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| Hi everyone, what a week its been!!!! Yesterday i entered my last year in the 20's and as a birthday present my band gave me a seriosly painful episode. I was having lunch with my mum and all of a sudden something got stuck (which has been happening a bit the last few days) it normally stays for a minute and thn slips through....not yesterday, half an hour it was like that for and it was terrible, then i think i started to panic, well i know i started to panic and felt like i couldnt breathe and mum started to panic and i realised that i had Sues number in my phone and i said to mum ring her because i didnt know that it was only something stuck, i didnt think it would be that painful and last for that long. As soon as mum got off the phone to Sues voicemail (so sorry sue for interrupting you at a social event) whatever it was slipped through and 'BAM' it was over. Sue you are a wonderful lady with experience and knowledge that could help anyone on this page and i sincerely thank you for taking the time to call me back. Whilst i realised i overreaceted in calling you i wasnt exactly sure what was happening and you really put me at ease. Thanks so much Hope everyone is well Cheers Shan |
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| hi all well I am back to work on Monday 3 months off went quick. Garry is busy doing his course at Sth Yarra and then he starts parttime job with Dept of Corrections. On band news I am still sore but it is manageable. Go back to see Richard Monday week for 1st fill, hopefully the weight will start to come off. Bought myself a Wii and Wii fit, have hardly had a chance to use it as everyone else is on it. I have beaten everyone in bowling on Wii sports though. They are all striving to beat me. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Wendy & Garry |
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| wishful thinking, Contact me anytime either on this thread or email me at rt.peters@bigpond.com This thread seems to have died off a lot lately, not everyone still posts, but there are still a great bunch of people on here that will encourage you all the way! Don't ever think any question or comment you make is silly, cause you can guarantee, we've all felt the same way at some time in this journey, thats what we are here for! Terri xx |
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| whats happened to shelley?????? i used to love reading her posts here and miss her ! come back shelley. |
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| Hi Shan By bulk billed I just meant there is no out of pocket. You get it all back when you go to Medicare. I agree, its a pain. Cheers sue |
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| Hi Sue The fills are bulk billed? I have top pay $110 everytime i gothere and then go to medicare to get it back, which i think is a bit of a pain Cheers Shan |
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| Hi wishful thinking, Good on you for making the decision to get the band, I wish I could have had it done at your age. Terri is right, come here for support if you are not getting it at home. Hopefully your parents attitude will turn around once it starts working for you. And I really hope losing weight will give you some self esteem. You seem so sad and alone, and (sorry if I am talking out of place here) it seems you are staying with a boyfriend who does not deserve you, because you feel you do not deserve better. But you do deserve better, and I hope the confidence that will come with the weight loss will allow you to see that. Low self esteem is inherent with many overwieght people, as we are continually put down for it. I bet most of us on this board have suffered from it at one time or another. The band will not stop you eating junk food, or emotional eating. The band controls how much you eat, not what you eat. But.......having said that......... you cannot eat nearly as much junk, and you will also find that some types you just do not want. Eg: we always had hot dogs on the weekend for lunch, but when you have to chew a hot dog as much as we have to chew, they taste disgusting. So I no longer eat them. And in quantity, I have gone from half a large pizza to barely managing one piece of a small. You will have to figure out a way of dealing with icecream and chocolate. Are you being banded at Knox? Some extra visits to the psychologist as you go through the journey may help here. As far as results go, everyone is different. You will probably not have restriction straight away, and this can take time, but you get there. for best results, follow the guidelines you will be given by the dietician and doctors in regard to food and exercise. Sorry to have rambled on. Happy to be a contact for you to help you out. You can email me at shoeberry67 @ yahoo.com.au Cheers Sue |
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| Hi fat thin girl The ph no at Knox is 92107277. The doctors are great, but I have no idea if they take interstate clients. Fills are bulk billed for those of us who had them do the op, but I am not sure this would be the case for patients who they did not band. You would be best to give them a ring and ask. Cheers Sue |
