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A little sleepy in the below pic, but I just love their eyes!
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014
I'm the worst blogger....
I, apparently, am not a good blogger like I intended to be when I first got this band. I thought I would be funny and witty like Amy from Cheese and Sunkist blog, but no such luck. I just can't seem to bring myself to blog all the time; however, I am here and following others and really struggling with my band after giving birth to my twins in December. I had gotten all of my fluid removed after finding out I was pregnant with twins and have been trying to get back that "green" area where I felt a good restriction without being too tight...alas, it hasn't been easy and I'm still not there. Yesterday, I went to get a fill yet again...after just having some removed about a month and a half ago. I had .2 removed then because I was getting stuck and everything was hard to eat so I had started eating the "slider" foods just to eat. Well, after having that .2 removed, I lost my restriction almost completely and was able to eat whatever again...doesn't mean I should have eaten whatever, but I did :( Anyway, I went back yesterday for a fill and we decided to add back .15 as they thought maybe my band was just irritated before. Well, when we viewed me drinking the barium under flouro, my doc noticed a small pouch dilation and that I was having reflux, even though I couldn't feel it. What the? So, they left the fill in, but I'm taking it back to basics and going through the mushies, then soft food and trying to focus on the number of times I chew and small bites. I never realized how small of bites you were supposed to take...they told me yesterday the bites should be the size of a man's thumb nail!!! Well, for sure, that hasn't been the size of any of my bites ;) So, I'm now on My Fitness Pal and trying to track and follow my old weight watchers routine, but focusing on proteins and veggies more. I really hope I can work this thing and lose the pregnancy weight, as well as continuing on to try to lose more. Otherwise, it looks like I may have to have some sort of revision surgery. I'd really like to succeed with this band and need to realize its a tool and not just a quick fix...as those of us know who have one. Thanks for letting me rant. Hope to be back to blogging more often to keep me accountable...but in the meantime...here is a pic of me and my boys that are now 7 1/2 months old...just love them!
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Welcome back! Keep us updated on how you're doing :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I sure will try! I'm always reading your blog...hoping for a great update that says BCBS overturns your denial :( Keep your head up!
DeleteI had a baby in Dec. 2013 and ended up with a pouch dilation and slippage. I chose to revise to Bypass for numerous reasons, but I really hated to lose my band. Life with bypass is much different and taking some getting used to.
ReplyDeleteUghhhh... I wonder if the pregnancy helped cause the dilation or if it was me eating the wrong foods :( They did say I was a good candidate for revision because of the issues with the band and the fact that only a tiny (.2 cc) fill affects me so drastically. We'll see...I'm going to try to continue to lose with the band and hopefully taking it back to basics works, but if not...I will like go revision surgery too...not sure if I'll go sleeve or gastric bypass. Can I ask why you chose gastric bypass? Congrats on the baby as well...December is when our munchkins were born! the 18th! :)
DeleteMy munchkin was born on the 19th! I always thought that I would get a sleeve if I revised but there has been some new research on band to sleeve revisions and there is a noticeably high post op complication rate due to band related scar tissue, suture leakage, etc. I consulted 2 different surgical groups and 1 flat out refused to revise from band to sleeve and the other really didn't want to. I ended up going back and researching the bypass some more and decided to go with it based on average long term results.
DeleteThat's awesome..our kids are only 1 day apart :) I'll have to definitely look into this further too, if it might have to be an option for me to revise the surgery. Thanks for the information..I had no idea. I am usually well informed before I take on anything, so its time to start reading up on the options. :)
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