duckgirl33

I second the heating pad. I had terrible gas pains! popsicles (sugar free), wonton soup! (no noodles of course), a strainer .... so you can have the soup part of chunky/pureed soups (my diet is full liquids) SF "whipped cream" and SF jello, a majic bullet or similar device, I had broccoli and cheese soup today and it saved me! Good luck! A comfortable night gown or low waisted sleep pants....

I'm only 3 days out but was convinced for 20 minutes last night that I damaged my band because I laid on my side to sleep before I was healed..and it was sore. haha... I came to my senses and realized they put these bands inside a large amount of body weight so they must be sort of sturdy..and I imagine they are using nice sturdy stiches to keep everything in place. Its kind of like when you start driving..you're very hesitant on the road...same thing here.... we'll be okay!

Jennifer1, My surgeon REQUIRED that I have someone stay with me for the first 24 hours after release from the hospital due to the anethesia. Might want to ask what your MD recommends.

So I'm only 3 days out but this morning when I woke up and sat down to drink my 2oz of Protein shake...well it kinda hurt going down.... I wanted to see if others had experienced this or should I be worried? I have had a terrible time with gas pains so I contributed it to that.... but was wondering if this is what people consider being "tighter in the morning?" So...I drank some warm tea to see if that could help and it still felt uncomfortable going down... Oh! And I'm burping like crazy from the gas they pumped in me!! This won't mess up my band placement will it? I just want to make sure I'm doing everything like I should....

Hang in! I was banded on 4/20 so I'm still sitting around in my pj's thinking...how much longer? I've had terrible gas pains so I guess we all have our own symptoms. From what I've been told...its like having a baby...right after you are like what the heck did I do? that was crazy...but then later you forget the painful parts and just find joy in living your new life (baby or band!) Email if you'd like..I need a lapband buddy!!

I'm 2 days out. I've had terrible gas pains but I've had the same when I had my gall bladder out. I've tolerated my Protein shakes( Body Fortress Peanut Butter and chocolate in skim milk), tea with splenda, boullion, koolaid and SF popsickles. I'm on my pain meds but I was sort of ablet o sleep a little on my side last night... the gas in my ribs, back and shoulder...bad..anyone having an tips? I've had no regrets so far and it just feels like I had my gallbladder out...its not like I've thought about this think inside of me... I hope I stay on this possitive path. I'm just learning as I go! I'd love to find an email buddy especially for when I go back go work next week!!

Hey yall! I was banded yesterday 4/20 and was doing just fine until this afternoon. I'm having the worst gas pains I have ever felt (from the air of course) in my rib cage all the way through my back and my left shoulder is is the worst. It hurts to sit or lay down but I can't stand up forever! I've been taking gas-x and just sent bf to the pharmacy for some infant gas-x . What else can I do? I'm desperate..its been the only real pain...and its brought me into hysterical tears this afternoon. Help!

Don't forget me! I have to be there at 6:15 in the morning! And its 11:30 at night right now. I'm nervous but trying not to think about it too much...no going back now!!!! My biggest fear still at this point is the "what if I don't lose weight?".... I guess tomorrow will be the beginning to the answer of that question...I read and read about everything but I guess you don't really know till you are there! Best of luck fellow buddies! Hope to be talking to you tomorrow! Much love to you!

I'm scheduled for 4/20... on my second day of Atkins....surviving so far

So I went for my psyc eval...and now I feel worse! Eek! I work with a lot of mental health agencies so I was well aware of things they might ask, screen for etc. Aka. why do you want this surgery, are you of sound mind, do little voices in your head tell you are fat etc :crying: Anyway, before I even got started the psych told me that they didn't have documentation that I was being treated for high cholesterol so that set me up for a bad mood. Great. (The MD office has all of this!) But this is minor. I can fix it after the appt. So first thing she says is that she has reviewed all of my screenings (that I did right before the meeting) and she sees that I'm a little depressed. What? I said no, I'm must 100 pounds overweight and not as happy as I could be. (This is not going to be good) Then it was like everything I said she picked up on something and took it into a negative spin. I was afraid! And I'm a social worker! So I knew her techniques but when you're in the hot seat! It was bad. So I've been "dieting" my whole life, know so much about nutrtion I should have been a dietician and have doing WW on and off for 10 years! I know what I should do but it just doesn't stick for me in the long term. So she asked if I crave any foods and I said if I'm not on a super strict diet like atkins then no, not really I can resist but if I've been on atkins for a week and a donut walks by then I want one. So then she got stuck on a donut. She finally said she is concerned that I'll be rebellious to my band knowing I can't have certain foods. Now she's got me stuck on that... Then we talked about how I "wind down" by eating after a stressful day and about how I'm an emotional eater and she is concerned about that with the band. I don't emotionally eat other times, ie. sad, stressed etc. But now she's got me worried to death about that. It just went on and on. I wasn't depressed when I walked in but now am kind of freaking out because the whole interview basically kept shifting around my words to get the point where by the time I left, I felt like I was going to fail at this too. It was a terrible psych appt. I heard another girl in the other room, much heavier than me, laughing with her psych. I'd hate to see how my psych drills a person heavier than me or who really has depression issues! Did anyone else have bad experiences like mine? I've really put some thought into what she said but should I let it make me feel like I will fail at this too? I need some encouragement please.