OCPrincess

Hi Mike, I am going on 5 weeks post-op (on Thursday it will be five weeks since I was banded)... I went back to work on my 8th day post-op! Please remember two important things... #1 You must get up and walk every hour if you can, even if it is not outside and you just walk around your house you must walk as much as you can while you're recovering (it is very important) and #2 a foreign object has been placed in your body and your insides are probably extremely swollen (like mine were) and it feels like you are short of breath and you feel tightness, but it sounds like your band is very tight because you're pretty swollen... my swelling took about 3 weeks to go down!! I agree with Carolinagirl that you should call your doctor and let them know what you are experiencing. Please know that you can always reach out here on lapbandtalk.com because there will always be someone who can relate to what you are going through and please don't give up... it definitely gets better!!
p.s. NO you didn't make a mistake... this is the best decision you have ever made in your life!!

Hi Mike, I am going on 5 weeks post-op (on Thursday it will be five weeks since I was banded)... I went back to work on my 8th day post-op! Please remember two important things... #1 You must get up and walk every hour if you can, even if it is not outside and you just walk around your house you must walk as much as you can while you're recovering (it is very important) and #2 a foreign object has been placed in your body and your insides are probably extremely swollen (like mine were) and it feels like you are short of breath and you feel tightness, but it sounds like your band is very tight because you're pretty swollen... my swelling took about 3 weeks to go down!! I agree with Carolinagirl that you should call your doctor and let them know what you are experiencing. Please know that you can always reach out here on lapbandtalk.com because there will always be someone who can relate to what you are going through and please don't give up... it definitely gets better!!
p.s. NO you didn't make a mistake... this is the best decision you have ever made in your life!!

Hi Mike, I am going on 5 weeks post-op (on Thursday it will be five weeks since I was banded)... I went back to work on my 8th day post-op! Please remember two important things... #1 You must get up and walk every hour if you can, even if it is not outside and you just walk around your house you must walk as much as you can while you're recovering (it is very important) and #2 a foreign object has been placed in your body and your insides are probably extremely swollen (like mine were) and it feels like you are short of breath and you feel tightness, but it sounds like your band is very tight because you're pretty swollen... my swelling took about 3 weeks to go down!! I agree with Carolinagirl that you should call your doctor and let them know what you are experiencing. Please know that you can always reach out here on lapbandtalk.com because there will always be someone who can relate to what you are going through and please don't give up... it definitely gets better!!
p.s. NO you didn't make a mistake... this is the best decision you have ever made in your life!!

Mike, first off, let me say 20lbs in just over a week is incredible. I am sure many people would love to trade places with you.
As someone who works in the medical field it'll be easy for you to verify this. So here goes. Estrogen is stored in fat cells, with you burning fat cells at an accelerated rate, your body is getting bombarded with estrogen thus putting you in a more emotional state. This emotional state most definately is affecting your perception of what is happening to you. You're gonna be fine.
My wife has let me in on the fact hat I am much more temperamental than I was pre-op. unfortunately for her, this probably won't end till I hit my goal. Which means my jeweler & florist are gonna be getting a large percentage of my earnings for a while.
Good luck with your journey.

this may sound mean..so i apologize now....
your bitching about only losing 20 pounds? that is 4 five pound bags of sugar. try toting that around in your arms all day and see if you get tired..if you are thinking you made a mistake now, then you are doomed. you either have to change your thinking and get on with making yourself well or talk to your dr about taking thing out. enough with the pity party mike. you went though all the pre op stuff knowing full well what you were you doing......had the surgery and now dealing with the sometimes tough post op recovery.
face the facts that you have to heal. TMF will tell you not to worry or expect losing for 4-6 weeks after surgery. and you harping on it to yourself that you are a failure and you wish you didnt have this is just stupid.
snap out of it. you have done damn well so far. i wont expect nothing less from you. follow the dr's orders....walk and sip your liquids and just allow your body to heal. its going through enough without you adding needless drama on top of it.
why are you thinking negative? don't do it. you are not allowed. hear me??? think positive about yourself because i am.

Oh, I'm sure if I didn't already have the band and was still obese, I would get some in yet another attempt to find something to help. I'm just so glad the band worked!

They will sell anything to people trying to lose weight... it's all about the money!!
You won't catch me trying the dust to lose weight, that's for sure!!