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| Hi, Sue and terri am i able to add you as a contact just to ask a few questions baout your jouurney that could assist me? Kind regards, |
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| Hi Erina, thanks so much for your reply! Yes, I have had a bit of a rough time with this band. I think you're right, it's a mental adjustment for me too. I'm just still trying to get my head around it all. If you read what I posted to Sue it will give you some idea of how I'm feeling. They have down checks with my band the swallow test thing and nothing showed up. I remember speaking to Shelly about after having a rough day with my food to go to mushies and liquids. I have been trying that, I seem to be okay for now but struggled a fair bit with a salad roll today. I have put all my hope and faith into the band, I just didn't think it would be this hard to be honest. I knew that I would have to put an effort in, but I am just frustrated from making a nice healthy meal and then not being able to get it down. I saw Di on the 2nd of March I'm meant to go back shortly, but it's so hard to get an appointment now, there are like a million people going for this thing. She understands what I'm going through but she suggests things that I have been through before this and that's not what is causing me grief with the band. Hope that kinda makes sense! I have just replied to Sue and she appears to have had a fantastic time with the band, we were banded 5 days apart I was on the 15th Nov and she was on the 20th, and she has done a hell of a lot better than me! Which I am in awe off. I haven't been to any of the group meetings at Knox, I went to one at The Valley and it put me off straight away and I haven't been back. They seem to be dealing with issues that I have already dealt with which is what I was kind of trying to explain above. Thanks for your suppport and taking the time to reply to me I really appreciate it and it's a great comfort! Talk to you soon. Tone................. |
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| Hi Sue thanks for your message! I think what Erina said is great too. I'm just in hiding at the moment as I'm feeling a bit down about it all. But I am still going to plod along and see if I can make any headway. I have had all my 3 ml taken out in the past and it was still a bit of a struggle. Problem is, if I don't eat any chocolate or chips at all I get so hungry that when I go to eat the good stuff I can't get it down. I'm sorta stuck in a catch 22 here! I see Di, she is great, but the things she suggests - I'm over it and past it. I have just had enough to be honest. I was done on November 15th in 2007 by Chris Hensman at the Valley. Oh my god, just thinking, how amazing you must look now. Don't ever feel bad for jumping for joy Sue. I just so wish I could jump with you lol. Seriously, I am so bewildered by you! I know I should read back on these chats, but what the heck were you when you first got banded? You're amazing and I would shout it from all the roof tops woman! Don't think ever that it would make me feel bad about how great you've done. Just the opposite, I'm just in awe! I wish my success has been as brilliant as yours unfortunately it hasn't. I'm still at a lost as to where to go. Just trying to get my head all around it. It is the only thing in my life that I haven't been able to sort out. But again thank you so much for your reply, it makes me feel 100% better. Let me know what you started at etc! Thanks Sue and congrats again on your success! Tone................ |
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| Wishful thinking, Your poor petal, if you dont get banded now you could well still be thinking about it in 4 or 5 years time and be 150kg. You need positive people around you, that was one reason I didnt tell many people when I was banded, only a couple who I knew would be 100% with me all the way. If you are looking at the knox thread I assume you are around the south eastern side of melb. If you are then how about coming along to the get together on sunday - check out the cranbourne get together thread. Meeting other bandits is by far the best way to get the true info on how it affects our lives. It is not an easy ride for most of us but I dont know anyone who regrets their decision, the only regret being that we hadnt done it years earlier. you are young, you have your whole life ahead of you. Bring mum and dad along on sunday too if you like not sure how many blokes will be there but they are very welcome. maybe they are just scared for you and it might help them to meet others too. |
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| Hi all .... I have just moved to melb im in Burwood and this knox is close wot r the drs like there do they take inerstate clients is there a cost for fill how bad is it to get an appointment can some one tell me the number and r u able to go in 4 a visit and talk to ur dr thank u for ur replys fat thin girl |
