srahjean

So after my tummy tuck from weight loss with the lap band, I decided to try the 21 day fix. I lost 7lbs in 2 weeks!! Has anyone else had good results with it? I altered it slightly to eliminate carbs. I'm interested to hear your take on it! Blog post up, scroll through past posts to see tummy tuck / lap band before and afters. https://phatchances.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/21-day-fix-experiance/

UPDATE On march 5th I had to have emergency surgery to have my port moved to a different location. While my surgeon was inside he noticed that my hose to my port was bent and was causing the port itself to wedge itself into my abdomen. i am much better now! -40 pounds down and i have 4.5cc in my band

So last monday/tuesday I did my workouts and then Wednesday I started having port pain again... i thought maybe it would just go away. It has gotten worse every single day since then. I see my surgeon tomorrow for a CT scan and talk about doing surgery to move my port because it is causing LOADS of pain/problems

Oh trust me I didnt put ANYTHING on top of the food that got stuck lol. I felt it get stuck then i didnt eat for hours afterwards, i tried sipping Water but it just came back up anyway.

I agree completly, it must have something to do with your size/liver. I was on the "low end" of the bmi scale to have this surgery so I didnt have to do any diet before hand.

I felt the same way when I first got my band, "Why did i do this" type feeling. I was on liquids for 3 days, mushies for 3 days then mildly solid foods by beginning of week 2 and was just fine. I was so tired of eating jello/liquid crap that i had my husband puree a corn dog for me! IT WAS THE BEST CORN DOG I EVER HAD. lolol it will be alright

Oh hunny? Why are they making you do such extreme pre-surgery diet? my lord. My doc told me I could eat whatever I wanted untill midnight before my surgery... i had a fricken steak. Is there a specific reason he wants you dieting pre-op? was it something to do with the size of your liver?

Sooo I took a bite of my food in a rush at work and didn't chew it very well! I have 4cc's in my band. It started to go down then i felt it get stuck but then i had HORRIBLE pressure like pain, almost chocking feeling at my port in my throat. My body kept trying to throw up (i dont throw up very well) but nothing would come up, and the little bit that did was just liquid. I returned to my meal 15 minutes later and slowed way down and eventually finished it but I still feel some pressure/tightness/pain from my "accident". Is this normal?

I just had a fill a week ago she put a full cc in. I have been doing lots of water/crystal light, munching on pumpkin seeds and trying to fill up on that instant breakfast stuff, it seems to be going much better than before.

Well i guess it has been a pound every other week or so? I have 4cc's in my band right now. I know i really really need to go to the gym and this week i have scheduled 4 Water aerobics classes that i must push my self to go to. I think my lack of weight loss has to do with my inactivity. Before i had my complication i was very active but now i have just kinda slid downhill. Tomorrow I am going to get my life back on track and shed those pounds! I have been trying to do Carnation instant Breakfast for 2 meals a day and have chicken breast for dinner to start dropping some pounds.

alright well my doc tells me that after a fill for the first 24 hours is liquid then the next 24 is mushies then back to solid so im not sure whats up with the 5 days of liquids. My doc always tells me just to take it easy and ease back into it

I'm thinking of doing a NO carb diet along with my band, to maybe speed things up a bit? since I am losing maybe 1 pound a week. I am a lot more active right now too!

