Well I'm home from Israel, Egypt and Jordon. It was an amazing trip to say the least. Of course I wont bore you with my travel log. Instead I will tell you about a more weight related topic. Kind of an interesting thing has been happening to me lately. I have been thinking all this time since my lap band that my lap band is causing lots of different digestive problems. I have found a great doctor in my home town that is helping me get a grip on my nutrition now and has given me a diet to be on that will help with the lap band dieting. Lots of protein etc. I was doing great and getting all phyced up about loosing more weight. He has been able to get my lap band filled to almost a perfect place now. Maybe just one more adjustment and it will be were it needs to be. Well... amidst all the adjusting of diet and lap band fluid, there was a mystery lurking in the back ground. I finally think we have figured it out. I was doubled over in pain for the second time in about 2 months hoping some one would shoot me, and decided to go to the Emergency room to see if some one could help me. By the time I got there i could hardly talk at all and just wanted to be out of pain.Screaming "Please help me" over and over in my head ( I promise it was not out loud). My wonderful doctor was not on call but he came to my rescue any way. I told him I thought somethings was seriously wrong with my lap band. This was the second time he had seen me, the first time we thought it was just the flue and he drained my lap band a bit so i could barf successfully. (gross) But this time he stood there by my Emergency bed side and had a puzzled look on his face. He said " I'm not going to drain your lap band again because I don't think that is the problem. I think you have a gall bladder problem." I assured him it was NOT my gall bladder because I have had it checked before not too long ago. He just smiled and said "well we are going to check it again." So to make a long blog shorter, They did check, It was my gall bladder, and I'm going to have to have it out ASAP. That is where it all stands today. Tomorrow I will know more. Now I have a problem. Its almost a funny one. The food I should eat for a bad gall bladder is NOT the food I should eat for loosing weight with lap band. Hummm what a dilemma. Oh well, I'm sure we will figure something out that I can eat sooner or later. The good news is that in the mean time I have lost 3 lbs in about 4 days. I'm sure it will come back when i feel better but for now it has given me a bit of a jump start again. Should I be happy for a bad gall bladder or sad. OH GALL, I just don't know :)
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