ladyfromirvine

I'm 6 days post banding and still drinking my diet. made fatal mistake of drinking soups with high sodium contents... was retaining liquid as a result. found swansons organic broth.. lower calorie and sodium.. that straightened it out and i am losing now. its excruciating slow when you think of the little caloric intake. im very much still healing and im in this for the long haul.. so there is no turning back now. i figure i'll be alive another, hmmm 20, 30 years.. i got time.

i read your bio califdreamer.. i live in so cal too. Irvine. I am on the first leg of my journey, but yours is an inspiration to me. I'll read it when I need a little lift. maybe one day we'll meet and i'll be part of your lap band success group. maybe one day....

wow so many changes in a single month., that will motivate anyone to keep going. I'm just 5 days post op and still dealing with the basic physical burps and gas.. but your story is inspiring.. keep up the good work!

nice to read all this. i started on liquids post op and gained weight.. seemed my body just was incredibly annoyed with all that happened and was holding tight to every drop liquid i drank. i did however make the fatal mistake of making soup from bouillion and realized i was eating huge quantities of sodium chloride. that alone will make you retain water.. i quickly realized the mistake and tossed the bullion cubes and drank the clear unsalted broth.. took a few days to turn that around but phew.. i won there does seem to be a contest going on between me and my body.. whos going to win whos going to lose.. no pun intended. ive stuck to the diet guidelines for post op, I have arrived at liquid yogurt... and if i close my eyes and dream a little.. i can convert that to a pina coloda with a little imagination,

Although I tried to go the full 7 days on consomme and popscicles.. i finally gave in to liquid yogurt. what a relief.. the nausea is subsiding and my stomach is settling down a little. can't wait to find out what this new "delicacy" is going to do to my pooping... anything is better than the watery.. you know what. This liquid yogurt tastes like ice cream to me after 4 days of broth, tea and iceys..who ever says the lap band is some sort of easy way out.. needs their head examined. (i'll refer them to a good shrink)

i am two days post of and the nausea comes in waves and goes to my back with pain. im the grin and bare it type so im going to wait this out until i get better. i have meds for antacid symptoms but they really don't touch this. In time my body will understand it has a new 'inhabitant" and stop whaling so much. After all, the lap band is an invading other so to speak.. and there are bound to be a few symptoms of unhappiness in there. once everyone learns to live together in peace.. my body and the lap band.. im thinking all these distressful symptoms will go away.. nausea, gas, bloating, pain...you name it.. but its to be expected for a little while.