mandyMO

How is your band right now ?

One more thing freespirt I usually eat 6 times a day but very small meals like for breakfast I ate a little under a hAlf a cup of Greek yogurt then I gave the rest to my daughter and it took about 30 min to eat

well I'm still swollen so I'm thinking the more it goes down the more I can eat but its a total different feeling then the band that feeling of actually being full and not that miserable like somethings stuck feeling cause has I'm talking to you I'm eating cream of wheat and I'm only able to eat 2 bites and I just put 1/4 a cup in it and usually takes about 30 min to a hour to eat which it should take that long anyways

I was banded in dec 29th 2010 and weighed at my highest 442 lbs I lost down to 249 lbs and in Aug of 2012 I had a major slip and had to have it removed! I put 38 lbs on so now after getting sleeved on dec 17th of 2012 ive just about got it back off i've lost 36 lbs I feel I made the right choice and I'm back on track with the weight loss!

oh girl i'm thinking i'm gonna freeze to death ! i stay bundled up lol

1 scoop of chocolate protein , 1 lg tablespoon of creamy peanut butter and 1 cup of skim milk ! pure bliss very yummy

So I am almost 2 1/2 weeks post op and today I finally had my drain took out and am finally on full liquid diet and I was so excited to get home and have a shake i was like a kid in a candy store lol! I made the reeces peanut butter cup shake and it was pure heaven but i drank a oz and I was full and i had filled it up to 8 oz is this a baby step thing or should I sip on it ? I put it back in the fridge to keep it cold I'm thinking i'm going to take it with me when I go pick up my kids and later on I'm wanting to try some cream of wheat ! It's been over a hour ago and I'm still full .

were all guilty of slipping but we get back on track my 2nd question is you had your surgery on the 17th were just 2 weeks out thats dangerous your stomach is in the healing process right now don't you know you could get a leak for eatting stuff like that ive steal have my jp tube still in for a controlled leak and all i've had is Water apple juice and broth ya i'm sick of it but a leak scares me to death! I don't want to sound goody goody it just scares me for you but just jump back on the wagon we all are guilty and be careful ! it's been rough we had our last christmas on saturday and I just fixed my kids there plates and I went and set on the couch why everybody else ate cause boy did those mash tators and stuffing and ham and turkey and sweet potatoes look good ! Good luck you got this !!!!

See I tried the sipping with the taking the pills and got choked on them I told my surgeon I have to take a bigger drink to get them down maybe even 2

Hello Fellow Dec 17th sleevers! All is well here been doing good went through a rough patch right before christmas and had to take a trip to ER to get hydrated cause i got dehydrated besides that its all good ! I havent took much pain meds if I need them I take during the day cause they make me not be able to sleep at night ! I went to dr yesterday have felt fine except for a gas bubble on my left side and had to have a esaphgram done and they said that I had a controled leak but surgeon seems to think that it is old scar tissue from my band so for percausion had to keep my drain in another week ! I start my full liquid on tuesday (SO READY) oh i wore a bra to the dr yesterday it was a sports bra but pretty excited about that lol the nurse was laughing at me cause i havent got to wear one ! I'm down 15lbs since surgery pretty excited about that !!!! Hope Everybody is doing good Godbless everybody

That sounds yummy on both thank you so much

You look fantastic I was curious how much you have lost your highest and lowest weight?

Was wondering if there by any chance being any full liquid recipes on here I start my full liquid diet on tuesday ??

Thank you so much!!

So I havent had any pain just trouble getting my fluids in and I started getting weak and skin dry and I had diahera since weds and I wasnt peeing but once a day and rapid heart beat on top of that i had lost 18 lbs in 4 days ! I was extremely dehydrated and to top it off I have factor V leiden and I was still on lovanox shots and started my coumadin back lets say my levels are suppose to be between 2.5-3 the highest its every been was 4.5 and my eyes started to bleed tonight it was 9.5 they had to stop my coumdin and give me viatamin k to thicken my blood please pray for me !!!! After they pumped 3 bags of fluid in me i was able to pee and go home when my mom had to drop me off at the door cause i was so weak when i left i walk to my husband's suv that was almost a block away! Let me know if anyone has had this happen?

Usually after surgery I get constipated well this time I've had diahera since I got home it seems to slow down when I take liquid phenorgen! My drain has to stay in till next Thursday :/ I do not like it at all and my doctor uses it for leak also and I have to drink green stuff and if I see any green it ive got a leak

oh honey I'm the same way this is gross and I'm surprised my family didn't throw me out but i finally took a bath today ! I'm not a 100% but I'm getting there slowly but surely its hard with the liquids to for me and I'm sorry but its been hard for me to take my pills cause your suppose to sip well I have tp take bigger then a sip or they get stuck and I get gagged ! I'm glad your doing better ! I'm thinking if we can get through these next couple of weeks its all down hill from there! I'm so sick of liquids and this is crazy but I'm ready to get onto the soft foods cause I want some mash potatoes so bad and I will make them healthy to I'm just have craved them don't know why

I have its been awful cause our swelling is going down ! I'm so ready to eat something its not even funny ! I'm starting to get better better every day little more fluids each day I'm just ready to eat and get this silly drain tube out of me! How are you?

3rd day post op was finally to get some rest had major diahera this morning couldn't drink much Dr called me in some liquid phenorgen finally slept today and have been earring a green icie and sipping water all day ! The only thing that I'm ready to get rid of is my drain tube and this liquid diet other wise its going good hadn't had no pain meds till this evening and that was just because its Norco and its got Tylenol in it and I startwd running a low grade temp and its gone now !

I've been gagging to! I feel like I've been ran over by a truck i'm just glad I'm not in as much pain as I was on monday and the nausea has calmed down to ! I'm glad to be home cause those beds you just can't get comfortable in ! Hope Everyone is doing good?

I was thinking the same thing but I think once we get in the groove of thing's it will be lots better ! I get to go home today. Do u have drain tube?

Hey everybody sorry its took so long to post Monday was rough on me had in a lot of pain and nausea ! Yesterday was better took my leak test and had no leaks ! Today has started better I've been walking everything is going down good hopefully I can go home today

Thank you so much !