roxa

For about a month after my surgery, I would wake up about 2AM with pressure in my esophogus area. I would take tums but sitting up was the only thing that would give me relief. Dr. said I was eating too late, but I was eating at 6PM at the latest. Did not make sense to me. It has gone away now. I was concerned that it was heartburn and I did not want to do damage to my esophogus. He said it was just food that was not digested and it was backing up. So, there was no acid involved to cause any damage. If this is happening at night, perhaps eating earlier would help.

I haven't eaten anything. I just had surgery Monday so I am on a liquid diet.

Did you have the surgery?

Yes, on Monday the 29th. I am getting better each day. The first two was pretty rough but thank God for pain meds! I sleep a lot.

My appetite is finally returning and think I will try creamed soup today. I have been drinking 3 protein shakes a day for the last two days and some chicken broth. Yesterday I had a yogurt with no problems.

How are you doing?

how long do we have to do the liquid thing? i have not got that far yet,, i sure hope i can do that and not give up,,,,guess i will find out more when i go back in,,,keeping fingers crossed,,, i want so badly not to fail at this as i have with everything else,, surgery cant come soon enough for me im wondering if all dr follow the same guidlines?

Today is the 14th day of liquids for me. The last 48 hours I had to give up my shakes also but I am now on the final countdown. Surgery is tomorrow morning. Trust me girlfriend, if I can do this so can you! I was about to throw the towel in about a week ago but wrote in my journal and reminded myself why I am doing this in the first place. Its not that I can't lose the weight, its keeping it off! I want to be healthier so I can watch my grandkids grow up and not be one of those poor people I see in the nursing homes I visit. We can do this.

Yes, every doctor is different. Mine seems to be a lot stricker than most of them so I hope my surgery is a breeze cause of it!

You will not fail. That is not an option. PLUS we have this great discussion board and other people who know what we are going through to give us strength and help us through.

I will keep you posted on my progress. Say a prayer for me Suzannetx!

yes we can do this!! I am going into the final stretch. Sat and Sun broth and SF liquids only, no shakes or jello. I will be glad when next week is over. Hoping the worst will be behind me then.

I will! They called today to preregister me. I guess this is really happening!

just got home from my consultation,,,I AM STOKED,,, first of all my insur bcbsil does pay for my surgery,, i have to pay $1500 out of pocket,,, so that was my first YEEEHAAAA,, then i weighed in and yes im a lot heavier than even i thought i was,,235,,, i was shocked,,,sooooo with that said i have my test scheduled for first of nov and surgery in dec,,,, i plan to follow orders to a teee,,,unlike how i never have done before,,i plan to get my life back on track,,start to socialize again (and not have to be food related events either like i use to think they had to be) i want to be able to walk again without getting out of breath,, WANT to go places with my husband instead of not wanting to leave the house,,, i just want the old me back,,its amazing how i have let my weight make me someone im not,,, i was always a social butterfly,,, laughing, making new friends and just enjoying life,,but over the past 2 yrs or so i have sat home eating and being unsocialble,, Yes i know why i have done this and the reason being is i have not worked in almost 3 yrs,,it was by choice and i like being home taking care of things here,,but it has also made me lazy ,, I have thought about getting surgery for a while now and then i woke up one day and said ENOUGH IS ENOUGH,,, so after my consultation today i have started the first day of the rest of my life,, a new me and a new outlook on life and new attitude,,,yaaaah me I can hardly wait til dec thanks each and everyone of you for your support and good thoughts,,,thats one big reason i made this decision,,im not scared any more,,, but on ONE BAD NOTE,,i told a good friend of mine i was doing this and her response was,,"so what are you going to do about all the excess flab that you will have: i told her that if i walk and excrsise that i should not have that,,and her response was : well i will have to see that to believe it,,, She really upset me with her attitude , im guessing she must be really jealous because she too could easily loose 80 lbs,,, i dont understand why ppl have to be that way

I don't think you will have that much excess flab, etc. for one thing you are not that heavy and second with the LB you lose it slow enough that the exercise will be able to keep up. So what if we are not tight like we were in our 20's - who cares?! I have only told one person (my husband) and that is a good example why.

I am so happy for you! I know you will do great esp with that positive attitude! I will keep you posted on my surgery. 4 days to go not counting today or Monday.

Thanks for all the info LovetheNewMe. That was very helpful and informative

roxa i am more determined now than i have ever been,,i have 2 close friends who have had lapband and they look wonderful,, they did fine with theres but one says she does throw up a lot BUT she says she hurries and eats things she knows she is not suppose to,, so she is hurting herself i guess,, OH I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION,, i had someone tell me that if insurance DOES pay for your procedure that if u ever loose that insurance for some reason,,,you are then UNINSURABLE thru any other insurance co,, has anyone ever heard that ? the person i heard this from is not a very reliable person anyway but i dont know whether she knows whats she is talking about anyway or if she is just trying to get me to not get the surgery,,,u know some ppl can be mean and jealous

Wow. I never thought about the insurance side of it. We have insurance through my husband's work and they are switching insurance companies in January. I hope that doesn't mess anything up with me. That would be awful. I don't even know how a person would go about finding that out either.

I was having doubts too and from you all answering suzannetx you answered a lot of my questions and anxieties. I was about ready to back out. The thought of throwing up all the time terrifies me so I was glad to hear so many of you say that is hasn't happened to you. I love this website. You guys are great! Thank you!!!!!

That is a very scary thought but I guess there is nothing I can do except be very careful like you all have said.

Thank you Cheryl for hope!

Thank you all for the great solutions! I have been drinking the Atkins protein shakes and love them! The French Vanilla is my favorite. They are a total life saver!

understood. Thanks

wow. That sounds horrible.

Thank you so much. It is scary when I realize how my entire life is centered around food! My husband and I both had a 3 day weekend. Everytime he would ask me what I wanted to do the first thing that ALWAYS pops in my head is something to do with food. It is truly amazing I don't weigh more than I do.

I have horrible acid reflux and am constantly bloated and miseralbe no matter what I eat. I am hoping the band helps with that.