DonnaJEM
Brought over from my old profile.....
May 01, 2007
3/4/06
Well, I'm officially not crazy! Haha! Everything went well at the psyc. eval. She could see that I want to do this for all the right reasons.
It's just that coming up with the $$ is harder than I thought it would be. I've got lots of things I'm looking into, so I hope it works out.
6/19/06
I have come up with a good portion of the $$ I'll need to get the Lap-Band. WooHoo!! I'm very excited. I'm just waiting to schedule my pre-op classes and get this started! Can't wait to get to the loosing side!
7/17/06
I can't believe I'm finally writing this, but......I GOT MY DATE!!! It's going to be August 3rd! I'm so excited! I go this thursday for my blood work, I'm currently on the Liver Shrinking Diet, which has been a breeze so far because there is finally a light at the end of my tunnel!
7/25/06
OK, scratch the part above where I said the liver shrinking diet was a breeze. The first few days were, but now it's alot harder. Smelling popcorn in the microwave, bacon frying, or just driving by a BK. The mear smell makes my mouth water. I actually questioned my decision for a few mintes. I'm sure others have done the same. Right? Please say you have! Haha! It really is starting to dawn on me that this is a LIFE changing decision I'm making. But I know that it's a decision that's going to make my life better.
8/3/06 Had the Lap-Band surgery and it went very well.
8/4/06 I'm home now at 3 in the afternoon. Gosh I LOVE going home. But I'm feeling tired and sore. More later.
8/8/06
Everythings going well. I'm actually getting a little bit of my appetite back, so I can't wait to eat my little 4 oz of scrambled eggs and my 1/4 apple! WooHoo! The gas is really a pain though. I still have it, mainly the only thing that works to get it going is my stationary bike. Walking ehlps some, but I get too tired. Anyway, I'm really glad I did this. I weighed 279lbs. 1 week before surgery and I got on the scale this morning and it reads 260lbs. Yes!!
8/15/06
Had my 2 week check up and everything looks good. My skin did have a reaction to that dermabond stuff they put on the incisions. It was really itching bad. But now that it's off, it's not so bad. I have officially lost 20 1/2 lbs. Very exciting. I'm suposed to have my first fill on Sept. 15th.
5/1/07
WOW, I have been a bad bad girl! I haven't posted on here in a long time. I also have gained 10 lbs.!! I held off on getting my 3rd band fill during the holidays, which turns out to have been a really bad idea. So I'm going this friday to get it done! I'll be on track again soon. My loss so far was 40, but now its 30lbs. Dagnabit! My own fault, but I'm owning it and doing something about it.
The good news is that my BMI was 45.4 and now it's 39.1.
5/14/07
Well, I had my 3rd band fill on 5/4 and believe it or not, I actually LOST 2 lbs. I thought sure I had gained. It's not a significant loss, but at lease it's not a gain.
Here I am almost 2 weeks later and I want to schedule my 4th fill SOON! I still don't have the restriction that I really want. I'm not feeling full at 4 oz and I'm definetly hungry between meals. I hope I can get in soon. I want to start loosing again.
Well, I'm officially not crazy! Haha! Everything went well at the psyc. eval. She could see that I want to do this for all the right reasons.
It's just that coming up with the $$ is harder than I thought it would be. I've got lots of things I'm looking into, so I hope it works out.
6/19/06
I have come up with a good portion of the $$ I'll need to get the Lap-Band. WooHoo!! I'm very excited. I'm just waiting to schedule my pre-op classes and get this started! Can't wait to get to the loosing side!
7/17/06
I can't believe I'm finally writing this, but......I GOT MY DATE!!! It's going to be August 3rd! I'm so excited! I go this thursday for my blood work, I'm currently on the Liver Shrinking Diet, which has been a breeze so far because there is finally a light at the end of my tunnel!
7/25/06
OK, scratch the part above where I said the liver shrinking diet was a breeze. The first few days were, but now it's alot harder. Smelling popcorn in the microwave, bacon frying, or just driving by a BK. The mear smell makes my mouth water. I actually questioned my decision for a few mintes. I'm sure others have done the same. Right? Please say you have! Haha! It really is starting to dawn on me that this is a LIFE changing decision I'm making. But I know that it's a decision that's going to make my life better.
8/3/06 Had the Lap-Band surgery and it went very well.
8/4/06 I'm home now at 3 in the afternoon. Gosh I LOVE going home. But I'm feeling tired and sore. More later.
8/8/06
Everythings going well. I'm actually getting a little bit of my appetite back, so I can't wait to eat my little 4 oz of scrambled eggs and my 1/4 apple! WooHoo! The gas is really a pain though. I still have it, mainly the only thing that works to get it going is my stationary bike. Walking ehlps some, but I get too tired. Anyway, I'm really glad I did this. I weighed 279lbs. 1 week before surgery and I got on the scale this morning and it reads 260lbs. Yes!!
8/15/06
Had my 2 week check up and everything looks good. My skin did have a reaction to that dermabond stuff they put on the incisions. It was really itching bad. But now that it's off, it's not so bad. I have officially lost 20 1/2 lbs. Very exciting. I'm suposed to have my first fill on Sept. 15th.
5/1/07
WOW, I have been a bad bad girl! I haven't posted on here in a long time. I also have gained 10 lbs.!! I held off on getting my 3rd band fill during the holidays, which turns out to have been a really bad idea. So I'm going this friday to get it done! I'll be on track again soon. My loss so far was 40, but now its 30lbs. Dagnabit! My own fault, but I'm owning it and doing something about it.
The good news is that my BMI was 45.4 and now it's 39.1.
5/14/07
Well, I had my 3rd band fill on 5/4 and believe it or not, I actually LOST 2 lbs. I thought sure I had gained. It's not a significant loss, but at lease it's not a gain.
Here I am almost 2 weeks later and I want to schedule my 4th fill SOON! I still don't have the restriction that I really want. I'm not feeling full at 4 oz and I'm definetly hungry between meals. I hope I can get in soon. I want to start loosing again.
