Diva817

Hey! I had my surgery in Richardson with Dr. B on November 17th. So far I'm down 25lbs from the date of surgery. I have learned to be happy with that....lol. I figured with my PCOS that I would be a slower loser but so far so good. No problems or complications, no pb'ing or stuck issues at all that I've heard so much about. I'm taking it a day at a time and a pound at a time. It's a new life style that I'm still getting use to that's why I think this support group is a great idea.

Hey Trina, I'm in Hurst. How much have u lost so far? Who did your surgery? I start my pre op tomorrow! I'm getting nervous!

Same here and thank you. I have been looking for something like this and I too look forward to meeting everyone.

Welcome Trina! I hope your journey is progressing well. I look forward to getting to know you and the others.

Hello my name is Trina and I would love to join the group. I live in Fort Worth and I have been banded since November. I will inbox you my email address.

No you are not a poor candidate for surgery. The day before surgery my doctors actually told me to go out and eat my last big meal and of course I topped it off with ice cream. Even prior to I wanted to get as much in prior to surgery as I knew I would either never eat or have smaller portions after surgery. You are not alone and not a bad person. And yes I have been successful with my weight loss after surgery.

To me you are doing great. I was banded a month befor you on November 17th. I had my aftercare appointment and so far I'm only down 24.6lbs. I truly understand how you feel, they say I'm getting good restriction so no fill today. So far 5cc in a 10cc AP band.

I was banded with Dr. B True Results of Richardson November 17th. I have UHC and no the Surgery Center was not in-network but as they say the accept the in-network price. Even though it stated I was responsible for paying 27,000 I was only billed for $500 which is what they told me at the time of surgery. They do work with you and your insurance company. Dr. b and the staff are great, any questions just call them up. So far so good for me, no problems, no complications, no pb'ing, rashes or anything like that. I was at the center today. I didn't get a fill as od now I'm at 5cc and down 24.6lbs since November 17th. Starting weight was 238 day of surgery. Of course for me I'd like a bit more weight loss by now but the staff say I'm on target. Of course it's all what you put in it. If you have any questions just inbox me I can even provide you with my email address. Good luck tomorrow and wish you the best.

I read that on another post you commented on. So far I haven't had any communication with them really...My surgery is tomorrow, and I'm very excited. How did it go for you? How are you felling? I still have so much to learn, like what is the post op diet they recommend? I have no idea. I'm assuming they'll tell me tomorrow. I hope your doing well. Anything imput you can give me would be great.

I'm new to this so I don't have a lot of experience but no one is perfect. Dont beat yourself up about it move on to the next hour, day , minute or whatever it may be. I ate two chocolate chip cookie and one skinny cow ice cream sandwich one after the other and felt so guilty and had a pity party but I realized the "damage" was done and I had to move forward with what I've been doing for weeks now which is healthy eating choices, I still lost two pounds that week. I sure we will all that day where it's not so good, we are only human and that cookie may just jump in my mouth once a month.

Wishing you the best and much success.

Thank you all for putting me more at ease.

So today was my follow up after being banded for four weeks. The good news is I've lost 11.8 lbs. YAH ME! Now on to the fill she had so much trouble finding my port that I had to go to the x-ray and come to find out my port is tilted, lucky me. Pain, pain and more pain. I'm trying not to be discouraged as everything so far has gone well and I've been blessed. But I truly hope I don't ever have to go through that again. I already had 2cc's in my band and I now have four so I'm back on liquids for two days then mushies for another two days back to solids on Sunday. I know I'm swollen after all the pushing, needle in and out so I will be taking it easy for the next week or so.

I am four weeks out ofnsurgery and this Thursday it will be five so I am where you are not. I haven't been counting any calories. My hunger is a stomach growl and not in the head trust me so when I am I eat or drink a shake. A day for me is oatmeal, yougart, Soup, fruit and for dinner lately a small salad or chicken salad and if I'm still hungry sugar free Jello. I know the difference between head hunger and my stomach taking to me so I just say eat when you are hungry and make it Protein as it will keep you full longer.

Good luck and wishing you much success!

I understand what you are going through. I go for my first fill (maybe) but it is my after care appointment and it's where they do the fills so I'm hoping I get one because I'm hungry and as the last person said it is just will power keeping me from over eating. Not once have I gotten stuck or been sick with pbing I actually hope it doesn't ever happen as I plan on taking my time with food and learning the new way of eating. Wish you luck and much success.

Biggest fears were not losing any weight so far so good. This is week four for me so I'm still a newbie myself. Not being able to keep anything down, so far so good haven't had in problems with that and I pray it continues. Really bad gas pain after surgery, it wasn't so bad at all for me. Walk walk walk is what I will tell you. And one of my biggest fears still is not losing any weight and being one of those people that the band doesn't work for, I'd be heart broken.

I'm a banderilla newbie, staring week four today but I just wanted to wish you the best. Stay positive and strong and ask your doctor lots of questions. Please keep us posted on the process and the outcome.

Breakfast- Adkins Protein Shake

Snack- yougart

lunch - chicken salad from chick filet with about four multigrain crackers

Dinner- one egg and an egg white, a little cheese on top with salsa

Water, water, water

I remember when I first started eating soft foods. nutritionist mentioned scrambled eggs, I ate it with a little shredded cheese and salsa! so good, try it !!

