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All I had was shakes. coffee. Yogart and jelly

liquid for two three days

Today, BariatricPal celebrates its 11th birthday! I am very proud of this accomplishment and of our dedicated BariatricPal members who have made the last 11 years possible.
How It All Started
I got the lap-band and came home from the hospital on July 2th 2003. Almost immediately, I went online to find out the answers to some of my questions and to share experiences with other weight loss surgery patients. To my dismay, I could not find an online social site that met my needs. The very next day, I started LapBandTalk.com with the goal of providing a welcoming community for lap-band patients and potential patients to provide support, encouragement, and advice to each other.
The Evolution of BariatricPal
LapBandTalk.com took off, and I eventually started VerticalSleeveTalk.com for gastric sleeve pre and post-op patients, RNYTalk.com for gastric bypass pre and post-op patients, and SleevePlicationTalk.com for sleeve plication pre and post-op patients. In 2013, 10 years after the launch of LapBandTalk.com, I decided to merge the boards into BariatricPal.com. This single community retains the welcoming environment of the individual boards, but has a stronger voice in advocating for weight loss surgery as a way to fight obesity.
We Hit Post Number 3.5 Million!
BariatricPal is still growing. Our community includes hundreds of thousands of members and 7 million monthly site visits. Our most recent milestone is an impressive 3.5 millionth post, which we hit on July 10! Don’t forget that the lucky poster who made post number 3.5 million will receive a free copy of my latest book: The Big Book on Bariatric Surgery: Living Your Best Life After Weight Loss Surgery.
Thank you for your continued support. Without your participation and feedback, BariatricPal would not be the top site that it is today. I am truly grateful for all that you do.
Sincerely,
Alex

went to doc today for a FIRST fill, had surgery on 4-18.
The port is infected and needs to be removed!! I never had a fill.
I asked how this could happen and he said it is hard to tell...could be a microperforation where the band peforated the lining of the stomach and caused the infection to travel down to the port...
Yesterday i noticed a lum near the port site....today it is red and he said to placeme on antibiotics and then see him this Friday and take it from there,, he is not the one that did the surgery as I had surgery out of state I live in and he was one of the doctors i considered but went with someone out of state...the doctor I went to today, was for a fill and whe he saw the port he said no fill, of course and he said the only way to get infection to be gone is to take out the foreign body(lap band)...so he said to get it out and then in 3 months place another lap band...
Marlene

I don't think so I am not having solids for six weeks

I don't think so I am not having solids for six weeks

I also felt a lot better today, than I did yesterday.
I went shopping, ran errands, and went to the bank.
On the shopping front, I am apparently losing all of my weight from my chest. Come on hips, please get smaller!

My surgery is scheduled for May 29th I'm do nervous but excited to

I had a dietition appointment on Monday and like you I've been craving chocolate a lot in the past few weeks. She gave me some great advice-
B Vitamins increase the serotonin in your body/brain making sugar cravings lessen. She advised me to take a Berroca in the mornings and i know its only Wednesday but Im noticing a real difference so maybe try that?
Can't do any harm because Berrdoca and similar things contain loads of essential vitamins anyway.

Read a book. Do an activity you enjoy. Something to get your mind off of the obsessive thoughts of the food you want.
Don't give in. Divert those thoughts!!!