My video patient story is on Altru.org

http://www.altru.org/body.cfm?id=1167

Hi, just wanted to share the video with you. I haven't watched it yet, I don't like watching myself, kinda nervous about watching it. I know, silly!

Tomorrow!

take care,
Kerri

I ate 3 cookies today.........

I didn't eat them one after another, that's good! LOL

One of the problems with Lap Band is you can still eat things like cookies, chips, crackers, stuff like that. Of all the food that gets stuck, those are things that DON'T get stuck!

But, with that said, I did reach another goal. I shoot for 10 pound goals, starting with 290, then 280....270...260......250 and I FINALLY got under 250, 248 today! It's seems like I've had a really hard time getting under 250, so I'm pretty excited about it!

I know it's because of BOOP a thon training and the running/trotting I'm doing!

OK, I'm off to bed, thanks for reading my blog! I hope you are doing great! Spring/Summer is coming! Do you have goals you want to reach? Can I help in anyway? Don't hesitate to email me, kerri@97kyck.com

Have a great one!
Kerri

BOOP a thon training

Hi there,

We had our 2nd BOOP a thon training tonight at Center Court Fitness Club and we ran/walked, it was great! Monday night we lifted weights and did some tuff training. I think all of our legs are sore today, it's a good sore tho! Yep, sure! LOL

I am loving the training so far and if you are not exercising, call Center Court and let them help you get on track! They are so helpful and friendly!

BTW, food is going down good today! Yippy!

Kerri

The Dr. was right.....imagine that!

So, the little 1/2cc of saline wasn't the right thing to do. My Dr told me, "Kerri, you are probably fine where you are and I would suggest not giving you a fill". Yep, should have listened, but I really had to find out for myself. At least it wasn't' as bad this time as last. I could drink water and soup and other liquids. Altho, I had pain/stuck problems with liquids.

I'm just glad I made the decision to go in and have it taken out. Alot of times "banders"-that's what we're called, will suffer thru it because we think we'll loose more weight this way. Not true. Actually, I believe it's opposite. It's taken me about 40 years to realize that.

The worst part of the last few days was the exhaustion that came with this constant battle with food stuck. It is so stressful and such an emotional drain. I become more tired than I already am and it makes exercise very difficult.

Exercise is the key, I can't stress that enough!

Dr advised me to keep food records and try different foods and see what is going to be good for ME! Of coarse, try those foods at a very slow and small rate!

It's not hard for me to admit I was wrong and she was right! I am very thankful!
Thank you Dr. S!!!

Take care and let's hope this snow melts and things dry up! I am ready for spring!

Kerri

Where does the time go?

Hi,

I am very happy to share that we raised 42, 220 for St. Jude children Research hospital last Thursday and Friday and I am also happy it's over. It's alot of work.....alot of stress and last week was not a good week emotionally for me. I struggled alot!

Sometimes it seems like the more I want to change things, the more they stay the same. Does that make sense?

My eating hasn't been the greatest. Been eating Dilly bars, and food that goes down easy like well....ice cream! LOL

Usually soup for lunch, i'm really hung up on cheese salsa and chips. ....I could eat that cheese salsa by the jar! Heat it up and ...tah dah....you have soup! LOL

I'm going to get a fill tomorrow.....I can eat too much and I don't like it. I am only going to get 1/2 cc tho. There is no way i'm taking a chance on getting too much fill! That was terrible!

Since it's been so nice, i've been coming home and "trotting" with my dog. I call it trotting because it's not running and it's not walking.....I just kinda trot along!

I can't wait for Spring/Summer! yeah!

oh, my oldest daughter Tanisha called.....long story short, her kitty cat bit her really bad and she has an infection running thru her veins. Doctor said she needs to come in ASAP if it spreads outside a circle she drew on her wrist. She said it hurts really bad......I just hope and pray it doesn't spread!

Off to run, not gonna give in to the dilly bars tonight! :-)

have a great Easter if I don't talk to you!

