurses so he slept on the floor... but the nurses told him they would wheel in another bed for him to sleep on.... he is a dork sometimes...
  6. I was up at 7am for lab testing at 8:30... then I went to the office for my nutritionalist consult and my cardio consult.... about 2 I went in for surgery and by 3:30 I was up and walking around... the surgery itself takes about 30 minutes. I stayed at the hospital over night... (I don't think it was necessary, but just in case I guess??? I was walking around the place til midnight)... the next morning I went back to the hotel... slept about 3 hours and then we took a walk to the grocery store...
  7. Looks like I am getting my fill on 10/29 rather than the 31st Shell... Mom can't take off any work... dang... wish I could have met you...
  8. Yeah... I realized mushies weren't on the diet... and its 4 weeks not 6... I keep reading all the posts from all the sites and confuse my diet with the ones I am reading about...
  9. Gotta ask my mom... she wanted to go to the fill... see what days she is available... that would be way cool to meet though... you are soooooo close to goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  10. I am doing okay with the mental hunger... my problem has always been huge portions at meals rather than eating junk food and stuff... not that I didn't do it... but I always ate like a 24 oz porterhouse and a baked potato and the salad and the soup and the bread... all at one sitting... I think the band will be great for me in that I won't eat that much at any one time... and since I was never a snacker I should be back at the fridge staring... more than anything is that my mouth hurts... my tongue has bumps from all the damn sugar in the juices and my teeth hurt cuz I am clenching them.... crunching and chewing would relieve the tension in my jaw... Why didn't I think of spitting out the food a long time ago? I just want the taste not the calories... maybe I could give up eating completely if I just taste and toss... that must be how bulemia starts... don't want that..
  11. I know its 6 wks... but should I call and book an appt now or wait til I am closer?
  12. I was just banded 9/14... I have been sticking to the post op instructions completely but I was dying for something that had some substance... mental hunger... I just wanted crunchy or thick or something... sooooo.... I took out 5 Tostitos Tortilla chips... and chewed them up one at a time and spit them out... it worked for the mental thing.... gross I know... but... It worked... as an aside... does anyone know if after the 6 weeks of mushies we can eat tortilla chips??? or are they like bread and get clogged and turn into a big ball of dough in our stomachs?
  13. September 14th, I show up at the lab for blood to be drawn and Dr. Ortiz is on the phone with his mother saying "Just have her do the band today instead of tomorrow." Ahhhhggghhh.... I wasn't prepared... I haven't had time to worry about what might happen... oh lord... should I? shouldn't I? Just do it... just do it... OK, we'll do it today. So I have my consults with the nutritionist and the cardiologist, send my husband for my surgery bag... (See I was somewhat prepared!!!) and its off to the surgery center. It is a beautiful office. My room overlooks the golf course and we are about 10 floors up in the tower. I put on the compression stockings... (Ok, are these things actually supposed to fit???) and then I get into the ugly dressing gowns. (Don't they have gowns that are actually cute anywhere? I've never seen any... even in the states.... come on... give me a scooby doo dressing gown or one with pretty flowers.... anything but hospital blue) So I am sitting in my blue moo moo and my husband finally appears with my bag. Dr. Ortiz comes in and sits down all casual like in his scrubs and a beanie hat and tells me all about what he is going to do. Very competent, very self assured. I am very calm... (I'm like that when I am terrified... I go almost comatose... my pulse slows down and I just breathe... in... out... in... out... ) but I guess something must show on my face cuz my husband keeps reassuring me... (must be the deer in the headlights look) but they have given me an IV with a sedative so I will be fine... jusssssttttt fffiiinnnnnneeeee..... Then they tuck me into my bed and roll me into the operating room. I remember the doctors introducing themselves to me... I think... and then I was out.... Next thing I remember was waking up in my room... a oxygen mask on... (standard proceedure) and thinking it was irritating as hell.... I finally took it off... and was much happier. About a half hour later I woke again and I felt fine (considering I had surgery), except that I couldn't use the muscles on my left side without pain... so I roll out of bed to the right and start walking around... I am still attached to the IV so I can't go far and the IV thing doesn't roll well so I was pacing around my bed. The nurse came in and released the roll locks from the IV and I was off... up and down the hall.... I did tire after a few laps so I sat down on the bed and watched TV. There feels like there is a big ball inside my breastbone that hurts... only sometimes... and the doctor said it was from the gas they inflate the stomach with. It can take a few days to disappate. As long as I sit straight up I don't notice it at all... but if I slouch I can sometimes tell. The incisions are sore but not painful... they offered me a pain pill but I don't really need it. Still wide awake... paced the floor again... more laps this time... I did this till about midnight when a nurse came in and handed me a sleeping pill... she wouldn't leave til I took it... (Guess I was getting them dizzy) So off to la la land and then I woke at like 8 the next morning.... feeling even better than yesterday. Still sore, still got the gas bubble but the muscles don't hurt as much to move them... and again I am off and walking up and down the hall. I can't fold in half to touch my toes... that hurts, but other than that... I am good... I was at 282 at surgery time, 3 days later I am at 277.2.... I am not too tired.... I am doing the juice and gatorade as required... I have 5 scars... 4 of them are less than a half inch wide... the port incision is an inch... they superglued them together.... no stitches.... I hope this helps anyone interested.... feel free to email me if you have questions.
  14. Hurray for me!!! I am now a Bandster... I was up and walking around about 2 hours after surgery. Boy will I tell you... being in the hospital with lots of energy and nothing to do was terrible... If you plan to go, take something to do... I brought books but I wasn't in the mood... I walked everywhere on the floor... I think the nurses were about ready to shoot me.... finally at about midnight they brought me in a sleeping pill and wouldn't leave til they watched me take it... and then I was up again the next morning bright and early. All the nurses were great and Dr Ortiz and his staff are phenomenal. I won't say that I didn't have any pain after surgery... but it is only when I stretch my muscles on the left side a bit too much... lifting... twisting... but as of 2 days later that only twinges... not really a pain... I do have a lump in my throat... swelling making me feel like I am REALLY full. But that too has gone down alot... and it is not always there. I am on my way to the new me and there ain't no stopping me!!!! Christine 5ft8 Banded 9/14 by Dr Ortiz in TJ Starting Weight 282/Goal Weight 165???
  15. Gosh, thats weird... I am 285 lbs and bmi of 43 and Dr. Miranda wants me on the liquid diet the week prior... odd....
  16. I am scheduled on the 15th!... From what I read, you have to call Dr Miranda youreself... monday through thursday between 9 and 10 am.... I hope to see you there...
  17. I will probably see you there... I am coming down early to do some vacationing first... I will be there on 9-10 through 9-17....
  18. Anyone scheduled to have surgery on the 15th of September? I am set for that day and wanted to have a surgery buddy if possible!!!
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