mommato6

wow, so sorry you waited so long!!! I heard your body can try to fight off the band and so many people have had revisions. I planned a band first, but changed my mind after hearing the troubles people were having So sorry you were one of them.

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LAP RNY OCTOBER 14th 2009

FINALLY ON THE BENCH!!!

237 start
216 (1 week follow-up)

Josephine

My only regret is that I didn't figure it out sooner and get on a list to get this thing out of me. 3 and a half years of your life is a long time to live every moment of the day in agony. True full-on lapband rejection is rare, so none of my family, friends, or team of 7 doctors ever thought of it until I first mentioned it 9 months ago! (Weed and meditation for pain management makes things oh so clear sometimes.)

Just 7 more days until that thing is out of me and I can start to recover, get rid of the oxycontin addiction it gave me, let my nervous system start to heal, and begin my new beautiful life. I cannot wait.

In a beautiful way, I'm so happy this terrible nightmare happened to me. I hope I never forget how awful it feels, so I can forever spend every day running, laughing, playing, and living in pure bliss, never taking a moment for granted. I remember laying on the shower floor crying, begging God to take the pain away, that I'd do anything, that I was sorry for whatever I'd done to deserve this, that I'd learned my lesson, but I had no idea it would get even worse. People would tell me "Dez, I know you're hurting. I see that beautiful spark in your eyes is gone, but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger." I'd get so angry every time. They didn't understand that some things are worse than death, that death would have been a blessing, a beautiful release. I was too angry, too bitter, too empty, too exhausted to understand.

Now I truly have learned that lesson, what doesn't kill you really does make you stronger. And that strength that I've gained is worth more than all the money in the world, because now I honestly feel like if I got thru this, I can do anything. I am so excited for the future, and so ready to live in bliss and strength.

Watch out world, just 7 more days.

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mom2blondes

Anne with an "e"

I'm Oct 28th!!! Yay us!!! It's nice to have all of you sharing a month with me!

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10/18/2009 - Started pre-op diet!
10/28/2009 - Surgery date!

Highest weight: 222
Surgery weight: 214
Current weight: 195, as of Nov 9, 2009
(my pre-diabetes weight!)

Next goals:
185: my post-divorce low
180: my second 10%
175: the weight I was after my first child
162: my third 10%
160: weight I was on my wedding day
146: my fourth 10%

Goal weight:130-ish

Hychap2009

Congrats to everyone here. Yay!!

But in truth, I'm happy that finally i've got my date - but i'm scared now, really, really scared. I''m hoping that we'll all keep each other positive as we go forward.

Good luck everyone.

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Height 5ft 2"
2004 Highest weight: 22 stones/308 lb
[COLOR="Purple"]2009 Current weight: 19 stones/266 lb/121k[/COLOR
BMI: 53.2
BMI Member No. 7

Weight Loss Surgery: Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy

Added to waiting list: 23 January 2009
Pre-Assessment date: 3rd July 2009 (accomplished)
Assessment call back: 10 July 2009
Transvaginal Ultrasound: 7th August 2009
Surgery date: 30th November 2009
GYM RAT ♯145
The race is not for the swift but for he who can endure to the end.

Josephine

I don't feel scared, but I think my body is. I had a nightmare about it, kept waking up from my nap with my heart racing, and my body's shaking. I keep telling my body that everything is FINE, but it's not listening. This will be the 3rd surgery I've ever had so I'm not scared, but boy my body sure is. We're gonna be fine tho! We've waited so long, we can do this!

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twizlerbabe20

count me in too Oct 14th! i am soo excited!

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Leann= 24
Over BMI 50 club member #16
Current BMI= 56.7
Surgery Date: 10/14/09



317/280/289/184/150
Highest/Current/ Day Of Surgery/Surgeon's Goal/My Goal

Diann

Laureate, you will be kayaking before you know it, best wishes, Diann

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Diann
Saw Surgeon 7/21/09
Saw Psychologist and Nutritionist 9/4/09
Applied for Insurance Approval to BCBS FEP 9/18/09
BC/BS FEP Approved my surgery ! 10/1/09
Endoscopy 10/12/09
SURGERY DATE 11/2/09

joy1968

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Cheryl

initial/surgery/current/goal
387/???/345/160


Surgery date: October 23, 2009

ohsoprissy

October 7th for me!

Thanks Hyachap for letting me know about this thread. Getting so nervous. I don't sleep well and am wondering how it's going to be for me with no meds to help that process. How soon can you start taking them after surgery - does anyone know? I have been trying to sleep without them and I am a wreck. I don't want to be hurting and not be able to sleep as well. Plus I have terrible migraines, well, migraines anyway - they are all terrible. How do we deal with that?

OSP