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Everything went very well. I have not been hungry at all. Hard to eat jello though. I do much better with ice water and chicken broth. When I swallow anything, I still have alot of gas comeup. My stomach kindof cramps up and there is alot of growling. I am eating the chewable gas x tablets and that seems to help some. Stepped on the scale when I came home today and gained 3 pounds. yes I fussed! but I guess its just becuase everything is swollen. I have been up as much as possible today, cooked venison backstrap with yellow rice and corn for my husband for supper and then I made some nutter butter balls dipped in chocolate. Had absolutly NO desire to eat anyof it. Backs of my legs are screaming at me from pushing myself up in the hospital bed. I am taking some of my liquid loritab and hopefully that will get me thru the night.

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 so I am holding off on drinking that. Water was good enough. Had chicken broth for breakfast and beef broth for supper with sugar free jello. I am home now drinking water and vitamin water. I acutally gained about 3 pounds, but im sure thats because everything is still swollen. have to drink clear liquids til saturday and then I can have soups, cream soups, and milk in my coffee. I am so excited that I have not been hungry once in the last 2 days! Good Luck to everyone that has upcoming surgeries. I hope yours goes as well as mine!

Good Luck, Im getting mine done in the morning, Cant sleep!

well its here, surgery eve... sipping on a cup of hot apple cider. I had clear liquids all day today which really was not as hard as i thought it would be until now. I could really go for a snack. I sure hope the anesthesia doesnt make me sick. Last time I had surgery was 19 years ago and I was so ill when I woke up. I had to stay overnight because I could not stop dry heaving. So of course Im a little worried about that with the band. I bought chicken broth, beef broth, LOTS of jello, apple juice, white grape juice and hot apple cider. Hopefully that will get me thru the first week. Anyone has any suggestions on what else I can have that is clear liquids? Wish me luck!

oh my goodness!! 112 pounds in 8 months. you really made me smile. I am looking forward to NOT being a size 26 in May, wonder if I could lose 60-80 by May? hmmm. gosh I hope so. Thanks for the comment on my issue with giving up my coffee. Do you put milk or cream in your coffee?

Thanks so much! I will ask my doctor, Im sure I will be live if I dont have my coffee for a week. I was just wondering if there was some aweful side affect from having it a couple of days after surgery. I didnt even think about it dehydrating me. Thanks for your reply!

I have done pretty well on my liquid diet for the past 10 days, but I have a question. I really and I mean REALLY enjoy my one cup of coffee in the morning. I use splenda dn 2% milk. I understand that for the first week it is CLEAR liquids only.... is it really going to hurt me to have that one cup in the morning? What if I switch to skim milk?

I also buy the muscle milk light! its has a great light taste. Its not thick and slimey. Sometimes I put 1 pckg of splenda in it if I feel a sweet tooth. I drink one at 7 am and usually I am good to go til around 12:30 or 1.

That is such good news and sort of a relief to me. I have heard the horror stories about the gas pains. I think I am scared of that the most! Thanks so much for sharing.

What kind of shake are you drinking? Some of them have a slimey texture and they make me feel sick also. Try Muscle Milk or Muscle Milk Light. They have a great taste. I have no problem drinking those all day, and once I blend them up they stay pretty blended the rest of the day.

Wow!! Great Job!!! I started my preop diet a week ago and lost 7 pounds this week. I am getting banded on the 7th of Dec. Thanks for posting, that is very encouraging!

stepped on scale today. down to 285, so I have lost 7 pounds. I was expecting a little bit more, but I guess I will take what I get. Yesterday was my second day walking. The first day I walked 1 1/2 miles at the gym and I used the setting "hills". yesterday I only did a mile because I have been battling this could and I felt weak. Will go again today and try to do 2 miles. I went to the nutrition store and bought the muscle milk light shake powder, I like it a lot better and it has alot less calories than the regular powder with alot of vitamins. Gotta get to work. Hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday!!