I was not a scrambled egg girl but I sure love it now. check out the section of food ideas, also there are many good sites with great recipe ideas.

thanks for your honesty, but please care of yourself. keep us posted, we DO want you to succeed!!!!

Readytogoforit thank you so much for your suggestion and encouragement. I want to be honest in hopes of someone like you to help me with ideas and your experience. The funny thing is I love eggs but they told me not to try them for about six weeks. Thursday I'm able to re-introduce regular food into my diet so I will try the eggs with a little cheese and salsa as I love them all. I will keep you posted.

I would not move to solids until Thursday. Also if you go to KFC they do have grilled chicken. Take off the skin and it is pretty healthy. You can use BBQ dipping sauce if it is too dry.

Thank you for the suggestion that was a one time thing and I forgot KFC does grilled chicken.< /p>

I echo the sentiments of some of the other folks here. No KFC. Try some scrambled eggs or cottage cheese. They're still soft foods, but filling... especially the eggs. Great Protein too. You need to start slowly introducing the foods to find your tolerance level. Once you dive in and devour a food that gets stuck the first time, you will regret having shoveled it in. Take your time. Find soft, filling foods and drink a lot of Fluid. Good luck!

Thank you so much for your suggestions as that is what I was looking for. Since this post I have gone shopping for some more filling soft foods.

Moving from shakes and Soup to KFC "fried" chicken just doesn't make sense. You're supposed to start with soft foods. Your stomach has not broken down solids in almost a month. And the first thing you ask it to do is break down fried chicken? If you'rre not going to follow your doctor's instructions, at least make smart choices.

The KFC was a one time thing as I was starving, in a rush and nothing to eat at home at the time. I honestly forgot that they had grilled chicken. I have followed the doctos instructions to the "T" and I'm grateful that just a couple pieces of popcorn chicken went down just fine and I haven't had any issues since surgery. I'm looking for suggestions on what others are eating or did eat durning this stage of their recovery.

I have been following this blog faithfully... its keeping me on track and looking forward to my new life.. its amazing, all recipes for bariatric/banded persons, totally band friendly. Diabetic friendly.

.... to die for recipes...

Low carb, low cal, high Protein..Did I mention desert.. yeah... lots of it.

All I can say is thank you so much for the information. I was banded on 11-17-11 and was hoping to find something like this.

http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/

Shes on Facebook to for those who want to follow her. I do.

Well I'm 18 days post op surgery and I'm doing well. However what I'm going thru now is that I'm actually hungry. I've followed the doctors instructions to the "T". But I can't starve myself. Yesterday I was so hungry that I went to KFC and got some popcorn chicken. I was able to eat it just fine by chew, chew, and chewing some more. No problems at all. I'm technically able to introduce regular food not my diet this Thursday. Will a couple of days kill me? The shakes and the Soup just aren't keeping me full. Any suggestion would be welcomed.

Wow I hope mine goes as smoothly as yours!! The best of luck to you!

Thank you and best of luck to you as well. I have been truly blessed and I just pray for my and everyone else's continued success with the lap band journey. Please keep me posted on your journey as well.

I was banded 11-17-11 yes November is the month for change. Would love to keep in touch just add me as a friend anyone. I think we all need the support to reach our goals, for suggestions or to just vent.

I was banded 11-17-11 yes November is the month for change. Would love to keep in touch just add me as a friend anyone. I think we all need the support to reach our goals, for suggestions or to just vent.

Well I'm not a doctor but I had my surgery on 11-17-11 and today(11-30-11) is the first day that I began mushy food like oatmeal, cream of wheat and cottage cheese and creamy Soups. For the first two weeks I only had Protein shakes and I used the Adkins that I purchased write from any super market, along with broth, yogurt, Jello and Jello pudding or apple sauce. Now today I still have to drink two Protein Shakes a day but i can have mushies three times a day.

So far I have been sticking to the plan and no vomiting or upset stomach so I'm happy for that. I admit I'm so sick of these shakes I don't know what to do but I also know it's important for me to heal. I do admit that since I did miss Thanksgiving I did have some green bean casserole and dressing but not much and bot were very mushy.....lol.

Don't know if this may help but it just sounds like you need to take it easy and may need to stick to the liquids.

Best of luck and hope you will be feeling better soon.

Hello November Bansdsters! Well it happened for me on 11-17-11. So I'm 13 days in and I begin mushies tomorrow. Can't wait! Who thought I would be excited over mushies.......lol. I'm so excited over this forum. I've been going back and forth over to have this surgery or not and finally after much research and success from family and friends it happened.

Surgery went well. I don't remember what happened after I moved from the bed to the survey table. But I awoke and my nurse was right there with me. She didn't waste any time getting me up to take the swallow test and to begin walking. I didn't get any medication until after that. I was second that day to have the surgery. I felt some stomach pain and was sleepy but I was home by noon, surgery was at about 8:30AM. So far so good not much pain and not much gas pains either that I was so afraid of. I've been walking and following the diet my doctor recommend closely. I'm excited for this new journey and hope to communicate with fellow newbies like myself.