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Well, it has been about 8 weeks since my surgery and I have lost another 8 pounds. I am losing body fat, but my weight seems to be inching down slowly. I had my 1st fill last Thursday it was 2cc, and oh boy did that make a difference. I had  my first purge episode not fun. Since I have been release from dr's care I will now start going back to the gym 

Well it has been a whole week and I will not lie...This has been an experience!!!!! Between the bloating, nausea, gagging, gas pain and don't know if I am coming or going. I really started questioning my decision... I am down 12 pounds since the surgery, but the adjustment is what is killing me. I guess in time I will start to feel different, or as I start feeling like myself. I tried to go back to work yesterday and that didn't work out to well, started feeling bad.  I haven't been sleeping well lately so I think that contributes to alot also.

Well, I will say I feel okay after surgery I maybe at 75%. I wanna thank the staff at cmc mercy hospital for the "excellent" service they provided me on Thursday, especially Dr. Kwauda.
I also want to thank my OH family for all the support that you all given me during these last 8 mths.

Spoke with the nurse today, and my surgery date is.....drum roll please July 1st.  Well I have a ton of other dr's. appmt between now & then.  I'm excited and nervous at the same time.

On Friday my insurance company called and indicated that I was APPROVED!!!!   I am so excited, but I am also nervous. I called my dr's. office to see what the next step is and they indicated that I have to wait for the dr's. nurse to call with my surgery date.

I am still on my new eating plan and still exercising, so I am hoping that all goes well.

Well I had my appmt with Dr. Kuwuda on April 2nd that lasted all of 3 minutes he wanted to make sure that the lap band surgery was still what I wanted. He then  told me to make my last appmt with Dr. Tomcho which I did for that Monday April 5th. and the nurse called me on that Friday to tell me that they were submitting my paperwork to the insurance company So, I hope to hear something soon.

One thing I will say is that I am eating better... 

Well soon as I hear something I will be back!!!!

Hello OH family I know it has been a minute since I logged on! Well, I think I am down to the final stretch. I guess I am just waiting for the approval letter.  I have basically completed all my appmt I have one on March 11th and then I meet with Dr. Kawanda on April 4th. I really don't understand why I had to see both the surgery dietitian and the reg. dietitian. To me that was a waste of time they both said the same thing.

Any who.....I am still going to the gym at least 5 days a week, My family can see my weight loss but the scale is only reflecting about 15 lbs. I have really changed my eating but I still have my moments where I want what I want.LOL... I will admit love the unjury chocolate protein drink and it is mixes well.
I met this woman at my last support meeting that really inspired me, she has lost over 130 lbs with the lap band surgery. I started becoming concerned because the my January support meeting was very discouraging. The two women that had the lap band surgery did not have the success that they wanted. Then they were unable to eat most of the foods. It really had me wondering if I had made the right decision.  I do feel better now about my decision.

Well, I have seen the dietitian, exercise physiologist, bariatrics dr. and have an appointment for my upper endoscopy on Tuesday.  Oh!!! Did I remember to mention the Physchologist????? If I wasn't crazy before....I am now...LOLOL

Now, they have me on a 1600 calorie, I started working out 4 days a week.

WOW!!! This can be somewhat stressful....

Well, thursday was my first dr's appmt with Dr. Kuwada and it was longer then I expected but that's okay. Dr. Kuwada seems to be very nice, he asked me why I did not want gastric bypass I told him that is not what I wanted. He understood explain the differences in both surgeries and asked me if I had any questions. So, as of right now I will have the surgery between April-June based on approval from my insurance company, and how fast I complete all my appmt's and stuff.

On Monday I got the call from the nurse asking if I was still interested in the surgery. I told her yes and I have my first appointment with the dr. on Dec 31st @ 12:45 p.m. I am trying to be pro active so I faxed over the medical records release forms over to my PCP so they can send the requested information to the surgeon. Hopefully they will have them by appointment date.

Just based on other peoples blogs I see that it may be up a year before my surgery is performed. I saw one person that seem to have had there surgery in the alloted amount of time.

I started a liquid diet about 3 weeks ago, having only one meal a day... which is lunch I try to keep between 600-700 calories. I also do colon cleaners pills every weekend. They say its okay & I have lossed about 10 lbs so i am happy... I do the special k protein drinks..They are really good especially the chocolate. I wanted to start to exercise but my back bothers me a little bit not as much as it did before....But sometimes walking aggervates my back so I think I am more scared then anything.