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| Wishful thinking, You poor baby, what you must be going through! From what you wrote, you have obviously been on the same see saw as us all, you have obviously tried extremly hard to get from 102 down to 94 a fantastic effort in itself. Just out of interest do your parents have a weight problem? or your boyfriend? In the end seetheart, you have to do what you feel is right for you, this is certainly not the magic fix, you can still eat junk food (and alot of us do) simply because it goes down easy, convienient, quick whatever other excuse we can think of to justify it. This just seems to work because the weight does come off, amd that spurs you on to keep going. We are all different, with some people the weight just seems to fall off with no real effort or exercise, most of us have to work at it though. I personally hope for you that it falls off, and your self esteem will soar, and you can p...s off that so called boyfriend of yours that you have already wasted 4 years of your life on......too embarassed to take you home to meet the family) What a joke!!! Don't worry about what everyone else thinks sweetheart, follow you (big gut he he he) instincts and do what you feel is right for you. A girl I work with, her daughter has just been banded at age 19, and is going great guns!! This paticular board has some wonderful, caring people on it, so feel free to jump on at anytime and chat, I'm sure you will get lots of positive feed back. I wish you every success my darling, and I am sure you have made the right decision.......you show em girl. If the family don't support you, jump on here....we all will! Terri xx |
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| Hi, This has taken me 3 months to put a post on here and make a decision about my furture. I'm 21 and going into lap band surgery on april 15th, really nervous (but scared to show it). My parents are very unahppy about me doing it and think i should just fo weight loss the normal way (like i havn't tried, obviously not enough for them). I have always been big since i can remember except for 2 yrs in my life i went from 75KG at the age of 11 to 49kg at the age of 12 (a whole lot of not eating at all for days) back to progressively putting on weight of which i am now 94KG, My heaviest was 102KG in sept 08, so i've lost a little bit of weigh with the help of reduction and durmoine, but i really want consistency in my life especialy becuase im very much a junk food eater due to emotions. My parents are pretty much on my back about my weight all the time (especially my mum) by boyfriend is too. So you can imagine what i have to put up with (but i don't show it too much, im kind of a person who acts tought in front of them not to show they're getting to me)In fact i've been with my bf for 4 yrs and never met his parents (Because he's embarresed of me and scared of what his family will say)i met his mum once and she told him to leave me becuase i was too big. Anyways, this most is becoming more of a heart opening then in regards to the topic, sorry about that- but might give you some idea of what im dealing with at the moment. I just wanted to find out from everyone, what kind of weightloss should you expect after the surgery and if you will still be able to eat junk food(asking becuase i don't want to)and also how long before i start seeing results? and what's the best possible way to get results. I went to the forum the other week and though i would see some one youse there but i don't think i did. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you. |
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| Oh Shan, you poor thing, that sounds painful. I thought you meant tonsillitus at first. Then I had another read and decided it was more like a Greek surname. Thank goodness for Google, I now know what torticollis is. Judy, I have lost over 100% of my excess weight, and my personal goal was 65kg, so I am well under that. And as much as other people may find this annoying, it just keeps coming off, I'm not putting much effort in. Only managing gym about once a week at the moment. Have just got home from a work conference at Phillip Island, where there was way too much cake, alcohol, karaoke, and, in my case, too much PBing. I jumped straight on the scales (yep - self confessed scale jumper and proud of it), and it appears I have even lost while I was away. I suppose it will stop eventually, in the meantime I will enjoy the ride. Cheers Sue PS: Any karaoke is too much in my opinion. I just hope the video involving me with a biker handlebar moustache doing YMCA does not make it onto YouTube LOL |
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| CONGRTULATIONS SUE!!!! thats fantastic news. PLease dont ever apologise for your sucess, its more motivation than anything else. Just when you think oh this is never going to work you hear a success story....well done mate well done!!! Im laid up at home with acute torticollis (darn sore neck) which im so not happy about, no gym for a week and i have my appointment with Cheryl this time next week and was hoping for a loss but i guess there is not much hope of that now is there!!! Oh well, hopefully that means the Dr will give me more and things will get going for me CHeers Shan |
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| oh my gosh Sue, that is just so good. how low do you want to go? you must have lost a huge % of your old weight. Havent seen any postings from Shelly - is she still around or hiding? |
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| Well done Sue, you've worked hard for it!!!!!! Terri xx |
