Guest guest Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 HI EVERYONE, ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE LAST POSTED, JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT IA M SURVIVING.. I START 1 WEEK PRIOR TO MARCH 6, ON MY NEW JOURNEY... AND IT SURE HAS BEEN AN EXPERIENCE... ON MARCH 6TH I WAS FILLED BY DR. A AND HIS STAFF.. SO FAR EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GOING GOOD.. IN THREE WEEKS I LOST 27 POUNDS.. STICKING TO THE DIET FAITHFULLY,,, THEN I STARTED TO ADD SOFT FOODS LIKE MASH TATERS AND EASY STUFF TO SWALLOW AND BEFORE I KNEW IT I GAINED A FEW POUNDS EVEN THO MY CALORIE INTAKE WASNT MUCH.. I KNEW I WAS EATING THE WRONG FOODS AND NOT FOLLOWING THE PLAN... I AM A WATER DRINKER AND WHEN I EAT I HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE TO PUSH MY FOOD DOWNN... JUST A SIP BUT EVERYTIME I DID, IT CAME UP..(PB).. SO I HAVE LEARNED TO NOT DRINK WITH MY MEALS AND GUESS WHAT .. ITS WORKS.. GUESS I THOUGHT I COULD OUT SMART THE DOC.. I HAD A FILL OF 1.5 ON APRIL 14TH IN SAN ANTONIO WITH DR. PATEL.. HE IS A WONDERFUL DOC AND I WAS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND HIM. HE FILLED ME WITHOUT FLOUROSCOPY.. I LOST 11 POUNDS THEN STOPPPED.. I FELT LIKE I COULD EAT WHAT EVER I WANTED AND AS MUCH AS I WANTED.. I HAD TO TELL MYSELF NOT TO PUSH THE BAND AND TOO STOPP.. EVEN THO I DIDINT FILL FULL.. SO I DECIDED TO MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WITH FLOUROSCOPY WITH MY DOC WHICH I HAD DONE THIS PAST THURSDAY THE 15TH.. I HAVE LOST A TOTAL BY THERE SCALE 35 POUNDS AND HAD A FILL OF .5CC WHICH MADE SO MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE AND HE DIDINT USE THE FLOUROSCPY AFTER ALL. HE WAS ABLE TO LOCATE MY PORT.. I THOUGHT I HAD LOST IT WHICH IS WHY I WANTED IT DONE BY FLOURSOCOPY... ANY WAY THIS MORNING I WEIGHED MYSELF ANDHAVE LOST A COUPLE OF MORE POUNDS.. THE MORAL TO MY LITTLE STORY IS ... DONT GIVE UP... THE BAND DOESNT WORK BY ITS SELF... EXCERSIZE, CHEW YOUR FOOD WELL, SMALL AMOUNTS.. AND STOP ONCE YOUR PLATE IS DONE.. DONT GO AND SERVE YOUR SELF MORE.. WE PAID TOO MUCH FOR THIS SURGERY TO LET IT GO.. I AM A BIG COUCH POTATO AND BELIEVE ME.. I LEARNED AFTER WASTING THREE MONTHS THAT A LITTLE EXCERSIZE MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE ON THE SCALE AND NSV... THANKS EVERYONE FOR READING... I HATE TO WRITE.. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE.... MARY DOB 3/6/06 FILL 1.5CC 4/14/06 ..5CC 6/15/06 345/301/150 (ALMOST OUT OF THE BIG 3'S) OOOO!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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