June 2007 Bandsters

beckiet · 05-22-2008, 01:18 PM

Bigbaby, hopefully they will only have to remove the port and they can leave the band in. Then when my infection is gone and wound is healed from inside out I can have it placed again, just in a different location. Unfortunately, this does remove the saline. I'm not happy with this decision, but it is the best course to get this infection out and be sure it's gone. I've been battling this MRSA Staph for so long and the ID doc said that unless the port were removed we really couldn't be sure the bacteria wasn't still there holding on waiting for the antibiotics to stop to rare its head again. So, I'm scared of gaining back my weight but anxious to get this over with so I can get healthy again. They hope that it will only be 1-2 months after removal that I'll be fully healed but we'll see.

beckiet · 05-23-2008, 04:09 PM

Good news! I just saw Dr. McSweety today and he said he may be able to leave some of the saline in! : ) He says he doesn't see a problem with that except if I were too tight they couldn't remove it until I got another port. I'm not too tight now, so I don't see any problems, hopefully. Yay!!!! Now we've just got to get it scheduled and then it's bye-bye MRSA!!

Suzzzie. · 05-23-2008, 06:34 PM

Thats awesome Beckie!! Some fill is better than NO fill at all!!! Yay!!

bigbaby · 05-24-2008, 08:05 AM

Good for you beckit!!!

beckiet · 05-25-2008, 11:41 AM

Thanks, all! I'll admit I was getting depressed over this whole thing but that little bit of news helped me perk up a little. I'm not making my band do the work, but it helps me to know that I'm not losing that "friend" or part of me that's helped me to get this far. Strange, huh?

BTW, Steph, the other day I made it over 90g of protein...was a good day. I'm aiming for 80+ a day now. I know I can't do the 1 g per pound, but at least I'm upping. I've found at MetRX protein bar that my docs office recommends and it's yummy with 32g protein (walmart).

Suzzzie. · 05-26-2008, 06:37 PM

Just thought I'd check in...
I'm a freaking bottomless pit today. Not hungry, not full. I even ate 'real' food before going fo junk food. I have to wait 2 1/2 more weeks to go back for a fill. I was back up to 280 this morning... I was 272 the day I got my slight unfill 2 weeks ago. I'm totally bummed.
Oh, and I'm on my dang period too... I'm sure thats a cause for all of the above, huh? Blah!!

I only have to work 2 more days... then I;m off Thurs - Mon. I'm going to Mountain View Arkansas with my family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc) Fri-Sun. I'm sooooo looking forward to it.

I just wish I was about 20 pounds less than I am currently... They will all still tell me I look great and stuff... but I don't FEEL like I do. I know I've lost 100 pounds, and that that is a great accomplishment... but I still just feel fat and gross and I get mad (really, more like pissed off!) lately when ANYONE mentions my weightloss or says I look good. I know I don't. I've gained, not lost. It's annoying. I'm frustrated with myself. I want my band to do all the work. I don't want to do anything. I just want to sit here eating crap foods and have the weight melt off. I think I have the 1 year blues...

Someone, please. Kick my arse and tell me how lucky I am to have this tool? Make me WANT to do the work for myself, for my health, for my future. Or just chime in with your own blues... you know how misery loves company. Lol.

joyce2525 · 05-26-2008, 10:57 PM

gosh you guys have done so well i have been banded for almost a year and have only lost 35 lbs what am i doing wrong?

wombat712 · 05-27-2008, 08:13 AM

Suzzzie - I am right there with you. I have relied on this band to do all the work for me. I added some exercise and still ate crap. I am still eating crap and I'm not losing. I don't eat much - but it is crap :)

I need a kick in my arse as well - I have got to learn some better habits. God forbid I had to have an unfill because the weight would come back on soooooo fast since I haven't changed anything about the way I eat (just slower now).

ja9va · 05-27-2008, 09:07 PM

wow, you all sound like I have been feeling!!!! I am wondering if it is the annual day coming up and us hoping that we were in a better place; having our eating controlled, making all good choices, and have lost most of our weight?? I know intellectually this is not going to happen this way, but our hearts want it anyway. We need a Pep talk to rev up our spirits for the year to come! to revitalize ourselves. Getting back to our basics and why we became bandland friends...

beckie t, how will the saline stay in there if they take off the port? I think it is scary that you have had the staph infection this long, that can be very serious and life threatening. I am glad there is an end to it for you. we are here, you still have the band, regardless of saline!

bigbaby · 05-27-2008, 10:00 PM

BEND OVER LADIES!!!!! Get out of the pity party pit and do what you know to do....make good food choices, exercise a little and log what you eat.

Suzzie, you've lost over 100lbs---be grateful!!!

