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day after surgery. Thanks everyone.. The surgery went VERY well. I was at hospital by 7 am and they took me back at 7:15 and hooked up my IV about 8:30 they took me in and was finished with the surgery about 45min later. Doc said everything went really well. They gave me a patch behind my ear and meds in my iVfor nausea before I woke up. I have NOT had ANY nausea!!! I was so frantic over that. The nurses started me on water and crytal light, but I kept burping up the crystal light...

final countdown to surgery. Have to be at the hospital at 7 am. A little nervous, more worried about how bad the anesthesia is going to affect me. Had clear liquids all day today. I could really go for something solid in my tummy. I am sipping on a cup of hot apple cider right now. Wish me luck!

finally getting my referral to see the surgeon. Had my psych eval last week. It went well. I think they just want to make sure that im not an emotional eater. That seems to be the type of questions that revolved around. I get my choice of doctors in Mobile, AL or Slidell, LA. I will get a list the mail. getting excited now

finally some of the soreness has gone away!. I guess I pushed myself up in the hospital bed so much that the backs of my calves were screaming at me! All is well, and i was up and around today. Has hot cider for breakfast, chicken broth for lunch, around 5 I had hot cider and 1/2 cp of chicken noodle soup. I mashed up a few of the noodles and was very careful to make sure that it was small enough to go down. Down 6 pounds in 3 days... yey me! still having trouble getting cold wate...

Have my appt to see the referring surgeon on Monday. Nurse told me I could possibly get my surgery in December.

I was banded on Dec 7th. and have lost 30 pounds since surgery day. I really, really REALLY want to hit 40 by Feb 7. Keeping a track of 20 pounds per month. I am busting butt excersizing. Do you think IM doing too much? I walk 3 miles on level 6-7 on the treadmill every weekday. On weekends I hit the hiking trail and increase every hike by 1 or 2 miles. I did an 8 mile hike today in 2 hours 30 min. Only took in 800 calories today with 90 gms of protein, and my scale has not moved. WTHeck...

today is my 8 week appt with the dr. I only lost 10 pounds this month and that was right after my first fill on Jan 11. Someone said I was exercisng too much for the 1000 calories I was taking in and thats why I wasnt losing weight. So I have cut back on my walks and increased my cals to 1500 and still didnt lose any. Not quite sure what Im doing wrong, but I try to look at the bright side 10 pounds is better than none. So Im anxious to see what this next month is going to do. I have a goal o...

weight loss slowing down now, kind of disappointing. Ive been averaging about a pound a day since surgery, but this week I have only lost 2 pounds. :-(

went for my first fill today, got 2 ccs. had a lot of fluid around my port. Dr pulled 42 cc's plus some from around my port. that was kind of scary. Hope it doesnt come back.