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Now go look at your before and after and be proud of your self , you have done great check you out and I am losing some of my badunk- a- dunk but lol that' ok as I had enough to share at one time lol , you look good .

Hey Terry I remember when you cae on here you had posted about Califlower cheessticks it was just about this time as we were watching a football or had watched football and I wanted something, new to try instead of pizza for the get together and it seeed to be a hit and people were like what it's not bread or pizza lol so I so remember when you came on , and congats on your nsv's and bandeversery look how much you have gained lol health wise and how much you have lost , as I always let people know look at your before pics or the ones along the way side by side till now and you will notice what everybody else see's even if we don't.

Dang your (running) with this (band) I guess in your case you can say band on the run lol not only is the band helping you but you are also helping your self not to seconds lol but to days this is a great NSV.

The head wants us to believe were hungry but if we take to many bites our stomachs and band will say no no , but if it really does bother you at ties as it does me sometimes I just get a big glass of water and drink that cold or room temp and drink that not fast but it seems to help me , not sure if it will help you but it does help me .

Tell that nurse you are no longer obese and show her a pic of your before and one of the you now so she can drop her mouth and then tell her ya I am no longer obese but I may be over weight but I am still healthy and going to live longer thanks to my little tool , then smile that s--- eatin grin and then go on girl keep doin what your doin cause you know where you were before the wls, and where and what you do now , so keep smiling , and hope your surgery your going in for gets better, good luck .

B52 I know what you mean I love the breadsticks at Olive Garden resturaunt , but since I have been banded I have only been there once and I tried a little bite of the bread I used to have them bring 3 baskets of bread for my Family now they only bring one basket , because after I ate a piece of that warm soft garlic bread I was stuck for about 5 min, then I had to wait just to be able to take a bite of my salad , so I now know bread does that for me so I opt out of bread at all and let the family have at it so I can enjoy my good food and we can enjoy each other , have a few good laughs and a good dinner I also don't do rice and always ask if they can do more veggies, or I just give what I can not eat off my plate to other family or friends and we have a good time , sometimes we do want to try but our tool helps and reminds us , that we can not have this or that and that is why we chose to be banded so I am glad it wasn't a bad stuck episode , good for you to know the signal.

Ok girls enough! we are all bandsters just trying to LEARN fro others experience if you notice B52 is a vetran and some of us want the opion of others so we can all learn weather we are just beginning or still on our journey there is no right or wrong answers and we coe on here for suppor or just to see what peole have learned about their bands and selves , so Women , please be Ladikes and Gentelmen , and be happy with your new life and stay positive , I a pretty sure we have heard a lot of negativity in our lives being unhealthy and obese so why would we want to spread negativity to each other , we can get that with out coming on here , please stay and say positive as we all at some point have to learn what is best for us not what is best for you some same things might work for one and maybe not for another but we all have to find what works or doesn't for us personally.

I was just thinking something similar to this , thankyou for posting.

If you have followed some of the bandsters that have lost a good amount of weight , and what does your doc say to do after you get a fill mine says 2 days of liquids then 1-2 days of mushies then I can go back to solids , so find out what your doc reccomends to do after you get a fill? as I know what mine tells me .

Remember people pbing means productive burping or belching , so I have done it like after I eat also that is one of my signals to say don't take that list bite or it will not be good , and sliming and being stuck is a two different things also , and when that happens it hurts sometimes and it is really gross , if you ever slime then you will know what I mean just try not to and for beng stuck , well for me it felt like if I had over ate and that it all wanted to come back up or just not being able to eat my next bite cause I either felt like I had a sore throat or my left shoulder would start hurting , it took me a long while but I did get it eventually as I listened to my triggers and my body and band , cause that all helped me to know when to say no more.

If your doctor gave you the papers then read them carefully and you will find out what you are suppose to do post op diet , also if your not sure ask your doctor and make sure you take small sips , it is hard at first and yes you will feel like your not getting enough to drink or eat , but remember , why you did this , as for my self I took a medicine cup fro y Nyquil bottle and used that to drink out of every 15 min. like my doctor told me , it really didn't matter unless I was awake cause I took the meds the first few days just so I could be comfortable so when I was awake , I used thenn nyquil cup to drink my water, and I kept a big jug of water by my bed so I could reach it and pour it in my little cup.

