Laurajean030

I take schiff megared fish oil capsules. They are tiny. They cost a little more than other fish oil but it's worth it if you need to take it. I got lucky last month and bought the cvs brand and it was buy 1 get 1 free.

I haven't had a Tummy Tuck but I've looked into it and was told during a consultation that can lipo and lift that area at the same time. I was warned that the pee stream may be higher after.

I take a chewable multivitamin because regular ones got stuck. I always took 3 fish oil pills before my lapband but stopped those because they were too big. Now I take schiff megared omega 3's. Its a tiny pill and you only take one a day. I have no problem with it at all!

I was told the pre-op diet was to get me in the best health before surgery and to shrink my liver. My pre-op diet started 3 weeks before my surgery date. I could have 3 meals that were either a protein drink or bar and 1 real meal that was 6oz of lean meat and 1 cup of veggies. The drinks and bars had to be under 200 calories, 7 g fat, 7 g carb and over 15 g of protein. My nutritionist gave me a list of them that I could get online and certain stores but I did find almost everything in my local grocery store. I lost 12 lbs doing the pre-op diet and the doctor said my liver looked great lol. Good luck to you!

I started out crushing all my pills but now I use a pill cutter and cut them into 4 pieces. As long as each piece is smaller than pea size I can swallow it without a problem. Taking crushed pills was nasty no matter what I put them in!

I had those symptoms as well as pain in my chest. I called my surgeon on mon 7/22 and was told to go on liquids (stage 3) and had an upper gi the next day. I have a prolapse and I'm now on liquids until sept 4th to give it a chance to fix itself. I felt better in about 2 days. Anyway...it's probably safer to go on liquids for now and it will prob help you feel better as well. Good luck to you!

My port was very sore for a month or so. I couldn't sleep on my stomach for about 3 months. I think it took a month for the swelling to go down too. I feel like my recovery was longer than most in every way tho. I hope you feel better soon

Congratulations! Great job!!

When I started working out about 6 weeks after surgery my port would get sore just from walking so I kind of hold it in when I walked but that went away. Now I run for miles and feel fine. I have a little trouble with my port area getting sore if I do a lot of sit ups or kicking in my workout. My doctor said I'm not restricted and to do anything I'm comfortable with.

Thanks Mis! Yes he did unfill my band. I was just trying to edit that post to put that in but I'm not so good with that stuff lol. I really hope that this will work. I'm going to be one grumpy hungry girl for 6 weeks!

I had an upper GI done yesterday because I had thrown up quite forcefully a few weeks ago and haven't felt the same ever since. I had a little pain when I would first drink in the morning and food was coming back up hours after I would eat. I also was having reflux at night. I found out today that I had a small prolapse and now I'm on stage 3 again for 6 weeks then going for another Upper GI and if it hasn't improved then my band needs to be removed. Has anyone had this happen or know about it? Did the liquid diet work? I know everyone is different but I'm really nervous about this prolapse. I'm worried about the damage it may be causing right now and I'm also worried about having to go through another surgery for it to be removed, I was told the removal can be more dangerous than the original surgery because if the scar tissue that is around the band. I would be grateful for any advise on this, Thanks.

I had this problem after my last fill. I actually started happening about 3 weeks after. I was having reflux at night and had to go in for an unfill. I'm glad I did. I hesitated for the first few days cause I didn't want to lose the restriction I had. I only lost a little bit of the restriction but I'm eating how I should be and still losing weight. Now I can sleep through the night without puking. My doc also said if you get it into your lungs it can be very dangerous.

I have the same problem with yogurt, especially greek yogurt. When I was first banded I ate it and didn't have any trouble but now that I have restriction it gets stuck. Its strange because I can eat most things as long as I'm careful and it's later in the day but not yogurt! Bums me out cause I love it!

I also had that for about a month post op.I walked around holding my port area constantly. My doctor told me I could wear a compression garment for support, I only ended up using it when I exercised but it helped alot. I gave me alot of support but I found it uncomfortable to sit with it on. It may be too soon for you to do this with your bandages and healing tho