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Evening all. Another long day - I am shattered. I dashed off for my appointment with the nurse at my GP's surgery tonight for my 3 month BP review. It was so high she wanted me to see the doc:eek:. I explained that I had been working non stop since the morning and had been working like this since last Friday. I said I was monitoring it and I was due to see the doc again the week after next. I feel resigned to having to go back on some meds as my poor ankles and legs are so swollen it is painful to walk:cry:.

Anyway food wise today:

Actimel
2 cups of coffee
1 egg omlette and 3 weightwatchers bacon rashers ( I vowed to never touch WW stuff again after watching that documentary but these were very tasty and lower cals than the turkey rashers)
water about 15 cl - very bad
seafood sticks, salad, a little low fat mayo and sweet chilli dipping sauce ( I love that stuff but have to be careful I have just a dribble:rolleyes:)
2 satsumas
rest of home made fish pie with spinach and peas
muller light yoghurt

I am due a fill next week but tonight I actually felt some of the fish sticking as it went down. Probably didn't chew it enough - due to feeling so tired.

I am finding having mostly protein is really keeping me full and the little fruit good for keeping me regular:D.

I just wish I could get this fluid retention sorted as I feel like I am going backwards.

Hope everyone is ok. Good see lots of people posting on here.

tranquil x
 
Wow everyone seems to be really busy this week, well done for finding the time to come on here. It's Friday wohoo!!!

It's my weigh in today, I've put 2lb on, how??!! Do they use lead as a fill? A bit fed up about it, but hoping it's because of the fill. Ach well such is life.

Anyway, I'm off to tend my facebook farm before I go to work ;)
 
Hey all..

Had my second fill today..

I had 1ml put in..

so that's 3ml all together..

Nothing else much to report! :p

Hope everyones well?

Marie x
 
Hi girls and Kevin !
gahhhh......there is so much flipping band bashing going on here again...no wonder so many banders disappear without a trace. I am so sick of reading it
 
Tbh Neen I don't use the rest of the forum, I got so sick of it. Take the good for my well being and leave the rest. I don't think its me being selfish I simply don't have the time to look through the whole site and really can't advise anyone other than banders. You've been a godsend setting up this thread, I know I'm not the only person to think that way.
Really tired. Pooch not great. Having a period from hell (and have been for three weeks!!) Will be homeless in 2 months :(
But what the hell its the weekend!!!! :) xxx
 
I hear you Neen! grrrrrrrr. Over and over again 'you can cheat with a band' but the bypass ................................
 
I was going to put a thread up asking politely for people to think before they slag bands off but undoubtedly I will just get blamed for stirring trouble. It does drive a lot of banders away I am sure :(

Sending hugs Rache, I just finished one of those...have a look on rightmove.co.uk hun xxxx

Mazza, I know....we've seen so many banders come and go and I wish we could do something to stop it. I think if we keep this one going we can at least save a few eh xxx

Hope you're coping OK with your fills still , Sarah and Weeble x

Nice to see you again Marie x
 
Its very annoying Neen. Its hard work whichever op you chose and its just a tiny bit ignorant or even arrogant to assume that banders will fail and bypassers will lose all of their weight with no effort and in a matter of months.

Hmmm so why are there so many 'I'm not losing much weight' bypass threads.Im fed up trying to provide a balance. We all know what the possible complications of a bypass are and the fact that you can indeed fail/regain/cheat with it.

Anyway - rant over. I think Rache has the right idea :D

x x x
 
I feel sorry for new people though Mazza, I try to offer good and bad sides to all ops in answering questions, but get totally overshadowed by band bashers!!!
The thing is , bypassers a couple more years out DO sometimes stretch their pouches and regain...I have said a couple times about the re-bypassing already happening in America to try and balance out the "bands fail" vibe..but you know how it is :(
Remember Jenny? and Coralie? Gone without a trace all last year...and loads more. I'm really sad about it xxx
 
Neen said:
I feel sorry for new people though Mazza, I try to offer good and bad sides to all ops in answering questions, but get totally overshadowed by band bashers!!!
The thing is , bypassers a couple more years out DO sometimes stretch their pouches and regain...I have said a couple times about the re-bypassing already happening in America to try and balance out the "bands fail" vibe..but you know how it is :(
Remember Jenny? and Coralie? Gone without a trace all last year...and loads more. I'm really sad about it xxx
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Exactly!

Im still in touch with Jenny and Coralie. Jenny has had a bit of a rough time with bereavement and Coralie is very pregnant.

