Judith C.
(January 10, 2007 - 262lb) Well I dont know where to start, I have never been obese, I started gaining weight about 1 1/2 year ago after the my last pregnancy, during and after I gain a total 100lb (ouch!). I still can figure out how I let myself get this fat, when I look in the mirror I get sooooo depress and the worst thing is the depression makes me hungry which makes me eat and then ofcourse gain weight. After trying or sort of diets, loosing and gaining weight a friend of mine encourage me to do this surgery, I was reluctant to even think about it, but then my parents started to push the issues and then I decided to look into it. I had my first Dr. visit with Dr De La Cruz Munoz early December, I left his office with a surgery date of January 29th, I couldnt believe it, I still can't believe it because I have never had major surgery and I am the biggest chicken you can ever meet. I always think damn maybe I should try harder, what if something goes wrong and I die, specially when you have kids I think is more scary but I am moving foward and not looking back. Today is my seminar maybe this will help my fears ease up a little. Their is another part of me is looking foward to having the nice body I had before and getting over all the headaches of the overweight (back pain, feet aches, heartburn, vericose veins etc.). I am so scare please pray for me
(January 11, 2007) 17 more days til my surgery I am so scare, I am not even sure this is the right thing for me. Today I am having my sleep apnea test at Mercy Hospital. Almost everyone with the exception of my parents and somefriends are againts me having the surgery, I am scare as hell.
(January 25, 2007- 272 lb ) 5 days to go , it has been a few days since I write anything, I have been real busy researching and getting ready for the "Big Day". Well I have to tell you after going to the WLS seminar, I changed my mine about the Gastric Bypass surgery, I decided to go with the Lap Band. I feel alot better about this surgery however I can't help being scared. I have a friend that has been a real inspiration she had her surgery done on this Monday and she went back to work yerterday, she sounded great any that would talk to her could never tell she just had surgery of any kind. I still have not registered in the hospital tomorrow is my last day, so I really looking to get over all this.
(January 31, 2007) I finally did it ! I cant believe I got banded, I had my surgery on Monday, I could of gone home that same day if it wasen't because I got sick from that nasty liquid they give you for the Upper GI (nasty), Any who I went home yesterday, I really having been putting down as much as I am suppose to for some reason Im just not hungry. I am already back to work, people at work cant believe that I am already here, but here I am on my journey to bring sexy back. Thank you all for all your support, I coulnt have done it without you. Love and kisses for everyone.
(February 1, 2007) today I am on the 4th day after my surgery, I am will be honest with you I feel like nothing, almost like if I didnt even have the surgery, I feel no restriction, which is really starting to fustrate me, because the reason I chose this surgery was to has restriction of my appetite, and right now I aint happy. Yesterday this little girl sat next to me at my son's baseball game eating my favorite steak sandwich and I almost had a breakdown, I was soo tempted to get up an go and buy myself one, but fortunately I was able to overcome that. Then my son got into the car with a bag of sourcream and onion chip and I just had to have some and I did. I dont feel really guilty about the chips, because all I had all day long was clear liquids, but I am kind of upset that I am this hungry. I am going to be calling my surgeon's office today.
(February 5, 2007- 263lb) I will be honest with all of you, according to the scale I have lost a total of 9lb post op and thank God for that, because God knows that if I have lost anything has been strickly out of will power becasue I feel no restriction and that makes me feel a little discourage. But people say that is normal and that once I get my firt fill I will feel better about the restriction, I cant wait til that day.
(February 13, 2007- 261lb) Although I have lost 2 more pounds I am still having a hard time, fighting the food demonds {I am hungry}, and its hard, I cant not wait til my first fill I am hoping to feel the restriction immidiately.
(March 1, 2007-260lb - FIRST FILL) Today I had my first fill, Is true what everyone says that it does not hurt, at all! The problem is that I still dont feel any restriction, at all. Is like if I hadnt done anything, I was so looking forward to this day and now I am so disappointed. My Dr. gave me 1cc in my 10cc band and I am not feeling it. He told me that I had to be on liquids for two days (Yeah right) and to do more exercise. I am really starting to regret putting money in his pocket for my band, the pounds that I have lost I have basically lost them out of will-power no help what so ever from the band, I dont get the point of getting the band. Anyways he told that if I dont feel any restriction to go back and see him in 2 weeks, I am going to take his word up on that, because before you know it the summer is going to be here and I will still be looking like a whale, lol. But seriouly my gold is to loose atleast 30 by the summer.
(April 20, 2007-250lb) Is been quit a while since I have update my post, so here we go. I have lost so far 22lb since I first did my surgery. To be quit honest with anybody that read this and is considering doing the lap band I would tell you to go for the gastro or just try to loose weight on your on. For me the lapband has been a slow, torturing process that has only left me feeling fustrate. The little weight that I have lost in almost 3 most has only been out of my on will-power and hard effort to exercise. If I could do it all over again I would of never done the lapband, but what is done is done and now I just have to keep on the fight to loose this nasty weight.
(June 7, 2007-238lb) I can honestly tell you that I am going throught "LAPBAND-HELL" I have not been able to eat anything for almost 2 weeks without throwing up, I feels like everything I eat gets stuck and I have to throw up. To make matters worst my Dr. is out of town for almost 3wks, He did leave another Dr. on call but I dont know if I am comfortable having to go under if it is the my band came on done that I have never heard of. If they tell me that my band came is loose and they have to open up again, I am just going to tell them to remove it, screw it. I can do this on my on, I hate this LAP BAND.
