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Wow good job! But why haven't you had any fills yet?

Hello! I was also banded on 4/18/12 and have lost 38lbs , (congrats cbarreto on your 52lb loss). My scars are still noticeable but I think it’s partly because I just have that type of skin, the 4 smaller ones are less noticeable just dark in color and of course the port incision is longer. I go for my 3rd fill next week, so super excited to maybe hit the "green zone" latisadawn-- how much weight loss for you? How are your scars doing? Have you hit the green zone?

Maybe try creating a new group? And so whoever wants to join can just go there and post each day

Hi Carolinagirl! Congrats on your 53lbs loss, that is awesome!!!! I have a question, what is lapband with implication? How is that different than just a lapband? Also if your seeking accountability, have you tried Myfitnesspal? You can log on and invite friends, track your meals and exercise.

I was also curious about this as well. Just started a boot camp and we do a lot of jumping, and i started to cough after and am a little worried.

Sure! I just have non-band friends on so it would be cool to add u! My email is csoto81@yahoo

Congrats Gale on your first fill!! I'm scheduled for mine next week and i'm a little nervous. But I hear you about being on liquids for 2 days and soft foods for a day, i thought we were done with those stages But I guess every time we get a fill it will be the same. But just think your one step closer to getting to that good restriction, best of luck to you.

Hi, I was just curious can you get "stuck" before your first fill? I'm 20 days post-op, wasn't filled during my surgery, so my band is liquid free.

Hi, I had pacificare for half the year and my work switched to bluecross the other half, I had to do the 6month nutrition. That was last year, so don't know if anything has changed

Congratulations!!!!!! Keep up the great work

HI Sasha, Is the reason why you couldn't finish your eggs is because you just came of a liquid diet? And your stomach got "smaller" not because you got a fill right? I went to the follow up appointment yesterday and he approved me to go to mushie foods-he said anything that doesn't require a knife, i can eat. I thought my "normal" appetite would come back, but notice i get fuller faster, I had 1 cup of Soup and half a mashed sweet potato, and that filled me up even felt uncomfortable fullness, I don't have a fill yet, so its just my regular stomach. Don't know if that makes sense?

Oh i'm sorry to hear about that "yucky" feeling, hope it gets better. Definately don't have that throw-up feeling, so going to wait it out until doctors visit. It is bearable, actually don't have the pain today, just hunger pains :-(

Yes the pain is higher, but no tummy wind, lol. I did get that in the beginning days though. I really now believe its just my body reacting to what just happened a week ago, but luckily i have a doc appointment next tuesday. Thanks for your post.

Thank you for the post, will definately call doc if it continues.

Thank you, i will try just the broths.

ooops, forgot to add 2 more protein shakes as well.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone around days 5 and onward post-op, have experience stomach aches? It seems constant, but I notice it more after i eat. I do follow my doc's nutrition plan, so not eating anything I’m not supposed to be. Also has anyone been tracking how much calorie intake they have been getting? My menu usually consist of: BF-Protein Shake, Lunch-Cream soup, Dinner-Cream soup, 2 snacks- s.f jello and s.f popsicle - Is that fine? Not a lot of calories, so i'm wondering if that may be the reason for the belly aches? Any feedback appreciated. :-)

I feel i'm drinking a lot, but then again, i haven't been keeping track. Is hunger a sign of not drinking enough H2o? But as of today i'm day 6, so its gotten a little better. But now i'm feeling like a constant stomach ache, but that can have been meshed in with just pain, hunger pain, and an upset stomach rolled into one?

Hi Jim, That sucks that the website is shutting down. Have you tried www.lapband.com, it sounds similar to the one you were using, you can track your weight, appoinments, etc.

Did you have a hernia? My doctor told me I had one, so while I was there he sewed it up and told me I would have left shoulder pain. It went away in a couple of days.

Hey Sunni, yea I have been eating cream of chicken, but have been getting a little sick of it as well. I actually had a a hardboiled egg smashed with a little bit of mayo. It went down fine, but kinda feel guilty? Thinking maybe I should stick to the plan, but I'm hungry and and thinking how hard this is going to be for 2 weeks

Hi, I only had nausea right after my surgery. Its been 3 days for you and your still feeling nauseated? Are you drinking enough Water? Yea i know what you mean about hunger, and it must be really hard to see people around you eating. Its just me and my little son, he finally came home after family was kind enough to watch him, so i made his first meal yesterday, chicken strips and bread, and that is something i normally wouldn't even eat, but gosh it looked so good, i wanted to take a bite so bad, and thats when i started having hunger pains after seeing him eat "normal" food. So my recommendation is to leave the room when other people are eating, and follow other peoples comments on this post, hope this helps, good luck, i'm on the same boat with you, so we'll get through this :-)

Thank you for your post, yes i have seen a dietitian and was advised, basically for the first 2 weeks, protein shakes, Jello, popsicles, broth and my doc gave me permission to add cream Soups. I know its a life style change, but still struggling with it, maybe its not real hunger pains? just so used to eating. How did you do with the rules? You said by wk 3 you started to get hungry, i believe wk3 is mashed foods? How did you do with that? What kinda mashed foods did you eat?