Kerri

This is a picture of my beautiful daughter Tanisha who was married in June of 07. I had wanted to NOT be as heavy as I was for her wedding. But, it ended up being a turning point for me. Looking at the pictures of me was very hard. All I see is a big fatty and how did I let myself get so heavy. Again, it was then that I realized I needed to do something and I started looking into having Lap Band surgery.





March 8, 2008

I had my hubby take my picture. I've lost 40 pounds since I started. I keep looking at both pictures and wondering if my face looks thinner. Does it? LOL

wait.....my husband says he's not sure who's in the top picture but the bottom one is the woman he married! TOO FUNNY! Love you honey!

Have a great week, mine will be crazy as we have our St. Jude radiothon coming up this Thursday and Friday, live at the Columbia Mall. This is our first year live so it's gonna be nuts! I'm very excited about it tho!

Update on my worst week end ever

HI, I will never get a fill on a Friday again. I will never go thru what I went thru this week end.

I went for my fill Friday afternoon, It seemed to be fine, as I could drink water afterward without any gurgling or pain. However, a few hours later, I started feeling VERY tight... like a golf ball was in my throat. I was stupid for eating a green olive, but thought it was mushy enough, boy was I wrong. Here I sat in pain dealing with that "slimy" feeling, and I was gurgling A LOT. I hacked up as much as I could for a couple hours and tried going to bed only to be woken up by the choking.

Saturday morning, I drank a small amount of Boost in the morning, I was able to keep it down but I was doing ALOT of gurgling/burping. It was so frustrating and painful. Spent the day totally uncomfortable and went to bed again without anything in the evening, (more choking in the night).

Sunday, I tried drinking Boost, but couldn't keep it down, I had to pull over several times on my way to work to hack it up. I managed to drink about a 1/4 cup of water during teaching SS. Went home, tried drinking water and I started slimming so bad that I was spitting saliva every few seconds. I could not even drink water without it coming back up. I had chills, started gagging, and "threw up"... twice! My daughter said I looked like a cat hacking up a hair ball... but it was more like a slime ball.

Every few hours the pain/golf ball feeling would almost be gone and I was so thirsty and hungry I would try drinking water again, and a few tortia chips(they go down easy!). Bad decision OVER AND OVER......more hacking.

We had friends come to town for a concert, I went(shouldn't have) and had to come home because I spent most of my time in the bathroom hacking. I even tried sucking on a hard candy and the saliva I produced came up. I came home, exhausted I went to bed, again choking and this was the first time I have vomited since having the band, and although it was not acidy like normal vomiting, it WAS somewhat projectile. There was a lot of slime in it, but then again, I really didn't have anything inside me to come out except saliva.I have only had water since then... and although I have not vomited again, I am still burping, and the water is coming back up into my throat.

Monday(this morning) I got up for work, and left at 7:30 so I could get there to have some fill taken out first thing. I couldn't wait a minute longer. Please understand as uncomfortable as it was, this happens to all banders at some point, most tho not as extreme as my experience. When I sat down Friday to get my fill, my doctor determined by the information I GAVE HER, that 1cc would be ok, normally it would have been. It wasn't and she felt terrible this morning that I had to go thru what I did.

I am so glad it's over, I had my Gatorade in hand ready to drink as soon as I sat up! I can't express the happiness I felt drinking it! WOW, it was great! I am so thankful it's over and I hope(as always) you can learn from my experience!

I have been exhausted today, slept several hours this afternoon and am off to bed at about 8:30.

Take care!~ and drink up!

Kerri

I can't swallow~too tight

Tried drinking chicken broth last night, wouldn't go down and I ended up hacking up the broth. Finally fell asleep only to be woke up by choking. yeah, fun...fun!

I have tried drinking water a couple times this morning, it's going down, but I can only take a small swallow at a time.

Yeah, I think I'll go back in on Monday and have Shellie take some out.

For now, I'm gonna try and drink some Boost!

enjoy the day!
Kerri