kyrrin1

Congratulations!!!

banded aug 27 1 fill 4cc not in green zone for sure!!! soon i hope : )

glad to hear you are ok....I would have eaten whatever I could have found...you get extra points for stayin with the mushies....Best of luck to ya : )

Good luck to you! Watch for the gas pains as they can sneak up on ya.....keep us posted on your progress.

I just have to shout it out! I am losing weight.

Really losing it. I had surgery Aug 27th 2012 and I have lost I think pretty close to 40 lbs. No pills, no shots...and most of it before I even had a fill. My first fill was Oct 17th. For me it started with the pre-op diet. I only gained on the 6 mo supervised wt loss period Cigna insisted on....it was a green light to eat as much as I could before the big day. At the most I was eating 3400 to 3600 ca a day. I was a fast food queen, I bet I can still rattle off the carl's jr menu by heart.

Post op was a different story. The gas pains kicked my butt. The port incision finished me off. I used a calorie tracker religiously so I can look back at the first weeks and see my daily total. Week 1 about 400 cal maybe up to 500/day. I was miserable. Not even able to look at food "That was a first" ! Slowly I was able to eat again. My doctor was very conservative- I didn't get to soft food till week number 6. But I think that was my secret.....it gave my stomach a new start. Because I was afraid of complications I went very slowly. The weight started coming off. Week one I think I lost 5 pounds. By the 2 week post op appt. I was down 11 lbs. It has been 9 weeks since my surgery and I lost 39 lbs. that is almost 4 pounds a week.

I just wanted to say I have never been this successful....It feels great! I am breathing better, snoring less, fitting in clothes I haven't worn for years. I don't fall asleep in movies either. I don't even feel hungry for the most part.

I have found my ankles and just recently my collarbone. WOW! I can now say I get it....the band is just a tool...it is hard work.

Thank God for the Doctors that do this surgery.

Thanks to all of you that write about everything so I don't have to ask the questions.

very dumb.....

perhaps we can make it three?? I am in riverside ca banded aug 27th. Let me know? Good luck to you. I am losing but haven't been filled yet? Have any of you had a fill yet? Which MD did your surgery?

If you work on the floor.....you are like me. I work on a busy tele unit. Thanks to osha I cannot have Water or food near my med cart that functions as my desk. We cannot have food or Fluid a the desk either. I work 12 hour shifts. So I worried too after being banded last month. My strategey....Get the Protein in early with a shake (powder/banana/ice in blender) I drink on the way to work. That way if it is too busy for am break I am not left high and dry! I take lunch as early as I can (usually the 1200 slot) that way when it calms down about 2pm I can sneak away for the other half of lunch or a Protein Drink.

I hope this was helpful. 12 hour shifts are hard when you cannot have food near you. But then again I guess it is a mixrd blessing----what I do not see I cannot eat or crave lol

Just asking as I like it better than the others around.

Glad you are doing so good. I haven't been brave enough to go to gym yet. But noticed today my xxl pants are falling down. I too am glad i did this! All the best from hot and sunny california--hoping it will rain soon!

I was banded the 27th of august. I know a few people had the same date. How is everybody doing??

You are doing wonderful. Keep up the good work....

I think it all depends n the type of work you do. If you have a desk job you may be able to return to work very quickly. If not, it would better to rest at home. I am an RN we work 12 hour shifts with no possibility to go home early. Breaks happen when there is a break in the workload. My first day back I got yogurt on the fly and lunch at 1230 and then nothing until end of shift at 7pm. Be kind to yourself take time if you can......don't push yourself in the first 2 weeks. Let your body get used to the new "you".

Congratulations!!! Take it easy, don't do too much. If it was laprascopic keep moving and watch for the gas pains. Hope you feel even better tomorrow

I am really jealous! have a great time. You will really burn calories muckin stalls! But the benefit will be the riding.....the world looks different at the horses eye view! Have lots of fun!

in the "search" area at top type in pre op hints, pre op diets etc. then just start reading.. look at headers that might contain information you seek

Make sure you take enough time off work.

If you haven't already really cut back on calories. I didn't too much and the liquid diet post op was a shock. Thats about all you can do pre -op there are lots of posts for helpful hints for the post op period. hope this helps.

Congratulations! Rest up, Walk and take care of yourself.

don't pull them off. it could make your incision scab open a touch. If they fall off the incision will be thinner. after 7-8 days they should fall off.

Do you have all of your supplies?

pillow- heating pad- gas -ex strips- prescriptions filled for pain and nausea- lots of chicken broth- gatorade g2 (i preferred punch) comfy chair by TV with remote- off work order. Jello if you are allowed ( i wasn't for a week)- tea to sip on (hot drinks in am are very soothing). I think that is it.......oh yeah a good friend/wife/child or ???? to take you to MD and return you home. They are the unsung heros-our caregivers. After that I think your set unless I forgot something.

Been reading alot of posts . Some make me thoughtful, and some give me hope. But some make me giggle.....NPO is latin for:

N nothing

P per (latin for by)

O os (latin for mouth)

Which is loosly translated to mean: nothing by mouth.

The danger in anesthesia is that as you intubate a person and they have food in their stomach they could aspirate the stomach contents. Hence anesthesia keeps you NPO after midnight for surgery.

I see that there is a great range of pre-op restrictions to food some liquid for 1-2 weeks and some just a reasonable diet and NPO 24 hours before the procedure.

I think the doctors that restrict calories 1-2 weeks prior to procedure are being kinder to the pt.

I went from 3300 yes 3 3 0 0 cal per day to 600/day post op. It was like hitting a freight train of hunger. It left me very weak and tired after surgery. Now .....back to today's posts.... love em!

Checking in at 273. Thankful I am going down.....slowly.

smartscrubs are very comfy because of the sizes available.

thanks all! I will keep positive that a flu shot and my trusty bottle (of yet un-used ) Compazine will keep all safe and well. To all bandsters - thanks again.

I am newly banded and don't get sick very often, but......now I am paranoid about the flu. What happens if I you know ........emmmm throw up?? Does it hurt? Does the band always slip?? Paranoid me thinks I am?