Tomuchfun is exactly right, and it took e about 3- 4 days to actually be able to get up and feel I could walk normal and feel good but it took about 2 weeks before I felt like y self again and yes the pain meds were very helpful , till I didn't have pain getting up , then I stopped the meds, form me it was 2 weeks.

It is normal to be bruised , however remember you are still recovering and if it was e I wouldn't be walking a mile 5 days out , and if you are not sure call your surgeon and ask if they him/her can take a lok to make sure everything is ok , also if it were e I would take it easy and just walk for a bit not a mile and with me I think it hurt more three days after , ya I started to feel normal again but I did not over excert myself and it did hurt till about a week later , so please have your surgeon look at you just to be safe.

just jump, run back on the band wagon , Protein , protein and we are only human and do make mistakes and give in sometimes, but just remember it iswhat you choose , as it seemed like forever to lose 3 lbs to me , then I went back to 3 Protein shakes a day and a couple of my Atkins candy Snacks in between then a small portion control dinner and next thing I know I had los 6 lbs it took 2 weeks but I did it , so choose what you want to do .

It is where they stiched your band to your muscle also they do pump us full of air at time of surgery , it will take time to heal and you are still recovering so I would not try to bend I had to sleep with a bunch of pillows and take one by one off till I could get up at all and I would take it real easy, you can walk a bit but don't over excert yourself , have some one help you if you can until you feel better and don't lift any thing , also I could only sleep on my back for the first couple of weeks and some people slept in their recliners I slept almost sitting up with all those pillows but eventually I could sleep on my side and eve on my stomache after bout a month , hope you feel better , good luck on your journey,

Let us know what happens and what they say , it will be helpful to other banders or to the ones who are thinking about being banded and you can also post it on the band complication site , so please let us know what happens , thankyou.

If your not sure call your surgeon and have them take a look or if you can't get ahold of your surgeon then go to the E.R immediataley also You are still healing why would you want to exert yourself it takes at least a month to fully recover I know some of us it only takes a few days to a week to feel good but not healed from surgery just to feel good , so you probally stained yourself to much after so little time , please go call your surgeon so they can see or go immediately to E. R. don't wait till it gets worse, and e more careful.

I want a big poster of this so I can look at it everday lol so it will remind me on those days when I feel helpless , which is not much any more ,

To the banders who are having trouble just getting to the lapband site , you have to go to your settings or profile settings and scroll down to where it says what type of surgery put in Lapband and make sure it sticks save the change at the bottom , then it only brings up the lapband site hen you log in , it took a little while but Alex had posted and let us know and anytime I log on it goes straight to this site and not the other ones, now for chatting or blogging I guess you still have to go to community and click on one and hope it goes to the lapband blog or click on the chat if u want to chat but it does let you know who's on in the chat site on Lapband site , I hope this helped someone or anyone lol for us banders.

Again I had to work at another store for 3 days and most of the girls I work with new me cause I have worked with them before well some of them hadn't seen me in a yr , so when each one of them saw me at different ties they we're like wow you have lost a lot of weight you, can see it in your face , breast and backside , each time we all laughed but I guess this was my latest nsv I still have the fat goggles on so I don't see it but I guess others will let me know and that's ok with me just encourages me more that I am doing the right thing with the help from my tool (band) ,

Glad to know , a lot could have happened , and if you were wandering why you made have got a few head aches, or were real sleepy , that gas leak may have been the problem also it was a good thing you didn't light nothing around it , OMG , well I am glad the gas company found and fixed it.

Can someone please inform us banders what is tunneling and make sure to let us know if we or not sure what to do if we, they think their incision is opening, thankyou, and to you jcrosland I for one am glad you took the suggestion and went to see your Doc or surgeon and they took care of you as you should also take care of yourself.

Aren't you glad you posted see we are here and have missed you so now I will have to add you also to my friends list well keep posting and just remember some of us fall off the track and get right back on , welcome back.

You know you can come on here, where have you been anyway , you know we try to help each other when we can or just suggest things , also where is your profile pic , glad to have you back and you have the little tool and the big ones to help you , so welcoe back and start your journey again.