Im in touch with Julia too, she lost 7 1/2 stone with no fill but has recently had a fill to help her shift the last few pounds.

x x x
 
Hi Everyone

Hope everyone is ok today. I know what you mean about the band / bypass debate - it's almost as bad as the nikon / canon and apple / pc debate :)

I think it can be a problem because you can be made to feel like you have chosen the wrong surgery and the battle is hard enough without feeling like you have made a mistake.

Anyway enough moaning. Today I have stuck to liquids because of my unexpected fill yesterday. So I have had a yogurt, two soups and some sugar free jelly. I've been quite hungry and don't 'feel' restricted - but that could be because soup does slide through.

I suppose I will know if I have any restriction once I go back onto solid food.
 
Hi hun

Yes you wont know if you have some restriction until you move on to sloppies or even solid food.

If you feel hungry have something (liquids) I really like smoothies and find that slim fast fill me up too after a fill x
 
Evening all. Or should that be morning:rolleyes:.

I have just finished working. I worked from home today as I woke up feeling awful and got worse as the day wore on. I called the docs and got slotted in to see her after speaking to the nurse and telling her my BP was still high and I was experiencing a bad headache and dizziness and my ankles and legs were so swollen I could not walk. I saw her at 6 pm and she has put me back on a water tablet and given me a 7 day course of treatment for the diziness. Hopefully in a few weeks the fluid retention will ease. As much as I wanted to not go back on the meds my poor kidneys were taking too long to work again. I will need to keep trying to lose more weight and try again to get off them. I am disappointed but I could not go on.

As for the craziness of work - I am seriously considering quitting because after what I have gone through today it is just not worth it any more.

Food wise I have had:

Actimel
2 cups of coffee
Water - not enough but better than the two gulps I had yesterday!

1 egg omlette and 3 WW bacon rashers

sardines and salad with a little low fat mayo and a little sweet chilli dipping sauce - very tasty:D

Home made liver casserole done in the slow cooker with vegetables - that was very filling -did not manage it all.

Hope everyone is well. Good to see you Marie - who did you see at WM ? Will be interesting to see how much they give me for a fill if you had 1 in yours. You are really dong well - 71 lbs is impressive.

Mazza, Rache Neen - what's going on - who is band bashing? Too tired to look now and frankly if it is of the nature you are saying I will not bother:rolleyes:.

Good night fellow banders:D.

tranquil x
 
Morning all, Tb you're still working at 1am?? I know it's easy to sit here and say things when I'm not in your shoes, but please, please, try to slow down, I'm worrying that you're doing too much. What do you do?

I've not read any band bashing threads (thankfully) I only occasionally post on other threads, but I can imagine it's very frustrating.

Well I'm trying sloppy porridge this morning, I'm interested to see how I get on, as my consultant says 5mls is often a persons sweet spot. Then off to work, my Saturday role is helping to run a playscheme for kiddies with additional needs, I love the work but must admit I can never be bothered to go is as I'm always shattered by a Saturday. Have a good day everyone.

Neen I hope the party goes really well xx
 
Good morning fellow banders! (oh how wierd that sounds...he he he)
Im a bander now...whoop whoop!

Well all has been well so far my food seems to be going down ok, my wounds are uncomfortable when moving etc and wind pain is horrid.

My back/shoulders aches at night when trying to sleep, this is when i thought 'what i have i done to myself? why have i done this?'
i have been unable to take disolvable pain killer as taste made me nearly sick but i feel abit better this morning as i took a normal paracetamol and it has gone down ok.

I have big boobies and not wearing a bra is what is making the top of my back ache as i have no support, i tried to wear one of my nursing bra's but it just lays right on one of my wounds, any suggestions on what i can do?

Sorry for rambling xxx
 
Hi Leanne, it's good to see you on here. I starting drinking my sons calpol as I hated the paracetamol, it was much nicer. As for the wind, walking around the house helps as does the windeze style products, it does get easier. Could you pad the area with a sock to stop your bra from rubbing?

It's took me 30 mins to eat about 8 teaspoons of porridge, I'm loving this restriction :)
 
Morning all, I've not been on here too much this week and I've been struggling a bit if I'm honest. I've not had my first fill yet so at the moment I feel like I could pretty much eat what I want and this week I've made some bad choices. Combine that with the fact that I've not done any exercise it's hardly surprising that I've not lost any weight this week! But on the plus side I've not gained either! I'm going to get back on the straight and narrow again now and will be back on our page next week posting my daily menus etc and making sure I have a good week, good luck everyone and have a lovely weekend xx
 
Stayed the same this week. Had a lot of head hunger issues. Be glad when I see the psychologist next month it really needs addressing and I am at a loss now. There's only so much will power a girl can have.
Got two viewings today so fingers crossed.
How has everyone else got on this week hoping to hear of lots of losses :) xxx
 
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