Last post was Tuesday November 22. On Wednesday I recieved the call from the dr's office to schedule my surgery date for 12/07/11. yey!!! I have done very well on my shakes. Of course Thanksgiving was a bomb, but I did a shake for breakfast, we ate around 12:30 and I did eat dinner, but I kept it under control. Shake for supper . Friday, I did very well shakes all day and for supper I had a small go wrap from wendys' since I was traveling 3 hrs to Jackson, MS. SAturday I had a scrambled egg and a half of a grilled chicken sandwich. I am going to have to figure out what to do on trips. I dont want to eat like that anymore. so its early sunday morning, I will do all liquids today and weigh in when I wake up. Hopefully I have lost a couple of pounds since the dr visit. Alot of people have commented and asked if I am losing weight, so thats always a good sign. I also need to start excercising. I read up if you put on a pedometer, it is the healthiest to try to get 10,000 steps per day. This equals about 5 miles. So Im going to get me one in the morning and start tracking. Its been a long time since I walked, so my legs are going to scream at me!! lol

mine is Dec 7th!!!

be careful with the calcium supplement. When I was taking it and my dr took blood work he said that my calcium was high and to stop taking it. Too much calcium in the blood can cause irregular heart beats. He said for me to just get on a GOOD multivitamin and I should be good to go.

lap band or gastric bypass? I havent heard of anyone dieing of malnutrition from the lap band. I havent had my surgery yet, but Ive been keeping up with the forum and hearing street talk since Jan of this year. Ive heard of the band slipping but nothing worse.

Today was a good day. I had a grapefruit for breakfast. A friend of mine has 3 pink grapefruit trees in her yard so I was lucky to get 2 huge walmart bags full of grapefruit. They are very good. For lunch i tried the new tomato protein soup. I think the brand name is why weight. 7 pckgs for $12. kind of spendy, but it was actually pretty good. 15 gms of protein, 80 calories and no fat. and I just had my protein shake for dinner. Although Im not starving YET, the urge to chew on sold food is pretty strong, so I am trying my best to stay as far away from the kitchen as possible tonight. Hubby had to eat left overs, but he was okay with it. Still waiting on the call the schedule the surgery.

went to see Dr Lavin today in Metarie, LA. He is such a nice guy. Made me feel very good about doing this surgery. I was hoping that I would get a surgery date today, but apparently the office in Covington, LA schedules those. So I should hear something in the next 3-5 days. I REALLY want to get this thing in December. I want to start my new year off on the right foot. Before I left the Drs office I asked about any special diet, and the nurse said no, just clear liquids the day before surgery. She said they want me to lose a few pounds before the surgery, but did not specify any certain amount. I am still going to do as much liquid as I can so its not such a shock to my body and my appetite. GETTING CLOSER!!! IM EXCITED!

I've done pretty good so far today. I managed to make banana pancakes and sausage for my family AND watch them eat while i had my coffee and protein shake. YEY ME! I had another shake for lunch, but i did go manage to talk myself into eating 3 turkey meatballs with marina over about 12 penne pasta. I am having another shake for snack before bed... and no wine :-( sad face. I go to see Dr Lavine tomorrow morning at 9 am. I am very excited to discover when we get to do the surgery. p.s.. I can hear my husband crunching on potatoe chips while I type this.... I can see we are going to have a talk. lol

wow! you look great!!! I am pre-surgery still, just have my psych eval last week and now they have me scheduled for my nutrition consult.. Then I guess its the preop diet time. Thanks for sharing the success story, it makes my decision alot easier. My Dr said that the band was not as effective as the bypass, but I can see it definintly is just as effective with your story. Thanks again for sharing

Had my mind made up that I wanted to get banded. I went to seminar last month and noticed that the surgeon was pushing the gastric bypass. He kept saying that banding is a thing of the past and I will only lose about half of the weight that I want to lose. He suggested over and over and over again that by pass was the way to go. I need everyones comments!!! I really dont want the bypass... too risky with my life and a huge nutrition factor involved with that. Has anyone else heard of this? I insisted on the banding and now am ready to move on to the next step, which I think is the phsych eval... shouldnt have any problems there. Ive been married for 21 years, if Im not crazy by now... I think I will be okay. lol

wow, you look great, I too currently weigh 300 lbs and am thinking of getting the lap band. my dr says he will do it for me if I want. I am scheduled to see a surgeon. How hard is this on you emotionally?