judych

did anyone here take home about five injections of heparin?? after surgery i was given a pack of them.. told to inject one each day for the next five days in my tummy... anyone??

this is just marvellous. congratulations. keep us posted.

im pretty much the same and i was done 23/3/ .. more so as i eat. i dont know if im having way too much.. not much more than 200 mls...a half cup. i feel uncomfortable a lot of the time later on in the day. thats suggests that its the liquid intake thats making me feel like this. im not sure whats going on.. i know that im hungry nearly all the time. its murder to cook hubbies tea.

dhales... im so sorry this has happened to you. what awful timing as well.its going to be difficult i think to get over your parents and their arguements... but in the end its your call. Personally, if i felt well enough i would do what you want to do. Get both out of the way.

i was banded on the 22nd... i havent had these episodes... but, remembering that you are only on liquids and your calorie/carb count is way down. Perhaps you are suffering from low sugar?? that can make you feel giddy. how often is it happening?? im sure that there are others here who have had the same.how are you coping with the full liquid diet?? can you tell me what you are eating?

i know that feeling. i didnt tell my family what i was goign to do... for that same reason. no one else knows apart from you what its like to live in your body. i had no confidence or positive outlook for any weight loss as far as Im concerned. this has given me a new start im grateful for it. Im not negating how huge it is... its a biggie, but im here and im goign to make it work. You will find there are a lot of people on here who feel the same way. cheers. looking forward to more posts from you.

you arent on your own. i think everyone of us here have been a little scared. I know i still have my moments when i think..'' what have i done?''... you will be o.k. though. just take a day at a time. worrying about tomorrow isnt goign to change anything, so just concentrate on the moment now. being on liquids is very demanding.. ive been on them now for five days. actually its gross. i have to stop and think about all the wonderful benefits im goingto get out of this. The fact that ive lost so much fluid and puffyness from my lower legs and feet , plus losing pain, has been a real stimulus for me though. i hope that it gets better for you. when it feels overwhelming, just get online and post. It will all be worth it in the long run.

its hard i know.. im the same. i sort of feel hungry (is it hunger??) all the time, even after ive eaten. well, we arent full so i guess we are hungry. lol. could you try having more than a 1/2 cup soup?? and taking a lot longer over eating it?? im learning to put my spoon down after each sip and counting to at least 20. its torture, lol, but i think it will help instill in me some good eating habits. How long is it since you were banded?? i feel for you having cupboards filled with food for the children. That must be horrible. Im so lucky i dont have a sweet tooth.. i appreciate the fact that i dont have one. my weakness is savoury foods plus meats. i hope you can work something out.. its sucks being hungry. it literally is band hell.

you've come to the right place, thats for sure. Im banded about five days now. i live in southern australia. i had a BMI of 30. but, i did have health issues... hypertension, joints replaced in both knees and lots of upcoming joint problems.i felt that my weight issues probably werent as bad as many of those here in the group, but i know now what a good move it was. so.. dont feel that you dont qualify...we all come from different backgrounds and have lots to share. its been really good as we' ve helped each other out a lot.

rofl... thats me as well. not very ladylike but who cares... right?? ... right !! lol

boy... thats rough. has it gotten any worse?? it could be phlebitis. thats some inflammation of the vein that they put the IV in. if it really worries you and you have tried to treat it without success, you do need to see someone about it.

im five days post op and ive not seen any sign of stitches at all... just steri strips. my incisions are healing well.. whats happening with yours?

hahaha..i reckon... a big step up from baby food !!!

thanks. i will remember this one.

o.k... i know this works for me. a half cup of warm/hot water, lots of fresh lemon juice squeezed in. i had two half cups last night, sipped over an hour or so. by bedtime the pain had gone. this morning when i got up there was no pain at all. i didnt have any more lemon juice, after lunch about 2pm the pain came back. so... i made up another lot of water and lemon juice. its now 3.30pm and no pain. ive not had any pain meds since sunday.

..yesp, and i reckon Im just like you, i have the same allergies myself. This morning my tummy felt itchy all over so i carefully took off all the outer dressings. one incision looked a little raw on the outside with some small amount of blood but i put a bandaid over that. ive been putting calamine lotion on my general tummy area around the incisions. im feeling good right now.. no discomfort.

oh dear... i wouldnt like to have to answer for that type of behaviour either. its really interesting seeing the surgery. ive watched a few on youtube. very informative. did you read about the lemon juice in plain Water to help get rid of gas pain??

thats quick to your first fill. i have no idea when i will get mine, i only know im on fluids for four weeks. I have to say... day five and i feel so good.My feet, which were so puffed and painful, are reduced in size and no pain anymore. plus my ankles are back to normal and my lower legs as well. i think that most of the 12 lbs i lost was fluid.. its just wonderful to be able to walk again without painful steps. i cant remember when this last happened . i had bad gas pain last night, really bad. trapped in the collarbone and left neck. i got online and read up on it, and plain warm water with fresh lemon juice sqeezed in will alleviate the pain. i had two small glasses over a couple of hours... had no pain through the night and none today either. so.. those of you who are still having issues, if you can get some fresh lemons... try it out for yourself.

rofl... was it?? i guess that shows how desperate ive been. hahaha... but truly i dress it up and its o.k.. i must get some thicker soups now. also get some v8 vege juice. there must be thicker soups out there.

ive managed to keep that whole front tummy area dry when showering.. dont ask me how. lol. o.k... so ive taken half of the dressings off. i will see whats happening in the morning . if there is anymore deterioration i will ring the dr. i have phenergan in tab form which i could crush up ... but im not sure if it would irritate my pouch.

i have a pretty good fluid intake.. so thats not a problem. im moving around ok... not walking around the block yet though. that will come later in the week. did you say that there is a liquid preparation in australia for gas?? whats the name of it, do you know?

no... sorry... no, ive confused you here. im not on solids yet. ive made up a meal of babyfood and diluted it a lot... could drink that through a straw... that helped with hunger pains. i do have some greek yoghurt, mixed up with low fat milk and blended with Protein powder. no solids as such. well, if you could call the baby food solids,... but i dont think you could. i enjoy that.

it certainly looks like IM allergic .... ive taken half of them off... the ones that feel itchy underneath. not all of them feel that way.. .yet. where ive taken the dressings off the incisions look pretty good. some of them have tape strips over them, similar to stitches i guess. those strips are still on . ive used calamine lotion on the blister so far. nothing else. is bededril a lotion that you use or do you take it?? im in australia

hi girls. .and guys. i was wondering... has anyone has issues with the dressings that were used on the surgery incisions? i know that some of you have mentioned that you were able to shower with the dressings on... so that means they are very much like what ive got on. the trouble is, im four days out, some of the dressings are still very firm but im developing a bad skin reaction to the sticky outside of the dressing. i have one bubble which is nearly the size of a sixpence. its filled with fluid and giving me hell. has anyone else had this?? if you did, what did you do about it?? i would like to just take all the dressings off. i dont want any more huge watery blisters.

yes, i was banded on the 22nd in australia.