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A blog by herman in General

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Day 9 post op

Man....Just when I think I have the hang of thisi Lapthingy.....I kinda screwed up. :mad:Not too bad but learned a reallllly good lesson.:thumbup: Beins I am day 9 out and REALLLLLLLLYYYYY desperate for REAL food:eek:.......welllllll......the toast my wife fixed herself for breakfast smelled sooooo good. And waitin till she went to work is bein sneaky right? I mean if she dont see it it didnt happen right?:thumbup:Do you think I was smart enuff to stop at a slice of toast? WEll noooooooooooo. No
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note to self

DO NOT eat/swallow watermelon so fast. It WILL hurt even if it is just melon. Damn----that hurts!!! I will survive. Gotta keep my head in this "game" called Eating for change. burrrrrrpppppppbbuurrrrrrrrpppppppppbbuuuuurrrrrrrpppppp:cursing:
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Went to a funeral/memorial service

this afternoon for an old friend. The place was packed. Can you guess what the burps did for me? yes i was a bit embarassed but what the heck. so i belched--a lot and often. got a few looks and i really did try to keep the noise down but man-some of em were pretty powerful. i am tryin to figure out how to harness them and turn em into energy.LOL they gotta stop soon......:huh2:
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Boy the belches just keep on comming

belchin like a champ!!! feel like i been drinkin beer for a week. that is a thing of the past too but the feeling is famiiar:smile:ate some cream of tater soup. man was that good for the taste buds. a real change from the Slime Fast. the gut is still a bit tender but no big deal at all. just gotta keep that pooch from thinkin i am her personal play toy and from jumpin on me to have a rasselin match. :thumbup:yep i confess...i love my pooch.:tt1: cant wait to get rid of these belches!!! its gotta
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How wierd is this?

I was just in the kitchen to do a bit of cleaning and emptying the dishwasher because my wife has been soooooo good to me the last 3 weeks-and because it is my turn lol--but anyway. I eyeballed that loaf of bread and that jar of peanutbutter pretty hard. I suddenly realized "What the hell. You arent hungry man. You want it out of habbit." After a short talk with myself I again realized that I am really ok with this and am gonna make it jsut finee. I still want a pb and j sandwich but am quite h
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4th Day Post Op

Wow!! No real pain--except when Mattie the Wonder Dog-my faithful Jack Russel, decided it was wayyy past time for a wrestling match and jumped on y belly. She didnt quite understand the reaction she got when I groaned. She thought the match was on. :lol:The little bugger!!! She is enjoying not being in her kennel and sleepin with me in my recliner. She is sooooo spoiled.:tongue_smilie: Lots of gas!!! Belching like a champ. At least my wife cant yell at me for it this time. Cant wait till I ca
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Surgery DONE and I am HOME!!

Arrived at the hurtspital at 6:00am and was on the table by 7:15. Not bad. Home by 2:00pm and its a 1 hr drive to the hurtspital!!:tongue_smilie: Not bad again!!! Frankly I am feelin great!! :tt1:I might be sorry:confused: I said that but I really think it has a LOT to do with the kind of care and advice you get BEFORE you go into this. Before the surgery I stepped on ther "official" scale and nearly peed myself:eek:---well I was nearly naked by that time so I guess it wouldnt have been so bad--
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my "Last Supper" today

Well I had my last supper today. Church ahd a potluck event that just happens to coenside with my surgery date this Weds. man am i glad it did.:smile2: lots of all the good stuff none of us are supposed to eat. ok i confess to a piece of kfc--it was great!!! the rest of the stuff really just didnt appeal that much. i ate some but it just wasnt as great as i thought it would be. i think that slim fast must have killt my taste buds because that food is usually so good and tasty you cant get enuff
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I am a new guy here so bear with me.....

I am day 8 into the liquid diet. It sucks big time.:confused: Oh well that is the way things goe it seems. i confess i just cheated---i ate 3 slices of cucumber and onions and 4 carrotts. big deal (i hope)i started this journey when i stepped on the scales and saw the numbers 460 lbs. i said to myself that i was gonna die, be crippled or loose weight. started working out at a gym and got on the Lap Band program. i am down to 399--never thought a 3 would look sooooo good. i feel so much better an
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