MWoods1964

I am so excited! Thursday I get to start semi-soft foods. I am 1 week post-op and down 28 pounds. I found out I was way low on Protein and that's why I was feeling so bad. On the Kashi.com site there is a protein calculator and getting close to that number will make you feel 100% better. Also get enough calories. My doctor said about 1200 and getting close to that helped also. I also recommend Protein Shots. 4 ounces and 42g of whey protein. Watermelon is my favorite. Walmart carries them here.

My only down side is my bowels are messed up. When I have to go its like urgent and it's liquid(sorry for being gross) I hope this passes as food gets incorporated.

Still loving the band!

Wow, I am 3 days Post Op and I feel great. I am really amazed that I have had very few of the issues that some are reporting. The day of surgery I was a little sore. Day 2 I felt like someone had punched me in the stomach but no worse than that. I also went out for a walk. Today the only residual pain I have is from one of the surgery slits and that just feels like a typical cut.

I am very happy with my early surgery results. I am down 20 pounds thanks to the Pre-Op diet. (I started at 335 and the day of surgery I was 315.) I am looking forward to my first follow-up with my doctor and look forward to the fill process.

As for Post-Op drinks and such I haven't had any issues keeping things down or getting my Protein shakes down. I am looking forward to mushy foods... Bring it on!

Much success to everyone on this journey.

Good luck to the Aug 31 banders! I know you'll come through just great.

I made it to the other side. Thanks for all the well wishes. Good luck to all our August banders! I found out I was down 20 pounds just from the Pre-op diet. What a great start!!!

Surgery tomorrow morning (8/30) at 7:30am. Really excited but working today on my clear liquid only Pre-Op has really kicked my back-side. See ya'all on the other side!!!

I have just finished my last Pre-Op appointment and I am 3 days into my Pre-Op diet and surgery is scheduled for Aug 30 at 7am. I am so excited. Funny thing is my blood sugars are awesome on this diet and I feel better already than I have felt for over a year. I am looking forward to the day I can pump my insulin pump away and so many other things.

Wow that is so frustrating. I'm surprised that they won't accept the visit with the PA. Sorry you have to go through this' date=' again. Did you lose any weight on the 6 month diet?[/quote']

No when they put me on insulin my blood sugars got better. The more insulin I took the more weight I gained. The more weight I gained the more insulin I required. See where we're going here. I went from 290 to 330 in a year. Again my blood sugars are great but I cant continue on this path. My doc says in some patience the weight gain (fat stores) are greatly increased on insulin. This surgery has the potential to change this by initiating the full feeling early, reducing the food intake and there for reducing the potential for glucose in my system.

I have been on a 2500 and now a 2000 calorie diet and my weight gain has slowed but I am hungry all the time so when I slip and binge its ugly and my sugars go whack-o.

I am really frustrated. It seems like everytime I clear a hurdle toward getting a surgery date something changes. Today I found out my insurance invalidated my 6 months of Pre-Op diet and weight ins with my doctor because I met with the office Physician Assistant once when my doctor wasnt available.

They are now requiring a new 6 consecutive months of doctor visits and weight-ins to be eligible. 6 more co-pays, 2 more sets of 90 day mail-in rx's. Drives me nuts that co-pays don't go toward deductable or there would be some saving grace.

For someone who is diabetic has a BMI of 43 has sleep apnea and HBP I would think the insurance company would be happy at the prospect of getting me off their spending ledger.

Sorry for the vent but I knew you guys would get it.

See this is what I call helpful information! I gotta get this scheduled!

I think it is interesting. I never use to think about food until I started learning about the band and I realized how much my life revolves around food. I am still per-op and working through all the insurance fun stuff. The more I read the more I realized I was on my Yelp app everyday looking for a new food place and weekends were based around new Breakfast places and such. I have really started to rein that back in. Regardless of the surgery I can see that isn't healthy. I am a type 2 diabetic and my blood sugars are well controlled but I take a lot of insulin and as a result I have gained a lot of weight. I am looking forward to the band as a tool to further help me gain control over my life and health. I love new foods and I still plan on being adventurous, just in smaller portions.