Re: [Gastric_Bypass_Family] Little over 2 week checkup

Hi Dora,
Glad you were able to get the staples out today and it wasn't so bad. I
don't think what your feeling at all is stupid. I know exactly how your feeling
and I'm sure a lot of the rest of us are too. I think it's just that we're
used to the ups and downs we've experienced in weight loss over the years that
it's hard fo us to comprehend how things are now. I remember when I was in
Weight Watchers I would do really well for the first 25 pounds or so then I too
never seemed to go any farther. I was never able to follow-through with any
diet. We just have to keep telling ourselves this time we will succeed. We've
been blessed with this tool to help us and WE WILL SUCCEED!!!!! Take care Dora
and you are such a wonderful person. Just love reading your posts and words
of wisdom.
Hugs,
Laurette
4/23/04 open rny
309/290/227/160
St. Vincent Charity
Cleveland, Ohio

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6 Responses to Re: [Gastric_Bypass_Family] Little over 2 week checkup

  1. boone_70 on 2008-11-19 06:58:31.773689

    No. As a matter of fact, I have read that when
    someone hits a plateau it is usually an area that was
    unsurpassable in past diet attempts. It's strange,
    but true. We can pass the plateaus, but I have
    noticed when I reach certain points, it takes me
    longer to get past them.
    Shannon iN WA

  2. doris_1200 on 2008-11-19 05:45:05.461440

    Wow, 20 pounds in 3 weeks that is amazing! I just had my (little less than) 2
    week appointment and lost 12 pounds. I am very happy for the loss and to get
    those staples out.
    Keep up the good work!
    Karen
    Shannon Breivik <lilcomfycouch@...
    No. As a matter of fact, I have read that when
    someone hits a plateau it is usually an area that was
    unsurpassable in past diet attempts. It's strange,
    but true. We can pass the plateaus, but I have
    noticed when I reach certain points, it takes me
    longer to get past them.
    Shannon iN WA

  3. enoch130 on 2008-11-19 23:01:07.254360

    I also lost 12 lbs. at the 2 week checkup. I had the lap., and when he took off
    the bandages I had little rashes from the bandages around the incisions. I've
    been applying Gold Bond ointment for the itching. Anybody have any other
    suggestions on the healing of the rashes?
    Thanks,
    Anna
    Karen Essa <axvp30@...
    Wow, 20 pounds in 3 weeks that is amazing! I just had my (little less than) 2
    week appointment and lost 12 pounds. I am very happy for the loss and to get
    those staples out.
    Keep up the good work!
    Karen
    Shannon Breivik
    wrote:
    No. As a matter of fact, I have read that when
    someone hits a plateau it is usually an area that was
    unsurpassable in past diet attempts. It's strange,
    but true. We can pass the plateaus, but I have
    noticed when I reach certain points, it takes me
    longer to get past them.
    Shannon iN WA

  4. danika_9 on 2008-11-20 09:00:53.618375

    I used Destin on mine and they healed right up.
    Alice hardestyal hardesty@...

  5. cortez6 on 2008-11-21 05:02:59.678641

    Dora,
    That is a normal reaction to have . I remember how i felt when i lost the
    first twenty-nine pounds. That was how much i had lost at weight watchers. I
    was proud but very much in awe. Some of the things you will go through will
    be different and some will come as a complete surprise. Just remember that you
    are never alone in this. somewhere in the world there will be all of us that
    has been through or going through the same thing. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ON YOUR
    JOURNEY .
    Bonita458
    gastricbypass4-19-04
    458-350-???
    Dora McCary <dobie161@...
    I went yesterday to finally have my staples taken out. How wonderful do I feel
    now!!!! And just like you guys kept telling me, it was nothing. A couple of
    them stung a little because they were placed so close together that he had to
    pull them together. But other than that I really did not feel most of them. I
    was freaking for nothing.
    And I lost 20 pounds. That is awesome that I could loose 20 pounds in 2 weeks.
    But here comes the stupid thing that keeps running through my mind. Be
    forewarned that I know it is stupid but it is there just the same. The last 3
    times I joined weight watchers I never made it to the 20 pound mark. And I am
    thinking, well is this it for me. I hit the 20 pound mark, will I actually
    loose more? I told you it was stupid and irrational, but that is what deep down
    I really feel. That I won't loose the weight. Am I alone in this?
    Dora
    Lap RNY 9-20-04
    Vanderbilt Hospital
    Nashville, TN
    446-?-165
    -Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.-
    Eleanor Roosevelt

  6. boone_70 on 2008-11-21 09:55:02.885546

    Some people are allergic to the bandaids. I know I had
    sore, red areas from the bandages as well. I just let
    them be without putting anything on them and they
    eventually cleared up. I think the other woman was
    saying use desitin to keep moisture away.

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