jojamel_930

had lapband on the 10th of October started eating soft foods when they told me to and trying to graduate to solid but having a hard time with meats and anything too thick like baked potato just smashed up. should i continue on liquids? even hard boiled egg chopped up caused me some pain. I have follow up on Nov. 10th, just dont want to be a whiney patient so asking if anyone else having trouble going to solid food or meats. Even rice in chicken rice soup had three or four bites and had a ...

juice after surgury so I was "bummed" to see almost three pound weight gain *but called doc and they said normal* post op swelling etc. and sure enuff steady clicking down since, weight in this morning 6 days post op 215 so headed right direction and thats what counts. Good Luck on your surgury and keep me posted. Where are you located ??? Im in Florida.

Don't discourage everyone is different. I only lost 7-8 on the preop diet which was just fat/carb free *to shrink liver* then the day before surgury I had a regular meal as final blow out so went from 225 lb starting weight , to 217 preop diet,surgury day weigh in at 219 and after surgury went up to 222 *that freaked me out * that was on almost nothing for two day but got jello/broth/jui...

hope your doing well. where are you at on the journey? I just got my band monday of this week. I posted a little up date. Catch me up and hope your doing good.

Three days out from Lapband feeling 50% better today. Yesterday was pretty painful with any movement I stayed on pain meds all day and by end of day was feeling very meloncoly. When I was able to get around with little pain (portsite still the most sensitive)and my mood is up pain is down, I'm a happy girl. Sticking with liquid diet but will try soft foods in a couple more days. I know the band has not been filled but feel a fullness at the top of my abdomen when I eat soup/protein ...

Well went in for Lapband yesterday morning/they kept me overnite which was ok with me. All went well now wait for the first fill in 4-6 weeks. Little banged up feeling and will follow up with my surgeon in two weeks. All and All everything went smooth. The most pain I'm experiencing is the "port" site, and they informed me prior that that might happen. I had to do a swallow text this morning be for leaving hospital Now the work begins with my "new tool" . Using ya'll to be inspiration.

Six days to go for me till I get my band. Having all kinds of worries but more of failure then anything else. So many want to tell me about their failures. Im excited and ready to start this journey and prove some of these negitive people wrong.

How areyou doing? Have you gotten your band yet? let me know where you are at in the whole process.

Well trudging along with this venture....got my Pulmonary Clearance and sleep study done all well with those. Had to get a endoscopy done due to my reflux got that done friday all is well....went to Shrink past that too. All I have left is cardiac clearance (getting that this thursday) then back to surgeon for final visit to concrete the day they gave me which is Oct. 10th. Getting excited want to get on with this. Getting tired of everyone trying to talk me out of this or some who try to...

Going for my sleep study tonight.....(required by my surgeon) if you snore at all ) he requires a sleep study to rule out Apnea. Have two appointments next week GI doctor and Shrink. A little bit of hiccup in the progress of this surgery because my surgeon was going to be gone for almost two months. Really had me upset and was going to look for another surgeon, but his office called me and said he would be in and out of town over next couple months so we can work it in when he's in town. We're aimming for the first week of October. Guess I'll be satisfied with that a bit of let down as I was working hard at knocking out all the requirements. I am just ready to start my journey.

Had my first appointment with my surgeon, now the process of all the steps you have to go through before surgury. Im getting everything set up have appointment with the Pulmonary doctor this week. Next week I have to see the GI doctor ( my surgeon wants me to have a endoscopy) next week and also appointment with the Shrink next week appointment with my cardiologist week after next. Then hopefully see the surgeon and set the surgury date. Im nervous and scared but so ready to do this. Loo...

I have started the process for Lap Banding. Having to attend a semeniar first and then the whold process will be discussed with us. I have been researching information on Lap Banding, and stumbled onto this site. Found it very imformative and already started a list of questions to ask the Doctor at the seminar. I have spent a lifetime and small fortune on weight loss from fitness centers four or five of them every diet plan I could get my hands on and diet centers like Medibolic Weight Loss, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers,Physican Weight Loss Clinic and every kind of diet pill (over counter and perscription) they came out with. All with some degree of sucess but never able to keep it off....and never reached goal but got to within 10 pounds. At my age I'm looking for a final sucessful life style change. Look forward to sharing my journey with you and hearing more about the journey and sucess of you. So hello to everyone