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Weight Loss
Nine Months and Moving Along
Nine months after surgery feels like a huge milestone for me. According to all of the experts out there, it takes a lap band patient approximately 3 years to lose their excess weight.
A Big Milestone – the Sixth Monthiversary
I figured I’d better get this posted before I hit my seventh monthiversary from weight loss surgery. I don’t know what it was about this monthiversary, but I have postponed writing it up. Maybe it was the holidays, or some of the crazy curves life tends to throw in my direction.
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Fourth Monthiversary
Yesterday marked four months since having the lapband surgery. It also happened to be the annual Walk From Obesity in Long Beach, so I decided to participate with the people from my support group.
Another Milestone and a Look Back
Things have been so busy, my three monthiversary since surgery just flew right by. On August 19th I had my appointment for my second fill (if you don’t know what a fill entails, I describe it here).
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Weight Loss Journey: Two Month Check In
It’s been two months since my weight loss surgery (why do I all of a sudden feel like I’m at an AA meeting saying how long it has been since my last drink?) and I figured it was time to do an assessment of where I am in my journey.
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A Thousand Steps At A Time
Exercise. It can be the bane of your existence while struggling against ever increasing weight. It can be the cause of one of the ultimate Catch-22’s in life.
Milestone Reached: The First Fill
One distinct difference between the two most popular weight loss surgeries of gastric bypass and gastric band is the immediacy of gratification. With the gastric bypass, you have the surgery and immediately start losing weight as there are no adjustments to be made.
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Complications of Being Me
Yesterday I hit the one monthiversary milestone after surgery. Things have gone relatively well, with only a couple of setbacks, none of which are actually due to the surgery itself. How has the first month gone?
The Big Day
The day had come. Time for the surgery itself. In to the hospital at 0500 because my surgery time had been moved from 1030 to 0730, so we were up at 0330. I had my stuff ready to pack, so the morning went smoothly and we were there on time.
Keep On Keeping On
It is a beautiful day and the sun is shining, despite what the weather outside might actually be, when you finally get the call saying your insurance has approved the surgery and it is time to schedule. I swear the angel choir bursts into song at that very moment.
