I think it's time.

My gorgeous little bundle of joy is eight months old this week, can you believe it? As of this week, I have cut her breastfeeds back to three a day with the intention of cutting them to two a day from July when I start my placement for Uni. She loves real food and is thriving like you wouldn’t believe. I will post some photos next time. I said right from the beginning, as soon as my band was undone that I would get it done back up as soon as I finished breastfeeding. If I needed any more motivation though, I could just think about the amount of weight I have piled on. OMG...I have not weighed myself for two weeks now, as I am avoiding depression, but I think it is nearly a 12 kilo increase since Kitty was born. Oh well, it had to happen, having a lapband on for ten months last year was not going to miraculously FIX me, was it now?

I have an appointment on Wednesday to see the surgeon. I think it is time to talk about having my band done back up again. Which means more surgery if I decide to go ahead and do it. You will note that I am saying "talk" about it. That's right my friends, I have in fact been thinking about NOT having my band done back up. There are a couple of reasons for this, and that is why I am going to the see the surgeon, to discuss them.
Number one blip on my radar is the fact that even though my band is undone, food is still getting stuck. I have mentioned this in past posts, and I had not been too concerned about it until I really started to think about why it is happening. I have been so busy with all the bits and pieces going on in my life recently that I haven’t really given it too much thought. Now that I think about it, I am thinking that maybe I am having some adhesion issues again. I don’t know if you remember or not, but after my caesarean in September last year, I had to have emergency surgery to have my band undone due to the growth of adhesions in my abdominal area. The surgeon spent quite a while cutting them out. When I came out of surgery I could eat and drink easily for the first time in weeks. Well, over the past couple of months, I have developed a degree of restriction WITHOUT a band! I want to ask the surgeon if going back in will compound the issue and if she thinks I may develop even more adhesions. I am not in any pain on a regular basis, only when food gets stuck, and it eventually goes down, it has not limited my eating in any way. [I have put on too much weight for that!]
The other issue I want to discuss is the cost. I know that the surgeon shouldn’t cost any more than what medicare will pay, so I shouldn’t be out of pocket for her services, but I want to talk to her about the anaesthetist’s fees. The difference between my initial anaesthetist bill and my second surgery was nearly $1000. I think the reason for this was that the first surgery required a specialist to deal with a morbidly obese patient and the second round of surgery was able to be performed by a general anaesthetist. So, I want to clarify the cost before I go ahead as well.
Anyway, I will let you all know what I decide and also what the surgeon says on Wednesday.