I am feeling a bit un-inspired at the moment and need some advice

Hello all I was banded October 25th 2011 in Grand Forks North Dakota. Everything seemed to be going fine, I was eating much less and I had dropped 12 pounds right away. During November I started having slight pain in my port site and was told this was normal and it should go away. I was active doing Water aerobics 3x a week and walking. One night while I as at the gym the pain in my port site was stronger than normal. I bent over to pick up my gym bag and I felt excruciating pain in my port site. My friends had to dress me since I was unable to move hardly and I was rushed to the ER. After x-rays had told us that everything looked fine I was sent home with medication and followed up with my surgeon the next day. I was in so much pain I could not walk, bend, twist, or move by myself. He admitted me to the hospital for further testing. The conclusion was that I had developed a rectus sheaf hematoma underneath my port site (bleeding into the muscle). This is apparently extremely painful while healing and takes a long time. He had never heard of this happening before and he has done over 600 surgeries. I was put on bed rest for an ENTIRE MONTH. I was in the hospital December 7-9th and finally could walk without assistance by Christmas. During that time I had 0 activity. I am pleased to announce that since I had that complication I have not had any pain in my port site. I just want to let you guys know if you are having prolonged pain in your port site to please please contact your surgeon right away. I am only down 18 pounds since October which makes me very very sad. I was hoping to be down much more by now. I have a total of 4cc in my band after 2 fills at the moment but I am hungry between meals and am not sure why. I am very concerned about my hunger because I cannot seem to sedate it! If you have any tips about calming hunger in between meals it would be greatly appreciated!

okay HUGE BLOG UPDATE coming from me today! I am going to post everything about surgery and the days after!!!

i had 2 ensure shakes today and some yogurt... bawls i am still hungry LOL i may try mashed potatoes tonight

Alrighty, I am 3 days post-op and yesterday was juice, broth, water and jello. Today I advanced to protein shake, like i had strawberry ensure, jello, cream of potato soup (strained so no chunks) and some carnation instant breakfast. I just cant seem to get full!!!! And my stomach just keeps growling and growling, I am trying my hardest not to eat anything bad, just sticking to my liquids but I just dont understand why I am so hungry!

Even before the band i am absolutely in love with Ensure shakes, but only the vanillla and strawberry ones. I highly recommend them!! I have been doing chicken broth, blue Jello, Water, apple juice and ensure. I do not feel hungry at all (at least i think i dont, too much goin on down there i think!) so i just take it easy but try those! and the apple juice i get is Simply Apple, it contains no water and no concentrate, its just pure pressed apple juice and its amazing!

I have liquid roxicet that I take at night which helps me when i sleep, but it makes me pretty loopy. It is the only thing out of all the stuff we tried at the hospital that makes me the least sick. Husband also just came home with childrens tylenol and it TASTES AMAZING!? lol its goopy liquid grape but it tastes soooo gooood hahaha who knew? Anyway this stuff seems to take the edge off a little bit. I'm going to attempt to take a shower here in a couple hours and we will see how that goes!

I was very recently banded, OCTOBER 25TH! I am struggling with pain and what not right now.... and dang i want a shower! LOL and yes... my signature is a T-rex running through a field of mushrooms....its so epic LOL!

also, i keep getting rumbling in my stomach like im hungry, but it kinda hurts? I cant tell if im hungry or if its just the co2 gas moving around? i dont necessarily feel hungry. Ive been eating my usual broth, jello and today i had an ensure to try to get some nutrition in me.

Hello friends i am 3 days post op and i have never experienced so much pain in all my life. Apparently the C02 they pump in you during surgery can cause some serious pain. I have an issue with pain killers, they make me sick to my stomach so I can only take the really weak stuff by mouth. I have tried moving around and what not but with these weak meds it makes it really hard. I am finally passing some of the gas today, but when it feels like i have to burp, i hiccup instead? is that normal? also I would like to take a shower today, any suggestions on how to do this without irritating my incisions?

ladies ladies ladies!!! I am now following ALL OF YOU!! I will pop in every now and again to see how you are doing!! GUESS WHAT!!1?!!?!? i get my band on tuesday...yup october 25th!! excited!! now...im going to go eat some pizza

Does anyone or has anyone else blogged about their experiance? I just started one in hopes of giving information to people who are curious on what the process is!! So use this thread to share your blogs!! i'm new to the forums and I should hopefully be getting my lap band surgery at the end of august. I just started a new blog about my past, present and the process that I have had to go through to even get approved for the surgery. I could really use your guys support so please please come to my blog and check up on me to make sure they are still feeding me and post your blogs too so i can come visit you too!!! http://shutthebitchu...te.blogspot.com