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| I sort of feel bad about posting this, after replying to Tone and Shan, but I'm going to do it anyway........ Woo Hoo, I'm in the 50's!!!!!!!! Never, in my wildest banded dreams did I imagine that this would be possible. Me, little short fat Sue, under 60kg! Very happy today. Off to Phillip Island tonight for a 2 day work conference, (food fest) so that will be the end of that. But at least I was in the 50's for one day, and may make it back there sometime. Cheers Sue |
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| Hi Shan If you had some restriction, it means you are getting close. Good on you for moving your appt forward, hopefully you will get more consistent restriction with the next one. If you are losing cms then its working, its just all the exercise is building muscle. But - I know - not much consolation when you want to see the scales move, NOW!!! So feel free to whinge LOL. Cheers Sue |
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| Hi Tone Sorry to hear of all your band troubles. I think Erina has given some great suggestions. The only thing I could add is to get a bit of fill out. I know it seems wrong when you are not losing, but if it would allow you to get some healthy and filling food down, you would not need to continually turn to the 'easy to get down' junk. Don't judge your level of fill by other peoples, so what if you have 3 ml and others have 6 or 10. You need to get to the right level for you, and if 3 is too much, then thats the way it is for you personally. And Erina is right, get back and see Cheryl or Di, and Chris if necessary. It's their job to assist you to get this right. I was done in Nov 07 as well, on the 20th, by Chris Hensman also. Where you done on that day too? Cheers Sue |
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| Hey Sue what a great feeling to proove the doctors wrong. Good for you mate Unfortunatley i have no restriction again so i phoned Cheryl to bring my appointment frward to 23/03. Im not waiting until April for another fill. I know i need to be oatient but ive hardly lost anything since i got my band and i really didnt think it would be like this, i knew it would take time but i was expecting to loose at least half a kg a week....at least!!! Im loosing CMS but not weight, im not eating anything bad and im exercising heaps, just dont know whats going on. I was told this is normal but not compared to everyone else on here its not!!! Sorry for whinging again Shan |
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| Tone, Wow - it sounds as though you have had a rough time with the band. I have found that it has been more a mental adjustment than a physical one for me. I can only suggest to keep going back to Lap surgery until you are getting the results you paid for. They might do some tests to check everything is ok with the band, make sure there hasn't been a slip or something else. It is easy to go for the chips and biscuits when you know it is something you CAN eat. If you have a rough day with food, I would try to have a day or two on just fluids and then move on to yogurts and mushies. I find if I have had a rough day, I have some swelling and then nothing will go down and it is a bit of a vicious cycle. And of course it is totally understandable that when things aren't going right, especially when you put all of your hope and faith into the band, you want to eat the junk. Get and appointment - I would suggest seeing Cheryl, explain your situation and keep going back until you've got it right. You deserve to be happy with this band!! Keep posting on here and let everyone know how you are going. It is a great support network and the people are lovely. Have you been to any of the group meetings at knox? Sue was also banded about the same time as you and I was early dec 07 - so there are lots of people around here to lend an ear and give some suggestions. Take care and good luck, Erina |
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| Hi Erina my name is Tone. I need someone's help, anyone's help. I have been reading over everyone's chats and I hope it's ok that I say hi to you. I was banded in November 2007 by Mr Hensman at The Valley. I initially lost 16 kilos but have put 8 kilos back on. I have had trouble keeping my food down, and I've been doing all the small amounts and chewing like a crazy woman, but sometimes I don't seem to be able to keep anything down. But in saying that, I do have days where I can eat like a pig. I have no probs with junk food hence the weight gain - meaning junk like chips, biscuits and chocolates. I know this is wrong but when you have struggled to keep good stuff down, I get desperate to stop having that feeling of gagging. I only have 3 mls in my band due to all the troubles. I'm thinking of having it removed. I never thought this would make me feel worse than what I did before I got it done. Any words of encouragement or advice you can give me? It was a massive decision for me to get it in and an even bigger one to take it out. I hope you don't mind that I have contacted you. But anyone who can give me some advice, it would be much appreciated! Thanks!!!!! Tone............ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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