Hi Mike, I am going on 5 weeks post-op (on Thursday it will be five weeks since I was banded)... I went back to work on my 8th day post-op! Please remember two important things... #1 You must get up and walk every hour if you can, even if it is not outside and you just walk around your house you must walk as much as you can while you're recovering (it is very important) and #2 a foreign object has been placed in your body and your insides are probably extremely swollen (like mine were) and it feels like you are short of breath and you feel tightness, but it sounds like your band is very tight because you're pretty swollen... my swelling took about 3 weeks to go down!! I agree with Carolinagirl that you should call your doctor and let them know what you are experiencing. Please know that you can always reach out here on lapbandtalk.com because there will always be someone who can relate to what you are going through and please don't give up... it definitely gets better!!
p.s. NO you didn't make a mistake... this is the best decision you have ever made in your life!!

Clothing exchange
Protein bar/shake tasting
Plastic surgeons
Recipe exchange
Exercise class/yoga
Tour of a local grocery store to get food ideas
Meeting with nutritionist to help plan meals/snacks
Just a few ideas
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I don't believe it is ever too late to do something positive about your health. There are a number of older people on this forum that have had the surgery.
I'm not in the US so I can't give you any advice about insurance.
But the best thing for you to do is to start researching WLS. Go and see a Dr. Ask questions. Ask lots of questions here too. It is important that you know in advance what surgery involves, what you will need to do to make your band (or other wls successful) etc.
All the best.

welcome!
i was banded july 2... so i'm still on post op liquids it seems each dr is different as far as pre and post op diets. mine was completely liquids 2 weeks post op. i had water, shakes, sugar free jello, sugar free popcicles, crystal light, broth and my vitamins. this diet is important because it will shrink your liver and it will be better for the surgeon and for you!
personally, it also helped for my post op liquid 2 weeks... because i was already used to the liquid diet. during my first week of the liquid diet, was the hardest. day 4 i cried and cried! it was hard seeing others eat whatever they wanted and i had to sip on broth! BUT... if i could remain faithful, so can you! during this time, i was also able to realize my horrible addiction to food. i would go through moments where i felt anxious because i couldn't eat something i wanted and felt as it only food would calm me down. but, with God's grace, i remained faithful to the liquid diet. i have just 3 more days of it and i'm on to soft foods!
as for weightloss... during those two weeks, i lost about 10 pounds and since surgery (about a week and half) i've lost about 12. BUT dont look at the numbers! just stay on track!
liquid diet has its moments when you feel like you just want to throw in the towel... but thats normal. just come on here for encouragement... that really helped me!!! we have all been through it and will be there to support you!
sylvia

Yea I Might Just Have to Do that.... @Support Group

You Are So Right!! I Will Just Wait Till My New Appointment I Guess!!

My advice to you is get to a "Support Group" it will help you get motivated again and there will be lots of people there that have gone thru what you are going thru... this is only a suggestion of course.
Keep up the good work, you made the first step by getting it tightened and getting back with the program.

This is my first time on a website like this and I am excited to meet new friends who are going thru what I am! Today is my 5th day of liquids pre-surgery and I have researched several different meanings of the pre "liquid diet"... my doctor is Dr. Eric Pham and i am scheduled for surgery on July 19th, 2012. I am extremely excited to have my surgery and am committed to do whatever it takes to be successful with the Lap-Band. How I understood the "liquid diet" was to have only Protein Shakes, Water, Vitamin water, clear broth, liquid yogurt and sugar free Jello. I have mostly stuck to chocolate Protein shakes, lots and lots of water and have added (4) multi-vitamins and (2) potassium and (1) Iron to my diet, as well as Emergency 1000 and Zipfizz which are extra sources of additional Vitamins in powder form (easier to add to my water/vitamin water).
Can one of you please respond and let me know how you did on your 2-week "pre-surgery" liquid diet? Can you please give me some pointers as to what you did and how much weight you lost pre-surgery?
Thanks so much!!
xo OCPrincess

I have seen the pre-op diet vary widely from doctor to doctor. My doctor's pre-op diet is 2 Protein shakes a day (powder, Water, fruit if you want, sugar free pudding if you want). Then a meal of lean meat and veggies for dinner.
I start it on Thursday. My surgery date is July 19.