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The meeting in Speedway is the third Tuesday of the month from 6:30 to 8 at the Speedway library. There is also one in Avon at the Hedricks County YMCA on the second Thursday of the month from 7 to 8:30. You do not have to be a Y member to attend. Do you actually have a surgery date? That's exciting that you can have a revision. What all does you liver shrinking diet entail?
Stephanie
Hi Stephanie-- I would like to go to the next meeting-- when is it in Speedway? I am now on the pre-diet for liver shrinking. The doc says i can have the revision in 3-4 months. Excited and scared at the same time.
I had my RNY with St. Vincent Bariatrics and Dr. Cacucci on Jan. 29, 2015. I was released from the hospital on Jan. 31st. Everything was fine. I came home on the Lovenox shots and the night I came home I had a massive nosebleed and went by ambulance to my local hospital's ER and was treated. Then my period started (and is still going on 15 days later). Dr. Cacucci took me off the Lovenox because of all my bleeding issues. Other than those problems things are going good. I've lost 21 pounds since surgery. I am still on pureed foods until the end of March.
HW: 315 GW: 150 CW: about 230 (I don't have scales)
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HW:330 - GW:150 - MW:118-125
RW:190 - CW:130
I'm hoping to get the sleeve done. I'm not sure who will do my surgery yet. I have been looking up the doctors at St. Vincent. I go for a seminar on April 21. I have to do the six months of weight loss and all that good stuff! I did read good reviews on Dr. Cacucci. Thanks for the post!!
I had my surgery on Jan 8 and I am down 26 pounds in 15 days. Feeling great with no major issues whatsoever. I had a Lap Band in 2007 that caused autoimmune symptoms and eventually had to be removed. I went 2 years between having the band removed and doing the sleeve . I tried to fini**** on my own but got stuck in a tornado that destroyed everything I owned and I was living in hotels and eating out every night for 10 months and just fell into one hot mess of a depression with PTSD. Once I got that under control and got my life back in some kind of normalcy, I reached out to Dr Cacucci and she helped me get the Sleeve set up. The process of recovery from the band was WAY more difficult for me than from the sleeve. This time there is no choking sensation at the base of the throat, Almost NO pain from the incision sites, very minimal soreness from the actual surgery, NO heartburn and NO excruciating hunger. I was very nauseated with the band for the first 2 weeks and actually became intolerant of the protein drinks for about 3 months. I didn't have ANY of that this time. With the lap band, once the nausea waned, I got hungry. I was so hungry all the time, that I had a hard time sleeping for weeks. It probably took a good 4 months for the hunger to let up. After that I was fine with it for several years. But I only lost about 50 pounds, half of what I NEEDED to lose, in the whole 5 years I had the band in me. Had several trips to ER with stuck meat and got admitted once right before it had to come out, with MORE stuff stuck. So far with the Sleeve, I just fell NORMAL. I really wish I had had this option in 2007. The only things offered at that time to me were the DS, the band and the RNY. I am wondering if my very positive recovery was due to the DaVinci robot. I read somewhere where its more precise, less pain for patient, let risk of infection.. Dr Cacucci had done a bunch of them and apparently she is really good at it. BTW I absolutely love her. She is a GREAT doctor and a really nice person. I wouldn't see anyone else. I trust her with my life!
Lap Band December 26, 2007
Revised to Gastric Sleevectomy January 8th, 2015
I am having a revision and having my lapband replaced but HOPEFULLY a Sleeve/DS. Didn't know if anyone had used Dr. Cooper. I've kind of only started the process again. Going to my 1st support group tonight and am excited about that. Had to also go to the "free" seminar. I actually enjoyed that as well. I had an appointment with the surgeon a few weeks ago, because he likes to meet with patients who are having revision first, rather than later. Have my 1st NP appointment on the 27th to get all the information for the program itself. They have already started gathering the information I need for surgery. I have BCBS of IL. Looks like they pay and are going to count my "failed" lapband as a doctor's supervised diet. I'm a full time student at IUPUC and will be transferring next year to IUPUI to go to graduate school. Glad to be here!
Next Tuesday? Yes-- i can meet you there and look forward to it. my phone number is 509-1219. i know they are gonna make me go to those meetings anyway. LOL see you then- Carol
I'd be happy to help in anyway. You must live close if you are in Speedway. I have family that lives in Speedway and I live on the west side myself. Would you be interested in meeting in person at a public place? There is a bariatric support group Tuesday night at the Speedway library at 6.
Hi Stephanie-- i am post op 13 years and have gained back 100 of the 150 I lost-- now looking to get a revision-- I don't have a thyroid now which makes losing weight very difficult- yet i feel i must go back to some kind of life without the weight. I am interested in hearing more about how you are planning or doing a weight loss plan now. thanks!
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