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The Dude's Blog

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Back After First Week-Long Business Trip

So I just had my first week long business trip with my new band.   I was in meetings all day long, so lunch was catered. I was a bit worried about what was going to be available, so I carried a Muscle Milk Light in my bag just-in-case. The meals were not bad at all. Each day, chicken in some form was offered, and not breaded or fried, and a salad was available and I was able to put on my dressing.   I had my little eating computer with me, so I could sneak off after my meal and compute how w

Book Recommendation

IMHO, this is an excellent and informative read about the lapband. It goes into a great many detail about the surgery, the procedure, pre and post-op expectations, the psych exam, and what to expect and what do to following the surgery.   "Weight Loss Surgery with the Adjustable Gastric Band: Everything You Need to Know Before and After Surgery to Lose Weight Successfully", by Dr. Swell. I got it for my Kindle from Amazon.   Has anyone read it? Thoughts?   http://www.amazon.com/Weight-Lo

Day 14 - Week Two

Wow...I made it to week two. Not that I didn't think I'd make it, but it just seemed to have taken a while.   Some observations of the surgery:   Scars - I have five small 1.5cm cuts which were sealed with the glue. They are healing well. I wash them daily with the surgical scrub I used before the surgery. They no longer hurt when rubbed up against anything. A few are almost totally closed, and a couple are almost there. I think that surgical glue will be there long after I'm totally healed.

Pizza Friday at the Office

It's Friday, and the guys in the office want to order pizza.Wow, what a dilemma since I absolutely LOVE pizza, and haven't had it for abouttwo months. Nope, not even for my infamous 'last supper' before all the liquiddieting. I actually was jonesing for a bacon cheeseburger for my 'last supper'.Boy, did that hit the spot. I can fondly remember it now, and as I type this, I'maware of the creepy smile that is growing on my face. But I digress. Pizza forluch. I already packed my lunch for today. A

End of Week 2

Well, I did a really disappointing thing today. I decided to jump on the scale at work. I asked a colleague of mine how accurate it was, and he says it was 'right on'. Okay. Good. I'll see how much I've lost since I last got on a scale, just before my surgery. Way wrong move. According to the work scale, I GAINED a few pounds! Ugh. I know that I really didn't. I've been keeping to my 1,200 calorie or less, high protein, low fat, low carb diet, and walking! I know I had some fluids built up from

Day 9 - Post Op

So I've been told that I have to be on this liquid diet for twoweeks after surgery. My post-op exam went well, and I was told that I couldslowly migrate from liquids, to soft foods, to regular foods before my firstfill. I have fallen into this ‘hungry’ stage, where it feels like I don’t evenhave a band. I wish my PA or doctor would have told me to expect this, becauseI feel that this could cause problems adjusting to ‘real’ food. If I don’t haveany restriction when I drink my liquids, and none w

One Week after Surgery

It’s been one week since my banding! The novelty has dieddown quite a bit for me. Here are my observations:           I don’t feel like I have a great deal of restriction-   I am able to drink relatively easy and without anydifficulty. I’ve taken a couple Tylenols caplets for headaches (which I figuredout was a caffeine withdraw – I don’t have much caffeine, but I guess enough tocause a withdraw headache. A Crystal Lite Tea alleviated that.) I was a littleconcerned about taking the caple

Day 4 after surgery - Back at work

I'm back at work, and now realize that this was not the best idea. While I'm not in any real pain, I'm still having internal issues from the anesthesia, some gas pains, and just a general malaise. I stopped taking any oxycodone and am not taking any Tylenol, but I feel that I should take something to get me through the next few hours before I head home. I’m definitely going to take tomorrow off and just relax. It’s more about being exhausted and overwhelmed about everything, then actually not fe

Day of Surgery

I'm sure a lot of this is not new to people who've read a lot of this board, and who are already banded, but I know that it's been reallyhelpful to me to read other's experiences in getting the. I hope my experiencecan be helpful to at least one person who's still curious and anxious what thisexperience is like. I was banded and had a hiatal hernia repair on June 6, 2011and here's how my surgery went:   Three hours before my surgery time, I took my anti-nauseaand anti-fungal medications. I ar

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