End of the butt-kicking!!! Get it in gear!!!

beckiet · 05-28-2008, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Suzzzie.

I only have to work 2 more days... then I;m off Thurs - Mon. I'm going to Mountain View Arkansas with my family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc) Fri-Sun. I'm sooooo looking forward to it.

I just wish I was about 20 pounds less than I am currently... They will all still tell me I look great and stuff... but I don't FEEL like I do. I know I've lost 100 pounds, and that that is a great accomplishment... but I still just feel fat and gross and I get mad (really, more like pissed off!) lately when ANYONE mentions my weightloss or says I look good. I know I don't. I've gained, not lost. It's annoying. I'm frustrated with myself. I want my band to do all the work. I don't want to do anything. I just want to sit here eating crap foods and have the weight melt off. I think I have the 1 year blues...

Someone, please. Kick my arse and tell me how lucky I am to have this tool? Make me WANT to do the work for myself, for my health, for my future. Or just chime in with your own blues... you know how misery loves company. Lol.

Suzzzie, you've come an amazingly long way! 100 pounds is nearly as much as my 16 year old niece weighs, so you've almost lost a teenager!!! I know, we look at ourselves and we want to see this amazing transfiguration especially given we've got 2 weeks til our anniversary, but I keep repeating to myself: "you may not be where you'd like to be, but you've gone down nearly 10 BMI points, you've gone from a 3x to a 1x and sometimes a Large, you've lost more than a toddler, your cholesterol is evening out, your bp is going down". That mantra usually gets me to realize that even though I'm not where I'd LOVE to be yet, I'm on the way and I wouldn't have gotten this far without the band and you all. Hope that helps a little, Suz.

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Originally Posted by ja9va

beckie t, how will the saline stay in there if they take off the port? I think it is scary that you have had the staph infection this long, that can be very serious and life threatening. I am glad there is an end to it for you. we are here, you still have the band, regardless of saline!

Janine, thanks!! Yeah, I'm not sure either except that I think they will cap off the "catheter" from the band to the port and then tuck that into the peritenial (sp?) cavity until they're ready to put the new port in once I'm all 100% better. I praise God that I have battled this thing this long and that it's remained so localized and not given me as much trouble.

They called me this morning with surgery date. I'm not happy with the date, but McSweety is only at the facility on Fridays, so right now I'm set up for 9am on Friday, June 13. So, on my Bandiversary (day wise, date is actually 15th) I'll be having my port out.

wombat712 · 05-28-2008, 11:05 AM

Thanks BigBaby :)
Butt has been kicked - I'm off to go jogging!

Suzzzie. · 05-28-2008, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by beckiet

Suzzzie, you've come an amazingly long way! 100 pounds is nearly as much as my 16 year old niece weighs, so you've almost lost a teenager!!! I know, we look at ourselves and we want to see this amazing transfiguration especially given we've got 2 weeks til our anniversary, but I keep repeating to myself: "you may not be where you'd like to be, but you've gone down nearly 10 BMI points, you've gone from a 3x to a 1x and sometimes a Large, you've lost more than a toddler, your cholesterol is evening out, your bp is going down". That mantra usually gets me to realize that even though I'm not where I'd LOVE to be yet, I'm on the way and I wouldn't have gotten this far without the band and you all. Hope that helps a little, Suz.

Janine, thanks!! Yeah, I'm not sure either except that I think they will cap off the "catheter" from the band to the port and then tuck that into the peritenial (sp?) cavity until they're ready to put the new port in once I'm all 100% better. I praise God that I have battled this thing this long and that it's remained so localized and not given me as much trouble.

They called me this morning with surgery date. I'm not happy with the date, but McSweety is only at the facility on Fridays, so right now I'm set up for 9am on Friday, June 13. So, on my Bandiversary (day wise, date is actually 15th) I'll be having my port out.

Thanks Beckie! Yeah, I have come a long way... I think cause i started out with over 200 pounds to lose that I just get extra frustrated. So many people are either at goal or close to it, and I'm not even halfway yet!!

You are lucky that your MRSA has stayed localized! you must have an amazing immune system! And it is kind of ironic that you'lll have your port out on our bandiversary! I'll definatly be thinking about you!!! HUGS!

hankfrank · 05-28-2008, 10:28 PM

Hi thereKT999, If your bord. Start exercising. Walking is good also if you have a bike start riding . It make you feel so good AND GOOD FOR THE MIND. How are you doing know

hankfrank

o2bthin · 05-29-2008, 11:06 AM

Suzzz, whadda ya mean kick your butt? You're MY inspiration! Soon, you'll be kicking mine when you're weighing less than me!!